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The Sioux County
VOLU31E VIII.
HARKISON, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1895.
NUMBEK6.
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
A TALK ON GIDEON'S ARMY AND
GOD'S WAY.
Lawfulneaa of Christian Stratagem
t'st-leea Liabtr in Lebanon Monn-taina-Gldeon'e
Depleted Army and
Ibe LeMon of HU Wonderfnl Victory.
A Strange Battle.
In bis wrmon last Sunday Hev. Dr.
Talmage discussed a subject which is of
special interest to Sunday school teacher
and scholar at the present time, being
Gideon's battle with the Midianites near
M.iuut Gilboa. The text chown wan
Judge vii.. 2, 21: "And the three com
panies bh'W the trumpets, and brake the
pitchers, and held the Iniupa in their left
hand and the trumpets in their right
Land to blow withal. And they stood
every man in his place round about the
camp, and all the boat ran aud cried and
Bed."
That ia the straugest battle ever fought.
Cod had told Gideon to go down aud
thrash the Midianitea, but hid army ia
too large; for the glory must be given to
God and not to man. And so proclama
tion i made that all those of the troop
who are cowardly and want to go home
may go, and 2".2,0O0 of them scampered
away, leaving only 10,000 men. But God
says the array la too large yet, and ao he
order theae 10,000 remaining to march
down through a stream and commands
Gideon to notice In what manner these
men drink of the water a they pass
through it. If they get down on all fours
and drink, then they are to be pronounced
lazy and incompetent for the campaign,
but If, In passing through the stream,
they acoop up the water In the palm of
their hand and drink and pass on. they
are to be the men selected for tho battle.
Well, the 10,000 men marched down in
the stream, and the moat of them come
down on all fonra and plunge their
mouths, like a horse or an ox, into the
water and drink, but there are WK) men
who, itistead of stooping, just dip the palm
of their hands In the water and bring it
to their lips, "lapping It as a dog lap
peth." Those 300 brisk, rapid, enthusias
tic men are chosen for the campaign.
They are each to take a trumpet in the
right hand and a pitcher In the left hand
and a lamp Inside the pitcher, and then
at a given signal they are to blow the
trumpets and throw down the pitchers
and hold op the lamps. Ho It was done.
The Kont of the Midianitea.
It is night, 1 see a great host of Midl
anltes sound asleep In the valley of Jee
red. Gideon come op with his 300 pick
ed men, aud when everything Is ready
the signal Is given, and they blow the
trump, and they throw down the pitch
ers and hold up the lamps, and the great
host of Mldianltes, waking ont of a
sound sleep, take the crash of the crock
ery and the glare of the lamps for the
coming on of an overwhelming,;)1?" and
- ilwyrna nti'r-iir Themselves to T pieces and
"'Lorribry perish. .,
The lessons of thi "subject are very
spirited and impressive. This seemingly
valueless lump of quartz has the pure
gold In It. 'The smallest dewdrop on the
meadow at night has a star sleeping In
its bosom, and the most Insignificant
passage of Scripture has lu it a shining
truth. God's mint coins no small change.
1 learn lu the first place, from this sub
ject, the lawfulness of Christian strata
gem. You know very well that the great
est victories ever gained by Washington
or Napoleon were gained through the
tact that they came when and in a way
they were not expectedsometimes fall
ing back to draw out the foe, sometimes
breaking out from ambush, sometime
crossing a river on unheard of rafts; all
the time keeping the opposing forces In
wonderment as to what would be done
next.
Von all know what strategy Is In mili
tary affairs. Now I think it Is high time
we had this art sanctified and spiritual
ized. In the church, when we are about
to make a Christian assault, we send
word to the opposing force when we ex
pect to come, how many troops we have
find how many rounds of shot, and wheth
crer we will come with artillery, Infantry
or cavalry, and of course we are defeat
ed. There are thousands of men who
might be surprised Into the kingdom of
God. We neel more tact and ingenuity
In Christian work. It is in spiritual af
fuirs as in military, that success de
pends in attacking that part of the castle
which is not armed and intreuched.
The Power of Christian Stratagem.
For instance, here, i a man all armed
on the doctrine of election, all his troops
of argument and prejudice are at that
particular gate. Yon may batter away
at that side of the castle for fifty yenrs,
aud you will not take It, but just wheel
your troops to the aide gate of the heart's
affections, and in five minutes you cap
ture him. I never knew a man to be
saved through a brilliant argument. You
cannot hook men into the kingdom of
God by the horns of a dilemma. There is
uu grace in syllogisms. Here is a man
armed on tho subject of perseverance of
the saints. He does not believe in it.
Attack him at that point, and he will
persevere to the very last In not believ
ing it. Here ia a man armed on the sub
ject of baptism. He believes in sprin
kling or Immersion. All your discussion
of ecclesiastical hydropathy will not
change him. I remember when I waa n
boy that with other boys I went into the
river on a summer day to bathe, and we
used to dash water on each other, bat
never got any result except thai our eye
were blinded, and all tbla splashing of
water between Baptlata and I'edobaptists
uevor results In anything but the binning
of the spiritual eyesight. In other words,
you can never capture a man's soul at
the point at which he ia especially in
treuched, But there ia in every man's
heart a bolt that can be easily ahoved.
A little child 4 years old may touch that
Irolt, and It will spring back, and th door
will awing open, and Christ win come In.
I think that the A neat tt all the 1m
arta ia ta art of aaiag geod, a4 yet this
art I tha least cultured. Wa have la the
kingdom af CM to-day eaoagh traope
to eoaaaer tha whale carta far Christ If
we only had skillful maneuvering. 1
would rather have the 300 lamps and
pitchers of Christian stratagem than
100.010 drawn swords of literary and
ecclesiastical eombat.
I learn from this subject, also, that a
small part of the army of God will have
to do all the hard fighting. Gideon's
army waa originally composed of 32,000
men, but they went off until there were
only 10,000 left, and that waa subtracted
from until there were only 300. It is the
same in all ages of the Christian church;
a few men have to do the hard fighting.
Take a membership of 1,000, and you
generally find that fifty people do ihe
work. Take a membership of oOO, and
you generally find that ten people do the
work. There are scores of churches
where two or three people do the work.
Useless Cowards and Drone
We mourn that there is so much use
less lumber in the mountains of Ibanon.
I think, of the 10,000,01) membership of
the Christian church to-day, if 3,000,l0
of the names were off the lwoks the
church would be stronger. You know that
the more cowards and drones there are
in any army the weaker it is. 1 would
rather have the 300 picked men of Gid
eon than the 32,000 unsifted host. How
many Christians there are standing iu
the way of all progress! I think it is
tho duty of the church of God to ride over
them, and the quicker it does it the quick
er it does its duty.
ln not worry, O Christian, if you have
to do more than your share of the work.
You hud better thank God that he bus
called you to be one of tho picked men
rather than to belong to the hoHt of strag
glers. Would not you rather be one of
the ,'KiO that fight than the 22,000 that
run? I suppose those cowardly Gideon
ites wfio went off congrstulatpti them
selves. They said: "We got rid of all
that fighting, did we not? How lucky
we have been. That battle costs us noth
ing at all." But they got none of the
spoils of the victory. After the battle
the 300 men went down and took the
wealth of the Midianitea, and out of the
cups and platters of their enemies they
feasted. And the time will come, my
dear brethren, when the hosts of dark
ness will be routed and Christ will say
to his troops; "Well done, my brave
men. (o up and take the spoils. Be
more than conquerors forever!" And in
thnt day all deserters will be shot.
Again, I learn from this subject that
God's way Is different from man's, but ia
always the best way. If we had the
planning of thut battle, we would have
taken those 32,000 men that originally
belonged to the army, and we would
have drilled them and marched them up
and down by the day and week and
month, and we would have had them
equipped with swords or spears, accord
ing to the way of arming In those times,
and then we would have marched them
down in solid column upon the foe. But
that is not the way. God depletes the
army, and takes away all their weapons,
and gives them a lamp, and a pitcher, and
a trumpet, and tells them to go down
and drive out the Midianitea. I suppose
iiorae. wiseacres were there who said:
"That is. not military tactic. The idea
of 300men, unarmed, conquering such
a great Jiost of Midianitea!" It waa the
best wy. What sword, spear or cannon
ever accomplished such a victory s the
lamp, pitcher and trumpet?
Ood'a Way the Beat.
God's way Is different from man's way,
but it Is always best! Take, for instance,
the composition of the Bible. If we had
had the writing of the Bible, we would
have said: "I,et one man write it. If
you have twenty or thirty men to write
a poem, or make a statue, or write a his
tory, or make an argument, there will be
flaws and contradictions." But God says,
"Let not one man do if, but forty men
shall do it." And they did, differing
enough to show there hnd been no collu
sion between them, but not contradict
ing each other on any important point,
while they all wrote from their own
standpoint and temperament. So that
the matter of fact man has his Moses;
the romantic nature his Kzekiel; the epi
grammatic his Solomon; the warrior his
Joshua; the sailor his Jonah; the loving
his John; the logician his I'aul. Instead
of this Bible, which now I can lift in my
hand instead of the Bible the child
can carry to Sunday school, instead of
the little Bible the aailor can put in his
jacket when he goea to sea if it had been
left to men to write, It would have been
a thousand volumes, judging from the
amount of ecclesiastical controversy
which has arisen. God's way is different
from man's, but it Is best, Infinitely best
So it is In regard to the Christian's life.
If we bad had the planning of a Chris
tian's life, we would have said: "It
him have eighty years of sunshine, a fine
house to live In, It his surroundings
all be agreeable. I-t him have sound
health. Let no chill shiver through his
limbs, no pain ache his brow or trouble
shadow his soul." I enjoy the prosperity
of others so much I would let every man
have as much money as he wants and
roses for his children's cheeks and foun
tains of gladness glancing in their large
round eyes. But that is not God's way.
It seems as if man must be cut and hit
and pounded just In proportion as he is
useful. His child falls from a third story
window and has its life dashed out. His
most confident investment tumbles him
Into bankruptcy. His friends, on whom
he depended, aid the natural force of
gravitation In taking liim down. His
life la a Bull Kun defeat. Instead of 32,
000 advantages, he ha only 1,000. Aye,
only 300 aye, none at all. How many
good people there are at their wits' end
about their livelihood, about their repu
tation. But they will find out it ia the
beat way after awhile. God will show
them that he depletes their advantages
just for tha same reasou he depleted the
army of Gideon that they may be In
duced to throw themselves on his mercy.
The Orapevlae and tha Gardener,
A .grapevine aaya in tha early spring:
"How glad I am to get through tha win
ter! I ahall hava no more trouble now I
Hummer weather will come, and the gar
dan wUI be very beautiful!" But tha gar
dener come and rata tha viae her and
tbarv with hi knife. The twig begin to
fall, aad tha graparlaa crtee oner M ar
dor! What an yon ewtttag ma farf
"Ah," aaja tha gardaaar, 1 aVaa't ateaa
to kill you. If I did cot do tbla, you
would be the laughing stock of all the
other vines before the season la over."
Months go on, and one day the gardener
comes under the trellis, where great clus
ters of grapes hang, and the grapevine
says: "Thank you, sir.' You could not
have done anything so kind as to have
cut me with that knife." "Whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth." No prun
ing, no grapes; no grinding mill, no flour;
no battle, no victory; no cross, no crown!
So God's way, in the redemption of the
world, is different from ours. If we had
our way, we would have had Jesus stand
in the door of heaven and beckon the na
tions up to light, or we would have had
angels flying around the earth proclaim
ing the unsearchable riches of Christ
Why Is it that the cause goes on so slow
ly? Why is It that the chains stay on
when God could knock them off? Why
do thrones of despotism stand when God
could so easily demolish them? It is his
way in order that all generations may
co-operate, and that all men may know
they cannot do the work themselves. Just
In proportion as these pyramids of sin go
up in height will they come down In
ghnslliness of ruin.
thou father of all iniquity! If thou
canst hear my voice above the crackling
of the flames, drive on thy projects, dis
patch the emissaries, build thy temples
nnd forge thy chains, but know that thy
fall from heaven was not greater than
thy final overthrow shall be when thou
shall be driven disarmed into thy fiery
den, and for every lie thou hast framed
upon earth thou shult have an additional
hell of fury poured into thine anguish
by the vengeance of our God, and all
heaven shall shout at the overthrow as
from the ransomed earth the song breaks
through the skies: "Hallelujah! for the
Iord God Omnipotent reigneth! Halle
lujah! for the kingdoms of this world
have become the kingdoms of our Lord
Jesus Christ !" God's way in the compo
sition of the Bible, God's way In the
Christian life, God's way in the redemp
tion of the world, God's way in every
thing different from man's way, but the
best.
God the Great Ally.
I learn from this subject that the over
throw of God's enemies will be sudden
und terrific. There is the array of the
Midianites down In the valley of Jeireel.
I suppose their mighty men are dreaming
of victory. Mount Gilhoa never stood
sentinel for so large a host. The spear
and the shields of the Midianites gleam
In the moonlight and glance on the eye of
the Israelites, who hover like a battle of
eagles, ready to swoop from the cliff.
Sleep on, O army of the Midianites! With
the night to hide them, and the mountain
to guard them, and strong arms to de
fend them, let no slumbering foeman
dream of disaster! Peace to the captains
and the spearmen!
Crash go the pitchers! Up flare the
lamps! To the mountaina! Fly! Fly!
Troop running against troop, thousand
trampling upon thousands. Hark to the
scream and groan of the routed foe, with
the I,ord God Almighty after them! How
sudden the onset, how wild the consterna
tion, how utter the defeat! I do not fear
so much what is against me If God is not.
You want a better sword or carbine than
I have ever seen to go out and fight
againat the Lord Omnipotent. Give me
God for my ally, and you may have all
the battlements and battalions.
I saw the defrauder in his splendid
house. It seemed as If he had conquered
God as he stood amid the blaze of chan
deliers and pier mirrors. In the diamonds
of the wardrobe I saw the tears of the
widows whom he had robbed, and in the
snowy satin the pallor of the wblt
cheeked orphans whom he had wronged.
The blood of the oppressed glowed in the
deep crimson of the imported chair. The
music trembled with the sorrow of unre
quited toil. But the wave of mirth dash
ed higher on reefs of coral and pearl. The
days and the nights went merrily. No
sick child dared pull that silver doorbell.
No bega-ar dared sit on that marble step.
No voice of prayer floated amid that tap
estry. No shadow of a judgment day
darkened that fresco. No tear of human
sympathy dropped upon that upholstery,
l'omp strutted the hall, and dissipation
filled her cup, and all seemed safe as the
Midianites in the valley of Jezreel. But
God came. Calamity smote the money
market. The partridge left its eggs un
hatched. Crash went all the porcelain
pitcher! Huln, rout dismay and woe in
the valley of Jev.reel!
Surrender Ere It Ia Too Late.
Ala for those who fight against God!
Only two aide. Man immortal, which
side are you on? Woman immortal, which
aide are you on ? Do you belong to the 300
that are going to win the day or to the
great host of Midianitea asleep in the val
ley, only to be roused up iu consternation
and ruin? Suddenly the golden bowl of
life will be broken and the trumpet blown
that will startle our soul into eternity.
The day of the Ixird cotneth as a thief in
the night, and as the God armed Israel
ite upon the sleeping foe. Ha! Cunsl
thou pluck up courage for the day when
the trumpet which hath never been
blown shall speak the roll call of the dead,
and the earth, dashing against a lost
meteor, have its mountains scattered to
the stars and ocenus emptied in the air?
Oh, then, what will become of you?
What will become of me?
If those Midiunites had only given up
their swords the day before the disaster,
all would have been well, and if you will
now surrender the gins with which you
have been fighting against God, you will
be safe. Oh, make peace with him now,
through Jesu Christ the Lord! With the
clutch of a drowning man seise the cross.
Oil, surrender! Surrender! Christ, with
hia hand on his pierced side, ask you to.
A Motto of Frank Joeef.
A Gerurtui authorem, who la collecting
autograph for an ailnim for girls, and
already baa valuable contribution by
the Knrpemra William I. and Frederick,
baa obtained the following motto from
the Kmperor Fraud Joawf, who la not
known to have g Iran anvb autograph
before. It la written In a clear, bold
hand, and runs thna; "Take your du
ttea aaclonaly, and require the earne of
oCheta, but be lenient toward the fall
lags of your nelfhber rrana Josef."
WHAT WOMEN WEAR.
STYLES FOR THOSE WHO WANT
TO LOOK PRETTY.
Prevailing Mode Are Ho Varied
There I No Keaeon for a Woman's
Being Badly Suited Big Bleevea
Have Not Yet Been Retired.
Faahiona for Fall.
York correspondence:
Ne
HE present style
are so varied and
there are so few
Imperative rule
that apply gener
ally that the rea
son for a woman'
being badly suited
must He In her
lack of Judgment
or taste. It Is de
cidedly an ad
vance on the cus
tom of the past to
bring It about that
any sort of a fig
ure can be gutted
and almost any
taste 'gratified,
and the next logical step will be to
widen woman's choice a little further,
bo that a rule can be enforced that will
forbid a woman from wearing any
thing that Is not becoming to her. At
present she has her own way in colors.
There may be as many In one costume
as she likes, only they must blend,
"belong together," and the general ef
fect must be one of elegance and har
mony. As to materials, the favored
choice are smooth cloth, combined
with velvet, brocade or satin for dressy
occasions; crepon with satin and lace,
or all by Itself, for house and dress;
rough cloth for street and tallormade
gowns; silk, satin, brocade, velvet, pop
lin, etc., for formal use. Dame Fashion
IICTTOXS AND GALLOOX BKttlLT.
at last has become so obliging a lady
that one can no longer give directions
In a few words, as when It was good
and comprehensive advice to suggest
Ilk for best, cloth for the street, nice
white cashmere for the house, and
muslin for the party.
While the sleeves In this first picture
are In no way novel, their size is an
entirely safe one, and striking novel
ties, always the portion of dating and
well-to-do women, are especially ven
turesome In the mid-season. In Its ma
terial, however, this dress is unusual
enough for any taste, for It Is found In
a fancy suiting that has a green ground
plalded with narrow black stripes. Its
blouse waist Is of black satin and has
a round yoke and a center boxpleat of
the plaid. Two tabs of the satin hang
from the bodice In front, and draped
piece lined with pale green are seen
at the top. The collar is of black satin
and the sleeves of the plaid. Six black
satin buttons are put upon the front of
the aklrt, and a row of the same In
smaller sle shows on the bodice.
Trimming with buttons Is again being
resorted to, mid It will not be pleasant
news to many wormm. A favored way
of using them Is in connection with the
panel effects that are seen on both
fancy and tailor dresses. A common
EAT, OMBft AXD BCAHMT BLINDED.
trick la to etrap over the aide ptecea of
the aklrt on to the front piece by tailor
flnlaheu taba A pair of theae give al
meat the effect of the eo4 af a belt yttet
below the waist line, where the front
panel Is, of course, narrow, and the
tabs at their tip almoat meet Then
there are three other sets of taba, dis
tributed further down, all carefully
"buttoned." Covered wood and pearl
buttons are much used, and gold ones
are the correct choice when gilt appears
in the other trimmings. So these are
gold buttons that adorn the front of
the next pictured bodice, because ecru
galloon spangled with gold is used for
trimming. Tobacco-brown cloth is the
material, the skirt being garnished
with two bands of the galloon aud lined
with ecru silk. The fitted bodice has a
wide corselet belt and a dec)) yoke, the
Utter In front only, of cream guipure
spaugled with Kld, the corselet beinrf
edged at the top aud bottom with pale
blue and gold brocaded satin ribbon,
which Is also used for the bows at the
waist, sleeves and collar. The hack is
AKOTHKl! COMBINATION OF BRIGHT
SHADES.
plain, only the corselet blt showing as
In front.
Skirts slashed In fun shape all around,
fronts, sides aud back, the slashes filled
with frills of luce or showing flat panels
of color and material contrasting to the
rest of the dress, will be worn, and a
very good way it will ln to give
"spring" to the skirt that needs a little.
But It is not primarily .a device of mak
ing over, but, on the contrary, appears
on the most elaborate ucw dresses. One
of these Is shown In the next picture, a
stunning reception dress of ash-gray
silk shot with maize. Its wide skirt
has cascades of laurel-green velvet,
topped with lmnds of steel and spangle
embroidery, placed at regular intervals
at the sides and 'front, and the blouse
waist 1ms a fancy yoke, alike in back
and front, of spangled guipure, with
two velvet cascades nt the sides. The
cuffs arc entirely of spangled lace, bands
of the same ornament the puffs, and the
belt and collar are of the velvet.
The manner iu which a rich effect is
obtained by brilliant colors without the
use of lace Is well shown by the fourth
sketch, which presents a reception dress
of green cloth combined with bright
Scotch plaid. The latter appears on
the lower part of the skirt and above
this comes vino embroidery in bright
BEAtTTY TO BR VIEWED BY FEW.
scarlet silk. The jacket bodice has
vest and sleeves of the plaid, and the
remainder, including body, basque,
yoke and sailor collar, is of the cloth
embroidered with the scarlet silk. Scar
let silk Is used for the lining.
In no department of women's dress
ing are the recent changes of style
more welcome than In negliges or bou
doir gowns, for they bring many lovely
outfits. The adjectives that apply to
the dress in the final picture would
properly be superlatives, surely, and
the pity is that the wearer of such a
dress should not be permitted to more
widely display its beauties. Made of
rose pink silk with a full gathered front
of deep ivory sntln shirred several time
In the waist, It has a yoke of Ivory
guipure with points resting on the
sleeves In back and front, and I II n
lahed with folded Bilk draped with a
paate buckle. Back and side are fit
ted, akirt and allk aleeves are very
full, and full cascades of lace border
the edge of the silk where It Jolna the
front panel.
Oeprrtght, 1MB, -
The standard weight of an Kngllah
allk hat Is t ounces.
Blue and White Table Linen.
Blue and white is the fashionable
china for the table this season, and one
of the latest ideas in table decoration Is
to have doilies, table mats, centerpiece
and tray cloths embroidered in a shade
to match the blue of the china. This la
done in the old-fasbioned marking cot
ton, which will not fade, and when com,
bined with white wash silk, gives a very
unique effect.
This blue and white craze in the table
appointments decrees that the entire
Bet of doilies, table mats, etc., must be
carried out in the same design, the
edges to be worked in scallops in blue,
instead of being hemstitched. All the
outlining in the pattern is done in blue,
and inside of this it is filled In with
French knots and fancy stitches of tbe
white silk. Entire sets stamped with
the same design may be purchased at
any of the larger fancy stores, or, if one
haa any talent with the pencil, very
unique and original design may be
adapted for this purpose.
Snr prise Deaaerte.
Surprise desserts are always in de
mand. They give the correct finishing
touch to a little dinner. Here is a re
ceipt which, If followed, will delight
one'a guests and also reflect credit upon
the hostess: Select six Arm, good-siaed
bananas and remove the pulp, being
careful to split open the banana so that
the skin will be as perfect as possible.
Beat the pulp to a cream, measure It
and add half the quantity of sliced
peaches, one tablespoonful of lemon
Juice, three tablespoonfuls of confec
tioner's sugar and one tablespoonful of
sherry wine. Mix this well together
and be very careful not to have the pulp
too liquid. Then fill the banana skins
and stand them on Ice. Before serving
tie each banana with ribbon.
Ammonia in the Summer Time.
Ammonia, always useful to the house
keeper, has especial advantage in the
summer time by Its power of removing
lemon stains. A housekeeper who has
learned this simple household fact by
experience, suggests that a little pam
phlet be prepared to Instruct all house
keepers in the different methods of re
moving spots and stains. Many simple
means are not widely known. For re
moving the stains of strawberries and
other fruits from damask hot water la
often sufficient. Deep stains may be
removed by a solution of chloride of
lime. White stains from hot dishes up
on a polished table are removed by rub
bing the spot with spirits of camphor.
Bacon and Liver Stew.
Pour boiling water over a beef or calf
liver, let stand one-half hour, then cut
the liver with deep gashes, insert thin
slices of bacon In these cuts and fasten
in with toothpicks. Have three or four
slices of bacon In the pot over a hot
fire frying with an onion cut fine; when
fried to a crisp put the liver in, cover
tightly, let cook about ten minutes,
turning often, then dredge well with
flour, pour boiling water over till the
liver is covered, put on tbe top of the
stove where It will cook slowly. Cook
three hours; a nice brown gravy will he
done with the liver. Womankind.
Blackberry CordlaL
Blackberry cordial is an Invaluable
home-made drink for hot-weather dis
orders of tbe stomach. To make It,
aqueese blackberries enough to make
a quart of Juice, add to it a pound of
loaf sugar and let It dissolve, heating
it slowly. Add to It one teaspoon ful
of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Boll
all together twenty minutes. Op re
moving from the Are add a wineglass of
brandy. Put in bottles while hot and
seal. Use a teaspoon ful for a glass of
Iced wster.
atrlngbeane for Winter Uee.
String the beans and cut tlietn up In
as thin pieces as possible. In the bottom
of a stone crock put a thick layer of
salt, then a layer of beans, till the crock
Is full, taking care that the top is cov
ered with salt Put the cover on, keep
in a cool, dark place. I tilled a three
gallon crock last fall and kept it In the
cellar all winter. I used the last only
a few weeks ago, and they were Just as
good as fresh beans.
Apple Charlotte.
Rub the bottom and sides of the pud
ding dish well with butter, slice stale
bread thin and line the dish with it.
Peel tart apples, cut in small pieces
enough to nearly Oil the pan, scatter
ing bits of butter and sugar well
through it Soak slices of bread enough
to cover the apples, put a plate over to
keep the bret.d close to the apples. Bake
In a quick oven. Womankind.
Tarta.
When pies are to be made. It is a good
plan to make more cruet than needed
for present use, and bake It up In shells
for tarts. Bake In the gem pans. These
shell will keep quite a while la a close
tin box, aad arc handy for emergency
to heat a moment In the oven, then All
with some nlca Jam or Jelly. They
make a pretty addition tethatsa mow,
Wemaakud. ' -
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