The Salvation of Children-A Sermon to Parents B REV. JAMES M. CRAY. D. O. Dm Moodr BMt InainiW Chicago TKXT "It in not tlie will of your Kalh r which Is In lieuven that one of these little ones fthmilil perlRh." Malt. IN. 14. I love JeSU bP- cause hf loved little children, t love blm for many othr things chiefly b cause he minis ters to me daily of h I grace throuKb his word and spirit Hut 1 have a peculiar feeling of love for hltn whenever my thoughts dwell on a little child. "I think when I reml Hiut sweet Ki.ry of -lit. When JeKiifl wa here emuni; men. Ho he railed little children a lutnt to I tlx fold. I should like to liv been with Him then." In this chapter of Matthew he takea a little child and sets him in the midst of his disciples, not merely to teach thoso disciples a lesson in humility, but for the child's sake ns ell as their sake. Me has something lo leach them concerning the child which they never knew, and could not have known except for him. He tells them such little ones are not to be despised or Bet at naught, for the most transcendent of reasons, name ly, Uiat the Son of Man came into the world to save them, and that it ts not the will of his Father that one of them Khould bo lost. Christianity and the Child. The world cared nothing for little children before Jesus came and was cradled in a manger. In splendid Home, childhood had no rights other than those which the sentiment of the lather might fitfully concede to It lie might abandon his child or murder it as he chose. Greece set the example to Rome In this respect, since Spartan children were some times beaten at the altar of Diana until their life-blood ran out upon its steps. It was not until Christianity had begun to affect the Roman empire that tevQ,-9r -UtM-eKU4rea -f"d ex pression In literature, or that care for them became the custom of the great. There is great encouragement to us Christian parents in the fact that the soul of a little child Is as precious In the sight of God as that of Its par ent. It was Jesua who taught us this and to his holy name should be the praise. Let us act on this encourage ment and bring our children to the Lord that they may be saved. Let us remember that our children jieed salvation, for they were shapen In iniquity and conceived in sin. Th? Fifty-firxt Psalm teaches us this. It was not personal disobedience on their part that thus exposed them to divine judgment, but that which pre ceded It, that which was hereditary and common to all the race. That such sin Is In their being from their very birth is proven by the lives they live when they come to moral con sciousness. Are they not selfish from a very early age, and is not selfish ness sin? Are they not disobedient, and is not disobedience sin? Do they not take things which belong to oth ers? And is not this theft? Do the not covet and falsify? Do they not show wrath and hatred? And Is not this the spirit of murder? There is need of the regeneration of the Holy Spirit in the child as truly as In the parent of the child. The Responsibility of Parents. We parents have very much to do with the salvation of our children. First of all we can set a guard about them, on the principle that "an ounce of prevention is belter than a pound of cure." We can keep our children innocent of many things by warding off the approach of evil. It should uot be necessary for the state to make such encroachments upon the functions of the home as it is now doing. In the second place, we can set an example to our children, an example of self-denial and piety and obedience to divine law. Will a child reverence a God who is never worshiped In its own home? Can God be exalted in the esteem of little children when his name is profanely used by their par ents? Will children be likely to -o to church or Sunday school whose elders seldom do so? Will they love purity where the opposite In before them In the amusements and read ing matter of the household? Will they be honest, who hear money and gain continually exalted around the family table and at the fireside? Will they speak the truth who witness ex aggeration and falsehood In those they are supposed to honor? In the gospels we read that parents brought their children to Christ, they did not send them, and we, by example, must do the same. In the third place we can preuch the gospel to our children and lov ingly and faithfully talk with them about their aln and about the Saviour who died to take away their sin. We can urge them to confess Christ and pray for them, and better yet, prtty with ibera that they uy be saved TEA TABLE BISCUITS IN ALL SORTS OF FORMS THKY ARC IN HIGH FAVOR. May Be Served In Whatever Manner the Hostess Desires, and Will Be Appreciated Some Ideas That May Be Useful. The housewife who understand bow to make baking-powder biscuit, flaky Inside and crusty out. has an unlimited number of possibilities at her command. For the afternoon tea table these tiny biscuits are In high favor and appear In many guises. Rolled almost as this as a cooky, sprinkled with grated cheese and baked for about five minutes In a moderate oven, they furnish an Ac ceptable accompaniment for either tea or coffee. Holled equally thin and spread with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon, moistened with melted but ter, these crisp bits have a suggestion of the much liked cinnamon bread. A raisin Is a good center decoration, or a few currants can be used in stead. For the hostess who likes a bit of novelty, what ts sometimes called a "double biscuit." is an excellent ad dition to the afternoon tea table. After rutting the biscuit Into thin rounds, put a half teaspoonful of Jam or marmalade In the center of half the number and cover with the re maining halves. Let the filling he kept well In the center, so that In baking It will not ooxe out. Served fresh from the oven, these are do llclous little mouthfuls. A light spreading of honey can be used in the same way, or cream cheese, softened" sufficiently, offers another change. The same biscuit dough, made soft enough to come under the heading of a "drop batter," can be used for the filling of tiny patty pans and baked as one would little cakes. These bis cuits, so baked, have a delicious quan tity of crust, and their cunning site always attracts attention from guests who see them served for the first time. Sets of these diminutive cake tins can be found in various sizes, the preferred style being arranged, for the baking of a cake or biscuit scarce ly more than an Inch in dlaineter. The tins with fluted edges an, espe cially good for the making c these little biscuits. .' With the same combination of tn gredlenta an appetizing buchee Is easily possible. Make the biscuit ot suitable size and so that when baked It will be about an inch thick. With a pair of scissors clip rfway a bit of the top crust, and In tbe cavity place a dot of rich preserve. Leave uncov ered ar-fhat VSv hit ot colored filling may show prettily. A single pre served strawberry Is the best for this purpose. Not new, but always accept able, are biscuits of this description, with sufficient of the luslde crumb re moved to allow of a teaspoonful of richly dressed chicken or lobster salad. A flaked sardine filling Is also good, with Just a squeeze of lemon Juice to each portion. Sunday Supper. "Sunday the day of rest for every thing but the digestion" ts many a family's Idea of the Sabbath. You doubt? Then consider the Sunday sup per. What but an ostrich could prop erly digest the combination of cold ham. potato salad, pickles and other Indigestible comestibles that are act before the sluggish members of the family who have been "resting" all af ternoon? Perhaps the Sunday supper Is to blame for blue Monday! Then, too. In many families the din ner is served late In the afternoon and Is generally heartier than usual. One needs therefore but little and that little capable of easy digestion st the evening meal. Custard Souffle. Custard souffle Is a delicious varia tion on the plain baked custard per haps more like a baked omelet than a custard. To make It, bring a cupful of milk to the boiling point and then pour it gradually on two tablespoon f ula of flour mixed with the same amount of butter. Cook the mixture for eight minutes, taking great care that it does not burn. Then add two table spoonfuls of sugar beaten thoroughly with the yolks of four eggs. I,et the custard cool, add the beaten whites of the four eggs and bake for twenty min utes In a moderately hot oven. Serve Immediately with Jelly or some light, frothy sauce. Lenox Sauce. Mix one and one-half teaspoonfuls of mustard, one and one fourth tea spoons of salt, one teaspoon of pow dered sugar, one-fourth teaspoon of paprika, two eggs slightly beaten, one half cup of vinegar and one-fourth cup of olive oil. Cook over hot wa ter until thick. Strain. Add two ta blespoonfuls of melted butter, one half tablespoon of curry powder, one half tablespoon of parsley and one half teaspoon of onion Juice. Mrs. Charles II. Haldwln. To Clean Mirrors. Always use a soft linen rag, damp ened with pure alcohol or brandy to clean a mirror. Then polish the mirror with tissue paper or a soft cloth until it glistens. This gives very good resulta. Plain Lettuce Sandwiches. Put fresh, crisp lettuce leaves, ashed and thoroughly dried (between clean towels) betweeu thiu slicea of buttered bread, white or brown, or both, having a teaspoon of mayonnaise on each leaf. COMBINATIONS FOR & ,' g Canna and Salvia Form (H.v KUES K. RKXKOUD.I Every season I get letters from women who love flowers, and take great pride In their garden, asking if I can't tell them about "something new" in the way of beds, or of some new and desirable plants. They want something "a little different" from what their neighbors have. Now there are always new plants, "novelties," the seedsmen call them and almost invariably these plants arc Introduced with a great flourish of verbal trumpets. Whatever adjectives are used in describing them are quite sure to be in the superlative degree, and It is not to be wondered at that any flower-loving person's curiosity Is excited by what the dealers have to say about them, nor is It at all strange that many persons are tempted to in vesting In them. Of course one cannot say anything as to the merits or de merits of these plants until they have been tested. Some of them prove to be valuable; but, as a general thing, they are of so little merit that we never hear any thing about them after the second sea son. Therefore, I have to say lo those who ask advice about putting their money Into "novelties," don't do It, un less you have so much that you would not mind the loss of what you invest. Mere Is a suggestion for a bed that ought to "work up" well: Fill the cou ter wfth "Crimson Feather" Celos.a. Edge it with I'adorae Sallero Gera nium. The green and white foliage.' of the latter ought to bring put tfcjy ityl-1 liant coloring of the Celosia lt -iet Ing effect. Such a bed as this Is easily made, and is a IIUlo out of the com mon. , Here is another suggestion that will, If followed out, give you a wonderfully brilliant bed. In order to secure he best effects from it, it should be gien a prominent location. Center of bed, scarlet salvia. Surround this with calliopsis. rich golden yellow and brown. Border the bed with scarlet and yel low coleus. Betting the colore alternate ly, or using a row of each. A bed of this kind will fairly blaze with color at midsummer. The annual phlox adapts itself to some lovely combinations. Vse the pale pink, the delicate yellow and the pure white varieties together, and nave a veritable poem of harmonious colors. These can be arranged in rows, in circles, or planted In masses, to suit individual taste. It will be readliy understood, 1 think, that I am fonder of harmonious color effects than I am of a wide variety ot color. A package of mixed sweet pea seed will give you red, scarlet, purple, carmine, pink, blue, yellow, lavender and white flowers. Hut if you prefer, instead, exquisite chords of color, you will have to get packages of seed In which each color Is by itself, and se lect from these the colors which com bine most satisfactorily. An extremely brilliant bed can be made with the petunia. Hut don't use seed of mixed colors if you want the best results. Kill the center with the crimson or violet sorts, and edge the bed with white varieties. In this way you heighten the effect of each color by contrast. If the two colors are scat tered over the bed, in haphazard fash Ion, the effect will be too bizarre to be pleasing. The foliage should not be cut off when green, but allowed to wither and then be removed. Transplanting or any division of the bulbs is best per formed in July or August. If this ap eratlon is delayed until the fall more or less Injury or check to the new growths must take place. Narcissi are hardy. They live in al I J L,-.. .r. r-. v 5 Iviilfefei i; ., Btd ef Chinese Peonies. THE FLOWER GARDEN a Brilliant Bit of Color. most any soil or climate, and may be left alone for several years after one being planted. A rather deep anc somewhat stiff soil is preferred that In which the bulbs succeed best; and If the position Is one particularly shaded from lots of sunshine In the, spring the flowers of some of the spe cies retain their beauty for a much longer period than they would if ex posed to all the light and sunshine possible. The usual mode of propagation is by off-sets, which should be collected from the parent bulbs and planted out separately for a year in order that they may grow sufficiently large for flowering. The inujority of the species Increase somewhat freely by this method and permanent clumps may be lifted, and '.heir offsets removed, should there be a danger of injury caused by the (lowering bulbs being overcrowded, ensuing from their mul tiplying. The process of raising plants from seeds is a slow one, but Is prac ticed for raising new varieties. Seeds should be sown soon after being col lected, in pans of sandy and rather loamy soil. Young bulbs should be planted in a prepared border, and do not require more than one inch of space. H'upyrlght. 1913.) MUSCOVY DUCK Fs MOST PROLIFIC Size Is One of Strongholds of Breed. But not Satisfactory to Market Young Illy . U. UAVVHON.l We have In the Muscovy one of the most prolific of all the varieties, of ducks, especially for the farmer. Young ducks marketed before Christ mas time brought $l.f0 each and year lings 'i each. The size is one of the sirough hold of this breed, but they are not satis factory If you wish to market them at ten or twelve weeks, as they will uot mature so rapidly as the Prkiu. How ever, they can be raised on about halt the feed which the other ducks re quire and they are very hardy and splendid foragers. We have raised large broods in the open fields, never feeding them, aud find they are very much like the tur key in this respect. Those wishing an ornamental as well as the most profitable of all the dVcks will find the Muscovy satisfactory. Tbey make scarcely any noise un less molested, and are less of a pud dler than any of the other varieties, and they can be kept where any other variety would make anything filthy. They make a fine cross with any variety of duck and make a grand ta ble fowl when crossed with the Pekin. We are breeding all varieties of ducks and find either the pure bred or the crossed birds profit-producers. The progeny of the cross-bred birds will not breed and are like the Cana dian geese hi this respect. The Muscovy is found wild in South America aud Hrazll and they are ex tensively domesticated In Europe, whero tbey are bred In great num bers. Tbey live to a good old age, aa we have one female in a flock eight years old and lias wou many first pre miums. If they are not allowed to hatch their eggs they will lay morn or. less from April to November. They molt but once during the year, and it re quires five weeks to hatch the eggs. -C: J ' J s.i&f3Mt wI.. Cornerjofy t Jiinib& GOOD STORY WITH A MORAL Excellent Illustration Showing That Nobody Amounts to Much Who Doesn't Hustle. There wan a large Thomss rat that had Its habitation In a store, the To peka Capital says. It wan reported to be a fine blooded animal from a faintly of dlstinguiahed rat destroyers. The cat waa a beauty and everybody round the store took a turn at furnishing grub suited to the taste of a blooded cat. It was observed, however, that there waa no reduction of the rat or mice population, and the proprietor of the store commenced to Inquire into the reason why. Ho first tried the cat on a rat that bad been caught in a trap, but the feline expressed no interest or animation. He looked at the rat and then walked away. The storekeeper waa disappointed, but not entirely dis couraged. He thought perhaps that cat's specialty was mice, and as he had a mouse or two that had been caught alive in a trap, he turned them loose in front of the cat, but it paid no more attention to them than a sheep would do to a rare done beef steak. "I think," said the storekeeper, "that I am onto this situation. I will fire the next employe who gives that cat any thing to eat." For two days the Thomas cat did a good deal of bowling and wore a look of injured Innocence. He felt that he had been wronged, and wan ready to start an Insurrection, but as that didn't seem to get him any where, he turned loose on the rats and mice In a way that was surprising. The second day after this change of programe the rats held a convention to consider what ought to be done. When the leading orator among the rats arose, he said: "Fellow rats, this Is no time for talk. What we want to do is to move. That cat hasn't any more natural ability than he had be fore, but be has concluded that he either has to hustle or starve, and I have discovered that when a cat gets In that frame of mind his neighbor hood Is no place for rats." Many men and women, as well as rata, have never amounted to a whoop Just because they never had to hustle. DEVICE TO MAKE GOLF BALLS Sphere Retts on Plunger and la Press ed Up Against Die Designed by Pennsylvania Man. ( An apparatus for imparting to golf balls their peculiar pock-marked com plexion has been designed by a Penn sylvania man. ArlHing from a metal base Is a metal standard with an over hanging and bifurcated arm. In the bifurcations of this arm a rotary die Is pivoted. Directly below this die is a vertically moving plunger that is op. prated by a little lever at the side and Golf Ball Maker. that has a spring attachment to con trol Its movement. On top ot the plun ger is a cup into which a golf ball Is placed. By pressing down on the lever the rlunger rises and the ball is I'TORsec against the die. The force of the impact la sufficient to set the die revolving and it continues to revolve as the ball rises agalnts it. This has the effect of turning the ball around In the cup so that it is stamped around Its entire circumference. Rewarded by the Boss. The office boy had been discovered In a lie. It was not one of the ordinary prevarications of our everyday world, but quite a serious and deliberately mendacious effort. "Do you know, my lad," asked a clerk in kind tones, "what becomes of lads who trifle with the truth?" "Ay," waa the confident reply, "the boss sends them out traveling when they grow up!" Weekly Telegraph. In the Day of Pa's Youth. Little Kendrick was nicking elabo rate preparations to go to the zoo. "Oh, aay," he t ried. "I must have bag of lump sugar! 1 can have lots of fun with a bag of lump sugar and the elephants!" "When 1 was your age." said his father, "I could have a lot of fun with a bag of lump sugar without uny ele phants." Judge. Why He Escapee. "You ought to he spanked, young man." "I know it, but I'm not likely to be." "Why not?" "Well, pa and ma haven't ever beeo able to agree as to which une of them out'bt to do it." UNIQUE AFTER-DINNER TRICK Hanntr of Cutting Apple Into Sis Piece by Two straight Slashes Is Shown In Illustration. Mnch amusement may be obtulneil after dinner by cutting a wedgo out ot an apple, as Is Indicated In the dia gram, and make six gashes, as is shown. When this has been don challenge any one to divide the apple Into six pieces by only two straight cut, so Dividing the Apple. r that there shall be one of the gnnus In each piece. The Illustration shows how the ap ple may be divided Into six pieces br two straight cuts, so that there shall be a gash in each piece. First cut the apple through the dot ted line, then place the upper piece How Apple Is Cut. shown at the side of the larger piece, and moke the second cut straight through where the line ia drawn. The Farmyard. The players must all arrange them selves In a circle. The leader then tells them that he la about to give each the name of some anlmul, and that when he drops the handkerchief which he Is holding in his hand, be wants them all to make the cry of the animal which they are supposed to represent. He then goes round the circle and whispers to every player except one, the injunction to "remain silent.'' To the one player alone he whispers, "The donkey." ""This" lielng; done, he takes up his position in the center of the circle, and, holding the handkerchief aloft, says, "Now then, are you ready? All together," and drops the handkerchief. For half a second there Is dead silence, which la broken by the voice of the victim W ing uplifted In a deep stentorian "bray.'' It's a Fact That The greatest depth of the sea yet discovered is 32. OSS feet. The hair grows considerably faHer during summer than during winter. Ao orange tree will continue to bear fruit until It Is 160 years old. Rice forms the principal article of food of about a third ot the human race. On some of the large Arlan.tlo steamers there are aa many aa ISO firemen. The largest opal In the world, weighing seventeen ounces, is worth $300,000 and belongs to the emperor of Austria. The Worst Yet Johnny handed the following uote from his mother to the teacher on morning. Dere Teeclier You keep tellln' my boy to brethe with bla diafram. Maybe rich children has got diafrarov, but how about when there father onlj makes tl.SO a 'day and has got five children to keep? First It's one thing, then It'a another, and now it'a dlaframs. That's the worst yet Ladies' Home Journal. RIDDLES. What motive had the Inventor of railroads In view? A locomotive. Why are somo men like glow worms? 'tecauxe It must be dark when they s'.lne. e e Why cannot a thief eaBily steal a . watch? llecause he must take it off its guard. What la the hardest tblug to deal with" Au old pack ot cards. Why la a banker's clerk necesHanly I well informed? because be Is continually taking notes. e Why should a man uutued lieu marry a glii called Anne? liecauae he would be Kenny fitted, and she Auuie-niated. e Where lies the pathy of duty? Through the custom house. Why Is a cautious, prudent man Ilka ! a pin? I llecauve his bead prevents biui from ; going too lar.