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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05
VIOLET SHADE WELL LIKED.


A charming wall paper displayed In
a store window shows an arbor design
Of light purple shades upon a cream
ground. says the Chicago News. Pur'
pie tones are so fashionable now that
they are, and Very rightly, used con.
siderably for furnishing, They are
particularly clean and pretty Ter q
bedroom; that Is, II the violet or Law
ender shades are selected. For a sunny
exposure violet gives a cool effect.
Most ONE select blue or pink for
their bedrooms, but II violet is becom.
ing II Is every bit as effective. and II
the solid tone Is not used the dainty
floral designs in papering are not sui
tciently pronounced to conflict seri'
ously with a dislike for the color.
In a spare room violet Ia very pref
~. one DON facing north and east
is furnished with old mahogany, al
though the two little beds are Oi
brass. The mating Is violet and
white. with two or three ove rugs
Of the same colorlng.
The paper shows clusters of vlolets
on a c"ream-colored ground, and the
colonial fireplace and dcep.embrasured
windows are OF snowy white paint. The
white Powered muslin curtains have
plated RULES. Can any one lmag
inc a cuzicr apartment roT a welcome
guest?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

preacher in Denver, was inspired to
preach on her own account. The con
ference of the Methodist church
would not make her a full fiedged
minister. But the Lord blessed her
In singing" SO she started her own
church. She calls 1t the Pentecostal
Union. her neighbors, The Pillar of
Fire; the public. the Holy Jumpers.
The sister" who was talking called
1t "the holiness movement-the Meth
odist church as II was in the days OF
Wesley, before people thought only
of worldly things and the ministers
of preaching and prayer for wage"
Mrs. White is still the head-the
Mrs. Eddy, the Mrs. Piper--of the
sect. She lives in Denver. where the
Holy Jumpers have a Bible school and
$50 m%issioners and the union got a
charter In 1902. Mrs. Whites brother,
C. w. Bridwell, is the head OF the
farm at Weston. which is the eastern
headquarters Of the sect. There are
other mission houses in Los Angeles,
and Lafayette, Ind, with q dozen mis-.
sionaries each.
Have Biblical Authority.
What are the peculiar ceremonies
Of your sect? You march and dancer"
"Oh, yes" the girl replied. Are we
not told in the Bible how David
danced before the Ark OF the Cove
nant, yea, and was exceedingly glad p
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05
GOOD DISH FOR IHvALlos.
Bsvarisn Creams OF All Sorts Ara
Most Palatable.

Bavarlan creams OF all sorts make
delicious and nourishing desserts for
invalids. For chocolate Bavarian
cream, soak half a box Of gelatin in
cold water for at least half an hour. In
a double boiler heat one pint 81 milk
and two ounces of grated chocolate.
add the gelatin and stir until dlssoly.
ed. Next add half a cup Of sugar and
remove from the stove, turn into a
deep bowl and add one t%easpoonful OF
vanilla; set this bowl into a pan OF
ice water and stir until It :hickens
like a sauce; then add a pint of cream
whipped stiff. stir lightly, pour into
a mold, wet with cold water, set 1t
on ice and serve with whipped cream
This must be made very early in the
morning II II is to be used for lunch
or tea. II a fruit cream Is desired sub.
stitute fruit juice, stewed and strained.
for the milk, emitting the grated choc.
olate. Both raspberry and peach Bs.
yarian cream are delicious.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

government would have to carry out
In many years. When II Is completed.
he said, we shall see the grain bust.
ness from north Of st. Louis and as
far west as grain grows in the Platte
valley taking this route to the sea.
Only 80 miles of actual canal would
have to be dug, and for the remainder
of the distance existing water chan.
nels could be used, with considerable
dredging here and there. He said that
the distance from Chicago or Duluth
to Montreal by this route would be a
little shorter than the lake routes nov
In use between these ports and Buff.
falo.
When the Georgian Bay canal liz
completed, he predicted that grain
would be carried between Chicago or
Duluth and deep water at Montreal for
2i5 cents a bushel, and refrigerator
ships drawing 10 or 20 feet OF water
could load direct from the packing
houses at Chicago and sail to any port
in the world during the season of open
water of about 200 days. The st.
Lawrence Is open when the lakes are
open.
1t is thought that the plans pro.
posed by the Canadian commission
will enable powerful whaleback steam.
ers, $50 to 300 feet long, to carry Ia
their holds and in towed barges about
10000 tons of cargo at an average
speed Of about IL miles an hour. and
that the time between Chicago and
Montreal will be about 1913 hours. The
time between Chicago and New York
by the lakes and improved Erie canal
route Is estimated at 1893 hours. The
distance between Montreal and Lon.
don is 2,S20 miles and between New
York and London, $3.50 miles.
1t is expected that the new canal
will have a wonderful Influence upon
the development Of the Ottawa river.
1t is estimated that with the compile.
ton Of the canal the water power
available along the river will be al
most as great as that Of Niagara, and
for electrical purposes 1t will be fcr
superior to Niagara, because the pow
err at those falls is confined to a radius
OF about so miles, while the Ottawa
river affords water power along 40C
miles at convenient distances. With
so much cheap power available and
with its great resources OF iron ore
and timber the Ottawa valley Is ex
pected to develop into one o: the grea,
manufacturing centers Of the con
tinent.
The map printed here shows at q
glance how much shorter the proposed
new route from Chicago and Duluth tc
the Atlantic is than the present routes
through the lakes and the Erie cana.
to New York.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05
Buttered Rice.

A nice ''made-over'' entree for lunch
Is made by boiling rice, draining well.
and placing while warm In a bowl or
mold. The next day turn 1t out care
fully upon a pie plate and set in a
quick oven. When hot all through
draw to you in the oven and butter
plentifully. After this let in the oven
until it browns lightly, Then butter
again, sift over 1t a thick coating OF
cheese-preferably Parmesan and
leave in the oven until the cheese Is
melted. Then heap irregularly with
a meringue of whites Of two eggs.
beaten up with a pinch of celery salt.
Brown very lightly. slip a spatula un.
der the mold, and transfer to a hot
Dlatter,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

meeting last Sunday. One Of EN-
Brother Hartman. they called him
man as big as you. six feet high.
WAL, Brother Hartman yelled Halle
lujah!' Jest as loud as he could. gath.
cred up his legs under him. and
jumped--it looked as II he jumped
most as high as that thar lamppost.
They're praying most all the time,
too. Some weeks since one OF the
fellers here was a-comin' up the tow
path and CHANGED to look over toward
the Jumpers place. Sure as I'm here,
thar vas a Holy Jumper standin' atop
their h~aystack, his hands up in the
air. praying for all he was worth.
Guess he was praying about the hay.
These Jumpers seem to be de-
lent enough, though" the farmer add
ed. only they keep mostly to them
selves" '
Thus primed, the reporter walked
down the Delaware and Raritan canal
to the Holy Jumpers farm to meet
one of the most curious experiences
TO be found near New York.
Reporter ~uneonvineed.
He went to soon; he could not stay
to pray. The hymns, sophistry, and
the plight of 80 little children were
too uncanny; his sense OF humor too
acute. Yet. as he left, n question
was burning in his mind: Are these
simple. possibly misguided people
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

tesiacs that a miracle was wrought in
her behalf.
Conflict with States Laws.
These methods Of treating disease
are In direct conflict with the laws OF
New Jersey. When a person dies In
Weston the fact must be reported to
DIR. William c. Long Of Somerville,
county physician Of Somerset county,
in which the settlement is located. A
failure to do so is punishable with a
fine of $500. The county physician
must investigate the cause Of death,
and II he finds It was due to neglect,
| abuse, or violence, he refers the case
to one of the Of the county.
At the office OF the prosecuting at.
torney OF Somerset county 1t was said
that II a person should die without
medical attendance and after no other
treatment than the pouring Of oil and
prayer the persons involved could he
held for criminal negligence and an
indictment for ma%nslaughter would
probably follow.
The first death at Zarephath OF
which County Physician Long has
knowledge occurred last February. A
mar in the community fell from the
roof of a barn and was fatally In.
jured. A doctor vas hastily summon.
ed from Bound Brook, but could not
save his life. The body was buried on
the farm-the first in a plot OF
ground set aside by the Jumpers for
their graveyard. No other deaths had
been reported from Zarephath, DIR.
Long said.
| In June last. when one of the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

fully, Each aspires to win the blue
ribbon Of the service and write his
name first on the competitive list.
do their captains share this spirit
and strive to excel their colleagues In
the happiness of their ships compan.
les. the efficiency o! their commands,
and In their own ability to a
their vessels with as much freedom
and certainty as Tom Shea In New.
port handles his catboat?
we whose remnant Of active life
a readily be counted by months are
not necessarily too old. But too old
we certainly are II we fail to perceive
that what the Nation demands of us
is the trained faculty to direct the
movements Of our ships and SQUAD.
rons In line of battle, ! pray most
reyerently that such a supreme test
may never come to us-but IL Il does
come and II we have wasted our prec.
ious days in the nonessentials, such
as undue idolatry of the stadimeter.
then we shall go down before a more
skillful foe just as the formal move.
ments OF Frederick the Great vanish,
ed into thin air before the battle tao.
tics OF Napoleon Army and Navy
Journal.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

women In the community was seized
with religious insanity, there was no
place to keep her in the settlement.
DR.. Long was notified and had her
sent to the Somerset County Insane
asylum.
As the sister continued her CONVEX
sation with the reporter, the monoton.
GUS notes Of the piano had been merg.
ed with the click OF the windmill, the
hum of bees, and the chatter OF chill
dren. Then a man and a woman began
to talk In the next room. They might
have been quarreling. Their voices
were pitched high. now both speaking
together unintelligibly, Then followed
silence for a moment. then a single
voice In great excitement:
In Fervent Prayer.
"Oh. help. help us-Show us the
way-Oh. we've done wrong--We
thank Thee-We bow before Thee
H~elp-help us-O Lord
The communistic plan OF Fare.
phath is a success. II the rich fruits
Of field, garden, and truck patch count
for anything. At the beginning OF
every week the work OF the colony
is divided among the men and women.
with little or no distinction between
the sexes. The men wash dishes.
cook, and make beds. Just as the older
boys plow and the women work In the
gardens. In the ~Zarephath building
the men arg lodged at one end, the
women at the other. and the children
on a lower floor.
They eat two meals a day. Break.
fast Is at 9 In the morning and dinner
at 4. Each is preceded by prayers. and
perhaps with testimonies, singing, and
marching.
"All of these services, the prayer
meetings, our marriage service. and
the ceremonies at the raves have no
regular order explained the sister;
1T is largely arranged as the spirit Of
God moves u.s."
Life Of the Little Jumpers.
Scriptural injunction is followed in
the kitchen as well as the bare little
chapel. Pork is eschewed as unclean;
so are fish without scales" Fruits
and cereals form the bases of the
fayorite dishes.
What OF the 80 little children who
live in such surroundings? They pray
as they play, Their Ills are treated,
too, with oil poured on their bodies
and by prayer. They learn TO jump
and go to the meetings and give
strange testimonies"
Services for Children.
The children have special services
to pray for clothes and the mission.
aries, They have prayer meetings
every morning from $50 to 1880
o'clock. They also have praise serv.
Ices distinct from those OF their eld.
ers, They range In age from babyhood
to 10 or ~ years. In the school term
n Of the Jumpers explained, we
also teach them in secular knowledge,
including some of the high school
branches"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05
Fruit DumplinQ,

Sift one pint OF -four, one-half tea.
spoonful of salt, and two te~aspoonfuls
of baking powder, rub In one heaplng
tablespoonful of butter and mix into a
stif dough with three-fourths OF a
cupful of milk. Toss the dough onto
a well-floured board, knead it slightly
and roll out one.third of an inch thick.
Cut into rounds with a large cutter.
Put half of Il pared peach In the cen.
ter of each, draw the dough up over
the peach and roll carefully in the
hand until the folds have disappeared
and It is smooth and round like a ball.
Butter the perforated pan In a steam.
er, arrange the dumplings on It 50
that they will not touch, cover tightly
and steam 20 minutes. Serve with
fruit sauce. Rub one-fourth of a cup
full of butter to a cream. add gradual.
ly n cupful of powdered sugar and
beat until light and frothy, then beat
in gradually n cupful of sliced
peaches. Set in a cool place till hard.
Sarye the same as hard sauce.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

Boys" said the young Malay prince,
a Harvard student, "Ill show you,
now how to make a fire by rubbing
two sticks together. 1t is a hard and
wearisome thing to do. but we must
cook these clans. Mark Twain says
you can't rub fire out of sticks, Now
I'll show you that he Is wrong. He
doesn't know how to go about II,
that's the trouble"
An oaken log lay on the sand. With
the Ratchet the prince made a narrow
groove In the log, a canal two feet
long. Then he cut of from one end an
oaken peg a foot long and the thick
ness Of his wrist. This he sharpened
into the likeness of a huge lead pencil.
NOW" he said.
And kneeling, he began to rub the
sharp end Of the peg up and down in
the groove. He rubbed as hard and
as fast as he could. His broad breast
heaved with the labor. his handsome
brown face dripped with heat.
But at the end OF Ave minutes the
groove began to send up little blue
wisps of smoke into the clear air and
a moment later a tiny fame fiickered
and vanished.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

Does II pay to darn socks repeated
ly amid a multitude of other tasks, In
order to save money that 1t may be
spent for a silk petticoat, an extra
feather in ones hat. or IN expensive
dessert for dinner? Does it pay to
stand at the ironing board and smooth
out rufles and laces for children to
wear once, perhaps. when It means a
mother so tired out that she cannot
repress impatient words later in the
day? Does 1t pay to do without the oc.
casional days help in the kitchen in
order to spend the money for some
unnecessary piece of furniture? No:
none of these things ever pays in any
thing but heartache and tired nerves,
In temper and friction. And so the
housewives best friend is a sense Of
proportion" applied to daily life and
the daily tasks Of the home.-Pictori
al Review.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05
Cheese and Mustard Sandwiches.

Cream some butter, adding to every
tablespoonful two tablespoonfuls
srated cheese seasoned lightly with
paprika and made mustard. Mix thor.
oughly and spread, Grated American
or Swiss cheese mixed to a paste with
salad dressing makes an excellent I'LL.
ing. as also cottage cheese mixed with
parsley or cress and seasoned with
paprika. Other good combinations
with cottage or cream cheese
are cream cheese and olives,
green or black, chopped fine;
cream cheese and chopped nuts. with
or without 'mayonnaise; cheese and
chopped dates or figs. cheese and
chopped spinach moistened with lem
on Juice and mayonnaise; cheese with
the yolks OF hard.boiled eggs put
through a ricer; cheese and sliced
cucumber; cheese and preserved gin.
ger. chopped; cheese, currant jelly
and nuts.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

New York.-Hidden on a little New
Jersey farm, a community OF sixty
persons, one.half of them children,
are trying to vitalize a complete re-
action against money greed, hypoc.
risy, and the ~present.day Christian
church and to keep It alive by re.
ligious hysteria.
They depend on faith" q. e.,
prayer for food, clothing, and the
bare necessities Of life.
They have followed the injunction
Of Jesus to sell their goods, give the
proceeds to the poor, and follow Him.
Medicines and physicians are for.
hidden, and their only treatment for
disease consists Of prayer and anoint.
ing the body with oil.
oficials Of the state OF New Jersey
say that II any n dies after such
treatment those concerned are guilty
Of criminal negligence and indictable
for m~anslaughter.
The community Is managed on the
cooperative plan, no n receiving
wages for work, and all supplies 60
Ing into a common fund, the men and
women sharing the work on an equal
basis.
Converts are kept In a high state OF
religious excitement by a conglomera.
tion OF Biblical text, sophistry, and
slang, and talk OF modern saints and
miracles.
Seeking to live according to Bibli
cal injunction, they work themselves
into a frenzy, march, dance, and lear
high In the air, hence their name
Holy Jumpers.
A member Of the community has al
ready been taken to the Somerset
County Insane Asylum suffering from
religious mania.
What the Jumpers Are Like.
Such. In brief, is a summary OF the
lives of the Holy Jumpers on theil
farm near Weston, q station on the
Reading railway Ave miles southwest
OF Bound Brook. Attention was at
tracted to them by a report that the,
are to invade New York In the man
ner Of Elijah" Dowie and his Zion
lists. What tanner Of people are thes'
who would fll Broadway with theil
cries and wild dances? The question
led to a visit to Weston.
where are the Holy Jumpers? ?" tn,
reporter asked a farmer he met on tn,
way.
Right down thar on the towpatl
where yer see that barn and wind
MILL" he replied. DO they Jump? Ye
bet they do. | was at their praye
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

In any religious organization. The LORD
showed Sister White that He was waiting
to revive the holy dance. and that II
would be pleasing to Him for the whole
c~hurch-men and women-everybody that
was saved-to go to praising Him In the
dance. She had seen Il few men jumping
around in religious services. but not In
the sense OF the holy dance, as we have
II to-day, where all participate in unison.
In the holy dance in our services, the
sexes never mingle. men dance alone and
together and like wise the women. When
they went at 1t all heaven smiled upon
them. and greater things were opened up
through It than they had any concep-
ton OF.
One OF the Denver newspapers called us
the Jumpers In its headline, and from,that
time the public has taken II up and Is
the name by which we are known from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. The name Is
perhaps attached to US In derision. but
we cheerfully accept It and go on jump
ing Hallelujah!
Are Early at Devotions.
The Jumpers" get up in the nc"
lag at 6 o'clock and pray till break.
fast.at 9. They pray singly or together,
from then till night. In the fields, on
the shady banks of the neighboring
brook. In the silence of their
chambers. They hold services three
times Sundays, with more prayers,
songs, jumping, and testimonies
When a missionary sets out to preach,
they gather and pray for him. They
say one Of these workers left for
Paterson penniless, but when they
prayed a stranger came up to the
traveller and gave him 50. The Jump
ers cite numerous cases in which they
have prayed themselves into" shoes,
uniforms and food with no trouble at
all.
Last week" to quote Bridwell, I'VE
had no money with which to pur
chase certain supplies and meet some
payments, but the Lord sent us In a
sufficient sum, and has been sending
us in smaller mounts from day to
day"
New York Can Wait.
New York-"the purple woman OF
Babylon"-will not hear their prayers
for the present. They have no immedi
ate plans for coming here as Elijah
Dowie did. Their missionaries. how
SNNt, nave oiiVotN piCuthth htit as
they have In Paterson, Newark, New
Brunswick, Somerville, Bound Brook
and Philadelphia,
When a person is Ill they pour oil
on his or her body and pray-that Is
all, they say. The body is anointed be
cause people mentioned in the Bible
did 1t. Their idea of healing by
prayer is made clear BY this case re
ported by Bridwell. He says:
The other day one OF our sisters unwit-
tingly swallowed a piece OF broken glass,
and another piece lodged in her throat.
Her condition became quite serious. and
We saw at once that God would have TO
undertake. A prayer meeting was called,
In which II number of persons importuned
the Lord for her immediate relief. While
we were assembled the victory came; our
sister began TO praise the Lord and
claimed deliverance. Suddenly she start
ed to shouting uproariously and, turning
about, we saw II piece OF glass In her
hand that had been dislodged from her
throat. She had endeavored II number OF
times before to get II out without avail.
] Since then she has been all right. and
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-05

Did not Miriam dance with Joy when
Israel was delivered from the hands
OF the Egyptians and the Red sea
flowed back and ~confounded the enc.
mics Of the Lords people? Again. in
the New Testament the dance is men.
toned as a part of religious worship"
yes. and singing--'even with Gym.
balls and spawns,'" quoted the re.
porter.
"Yes-yes-we use cymbals. drums,
too. And we often sing to the music Of
banjos and guitars"
You have harps. too?"
I'VE play on %autoharps. But most
OF our music Is on the plano. As we
sing. we dance as they did in the old
days, marching about, and jumping up
and down in our gladness. That is
why they call us Jumpers"
These were the words Of the re-
ligionist. the sentimentalist. On the
other hand, strangely bald and
strangely compounded OF Scriptural
phrase and modern sophistry is the
Official explanation Of the jumping
habit. Here II is:
Why They Jump.
After they had organized into a church.
entirely Independent Of everything that
was backslidden and out on the limo God
wanted, He began to give Hight on many
important doctrines which we preach and
practice to-day. One that has meant more
to our people I'm many Jays than any
thing else, was the holy dance. In the old
holiness movements, there was occasion.
ally a man that would jump up and down
when he was moved by the Spirit as
they said. but for a whole church Ia
jump at the same time In unison was
something hat had never been heard OF