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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XVI, No 38. CITY NEWS. (N. B. I you have relatives or friends visiting in the city or going to make a visit, please inform us; we solicit all your local news.—Ed.) We welcome March if you will give us the same kind of weather throughout as you have thus far. Mr. Wm. H. Shackelford will move this week to 1304 W. 18th where they will be pleased to meet their friends. Mr. Chas. J. Roy, an employee at Harris-Emery Co., is very sick at his home, 1020 Crocker street. Mr. W. H. Humburd, one of our leading citizens, is quite sick at his home, 1606 Sixth avenue. Mr. Wm. Shackelford, a photographer in the employment of the Town-send Studio, who has been sick the past night is able to be out. Mr. E. T. Banks, one of our well-known citizens and employed at the court house for many years, is sick at his home on Enos avenue. The regular religious services of the Y. M. P. A. will be held at the Association rooms, corner of Ninth and Park streets, Sunday March 6 at 4:30 p.m. Rev. J. Cornelius Reid of Sioux City will speak. All men are corpially invited to attend. E. Tracy Blagburn, Director. The Highland Park Culture Club met Tuesday morning at 10:30 at the home of Mrs. P. S. Carey. The club is composed of a number of ladies and they elected the following officers: President, Mrs. W. Johnson; Vice President Mrs. P. S. Carey; Secretary, Mrs. C. W. Brown; Cor. Sec. J. R. Crews; Treasurer, Mrs. H. Henderson. A delightful two course lunch was served by the hostess. The Des Moines Negro Lyceum Association will hold its second session on Monday evening March 7, at the residence of Mr. Branham N. Hyde, 821 W. 13th st. All societies that expect to participate in the Inter-State Literary Association are urged to be represented at this meeting by their delegates as there are a number of committees to be appointed and other arrangements to be made in completing the organization of the City Convention. S. Joe Brown, Chairmn Miss Bessie Mason, Sec. The services at the Union Congregational church will only be one regular service until a new minister is secured, namely at 3 o'clock p. [m. and Sunday School at 12. Next Sunday however a special service will be held in the morning at 10:30, at which time Rev. J. Cornelius Reid of Sioux City will preach. At the regular service at 3 o'clock Rev. Arthur Metcalf, pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational church will preach, at which time sacrament will be given. All friends and visitors in our city are invited to come out at all the services. The religious services of the Young Men's Progressive Association held last Sunday was exceptionally well attended. The subject of the meeting was "Jesus Christ as a Model" led by Dr. Booker. Dr. Alexander Du Ivor-Tydell gave an interesting and helpful talk on "The I Am." Dr. Tydell has been giving a course of lectures on "The New Thought Movement" at the Unitarian church for the past two weeks and his attendance upon the meeting Sunday was a treat and gave much light on the subject of living the true and helpful life. The song service was beautiful. An effort will be made to secure the best and most liberal speakers and thinkers on Sunday. Several of the ministers were present and spoke. The man of the city are cordially invited to attend these helpful meetings. The Des Moines Negro Lyceum Association met with Miss Iona Wilson on Tuesday evening March 1st. The program consisting of a debate Resolved that "Women Should Have the Rights of Suffrage." Mrs. J. B. Rush and Mrs. H. | W. Warrick upheld the affirmative and Mrs. S. Joe Brown and Mrs. McDowell the negative. The judges gave their decision in favor of the negative. On next Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Estella Wilburn, 1715 East Walker street, the following question will be discussed, Resolved that "The Legal Profession has been and is of More Benefit to Humanity than the Medical Profession." Affirmative Att'y-s. J. B. Rush and S. Joe Brown; negative. Drs. John H. Williams and Arthur J. Booker. The Lyceum girls quartet will also render a selection, the Misses Bessie and Anna Reeves, Iona Wilson and Jessie Bell being members. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are safe, sure and reliable, and have been praised by thousands of women who have been restored to health through their gentle aid and curative properties. Sold by all drug- President Taft Getting Busy Long Looked For Political Recognition of Afro-Americans by the National Administration Beginning to Heave in Sight. Deputy Sheriff Woods and Inspector Smith Making Good. By N. BARNETT DOBSON. The tidal wave of political recognition of Afro-Americans recently set in motion by Mayor Herman C. Baehr of Cleveland, O., in the appointment of some twenty-three or more capable men to office seems to be having a good effect in other sections of the country. We were shocked by news from Washington on Feb. 23 stating that President Taft had awakened from a long, deep sleep in which he had experienced in a dream the passing of the Republican party from its high and laudable place in national politics. INSPECTOR W. H. SMITH. In order to appease his conscience and to at least appear like a Republican of high estate he wrote out the following appointments for two Afro-Americans: Nelson Crews of Kansas City, Mo., special agent of the department of agriculture, and W. D. Johnson of Kentucky, special agent of the general land office. In politics as in other walks of life the surtest signs of progress are unrest, agitation, effort, ambition and persistence. And this reminds me of a statement made some years ago by the Hon. Stewart L. Woodford before the Brooklyn Literary union when the unditable T. McCants Stewart was president of that organization. *Mr. Woodford, speaking as a Republican, said, "We never freed the slaves until we had to, and we will never accord to them as freemen all the rights and privileges vouchsafed to American citizens until we have to." True it is that he who would be free must himself strike the first blow. The recent appointment of W. H. Smith as district inspector for the department of buildings in Cleveland, O., is an evidence that the prepared man gets the job, whether in public or private service. Mr. Smith is a practical builder and contractor, and his management of the affairs of his department is giving general satisfac DEPUTY SHERIFF S. E. WOODS. tion, and he will use his position with an eye single to the good of the public. Men of tact and business experience see in Mr. Smith the possibilities of men of our race to fill important positions, with ability. In the Hon. Samuel E. Woods, deputy sheriff of Cuyahoga county, O., the race has another man of merit who in a quiet way is making a name for himself in the political arena. Mr. Woods is one of the leading politicians of Cleveland and a man to be reckoned with when it comes to deciding between men and measures in the interest of the race and the Republican party. May he long wear the badge of his office with credit to himself and honor to the race. **Rector's Guild Reception March 29.** The annual Easter reception of the rector's guild of St. Augustine P. E. mission, north side, Pittsburg, will be held at Odd Fellows' hall on Tuesday evening, March 29. It will be a strictly invitation affair, and all members are requested to send to the committee of arrangements a list of their guests on or before the 15th inst. DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1910. THE WORLD'S FIRST FILM MAKER ZELL G. ROE. becoming one of the formidable can Mr. Roe, whose write-up appeared in didates for commissionership. His our paper a few weeks ago, is fast friends are working hard for him. CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR. Advocates: All improvements that will add comfort to our citizens and aid the health conditions of the City; regulation of public service corporations to secure the greatest efficiency and promptness of service, and for arbitration in settlement of labor disputes; business methods in all city affairs; careful expenditure of city funds, and publicity of city records; fairness and justice in all matters; law enforcement and the execution of the Des Molines plan according to its spirit and intent; safety of life and limb at railroad crossings and to facilitate business activity; a central market house; pure water, pure food and reasonable prices for living; present and permanent flood relief; free garbage disposal; clean streets, clean alleys, clean homes, clean markets and clean amusements. SCHRAMM FOR COMMISSIONER. The above cut is that of Chas. Schramm, one of the present commission, who is a candidate for re-election for second term. He was born in Van Buren county in 1861, came to this city in 1866, was in the mercantile business for many years on West Ninth street, was elected city assessor for five years and resigned to become a candidate for commissioner two years ago. He stands upon his record as made in the council. He is a courteous and obliging man and his friends are working hard for him. RACE ECHOES. TWO BRILLIANT STUDENTS AT BOWDOIN. There are two Afro-Americans in the senior class at Bowdoin college in Maine—Samuel Herman Drear of Washington and Arthur Alexander Madison of Montgomery. Ala. Mr. Drear has recently been elected to membership in the German society the Deutscher Verein, election to which is based on rank. Mr. Madison has also made a splendid record in his studies and expects to make teaching his profession. Negro Wins College Honor. NEVADA, Ia. Feb. 22—Henry Coleman, a colored lad of Boone, is the present recipient of the Mary Ambrose-Ellsworth memorial scholarship at Cornell college, and will represent that school in the state oratorical contest. The Elwell memorial was established by John K. Elwell, now of Des Moines, subsequent to the death of his wife, who was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ambrose of this city. Coleman was placed among eight contestants of Iowa colleges for the honor. Coleman's parents had seventeen other children, and his father was a coal miner. He worked Saturdays and evenings alongside his father in the mine and made his way through the Boone schools. He will graduate from Cornell in June at the age of 20 years, and hopes to go south and spend his life working for the Christian uplift of the negroes. NEGROES OWN INDUSTRY. DURHAM, N. C., Feb. 23.—Within the next few weeks a hosiery mill built by negro labor with negro capital and which will be operated by negro skill, will open for business here with a capitalization of $50,000. Most of the capital has been supplied by John Merrick, a negro who began life as a barber, and R. B. Fitzgerald, reputed to be the richest negro in South Carolina. He began life making bricks. The factory has been built by the negro people of Haytil, a suburb of Durham. It was designed by a negro architect and all the work upon it was done by negroes. The building is owned by a negro insurance company and is owned largely by the same men. Hosley will be the output. The mill will begin on a small basis and will operate at the start only ten machines. NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS. As Reported by the National Negro Business League—Negro Bank a Success—Big Business—Nashville Globe Bank Directory Will Appear February 18. The following interesting information appeared recently in the Daily News (white), Greensboro, N. C., from its staff correspondent in Durham, N. C. Durham, Jan. 25.—At a meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank here, the Negro banking organization, John Merrick, vice president, was chosen to succeed R. P. Fitzgerald, resigned on account of ill health. This institution, manned by negro men without a particle of help from the whites, has done a million dollars' worth of business the past year, and its place in the colorful colony has become fixed. He was one of the younger men at head now. Fitzgerald is the highest North Carolina negro, but Merrick has risen from the barber shop to the livest business man of his race here, and is the second richest man in his race here. The negroes have a magnificent block here and both insurance companies, financed in part by the bank, are dealing deeply in real estate. In The Nashville Globe of February 18th, there will appear the most complete Directory of Negro banks ever attempted by any newspaper in the country. It will even surpass the splendid researches of the seven Bankers' Registrals are being compiled by Mr. Tenry A. Boyd, manager of The Nashville Globe, made a thorough study of negro banks. In this article, he ventures the assertion that there are sixty (60) negro banks and institutions doing a banking business in the United States. He gives the name, state and city in which fifty-two of them are located, and also gives the names of these different institutions in their alphabetical order by states with the authorized capital of each bank. A summary shows that Virginia, the Old Dominion state, leads all the other states in the Union, having thirteen banks to her credit. Mississippi comes next, with a separate place with Virginia leads a second time by having one city operating four banks, namely, Richmond. She also leads in the capital stock. Mississippi, however, forges ahead in notoriety and activity, having a State Negro Bankers' Association. Mr. Boyd says that four of these banks in different parts of the country have $100,000 of capital each; nine of them have $50,000; one, $35,000; twenty-one, $25,000, and seventeen, $10,000. He further states that a careful estimate shows a total of $1,620,000 of which the fifty (50) odd negro banks are doing business, and that when the returns are all in, they will show a clearance, on money handled, of about $20,000,000 for 1909. FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT T. H. GRUBB. It is with pleasure that we announce the name of Hon. T. H. Grubb of Louisa, county, who is a candidate for clerk of the supreme court, subject to the republican voters at the primaries in June. He was born in Louisa, county in 1865, his father was a prominent old soldier of the civil war and the call came in the late Spanish American war, young Grubb offered his service to his country, enlisting in the 51st, Iowa Volunteers, Co. F. of Oskaloosa and saw service in the Philippine Islands. He said he was out there when the two famous colored regiments came to their relief. He says mady you don't think we were glad. He was first appointed clerk in the Supreme court by C. J. Jones in 1901 and has worked up until now, he was first deputy when he resigned a few days ago. His letter to the republican voters is as follows: "When I made the announcement as a candidate for clerk Supreme court I tendered my resignation as deputy clerk, which was not accepted. I therefore voluntarily moved March 1 1810. I am now active in the field as a candidate and ask the united support of my numerous friends and acquaintances, many of whom I cannot personally see. I shall endeavor at all times to fill the office if nominated and elected with fairness to all parties. I feel fully able to carry on the work in a business like manner as my 9 years of experience and large acquaintance with the attorneys of Iowa. I solicit your support. EDITORIALS. Rev. J. Cornellus Reid, D. D., of Stoux City, Ia., is in our city for a few days. He is Iowa's only candidate for chaphlainship of the United States Army, Tenth Cavalry, stationed now at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. Their former chaphlain, Rev. J. O. Anderson, has retired because of ill health. The position pays a salary of $2,500.00. Rev. Reid has the united support of the Iowa delegation in congress and the Western Baptist Association, also Governor Carroll and many other leading men. Alabama has a candidate and Missouri, in the person of Rev. Peck of Kansas City. PRESIDENT TAFTS APPOINTMENTS. Last week President Wm. H. Taft appointed Hon. Nelson C. Crews of Kansas City, Mo., as special agent of the Department of Agriculture and Editor W. D. Johnson of Kentucky as special agent of the general land office, each at a salary of $2,500 per year. The former is one of the leading public speakers in the west, an active republican worker and a great race leader in Missouri. A well deserved appointment. We are personally acquainted with Nelson Crews and will say more about him later. Mr. Johnson is a great race man, a good speaker, author of four books of much note. Both of these men are good appointments. Fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism is rheumatism of the muscles due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism, neither of which require any internal treatment. All that is needed to afford relief is the free application of Chamberlain's Liniment. Give it a trial. You are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which it affords. Seld by all drummers. BURLINGTON ITEMS. Mr. Jordan Earle, who was ill last week, is able to be out. Little Mildred Graham was called to Kansas City last week to see her mother, who is soon to undergo a serious operation. Mildred was accompanied by her uncle, Emanuel Graham. Mr. and Mrs. H. Frizier are the proud parents of a little daughter. Two of our leading young men, Mr. George and Jesse Brown, have purchased a lot on Foster street, where they are engaged in the poultry business. The Baptist Sunday School has so increased that they are short for chairs for the scholars. If you have one you don't need they will be glad to accept it. Mr. L. Cook has returned from a visit in Mississippi. We are having very changeable weather here, one day so cold one feels like stopping up the keyholes, and the next so warm you open your windows for fresh air. We are just wondering what the ground hog told, or if he was blind. Miss Hazel Woods is suffering with a severe cold. When you pay your back subscription, you'll receive a receipt, so there'll be no mistake. ENTERPRISE. IOWA. The Young People's Christian Association met Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The association is doing a grand and glorious work for the cause of Christ and the uplifting of the race. A fine program was arranged by the program committee. A wonderful address was made by Rev. J. Bowles; Scripture, by W. K. Perry; scripture poem, "The First Mortgage" by the president, G. H. Edmunds. The Christian Ideal Literacy Society was organized on the 15th inst., and they are progressing fine in the work. A fine program was arranged. Debate, "Be It Resolved, That Abraham Lincoln Did More for the Uplifting of the Country than George Washington Did for the Defence." The young converts gave an entertainment at the Mt. Olive Baptist church on the 26th inst., which was a great success. Rev. Burton preached an able sermon Sunday night. Those who have been on the sick list for the past week are improving at this writing. FORT MADISON NOTES. Messrs. Wm. Red and Geo. Stewart left Sunday morning for Chicago, Ill. Miss Merle Basfield is ill at her home, 211 Third street. Rev. Straws, pastor of the A. M. E. church, has begun a series of meetings. Large crowds attend the meetings each night. A great work is needed in Fort Madison and Rev. Straws expects accomplishment. Mrs. Yelena returned from spending his vacation on his farm in New Boston, Ia. Mrs. Geo. Harper, who has been indisposed, is improving. Miss Islac Poston was visiting relatives and friends in Mount Pleasant, Ia., last Friday. Mrs. Harris and her mother have returned from LaGrange, Mo., where they have been visiting for the past three weeks. Mr. Edward Prentice is visiting in Quincy, Ill. Mr. Arthur Ware has returned from Keokut, Ia., where he has been visiting relatives and friends. The A. M. E. Sunday school is preparing for an excellent program Easter. Mrs. Harris and Mrs. King are efficient leaders, and are excellent trainers of the children. The Bystander correspondent is glad to send the name of Mr. Walter Arnold as a subscriber for the Bystander. The Bystander is a great colored paper and we feel that Mr. Arnold will be greatly benefited. The A. M. E. Sunday School at a Sunday School election, elected Mr. Geo. O'Bannon as superintendent; Miss Mamie Lewis, librarian; Miss Mia Harper, secretary; Miss Jennie Harper, teacher of Bible class; and Mrs. King, teacher of the primary. We feel that all the officers and teachers are well qualified to fill their positions, and we expect a great work this next year. The sad news was received here Saturday morning of the death of Mrs. Elmira Cronson, one of Sandusky's most highly respected colored people. Mrs. Cronson formerly resided here and was a member of the A. M. E. church of this city. She was highly respected and loved by all who knew her. She leaves to mourn her death Mrs. Jane Holt of Sandusky, la; Mrs. Lottle Rollins and Mrs. Mollie Anderson of Fort Madison, Md.; Mrs. Cronson of Keokuk, Md.; Mrs. Salle Woods of Keokuk, Md.; Mr. Charlie Cronson. Mrs. Lottle Rollins, daughter Alice and Mrs. Mollie Anderson departed Saturday for Sandusky, la., to attend the funeral of Mrs. Elmira Cronson. The Twentieth Century club was organized at the A. M. E. church last Sunday evening. MY VALENTINE. [Dedicated to You from Me.] A message tender and divine Came to me St. Valentine's. The essence from which I cannot part. Because it made reference to my heart. Now I do not smoke, I wish I did, For I'd fill my pipe; let down the lld; Seated in my big arm chair I'd watch the rings, As gently skywards they would ascend. I have no doubt—in fact I ween I'd see you ask my earthly Queen. Then I'd he away to some shady bower And bury my head among the flowers; Amid the music of rippling streams, I'd lay me down to dream and dream. Sleeping thus devoid of fear My Queen of earth might draw more near, And through some unseen but divine providence. I would from my sleep-dream come hence. And beholding not at all alarmed, I'd fold you gently to my arms. Oh, say! If such things didn't come in dreams. And all things in life were much more real, There ain't much that we would miss, For life would be one glare of bliss. I tell you this, not your heart to touch. Oh, no! Indeed not much, not much. You've said enough, laid no blame, Nor heralded forth to succor fame. Tis I who still untouched you cleave. Even after you still did make my leave, I've plowed along at no slow gait, All plowed down, decided to wait. If it should be until the great judgment day, I guess I'm here prepared to stay. Very truly yours, LUTHER H. S. BROWN, 1018 Walnut Street, Des Moines. KEOKUK NOTES. Saturday evening at his home, 1017 Fulton street, Silas Kellis was very delightfully surprised with a tin shower in honor of his leaving for Wyoming, where he will take up a claim. About twenty members of the Dancing club wer present. He received many useful present. Games and music were indulged in until a late hour, after which a dainty luncheon was served. Mrs. Norah Clemons is recovering after a severe attack of la gripp. Tuesday evening at his home 16th and Morgan street, Mr. Hampton Woodard very pleasantly entertained Electa Chapter No, 46 of the O. E. S. An enjoyable time was had by all present. Rev. Bruce, rector of the church of St. Mary the Virgin is recovering slowly after a severe attack of illness. Mr. Orange Fields was indisposed Sunday. Mr. John Smith who resides at 1324 Morgan street, is quite ill with pneumonia. Friends hope for his speedy recovery. Mrs. H. P. Jones, wife of Rev. H. P. Jones of the A. M. E. church, Seventh and Morgan street, very pleasantly entertained the chair Thursday evening at their residence, 1427 Morgan street. A very interesting program was rendered, after which a dainty lunch was served by the hostess. The B. L. Z. club of the A. M. E. chuch will give an entertainment on March 10th, which promises to be a very successful affair, as the young people are putting forth every effort to make it such. Everybody is cordially invited. Mr. Samuel Johnson who resides at 1616 Concert street is very ill with pneumonia. Little hope is entertained for his recovery. Mr. A. J. Fields is quite ill at his home, 323 N. 13th street. At the Parish Hall, N. 14th street, a farewell party was given Mr. Silas Kellis by the Young People's Dancing club. Mr. Kellis leaves Tuesday evening for Wyoming to take up a claim. We wish him success. Are you frequently hoarse? Do you have that annoying tickling in your throat? Does your cough annoy you at night, and do you raise mucus in the morning? Do you want relief? If so, take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and you will be pleased. Sold by all drug- DAVENPORT ITEMS. Heid over from last week. Sunday was Stewardard Day at Bethel A. M. E. church. There being a few strangers in presence it was quite a financial success. The short program was ended in the evening. Mrs. Alice Richardson was confined to her home last week with a severe cold. Mrs. C. B. Lewis who is the state president of the Colored Women's State Federation was in Des Moines last week attending the executive board meeting. She reported a very pleasant day. Mr. Hill and family and Mr. Brady of Delavin, Wisconsin have come to Davenport to become citizens. We heartily welcome such citizens. The weddings bells were quietly rung in Davenport Monday afternoon for the marriage of Miss Florence Cornellia McGraw of 944 Grand avenue of this city to Mr. Roy E. Lewis of Galesburg, Ill. Miss Florence Florence McGraw was one of Davenport's society belies, a very honorable young lady, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott McGaw. Miss McGaw has many friends in Davenport and was a member of the Bethel A. M. E. church and choir, she was educated in our Davenport schools. Mrs. Lennis of Galesburg is one their highly educated. By her age, she is a first class brick mason he is a property owner of Galesburg and has a beautiful home prepared for his bride, they were quietly married at 2 o'clock sharp by Rev. T. B. Stoval, she was given away by her father and the ring ceremony being performed. A beautiful luncheon was served, the bride and groom, by one of Davenport's first class Dentists, Dr. Littig, we are glad when our young ladies conduct themselves so, that our white friends will do so much honor. They departed for their home in Galesburg on the 6.55 train. Continued on page 4 column 7. For the best meals in the city, and all kinds of sandwiches. Special Chicken Dinner Every Sunday KENNARD'S Iowa State Bystander BYSTANDER FUB. CO., Publishers. DES MOINES. . . . . IOWA Do not mastigate the tag on your loaf of bread. Old age brings experience. This rule sometimes works backwards. Say good-by soon to the tramp comet, for it is on its way. Boston has not become excited as yet over the price of beans. Is it coming to the point where a dancer cannot be graceful in clothes! Sometimes it does not make for ultimate speed to take the fastest train. There is a great difference between a peanut farmer and a peanut politician. A Grand Rapids man was killed by a roll of print paper. A single copy suffices in some cases. A Brooklyn widow advertises for a husband with a million. She must mean a million of faults. The earth travels nearly three million miles a day, and we are all of us more traveled than we had supposed. The sensible man will take care of the grip, and pneumonia will take care of itself. Too bad that the work of canal building on Mars should be all undone by British astronomers. How would you like to be a perfectly inoffensive comet and be blamed for all the hard luck everywhere? The fellow who designed this season's neckties apparently went on the motto: When in doubt, use purple. The postcard business is a great one. According to the overworked post-office employees, there are millions in it. So Latham has reached an altitude of 3,600 feet in his aeroplane? What a long drop that would make if anything happened! A Frenchman is reported to have risen 3,200 feet in the air. From "farthest north" the cry has changed to "farthest up." The per capita money of the country is $34.83. But the ultimate consumer still appears to have more appetite than money. One of the troubles about getting along without meat is that there are so few other things to eat, if one doesn't like prunes. Loss of character is always deplorable, but it would be the tip of good luck for some men if they could lose their reputation. A Jerseyman won't permit any flying over his property. This may go for aviators, but who is to make the mosquitoes observe it? A Texas man has traded 100,000 acres of land for 100,000 gallons of whisky. Simply a matter of exchanging acres for head-achers. An Ohio paper complains because calves' livers cost 25 cents a pound. Why not look on the right side? No calf's liver weighs many pounds. A French aviator is reported to have fallen from his aeroplane into a tree and escaped injury. Sounds like the twentieth century Bunchauen. St. Louis butchers say that objection to goat meat as a substitute for lamb chops is purely psychological. We had supposed it was in part of factory. The girls ought to remember that the less money Yale boys spend for violets on the occasion of the "junior prom" the more money they will have to buy engagement rings. An unusual marriage took place in Gotham when the womans teller of one of the banks married the masculine teller of another. With both tellers thus united the tale of love should have been well told. Those fourteen California students who have been living on sulphur-cured fruit since September have gained weight instead of losing it. About the only thing proved by such tests, so far, is that the surest way to get fat is to join a poison squad. A big storm at sea sometimes does unexpected "stunts." A ship which went ashore on Brant Point, Mass., during the Christmas gale was carried so high and dry that no hope was entertained of getting her back to the water. But the latest tempest that swept the stern New England coast generated a high tide which carried the vessel to her former element, and to everybody's surprise she was found substantially uninjured. That appears to have been one of old Neptune's practical jokes. An air-chambered target that was characterized "unsinkable" was sent from the Brooklyn navy yard to the Philippine islands, where it was promptly sent to the bottom with two broadsides from the cruiser Charles ton's six-inch guns. It cost $15,000, but this is a small item if the experiment will afford light as to methods by which ships and targets may be made absolutely unsinkable. The sun is now moving northward, but it is not doing it helter-skelter. It is very cautious and orderly. Because he was cold and hungry a carpenter threw an Indian club through the window of a New York restaurant where fashionable people were dining. It is added that he got a good warm meal, a little later, in the police station, but hungry people generally should be urged to adopt some better means to the desired ends. In Halmstad, Sweden, a manufacturer is about to start a spinning wheel for making yarns out of paper; the publishers of the best sellers have been doing this for years. 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Every such suffering woman owes it to herself to give Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. If you would like special advice about your case write a confidential letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free, and always helpful. He Had No Objection. "We—we want you to marry us," said the blushing young man, indicating a young woman with downcast eyes and smiling face who stood a step behind him. "Come in," said the minister, and he endeavored to ease their embarrassment for a moment; but he soon decided that it was useless to try. "Will you be married with a ring?" he inquired. The young man turned a helpless gaze on his companion, and then looked at the minister. "If you've got one to spare and it can come out o' the two dollars, I guess she'd like it," he said at last.—National Food Magazine. Marriage. A game of chance in which the chances are about even. The man leads at first, but after leaving the altar he usually follows breathlessly in his wife's trail. The rules are very confusing. If a masked player holds you up some night at the end of a long gun, it is called robbery, and entities you to telephone the police, but if your wife holds you up for a much larger amount the next morning at the end of a long bug, it is termed diplomacy, and counts in her favor. In this, as in other games of life, wives are usually allowed more privileges than other outlaws.—Judge Opera the Great Levcier At one of the Wagner operas a few days ago a woman nudged her friend and said: "Who is that distinguished man bowing to you over there?" Her friend looked in the direction designated and smiled in a return greeting. "That's my butcher," she said. "I see him here quite often. When I go marten in the morning we always discuss the opera. He's a German, you know, and really knows a lot about other things besides cutting meat."—New York Sun. The Appetites of Kings The king of Spain makes up for his daily expenditure of activity by a tremendous appetite. I have observed for that matter, that the majority of sovereigns are valiant trenchermen Every morning of his life Alfonso XIII has a good rump steak and potatoes for his first breakfast, often preceded by eggs and sometimes followed by salad and fruit.—From Recollections of M. Paoli in McClure's. A GOOD CHANGE A Change of Food Works Wonders. The wrong food and drink causes a lot of trouble in this world. To change the food is the first duty of every person that is ill, particularly from stomach and nervous troubles. As an illustration: A lady in Mo. has, with her husband, been brought around to health again by leaving off coffee and some articles of food that did not agree with them. They began using Postum and Grape-Nuts food. She says: "For a number of years I suffered with stomach and bowel trouble which kept getting worse until I was very ill most of the time. About four years ago I left off coffee and began taking Postum. My stomach and bowels improved right along, but I was so reduced in flesh and so nervous that the least thing would overcome me. "Then I changed my food and began using Grape-Nuts in addition to Postum. I lived on these two principally for about four months. Day by day I gained in flesh and strength until now the nervous trouble has entirely disappeared and I feel that I owe my life and health to Postum and Grape-Nuts. "Husband is 73 years old and he was troubled for a long time with occasional cramps, and slept badly. Finally I pretended upon him to leave off coffee and take Postum. He had stood out for a long time, but after he tried Postum for a few days he found that he could sleep and that his cramps disappeared. He was satisfied and has never gone back to coffee. "I have a brother in California who has been using Postum for several years; his whole family use it also because they have had such good results from it." Look in piks, for the little book, "The Road to Wellville," "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter. A new book is available that are genuine, true, and full of human experience. ONLY NECESSARY TO TREAT STOMACH, SAYS COOPER The new theory advanced by L. T. Cooper relative to the human stomach has attracted such widespread attention that the public in cities visited by the young man has been joined by many physicians in a discussion of his beliefs and medicines. Mr. Cooper says human health is dependent almost entirely upon the stomach. He says that no disease can be conquered without first alleviating all stomach disorders. He further says that most men and women of this generation are half-sick owing to degenerate stochas. And lastly, he claims that his New Discovery medicine will rejuvenate, the human stomach in 90 days. Cooper has been traveling from one city to another, conducting in each what he calls a campaign of education. For the past year he has met the public in the larger cities of the country, and his success has been phenomenal. Thousands of people have flocked to his headquarters wherever he has gone, and the sale of his medicine has been beyond anything of the kind ever before witnessed. Possibly the most interesting feature of the attention this young man has attracted is what his army of followers, whom he has converted to his beliefs through his medicines, have to say on the subject. The following statements are from two well-known residents of Chicago and Boston, respectively, and the enthusiasm of these is characteristic of Cooper's admirers generally. Mrs. H. B. Mack, of 3201 State street, Chicago, says: "I have been suffering for 12 years from a combination of stomach trouble, catarrh and constipation. I had a gnawing pain in the pit of my stomach, a sort of a dull pain that I could not quite understand. Then there was a dull headache, and my mind seemed to be wandering continually. I could not eat, and what little solid food I did eat I could not retain on my stomach. I tried every remedy I could think of, and also tried a number of patent medicines, but without any apparent result. It was through one of my friends that I heard of Cooper's preparation, and I immediately decided to try some of it. It is two weeks since I took my first dose of it, and I feel like a new woman. The headache seems to have disappeared, and the pain in my stomach, along with it. The medicine is worth its weight in gold, and I want to thank Mr. Cooper for what he has done for me." Mr. Edwin F. Morse, of 20 Oakley street, Dorchester, a suburb of Boston, says: "For three years I had not a well day. My stomach was in frightful shape; the mere thought of food would nauseate me, and I really had a horror of anything to eat. All solid food would cause me extreme indigestion, bloating and gas on my stomach, and nothing tasted right. Some time ago I got some of this Cooper's medicine, about which there is so much talk. I actually feel as well and strong as a boy ever since the first bottle. Every sign of stomach trouble has disappeared, and I have a hearty appetite and eat three square meals; everything seems to taste good. Anyone who knows what chronic indigestion is can appreciate what this means to me. I consider this the most remarkable medicine I ever heard of." Cooper's New Discovery is sold by all druggists. If your druggist cannot supply you, we will forward you the name of a druggist in your city who will. Don't accept "something just as good."—The Cooper Medicine Co., Dayton, Ohio. Ineligible. So you wouldn't let Bombazine Bill sit on the jury that tried the horse thief?" "No," answered Three Fingered Sam. "we do things fair and square in Crimson Gulch. Bill's a good man, but the fact that he runs the only undertakin' business in the county couldn't help prejudicin' him some agin the defendant." Talkative Woman Hewitt—Some men talk and don't say anything. Jewett—Yes, my wife is just that kind of a man. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISIS BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. BACKHAM $375 *Guarantee* WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT RHEUMATISM COPPER PLATE Cured by Electropodes New Electric Treatment. Metal insoles—worn inside shoes. Body become insulated—serves the connecting wires. Positive cure for Rheumatism. Reduce KIDNEY and Lazy complaints. Only $1.00 pair. Guaranteed signed with each sale. If Electropodes fail to cure, money returned. If not, your Digestif and us. We will see that you are supplied. WESTERN SPEARMINT CO. 247 Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, Cal. WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT INHERIT LASTS PATENT Book and Advice FREE. Masson, Francis L. and Washington, D.C. Est. 40 yrs. Best referrals WANTED—Six competent furnace Installers. Perment work for high class men. Campbell Hesling, Des Moines, Iowa. W. N. U., DES MOINES, NO. 10-1910. ALSO CLERK DISTRICT COURT Two Offices Merged and Well-Known Des Moines, Mar. 4.—W. C. McArthur, clerk of the United States district court has received the additional appointment of clerk of the United States circuit court to succeed E. R. Mason, whose resignation was made public some time ago. The appointment was made known through a letter received by Mr. McArthur from Judge Walter H. Sanborn of the United States circuit court of appeals. At the time he takes up his new position on April 1. Mr. McArthur will be clerk of both the circuit and district courts, the two now being consolidated. This action was taken upon the written request of nearly every attorney in this district. Mr. McArthur has become eminent in his work for the government and it is this fact that led to his appointment. "It is a matter of no little gratification," said Mr. McArthur in speaking of his appointment, "to kno what I was so well supported by the attorneys in this district. Nearly every one gave his affirmation of my appointment, and I appreciate it greatly." Since the resignation of Mr. Mason was made public there has been but one candidate for this office in the field against Mr. McArthur. C. F. Smith made some little effort to secure the position, but failed. He was formerly a deputy under Mr. McArthur in Keokuk. The work of caring for both the office of the district and circuit courts will be infinitely greater than before, but it is with every confidence that Mr. McArthur is placed in the position. He has been in the employ of the government for years and is versed in every detail of the work. E. R. Mason, the outgoing clerk of the circuit court, stated his full satisfaction in the appointment of Mr. McArthur and gave it as his opinion that the office will be excellently cared for. Eighty-six Dead and Missing. Eighty-six Dead and Missing. Council Bluffs, Ia., March 4—Among those killed in the snowslides at Wellington, Wash., when two Great Northern trains were demisled, were George F. Davis and daughter, former residents of Council Bluffs. Mrs. A. C. Davis, mother of the dead man, resides with her daughter, Mrs. F. W. Thorne, in this city, and was recalled from Correctionville, Ia., by a message announcing the death of her son and grandchild. Mr. Davis was a resident of Seattle at the time of his death and had been on a visit to Spokane when killed. Cummins Assails Aldrich Bill Washington, D. C., March 4-Declaring that the administration railroad bill as reported by the senate committee on interstate commerce is not an advance in regulation of interstate commerce, but "a long step backward," Senator Cummine on behalf of himself and Senator Clapp submitted the minority report on the bill to the senate. Dolliver Speaks for Postal Bank Dolliver Speaks for Postal Bank Washington, D. C., March 4—In a characteristic and vigorous speech, Senator Dolliver, though he had just recovered from the effects of an operation, supported the postal savings bank measure in the senate, but denounced the attempts to get the petal savings funds removed from communities in which they were deposited. Trains Collide; Casey Man Dies. Dav Moines, Mar. 4—Herman Reese, a well known stock raiser of Casey, la., was killed in a rear end collision in which a freight train on the Rock Island, ran into a fast stock train near Seneca, Ill. The wreck obstructed the tracks to an extent that delayed all west bound traffic for several hours. Fraternal Orders Merge Waterloo, la.. Mar. 4—The Highland Nobles of Waterloo and Modern National reserve of Charles City, fraternal insurance orders, merged at a meeting here. The headquarters of the new order, which retains the name of Highland Nobles, will be in Waterloo. Mere Pimple Causes Woman's Death. Batavia, March 4—A few days ago, Mrs. A. D. McCart, wife of a well known farmer, was bothered by the appearance of a small pimple on the forehead. The pimple grew and spread, blood poisoning setting in and death ensued. Killed by Train. Davenport, March 4- J. J. Ellson janitor in an office building, was struck by a Rock Island engine at Davenport, and died two hours afterward in the hospital. New Postoffice Inspected. Des Moines, Mar. 4.—C. F. Cramer architect and superintendent of construction of the United States treasury department is in Des Moines making a final inspection of the new post office building, which is to be opened March 12. No Hospital Vote Next June. Des Moines, Mar. 4.—After an examination of the law, John J. Halloran gave the decision that there can be no vote on the county tuberculosis is hospital in June. Ucle Sam's Breakfast Food Co., Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: After using "Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food" for the past three weeks I felt like I must write and tell you what a mistake you make in not advertising your excellent food. It ought to be advertised in every newspaper in the country. I can not praise it too highly for the great benefit I have derived from the use of it. Have had stomach and bowel trouble for years, but feel now this food is going to cure me. I recommend it to all my friends who have any stomach trouble, but some of them tell me they are not able to procure it from their grocers, say they never heard of it. Wishing you all the success possible, I am yours respectfully. We certify that the above is a true copy of the original and was not solicited. U. S. BF. F. CO. Children Being Taught the Nature and Methods of Prevention of Tuberculosis. Definite instruction concerning the nature and methods of prevention of tuberculosis is being given to less than six per cent. of the public school children of the United States, according to a bulletin of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Recent investigation has shown that in only nine cities. Washington, Dallas, Tex., Richmond Va., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Detroit, Mich., Malden, Mass., Salem, Mass., Sagnaw, Mich., Mich., and Knoville, Tenn. are special text books being used or lectures being given about tuberculosis. In three states and one territory, Michigan, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Porto Rico, laws have been required requiring that instruction about the nature and methods of prevention of tuberculosis be given in all public schools. In Tennessee the state department of education has requested that such instruction be given and has issued circulars for this purpose. In New Jersey and West Virginia wall cards giving instruction are hung in every schoolroom and the attention of all children is called to them. IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA "No tongue can tell how I suffered for five years with itching and bleeding eczema, until I was cured by the Cuticura Remedies, and I am so grateful I want the world to know, for what helped me will help others. My body and face were covered with sores. One day it would seem to be better, and then break out again with the most terrible pain and itching. I have been sick several times, but never in my life did I experience such awful suffering as with this eczema. I had made up my mind that death was near at hand, and I longed for that time when I would be at rest. I had tried many different doctors and medicines without success, and my mother brought me the Cuticura Remedies, insisting that I try them. I began to feel better after the first bath with Cuticura Soap, and one application of Cuticura Ointment. "I continued with the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and have taken four bottles of Cuticura Resolvent, and consider myself well. This was nine years ago and I have had no return of the trouble since. Any person having any doubt about this wonderful cure by the Cuticura Remedies can write to my address. Mrs. Altie Etson, 93 Inn Road, Battle Creek, Mich. Oct. 16, 1909." Sunday School's Want Ad. There is a church in Brooklyn that has adopted a novel scheme for enlarging its Sunday school. It advertises for boys and girls to come to it. In the shop windows in the neighborhood of the church one may see placards, such as are used for advertising entertainments of various kinds, that bear the legend: "Wanted—Boys and girls to join our Sunday school." Below this are set forth the advantages that will come to the young folk who attend the classes. A Natural Question. James J. Corbett, in the smoking room of the Mauretainia, praised the "style" of Jim Jeffries. "It's a neat style," he said; "neat, quick, to the point. It gets there like the remark of a little girl who said to the minister in the course of a quite interminable call: "Did you forget to bring your amen with you, doctor?" This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, Scratch Discors, Teach Discors, Regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worma. They break up colons in 24 hours. They never fail. At all Druggista, 2c. Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Nothing New. "Congratulations! I hear one of your daughters is engaged. Which one it is?" "Get it! It's only Bessle again!"—Megendorfer Blaster. You can't stop smoking without a substitute. Don't accept a substitute for WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT. It makes not-smoking easy. Crosses are of no use to us, but in as much as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves. Fonelon. **ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM** has been used successfully for years for deep-seated cancer. You should know about it. It is simple, safe and sure. Answer me quick, what help, what hand, do you stretch o' her destruction's brink?—Browning. Don't stop eating to chew WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT. Chew it after. It's fine for digestion. Any woman can make an impression on a man who has either a soft heart or a soft head. **PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO ONTENTURE is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 60 days or money refunded. 500** Thermometers make more llars than the big fish that get away. 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS - CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral NOT NARCOTIC Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed Aln Suma Rockell Salts Lemon Poppical All Carbamide Soda Milk Sugar Clarified Sugar Washwater Flavor Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Hester. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK. 48 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS Guaranteed under the Food and Drug Copy of Wrappers. Newspapers in Switzerland Newspapers in Switzerland. Switzerland has a total population of 3,500,000 and there are 1,384 periodicals in the country, or one publication to every 2,715 persons. Of the publications giving special attention to news and politics, 472 are printed in German, 101 in French, 21 in Italian and but one in Romansch. The religious publications include 60 German Protestant, 40 French Protestant, 24 Catholic, nine Missions, two Jewish and three Free Thought. The Swiss newspapers have limited telegraph services, as compared with newspapers in other countries, but they are, as a rule, well edited—Consular Report. Mournful Pleasure Mastar—Since your wife died you have got drunk every day. You had better get married again at once. Servant—Oh, sir, leave me yet a month in my grief. Rheumatism Cured in a Day. Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism radically cures in 10 days. Its action is more effective in cases of fever and this disease quickly disappears. First dose greatly benefits. 750 Druggists. Appropriate. "How shall I set this ad. for the minstrel show?" "How? Why, in black-faced type, you ninny." Give children pennies if they buy digestible WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT. It is much better for them. Whatsever you do not wish your neighbor to do to you, do not unto him. This is the whole law. The rest is a mere exposition of it.—Jewish. Less and less cigar smoke. More and more WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT fragrance. Two-thirds of all a man's troubles wear petticoats. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE." That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c. Many a man has kicked himself out of a good job. THE APPROVAL of the most EMINENT PHYSICIANS and its WORLD-WIDE ACCEPTANCE by the WELL-INFORMED, BECAUSE ITS COMPONENT PARTS ARE KNOWN TO BE MOST WHOLE SOME AND TRULY BENEFICIAL IN EF FECT, HAVE GIVEN TO Syrup of Figs and ELIXIR OF SENNA THE FIRST POSITION AMONG FAMILY LAXATIVES AND HAVE LED TO ITS GENERAL USAGE WITH THE MOST UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION. TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS, ALWAYS BUY THE GENUINE MANUFACTURED BY THE CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS ONE SIZE ONLY, REGULAR PRICE $50 PER BOTTLE Baby Smiles— When He Takes PISO'S CURE THE BEST MEDICINE FOR COUGHS AND COLDs So pleasing that he likes it—and contains no cares. There is nothing like it for Bonechite, A asthma and all troubles of the throat and lungs. A Standard Remedy for half a century. All Drugs, 28 Cents CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Cha. H. Flutcher In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA Pile your plate high! WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT PEPPER GUM prevents indigestion DON FOR THE SOUL THE FLAVOUR LAIT The more you eat Quaker Oats the better your health will be. Practical experiments with athletes show Quaker Oats to be the greatest strength maker. Syrup of Figs and ELIXIR OF SENNA THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE IS MANUFACTURED BY THE California Fig Syrup Co. Nearly Every One Gets It The bowels show first sign of things going wrong. A Cascaret takes every night as needed keeps the bowels working naturally without grip, gripe and that upset sick feeling. 998 Ten cent box, week's treatment. All you need is Biggest seller in the world - million boxes a month. swd Leads the most intelligent people to use only medicines of known composition. Therefore it is that Dr. Pierce makes the makers of which print every ingredient entering upon us the bottle-wrappers and attest its correctness in each case, daily growing in favor. No SECRETS. No DESCRIPTION. The composition of Dr. Pierce's medicines is open to everybody, Dr. Pierce being desirous of having the search light of investigation turned fully upon his formulae, being confident that the better the composition of these medicines is known the more will their great curative merits be recognized. Being wholly made of the active medicinal principles extracted from native forest roots, by exact processes original with Dr. Pierce, and without the use of a drop of alcohol, the heated and chemically pure glycerine being used instead in extracting and preserving a curative virtue residing in the roots employed, these medicines are entirely free from the objection of doing harm by creating an appetite for either alcoholic beverages or habit-forming drugs. Examine the formula on their bottle-wrappers—the same as worn to by Dr. Pierce, and you will find that his "Golden Medical Discovery," the great blood-purifier, stomach tonic and bowel regulator—the medicine which, not recommended to cure consumption in its advanced stages (no medicine will do) treat all those catarrhal conditions of head and throat, weak stomach, topical liver and bronchial troubles, weak lungs and hang-on-coughs, which, if neglected or badly treated lead up to and finally terminate in consumption. Take the "Golden Medical Discovery" in time and it is not likely to disappoint you if only you give it a thorough and fair trial. Don't expect minutes. It won't do supernatural things. You must exercise your patience and persevere in its use for a reasonable length of time to get its full benefits. The ingredients of which Dr. Pierce's medicines are composed have the unqualified endorsement of scores of medical leaders—better than any amount of lay, or non-professional, testimonials although the latter are received by thousands. Don't accept a secret nostrum as a substitute for this time-proven remedy or known composition. Ask your neighbors. They must know of many cures made by it during past 40 years right in your own neighborhood. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, N.Y. the formula, being confident that the better the composition of these medicines is known the more will their great curative merits be recognized. Being wholly made of the active medicinal principles extracted from native forest roots, by exact processes original with Dr. Pierce, and without the use of a drop of alcohol, triple-refined and chemically pure glycerine being used instead in extracting and preserving the chemically virtues residing in the roots employed, these medicines are entirely free from the objection of doing harm by creating an appetite for either alcoholic beverages or to do. Examine the formula on their bottle-wrappers—the same as sworn to by Dr. Pierce, and you will find that his "Golden Medical Discovery," the great blood-purifier, stomach tonic and bowel regulator—the medicine which, while recommended to cure consumption in its advanced stages (no medicine will do that) to cure those catarrhal conditions of head and throat, weak stomach, torpid liver and bronchial troubles, weak lungs and hang-on-coughs, which, if neglected or badly treated up to and finally terminate in consumption. Take the "Golden Medical Discovery" in time and it is not likely to disappoint you if only you give it a thoracic and fair trial. Don’t expect miracles. It won’t supernatural things. You must exercise your patience and persevere in its use for a reasonable length of time to get its full benefits. The ingredients of which Dr. Pierce’s medicines are composed have the unqualified endorsement of scores of medical leaders—better than any amount of lay, or non-professional, testimonials although the latter are received by thousands. You must accept a secret nocturna as a substitute for this time-proven remedy of known value, as your NEighbors. They must know of many cure made by it during past 40 years in neighbourhood. World’s Dispensary Medical Association. Dr. R.V. Pierce. N.Y. has been prescribed for years by physicians all over the world in the treat- ment of skin diseases, itching, irritation, eczema and in dressing of boils, felons and carbuncles. It is acknowledged by them to be the very best ointment known for erysipelas, erythema, nettle rash, ringworm and a specific for itching piles. 50c. a jar, all druggists, or sent direct on receipt of price. and carbuncles. It is acknowledged by them to be the very best ointment known for erysipelas, erythema, nettle rash, ringworm and a specific for itching piles. 50c. a jar, all druggists, or sent direct on receipt of price. RESINOL CHEMICAL COMPANY, BALTIMORE, MD. "I cannot praise RESINOL enough." Mrs. Geo. A. Laney, Montreal, Canada. It's a Shivery Job Do you remember last winter—thermometer down to zero? You were only half dressed and sleepy. You had to start the fire with coal—shake down the stove—poke out clinkers and sift ashes—nearly frozen. Then the fire went out and you commenced all over. You didn't like it, did you? If you don't want to repeat your experiences BUY MILWAUKEE Solvay Coke It's a Shivery Job Do you remember last winter—thermometer down to zero? 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No user ever voluntarily returns to annoying coal conditions. 2,000 dealers in the Northwest sell Milwaukee Solvay Coke—all sizes—ask your dealer, and write for interesting booklet of coke information to PICKANDS, BROWN & COMPANY Oolby-Abbot Building - Milwaukee, Wiscoonsin. PICKANDS, BROWN & COMPANY Oolby-Abbot Building - Milwaukee, Wiscoonsia COLT DISTEMPER WESTERN CANADA What L.J. Hill, the Great Railroad Magnate, Says About Its Wheat-Producing Powers "The greatest need of this country (United States) is the construction or two will be the pro- priate of home for the people and producing the days of our prominence in our country are going to the great wheat country. This greatest railroad man, CARTERS' LITTLE LIVER PILLS never fail. Pinyin vegetable—act surely but gently on the liver. Stiver, after dinner diatess—cure indi-" Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief--Permanent Cure CARTERS' LITTLE LIVER PILLS never fail. Pinyin vegetable—act surely but gently on the liver. 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GIVES AWAY WEALTH ROCKEFELLER SEEKS FEDERAL INCORPORATION ACT FOR HIS RICHES. MANKIND TO BE BENEFITTED Oil King's Object Is to Provide General Organization to Conduct Philanthropic Work Along All Lines—Has Given Away $52,000,000. Washington—For the benefit of his fellow men John D. Rockefeller is seeking a method of disposing of his vast fortune. Under the provision of BK introduced in the Senate Wednesday by Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hamshire the oil king seeks a federal incorporation act for his wealth with a view to distributing it under proper supervision for the good of mankind. The object of the foundation is to provide for a general organization to conduct philanthropic work along all lines. According to the bill the Rockefeller foundation is organized for these purposes: To promote the well-being and advance the civilization of the people of the United States and its possessions in foreign lands; for the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge; for the prevention of any and all of the elements of human knowledge. The incorporators named in the bill are: John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; Fred T. Gates, Starr J. Murphy, Charles A. Heydt. These men are authorized to select associates not to exceed 25, and it is provided that there shall not be at any time fewer than five. Headquarters of the foundation are to be in Washington. "It is the evident intention of Mr. Rockefeller to provide a means of expending his wealth to the best advantage of the largest number of people," said Senator Gallinger. It was stated by the senator that Mr. Rockefeller already had given away $52,000,003. The proposed foundation is to be organized along lines similar to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. TRAMP GETS BIG REWARD Saves Rancher's Daughter from Being Run Down by train—is Wealthy Now. Galveston, Tex. — The filing of documents for record transferring a half interest in the big Valdevared ranch, in Jeff Davis county, from Sam Jennings, the cattle king, to Francis R. Strome brings to light an interesting incident in which Strome, who is a stranger in this section, was the hero, and little May Jennings, the six-year-old daughter of Col. Jennings, was the hero. She was saved from death beneath an engine, and Strome is the man who rescued the child from the railroad tracks. As a reward for his bravery he is given a half interest in a property said to be worth anywhere from $700,000 to $1,000,000. Strome is about fifty years old, a machinist by trade, and for many years a resident of a small town in Illinois. He met with reverses and, after the death of his wife, took to drink and had been leading a shiftless life for several years. He was beating his way westward trying to make California, and was hanging around Alpine trying to catch a train when the incident happened that brought him fortune. IN TRANCE FOR 56 HOURS Youth at Saginaw, Placed Under Hypnotic Spell by Telephone, Cannot Be Aroused. Saginaw, Mich. — A sensation was caused here when the police removed from the show window of a local music house David Anderson, a young man who had lain in trance for 56 hours under the hypnotic influence of a man styling himself Prof. Powers, the authorities are trying to arouse Anderson, but he is insensible to every device employed, and lies like one dead in a room in the Wesley hotel. Anderson was put under the hypnotic spell Saturday evening by long distance telephone from Lansing. TRAIN PLUNGES INTO RIVER One Man Killed, Another Missing and Score Others Have Narrow Escape from Death. 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To be exact, there is more business activity among the Negro people in Vicksburg and in other cities of its size in the state than will be found in larger cities in other communities. For example, while this is not necessarily intended as a criti- W. P. MOLLISON, PRO. clim upon the Negroes of the city of Washington, it is well to call attention to the fact that there are more Negroes in Washington than there are people in the three largest towns in Mississippi, and in either of these towns will there be found more activity in every direction than is true of Washington. As little as one would think of it, it is something above the ordinary for a city with a population of not hardly 15,000 Negroes to maintain successfully two banking institutions, and yet that is what Vicksburg and the vicinity of Warren county do. A large number of the fraternal insurance organizations in the state have their executive offices in Vicksburg, where will also be found solid business and professional men who are to all intents and purposes some of the best and strongest men of the race in the south The Lincoln Savings bank was organized eight years ago with the well known W. E. Mollison at its head, who has ever since presided over its destinies and has made it the strongest bank among our people in the state. The bank possesses total resources of nearly $100,000 and has an immense clientele. The present officers of the Lincoln Savings bank are W. E. Mollison, president; B. F. Lacey and P. C. Copeland, vice president; Miss Mabel Z. Mollison, cashier. The executive committee is composed of W. E. Mollison, C. B. Minor, B. W. Currie, W. B. Jones and E. P. Jones. Besides his work at the Lincoln Savings bank, Mr. Mollison is perhaps best known by reason of his pre-eminent standing as a lawyer, practicing in a community where all the officers of the court, from judge to jurors, are white men. He is a brilliant and forceful speaker and, in addition, what is in many cases more important, knows the law. In the rosette days gone by Mr. Mollison served as superintendent of Isquena county and was successfully clerk of the chancery court for a period of eight years. His party nominated him for secretary of state in 1889, but unfortunately the Republican ticket was beaten that year. A distinction attained by no other man of the race in the state has since come to Mr. Mollison in that since the adoption of the new constitution in 1890 he has been appointed by a Democratic governor district attorney pro tem of the county. This happened in 1892, and he served during the whole term. Since those days Mr. Mollison has lost none of his influence, and in many of the affairs affecting Negroes in the state his fine hand has been seen smoothing the way for them. He regularly goes to the Republican national conventions, and his advice is always sought and respected in various ways with reference to Negro affairs. Mr. Mollison occupies a handsome suit of offices upstairs in the Lincoln Savings bank building in Vicksburg, where he is ably assisted in his business by C. B. Minor, John Harris and Miss Mabel Z. Mollison. Miss Mollison is the most acceptable little business woman to be found anywhere. She holds the post of cashier of the Lincoln Savings bank in a businesslike manner and is the supreme treasurer of the Golden Eagles, one of the strong fraternal organizations in the state. Organizer For Suffrage Movement. Miss Irena L. Moorman, who was recently appointed as organizer for the Political Equality association, of which Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont is president, wishes to hear from all women who are interested in the suffrage movement. Headquarters are at 28 Court street, Brooklyn. For Diseases of the Skin. Nearly all diseases of the skin such as eczema, tetter, salt rheum and barbers' itch, are characterized by an intense itching and smarting, which often makes life a burden and disturbs sleep and rest. Quick relief may be had by applying Chamberlain's Salve. It allays the itching and smarting almost instantly. Many cases have been cured by its use. For sale by all doctors. DAVENPORT NOTES. Mrs. G. W. Harrison of Sharidon st has been confined to her home for the last week. Mrs. E. Stovall is confined to her home with avery severe cold. Milton Howard of the Third Baptist church filled the stand for Rev. T. B. Stovall Sunday evening. Mrs. Cora Lee of Pittsburg, Pa., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. Hill and daughter, Miss V. Lee and other relatives. Mr. Sanford Johnson of Bowling Green, Mo., is visiting his sister, Mrs. G. Perkins for an indefinite time. He expects to become a citizen. Rev. T. B. Stovall is becoming quite popular. He performed two marriages in one week. The E. L. D. club was entertained by Mrs. Eugene Green last Friday afternoon. After reading of a communication from Mrs. Helen Downey of Ottumwa, chairman of the educational committee, the members of the club commented upon the importance of the paper and highly appreciated its importance. After further business of the club the hostess served a two course luncheon. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Georgia Perkins of Ripley street. Miss Fay Sykes of Fairfield is stopping with her sister, Mrs. Alberta Carter. She is learning the chiropody trade. Rev. J. B. Stovall and wife and Mrs. S. Washington called on Mrs. Carter Sunday afternoon. Rev. D. A. Holmes expects to go to Bloomington, Ill., Saturday to preach Sunday. The Twentieth Century club gave a surprise party on the minister and wife Rev. T. B. Stovall last Tuesday evening. A delightful time was had by the club. Light refreshments were served by the club. The club left many tokens of respect. Mrs. Mabel McGaw is suffering with a severe cough. Master Marion Cuningham was in his Sunday School class Sunday after having a severe attack of mumps. We are glad to see Marion up again. Mrs. G. Perkins and brother, Mr. S. Johnson were callers at the residence of Mrs. Alex Roberts Sunday. Mrs. Georgia Allen of Harrison entertained the Autumn Leaf club last Thursday; after the routine of business there was an elegant program rendered, Mrs. Allen served a dainty four course luncheon. The next meeting will be with Nrs. Flora Walker of 17th street. The honored guest was Mrs. C. Shepherd. For Diseases of the Skin. Nearly all diseases of the skin such as eczema, tetter, salt rheum and barbers' itch, are characterized by an intense itching and smarting, which often makes life a burden and disturbs sleep and rest. Quick relief may be had by applying Chamberlain's Salve. It allays the itching and smarting almost instantly. Many cases have been cured by its use. For sale by all druggists. MINNEAPOLIS MINN. Held from last week. Special to the Bystander: The Afro-American Woman's charity club of this city was delightfully entertained by Mrs. J. R. Wilson at her residence 2818 Chicago avenue, Wednesday afternoon, February, 16. The ladies are glad to state that the Rev. T. J. Carter and wife of Betshesda Baptist church, were present. Rev. Carter's remarks to the club was very encouraging. Mrs. Carter was made an honorary member of the club. The funeral service of Mr. C. H. Burch, 2941 Pillsbury avenue, were held Friday afternoon, February 18, from St. Peters A. M. E. church, Rev. Roberts, assisted by the Rev's, Carter of Bethesda Baptist church and Wharton of St. James A. M. E. and the Ames Lodge of I. B. P. O. E. No. 106 conducted the services. Mr. Burch was taken sick about the middle of January with consumption and with the advice of his physician was removed to the Ashbury Hospital a few weeks ago. Thn end came while at the hospital, Tuesday evening of last week at 6:40. Mr. Burch leaves to mourn his death a devoted wife, and a sister and brother living in Kentucky, along with many friends. The St. Thomas Mission entertained in their new church building, both Monday and Tuesday evening's of last week. On Monday evening the church entertained for the older people and on Tuesday evening the Sunday school entertained for the young people, with a short program. Mrs. B. Bell of 2808-2nd avenue So was confined to her home several days last week with the grip. Jack Johnson champion heavyweight pugilist of the world, who meets Jim Jeffries for the title on July 4th, next will be seen in this city for an entire week beginning Feb. 27. Johnson is traveling as an added attraction with a burlesque company, which is booked for the Dewey theater next week. Minneapolis people have had an opportunity to see Jeffries this winter and know by personal observation how the big fellow stacks up. Hence the early appearance of Johnson here is expected to prove doubly attractive. On Wednesday evening of last week, the young people of St. Thomas missions at the residence of Mrs. Al Moss, on 11th, avenue South and organized a young peoples guild. Mrs. Moss has been appointed to take charge of the young people. The services of St. Thomas will be held here after on Sunday evenings at 8 p.m. conducted by Rev. Mr. Lealtad. Sunday school at 11 a.m. Mrs. Ida Sellers of Riverside avenue entertained three of her lady friends with a matinee party last Saturday afternoon at the Lyrical theater, to witness the play "King Herod." Mrs. Morris, the mother of attorney W. R. Morris of 3017-2nd, avenue So, pased away Monday of last week. The remains were taken to Chicago, Ill. where the funeral services were held Wednesday morning from the residence of Attorney Edward Morris, also a son. Her death was quite a shock to her many friends. avenue South is visiting his sister in Cairo, Ill. Specialist in the Henry Wood of Moline entertained the H. I. B. club Feb. 24. The following officers were installed for the year: President. Mrs. Henry Wood; Vice Pres. Mrs. R. H. Pollard; Secretary, Mrs. Fannie Robinson; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. S. B. Walker; Treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Jones; Critic, Mrs. Turner; nurse; Wm. Harding in patriotic program was rendered after which the hostess served an elegant three course luncheon. A Pleasant Physic When you want a pleasa t physic give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets a trial. They are mild and gentle in their action and always produce a pleasant cathartic effect. Call at all drugrists for a free sample. GALESBURG ILL Held over from last week. Mrs. L. Woodson entertained the ladies of the Leisure Hour club at their regular meeting Thursday afternoon. Miss Lillian Palmer of Rock Island is spending a few days here with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. David Garnett entertained the members of the Bohemian club and the D. D. W. C. C. Thursday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lyons. The home was beautifully decorated, the club colors being used in profusion. A splendid program added much to the enjoyment of the evening. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. Clay Bolder has returned from Macomb, after a short visit with friend. Miss Adie Hodien was hostess to the D. W. C. C. Thursday afternoon. The usual rotation of business was carried out after which an exceptionally good program was enjoyed. The club will meet with Mrs. Cora Jeffers in two weeks. Rev. L. J. Phillips spent a few days here on business this week. The members of the C. T. N. Club are preparing to march in church. Mrs. M. C. Malone and Mrs. Pauline Anderson were callers in Monmouth last week. Mrs. Josie Steele pased away Sunday evening after an illness of four months. Mrs. Steele came here recently from Paynesville, Mo. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Lincoln Memorial chapel in charge of Rev. R. H. Hackley, pastor. OTTUMWA NOTES. Mrs. Dave Green of Keokuk is visiting at the home of her sister Mrs. John Harris. The Choir and Christian Endeavor of the A. M. E. church will give a Musicale at the church March 17. Mrs. James Johnson entertained friends to a three course dinner Friday in honor of Mrs. Greene of Keokuk. Miss Alberta Horne entertained a few intimate friends Monday evening in honor of the eighteenth birthday of her sister Margaret. Mrs. Emma Gardner entertained friends to a five o'clock dinner Monday in honor of Mrs. Greene of Keokuk. Mr. and Mrs. N. Black who visited Mrs. M. I. Gordon Monday have returned to their home in Washington. Mrs. Frank Henson entertained Mrs. Green of Keokuk and friends Tuesday. Mrs. M. I. Gordon will entertain Friday evening for her husband. The A. J. J. club met Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Eleanore Harris on North Marion street. Mrs. Freelan is ill at her home on West Division street. Mrs. Henry T. Elliot entertained friends Wednesday in honor of W. H. Milligan of Cedar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Watson of Broadhead, Colo., are visiting here indefinitely. Medicines that aid nature are always most successful. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts on this plan. It loosens the cough, relieves the lungs, opens the secretions and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Sold by all druggists. ROCK ISLAND ILL. Held over from last week. A club called the willing workers, was organized January 27, at the Residence of Mrs. Ollie M. Penn, 1215-5th avenue for the purpose of raising money to improve the A. M. 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DO YOU OWN YOUR HOME? House rent receipts have no value. Every dollar invested in them is wasted. Do You Know How to Buy a Building Site It is better to know this before you than afterward. It is better to live in a modest house your own, than to live in a palace and rent. There is no man who does not for some place that he may call his own. Any one thinking of building shou Evans' Home A book of cuts and plans houses for persons of moderate income. It is better to know this before you buy than afterward. It is better to live in a modest home of your own, than to live in a palace and pay rent. There is no man who does not long for some place that he may call his own. Any one thinking of building should get Evans' Homes A book of cuts and plans of houses for persons of moderate income. This book, 8x11 inches, is printed on best enameled paper and contains 150 half-tones and zinc etchings, perspective views and floor plans of bungalows, cottages and double houses suitable for any climate and for every material. The illustrations show the houses exactly as they will appear when built, and the floor plans show the size and arrangement of rooms. Estimates of cost for construction, from $500 to $7000. This book will be sent postpaid, on receipt of price, to any part of United States or Canada. Price 75 cents. Send by money order. express order or registered letter. Address W.B. Reduso CORSETS New W. B. Reduce No. 770. For large tall women. Made of white cowl. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduce No. 771. Is the same as W. B. Reduce No. 770. Is made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. Ak any dealer anywhere to show you the new W. B. 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It was established in 1894 and is read by nearly all the colored people of Iowa. We have correspondents in the following towns: Davenport, Mrs. C. H. Marshall. St. Paul, Mrs. Q. H. Hicks. Mt. Pleasant, Miss Ethel Harris. Keokuk ..... A. J. Fields Rock Island ..... Mrs. Wm. Taylor Moline, Ill ..... Mable Tarner Sloux City ..... Mrs. Etta Grant Clinton ..... A. Bush Ottumwa ..... Miss Lorena E. Vinson Momouth, Ill ..... F. Birdett Galesburg, Ill. Miss Mayme Richardson Albia ..... May May Davis Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Adelaide Perkins Ft. Madison ..... Anna Harper Oskaloose ..... Leulla B Franklin Washington ..... N. L. Black Burlington ..... Mrs. J. E. Johnson Moberly, Mo ..... Prof. A. B. Bolden MOLINE GREETINGS Rev. T. W. Lewis spent Sunday in Galesburg holding the quarterly meeting for the Presiding Elder. Mrs. Hayes Robinson gave a surprise party on her mother-in-law last week the affair was a great success and everyone reported a delightful time. Mrs. George Scott of Twelfth avenue entertained a number of friends at her home last Thursday afternoon at a five-course dinner party. Those present from out of the city were Mrs. William Moore of Rock Island and Mrs. Ben Bright of Davenport. Mrs. Jack Dally departed last week for St. Louis, to attend the funeral of her brother. Miss Clara Turver, who has been on the sick list for some time, is improving slowly. Little Roberta Pollard celebrated her eighth birthday last Saturday. A number of her playmates were there and they had a very time. Little Miss Pollard was recipient of many beautiful presents, among which was a beautiful little bible from her Sunday School teacher. One of the oldest members of the St. Paul's A. M. E. church by the name of Mrs. Lucy Jenkins died at her home last Tuesday night. The funeral was held at the church last Friday afternoon at 2:30. Besides the bereaved The Perfect Corset for Large Women It places over-developed women on the same basis as their slender sisters. It tapers off the bust, flattens the abdomen, and absolutely reduces the hips from 1 to 5 inches. Not a harness—not a cumbersome affair, no torturing straps, but the most scientific example of cosetry, boned in such a manner as to give the wearer absolute freedom of movement. New W. B. Reduso No. 772. For large short women. The same as No. 770, except that the butt is somewhat lower all around. Made of white cushion, hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 773, is the same as No. 772, but made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. family, Mrs. Jenkins leaves a host of friends to moan her loss. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones of Rock Island spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jones of South Moline. Mr. and Mrs. James Colquit entertained Mrs. T. W. Lewis at dinner Sunday. Mr. Garfield Martin of Davenport took dinner with Mr. L. B. Tarver's family Sunday. Mrs. Henry Wood is reported on the sick list. Mrs. Robert Lee departed last Saturday week for Chicago to join her husband. Mrs. Mabel Grace Tarver celebrated her birthday anniversary Monday evening, at her home, with thirty of her friends being present. The evening was spent in playing games and in music. At a late hour the hostess served a very dainty little lunch. Miss Tarver was recipient of many beautiful and valuable presents. The out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mr. John Gordon and Miss Nellie Buckner and Mrs. Henry McGaw and Charles Dairy of Davenport, Ia., and Mr. Huston of St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. R. H. Pollard gave a surprise party in honor of her mother, Mrs. John L. Jones, at her home, Saturday evening. The evening was spent socially and Mrs. Jones received a number of beautiful presents. DAVENPORT NOTES. taking with them the best wishes of both white and colored friends. both wine and honored friends. Rev. G. Houses of Third Baptist church received word that week from his wife who is visiting her mother in Fort Madison that there is a twelve pound boy down there waiting to be commissioned to his work. We hope mother and son are doing well. Rev. T. B. Stoval and Mrs. Cass Lambert of S. R. I. and the chairman of the Stewardess board was out calling on the sick Sunday afternoon. Mr. H. McGaw of 955 Gaines street is calling on us. We think that when the sun shines on both sides of the street again he will get out. All news you wish to send, please call 125, Mrs. C. H. Marshall. All delinquent members please pay up your back dues. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets invariably bring relief to women suffering from chronic constipation, headache, biliousness, dizziness, sallowness of the skin and dyspepsia. Sold by all druggists. 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