Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1911 — Page 3

A PRAYER FOR YOU

By REV. STEPHEN PAULSON

TEXT—For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father • that Christ may dwell In your hearts by faith.—Eph. Ills 14:17. This la part of a prayer of St Paul for his people. Paul was in a Roman prison. The liberty of his movements was restrained; he was in a stone cell, and he was chained to a Roman soldier —but his prayers were not chained. St. Paul says: "The prayer of a righteous man availeth much;” and ‘there are Burely more things wrought by prayer than we ever imagine. I tell you it Is worth while having one who carries yoij on his heart to such an extent that he prays for your safety and welfare. When Lot’s family was in danger Abraham prayed until God promised them safety. When the Ephesian church was going through the fires of persecution, Paul sent up prayers in their behalf from his prison cell. When Peter was In danger of backsliding, Jesus prayed for him: “Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have thee, but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not.” Do not many faithful pastors send up prayers, as Paul did, for the churches committed to their care? Do they not pray for the homes of the congregation and for Individuals who are going through some trial and for the young people who are starting out into life? And now aB of old, the prayer of a true, sincere mqp availeth much. It is a part of a faithful minister’s service which Is very often overlooked and yet Is of tho first Importance. What a fine thing it was for the Ephesians to have St Paul praying for them upon every remembrance. Although he was far away, he was still their pastor, the shepherd of their souls.

But for what did he pray? Did he pray that they might live In comfort and ease and have plenty? Did ho pray that they might be free from persecution and that the church might grow without hindrance? That, probably would have been our prayer under like circumstances. But his prayer was “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith." How wonderfully comprehensive that prayer Is when we begin to analyze It. Oh, it takes the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to make a prayer like that. It takes insight into the deep things of God. and Into the needs of the human hearts. Do you think that there is anything you need more than that? Do you not honestly think that that would make most things right which are wrong, would bifid up broken hearts, would heal things that hurt, and drive out evil things which are spoiling your life? Yes, you know it, and I know it, so let our prayers be that Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith. This is the substance o's your faith. A better and more comprehensible definition of our religion could not be given. It contains the whole of Christianity as the acorn contains the oak. The whole Jewish law had its dl- . vine Inspiration, its secret spirit, but it was hidden in a vast system of forms. Christ said, “I come not to destroy hut to fulfill," and the true spirit of the law was seen in him. In winter an old apple tree is homely, gnarled and twisted. But in spring when it is covered with blossoms there is nothing more beautiful. So the old Jewish law blossoms into beauty and comes to fruit in Jesus Christ. Christianity is not a system of laws, but a state of the heart Christ In a man —that is the Christian religion. It is Chriftt dwelling in the heart by v faith, and then a man begins to know the length and the breadth and height and depth of the love of Christ which passeth knowledge. Outside of personal experience, Christianity is pale as a lunar rainbow.

There are three avenues of experience by which Christ may come to man—sight, intellect, the heart TO have seen Christ was deemed of great importance in the early days. Those who had seen Jesus possessed a certain distinction, Paul, defending his apostleshlp, says, “Have I not seen him?” But how meager was the Christian life of those dayß compared with that of later ages, an<J did not Jesus pronounce a blessing on those who bad not Been and yet believed? Christ may be presented to a man’s Intellect. There are certain facts to be known and understood concerning him, but there are also many that are ' beyond onr understanding. Creeds sum up a few great facts of our religion. Not that the repetition of a creed will make anyone a Christian, but a creed is like the astronomer’s telescope. He sweeps the heavens to find a particular star. By and by the telescope brings it to his eye. It is not the instrument that sees the star, but the man’s eye'. A blind man could not see the heavenly bodies with a telescope, no matter how powerful it might be. So a creed may bring facts to your intellect, but it takes the heart to apprehend and interpret them. Therefore Paul prayed for the Ephesians not greater knowledge, bat that Christ might dwell in their hearts by faith. For the heart may embrace Christ with an enthusiasm of lov% even though 'the Intellectual peroep> lion be Imperfect and vague.

NOVELTIES FOR SPRING

WHAT FASHION DICTATES IN HAT 3 AND FABRICS. High Crown* With Abbreviated Brim* and Medium Crowns With Wide Spreading Brlma—Bll k and Wool Poplins Are Popular. The shops are, fun of spring hata and spring fabrics for dresses. In hats Is an endless variety of shapes, styles and colorings. There are high crowns with abbreviated brims, medium crowns with brims that spread to the width of the shoulders. Demure and dainty shapes in colors that contrast well with almost any scheme or effect. The heavy looking straw braids are really very light and durable, and come In color blends of green and blue, red and'brown, etc., as well as one-color effects. They are smartest in turbans and small high-crowned shapes, and their trimmings are simple after the fashion of the winter, with nothing to obscure their lines or shapes. Brims and crowns that don’t match are among some of the smartest models. Black hats with brims of green velvet or of king’s blue or coral have the crowns of black horsehair and are trimmed with upstanding hows or wings or feathers placed anywhere but in the middle of the front. Center back trimmings are very good style. / Smart tailors and dressmakers are making great use of the lovely silk and wool poplins that come In an endless variety of fashionable shades and colorings. These drape well and wear indefinitely, owing to their wool filling.

The new tailor -mades Include frocks as well as coat and skirt models, and the use of wool-backed satins and silk and wool mixtures for this type of costume will be a marked feature of the coming season. Suit coats are phort and square cut, quite or nearly straight under arm seams, and end at the line of the hips as a rule, though if that length is unbecoming there are short etons and a few longer models to select'from. The etons are decidedly loose fitting, though many of them finish with a shaped band. Serges and heather mixtures are first choice for hard-wear costumes, and a very dark navy blue serge is again a favorite for plain colored suits and dresses. Pekin striped silk or cotton is used for vests and collars and cuffs on some of the best models. The use of cotton and linen materials for trimming purposes on wool and silk dresses is a marked fad this year. Some of the little black satin suits are very effectively trimmed with black and white Pekin stripe, while others are all black or have a thread of white in the rather wide braid which is used to trim them. In Bleeves there are long, short, elbow and three-quarters length sleeves, and you must remember when to wear them. The long sleeve belongs to the morning, the elbow or three-quarters length sleeve to the afternoon and the short sleeve is only worn in the evening. For chiffon blouses, semi-tail-ored coats and afternoon dresses the shorter length sleeve is very smart.

In The KITICHEN

Oxalic acid and water in the proportion of one to twenty may be used to remove perspiration stains. Vegetables will take longer to cook, but will be much nicer and of better color if boiled uncovered. Chopped pistachio nuts are delicious served with plain vanilla cream or blanc manage. A few minced dates added to fudge as it comes from the stove will give a novel and dainty confection. Sponges are great germ collectors; they should be thoroughly scalded frequently; and hot water bottles should be washed inside and out with strong suds. Clothes sprinkled with boiling water instead of cold will dampen much more readily, and in consequence, can be Ironed more quickly. Economical housewives sometimes grind tea leaves, just as they do coffee/ ■' They claim that only half as much tea is needed. Cheese will be kept moist and free from mold if wrapped in cloth wrung in vinegar.

Molded Salmon.

Turn a can of salmon and free the fish from skin and bone. Beat two eggs! add to the salmon with one cup ful of stale bread crumbs; add salt and pepper to taste, one tablespoonful of lemon juice, one tablespoonful of finely chopped parsley. Pack in a well-buttered mold and steam two hours. Good hot or cold.

Practical Materials.

Two of the most practical of spring materials are the panamas and mohairs now for sale. These are much different from the panama and mohair which have long been familiar, for not only do they oome in plain weave, but in fancy weaves also, and in any of the fashionable colors.

Graham Griddle Cakes.

One quart of graham four. 1 tear spoon of baking powder. 8 eggs, milk or water enough to make a thin bat tee.

MAKES TRAY SERVICE EASY

Llttl* Thing* That Help Where Maiijp Meal* Are Served In a ' Room. : W ere many meals are served, in a room it is well to hunt up some of the novelties that make such service \ Very new la a tray of white porcelain with silver or nickel trimmings. This is fitted with grooves of the metal in which are set two cups and saucers, a tea pot, cream jug, butter .plate, toast rack, marmalade jar and small breakfast plate. Smaller but equally convenient is a combination salt and pepper shaker set in a little stand, which holds a glass butter plate and knife. The stand has a curved handle, which rhakes it easy to lift, from the main tray when not in use. Another convenience is the teaspoon with perforations that make it possible to send up a jug of boiling water and have tea just the right strength.

HANDY TO BAKE POTATOES

Convenient Stand Has Been Placed on Market That Will Meet Popular Favor. A support or stand for potatoes while baking has been placed on the market. It consists of a tin 15 inches long by 2% Inches wide, with sides turned so as to raise the body up from the oven, thus permitting a free circulation of heat. Spurs, formed

Handy Potato Baker.

by cutting out sections on the top of the tin, make supports for the potatoes. In this position they are exposed to an even heat on all sides. — Popular Mechanics.

VIRGINIA CHICKEN SALAD

Correct Recipe for Dish That Is Popular at Christmas and on Special Occasions. Here is the correct recipe for the Genuine Virginia chicken salad. It is served at Christmas and on other special occasions: For making the dressing for this salad the chicken oil, skimmed from the water in which the chickens are boiled, is used in place of the olive oil. The chickens, which must be. plump, are simmered tender in lightly salted water. When cold the skin and bones are removed and the meat cut, not chopped, into small bits. Mix with double the quantity of celery cut from tender, well-bleached stalks that have been crisped in ice water, then dried in a clean towel, minced and added to the mixture, which is then dres.esd with a good salad dressing, preferably mayonnaise, and set on the ice to chill and ripen.

Bancroft Pudding

Cream 4 tablespoons butter and 1 cup sugar and add 1 well-beaten egg. Sift 1% cups flour with % teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Add % cufr of flour to the first mixture, and beat thoroughly, then add the rest of the flour and % cup of milk, alternately. Finally beat hi square chocolate into the batter and bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven. Sauce —Beat 2 eggs until very light, then add 1 cup of confectioner’s sugar and 1 cup of thick cream. Beat until the whole is the consistency of whipped cream.

Laundry Help.

To iron “cold starched” pieces without any trouble whatever: Take the required amount of starch, dissolve in cold water, adding enougU boiling water to make starch warm ’(not cooked). Dip parts to be starched into it, rubbing or spatting the starch well in. Fold and let remain over night. Thus treated the pieces will iron as easily and as well as the clothes ordinarily starched, without sticking and without starch streaking and rolling up on the g6ods.

French Cream Dressing.

To & tablespoonful of melted butter Add the juice of half a lemon, a pinch of bicarbonate of soda, and as it froths up turn in a cup of rich milk or part cream in which a teaspoon of cornstarch has been dissolved. Stir evenly so that it does not burn, if a little too thick add a trifle more cream, salt, cayenne to taste, and turn in the sweetbreads along enough to heat them,'but do not allow most delicious of cream dressings.

Fruit Cake.

One cup of butter, 1 of brown sugar, )4 pint of molasses, 2 eggs, cup of sour milk, teaspoon of soda, a pound of flour, pound of currants, 1)4 pounds of raisins after seeds are removed, flavor to taste. This recipe has been thoroughly tested.

Boiled Rice With Raisins.

Wash rice and put in salted water. Pick over and wash a few raisins and put in. Boil slow till it is well oooked. Serve with milk and sugar.

Rough skin.

Mop on skin roughened by winter winds a mixture of witch hasel and rose water, half and half.

BROKE BANK AT MONTE CARLO SIX TIMES

Captain De Courey Bower

ONCE in awhile some one turns up at Monte Carlo, the world’s great gambling resort, who actually is able to “beat the game.” Such a man is 3apt. de Courcy Bower, whose phenomenal luck is just now the sensation of the famous casino. It is believed that he has won more than a Trillion dollars within a few weeks, and on one day he cleared $125,000, and the bank had to send out six times for more money. The captain plays In company with five others, never stakes more than S2OO, and ioes not remove his money until it has reached the maximum wager allowed, $2,760.

IMPORTER OF ANIMAL SKINS

United States Does Immense Business With Bouth and Central American Hunters In Hides. Los Angeles, Cal. —A large business Is done between the South American countries and the United States in the line of skins, most of which are made use of in the manufacture of gloves. -' The trade is particularly active in deerskins, which are gathered In Mexico and Central America and in the northern countries of South America, Including Brazil. In these countries, where deer abound, there are many natives who make a living collecting deer hides, which they bring by muleback or foot to the various places where the importers’ agents are found. The supply is still large, but with continued killing the deer in these countries are less plentiful than they were. Deerskins are shipped dry in bundles of 100 each. They are tanned in this country and used here in the manufacture of light and medium weight gloves for men and women. Boarsklns come from Mexico, and the hide of the Mexican pecary, with fur or bristles of a pepper-and salt mixture in color, the beast being a savage-looking animal alive. Like deerskins, boar hides are shipped dry. The boarskin makes a heavier leather than deerskin and is used for glove trimmings. Goatskins in large number are imported from the various Latin-Amer-lean countries, including the West Indies; but the great source of the world’s supply of goatskins are China, Russia and the Eaßt Indies, in the order named. From those countries there are imported into the United States annually millions of goatskins, which are made into leather, 90 per cent of which is used in the manufacture of shoes. Goajakins are shipped principally dry. From the countries to thenpouth of the United States are brought annually some thousands of alligator hides, mostly from Mexico and the United States of Colombia, with some from Ecuador. Formerly some alligator leather was used for shoes and boots, but now it is used chiefly in the manufacture of handbags and suit cases. Occasionally there are brought here a few manatee or seacow hides, which come from Mexico. These hides are shipped wet salted. The manatee hide tans into a yery thick leather, cheaper than walrus leather, but used like it for the making of buffing wheels for polishing purposes. From Mexico also come a few tiger cub skins, which are tanned and made

Queue-Cutting Parties Rage.

Shanghai.—Since the edict abolishing queues has been issued a new diversion has become popular in Shanghai and other Chinese cities, known as “queue-cutting parties.” There are regular queuecutting societies organized, and the members hold public meetings in the tea houses, inviting the Chinese to step up and have their queues cut off. much as a preacher exhorts the sinner to come up and be saved at a revival.

French Baron Here.

New York.—Baron l4ul d’Estournelle de Constant, member of the French senate and one of the Nobel peace prize winners, arrived in New York the other day. He comes to lecture for the peace movement and will cover 20,000 miles In this country before he returns to France. The baron will meet President Taft during his stay.

Mule Eats Pay Check.

Shamokin, Pa. —Wallace Derk’s pay check dropped into a feed bag at the Bear Valley colliery and a mule swallowed the precious paper, while a rat gnawed at a coat In a stable containing David Jerremali’s pay check and destroyed it The men proved their losses and will be reimbursed.

RUSHING FOR CORONATION SEATS

Growing Enthusiasm in Great Britain and King and Queen Gain in Popularity—Fairyland Appearance in the West End. London. —Persons desirous of obtaining places to view the coronation procession should act quickly, as stoats are selling by the hundreds every day. The prices range from X to 1,000 guineas ($5 to $5,000.) The greatest care Is advisable, as some of the agents pre doing their utmost to run the charges up to stunning amounts. Another thing to bear in mind is the location of seats. Those accessible only from the front will have to be occupied probably before seven o’clock in the morning. Whereas those reached from the rear may be occupied just before the passing of the procession. That the crowds are to be unprecedented is explained largely by the fact that the day of coronation, June 22, has been declared a bank holiday,' which will release tens of thousands of employees who otherwise would be kept away from the line of march. Special trains, will run from all parts of the United Kingdom, and the colonies are expected to send 100,000 visitors. The number of those coming from America probably will reach record figures. Every street in the crowded area will planked on both sides, shutting off the shops, and dangerous nooks and corners will be closed. The intention is to convert the streets into safe channels for the floods of humanity. On every hand a spirit of growing enthusiasm is manifested and the king and queen are gaining fresh popular laurels week by week. The work of preparing Westminster abbey for the coronation is being hurried, as great changes are to be made within and without. An annex is being built, externally indistinguishable from the gray, time worn abbey Itself. Here the processional order will be formed before the king and queen proceed to the place of crowning. The special coronation committee, the earl marshal of England l7 and almost every governmental department are busy with some part of the coronation preparations. For the decoration of the streets a special committee has been appointed, and an attempt will be made to give the West end the appearance of fairy-

PREDICT BIG CROPS

Reports From North, West and) South Indicate Good Year. Soil Conditions Are Excellent and I While Individual Crops May B# r Bmal!*r Than Last Year, They Are Diversified. ‘ ' St. Louis. —Reports on agricultural! indications from all the great pro-1 ducing states of the middle west, the. north, the northwest, the west, the! southwest, the south and the southeast are exceptionally propitious.! Weather conditions have put the soßi into the best of shape and everything! is favorable for large and good crops.! Interpretation of the reports, obtained from authentic and reliable j sources, leads to the conclusion that, while the crops may not be as large, individually, as last year, the produc-; tion will be more diversified and thei total output will be enormous. Should this understanding of the reports materialise, the tendency would be toward comparatively high: prices. At the same time the volume! of the general agricultural production should afford employment to a vast; army of laborers and cause such a distribution of the revenue as to vitalize trade. Taking the producing territories la their entirety, the soil conditions ar®|' better than ordinary and the crop prospects are excellent. There is one! locality in the southwest and one ini the northwest which declare weather! and soil conditions to be discouraging | and Montana fears that a too rapid thawing of the mountain snows might result in another dry season. Other-* wise the reports are more than gratifying. All the crops, without exception, are! said to be at least as good as a year! ago, with better soil conditions. In fact, it would not be surprising if the< grain production should exceed the? forecast, in which case prices would! not be so high. But the communications appear to:, show at. present that while individual crops will not be extraordinary, the total production will be enormous. In any event, the farmers look forward to a very prosperous year, and this, of course, means heavy wholesale and re-* tall trade. The fruit crop has not been damaged much. Most of the reports indicate rather a large and qualitative* fruit crop. The same inference holds! regarding early vegetables. Probably the most significant fe*< tore of the communications is the expansion of faming in southeastern! and southern states. Diversification steadily is becoming a more vital factor in American production. Tpe collective reports seem to indicate largo and diversified crops, with work for: many laborers and the probability of comparatively high prices. They assure a prosperous year tot the fanner, the merchant and tho workman, provided the turns of that seasons are favorable to the crops and normal weather promises favorably conditions.

i ;, land. The ceremonial service at the abbey will be extraordinarily rich and original. People from every quarter of the globe are booking hotel rooms and visitors already are on the way to London ft-om distant parts of the world, intending to make a holiday here daring the brilliant season. The performance of Bulwer Lytton’s "Money" at Drury Lane In honor of the emperor and empress of Germany probably will be the most memorable theatrical event in the history of the metropolis. In the central part of the grand circle will be built up a magnificent box for the king and queen, the imperial guests and their suite and personages at court There will not be a foot of vacant room in the greet playhouse.

BANKERS AIM TO SAVE SOIL

Every Farmer In Illinois to Be Reached by Copy of Dr. Hopkins' Printed Wisdom. Chicago.—lllinois has become the. center of a great movement for the advance of scientific farming. Experts of the University of Illinois, led by Dr. Cyril O. Hopkins, chief in agronomy, are advancing the campaign through the Bankers’ association of Illinois. There are 1,480 banks behind the movement for preservation, of the richness of the soil of Illinois. Fifty thousand farmers are to be reached in th# first move of the cam- I palgn. That is tbe number of the first edition of “Saving the Soil,” a new booklet, by l?r. Hopkins, issued for distribution in every city and village in the state, and sent out today through the bankers’ organization. | Secretary Richard L. Crampton of the association announced the next issue, on another agricultural tople, will be 500.000 folders. ■

Discoveries of Tin.

London. —Considerable interest baa been excited In the Tavtstoek district by the successful operations of a Glasgow syndicate, which has made taut discoveries of tin in the Wheal Jewell part of tbe once famous FriMKg ship mines. Part of the property ii* vestlgated has not been worked pr,r viousiy for 100 yean.