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(Copyright, 1008, by Rtv. T. S. Linscott, D.r.)
Aeneas and Dorcas. Acts 9:31-43.
Golden Text And Peter said unto
him: Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh
thee whole, arise, and make thy bed.
And he arose immediately. Acts
9:34.
Yerse 81 Do darkness and light,
fighting and victory, sorrow and joy,
persecution and "rest" sJternate and
enter Into every normal Ohrlstian life
today, as In the Christian Community
In the beginning?
When a church walks In "the fear
of God," and "the comfort of the Holy
Spirit," Is !t always multiplied?
Verse 32 Was there any Institu
tion, In the Apostolic age, to corres
pond with our settled pastorate?
If preachers were to follow the Ap
ostolic plan, of "passing throughout
all quarters," would the final conquest
of the world be hastened?
To whom did the name "saint" ap
ply. In those days, and should we
continue the use of It In these days?
Verses 33,34 Is all sickness of the
devil?
Aro some people sick by the spe
cial dispensation of God?
Does not God take most people to
Heaven through sickness?
What proportion of sickness Is avoid
able? Are we to assume that God wants
A cure everybody from their sick
ness, the, same as he does from their
sins?
Was Aeneas cured through his own
faith, or by the power and pleasure of
God, without faith?
What Is the difference In this cure
and modern faith healing methods?
Is God's Ideal for us, sickness or
health?
Does God cure some people today
in a similar way to the cure of this
was 9
Is faith' for the cure of sickness a
special gift of God, and are we not
instructed that God will cure the sick
in answer to such faith?
Verse 35 When God does cure
some cases of noted sickness, what
are the results In the community?
If the Church should have the power
restored of healing sickness, would
that produce a permanent revival?
Verses 36-38 Is It as a rule possible
for a Christian to live without doing
good?
How do you classify those who con
tent themselves with going to church
, and prayer meeting, and talking and
praying, and are not following Jesus
in "going about doing good?"
Why did God permit Dorcas to die?
Why does God sometimes permit
those to die upon whom so much de
pends: the bread-winner of the fam
ily, the mother of little children, the
pillar In the church, or the "Dorcas"
In the community?
Verse 39 Should a Christian al
ways be ready to go to the home of
sorrow, to render help and Impart
comfort?
It Is a beautiful custom to speak of
the good deeds of the dead, and It Is
well kept up; but Is there not almost
criminal neglect In speaking of the
good deeds of the living? (This ques
tion must be answered In writing by
members of the club.)
Verses 40-43. Is there any use to
day In praying that the dead be raised?
Why did God raise the dead In
those, and not these days?
What great purpose has that mir
aculous age served?
Even If these miracles should prove
to he but legends, will it affect one
lota, any essential truth of Christian
ity? Lessons for Sunday, March 21, 1909.
Review.
THE UNUSED DOOR.
Two Very Artistic Ways of Covering
Its Unsightliness.
A doorway unused for some reason
or other and the door kept locked can
be utilized by converting Its recess
Into a bookcase. This can lie done by
setting up two vertical boards on each
side of the door Jamb and on these
boards nailing the crosspleces on which
the shelves are to rest or. better still,
fastening them with screws. The entire
woodwork should match that of the
TWO WATS OF DSIHO A CLOSED DOOR BP ACE.
door and casing. If this cannot be
done, then the wood should be stained
to match It as near as possible. A cur
tain may be bung from a rod fastened
just Inside of the door jambs or, if the
recess be shallow, from a rod fastened
across the outside of the door recess,
as shown In the Illustration.
A closed door also makes a fine re
cess In which to place a painting. If
the painting is not long enough to fill
the space a stand can be placed in
front, as shown in the other cut
Draperies may be applied In this case
ebould the particular painting not be
of sufficient width to All the space.
NEEDLEWORK NOTES.
Hemming on lightweight wool goods
should be done by hand and with a
short needleful cif split silk. This does
away with the tight twisting of the
fine single silk and In consequence
makes n prettier hem. Another good
plan is to use the rnvelings of the
material, an this Is a perfect match
and, having the same sheen ns the ma
terial, does not show If n chance stitch
goes through.
A striped suit shows the waist with
stripes running the length of the coat.
The skirt has stripes running around
It, and the two inch bands are cut on
the width of the striped material. The
coat only has band trimming without
buttons. Fancy silk braids with plcot
or scroll edges are shown In bewilder
ing array as suitable trimming for the
Jumper waists. It Is a pretty outline
trimming, narrow and easily adjusted.
From printed cretonne may be con
trived the most attractive of traveling
sets. One of these Is the chintz cov
ered box which Is to hold all the toilet
articles. It Is primarily a shoe box,
with the sides of the cover cut away
and one edge of It attached to the bos
by means of ribbon hinges. This is di
vided Into cretonne covered cardboard
compartments to accommodate tho
brushes, combs, soap and powder box
es, and the Inside of the cover Is thick
ly padded to hold plus.
The Hands and Feet.
The palms of the hands and the sole
of the feet ore composed of cushion
of fat In order that no Injury may b
done to the muscles underneath L;
sudden Jolts or violent blows.
Vanilla.
Vanilla grows on a sort of cllmlihv
orchid which Is very plentiful In th
tropics.
Divine Right 'of Kings.
Tho divine right of kings Is a doc
trine promulgated In England In the
seventeenth century, which asserts
that kings held their authority by Di
vine appointment and as earthly rep
resentatives of tho Deity.
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Co. E and The Inauguration.
Three Days of Strenuous Life
Their Experiences la the Phe
nomenbl Blizzard.-
Our soldier boys had a pretty tough
time of J,i in their Washington trip ; so
much so, in fact, that some 'of them be
gan to think that if their selection to at
tend the inaugural was intended as a
reward of merit it would have been bet
ter not to have been quite so satisfactory
in their military record.
The provisional brigade of the Nation
al Guard of Pennsylvania, in which were
two companies of the Thirteenth regi
ment and three companies of the Ninth
regiment, our Co. E being one of the
former, nrrived inJWashington on Wed
nesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The
end of their trip was by no means en
joyable, as the march to the district
building on Louisiana avenue, where
they were quartered, was made through
a downpour of rain. It rained so hard
Wednesday evening that there was no
chance for the boys to get out of their
quarters. The trip fromWilkes-Barre,
where Company E, of the Thirteenth,
met the companies from that city, was
made without incident. Companies of
the various regiments were picked up at
Sunbury, then the train proceeded to
Harnsburg, where Company I, ol the
Thirteenth regiment boarded the train.
The next stop was made at Baltimore.
At the union station in (Washington the
brigade was cheered by a large crowd
as they got off the train. The provisional
brigade formed in City Hall Square at
11:45 Thursday forenoon and marched
to Second and B street, to take their
position for the parade. Co. E left for
home on Friday afternoon at oneo'clock
and reached Wilkes-Barre at 11 o'clock
the same night, after a long and weari
some ride, remaining there overnight and
coming home on Saturday morning.
They describe their outing as three days
of strenuous life in sunshine and storm
which they will not soon forget. They
all agree that the inauguration, which
was to have been a brilliant affair, was
very much spoiled by the storm.
They tell stories oi wild confusion in
the big Union station at Washington.
The plnce was packed to the doors, they
say, and it was almost impossible to
move about, much less fight a way out
to the train shed. Everywhere trains
were stalled and unable to leave, and
whenever there was a rumor that some
train was about to depart, a mad rush
for seats immediately followed. All
wires were down, so that it was impos
sible either to telegraph or talk over the
long-distance telephone, and the rail
road officers were in desperation at the
impossibility of relieving the congestion,
which became hourly worse. The weath
er had cleared Thursday night, but no
one cared j th 3 inauguration had been
pretty well spoiled and everyone was
anxious only to get home as soon as
possible.
The boys from here ware quartered in
the old court building on Louisiana
avenue, which they say was furnished
with just about as much as they took
with them. Theoflicresof theregiment,
however, were quartered in the Hotel
Normandie.
Perhaps the most impressive part of
all that they saw was the hi-.voc of the
storm, which was everywhere visible.
Much of the magnificentdisplay of bunt
ing and flags which .had set the city in
such gallant attire was blown down, and
along the railroad just outside the city
coining home a whole mile' of telegraph
wire in a place could be seen lying on
the ground. They say that all kinds of
rubber footwear was at a premium in
the city, as the supply in the stores was
soon exhausted. The slush, through
which they waded in the parade, was
nearly shoe top deep. S jch a downpour
of rain is seldom seen as came in that
city and snow never fell faster nor 111
bigger flakes, but the storm cleared
away and the sun came out, and all had
a chance to see the president in the re
view late in the afternoon. Though
most of the boys were not particularly
pleased with the rain and snow, but
little complaint was heard, they bearing
their discomfort like good soldiers, while
of the southern soldiers who were there,
many of them had never seen snow and
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As the boys arrived in the city of
Washington about 4 o'clock the day be
fore the inauguration they had some op
portunity to see the city while they were
off duty, which they availed themselves
of and had a good time.
iSfiOKE
BOB" HAMILTON
SMART TRIMMINGS.
Designs on Net That Can Be Made by
Amateur Needleworker.
Not for years have the modish trim
mings been so easy to reproduce at
home.
One of the trimmings most used this
season, both on odd blouses and gowns,
is embroidered net.
it is easy to fashion bands of em
broidered net, as the stitches used for
this work are very simple, being for
the most part confined to the simple
darning stitch. It Is also possible to
get excellent effects by the use of the
satin stitch and the long and short
stitch. The net bands shown In the
Illustration could easily be copied.
They are worked In satin stitch with
the outline darned In. A combination
of the darning and satin stitches in n
simple leaf and dot design is good.
These are not the only forms of hand
work seen on the smart blouses and
HAMDHADE BANDS AND OBNAHENTS.
gowns. It is a great year for odd
motifs in crochet or braid. Little orna
ments made of braid, either with or
without pendants or drop ends, are
also popular. In the illustration a
pleasing little motif of knotted sou
tache is' shown which would make an
effective finish for a soutache trim
ming. The button shown is covered with
satin nnd then trimmed with loops of
fine cord.
In working with the net it is well to
baste it over stiff paper before begin
ning to embroider the pattern; other
wise it will be hard to keep from puck
ering. For this work either Roman
floss or soft mercerized cotton floss
may be used. The best results will be
obtained from the silk floss probably,
and a rather heavy grade will be
found more effective than a finer one.
Sliver or geld thread is easily com
bined with the floss and is very stylish
and well suited to this work. In view
of the popularity of gold nnd silver
embroideries this would be a distinct
addition to a trimming of this kind.
The Lime Sulphur Wash.
The lime ulpbur wash Is n winter
application and cannot be applied to
trees in leaf. It may be applied at any
time after the falling of foliage In
early winter and prior to the swelling
of the buds In spring. It will proba
bly bo necessary also to make this ap
plication every year or at least ns of
ten ns the San Jose scale develops In
any numbers. The wash kills the San
Jose scale not only by direct caustic
action, but apparently also by reason
of the coating on the trees, which re
mains In evidence until midsummer or
later and may kill or prevent the set
tling of any young scale Insects which
may come from parents escaping the
winter action.
Two applications may be given bad
ly infested orchards one in tho late
fall nnd the other In late spring. Where
but one application Is given the late
jpring just before the buds open Is the
Vost time. C. L. Marlott.
Cannel Coal.
Cannel coal was once used as a sub
stitute for candles because It can bo
.cut Into blocks or strips and burns
with n clear yellow flame. Its real
name is candle coal.
Tuscany Customs.
It Is strange to nottce how many old
classical expressions still survive In
Tuscany. The people still swear "By
Bacchus!" nnd "By Diana!" just ns we
do "By Jove!" but when they talk of
"Tom, Dick and Harry" they say "Ti
tus, Calus and Sempronlus."
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