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। - T —"— rr ^The Kitchen CaUz iet (Q. 1923. Western Newspaper Lmuu.) Thoughts are as material as bricks and mortar. Never yet was a struc--1 ture built, a reform launched, a poem i written, or a dollar earned that did I «ot first exist in thought. WHAT TO EAT A good filling for sandwiches is the I following combination : Soften a cream

cheese with a little cream or salad dressing, add line- I ly-chopped nuts and raisins using one-fourth of a cupful each ,to one cream cheese. Spread on but-

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[ tered slices of graham or whole wheat bread. Raisin Corn Muffins.—Take two cup- | fuls of tlour, one and one-half cupfuls i of white corn meal, three tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two tablespooni fuls of sugar, two cupfuls of milk, one teaspoonful of salt, one cupful of | chopped seeded raisins, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix well, put into gein pans and bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven. Crumb Muffins.—Take one cupful of flour, one and three-quarters cupfuls of milk, one egg. one cupful of bread crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of baking powder, one tablespoonful of melted ■ butter, one-half cupful of seeded raisins, and one-eighth of a teaspoonful of salt. Soak the bread crumbs In milk, add flour and other ingredients, mix well and put one spoonful of the mixture into each muslin tin. Bake twenty-five minutes. Indian Pudding With Apples.—Scald two quarts of ndlk, stir in one cupful of corn meal, cook until the mixture ; thickens. Remove from the fire, add one cupful of molasses, one teaspoonj ful of salt, one-half teaspoonful each of nutmeg and cinnamon and two cup- , fuls of sweet apples pared, cored and quartered. Pour into a deep earthen | dish and bake four hours. After the I pudding has baked for two hours add , one pint of cold milk. Serve with a j hard sauce. If suet is added to the pudding, one cupful finely minced and mixed with three tabh spoonfuls of flour, the pudding will need no sauce. Minced Lamb on Toast.—Put leftover roast lamb through the meat chopper; sprinkle it with flour and ' brown In a little hot bacon fat. Sim--1 mer it slowly in a gravy: if none, add i flour browned and a cupful of water; with a minced onion and a dash of lemon juice, salt and pepper, it Is ready to serve on toast. Serve very hot. A handful of choice plump raisins will make a sufficient dessert to satisfy the appetite for sweets. Added to almost any salad a few । raisins will improve the combination. i Keep any leftover beef loaf for i sandwich tilling. Cut the slices very ’ thin and lay on the buttered bread. O trust ye aye in Providence. 'For Providence is Kind, And bear ye a life’s changes Wi’ a calm and ct.eerful Mind. Though pressed and hemmed On every side. Ha’ faith and ye'll win through For ilka blade of grass Has its ain drap o’ dew. EVERYDAY FOODS If any members of the family are i prone to like kidneys, the following

will be a suggestive ’ dish: Deviled Kidneys.— Whip one-third of a cupful of butter substitute to a cream, add one teaspoonful of dry mustard, the same of lemon juice, I and salt to taste. Clean the kidneys and let them

soak in salt water an hour. Wipe dry and cut into small pieces and saute Ln two tablespoonfuls of butter, cook | twenty minutes, add the creamed butter, one tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce, and the mustard and lemon. Stir until well-seasoned. Serve cn toast garnished with thin slices of lemon sprinkled with minced parsley. A delicious sauce to serve with sliced roast of beef is: Bordelaise Sauce.—Take two toma- . toes, one small onion, one green pepper, two tablespoonfuls each butter I and flour, one clove, half a teaspoonful ' of salt, half a cupful of water, one i saltspoon of red pepper. Chop the , onion, green pepper, add the tomatoes, ■ salt and clove, simmer ten minutes. Rub through a sieve. Melt the butter, I add the flour and cook together until brown. Then add gradually the toma- ’ toes and one-half cupful of water. Let I simmer ten minutes, add the red pepper and another tablespoonful of butter. Mix well and serve hot with the । meat. Asparagus Omelet.—Beat until light I the whites and yolks of three eggs sepj arately. Into the yolks stir three tablespoonfuls of water, one-fourth of a teaspoonful each of pepper and salt. | Then fold In the whites of the eggs. | Melt a tablespoonful of fat in an omeI let pan, turn in the egg mixture. Cook | on top of the stove, then place in the I oven to finish cooking the top. Have । ready a sauce made of the asparagus [ | liquor in which the vegetable was i cooked. Use half of the liquor and [ half milk, thicken with butter and ’ flour cooked together, season well, stir In a cupful of asparagus tips and serve | with the omelet. Wiped Out Conquered Race. The Cromagnon conquest of France is perhaps the greatest epic of all history. Conquerors usually leave some small remnant of their vanquished foes. A few Indians still manage to hang on in the United States, east of ! the Mississippi, in spite of the im- ' mensely superior race of white men all ■ about them. No Neanderthals were i left in France. The Cromagnons ex- | terminated them like beasts—men. women and children alike, and cleared | the land for the foundation of modern civilization.

Telling the Truth “I can truthfully say that Dodd’s Kidney Pills have done me more good । than any kidney medicine I have ever j taken. Am now like a new man. When 1 commenced taking the pills I was hardly able to walk across the room,” i Robert Fleenor, Pine Village, Ind. | If you are not a sufferer, you can do some friend a good turn by clipping this ad and forwarding it to him. And don’t wait yourself until Kidney trouble attacks you. Thousands of I healthy people take DODD’S Kidney 1 Pills every year during Spring and Fall, as directed, simply to keep their Kidneys In perfect condition at all times. Be sure you get the genuine DODD’S i —3 D’s In the name. Tried and tested for over 35 years. Do not accept any I Substitute of a similar name—see that I i you get DODD’S. Always glad to receive a letter from users of DODD’S Kidney Pills. We can then give advice j regarding DIET, etc., FREE OF ALL I CHARGES. DODD’S Kidney Pills are sold by all Druggists. Large box GO cents. Prompt relief or your money back is our guarantee. If your Druggist’s supply happens to be out, he can easily secure same from his Jobber or wholesale house, or you can send 60 ’ cents in stamps direct to us. DODD’S MEDICINE CO. TOO Main St. Buffalo, N. Y. A Mild Never Gripe Garfield Tea Was Your Grandmother’s Remedy

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IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday School ’ Lesson ’ (By REV. F. B FITZWATER, D. D.. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright, 1923, Western Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR APRIL 8 ABRAHAM THE HERO OF FAITH LESSON TEXT—Genesis 12:1-5. He- ' brews 11:8-10, 17-19. GOLDEN TEXT—Abraham believed I God and it was counted unto him for 1 righteousness.—Romans 4:3. REFERENCE MAT ERIA L— Romans : 4:1-25; Galatians 3:6-9; James 2:21-24. PRIMARY TOPlC—Abraham Obeying God. J JUNIOR TOPlC—Abraham, the Man I Who Trusted God. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP- । IC—Abraham, the Friend of God. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPlC—Abraham, the Pioneer of Faith. I. His Call (Genesis 12:1-5). The human race, as such, had failed, and now we see God's purpose as to the re- ! demption of the race taking shape. ! Therefore he singles out this lonely man to make him the head of a nation through whom redemption was to I come. 1. His Separation (v. 1). He was I called to go out of his own country; | to separate from his kindred and go 1 Io an unknown land. These were all | very dear to his heart but they were j to be given up that Abraham might i have God and be the father of all the I faithful. Abraham was living among idolaters; therefore, he must separate from them. Even his kindred must be left behind for they were Idolaters. ' Following God costs much that is dear and precious to us today. To attain unto the highest and best in the spiritual life many things which are pleasant to the carnal nature must be sacrificed. 2. God’s Gracious Promise to Him ' (vv. 2-3). (1) “I will make of thee a great nation.” This was fulfilled In ‘ a natural way in a great posterity I (vv. 13-16) and In a spiritual seed. See ■ John 8:39, Galatians 3:16-17. (2) “I will bless thee.” God has wonderfully • blessed Abraham In a natural un<l 1 spiritual way and still greater realization of this promise is to come to I Abraham's seed. (3) “Make thy name great.” Abraham was called the j friend of God. James 2:23. Abraham ' Is a universal name. (4) "Thou shalt be a blessing." Untold blessings have come to the world throuch Abraham and still a greater blessing will be : reallzisl when the fullness of God's purpose concerning that nation shall I be realized. (5) “I will bless them ! that bless thee." (6) "I will curse | him that curseth thee." Abraham’s I seed is (soil's very touchstone. Nations and individuals who have used well Abraham's descendants lia\»* been blessed and those who have cursed them have In turn been cursed. (7) “In thee shall »11 the families of the earth be blessed." This Is the allcompreliensive promise of God because It shall come to the world through the Messiah. Galatians 3:16. While Abraham had to give up much he gained Infinitely more than he lost. 8. His Obedience (vv. 4 5). Without question or delay Abraham took hl# departure to the unknown land. Though he did not know whither he was going he knew that God had spoken. To have God’s command and promise is enough for the child of faith. 11. Abraham’s Faith (Hebrews 11:8-10). 1. Its Source Was the Word of God. He had heard God’s call. Because God had spoken to him he went forward. Faith takes God at his word. 2. Its Practice (vv. 9-10). He never settled down anywhere even in the land of promise. He was a true pilgrim. He was content to pass through the land because his eyes were fixed on a city which had foundations, whose builder and maker was God. The Christian does not settle down in this world as though he was going to make his home. He lives in the world but is not of it. His citizenship Is in Heaven. 111. Abraham's Testing (11:17-19). 1. At the Command of God He Offered Up Isaac, His Only Son. (v. 17). Going out into an unknown country was simple in comparison to laying his son on the altar of sacrifice. But he who had obeyed God in going out from his country and kindred was now to pass through the supreme test. 2. The Promise of Blessing Was Wrapped Up in Isaac, (vv. 18). It was not a promise which might take any descendant of Abraham but this particular child. The way seemed dark and the command conflicting with the promise, but faith does not consider difficulties. 3. The Supreme Venture (v. 19). Abraham so completely trusted God that he was willing to go all the way with Him, being assured that God would even raise him as from the dead, In order to make good his promise. Sin. Let us steal the word “sin” from the theologians. It is a good word that ought not to be allowed to wither into obsolescence. It is a far better word than ‘’crime,” which has elbowed It out of literature anti almost out of life. The criminal is only the sinner who Ims been found out. Let us leave the word ‘'crime” to the lawyers ami keep the word sin for ourselves. It is the jury and the judge who convict us of crime, but we are convicted of sin by the jury and judge within our own breast. I do not know whether the criminal who is convicted of crime rejoices as he goes to prison, but I do know that the man who is convicted I of siu steps into the merry light of i liberty. Sin is boredom ; goodness is | gladness. —James Douglas. * The Promise of Christ. Know brethren, tiiat the sojourning In this world of our flesh is short and transitory, but the promise of Christ is great and wonderful, and means the rest of the kingdom which is to come, and eternal life. —Second Epistle of St. Clement to the Corinthians.

WAS HERE BEFORE COLUMBUS Claims Put Forward That Danish Kavigator Landed on the American Continent in 1476. Several months ago Dr. Sofus Larsen of the University of Copenhagen reported having discovered among old Portuguese and Danish documents, evlde ice that John Scolvo or Scolf, a Danish navigator, reached the American continent and landed there In 1416. 16 years before Columbus sailed. According to Doctor Larsen’s account, the Portuguese prince, Henry the Navigatdr, after his twentieth attempt to reach India by sailing around the lower end of Africa had succeeded, conceived the Idea that s h ’ps could reach another part of India by sailing northward across the Atlantic. He got In touch with Christian of Denmark, his brother-in-law, and asked him to assist in dispatching an expedition from Denmark tn sjarch of a northwest passage to ’ndia. Christian fell tn with the plan and chose John Scolvo, an experienced, competent sailor, to pilot the j ship. Finally the ship reached the coast of Labrador in safety, and found a harbor in what is now called j the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Watch Cuticura Improve Your Skin. On rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash off Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It is wonderful what Cuticura will do for poor complexions, dandruff, itching and red, rough hands.—Advertisement. The Supercilious Schoolman. I recently had an amusing Illustration of the yawning gap between education and life when I sought to purchase an outline map of Europe. The only ones available appeared to date from about the time of the FrancoPrussian war, and the young man In charge of the school supply department tartly replied to my Inquiry: “You know, the schools don’t recognize the new European boundaries.” I asked him If the schools with which he was familiar recognized the existence of the late European war. but he refuse*! to see anything funny in his own remark.—Edward P. Warner in the North American Review. Meaning of Europe Defined. The name Europe signifies a conntry of white complexion, so called because the Inhabitants were of a lighter complexion than those of Asia and Africa. But It doesn't rain very hard on the unjust if he Is roosting under a stolen umbrella.

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SURELY HAD A BUSY DAY Novelist Must Have Been Kept Fully Employed, Judging From the Result of His Labors. “English novelists are effete. They go in too much for style. There's a lack of red blood in their work. a dinner in a country Inn where we were staying together. I said one evening to un English novelist: " ‘Well. I dashed off 8.000 words today. Wha did you do?' “ 'Oh. 1 was Immensely busy,’ said he. ‘I corrected the proofs of my new ess^y.’ “'Make any changes?’ I asked. “’I made one very important change,’ he said. ‘I took out a comma.' "I couldn’t help giving a disgusted laugh. “ ‘And Is that all you did all day,’ I said —'take out a comma?’ “ 'Oh, no,’ said he. After deep reflection I put the comma back.’ ” Ireland’s New One-Pound Note. A new Bank of Ireland £1 note Is now in circulation, which is of the , same size as the £1 treasury note, and it is claimed that it cannot be forged. . In the center is an oval green panel, ‘ from which branch, in minute charac- | ters, “One ~jund” and £l.” and on the •everse, instead of the houses of par- | lianient, is the figure of Erin with her harp. A gentleman who calls another gentleman a liar Is no gentleman. Honesty never has to crowd anybody in order to make a living.

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HOLD CONVERSE BY SIGNS How English Weavers Make Themselves Understood Amid the Deafening Din of Heavy Machinery. Among Lancashire weavers there Is a soundless system of communication which has been In use for generations. Arild the crash of the machinery when no human voice could be heard, the workers converse easily with one another by means of lip movements ar 4 signs made by the hands. Knowledge of the weavers’ language is a necessity to the craftsman and the little “tenters” study ft along with ! i“eir lessons in weaving. Usually the first thing learnt Is the time of day. A forefinger crooked and held up, then four fingers held up, signifies a quarter to four. If the crooked finger moves to either side it means a quarter past four. The pupil watches the movements of the lips. At first he can only comprehend their meaning when the words are simple and the movements aie exaggerated. In a surprh Ingly short time, however, he is able to talk to his fellow workmen with perfect ease, during the Inte.wals when the looms do not need all of his attention. What He Meant. Ida —Jack Nervy tried to hug me last evening. May—Oh. that’s what he meant when I saw him hurrying toward your house. He told me he had a pressing engagement.—Boston Evening Transcript. | e The trouble with the man who knows nothing is that he is always the last ‘ one to find it out.

Meteors by Millions. It has been calculated that not less than 20.000,000 meteors, each large : enough to be visible as a “shooting star,” enter our atmosphere daily.

I For the Man of the House; Equipping an electrical den for the man of the house is a project that will not require as much money as one may think. These are some of the things that go with it: An electric log fireplace, an electric cigar lighter, a humidifier that clears and perfumes the air of every taint of tobacco smoke, and even in these days the electric cocktail mixer cannot be overlooked. Other articles for the den are a clock that never has to ba wound, and an immersion heater which may boil water for a hot drink or for shaving in ten minutes. His couch can be fitted with an electric comfort which covers It entirely, and a softly shaded reading light will surely be a most welcome companion at his shoulder. Bird Statistics. Some species of ducks and geese and other water birds, together with certain land birds, are decidedly on the increase, while others appear to be steadily decreasing. The trumpeter swan, Eskimo curlew, Carolina paroquet and ivory-billed woodpecker seem to be rapidly decreasing in numbers and may be on the verge of extinction. On the whole, however, the bird population in the United States is on the increase, according to a report made by the chief of the bureau of biological survey. One or the Other, “Jones says he has a hen that laid 420 eggs last year. Some layer, ehT* “Either that or her owner is some liar.’’ It's pleasanter to be hopeful; that*® why so few of us are pessimistic.