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MRS. NICOLL A REAL WAR NURSE
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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
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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. ,
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. 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Value of
: Memorizing 1
Scripture
Br REV. HOWARD W. POPE
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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