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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XIX NO. 41 CITY NEWS The M. T. C. club will meet with Miss Myrie I. Bell Monday evening. Miss Marie I. Bell, who has been very ill, is much improved and is out again. Jessie Graves, who has been very sick, is improving, which is good news to his friends. Mrs. Peter Bell does not improve at all. Some days better; then again worse. The R. C. Embroidery club will meet at the home of Mrs F. G. Goggins, 222 Arthur street, Saturday March 22. Oscar Glass, one of our successful torsional artists, is all smiles over the arrival of a bouncing baby boy. Both parties doing well. The members of the Progressive Choral Study club are requested to meet at Asbury M. E. church Saturday night. Mr. Branham N. Hyde who has been subbing on the mail force since January 1st, was placed on a regular route as carrier last week. Mr. Andrew McDowell will spend Easter in Buxton, Iowa. So good bye girls of Des Moines. Buxton seems to have flown with the young man. Mr. McGrew, the new secretary of the Buxton Y. M. C. A., was in our city Saturday and Sunday on business pertaining to the association. He addressed the Union Congregational Sunday school. Mrs. F. P. Johnson was called to her old home in Chicago on account of the death of her sister. She returned to our city this week. Mrs. J. McGee, who has been in Chicago, was called home to the bedside of her husband, who was sick with blood poisoning, but he is some better at this writing. Miss Gertrude Hyde who has been teaching school at Ogden, Ia., in the place of her sister, Miss Adah, has returned home, her sister having recumed her school duties. The announcement of the engagement of Mr. Archie Alexander, one of our exemplary young men, who graduated last spring from the State University, some time this summer. Miss Alice Bell of Los Angeles, Cal., who was called home to the bedside of her sick rother, Mrs. Peter Bell, will leave next week for her western home. Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Brumfield are the proud parents of a fine baby boy. It came Wednesday. The mother and child are both doing nicely. There is the toast that Union Congregational church will have an assistant pastor and an increase in Congregationalism. Word was received in the city of the death of Mrs Frank Pryor of Chicago of heart trouble last week. Mrs. Pryor will be remembered as having visited in our city the guest of her cousins, Mr and Mrs. R. N. Hyde. FOR SALE Cerner lot, 4th and Corning avenue, next to Cominsky's grocery store. Good corner for business. Cash only. Address owner, M. R. Griggs, Liberty- ville, Ill. Laborers Wanted I want a good first class all round cement worker. One who can finish work. Either colored or white, former preferred. Good wages for the right parties. Write John Spencer, Contractor, Grinnell, Iowa, P. O. Box 162. To Rent Furnished rooms to rent with or with out board at Mr, D. T. Moseley, 1027 East 15th street. Only one block from Walker street car line. Help Wanted A competent colored lady cook in a small hotel. Wages $5.00 per week. Middle age lady preferred. write Mrs. A. A. Howell, Moulton, Ia. $10.00 A DAY AND MORE TO L VE AGENTS: 100 per cent profit; sells to every colored man and woman on earth; this is the quickest kind of easy money; send 15c stamps or coin for 50c sample and terms; money back if not satisfied at first glance. International Securities Co. Burbank, Plano, Chicago, IL APPLES Car Michigan Baldwins to be sold 25c pk., $1.00 bu., $2.50 bbl. Call and see them quick. 9th and Center St. Apple Shop. You can say good bye to constipation with a clear conscience if you use Chamberain's Tablets. Many have been permanently cured by their use. For sale by all dealers. The Trustee Aid society met last Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. E. M. Mackey and held an interesting meeting. Several new names were added to the society, Rev. B. U. Taylor was a visitor. The next meeting will be held April 3rd. Mesdames Smith and Dixon will be hostesses at Fourteenth and School streets. Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 at the home of Mrs. J. W. Fields the hostess and Mrs. Jessye E. McClain received a few friends in honor of Mrs. Ione E. Gibbs. Refreshments were served during the afternoon and those assisting were Mrs. Fred Jackson, Miss Lulu Jackson and Mrs. Gatliff. Music was furnished during the afternoon by Mrs. Bess Hughes and Miss Marie Bell. Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5 at the home of Mrs. J. B. Rush the Intellectual Improvement club received the ladies of the federated clubs of the city, complimentary to Mrs. Gibbs. The rooms were tastefully decorated with the club colors, red and green, and lilies and red roses. Miss Jessie Walker of Marshalltown, one of the ex-presidents of the State Federation, was an out of town guest. A pretty home wedding of last Saturday evening was that of Mrs. Matilda Thomas and Mr. G. H. Rogers, which was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, 224 Arthur street. In the presence of twenty-five guests, the bride, attended by Mrs. Pryce as matron of honor and Mr. Bell as best man, took their places before the Rev. T. L. Griffith, who performed the ceremony. Following the ceremony a course luncheon was served by Mrs. Preston and Mrs. Weekly. EASTER PROGRAM FOR ST PAUL A. M. E. S. S. Song by school by Miss Lucile Morrison. Opening address by Lavern Jackson. Paper, Easter Day, by Donald Platter. Duet, Mabel Krys and Vivian Warricks. Paper, Mrs. Johanna Johnson. Duet, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. Johnson. Recitations by fifteen children. Violin and piano, Holy City, by Misses Lalah and Aurora Brooks. Recitation, Madala Midgett. Public invited. C. B. Woods, Supt. EASTER PROGRAM FOR UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL. Number by S. S. orchestra. Reading Sunday school lcsson by superintendent. Praver by pastor. Song. Joybells. by school. Scripture reading, The Resurrection, by Mrs. C. S. Stewart. Piano solo, by Clyde Glass. Paper, Easter, by Mrs. R. L. Patton Trombone solo, The Lost Chord, by Mr. Smith. Song, Lilies, by primary class. Song, Lilies, by primary classes. Reading, Joyful News, by Norman Blagburn. Song, Hosanna to the King, by school. Number by Sunday school orchestra. The following program will be given at the Corinthian church Easter Sunday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome. Still at C. C. C. C. Song, "All Hail Immanuel." Paper, "Flowers," Mrs. N. C. Marchell. Solo, Anna Griffith. Sabo, A. "Why Study the Bible," Mrs. L. B. Rush. Violin solo, "The Holy City," Miss Lalla Brooks. Solo, Mrs. M. Mease Scott. Song, "A Song of Victory." Recitation, Easter, Duke Storks. Song, "Little Soldiers," by twelve young misses. UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Morning worship, 10.45. "The New Life." Sunday school at 12 m. Special Easter exercises. Evening worship, 7:30. Rev. H. McCraven will bring to us the Easter message, "The Risen Christ." Special music by Shelton church orchestra, which has been recently organized, will be rendered at each of the above services. T. M. Brumfield, Pastor. MRS. IONE GIBBS VISITS DES MOINES Despite the terrible snow storm on last Friday a good crowd greeted Mrs. Ione E. Gibbs of Minneapolis, Minn. vice president at large of the National Association of Colored Women, that evening at St. Paul's A. M. E. church on "Some Demands Upon Afro-American Women." Mrs. Gibbs appeared under the auspices of the Intellectual Improvement club Mrs. Jessye E. McClain, president, made the opening remarks. Mrs. S. Joe Brown, superintendent of the social science department of the national association, introduced the speaker, and Mrs. J. B. Rush, presi- dent of the state, made the closing remarks. Music was furnished by Mrs. Chas. C. Johnson. The guest of honor was escorted to the lecture room, where a beautiful reception was tendered her and the vast audience by the ladies of the Trustee Aid society. Mrs. Gibbs was the recipient of many social courtesies while in the city. She left Monday morning for her home in Minneapolis, expressing appreciation for the royal reception given her by the Des Moines people. the interest displayed in the trustee rally which was started some weeks ago for the purpose of meeting the paving assessment. The bands have been working diligently, while the entertainment committee has done their part in swelling the fund. The rally will end Sunday, March 30th. Mr. James Bain of Muscatine visited over Sunday in Clinton, accompanying the basketball team Saturday to their game at the Y. M. C. A. with the Clinton high school team. FORT MADISON A terrific wind cr Thursday evening. I fifty miles an hour Fort Madison about 7:40 of the most disastrous visiting this city in me is estimated that the which lasted through night, caused a dam thousand dollars. Am to be visited by the S Charles Thomas. The CORINTHIAN CHURCH NOTES. Easter services in the auditorium of the Capital:City Commercial College, 10th and Walnut streets, take elevator on Walnut street. Morning subject, "The Last Adam." The Sunday School will render a special program at the noon hour. The B. Y. P. U. will have a special program at 6:30. The evening service will be a song service by the choir. We expect a grand day. Come to all the services. T. L. Griffith, Minister. Students in Iowa State University Students in Iowa State University Below we are glad to give the names of the colored students that are at present enrolled in our great State University, pursuing the higher branches, which number more than ever in the history of Iowa and more than in any other of our great universities or colleges in Iowa: Lymer Barker, medicine, 1917, Liberty, Mo.; J. W. Crump, medicine, 1914, Wollford, N. D.ak; J. Brown, Dentistry, 1917, Independence Mo.; W. Lowery, Dentistry, 1916, Charleston, West, Va; J. C. Tymony, dentistry, 1914, Moberly, Mo.; M. F. Fields, Jr, L. A. 1916, St. Louis, Mo; E. Graves, dentistry, 1916, Lincoln, Neb.; H. H. London, college, 1918, Buxton, Iowa. Appeal to the Baptists of America The Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention now located in Philadelphia, Pa., has reached more than 12,000 superintendents of Baptist Sunday Schools with programs for the Livingstone Centenary Easter exercises. The famine in East Central Africa where Rev. Chilimbwe labors and in the Middle Drift Districts Where East and wife and Rev. Menzie labor, is causing suffering almost unbelievable. Thousands of natives have been stricken in death from actual starvation. The Foreign Mission Board is making an appeal for $10,000 on Easter which will go a long way to relieve conditions through our missionaries. Please see to it that you report something for this needy cause, to the Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention, 623 S. 16th street, Philadelphia, Pa. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT Davenport, Iowa, March 14, 1913 In memory of W. G. Mott, who departed this life March 14, 1913 at 9:15 a. m.; age 42 years. Resolved, that we as Masons, knowing and believing that the Great Architect ruleth righteously in all things, and we bow in humble submission to His divine will. Resolved, that in the death of our brother, the lodge has sustained the loss of a member, who has by his daily walk and conversation, beautifully portrayed in an unusual way, the real tenets of Masonry, and the community the loss of a good citizen, a devout christian and kind husband. Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this lodge, a copy given to the Iowa State Bystander, the daily papers, and a copy be sent the bereaved wife, Mrs. Eliza Mott, and to the brothers Messrs. Chas, and George Mott. Hirman Lodge No 19, A. F. & A. M. John Bradford, W. M. Committee Lewis Fuqua, Tyler T. B. Stovall, P. M. CLINTON, IOWA A number of our people are confined to their homes by illness. The men and boys' club launched recently so far has shown indications of meeting with popular favor. Social sessions have been held the past two Saturday evenings and the Sunday afternoon meetings have been well attended. They hope to go into permanent organization soon. Mrs. Oscar Thompson and son arrived home Friday night from a several days' visit in Ottumwa with relatives and friends. Rev. G. W. Slater and wife have been in Chicago in attendance at a convention of the National Christian Socialist association. The members of Bethel A. M. E. church are to be complimented for J. KIRKPATRICK Practical Hatter the interest displayed in the trustee rally which was started some weeks ago for the purpose of meeting the paving assessment. The bands have been working diligently, while the entertainment committee has done their part in swelling the fund. The rally will end Sunday, March 30th. Mr. James Bair of Muscatine visited over Sunday in Clinton, accompanying the basketball team Saturday to their game at the Y. M. C. A. with the Clinton high school team. Clinton came in for its charge in a fierce blizzard which raged for about three-quarters of an hour on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Anna Williams of Buxton visited for a short time with her mother recently. Two enjoyable entertainments were given last week. On Wednesday evening Mrs. Holland Williams gave a supper at Masonic hall, which was well attended, notwithstanding the inclement weather. On Friday night a committee headed by A. A. Bush as chairman gave a supper at Bethel A. M. E. church, which was well attended. A beautiful banquet lamp was awarded to Miss Genevieve Bush, who held the lucky number. The proceeds of the entertainments go to swell the paving fund. Mrs. Winfield and an able committee assisted in swelling the fund with an entertainment on March 6th. A supper will be given at the Second Baptist church Thursday evening, March 20th. A debate will also be given. The subject, Resolved that a man will go farther for money than for a woman, will be handled by Messrs. G. W. Luckey and Scott Robinson for the affirmative and Geo Guy and T. G. Dozier for the negative. A great deal of interest has been aroused. Bethel church choir are preparing a very pleasing program for Easter. The members were entertained recently at the conclusion of a rehearsal at the home of Mrs. Holland Williams, with light refreshments. Tuesday evening Mrs. Geo Robinson did like honors at her home. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great reputation and extensive sale by its remarkable cures of coughs, colds and croup it can be depended upon. Try it. Sold by all dealers. LATEST AND SPRING STYL MEN You should see excellent new s Spring. 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The wind blew off the chimney, doing a great deal of damage. Mr. Robert Vaughn of Paris, Mo., is visiting in the cityity this week in the interest of the U. B. F. order and the S. M. F. The ladies of the White Rose club met at the home of Mrs. Charles Thomas. The ladies brought their husbands. After the program was rendered all were seated at the table in the large dining room. Mr. Robert Vaughn of Paris, Mo., was an out of town guest. The White Rose ladies entertained their husbands and the gentlemen were well pleased, wanted to be invited again soon. Rev. Bowles preached at the Second Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. Will return to Keokuk this week to be present at the Union Baptist church Sunday. The children of both Sunday schools are getting ready for Easter. Exercises at the Second Baptist church at 3 p. m. and at the A. M. E. church at night. Mr. Rollins was on the sick list last week, but is much better. There will be a musical program at the A. M. E. church Monday night, under the management of Mr. Frank Wedley and Mr. Murphy. There will be a social at the Second Baptist church Thursday evening. The Willing Workers club will meet at the church the same evening. The White Rose club will meet at the home of Mrs. George Mack the second Thursday in April. Mrs. Effie Campbell has returned to her home in Canton, Mo., after several months' stay in our city. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H nry have gone to housekeeping in their cozy home on Spruce street. Miss Jennie Harper has returned to D BEST STYLES FOR the suits for are Yorkshire siced at $15 up ts nishings Clothing Co. ALNUT ST. in Iowa to buy your ware All our stock is reasonable considering us a tril. ```markdown ``` New Spring Clothes You'll really be surprised when you see the splendid suits and overcoats we are showing at very moderate prices. The new styles offer a large selection of garments displaying an elegance characteristic of the brands we sell--of course you want the best suit or overcoat obtainable at the price you pay for it, best price is of secondary importance to the value that you get for your money. Prices range from-- Willner's 413-415 Walnut St. State Capitol Blvd first dean Room New Spring You'll really be sure you see the splendid overcoats we are very moderate price. The new styles selection of garment an elegance of the brands we see you want the best coat obtainable at the pay for it, best price dary importance that you get for you Prices range from-$12.50 to $ Willm 413-415 W SOL WOL her home, after visiting relatives at Kokuk. ALBIA, IOWA. Mrs. Fannie Parker of Clarinda is visiting at the home of Mrs. John Hayes for a few weeks. Mrs. Hayes is not very much improved in health. The Sewing Club circle met at the home of Mrs. Hattie Bennings on Monday afternoon. Little Bennie Grayson of Hocking has been in Albia the last two week at his grand parent's Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Lawyer Geo. H. Woodson spoke at the A. M. E. church on Sunday evening. Mrs. M. E. Ward and Miss Ada Davis entertained at a birthday party on Thursday evening. Plates were laid for forty invited guests, but on account of the very stormy weather only sixteen were present. The home of Mrs. Ward was nicely decorated and she served in three courses. After a pleant ant time all congratulated Mrs. Ward as an entertainer and wished her many happy years to come. BUXTON, IOWA. Whereas it has pleased the Great Ruler of the Universe to call from our midst one of our loyal and beloved members, and Whereas we realize that she has gone to receive the reward of a life well spent, therefore be 11 Resolved that in the death of Sister Anna Cary the choir of St. John's A. M. E. church has sustained a great loss, it has been deprived of a faithful and devoted member, one whose gentle and considerate manners won for her the love and respect of every member of the choir, with whom she has mingled for more than twenty years; therefore be it further Resolved that the members of the choir deeply deplore the untimely taking off of our beloved sister and coworker, and we do hereby extend to the husband and relatives our most profound sympathy. Those who knew her best loved her most, because of her many virtues. Resolved that words are inadequate to express the grief felt by each member of the choir, and though she has gone from us forever, her memory shall ever linger in our hearts. Resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Iowa State Bystander, to the Buxton Leader and to the bereaved family of our dear sister. Mrs. Hattie Claybrooks. Mrs. James F. Guy. Mrs. Ada Wade. Resolutions of Condolence Whereas, it has pleased the Almighty to call from his labors at the earthly bar of justice to the bar of the supreme court above Brother Wm. G. Mott, an esteemed member of our association, and Whereas, by his long and faithful services as an able advocate of the causes of our people in the city of Davenport and throughout the eastern portion of our state he has endeared himself to us his brethren in the profession so that he shall be greatly missed, and Whereas by his untimely departure while in the prime of manhood the race as well as the legal profession have lost a valuable member, Be it resolved by the members of the Iowa Negro Bar association, that we deeply deplore the loss of this, our esteemed brother, and hereby ex- Price Five Cents. Clothes surprised when appendid suits and are showing at prices. Sales offer a large armments display- e characteristic sell--of course best suit or over- at the price you price is of secon- ce to the value for your money. 0 $30.00 Winer's Walnut St. WOLK tend to his bereaved widow our heart-felt sympathy in this her sore affliction. Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the widow of the deceased, a copy published in the Iowa State Bystander and a copy spread upon the records of our association. Signed on behalf of the Iowa Negro Bar association this 19th day of March, 1913. George H. Woodson, J. B. Rush, S. Joe Brown, Committee. QUINCY, ILL Mrs. Effie P. Smith returned to St. Louis early Monday morning. The marriage of Miss Bertha L. Humphrey and Mr. Leonidas Johnson occurred Thursday afternoon and they departed at once for Moline, Ill., their future home. We wish them a happy voyage through life. Mr. Samuel Bynum is on the sick list. The Easter program of the Culture club at Eighth and Elm Street Baptist church on Easter Sunday promises to be excellent. The funeral of little Nile Vandeventer occurred Thursday afternoon from the home of Mrs. Nannie Murphy, Rev. T. Price officiating. Evangolist Florence Schooler is in Streator assisting with a series of meetings. Miss Estella Zimmerman is spending the Easter vacation with her parents in Hadley, Ill. The Sunday schools are preparing for Easter exercises. Miss Mabel C. Warrick is spending her Easter vacation in Chicago. ROCK ISLAND, ILL. M. Olive Court, No. 33, held their Palm Sunday services at the Wayman A. M. E. church Sunday. After a short program in which P. G. M., Mrs. J. C. McClain, told of the growth of the order in several of the nearby states, as well as in our own state (Illinois). After the program Rev. S. B. Walkup of Molin preached the annual sermon. The McKinley Baptist choir rendered the singing. The proceeds were divided between Rev. Walkup and Wayman A. M. E. church. We are expecting to render a nice program Easter evening at the Wayman A. M. E. church. All are welcome. The A. M. E. Thimble Circle will meet with Mrs. James Hoskins on Friday afternoon. A PLEASANT PHYSIC. When you want a pleasant 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 dealers for a free sample. Jones Cafe The Old Reliable Place to get your meals PHONE RED 318 W. 3rd St 3027 Rooming House at 216-218 3rd St. Philadelphia Clergyman Satisfied Momentous Event is Scholmed for the Year 1933. The Jews will return to Jerusalem in 1915, and the Battle of Armageddon will be fought in 1935. Jesus, the superintendent of the Wesleyan Methodist society, who is delivering a course of lectures in the First Wesleyan church of Philadelphia, on "The Second Coming of Christ." Mr. Clements declares that the New Testament has foretold these events, and that by a careful study of the Scriptures and by comparing the prophecies with the happenings of the past specific time can be set for these great events, plainly show that the fulfillment of all prophecy is now at hand. St. Paul declared that the falling off from the Christian faith would be the forerunner of the final destruction of the world. People nowadays are not going to church. This is a literal fulfillment of the prophecy. "The world is getting worse every day. The extreme disobedience of children to their parents is another sign that the world is getting worse instead of better. This is not far off when the final consumption of all things will be at hand. The Jews will return to Jerusalem in 1915, in preparation for the second and literal return of Christ to the world. The present Balkan war is simply another fulfillment of Biblical prophecy and paving the way for the second coming of Christ. decline of the papy will occur in 1933, and the Battle of Armageddon will be fought in 1933. The end of the world will soon follow."—Philadelphia Record. Great Statesman of the 'Forties It was a marked epoch, for Webster. Calhoun and Clay were then in the senate. It is seldom that three such men appear upon the theater of action at the same time. They were each distinct from the other in person, manner, heart and constitution; they were from different sections of the country and to some extent reflected the manners, habits and opinions of such men, and of remarkable personal appearance; Webster of massive form, dark complexion and thoughtful, solemn countenance; Clay, tall, of rather slight frame, but keen, flexible features and singular ease and freedom in his attitudes, his walk, and his gestures. Calhoun was also tall, but erect and rigid in his form—his eye grayish blue and flashing from beneath a brow at once imperious and scourful. All these men were great orators, no through it, but Nature and gave to the effect of their high intellectual endowments the added power of commanding personal presence and singular expressive "countenances."—Goodrich's "Recollections of a Lifetime." Make Sponges of Paper. Sponges made of paper is a recent and ingenious employment of cellulose to which we owe much. In their manufacture paper pulp is treated with zinc chloride; there results a viscous mass. Sodium chloride (ordinary table salt) is added to this; the mass is then thoroughly rinsed with alcohol, and is finally submitted to the action of a press whose plate form bristles with a number of fine metallic points or projections. These metallic points or projections like those in an ordinary marine sponge. The block thus obtained is of a spongy consistency and is both insoluble and unalterable in water. It is smooth and pleasant to the touch, and is not susceptible to putrefaction. No Place for Small Talk The small son of a devout Kansas City father was visiting his grandparents. The sun had just come out after a long rainy season and the head of the family, in saying grace at the breakfast table, gave thanks for the bright morning and the beautiful sunshine. "Why, grandpa!" interrupted the youngster, asustomed to a stereo of worship and shocked at what he considered his grandfather's irreverence. "You must pray—don't talk to God about the weather." Kansas City Star. Good Word for the Spider. Even those little weather prophet spiders that build their nests on the grass are of great value. It is claimed that if many of such webs are seen in the morning on the lawn, it will not rain, as these spiders know enough not to build them when it is about to rain. These same spiders capture hundreds of files, and they are especially valuable in catching mosquitoes. The webs are harmless, as are the spiders, and should never be destroyed. These Degenerate Days. The recent scenes in Belfast, born of political excitement, recall a story of Lord Charles Beresford's illustrative of past political manners in Ireland. Lord Charles was contesting Waterford in '74, when an aged elector expressed dissatisfaction with the "new style" in electioneering. "Shure, ye're no man," he said. "The last time wan of yer family stud for the county it's up to me ankies I was in blood, and up to me brains in whisky; but sorry a drop of ather I've seen this time." Instinct of the War Horse "I suppose you enjoy going to receptions and teas?" "Yes," replied Senator Sorghum, "although it took me some years to find myself in a crowd of people with out feeling as if I ought to be around making hands and trying to make votes for somebody." Best to Go Slowly. Simply because a man advises you to do a thing, is no reason that he would do the same thing himself. Think of the book agent. NEW MONEY DESIGNS Great Transformation Wrought in Bank Notes. Equal In Beauty to Those of European Countries—The Size to Be Much Smaller and All Will Be Very Artistic. Washington—A great transformation, more radical than anything in the past, will be accomplished in the paper currency of the United States when the new issue in all denominations, recently decided upon, is put in circulation. The notes will be smaller, much smaller. They will be backed in every denomination with a design regarded as the masterwork of Kenyon Cox and as the last word in artistic development of paper currency. America enthroned between Peace and Prosperity—three draped female figures—and Labor bringing his products to Prosperity as a gift to America, and Peace dispatching Mercury on a mission of commerce to distribute the commodities of America to the world, two additional partially draped masculine figures, the whole without background of any sort—this is the group that Kenyon Cox has drawn. The design has been accepted by the United States. There is not a sign of a dollar mark or any value figure or letter except the "U. S. A." that appears under the central figure. The fine arts commission has approved the design. The secretary of the treasury has directed the bureau of engraving and printing to begin the work of engraving the plates. More than a thousand will be needed. While the back is to appear on notes of all denominations, only the design for the face of the one-dollar bill has Kenyon Cox. been accepted. This bears the portrait of Washington in miniature, inclosed in a medallion, with no other engraving surrounding it except the border of the note, a simple design in scroll work, with the value in a circle at the lower corner. Other past president's portraits are to adorn the notes of other denominations. The new notes will be six inches long by two and half inches in width, and two-thirds the dimensions of the money now in circulation. "The new money will look as paper money ought to look," according to the designer, "tested by modern standards of artistic taste and practical convenience for handling. It is generally acknowledged that our American currency is clumsy and antiquated in style, as compared with that of European nations—France and England, especially. "Foreign bank notes, as a rule, are economical in size, fine in texture and simple in design, and dignified in the pictorial designs printed upon them. These are qualities which fittingly characterize a great nation's currency—not a maze of complicated lattice work or a tangle of meaningless scrolls, or large surfaces of heavily shaded engraving, such as is ordinarily put in on a portrait plate of a line reproduction for black-and-white printing of the effects of an oil painting." Mr. Cox is especially pleased that all the official features of the bank note, all numbering, lettering and signatures will be on the face of the bill, and that all the official designs of allegorical design. All precautions against counterfeiting, he considers, are safely entrusted to the bureau of engraving and printing. The figures were studied from models. America was drawn from a professional model who has figured in other works by the artist. The model of Mercury was his own fifteen-year-old son, a tall, slim, good looking youth. Mr. Cox does not regard his design as revolutionary or iconoclastic. A cubist conception or a post-impressionist figure would be justified such a claim, but he considers his work most conservative even in the novelty that it extends to the new money of the United States. It Has Often Happened. A man may lack force and still go through a fortune with considerable speed. Probably. She—Sometimes you appear really manly and sometimes you are effeminate. He—I suppose it is hereditary. Half of my ancestors were men and the other half women—Tit-Bits. Who Was Loser? Porten—Have you lost something, str? Sandy—Aye, aye; but it's mæthin—only the threepenny bit 'o' sillər 'a was aboot to give me for carryin'm a baß—London Opinion. Owing to an apparent general misapprehension on the subject, General Wood. chief-of staff of the army has deemed it necessary to be Examinations to Be Strict. sus a bulletin to the army to show that the medical examination of officers of the army for either promotion or retirement is not a perfunctory affair, but it designed to be strict and thorough in every respect, especially in determining the question as to the origin of any disability discovered in the candidate. It is also a medical examination," says the chief-of-staff, "it is necessary not only to direct the attention of the examiner to slight and inconspicuous signs and symptoms which would probably be otherwise overlooked, but also to assist in the interpretation of symptoms which may be common to many different conditions, in order that they may be properly grouped as a symptom complex, which points to some well-defined pathological condition. For the board to be dependent so important a guide would limit the professional scope of the examination and so diminish its value "This limitation would be quite as likely to be as prejudicial to the interests of the officer being examined as to be favorable to him. Retiring and examining boards are not bound by the strict limitation of the rules of evidence as applied in criminal procedure. While the police cannot assume that its citizens and innocent until they have been proved guilty of an offense against the laws, it never has been assumed that all of its military officers are entitled to the privilege of retirement when disabled until the disability is shown to be an accident of the service. The question as to whether or not a disability is an incident of the service is one to be decided by an investigation but impartial, and in which the board should avail itself of the testimony of the officers and of all other evidence obtainable." Veteran of the Bureaus. That is the United States coast and geodetic survey, which, upon the recommendation of Thomas Jefferson, was authorized by congress in 1807. At that time it was merely a national coast survey, and formed a part of the treasury department. No work was done however, until 1811, when preparations were begun, and the actual field work undertaken in 1816. From 1818 until 1832 the work was suspended. In 1871, the bureau was enlarged, and in 1877 it became the coast and geodetic survey of 1803. It was transferred to the newly established department of commerce and labor. That is a brief outline of what today represent one of the most important branches of Uncle Sam's machinery. Not only can this branch of government service claim a long life, but it has the further distinction of standing at the head of the list of similar institutions in the world. A history of the coast and geodetic survey, written in detail, would be a striking example of the forward strides which have been made by science. It would show conclusively that what was at one time a matter of conjecture, more or less, has been brought almost to an exact science. The post museum, which formerly attracted thousands of sightshets to the postoffice department, is a thing of the past. Now a Thing of the Past. the dead letters, curious and other postal relics representing the accumulation of a century, together with a comprehensive exhibit of mail equipment and transportation facilities, were assembled and cataloged at the direction of the postmaster general referred to the New National museum. Later Mr. Hitchcock ordered the removal of the postage stamp collection of the United States government, all that remains of the large collection that formerly occupied the third-floor corridors of the postoffice department building. The American stamp collection is more complete than any owned by other governments, and its value conservatively estimated at half a million dollars. Practically every issue of postage by the nations included in the International Postal Union is represented by all or nearly all denominations, as there is an arrangement between those countries for the change of specimens of all new issues of stamps. All But. "What do you think of my new hat?" "Very pretty. I hope it'll satisfy you for awhile." "Of course it will. The color is not quite what I like, and the trimming doesn't come up to my expectations, and that is what it is and was good to be but otherwise the hat is a splendid bargain, and I like it afully well." —Lippincott. The Reason Why The Reason Why. "We've looked very doleful, Mr. McCormick. What's going on?" "I've just cam frae Wally Webster's funeral." "What! Is Wully dead?" "As sure as I'm stanin' here. As a matter of fac, that's the principal reason we've been buried' him."—The Onlooker "Uncle's" Season, Bill—What season do you think is the most popular? Jill—Oh, the summer. "Why?" "Because it is the season when the women put up their parasols and the men their overcoats." His Passion. "It wouldn't do to make an actor a judge." "Why not an actor F" "Because actors are all in favor BIG FUND RAISED FOR HEBREW UNION COLLEGE GEN. CLARENCE EDWARDS SMASHES A MYTH LEADER OF TURKEY'S LATEST REVOLUTION GENEVIEVE CLARK IS PRAISED AS AUTHOR The dedication of the new Hebrew Union College buildings at Cincinnati on January 22 and coincidentally the subscription of nearly a quarter of a million dollars toward the $100,000 annual maintenance fund is the crowning glory of half a century of the role work on the part of the founder, the late Rev. Dr. Isaac M. Wise of Cincinnati. and coincidentally the subscription of nearly a quarter of a million dollars toward the $100,000 annual maintenance fund is the crowning glory of his a century of business work on the part of the founder, the late Rev Dr. Isaac M. Wise of Cincinnati. The Hebrew Union college is the outgrowth of the Union of American Hebrew congregations, although the founder of both had in mind a college rather than a congregational union. The latter, however, made the former possible, so that the first efforts were directed to the federation of congregations, thirteen of which sent representatives to Chicago on July 8, 1873, the formation of a union was resolved upon, and a year later the council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations met at Cleveland, O., and perfected its organization. In October of 1875 the college was opened with two teachers, of whom Dicter Wise was one, and seventeen students. The Union of American Hebrew Congregations today employs the 200 leading congregations in the United States, with a membership of between 25,000 and 30,000 communicants. The absurd American idea that we "can lick all creation" finds no favor with Brig. Gen Clarence R. Ed wards, in command of the army at Fort D. A. Russell, W. Yawning. He brands the idea as being absolutely false, and blames our school histories for its spread. MILITARY OFFICER "In all our school histories," says the general, "the children of the land have been taught that our Revolutionary soldiers, without experience or training, were great allies over the season. We great troops, the same class of troops whipped the English soldiers in the War of 1812. And so on through all the wars. There never was such rot put into the form of history. Our fighting in those wars was pitilable, and the conduct of the raw and untrained troops, with one or two exceptions, was disgraceful. "We were beaten in every battle in 1812, with two exceptions, one of them fought after the war closed, and our capital and public buildings were armed. The same happened again after Bull Run, and had it not been that one organized mob was defeated by another the Confederates would have captured the Turkey's spectacular revolution, a few weeks ago, brought once more ought once more into prominence one of the most famous of the Young Turk party, Enver Bey. With the exception of the present grand vizier, Mashmoud Schefket, Pasha, he was, more than any other, the moving spirit in the military revolt that led to the dethronement one of the most noted leaders of the Young Turk party, Enver Bey. With the exception of the present grand vizier, Mahmoud Schefket Pasha, he was, more than any other, the moving spirit in the military revolt that led to the dethronement of the "red sultan," Abdul Hamid, in 1908, and, since that time, he has been high in the counsels of the Young Turks. At the time of the outbreak of the war with Italy he was recalled from Berlin when he was attacked, to command the Turkish troops in Tripoli. In this war, which ended last October, Enver Bey Miss Genevieve Champ Clark, the eighteen-year-old daughter of Speaker Champ Clark, has the distinction of being the youngest author whose writings are indexed in the Pan- American University at Washington. THE WOMAN Miss Clark has recently taken up a course in practice to prepare herself for her chosen literary profes- More Reliable. "Now, I want a canary that will sing right away and sing what I like; one that won't get the pip or die the first week." "What want a canary, my friend. What you want is a music box." A Use for It: "At last some of the old medicine that mother has been saving for years and years comes in handy." "How, now?" "These pills just fit Tommy's air rifle." The third organization founded by Doctor Wise is the Central Conference of American Rabbis, composed largely of the alumni of the Hebrew Union college (about 150 have thus far been graduated)/ and a number of other rabbis who are not graduates from that institution. The Central Conference publishes the Union prayer book, used in a majority of the reform congregations. The conference meets annually for the discussion of religious and sociological questions. The important branch of the union is the department of synagogue and school extension, which has in charge all work relating to propaganda, publications, religious schools, and general welfare. These various active forces center in Cincinnati, with the Hebrew Union college as the focal point. It is for this reason that the dedication of the splendid new buildings on Jan. 22 was a matter of the greatest concern to the Jews of the entire world. On the occasion last week of the dedication of the college buildings the council, then in session at Cincinnati with several hundred delegates in attendance, resolved to raise a fund that will yield $100,000 a year for the maintenance of the college and for the activities of the council, such as school and college extension. To each delegate, each and each member to the council was appointed a committee of one to aid in securing 1,000 contributors to agree to pay $1,000 each in payments of $100 annually. capital. Both were demoralized, one by defeat, the other by victory. And yet we are going on blindly in the same direction. "We are without a mobile army which could be used in case of a sudden war. We could not train the citizens soldiery, which would have to be beaten, or killed. No one could the ability to make soldiers out of the citizens of the country, but it cannot be done in a month or six months. They have yet to learn to be soldiers; they have to be trained to discipline and a soldier's life; they have to learn to shoot, and they have to learn to march and take care of themselves; in short, it takes a long time and constant work to make new troops effective soldiers. "At the beginning of all of our wars the untrained troops have always proved ineffective and inefficient, and yet our school histories have been issued year after year teaching the youth of the land the falsehood that we can lick all creation; that one American is equal to half a dozen other men, and so on, until our people are imbued with the idea that all they need to do in case of war is to send forth the men in uniform, which was the reason that foes will crumble before them. It is time that this false impression was corrected, and that our people became informed of the true state of our unpreparedness for war or an emergency requiring any extended use of troops." greatly distinguished himself by his undoubted personal bravery and was several times highly praised by the Italians. The Young Turks were ousted from power by another army revolt last August, and their regaining of the reins of government recently was due in a great measure to Enver Bey's leadership and the strong hold which he had upon the popular fancy in Constantinople. The new government has appointed him chief of the general staff of the Turkish army, and in the event of the war being relegated to the Italian allies, he probably will take the position of commander-in-chief, left vacant by the regrettable killing of Nazim Pasha, in the recent troubles. The fact that the latest revolution was heralded by the appearance of Enver Bey on horseback in the streets of Constantinople has suggested a parallel with the case of the famous General Boulanger, who, in the '80's, strove for the military dictatorship of France. with the congressional party wrote an excellent story of Panama and its people. John Barrett, director of the Union, was so struck with the vivid literary merit of it that he requested Miss Clark to allow him to place it in the Pan-American Union library after its publication. Miss Clark is preparing a series of special articles on life at the nation's capital. They will appear daily in many leading newspapers and touch on personalities, notables and politics from a woman's viewpoint. She has added the story of Washington all her life in close touch with the big happenings of the day, and has an intimate insight into them. Metamorphosis. "Last month Jones suggested my going into a money making scheme with him." "And did you embrace the opportunity?" "Yes, and soon found that I was hugging a delusion." Very Likely. Redd—In some parts of Switzerland a motor car must be preceded by an officer on horseback. Greg—That's so if the motorist exceeds the speed limit, or breaks down, the officer can pull him in, I suppose! Misunderstood. Mrs. Styles—Speaking of the close of the year— Mr. Styles—There you go again Martha. "What do you mean by that, dear? "Why, always talking about clothes." WHAT RULERS READ Royalty Keeps In Touch With Contemporary Events. King George and the. Kaiser - Blessed With Retentive. Memories—King of Spain Likes English News- That majesty that hems in a crown and forces the wearer to adopt a mode of life quite apart from that of other men affords, one may think, but little opportunity for kings to come in contact with the problems which contrain their subjects, London Answers observes. This, however, is not the case. Modern rulers, at any rate, do not bury themselves in seclusion, but seek, as eagerly as does the man in the street, to keep in touch with the doings of the world—and through the same medium only by means of the newspapers that any man can become acquainted with happenings outside his own restricted sphere of life. The late Queen Victoria, it is true, very rarely looked at a newspaper personally. None the less she had the Times read aloud to her every day, and all articles of personal interest were cut out and pasted up in books for future reference. Similarly, King Edward, though never very fond of reading, had all important foreign telegrams laid before him, also the parliamentary reports; while, as behoved the first sportman of Europe, he took a very real interest in the sporting pages of the newspapers. King George, however, being a monarch who believes in doing things for the benefit of the crown, and while doing so joins down notes, usually in the form of questions about matters upon which his secretaries are called upon to give fuller information later in the day. The kaiser, too, is a great reader with a memory no less retentive than that of his cousin, the king of England. What is more, so far from confining himself solely to papers of general interest, the kaiser is also an assiduous reader of technical journals—those, that is to say, which deal with warlike subjects upon which the ruler of Germany is really an authority, and able to converse as such with experts. The king of Spain has a passion for everything English, and is kept always well supplied with London newspapers and magazines. For many of the happenings in his own dominions he relies mainly upon his secretaries and the officials of his court. This admiration for British journalism was shared by the late emperor of Japan, who, although unable to read a word of English, had the principal articles from the London newspapers and reviews translated into the Japanese language for his special benefit. The kings of Italy and Denmark both are devoted readers of magazines, while Abdul Hamid, the late sultan of Turkey, who was commonly regarded as the most exclusive of Orientales, took good care to be well informed of what was going on in the world. He relied on his information for the most part upon French papers, and at times only two officials were permanently kept in his possession, to be read through these papers and commit to memory such passages as they deemed likely to prove interesting. Having listened to a recitation of the news, the sultan would sometimes have doubts upon certain of the statements made. The officials then were called upon to substantiate them, and beteled them if they failed to produce sufficient evidence. The famous dowager empress of China was probably the most exacting of all the world's rulers. All information of importance culled from the newspapers had to be copied on sheets of very fine rice paper, bound in silk and then rolled on ivory sticks. The news was then read to the empress from these scrolls by an official of the court, who, seeing that he was not deemed worthy of gazing on the great lady's face, was compelled to form his unenviable task while lying prostrate on the floor behind a screen. Curiously enough, the monarch most out of touch with the doings of the world is a European. The czar of Russia, in fact, has a newspaper all his own, printed specially for him every morning. Two copies only are supplied—one for the czar himself, the other for his private secretary. But, even were a larger circulation per cent. of the doings be doubtful if would find one, for this two page sheet is of exceeding dulness, anything calculated in any way to disturb the czar's peace of mind being carefully excluded. Giving Him Hla Due A lawsuit was recently in full swing, and during its progress a witness was cross-examined as to the habits and character of the defendant. "Has Mr. M. — a reputation for being abnormally lazy!" asked counsel伯伯. "Well, sir, it's this way—" "Will you kindly answer the question asked?" struck in the irascible lawyer. "Well, sir, I was going to say it's this way: I don't want to do the gentleman in question an injustice. And I won't go so far as to say, sir, that he's lazy, exactly; but if it required any voluntary work on his part to digest his food—why, he'd die from lack of nourishment, sir."—London Answers. The Practical Jokers. "Brown sent me a brick by parcel post, but I got even with him." "What did you do?" "Passed the word along to a number of guests that he was figuring on taking out more life insurance." Worked the Other Way. "Have you succeeded in educating public opinion?" "No," replied Senator Sorghum. "I started out to do so. But I got too busy getting tips from public opinion for my own guidance." Withstand Cannonading of the Most Modern Guns. American-Owned Stores in the Business District of the City of Mexico, and Other Modern Buildings. Shattered by Shell Fire. Old Spanish architecture which has defied nearly four centuries of earthquakes, again has proved its value. Close examination of the damage done during the days of terrific cannonading in the City of Mexico shows that even the most modern guns do not make great headway against the heavy stone walls which typify most of the prominent buildings in the Mexican capital. Much greater damage was done the modern edifices, whose thin walls barely turned rifle balls. Little real damage was done the national palace, which was the target for the heaviest guns Gen. Felix Diaz had in his possession. The greater part of this massive edifice, which presented a face 675 feet long to the direct fire of the rebel batteries, was still intact. Of Corter. It has been added to it in more recent years, but the original plans were closely followed. The walls have an average thickness of ten feet. The roof is flat and offered a poor target. Great shells and heavy cannon balls expended their might in vain against this long gray pile of Artec-keen rock. Splintered stone and a great coat of dust found their way into an nook of the shot-tortured structure, and some windows and skylights, but a few thousand pesos will cover the cost of贮藏 from the palace all signs of the recent struggle. Less damage was done the municipal palace, which forms another boundary of the palace square, or Zocalo. But down 16 de Septiembre street, which leads from the Zocalo toward the Cludadelia, the arsenal which sheltered the doughy rebels, the loss is much greater. This is the department store district and the big French dry goods houses, with their easily damaged stocks, were not in a hurry. The department store, fixing debris, Employees of these stores stayed in the buildings, and, at the risk of their lives, extinguished the fires which often followed the path of a shell. Several of the largest German hardware stores are in this district, which was swept by the direct fire between the Cludadelia and the palace. The Germans control the hardware business of the republic and most of the stores in this section of the city do a wholesale as well as retail business. Millions of dollars' worth of goods are stored in these houses, and the nature of the stocks prevented any great loss. American-owned stores are scattered through the business district and suffered along with the others, but the greatest loss, in nearly all cases, is to the buildings, which, for the most part, are owned by Mexicans. Practically all of the important buildings erected during the last decade have steel frames, which support concrete, brick or stone walls. These walls offered little resistance to the artillery fire. But the steel work was little damaged, which will make the work of repair much less than it would appear from the present demoralized appearance. He Was a Gentleman. A Euclid Heights car—one of those horrible ones where you have to sit with your feet in the aisle—was lumbering along Euclid avenue yesterday afternoon, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A very handsome and polite young man entered at East 30th street. The only possible place to sit down was at the side of a broad lady who was trying to occupy a whole section. "I beg your pardon," smiled the young man; "is this seat occupied?" "Yes, sir," answered the wide lady, with a baby stare. "I am keeping it for a moment." That's me, grinned the young man, sliding into the seat. "How did you know what I was?" Morely an Incident The leathery faced man in the smoking car was reading a newspaper and chewing tobacco. Suddenly he leaned forward. Then he hesitated, and cast a rapid glance at the advertising cards strung along on both sides of the car. The particular card he was looking for was not there. It had been taken down. Still he hesitated. There was a policeman sitting with in three feet of him. The policeman leaned forward. Then the man who was chewing tobacco decided that he ran no risk, and— He didn't hesitate any longer. Agriculture de Luxe "Do you think that the farmer is more prosperous than he used to be?" "I dunnno," replied Mr. Cortosell "It looks that way, but as a matter of fact most of the farmers have sold their land to city folks." Mistaken Impression Mistaken Impression "And what is that man running for?" " asked young Mrs. Torkins! "He is trying to get home!" "Dear me! How fond he must be of his family!" "Trying to drown his troubles." "But he doesn't appear to be in toxicated?" "It wasn't that way. He pushed his wife off, the dock." Making Him Useful. "It is a fact! If there is a flea if the neighborhood it will not rest until it gets on me." It gets you cold. "I wish you'd hold my dog for a few minutes; I don't like to wash him this weather for fear he may catch cold." AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Of the one hundred counties in the state of North Carolina, as a report of the tax commissioner shows, there are fifty-one in which Negroes pay taxes on more than one quarter of a million dollars of real and personal property. In several other counties the amount is over two hundred thousand but does not reach the quarter million mark. Wake county heads the list with $1,330,706, while Halifax is a close second with $1,225,576. They are the only counties in the million class. Several counties are far from it but do not quite reach it. Negroes own the largest amount of land in the following counties: Bertie, 61.144 acres; Halifax, 53,803 acres; Warren, 50,006 acres; Bladen, 48,463 acres; Wake, 40,096 acres; Columbus, 30,222 acres; Sampson, 38,267 acres; Pender, 37,438 acres; Northampton, 36,142 acres; Craven, 36,092 acres, while there are eight other counties in which there are 25,000 to 35,000 acres are owned by Negroes. In town lots Crachan leads with 1,808; Wake next with 1,665; Forsyth with 1,372; Meeklenburg with 853; Durham with 822; Beauford with 811; Pasquatank with 746; New Hanover with 528. Other counties make a good showing, this being especially true of Wilgon with 669 and Rockingham with 528. In valuation of town lots Wake leads with $521,981; Craven comes second with $29,095 and Mecklenburg third with $400,321. Negroes own 1,424,943 acres of land not counting town lots and pay taxes on a grand total of $29,852,238 of real and personal property. It should be known also that the rate of assessment it about forty percent of Negroes owns seventy million dollars of real and personal property in North Carolina. The report shows that in some counties, among them Madison, where the Negro population is small, no separate list is given. There are a little less than a mullion Negroes in this state. We see as a result of recent agitation among thoughtful and prominent white women favoring woman's suffrage that it is proposed to memorize congress asking for the immediate passage of a bill petitioning every woman who shall be accepted a mother, allowing her out of the United States treasury the sum of $25.00 for each child born, thereby dignifying in a national way motherhood and giving it the proper kind of inspiration. We see that women are a little size and in coming to the belief of healthy sons and daughters is the greatest service that can be rendered the state—The Mobile Press. Only the educated and well-to-do among us are slow in realizing the high function of motherhood. A very large per cent of the less fortunate Negroes are still doing their duty along this line. It is the Negro in the professions who has gone out of business in this matter. We recall the fact that in a certain near-by city there are twenty Negro physicians, all of whom are in good circumstances, and so do the children in the father of children. They keep reasonably easy in the matter of accouchement for other people, but when it comes to themselves, there's nothing doing at all—Exchange. Sidestep the man who talks much and says little. The Los Angeles Liberator contains a glowing account of the activity now being displayed by well-to-do negroes out there in the matter of building business houses for negroes. It mentions one man who will invest $40,000 along this line. The colored people in that city are the best housed of any negroes in a city of like size in the United States. They are gradually awakening to the sense of an economic error made by negroes everywhere. Says the Liberator: The negroes of this city have some $200 million invested in church property, which only furnishes them no financial income. They must drain a similar drain upon their limited resources. Should an amount like the above be invested in office buildings and other real property it would not only furnish employment for scores of negroes, but would pay the stockholders at least 10 per cent. on the investment. Books let us into the souls of men, and lay open to us the secrets of our own. They are the best and last, the most home-felt, the most heart-felt of all our enjoyments—Hazillt. After spending about $500,000 for improven and equipment a Swiss company proposes to carry passengers over the Alps in electric automobiles. If you have built castles in the air your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them—Thoreau. Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pestilence would keep the world at a standstill—Helen Keller. If a man is punished for doing wrong he should know better next time and, if he is wise, there will never be a next time. The past is for us; but the sole terms on which it can become ours are its subordination to the present.— Emerson. His satanic majesty may love a hypocrite like a brother. Egotism is always ready to monopolize the spotlight. Nearly all the old generation of preachers have passed to the great beyond, and their places are now being filled by younger men, who have had superior advantages to those old men, but in all seriousness we ask: are these young men an improvement on their fathers?—The Vanguard. A pertinent question, and one that provokes thought. The old time preacher had some disadvantages and some advantages, which are absent in the work of the preacher of today. The education of the former was limited and so was that of his audience. His work was to appeal to and stir the emotions—a comparatively easy task among primitive people. He was sincere, earnest, and zealous. Getting money for a variety of "causes" was not then the chief business of church work, but the work for himself. He was content to preach the Word. The preacher of today faces a complex situation. Circumstances force him to dwell to some extent upon the intellectual side of Christianity—a phase of religion not adapted to the average Negro at his present stage of development. While the preacher is sadly limited in intelligence nearly all of them have the veneer and are thereby unified to the task of stirring up the emotions in the old way—because he the minister unifies him for meeting that demand. Another part of the audience has to be stirred if at all in the old way and by old methods. The veneer of intelligence on the part of the minister unifies him for meeting that demand. Another part of the audience has to be reached through reason. The minister's lack of through culture handicaps him here. The result is when services are over both sides of the audience feel disappointed. Further, the Negro has feasted so long on highly flavored religious dope that the minister can barely handle, simply nirrishing food. The religion of Christ was meant to be a joy, a delight, and not a burden. It comes to be a burden to a surprisingly large number of people. The thinking minister is up against a serious proposition. He has a man's job if he only knew it—Exchange. A reverend gentleman said not long since that he was going to break up the beer drinking clubs among his membership. The question was asked, "how will you do it?" The answer was, "I will have my deacons to watch for it." This startled us and we thought of the story of the woman in red, and Christ's command to the accusers: "I feel he is guilded and the first stone. We were told that the pastor's deacons were presidents of the beer clubs, and we feel sure they will not accuse themselves. We don't have any faith in a Christian who shouts and sings in the amen corner and the same one has just emptied a gallon of beer—The Schmitter (Ennis, Texas). The feelings that gather fervor from novelty will be of little help toward making the world a home for women and faded human beings, if there widowed, it must be the love that is rooted in memories, and distils perpetually the sweet balms of fidelity and bearing tenderness—George Elliot. It scarcely pays to associate with people who make you feel cheap. There need not be any fear that when the negro finally abandons his policy of putting more money in his churches than he does in all his other business enterprises combined that he will be any less religious than he is now. His religious life will be as abounding, just as fruitful as if not more so than it is now. Religion cannot be injured by stripping it of extravagant foolishness, and thereby making it less burdensome and more agreeable.—Exchange. A society of negro farmers known as the Native Farmers' Association of South Africa, Limited, consists entirely of native shareholders, has been formed in the Wakkerstroom district of the Transvaal for the purpose of purchasing three farms of about 13,000 acres in extent. The capital of the company has been fixed at $80,000. A phonograph has been especially designed to record observations taken by an army officer in an airplane, where writing would be almost impossible. Always vote for a principle, though you vote alone, and you may cheerish the sweet reflection that your vote is never lost.—J. Quincy Adams. Pleasure must first have the warrant that it is without sin; then the measure, that it is without excess.—H. G. J. Adam. Nervous women bite their lips; nervous girl chew gum. A burned child is shy about striking when the iron is hot. The things that don't concern women are usually the things that give them the most concern. Women like to attend a social function in order that they may be able to criticize it properly. A girl's idea of a tightwad is a young man who carries his small change in a purse. Sympathy has never taken the place of a square meal. USES FOR WASTE GREASE Dellicious Flavors Imparted to Vari- ous Attitudes in the Frying Process Those who like delicate flavors should try frying oils, which have been drained and wiped, in a very hot pan of chicken grease in which a couple of bacon silices have been fried. The oysters should not be rolled in crumbs or corneum, but should be rolled to touch them and taken out when they begin to curl. Carrots and young beans are much enhanced by being allowed to brown in a deep pot of bore grease, while bore grease is, of course, the recognized element in which to fry and scramble eggs. In a very troublesome matter to keep all these little separate pots for grease, but when once the habit is formed and its utility recognized it will never be abandoned. And when one realizes that every day there is scraped from the dinner platter and the vegetable dishes enough grease and juices to materially add to the delectability of one's food the process of waste is automatically arrested. If you want to emulate the wily French cook, remember that one spoonful of grease which has been kept in a pot by itself, and therefore has retained wholly its own flavor, will do the work of ten spoonfuls of butter, and ten spoonfuls of butter is almost a pound. TO MAKE BEEFSTEAK PIE New Recipe to Appetizing Diar That Takes Housewife's Attention This recipe makes a good beefsteak pie: Take some tender steak, beat or bruise it just a little, season with a little salt and pepper, a teaspoonful of salt for a two-pound steak. Dot the surface with little knobs of butter, then dredge on a tablespoonful of flour; roll up and cut off unevenly into pieces. Put a good paste inside long. Put a good paste inside the sides and bottom of baking dish, a deep pudding pan is best, and put in the steak. Nearly fill the basin with water, add a piece of butter on top and dredge flour over all—a teaspoonful is enough—lay skewers across the basin, roll the top crust from half an inch to an inch thick, cut a slit in the crust, and press edges of the crusts firmly together before putting into the oven. Bake for one hour in a quick oven. Haddock Fritters. One smoked haddock, two eggs, one gill of milk, one tablepoonful of flour, salt and pepper to taste. Put the haddock into a baking tin with a little milk and place it in the oven for about 20 minutes. Take up and drain the fish, remove the skin and bones and divide the meat into fine flakes. Put in a stewpan with the flour, add the milk and beat up over the fire and add the bread. We will heat the butter, salt and pepper and beat up again, then add the whites of the eggs and beat up the whole lightly. Fry a tablepoonful at a time in smoking hot fat. If in shallow fat in a frying pan fold over the edges have set. Fry to a golden brown and serve hot. Half the quantities may be used if desired Pilgrim Salad. Peel and cut tomatoes in half-inc slice, stamp out rounds from the center of each and insert four or five cooked asparagus tips. Lay them on crisp lettuce leaves. Cut the centers of the tomatoes into cubes and put these with several olives on one side of each plate. Put half a cupful of olive oil into a pitcher, the strained juice of half an orange, one teaspoonful of salt, a quarter of a teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, a quarter of a teaspoonful of mustard, and one teaspoonful of finished chopped parsley. Shake until thick and creamy and pour over the portions of salad. Ebony Brushes. It is a good plan to rub vaseline into the backs of ebony hair brushes before washing them, so that the soda will not affect the ebony. Then, when dry, a little olive oil, applied with a soft rag and rubbed in with a clean cloth, will give as much polish as is required, as ebony should not be very highly polished at any time. For stiffening the bristles wash the brushes in very hot water and soda, or ammonia. When the water is at a certain temperature and then plunge them into quite cold water. After this treatment it will be found that when dry the bristles are quite stiff. Avoid immersing the backs of the brushes. Chicken With Hollandaise Singe the chicken, split down the back and wipe with a damp cloth. Season well with salt and pepper. Rub the fowl with butter, letting the greater part go on the breast and legs. Dredge with flour and put in the broiler with the breast to the heat at first. When the chicken is a fine brown, which will be in about fifteen minutes, place in a pan in a moderate oven for twelve minutes. Put on a hot platter with butter and serve immediately. This is for a chicken weighing about two and a half pounds. Meat Loaf With Tomato Sauce Two pounds ground round steak, two eggs, one and one-half teaspoonful salt, a dash of pepper, one-fourth cup milk, one-third cup bread crumbs, a little onion or celery salt, one tablespoonful butter. Mix and mold into loaf, place in pan with a little hot water, bake on one side for 15 minutes, put tomato sauce, one tablespoonful butter, one-half teaspoonful salt, a little pepper; cook together, thicken with a little flour, and pour over loaf when baked. Luncheon Biscuit. Mix with one pound of bread dough a tablespoonful of shortening and two tablespoonful of sugar; roll into thin sheet; cut in two, spread on one-half of a cupul of currants, one-half of a cupul of raisins and half an ounce each of lemon and citron peel, chopped fine. Cover with other half, passing the rolling pin over a few times; cut into fancy shapes, brush with white of egg; let stand half an hour; bake in a hot oven 15 minutes. SPORTS The Royal English Henley regatta will be rowed on the Thames river July 2, 3, 4 and 5. 'henry Coulter, former world's champion oarsman, ex-coach of Cornell, and inductee the sliding seat and spoon oar, is dead WRESTLING Dr. B. F. Roller won his match at Lincoln, Neb., with "Jack" Taylor of Canada. Taylor got the first fall after a struggle of 18 minutes. The second and third went to Roller. Stanislas Zbyszko had the hardest work he ever encountered in his many matches in Detroit in throwing Demetral, the Greek wrestler. Zbyszko won the first fall in 48.00 and the second in 8:30. BILLIARDS ```markdown ``` Vodij Yamada, the Japanese mass shot wonder, will spend the coming summer in Berlin, but will return to America to take part in the title tournament next fall. Mortin Phillips set a new world's record at pocket billiards under the new rules, when he counted 74 in his match with Ed Jones in the Chicago amateur championship tournament. Alfred De Oro retained his title of pocket billiard champion of the world with the 1988 match with Thomas Hueston by defeating the challenger 600 to 386. PUGILISM In Philadelphia Preston Brown easily defeated Johnny Hogan in six rounds. London seems distinctly dissatisfied with the referee's decision of a draw in the Moran-Driscoll battle. At Columbus, O. Knockout Brennan of Buffalo defeated Hugh Ross of Syracuse in a ten-round bout. George Chip of New Castle knocked out Tommy Gavigan of Cleveland in the second round at Youngtown. Leach won the game made made and the $27,000 in the ring. It was the stock market that landed the dentist-fighter for the count. Matt Wells, the English lightweight, won from Hughe Mehgan, the Australian champion, in London, at the National Sporting club. Billy McCarney is considering an offer to let Luther McCarthy fight Al Palzer in Paris. In the meantime McCarty will make a tour of the country and gather in the spare change. Luther McCarthy is giving the boxing and golfry. Though a near champion, he has put himself under Harry Glmore's care to learn the finer points of boxing. Coast promoters are considerably worried over the law abolishing pugilism in California recently introduced into the legislature of that state by Senator Brown. The house of the Montana legislature passed a bill legalizing 12-round boxing exhibitions under state supervision. Ten per cent, of box office receipts is to go to the state. The governor has on our shores some time last fall, is again in America, this time without his French manager. Ledoux will endeavor to arrange bouts with Coulon and Williams. MISCELLANEOUS The University of Chicago basketball team defeated the University of Illinois team 19 to 12. Yale's swimming team defeated Columbia 42 to 11, thus clinching the eastern intercollegiate championship. Cornell wins the intercollegiate basketball ball game, thus atoning to some extent for Al Sharpe's misfortunes last fall. Canadian criticism in the Thorpe case seems to be heartily in favor of the Indian athlete and averse to the strict rules of the A. A. U. Plans are under way at Goorgetown university to bring together Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Catholic institution in a meet' this spring. The majority of the eastern colleges are participating by participating in the Boston Athletic association indoor meet at Boston. A serious breach in athletic relations between Harvard and Dartmouth is threatened, following the dropping of the Hanover team from the Crimson baseball schedule. Harvest got the best of the Prince-ton hockey players after all, despite the brilliance of Hobey Baker. The Crismon won the deciding game of the series of three. Illinois' well balanced track team overwhelmed Chicago in a dual meet at Urbana, 50 to 27, in one of the worst routs ever sustained by the Maroons at the hands of the illini. Ragmar Omtvedt, riding under the colors of Norge Ski club of Chicago, broke the American record of 152 feet, made last year by Anders Haugen of Chippewa Falls, Wis., and also broke the world's record of 157 feet on the Ironwood slide. The proposed invasion of England by the three American golfing professionals, McMermott, McNamara and Bradley, had an interest on other sides as did Truman's trip in 1904, when his superhuman putting wog the British amateur champion-sla Preparations are going on for sending a hefty American challenger after the Harmsworth cup to be contested at Solent, near Cowes, this summer. This year the competition is to be really international in character, since both French and German motorboats will be entered VIC SAIER. Clever young first baseman of the Chicago Cubs, declares that, despite the fact that some of the players on that team are sore because President Murphy released Frank Chance, nono will "lay down" on John Evers, the newly-appointed manager; but, on the contrary, will play harder than ever to land the National league pennant. FOOTBALL Walter Camp, writing in the Yale News, comments that the few changes in the football code indicate the entire satisfaction the revised rules gave in 1912. The appointment of W. S. Langford of Trinity to serve on the new football committee is a tribute to the merit of the university, particularly requisitioned to be the best referee in the east last year. Howard Jones of the Yale (1908) team was chosen coach for the Blue squad next fall. The appointment was officially announced by Captain Ketcham. The University of Georgia may have a real live Indian coach next fall, since it is reported that Charles Guyon, sometimes Carlisle star, will not tutor the Georgian football artists. HORSE RACING Horse "gyps" in California are termed "dinky." Ed Geers celebrated his sixty-second birthday on January 18. James Everett of Trenton, N. J., has purchased Ida V. Dillon by Baron Dillon, 2:12. The last foal of Zambro in California has been christened Zomarie. She is out of Katherine S., 2:19. The Dorechester, Mass., Driving club is arranging to hold race meetings at the Readville track, N. J., with the teacher of Trenton, N. J., will have to sell Carrie Dillon, pacer, 2:16%, by Baron Dillon, 2:12, to close an estate. Red Hall, 2:18%, will be tried at the trotting gail by J. Wiley Norris of York, Pa., who will also race the pacer, Rubician, 2:14%. "Pop" Geers has received an addition to his pacing seat, woofly leaping last year, in Don Denamore (2:02%) with whom the star driver will campaign himself in 1913. The magnificent race track at Mexico City, said to be the second finest in the world, has been leased by the Mexican government to a syndicate of Vancouver promoters for a term of 28 years. The American turf cannot stand many such losses as it has suffered this year. Hard on the deaths of James R. Keene and Major Daisher field came that of Gen. Stephen Sanford, called the "Nestor of the Turf." BASEBALL Connie Mack has given the Memphis club first call on the services of Pitcher Harrell. Fred Clarke, leader of the Pittsburg Pirates, has bought another 160 acre addition to his Kansas farm. Rube Vickers, formerly with the Athletics, says he will have his best season in the international this year. Baseball critics say that Washington never had a cleaner-cut bunch of youngsters than those under Griffith now. Del Howard, who left St. Paul last season to join the San Francisco Seals, has been appointed manager of that club. Dick Egan will act as field captain for the Reds this season, according to the statement given cut by Manager Joe Tinker. Nap Rucker, the star southpaw of the Dodgers, is strong for Johnny Evers, and predicts that the Cubs will win the pennant. The work-horse of the White Sox, has participated in something like 300 games since joining Conkleskay's team. Joe Evers will have a hard job beating Stock, Groh, Shafer and Fletcher out of the job of utility infleider on the New York team. The Phillies have signed Hugo T. Wedell, a former college player and at present a member of the faculty of the University of Hawaii. The Hawaiian Whitted, who topped the South Atlantic league last season in chances, averaging 4.1 chances per game, is after Mike Mowrey's job Hal Chai, the crack first sacker of the Yanks, believes that Chance will have a very fast team "The prospects are bright for a successful season," says Chase. The Chinese University baseball team of Hawaii will this season cover even a greater territory than it did last year. It is estimated that they will cover 50,000 miles. Owner Bob Hedges of the Browns says he will never cut Bob Wallace's salary. When Bob is through as a player the boss of the Browns will give him his release. Monte Cross, whose fame in the 1974s of his prime and that of Brother Love have no introduction to fanfare, has been a head coach of head coach of Michigan baseball. IN DUST AND ASHES SEEMED HIS MASCOT Hazel Mannert was a very popular school teacher in working hours and a heartless coquette at her leisure. Her personality was magnet-like. It was not only that Hazel was pretty that men were attracted to her. Her indifference to their love-making and her daring in conduct had much to do with her vogue. Withal, Hazel was designing To her men were more instruments to carry out her will, to arrange her pleasures. And she used them freely and recklessly. She was not discreet. She made little effort to conceal her mo- her suitors were constant change, they did not intend to at her first, they did not remain long. But Hazel only laughed and tossed her blonde head smartly. "The world is full of furt." What care it!" When Ellis Wingate laid siege to Hazel's heart, it was said that he gave his soul to her. He was her slave. No cut was unkind enough to lessen his devotion. He bore his cross bravely, and Hazel was pleased. Here was one with whom he could "show off" her power. Here was one who would always be at her service. Here was one upon whom she could depend that she "would break his heart." Never would he recover from her cruelly, they declared. Some went so far as to say that he might be a suicide when she finally discarded him. "Why in the world do you hang about me?" Hazel asked in contemptuous tone one day before a group of admirers. "Can't you see that you annoy me?" I see that," replied the faithful Ellis. "But I love you." He wanted you to stay away from here until I send for you." "Very well," answered Ellis, and went away. From that day on, the tide in Hazel's fortune began to ebb. She was losing her control over her pupila. They did not regard her with the same respect and love. There were difficulties with the school board. Rumors were afloat that she was seen too much with any companions. Hazel was motorizing very long with a merry party along a lonely road at high speed, something unfortunate happened. Their automobile collided with another automobile, and a prominent man was killed. They tried to suppress the story, but were unsuccessful. All the details were headlined in the newspapers. Hazel was asked to resign from the teaching staff of the school. She turned to her men friends to extricate her from the blight of the unsavvy publicity. One by one, she asked for advice and help. But none was interested in her extremity. Hazel in tears was quite another girl from Hazel in a cooutette's mood. She thought of Ellis Wingate. "Ah, why didn't I go to Ellis before? He is the one to help me!" Then Hazel began to think. Ellis Wingate took on a new light in her eyes. She was cured of flirting. She had had enough of gay companions. She was afraid of the future that stretched so menacingly before her. She needed a strong man arm to force her to be strong as Ellis Wingate's. Was he not a splendid type of man? Would he not make an excellent husband? Would he not shield her from the voice of scandal? And she liked him. She had always liked him. Now that she was tired of flirting, she was ready to—love him. Yes, to—love him! She telephoned to him. The answer came that he had moved. Where? He did not leave a forwarding address. Ellis Wingate had lived in the same room for ten years—ever since she had known him. It wasn't like him to change—not even in the matter of residence. She telephoned his business address the next morning. "Mr. Wingate is out of town for a few days. Will you leave a number?" Here, indeed, was a changed Ellis: Several days passed, but Ellis Wingate did not answer her summons. Hazel cried. She did not sleep at night; money matters were crowd inher. She must have help. In despair, she called Ellis Wingate again. "Is this you, Ellis?" "Yes." "This is I—Hazel." "Yes." "Why — don't you—you—re-member—Ellis?" "I remember perfectly, Hazel." "Ellis—dear—I—I-wan-want you to—to come—to see—me. I ne-need you." "I'm sorry. Perhaps you didn't know that I have just returned from my honeymoon, and—" "But the telephone receiver had fallen from Hazel's quivering hand. And no friend was near to mend the break in her heart." New Models. "These seed people are as particular about getting "c" an annual floral catalogue as are the automobile people. "Why shouldn't they be?" "I didn't suppose there were any new models in jonquils and daffodils." Great Opportunity "I wonder why it is that more women don't practice dentistry." "I don't know, I'm sure. After slapping a rubber dam into a patient's mouth they'd have a fine chance to have the last word." Wasting His Breath "Pa, what is meant by idle curiosity?" "A very good example of idle curiosity, my son, is a 12-dollar-a-week shoe clerk asking the price of automobile tires." The Brute "Well, your cooking will do it, all right." --- Business Man Had Reasons for Carrying Old Watch. And When They Were Explained His Friends Understood and Sympathized With the Sentinel Present Displaced. He was rich; all the other men around the table knew that, yet when ascertaining the time he pulled out a battered old watch that made the poorest man present say to himself, "Well, if I had that man's money I certainly would carry a better watch." The prosperous gentleman read their unspoken comment. "It's been through the mill, hasn't it?" he said. "I've carried it for twenty-five years, and if I live that long I'll carry it twenty-five years more. I owe all my success to this. Only for it I would have fused a twenty-five years ago to fortune. Twenty-five years ago I was a clerk in the foreign branch of a New York house. I was there four years ago. At last word came that I was to be transferred to the New York office. "That letter struck me like the crack of impending doom. I was not earning much money there, but I liked the life abroad. I had made interesting friends and I hated to leave. The chaps in the office were just as sorry to lose me as I was to leave them. As a token of appreciation and good fellowship they chipped in and gave me this watch for a parting gift. "The day after the presentation dinner I got word from home that if I liked I could remain in the foreign office. My first elation over that news was dashed by a look at my new watch. If I stayed what should I do with that? I give you my word that was one of the most ticklish problems I have ever tackled. I knew my colleagues' circumstances, and I realized that each man's contribution to its purchase meant a drain on his small salary that would entail some personal deprivation. To return the watch to the jeweler was out of question, for it was monogrammable, and in those days that presentation any article-back. Even if I could afford it I could not insult the boy, by offering to repay to each his share, and I had not the audacity to remain and flaunt in their faces a watch which they would never have thought of giving me if I had not been going away. "Looked at in every light the situation presented difficulties which could be met only by accepting the New York offer. It went against the grain, but I did accept it. From that I worked up to positions that I would never have heard of if I had remained in Europe, so I felt justified in regarding this old watch as my best friend." "BIG BILL" DEVERY'S HOODOO When Room of New York's Police Bug Club Was Decorated in Green. Big Bill Devery is ordinarily considered a most practical man. In fact, most of the criticism of the one-time chief of police was of his extreme practicality. But he has a superstition. "Green's a fjinx color," said he the other day, according to the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star. "It is so. I wudn't have nothin' to do with nothin' that's got green in it." At the moment he was sitting in the office of a friend. Green was the prevailing color and Dewery prophesied certain failure. "When I was a cop now," said he. "we had it all of us was fat and sadd, and lucky. Nothin' ever came with a 'Bug.' By and by we started a little clubroom of our own and had it done in green. The first time our old scrubbwoman see she 'trew up her hands. Green color kills luck," says she. "Good-by. Bugs. Yousewn't last thirty days "There he was," concluded Deryne, "Money in the money, no debts, new clubs, new furniture, no quarrels, and 'tings slippin' along easy like a cat 'roo an alley. In less a month that chip, the bug could break to another Bug without skoonpill down a bit and pickin' up a bowler." The Market Women of Paris. A distinct type, carrying on their petty trade in the streets, the market women of Paris are numerous. They are great of frame, wear heavy wooden shoes, and drive the shrewdest bargains. The oldest of these women sit on the steps of the wonderful old Church of St. Eustache to do their selling, heating their snails or cafe au lait over tiny charcoal burners. Other women sit on the corner where the sidewalks of two broad streets and eat their breakfast. Women all over Europe, women who sell or caretakers, generally manage to get a hot bite in the tiniest quarters or in open. The market women are proud of the old church, which they call their own. There they go to pray after the morning's work is over, and their children come, early in the morning before school time, to be taught their catechism. It is a strange contrast, this between the interior of the church and the street by its side, filled for its whole width with every kind of vegetable and fruit. Old Friend Seen Again. Captain Ruser, one of the best known sea captains of the trans-Atlantic service, states that not long ago he saw a genuine reptilian object, 20 feet in length, close alongside his ship, the Kalserin Auguste Victoria. Their Habit "And how did you tumble to-the fact that the prisoner was a woman disguised as a man?" "I watched her at lunch." "But I don't quite—" "All she ate was pickles and cake." DAVENPORT NOTES. Rev. Durden of Kansas City stopped over in Davenport on his way to Chicago. He preached at the morning service Sunday at the Third Baptist church. In the evening he preached at Bethel A. M. E. church. Both of the churches are busy getting ready for Easter exercises. Mrs. Gertrude Stevens is on the sick list. She has been quite sick, but is better at this writing. Mrs. Clara Odey, who has been sick all winter, is able to be out of doors. Mr. Chas. Sheppard is still confined to his home on account of his injuries. Atty. W. G. Mott, the only colored attorney in Scott county, departed this life Friday a. m., March 14, at 9:15 o'clock, after an illness of ten days. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Third Baptist church. Rev. Toomey officiated, assisted by Rev. Stovall. The body was taken to Keokuk on Sunday evening and was buried in the family lot there. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eliza Mott, and two brothers, George W. Mott of Keokuk and Chas. Mott of Kansas City. Both brothers were present at the funeral, also the wife of Chas. Mott. They all went to Keokuk to lay the body in its resting place. Rev. T. B. Stovall went with the bereaved family to Keokuk. Mr. Mott was a member of the Third Baptist church, also a member of Hiram lodge, No. 19, A. F. & A. M. The Masons had charge of the funeral. Miss Elnora Williams of Davenport and Mr. Thomas Jackson of Cedar Rapids were united in marriage Monday evening. Mr. M. Tooney performed the ceremony. We wish them a long and happy life. Mr. James Bailey passed through Davenport Sunday. He stopped off and saw a few of his friends. Mrs. Alice Richardson received the sad news that her son, Oscar, is seriously ill in Chicago. She has the sympathy of her many friends. The ladies are quite busy getting ready for the State Federation, under the leadership of their president, Mrs. Francis Baker. You judge a man not by what he promises to do, but by what he has done. That is the only true test. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy judged by this standard has no superior. People everywhere speak of it in the highest terms of praise. For sale by all dealers. BUXTON, IOWA. As a gift to make bright and completely happy the Palm Sunday there came to the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Carter a little baby girl Saturday, March 15th. At this writing mother and daughter are doing well. Mrs. John Rowlet, who has been sick for several weeks, departed this life Thursday, March 13. The funeral over the remains was held from the St. John's A. M. E. church Sunday. Mrs. Lucious, who some months ago underwent an operation, is in her home on East Sixth street again, but she is not getting on so well Mr. Marshall Lowery led the meeting at the Y. M. .C. A. on Sunday afternoon. Secretary J. H. McGrew of the Y. M. C. A. was in Des Moines last week. The executive board of the Iowa and Nebraska state association held a very successful meeting with the Second Baptist church at Marshalltown last week. On Wednesday evening the women's rally, under the management of the local circle, was a glowing success. Mrs. Mary Roman, who is president of the Circle, with her efficient secretary, Miss Wilda Walker, took the offering, and because of their earnest work before our meeting we raised, with the money sent up by circles, $40. There are not so many of our people in Marshalltown, but there are some loyal Baptists there. The Booker Washington Literary society is increasing in interest at each meeting. The Bible class, which meets each Monday evening at Mt. Zion Baptist church, is proving very helpful to all who attend. The Mission Circle was entertained last week in the home of Sister A. B. Ward, 29 East 81st street. The meeting was a very interesting one and was blessed with one joiner in the person of Mrs. Massie Keesby. Rev. F. B. 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CO. 613-615 Locust Street DES MOINES, IOWA RANCH, 409 East Fifth Street THE MOTHER'S CALL A Distant Message It is wonderful how much pleasure can be obtained from a talk over the Bell Telephone. To the members of the family who are away, it is so pleasant to hear the laughing, cheery voices of the home folks over the telephone. To be of the greatest value the telephone must make neighbors of everyone everywhere. Bell Telephone service takes no heed of city limits or state lines. A recent issue in which our letter failed to receive publication an account was given of an elaborate dinner that was served by the hostess, Mrs. Fannie Stewart, at her home on February 14th, in honor of Mr. J. B. Alden of Milwaukee, who has since returned to his home. Mr. Alden was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Maria Alden, and brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Alden. The death of Mrs. Jane Taylor also failed to appear. Mrs. Taylor was one of our most highly respected old citizens. Her death occurred three weeks ago. Of near surviving relatives she leaves two granddaughters, Mrs. Sida Clark and Mrs. Addie Sackey. Mr. Arthur Weldon, who was stricken with paralysis a few weeks ago, is reported somewhat improved. Mr. Fielding Johnson was off duty as mail carrier for a few days because of illness. The altar at Bethel A. M. E. church was beautifully adorned with cut flowers the 23rd alt., presented by Mrs. F. D. Bland in memory of her deceased mother, Mrs. Martha Vaughn. Miss Minnie Green and Mr. J. E. Pindell were recently united in marriage. Mrs. Jennie Skinner of Galesburg, Ill, is the guest of Mrs. Emma Hobart. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tebeau entertained at their home last Wednesday evening at a progressive luncheon. Eight couples were present. Mr. Alonzo Drain recently passed the required examination for the mail service. Mrs. Anna Holmes, president of the Coleridge Taylor Music club, very delightfully entertained the club at her home last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Jennie Skinner of Galesburg, Ill., was guest of honor. A musical and literary program was rendered by the different members. The next meeting on March 18th will be at the home of Mrs. Jennie Freeman. A paper will be read by Mrs. Jennie Skinner of Galesburg and a violin solo will be rendered by Mr. Arnold Henderson of Boston, Mass. A wedding of much prominence that was not wholly unexpected by the many friends of the contracting parties occurred last Thursday evening, when the Rev. J. H. Helm united Miss Alina Johnson and Mr. Chas. Taylor. The bride is a member of the younger social set, of which she is very popular. The groom is an industrious young man, being a blacksmith by trade. Showers of congratulations are bestowed upon them by their many friends. Mr. Sute Hawkins is quite ill at his home. Grave fears have been entertained. The late T. J. Walker, who recently died, conducted a barber shop in our city for many years. He is said to have been one among the oldest in his profession. He lived here continuously ever since he-was a small boy, being born in the state of Kentucky. He had been a member of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin for several years. Mr. J. B. Matthews and Mrs. Lillie Tydings were recently quietly wed at Kahoka, Mo. Mrs. J. E. Phillips is reported as being ill. The death of Mr. Walter Johnson, which occurred at his home last Friday evening, has cast a gloom of sorrow within our midst. He was a young man, having only been married about two years, and has always appeared to be in the best of health until only one week prior to his death, when he was stricken with penumonia. His untimely end coming in the fullness of young manhood is a severe shock to relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. H. Helm at Pilgrim's Rest Baptist church last Monday afternoon. The casket was buried beneath numerous and beautiful floral tributes. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Nevada Griggsby Johnson; a mother, Mrs. Johnson, and one sister, Miss Bertha, and brothers, Amos, Clay and Scott, all of this city. Miss Alice Clark of Louisiana, Mo, who has been conducting revival meetings at Fort Madison is expect- ed to arrive in the city Friday evening for a short stay with her niece, Miss Ella Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Watkins were host and hostess last Sunday evening at a very elaborate dinner given at the ice cream parliors of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Mitchell, tendered in honor of Mr. Morton of Peoria, Ill. The Sewing Circle of Union Baptist church was organized last Thursday evening at the home of the president, Mrs. M. E. Dixon. Revival services are soon to begin at Pilgrim's Rest church. Rev. Dr. T. H. Phillips, our phenomenal genius, celebrated on March 4th (not the inaugural of President Wilson) the termination of another milestone in life's journey. 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