1 " MRS. NICOLL A REAL WAR NURSE ? ? m .Mill ???? ????! ... . ?. ? i Mr*. De Lancey Nlcoll. the beau tiful darling of New Tork society and the most famous woman genealogical expert In the United States, was as serious when she took that swift 'course in hoepital nursing last winter she has been with everything else^ ^ ^erer undertaken. " She is now In the Pnench war sone, dressed in her blue and white, and. seriously giving ner services wherever they are needed She is only one of that bevy of society wom en who took up rapid-Ore courses in nursing when it became the fashion to carry through her announced plans. She not only knows fundamentals of nursing, but is a One cook as well. And as convalescent soldiers can thor oughly enjoy appetising food, she is bound to be popular among the pa tients in the army hospitals. Beyond this, she is so exceptionally good looking when in street or eve ning garb that she must seem like a minlaterlng angel In a nurae'a uniform, lira. Nlcoll waa temporarily ma rooned In Qergiany during the early part of the war. She waa taken for a apy before ahe got out of that country, and only ber ability to apeak the German tongue fluently kept her out of prlaon. In more than one way the la a capable and remarkable woman. ANSBERRY WAS SILENCED HI mimm?~ ? ??? Ml ? II. I Representative Timothy Ansberrj of Ohio le a (hiker whoae voice pene trftes to the deepest recessss of the ci >ltol, and when ho spseks the roof r erberatss with his booming. A | 1 isper from Ansberry Is equivalent an ordinary man's talking, so the t of telling a Joke la an undertone one which he will be obliged in fe e to deny himself. One day Ansberry was telling a Ml story to a fallow-member in at he imagined was, like the voice J Annie Laurie, "low and sweet." . it resembled the echoing of dls t cannon from the field at Ma nassas. Ths gentleman who was speaking showed his annoyance at the sound, and Spanker Clark thumped his ravel. Clark, who was once a school teacher In his days of callow youth, knew just what to do. so he called Ansberry np to the desk. "Tim," ha aald In a low tona aa ha ? roan to reach that gentleman's ear, "Tim. If you don't atop talking when, I am having a recitation I will keep yon In daring receas." That waa an awful threat. Vlaiona of sitting on a hard bench and writing ont 300 sentences In parliamentary law while the other fellows were smoking and Joking In the cloakroom rose before Ansberry, who for a while kept so quiet that the silence in his vicinity waa audible. , 1 ? ? ii i ? ii i ? in I in i .????? -a . MEXICO'S DARK HORSE ? | Manuel Vasquez Tagle aeema to be the "dark horse" In the contest of the presidency of Mexico, and there are many who believe he Is one of the tew men who can save that distracted country. The name of Tagle disappeared from publications on current Mexican affairs when Vtctortano Huerta leaped over the back of Pedro Lascuraln Into the presidency or the dictatorship. Tagle had been minister of Justice un der Francisco Madero and he not only refused to accept office under Huerta. but he declined to take the man by the hand. Yet the man lived there after In Mexico City, walked the streets, went to the theater, enter tained his friends at bis home and was not harmed. He has Uved In Mexico City ever since and no one else has haymed him or tried to harm him, whether he be Zapata, Villa. Carransa or what not. The mobs have never looted his home. neTer (topped his automobile In the street and. Indeed, It la said. Tagle haa ?one on attending to hla bnslneaa affairs throughout calmly and without com promise. That arguea him a unique individual lq the bloed-drenched re public?decidedly a man out of the ordinary. Tagle waa born in Mexico City in 1854 and educated in preparatory and law echoola of the capital. He had no sooner been admitted to the bar than Wax made him official defender, but his seal in defending the young news paper men who had dared to suggest another candidate for the presidency soon led to his resignation. He at once went into private law practice and did not again accept public office until Madero became president JIM MANN, KING OF DETAH. James R. Mann, the Republican floor leader, la the King of Detail. Nothing la too small or too numerous for him to know all about. Ask Mann what were the amounts of the princi pal Items In the agricultural appro priation bill seventeen years ago and no doubt he oould tell you without pausing to move an eye-winker. It Is almost safe to say that he can akin a gnat and that he can tell offhand the day of the week when each of the house page boys was bom. No minute detail escapes him. He knows everything. Also Mann never lacks for a word. The person who willfully engages Mann in a battle of repartee has much the same fool hardy point of view as the lad who monkeys with a buss saw. Representative Johnny Garner of Texas was the only person at the last session of congress who agked Mann anything that he didn't answer. Mann got np on* day to criticise the Mexican policy of the present administration. Tffen Garner asked Mann: "Jnst without going Into details, how would you dispose of the Mexican' situation r Battleship Saved by Heavy Blaatlng. The Tapperheten, one of the largest warships of the 8wedlsh navy, was floated after nine months of continual work. The vessel, grounded near Stockholm, was at first believed to be a complete loss. There existed only one way It could be saved, according <1 experts?that of blasting away the ruck from beneath It The drilling and the planting of the explosives was done by divers. Two thousand tons of atpnes were removed before the boat pltd into the water. *4. ' A , L JUIUL . .OVVAIV^JU-.-.-.WJUUjyjL Ths Raisin State. Practically all ths raisins and dried grapes produced In the United Ststes are California products. According to the last census the production of rai sins and dried grapes over the whole of the country amounted to 189.I1S.1U1 pounds, and of this total California furnished 189,110.870 pounds'. It Is es timated that there are now lio.ooo acres planted to ralatn grapes In Call tornla. In 1911 the rataln prod union was estimated at 110,000.000 pounds, and In 1911 at 1M.OM,0?P pounds. PROBLEM OF JELLY MAKING ]f Something Which Intereata Every Houeewlfe end Yet Seema Not ta Be Perfectly Undtratood. Although there are many houae ?rlvea who can make the flnaat kind of lalllea It la probably true that the majority cannot tell luat why Jelly "Jella." Jelly-making aa practiced In the home la an art founded upon scientific principle* and conalata la ao control ling conditions wtth eugar and belling that the whole mixture aeta. Jelly "Jella" becauee of the preeence of a aubatance called pectin, which may not be preaent In the fruit Juice but become* preaent after boiling. These. pectin bodies c^n utilise Just ao much sugar and If It la Increased beyond a certain limit continued boil ing will produce only a gummy maaa. The correct amount of Juice to sugar ?arles from \: 1 to 1:1 by volume Currants and partially ripened grapes should h|ve 1:1 and raspberries, ap ples and cranberries should have % 1. Those Juices which require the most sugar need to be boiled only from eight to ten minutes, the others from twenty to thirty mlnutea The much reported statement th"t Jelly cannot be made from "he< t sugar" la groundless. Both "bora sugar" and "cane-sugar" often c me from the same bin, the coarse crys tals being labeled the former and the fine cryetale the latter. HOUSEHOLD HINTS To remove Ink spots from marble, mix well equal parte of spirits of vit riol and lemon juice, wet the epote and In a few minutes rub with a soft cloth and then wash. To clean dingy glass, wash It with warm water and sal soda. Dry and then brighten with salt water. To clean nickel sliver ornaments, dip a piece of flannel In ammonia and rub the article. To clean raincoats, sponge with a mixture of alcohol and ether, to which Is added a tables poo nfnl of ammonia to a pint of the liquid. To clean black silk, sponge with household ammonia and press while damp on the wrong side of the goods. For Young Housekeepers. If your White enamel furniture be comes soiled or discolored It may be quickly and satisfactorily cleaned and restored thus:-Melt one tablespoon ful of bicarbonate of soda In one quart of boiling water; when cool, wash the furniture with the solution, using an old flannel cloth for the purpose. When reed or cane seats sag, wash them on both sides with warm soap suds. Make the under side quite wet; dry In the air and sun. Burnt coffee will free the house from cooking odors. So will smoul dering string. A handful of lavender flowers In a bowl with lemon or or ange peel and covered with boiling water Imparts a gentle fragrance to an entire apartment. To prevent white clothing or mate rials from becoming yellow, wrap each piece carefully In blue paper or old muslin well covered with house hold laundry blue. Sponge Finger*. Measure the weight of three eggs In butter, sugar and flour. Beat the eggs and sugar together for IE minutes. Melt the butter and add alternately with the flour to the other ingredients, stirring gently all the time. Then add half teaspoonful baking powder and a. few drops of ranllla or other flavoring Bake In a wen greased tin for 10 or IS minutes. Turn out and allow to cool. Then split In half and spread with Jam, Jelly or lemon curd. Coat the top with white, pink or chocolate Icing and cut into fingers. In the sum mer fresh raspberries or strawberries are delicious used as a filling. Tinned pineapple, pear or other fruit can be used satisfactorily. Chilling Your Fudge. You will never again make fudge and almllar candles in the old way? taking from the Ore and beating till cold?If you try this way once. Take the candy from the lire when the soft ball stage Is reached, place the pot In a large one containing cold water, then stir till firm. It will be creamier, and leas granular, than you ever had. A chemist tells me that la because the contact of the pot with the cold wa ter Immediately arrests crystalliza tion. It may also be that the motion of stirring, rather than beating, tends to prevent granulating. At all events, chill your candy In the cold water.? Good Housekeeping Magazine. Little Feather Cakes. One egg, one cupful of augar, two scant cupfuls of flour, two tablespodn fula of butter, one-balf cupful of sweet milk, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Cream the butter and sugar and add the beaten yolk of the egg. Fold In the stiffly beaten white the last thing. Flavor to taste, drop portions Into small muffins. A sim ple white icing improves these cakes 10 per cent Banana Croquette 8alad. A dainty way to serve the nutritions banana la to peel and cvt In halves across the fruit Take a fork and dip the bananas in mayonnaise dressing, then In eqoal parts of chopped wal nnta and pecan nuts. Serve on let tuce leaves, with a few of the nuts for rarnlsh. Three-quarters of a cupful of chopped nuts will bread three bananas. Fried Canned Salmon. Pick ths bonce and akin from a can at salmon, being careful to keep the meat In good-elsed pieces. Roll each In Indian meal and fry, brown In pork fat. When all done brown put a table spoonful of flour In the fat, stirring to keep oat lumps, and gradually add boiling water until thin enough for gravy. Flavor with salt and pepper. This Is, very nice with baked potatoes. Bqked Pork Chops. / Take aa many thick allcea aa are ?ceded tor the meal, place In a pan with a little water, Iny a thin slice of onion on each, season with salt and. DeDper, and bake till dona PROSPECTS GOOD FORSTATE'fl 3E8T EXHIBITS AND LARGEST CROWDS EXPECTED SAYS SECRETARY POGUE. TAR HE?L CAPITOL NEWS Gonaral Naws of North Carolina Col loota^ and Condonaad Prom tho StatS Capital That Will Profo of Interest te Ail Our Roadors. Raleigh. "Everything points to the most suc cessful state fair that has been held In the flftjr-four rears' history of the fair/* said Col. Joseph E. Pogue, speaking about the prospects tor the big annual event which will be held this year October 18-23. Every year finds the fame of the fair reaching over a wider territory and this means result* In crowds that are substan tially larger each year than for the preceding year. This year will be no exception If the weather Is good. As has always been the case the free attractions will be a feature. The Great Stat* Fair Is not stingy when It comes to providing amusements and liverston tor the sUiethrongs when they gather here from all parts, of thp commonwealth. It proceeds on the principle that the best Is none too good. This year the principal free attrac tion will be the famous Captain Wad doon. who will drop bombs from a monoplane two thousand feet In the air on an Improvised fort located In front of the grand stand In full view of the assembled multitudes. The In terest of this performance 1* higbt ened by the return of the firm from the fort. Cannon after cannon bel lows forth from the fort, the battle finally terminating in the destruction of the fort This wonderful scone, says Colonel Pogue. will give those who attend the State Fair a more vivid realization of'the battlefields of Europe than they have ever, had be fore. And there will be a number of additional free attractions together with many clean and high-class paid shows. Colonel Pogue states that efforts will be made to make the livestock exhibit particularly good this year, this In view of the growing Interest In the state In the livestock Industry. A further advance over- previous years will be noted In the county ex hibits. There will be more Individual county exhibits than have been seen at any previous fair In the state. It is thought that fifteen counties will have exhibits. This Is of course re la tlvely a small number, but the county exhibit feature Is new in the manage ment of the Fair and an exhibit from that number of counties, all things considered, Is regarded as very satis factory. One reason that the county exhibit side of the fair Is developing In a satisfactory manner Is the cus tom some counties have now of hold ing fairs of their own. After they have got their own exhibits together It Is very little trouble to bring the blue ribbon winners to Raleigh and get the wide advertisement'for the county that Is thus made possible. Secretary Issue* New Charters. A charter was issued tor the Pitt Lumber Cimpany. Greenville, capital 150,000 authorized and $15,000 sub scribed by W. T. Fqfjst, T. W. Whlte hurst and others (or a general lumber business. Another charter is (or the National Deposit Box Company, Raleigh, capi tal $50,000 authorized, and $3,000 sub scribed by J. C. Pickett, W. H. Rook and others (or the manutacture and sale of Iron sales, sa(ety deposit boxes and the like. Oak Grove Dairy Company, Greens boro, capital $25,000 authorized, and $1,600 subscribed by J. A. Hodgin, E. Clay Hodgin and others tor a general dairy business. Another charter Is (or the Paul St Cornell Co., Newson, Davidson county, capital $25,000 authorized, and $7,500 subscribed by A. P. Cornell, Charles Paul and others to develop stone quar ries and carry on other development work. Young to Spook In California. Commissioner of Insurance J. R. Young la to deliver an address before the National Association of Commis sioners of Insurance early in Septem ber at Monterey, Cel.. on the contin gent commissioners for agent's com pensation, an Issue that was threshed out before the last legislature and de feated, bnt to which the Insurance commissioners of the whole country are committed as a principle. Mr. Young leaves for this western trip September 8 and will go by Chicago, where he will deliver an address. hoads Are Better 8ay* Major. Major Graham says that In his trav els this summer he has be?n simply amazed at the rapid strides that are being made In many of the counties of the state In the matter of road building and maintenance. Six months ago when he would step from the train at Llncolnton to be driven to his farm It would require an hour and a half to make the drive across the country, but on this trip the drive was made within 40 minutes and without anything like the tiring effects ex perienced on former visits. ?? Incrtaie In Llva Stock Reported. The commissioner bee received as aueencee from the Corporation Com mtaelon, tbet there will be available very soon full returns as to the num ber of hogs and cattle In the atate, theee figures being available for the first time In five years. Major Gra ham Is confident that the record as to hogs will show a gain of at least 100. 004 in number. He estimates that there will be shown to he more than 1.100,000 hogs, whereas there were five years ago only j .200.000. The In creaseln cattle Is pro ml si a*. Tax Assessments ffhow I ncnaM. Chairman E. L. Travis. of the Cor poration Commission, li well pleaaed with the work that If being ocoom pllahed In the equalization of taxes throughout the state and in the gen eral maintenance of tax assessment* that will be much more fair to all the people that has been the case In tbe past. This work Is being done quiet ly hot affectively now- by the com mission as state tax commission and with the co-operation of tbe county authorities all over the state. It will be several weeks, It Is stat ed at tbe offices of the commission, before the figures In detail as to the new assessments can be given to th* public, but wben they are given out thqy will be In much the most com plete and comprehensive form they have ever been In previous assess ment years._. They will be so grouped and compared as to show lost what the changed have been In each of the counties, tbe relative rise or tall of the assessments as between tho coun ties and, more particularly, the details of equalisation as between the var ious classes of property. It Is predicted by those In touch with tbe roassesment work that one of the very biggest sources of In creased revenue through the re-aa sessment will be In tbe matter of un covering heretofore untaxed sources of revenue and bringing up under assessed properties a more lust rela tion to other classes of property more equitably valued. While very few cf the counties In the state will show an actual decrease In the assessed value of property for taxation, it Is a fact that Rockingham county will show nearly ten per cent decrease and, furthermore, there wjll be- no Interference with this condition on the part of the state tax commis sion. Tbe reason la that four years ago Rockingham had one of the very best tax assessors anywhere In the state and, acoording to the state tax ing authorities, put the tax values well up and, tn fact, out of propor tion to the aasessments In many of the other counties. So this year there Is a general willingness to yield to public demand In Rockingham and give the taxpayers of the county something of a general shave In the standard of tax assessments. ' __jv Getting Ready For Moonlight School. At the atate department of educa tion It U estimated that there hare been fnlly one thousand public school teachers and others volunteered for the special moonlight campaign that it is planned to press on a statewide basis during the month of October. Heads of the divisions of work of the state department. L. C. Brogden, E. E. Samms and others, are giving their -aid )nst now to the perfecting of a mpdel series of 12 lessons that are to constitute the course of instruction and which will be designed to give to the Intelligent adult Illiterate the rudi ments ..of reading, writing and arith metic and lift the state out of its present disgracefully low rating as to the per cent of voting population that can read and wrltA ' ' ? i Thrifty Sittlan at Valdaac Colony.J Judge Clark, (peaking of thd Vald ese colony, tayi there thrifty settlers were located In Burke county, near Morgan ton, on really poor landt. brought practically nothing with them, not even epough to keep them until they could make a crop, but went to work with a wonderful degree of energy and thrift and now hare an at tractive town with a cotton mill and a hoalery mill, also a macaroni factory and a bakery which shlpa bread to the Waldorf Astoria, New York City They have Rie vineyards and splen did stone church of large seating ca pacity. A remarkable record of the moral standards of the colony Is that there has never been a member of thlr colony arrested on any charge and none of them has been Involved in any sort of a law suit. Stat* Pay* Million Mor* Tax**. Special from Washington.?The an nual report of Col. W. H. Osborn, com mhrsloner of Internal revenue, a synopsis of which was given out a few days ago, shows that North Carolina paid more than (1,000,000 In revenue! In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1315, than the year previous. The exact In crease was (1,704,607.17, which comes from the special war tax. There was a decided falling off In the receipts from the corporation and Individual Income taxes. Mailing Special Bulletina. The special No. 1 Bulletin volume of "Amendments to Roviaal of 1905," gotten out by Legislative Librarian W. 8. Wilson has come from the presses of the state printers and Is be ing mailed out to all cltlsens who have need for It and will make appli cation for copies. It covers all legis lative amendments to the Revlsal by the legislature from 1907 to 1915 and they are printed only on one side of page so that amendments may be pasted In the Revlsal with the origi nal sections. l. Mil* Creek Extend* Vacation. Mis* Flora Creek, who has held a position as office deputy Internal rev enue collector for a number of year*, spent the past month at San Francis co attending the Panama-Pacific Ex position using here 30 days annual leave of absence with pay for the purpose. Now she has decided to re mafn there another month and has ob talned an extension of leave without pay, and Mrs. R. L. Letnster, widow of Adjutant General R. L. Lelnster has been sworn in as tempory office denuty for time Miss Creek Is away. ? Better Cere For Convicts. For the Military and hygienic care of prisoners the state board of health and the State Highway Commission have Jointly Issued a set of plans and specifications embracing a new sys tem for portable convict camps Three types of camps are Retailed in the new scheme. The plans were pre pared by Mr. Frank K. Thompson, ol Raleigh, and they embody the ideas el Dr. W. S. Rankin and Dr.' Joseph Hyde Pratt, relative to the construe Hon and,equipment of convict camsa ? ? i Mmtional smsfsaiot Lesson (Bt O. E. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute.) LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 12 ELIJAH'S FLIQHT AND RETURN. LEMON TEXT?I Kings ?:S-1S. IRuJ entlrv chapter). GOLDEN TEXT?Be atlll and know that 1 ana Qod. Pa. 46:10. Elijahs great victory over prophqtn of Baal which reaulted I,to their extermination la followed by a moat notable prayer aervice on the .op jot Mount Carrael (18:42-45). So confldent waa the prophet that at the arising of "a little cloud," he hastily summoned the toasting king and nrgea hta departure to his home, "that the rain stop thee not" The Ood whom Elijah bad honored - so signally that day laid his hand upon the prOphet (18:48) so that he was able to outrun the king's horses to the entrance of Jexreel. There he is met by a mes senger of the wicked queen (18:2) who bad been the protector and pro vider of the slain prophets Getting bis eyes off of God and seeing only a vile and wicked woman Elijah not only ran for his life out ol Ahab's do mains but also "went a day's journey Into the wilderness" to the protecting shade of a jnnlper tree (v. 4). I. The Discouraged Prophet, vv, 4-8. Old and young, great and small, we all have our periods of discourage ment and frequently despair. Chris tian's encounter with Giant Despair appeals to us all for It Is so true to life. At Carmel, Elijah controlled the king; In his palace at Jet reel. Jezebel soon shattered his good resolutions. If he had any. We must recall that It was her prophets Elijah had de stroyed. There Is a suggestion in the fact that Elijah did not enter her presence (18:48). Yonder In the wil derness, hta Gethsemane. Elijah prayed a vastly different sort of prayer than upon Mount Carmel. Jezebel Is still In power. Heathenism Is not overthrown, his efforts,had been but trying to ."dam Niagara with bul rushes" No one who has ever heard the ora torio "Elijah" sung will ever forget the bitter agony of "It Is enough." The prophet who alone had been ex alted to the heights was alone capable to sounding such a depth of human despair The sources of his discour agement were his physical condition, his loneliness, inactivity, mental reac tion and a feeling that his causa was lost History is lined with similar experi ences in the lives of the leaders of men. Elijah's experience under tl)e juniper tree came chiefly from repre senting feelings as though they were facta. God'B first remedy wu to teed bla fainting servant and then give him a task to perform, vis., a jdurney to Mount Horeb (Mount of God),,for God loved him Just as truly now as pre viously at Carmel. In this , new strength Elijah went "forty dajys" (v. 8; I Pet. *:!). II. The Encouraging God, w. 9-13. God's second remedy was to give Elijah his word though this time It suggested reproof, "What doest thou here?" Elijah 1s out of place. In re ply he begins to rehearse his loyalty to God, and how bad the others were and then In seeming petulance he adds, "and they seek my life." "I only," are the words of the selfish man and when Elijah used them he too was a backslidden servant. It Is true that there was great apostasy In Israel but the prophet was far from being the only true servant remaining. (See 18:4; 20:13; 22:35. 41; 22:8). This Is a favorite way the Evil One has for paralysing our efforts. There Is no evidence but that the 7,000 were as brave, certainly at that moment more so, than Elijah. God then continued his treatment by giving the prophet a vision of himself and of his meth ods for advancing his kingdom. A series of symbols made the trnth ? plainer and more Impressive than words alone could possibly hare done. Leaving the protecting cave Elijah first met a wind which "rent the mountains." a type of Elijah's past activity. This was not God's chief power nor method. The mighty wind which destroys Is as nothing com pared to the silent forces which cre ate. It Is not always the cyclonic lire end earthquake men and women who wield the greatest power and Influ ence. We are told that man never (eels so abjectly helpless as In an earthquake, "but the Lord was not In the earthquake" (v. II). "After the earthquake a Are" (v. 12), and that had been God's symbol on Mount Cer met. Men who crave such visible evi dences of power frequently ignore those more silent but none the less effective forms of ministry as sug gested by the "still small voice," or literally, "a sound of gentle stillness" (?. 12). Stirring revivals are neces sary, even as Ahab needed rain upon his parched land, but the silent prog ress of a religious lite Is not soon passed over for It goes on In the pow er Of an endless life. After .these symbols God again asks his search ing question: "What doest thlou here, Elijah?" He bad had his lesson; now It is time for him to do something. III. The Result, vv 14-18. As a sov ereign remedy God now sets before Elijah three definite tasks to perform. Elijah still speaks of his faithfulness as though the success of The Cause depended upon him. The man who assumes that attitude In the work of God's kingdom will, like Elijah, soon be set aside. Elijah's first task was to avoid Israel and go to Damascus and "anoint"?set apart for special service?Harael (v. 17). who was to be the Instrument of punishing Israel. His next task was to find Jehn, the commander In chief of Ahab's army, ami set him aside to be the king, not immediately but to be In training for that office. ? Value of : Memorizing 1 Scripture Br REV. HOWARD W. POPE ? > ^ ICkimm 1 > ?* j ! ?2 TKXT-Thla book of the lew shell not deport out of thy mouth; but thou Shalt meditate therein day end nl(ht. Josh. >:(. One of the .best habits one can ac quire la that of committing to memory choice verses of ~ -tpture. Some ? >^)e commit en tire books ot the Bible, bat 1 re gard that aa an unreasonable tax upon tbe memoir. Of course one could easily learn tbe first psalm, and the twenty third, and the one hundredth and the one hundred and twenty-first Also the com mandments and 1 h rn hAAfttllriPH Beyond that I should adriae the mark ing and memorising of choice rsrsea aa we meet them In our dally reading. Suppose a fanner were to set out a dosen choice fruit trees each year. In a few years his farm would be well stocked with a great rarlety of fruit, and each tree would bear fruit as long as he llred. Each tree has its own In dividuality and value, and In course of time each one would come to seem like an old friend. Some yield sweet apples and others sour. Some are early and others late. Then there are pears and peaches and plums and ctorrles of different kinds and Savors. Suppose a person should commit to H memory one verse of Scripture each week. That would not be a very hard task, but how great would be the re sult as the years went on. Each verse Is like a fruit tree which bears some kind of choice fruit to enrich his mind and ennoble his character and Increase his usefulness. And theeo yield fruit not simply once a year, or even once a month, like the trees In Celestial City (Rev. 21:1), but every day In the year, and all the years of his life. Take such a verse as John Id:IT. "Peace I leave with yon. my peace 1 give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let It be afraid." How many times, think yon. would a Christian feed his soul on that verso In a lifetime f The same is true of Matt 11:28 and Romans 1:28 and I John 8:1 and Jude Id! If one continued this habit a few years hla mind would become a mag nificent orchard, yielding fruit in such abundance and variety as to supply not only the owner himself, but all hla neighbors and friends. If a man had no other assets than a mind well stored with Scripture, he would be a rich man. But he would have other assets, because It Is declared of those who delight In the law of the Lord, that they shall be "like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brtngeth forth his fruit In hla season. His leaf also fhall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Psalm 1:8. Consider also the effect of this habit In creating a relish for that which Is pure and wholesome In literature, and a distaste for that which Is vulgar. No one whose mind it stored with the sublime sentiments of the Bible will care for trashy and sensational read ing. Not only will It affect his mind but bit character. He will naturally lore righteousness and hate Iniquity. Ha will hard high Ideals because he is fa miliar with such men as Enoch and Daniel and Abraham. In time of temp tation the Holy Spirit will recall to his mind some suitable versa, as ha did for our Sartor when tempted by the adreraary. When perplexed as to his duty some passage of Scripture will flash upon him and make the path of duty as clear as daylight Besides. If he Is on the alert he Will find many opportunities to help ethers. He can correct false Impres sions, answer excuses and objection a and often lead sinners to begin the Christian life. I know of a case where a wife committed two verses at an aft ernoon service, and at the supper table she used them on her husband. He was so affected that he knelt right down and accepted Christ without waiting to finish his supper^ In some families the custom pre vails of each member repeating a verse of Scripture at family worship. In one family each child hdb a prom-. Ise each day, and Sunday mornings they repeat all the promisee they have learned during the Week. A verse from each member of the family at the breakfast table, with the Lord's prayer In concert makes a very good form of family worship Where some have to hurry away to business Imme diately after breakfast As a help to those who wish to know God's Word better the writer has arranged a leaflet containing one hundred choice verses, selected from the whole Bible. They cover a wide range of topics and are particularly rich In verses adapted to the use of personal workers. They an arranged In the order In which they come In the Bible, with chapter and verse given. The whole verse Is not given, but only enough to recall It when once It has been learned. Anyone who mas ters these hundred verses will be well equipped tor any emergency which may arise. A verse a day for three months would accomplish the task. The writer has none to sell, but he will gladly give a copy to any who " win send him his address on a stamped envelope. God and Hla Worker*. Odd takes away hi* workers, bat ha (tltt carries on his work. The rhurek owes St Paul to th? death of St. St*, i hen, or, as St Augustine puta It |f ?he prayer of St Stephen, Lord. It not this tin to their charge."*?Select