Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1910 — Page 3

NEW AND TERRIBLE WEAPON OF WARFARE

. K i Upps ’ the famous G«rman gun-makers, have Just invented a remarkable weapon known as the bomb-gun. his fires a large, very brittle bomb containing 160 pounds of explosives. Bach bomb, as it bursts, fills the air with poisonous gases, which, It is said, no human being can withstand. The effective range is not more than 400 yards.

HEALING BY MUSIC

Dyspeptic Eats to Tune of “Old Oaken Bucket.” iAnother Sufferer In Hospital Relieved of Pain by Strain “Last Rose of Bummer" In Musical Tests on Sick. Philadelphia.—The newest science, ,"which is also dne of the oldest, is the science of healing by music. Tests j* re being made in the Samaritan hospital under the supervision of the Rev. Dr. Russell Conwell, its president, famous for his eloquence on the (lecture platform. Nurses who aided In making obserwations unite in testifying to the beneIflcial effect of certain musical airs fupon the temperature and pulsations °f patients and the evil and depressing influence of other tunes. They found that “I Know My Redeemer Liveth” brought patients out lof trances of anaesthesia with none ;of the nausea and feverish symptoms that usually attend an awakening. They found that fever was abated And restlessness reduced by “Flow Gently, Sweet Afton;” that “Dixie” calmed a patient who had delirium, jand that “Juanita” and “The Last jßose of Summer” sent pain-racked (invalids into soothing healing sleep. The following is a partial list of well known hymns and musical selections reported to have been found helpfu] to sick and well persons alike: "The Old Oaken Bucket,” “Flow Gently, Sweet Afton," “Listen to the Mocking Bird," “Dixie,” “Juanita," “The Last Rose of Summer,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Old Folkß at Home,” “My Maryland," “Yankee Doodle,” "America,” “Auld Lang Syne,” “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name,” “Rock of Ages,” "Nearer, My

SQUIRRELS HURT THE CROPS

Maine Farmers Turn Upon Little Pets of Law and Want “Pesky Things” Exterminated. Lewiston, Me.—The State of Maine is overrun with gray squirrels, according to reports received at the office of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game. Thousands of dollars worth of damage has been done to the crops and in .some places whole cornfields have been completely destroyed. Farmers are flooding the office of Chairman Brackett of the Fish and Game Commission with petitions asking for protectios. Two years ago a state law was passed making it illegal to hunt and kill gray squirrels. As a result the squirrels have multiplied rapidly and have become tame and destructive. Until the special law was passed gray .squirrels were classed as “game animals” and each fall were hunted by the gunners. The farmers who two years ago petitioned the legislature to pass a law to protect the “little pets” now have their dander up and declare they want every one of the “pesky things” killed off. In some instances the farmers have defied the law and with loaded guns have watched their cornfields from early day until late at night. The Commissioners pf Inland Fisheries anil Game have promised to do everything in their power to have the law repealed at the next session of the legislature.

CITY TO CLEANSE CHILDREN

Another Duty Is Aeeumed by London County Council —To Wash Pupil's Dirty Faces. London. —The London county council Is preparing to increase the multitude of motherly duties already assumed. To this end it Is making arrangements for the municipal washing of all children who go to school with dirty faces and necks. As it cannot undertake all this laundering process Itself, its members are arranging terms with most of the London borough councils to clean the children and send them Back to school purified, and, in case of such necessity, in clothes that have been baked or bolled. The borough of Kensington, as a result, Is preparing to spend several [thousands of pounds on more public Whs. In Chamberwell, however, the inew Idea has been In practise for some time ahd the council of that trough has just sent In a bill to the (London county council for laundering |and brushing up 8,906 little Chamber prellians. v

God, to Thee,” “Shall We Gather at the River,” “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth." The following were found to be injurious: “Dead March” from “Saul," “Home Sweet Home,” "Do They Think of Me at Home?” “Old Cabin Home,” “Old Black Joe,” “Star Spangled Banner,” “Abide With Me." “Am I a Soldier of the Cross?" "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?" “Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken,” "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me,” and “Stand Up for Jesus.” The hymn, “The Hour of Trial,"' was found to be one of the most depressing in the list. In one experiment, nineteen patients were brought into one ward suffering from all kinds of diseases. Several were under the effects of morphine or other anaesthetics. A soloist sang, “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth.” The effect on the patients was soothing and pleasant, although no special note was made of the effect on the heart action. Those patients under the Influence of morphine began to awaken, without fear or wandering of the mind. One patient, a dyspeptic unable to take food, was found to be no far influenced by the playing of "The Old Gakenßucket” that she was able to eat. Another, partly Insane, became calm and reasonable while the organ played “Dixie.”

Atom May Be Electricity.

Philadelphia.—Speaking at a meeting of the American Philosophical society, Prof. Earnest Fox Nicholas, president of Dartmouth college, took for his subject “Modern Physics.” He advanced the theory that because matter has never been freed from electricty, the atom may be an electrical structure and nothing more. In other words, matter and electricity in the last analysis may be the same.

ANATOMY OF WOMAN AWRY

Miss Moses, a Nurse; Has Every Internal Organ on Bide Opposite to Usual Location. —Philadelphia.—The mixed Anatomy of Alexander Jordan, whose heart, spleen, liver and stomach are reversed, according to the standard set in the construction, is paralleled in the case of Miss Anna ,A. Moses, a trained nurse of Osterburg, Bedford county, Pa. Miss Moses not only possesses all of the transpositions boasted by Jordan, but was treated for appendicitis six years ago by applications on the left side of her abdomen. She presents a complete case of “situs inversus,” every organ of her body being on the side opposite to where it is usually found. Miss Moses writes with her right hand, but says in learning to do so in childhood, before her mixed anatomy was known, she seemed to be conquering a protesting tendency to lefthandedness which would be the effect of an Inherited righthandedness from both of her parents. She discovered that her heart was on the right side, or rather the wrong side, while studying to be a trained nurse, in 1898, but did not suspect that the reversal was complete, and, as she suffered not evCn the slightest illness, was not examined by a physician until 1904. Then she began to feel pains* in the lower part of her abdomen on the left

GEMS WORTH OVER MILLION

Mere Bagatelle to Bouth African Visitor Who Wanted No Protection— Hostess Worried. Edgewater Park, N. J. —General and Mrs. E. Burd Grubb emitted a sigh of relief when Mrs. John Joel of South Africa left their residence and took with her a necklace valued at more than a million dollars. This necklace has caused the Grubbs ten sleepless nights because to Mrs. Joel the gem was of so little value that she refused to place It In a safe deposit vault or allow her brother-in-law, General Grubb, to notify the police that the jewel was In the house. : ■ Mrs. Joel Is the sister of Mrs. Grubb, and is the wife of one of the former partners of African diamond king Barney Bernato. Her husband is a trustee of the De Beers company, and 1b reputed to be worth more than one hundred million dollars. When Mrs. Joel arrived at Edgewater park some time ago she carried In her Jewel case gems worth more

MONKEY MADE LOVE TO GIRL

She Boxes His Ears When He Tries to Kiss Her—Simian Bites Her and Lands in Jail. Paris.—As 20 work girls came out of a dressmaker’s shop in the Rue Bolleau at midday an arm encircled the waist of one of them. The girl protested indignantly. The too-gallant intruder was well dressed In a frock coat, gray trousers, top hat, patent leather boots and wore smart gray suede gloves. But he was a hideous little person. The girls began making fun of him, when suddenly he caught hold of one and put his face close to hers. She boxed his ears, and he dropped on all fours and bit her leg. There was a panic. The girls rushed off shrieking, and two policemen arrested the aggressor. The creature was a chimpanzee—the pet of an explorer living near at hand. He was captured after a struggle, and carried off by his master’s cook, who went to fetch him at the police station, where he had spent the night An amusing item of the story is that the police magistrate got very angry with the monkey when he was first brought in because he refused to answer any questions and turned his back on the official table.

Ship’s Cats Disappear.

San Francisco.—A mysterious hoodoo has descended upon the liners of the Pacific Mail Steamship company that ply between the Central American port of Ancon and this city. The ships’ cats refuse to remain on board and the crews are beginning to shiver. On the last trips the cats disappeared from the San Jose, Pennsylvania and Peru. All the cats have been posted as missing at about the same place—just as the vessels were passing along Lower Califbrnia. The sailors are becoming greatly alarmed and fear that some tragedy awaits the boats. Many of them declare they will not ship again.—

side, and visited Dr. Mervyn R. Taylor, at 1706 Race street. Miss Moses laughed gayly when the physician became perplexed in sounding her heart with his stethoscope. An examination convinced Dr. Taylor that all of her organs were reversed.

FIND LOVE AT FIRST TOUCH

Sightless Teacher and Pupil’s Romance to Result In Wedding— Character Attracted. New York.—The same hands that guided his own over raised letters in a Brooklyn library will soon be the hand of William Gooshaw’s wife, it was said the other day apropos of the romance of two sightless lovers. Miss Beryl Clarke, with big brown eyes that don’t in the least betray blindness, admits the truth of the statement, and that it was love from the first meeting. Miss Clarke is in charge of the school for the blind at the Pacific branch of the Brooklyn circulating library, and she will wed William ~-N. Gooshaw Thanksgiving day. While the pupil pored over books with raised letters the teacher sat at his elbow, and Dan Cupid succeeded in clasping the hands of the two. “I was attracted to Mr. Gooshaw," she said, “by his personality, his charcter and intellect. These are far more important than looks.”

than one million five hundred thousand dollars. General Grubb stood guard at night over the jewels.

Sending Idlers West.

New York.—Jobs for idle Americans are being sought by the Bowery mission in a campaign begun the other day. The mission hopes to send men to the west, where labor is needed, and will appeal to the railroads to transport them at low rates. Pour hundred unfortunates had a free dinner at the mission at the' celebration of Its foundation, and letters from President Taft, Governor White and Mayor Gaynor were read.

Parrot Shot as a Hen Thief.

Winsted, Conm=A parrot owned by Otto C. Schneider of Sandisfleld escaped the other evening and flew to the henhouse of N. H. Snow, one of Schneider’s neighbors. It talked to the hens, which became alarmed at its presence. Snow heard Its voice, and thinking chicken thieves were robbing roosts, he brought his gtnrdntfl play, killing Polly. Schneider gave the bird a decent burial.

TO MAKE A “TRIFLE”

DAINTY ENGLIBH CONFECTION IS SIMILAR TO AMERICAN DISH. Delicious Dainty Is Made as Easily as Less Tempting Ones—To Insure Success Whip Should Be Made Day Before. A trifle, as served in England, is altogether a more elaborate and delicious affair than the sweet which so frequently is served in this country under the same name. True there are almost as many English variations of this dainty as there are American ones, but the favorite one, called simply “a trifle,” stands distinctly apart and above all others. This is quite as easily made as the less delicious ones, but to ensure success the whip should be made the day before it is to be used, as keeping it for 24 hours makes it firmer and vastly improves its flavor. To make the whip, put together into a large bowl one pint of thick, sweet cream, one-quarter of a pound of pounded loaf sugar, the whites of two eggs, and a small glass of sherry or of raisin wine. Orange jelly made slightly tart by the addition of a little lemon Juice may be substituted for the wine if preferred, or any other fruit Juice having a pleasing flavor. Whisk these ingredients well in cool place and as fast as the froth rises remove it with a skimmer and put it on a sieve to drain. When sufficient of the whip has been prepared, place it in a cool place to drain. Bor the trifle, place six small sponge cakes, twelve cocoanut macaroons, and two dozen ratiflas at the bottom of a deep glass dish and pour over them one cupful of sherry or of sweet wine mixed with four or five tablespoonfuls of brandy. Fruit Juice may again be substituted if preferred. Just enough should be used to soak the cakes thoroughly. Mix lightly together the grated yellow rind of one lemon, three large spoonfuls of sweet almonds blanched and cut in strips, and sufficient raspberry or strawberry jam to make a generous layer. Place it evenly over the cakes in the dish. Pour over a rich, boiled custard, well chilled, and heap the whipped cream as high over the top as possible. Garnish with strips of red currant jelly and some crystallized fruit or candies, rose petals and violets.

Fried Halibut.

Cut the slices about the middle an inch in thickness; wipe dry and have ready sifted cracker crumbs, season with pepper and salt; beat up an egg, dip the seasoned slices into it; then sprinkle the crumbs thickly over Have enough boiling lard to cover the fish. When brown serve hot. Decorate the serving dish with slices of lemon and sprigs of parsley. To test lard before putting In the fish drop in a crust of bread; if it browns the lard is of the right temperature.

Fricasee of Calf’s Tongues.

Boil the tongues one hour. Pare and cut into thlcfe slices. Roll these in flour, and fry in dripping five mihutes. Put the tongues into a saucepan, add sliced onion, thyme and parslej. Cover with a cup of your soup or gravy. Simmer half an hour, covered tightly. Take up the tongues, keep them warm; steam the gravy; thicken, put in four or five thin slices of lemon from which the peel has been taken; boil one minute and pour over the fricassee.

Keep Milk Sweet.

Fill a bottle o», iwo within half an inch of the neck, press a perforated rubber stopper into each bottle, set them in a pot of water until the water begins to boil; then press a glass stopper into the rubber one, thus hermetically sealing the bottle, which should not be unfastened until required for use. Milk so treated is freed from all germs of life or disease, and no amount of thunder will turn It sour.

Soup Stock.

Boil a soup bone the day before wanted. Boil gently from five to six hours, strain and put in earthen dish; skin off the grease the next day”; keep in a cool place. In order to prepare soup it is only necessary to heal* Borne of the jelly. One can have a change of soup each day by adding different flavorings such as tomatoes, onions, vermicelli, tapioca, vegetable or celery. Add sufficient boiling water for the necessary amount of liquor.

Stripped Potatoes, Stewed.

Pare and cut into lengthwise strips; cover with boiling water; put In a cup of cold milk, with salt and pepper. When this boils stir in a spoon of butter rolled in flour, with a little chopped parsley. Cook two minutes and serve.

To Clean Enamel.

When the enamel becomes discolored scour it with a damp flannel dipped in garden mold, then rinse it in nlentv of water. In tlrir- wav cleaning Is effected without causing scratches or other damage.

Codfieh Fritters.

Cut the codfish in strips about the size of the finger, soak over night to freshen, and in the morning take from tee water, dry In a towel, dip each piece In a batter made of eggs, milk, flour and fry brown In hot fat 4

RECIPE FOR FRIED CHICKEN

Southern Btyle Delicious—Fry Joints In Fat of itacon and Dip In Cream and Flour. One chicken, Vi pound sliced bacon, two eggs, 1% cupfuls of milk or thin cream, flour, salt and pepper. For good results choose a tender spring chicken, clean It and cut it at the joints, then let it stand in strong salt water for a few minutes, and after draining it, wipe it dry; fry the bacon and beat an egg until light; rub each piece of chicken with the salt and pepper, using a heaping teaspoonful of salt to a dash of pepper to each two pounds of fowl; dip the chicken in the beaten egg and then in flour until covered, remove the fried bacon to a hot platter and put the chicken in the hot fat; brown well on all sides, then cover the skillet and cook slowly until tender, turning occasionally; put the chicken on the platter with the bacon, add a tablespoonful of flour to the fat, a dash of salt, milk or cream, and finally the yolk of the remaining egg mixed with a tablespoonful of cream; when thick, serve with the chicken and bacon on the platter. If you wish to follow the southern style don’t fail to have cold boiled ham, some boiled rice and _hot biscuit or corn bread to go with the chicken.

NEW DISH-WASHING DEVICE

Articles Are Swirled Around In Water in Wire Basket, and Thoroughly Cleaned. A simple form of dish-washing machine that a handy man can make at home has been Invented by a Minnesota woman. It is designed primarily for use in hotels and restaurants, where the dishes are too numerous to

be washed by hand, but it will be found a useful article in large households. The apparatus consists of a base board with two upright posts in the center of either side. These posts have a rotable shaft passing through them with an eccentric wheel on each end and a crank to turn it. Just above this are slots to receive a cross bar and guide its upward and downward movement, and a wire basket is slung on this cross bar. The machine is placed in sink or tub full of hot water and the basket filled with dishes. The crank is then turned; and as the eccentric wheels revolve they raise and lower the cross bar resting on them and thus raise and lower the basket, with the result that the dishes are thoroughly rinsed by the water, which should be kept hot enough to clean them thoroughly.

German Apple Cake.

Mix together and sift a pint of flour, a half teaspoonful of salt and one teaspoonful of baking powder; rub in two tablespoonfuls of butter, then mix to a soft doqgh or very thick batter with one beaten egg and about half a cupful of milk. Turn this into a shallow, well-greased pan and press partly into it quartered and peeled apples, arranging them in regular circles or rows according to the shape of the pan. Sprinkle them with three tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar mixed with a third of a teasponful of cinnamon, bake in a hot oven and serve hot with cream.

To Clean a Black Skirt.

It is possible to cledn a black skirt with very little trouble. Lay it flatly on a clean table. Remove all grease spots with brown paper and a hot iron, then with a sponge dipped in strong coffef rub over the entire dress, paying special attention to the front and edge of the .skirt. After thd whole of the skirt has been sponged and while it is still damp, iron on the wrong side until perfectly dry.

Green Tomato Soy a Relish.

Slice without peeling one gallon of green tomatoes and six large onions. Add one quart of vinegar, one pound sugar, one tablespoonful each salt and ground mustard, one teaspoonful each ground cloves and allspices and cook gently together until the vegetables are tender. Protect from violent heat while cooking by putting an (asbestos mat under the kettle. Pack in small glass Jars and seal.

Swiss Soup.

Five gallons of water, six potatoes and three turnips, sliced, a small piece of spit pork, boil five hours until perfectly dissolved and theeenststeney of pea soup, filling up as it boils away. Instead of the pork, you can add butter the size of an egg. Season with ralt and pepper and serve.

Cabbage Salad.

_ Shred a white cabhage fine and pour over it a dressing such as you make for cold slaw or French dressing with \ little made mustard beaten in It.

The Church—Its Danger and Security

By REV. W. G. CURRY

TEXT—Awake, awake, put on thy strength: O Zion.—lsaiah LIT. L Jehovah spoke this when Jqdaism had fallen into great weakness. Enemies beset on every side. The church has often had its times of moral weakness. Deliverance always came. The slumbering giant not only awoke but exerted himself. A deep slumber prevailed when Christ came. Great systems of idolatry prevailed. The true God was nigh forgotten. The Saviour gathered a little band around him and sent them forth. With matchless strength they attacked the the powers and Satan’s kingdom wag shaken. Another crisis came —papal corruption. Pure Christianity slept beneath gaudy trappings of Catholicism, movements for freedom were watched, and dungeons were filled with those who dared look up. "Awake awake!” was sounded. Martin Luther arose to restore spirituality. Since then the truth has been gainlhg power. When we consider the facilities we have, the outlook la How hopeful. There is another side. I. The church is threatened with danger. < 1. Danger from peculiar activity and excitability of the times in which we live—entirely ap earnest age. New discoveries, new forces appearing. Law of change is everywhere. Wonderful schemes claim public attention. * Science, art are ever presenting new questions. Our minds and hands are full; never was there more activity. It is not an unfortunate condition. We would not lock the wheels of progress, and remand the age back to the darkness of the past In the midst of the excitement we are in danger of infection, unless there be a corresponding earnestness in Christian character. Our danger is Inability te control these forces. We are too much controlled by them. We are being permeated by the spirit of the world, Instead of permeating it with our spirit We must show a religion full of life and energy—not a cold, sleepy religion. 2. The tendency to Innovation. We believe all essentials are, clearly revealed in the Scriptures. Yet we think more light and improved methods may be emlpoyed. But from Germany comes a spirit that would say our foundations. It has found its way into our theological schools, and is poisoning the minds of the rising ministry. They tell jus that reason and not faith must be the guide. They have discovered the Bible is an antiquated book, and the gospel too cold. They would take away the Bible as a perfect rule of faith and practise, she danger lies in having our minds alienated from the simplicity of the gospel, and a desire to seek the novelties. We need now more than ever before to cry for the old paths. 3. In danger from the Increasing boldness and energy of the enemies oi Christianity. We are no longer attacked by a few, but the ranks are strong and the Infidelity declares its truths to be the only truths. It has never displayed so much determination. It is widespread and is with men in dally walks; is in politics, taints legislation, and has taken hold upon the public press. The world is flooded with its literature. Vast multitudes listen to infidelity’s modem apostle. in the light of all these facts have we not cause for alarm? Are we In a condition to successfully contend with these forces? The church is not putting forth her strength. She has had smooth sailing a long tipe, and sleeps. 11. What are the elements of strength. 1. Sound doctrine. In these days of laxness and insidiousness we need to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. The doctrines of depravity, atonement and salvation by grace must be emphasized. Let this be done, and infidelity will not affect the religion of personal experience. 2. Spiritual life. We need a high-er-toned spirituality, a religion that enters into all our social and business relations, giving color and shape to the daily life. ' « How shall this strength, which God calls on us to exert, be put on? It is not physical, but spiritual strength that we need. It must be put on upon our knees.

His Saving Power.

Jesus said: “All power is given unto Me In heaven and in earth; go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have comj manded you; and 10, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." He displayed His wonderful power while here upon earth. His miracles ♦ere a definite attestation to His mission. He claims and exercises that saving, helping power—a power not now limited by physical conditions, as might have been.-charged ih His earthly life, hut a power which flows with authority from the mediatorial throne on which He reigns. '7 : - . ■ ftiaisMH