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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. State Capitol Bldg. Historical Robin 10 VOL. XX NO. 3 CITY NEWS. READ THIS--I have secured a lease for a term of years at 1108 Center street, which is being remodeled into a store front and rooming house. I will spare neither money or pain in making it a first class dressmaking and beauty parlor, providing I can secure two young ladies of the right type for the same. Address N. Wiley, 1008 Center street. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Hicks very delightfully entertained a few of their friends at their home, 1341 Buchans street, Sunday June 22nd. Mrs. Pearl McCraven arrived in the city Monday from Oakland, Cal. Mr. Joseph Leftage of Chicago returned home last week, after attending the funeral of Robert Wilson. Mr. D. G. Patterson and wife and Mrs. W. C. Rhodes were initiated into Princess Oziel Chapter, O. E. S., last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Alexander arrived in our city from Denver, Colo., last week. The new bride and groom look well. The Des Moines Negro Lyceum held its semi-annual installation of officers at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. J. Alvin Jefferson last Tuesday evening. Mr. J. S. Coleman, one of cur representative race men of Kansas City, Mo, who is a U. S. railway mail clerk on the Chicago Great Western Ry Co., is now running into our city. He called at our office. Mrs. Eva Jones, Laura Wilson, Miss Nellie Leftage, Mrs. Pearl McCraven and Mrs. Mary Jackson wish to extend thanks to their many friends for the kindness shown them during the illness and death of Robert Wilson, also for the many beautiful floral offerings. Bishop Lee, who spent his first Sunday in our city, was main attraction. He delivered two masterly sermons at the St. Paul's A. M. E. church to packed houses. By his easy manner and great experience with humanity and his broad vision of affairs he captivated those who heard him. Miss Carrie Watson of Kansas City, Mo. arrived in our city yesterday to visit several weeks, the guest of her uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wattkins. She has just graduated from the Kansas City high school. She is Mrs. Mollie Watkins' daughter of Albany, Mo. Miss Eva Murrell, one of the teachers in the Nashville, Tenn., high school, arrived in our city last week for a visit with her uncle, A. M. Rivers. She is a personal friend of Mrs. T. M. Brumfield. She is an accomplished young lady. The Pentecostal Mission in Chesterfield is doing fine Christian work this summer. The Sunday school is in a thriving condition, under the supervision of Archie Day. Next Sunday morning the Lord's Supper will be served. In the evening at 7:30 the subject, "Bible Unity," by pastor, Rev. H. M. Rivers. All are invited. Miss Maggie Davis, secretary of the Des Moines district Sunday school convention of the A. M. E. church, and Miss Jenett Lewis, a recent graduate of the Albia high school, were present and after addressing the Lyceum were each elected to honorary membership. The meeting next week will be with Atty, and Mrs. J. B. Rush at 1547 Twentieth street, at which time Mrs. Mattie Warriors will discuss the Life and Character of Bishop B. F. Lee, who recently visited this city. When visiting in Omaha, Nebraska see D. G. Russell for neatly furnished rooms—all modern up-to-date houses. Phones, residence Douglass 5033; Office Douglass 3193. 1913 and 1922 Cummings street. Those who will leave Dos Moines next week to attend the grand lodge of Masons in Keokuk are Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thompson, Grand Master; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Buckner, Mr. E. T. Banks, P. M. G.; M. J. He, Shepard, P. G. M.; H. E. Jacobs, P. G. S. W.; C. B. Woods, P. G. J. W.; Atty. J. B. Rush, W. M. of North Star; Gus Watkins, S. W.; Andrew McDowell, J. W.; Chas. Topson, W. M. of Dorie; Atty. S. Joe Brown, Chas. Cousins, James Woods, Harrison Gould, E. Tracy Blagburn, BenJ. J. Hack, Mr. W. T. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Harris and Rev. S. B. Moore, P. E. Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Brumfield will leave Monday for a month's vacation in the east, so Sunday will be his farewell sermon before vacation, also communion services. so we hope that a full membership of Union Congregational church, with all of their friends and visitors, will come out Sunday. See services elsewhere. We just received word announcing the marriage of Dr. Leo Welker, formerly of Colfax, Iowa, a graduate of Grinnell collere, now a practicing physician at Nashville, Tenn., was recently married to Miss Francis Caldwell of Nashville. We congratulate this young couple. OUR CITY LITERARY CONTEST. J. G. Dellinger won the oratorical contest held under the auspices of the city literary convention at St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal church last Monday night. Dellinger represented the Cosmopolitan Literary society. His subject was "Conserve the Nation." Miss Gertrude Hyde, with "The Negro Soldier" as her subject, drew second prize. She represented the Mary Church Terrell club. Rufus Jackson of the Des Moines Negro Lyceum association was third with "The Need of Human Hands." The winners will represent Iowa in the interstate oratorical contest at Atchison, Kan., in September. In the declamatory costest, Mrs. Eydh Strawthers of the Mary Church Terrell club was first. Gus Durden of the Des Moines Negro Lyceum association and Mrs. N. C. Marshall of the Dramatic Art club tied for second, and Miss Eldora Edmunds of the Young People's progressive Lyceum was fourth. In the poetry contest Miss Mamie James of the Des Moines Negro Lyceum, association was first with "The Eastern Winds." D. G. Patterson of the Cosmopolitan Literary society was second. In the musical contest Miss Sarah Johnson was the only contest and was awarded the honors. Her selection was "Rain Drops." The audience which heard the program was one of the largest ever gathered at a similar event, and all the contests were of such a high order that the audience was kept keyed up to a high pitch. THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. The district Sunday school convention and normal institute of the Des Moines district of the A. M. E. church convened at St. Paul's A. M. E. church June 26-27. Was opened Thursday morning by Presiding Elder S. B. Moore, who introduced the district superintendent, Mrs. Minola Bell of Oskaloosa. The morning session was spent in appointing committees and the Sunday school report. These showed an increase in finance and interest. The afternoon session was opened by devotional exercises. The district superintendent was again introduced and made her annual address, which showed a great work done. Then the president of the normal institute, who spoke of the needs and benefits of the work in the Sunday school. Then Miss Lilia Downey of Ottumwa, professor of Bible study, gave an interesting and instructive lecture on how to study the Bible. The professor of sacred history, Mrs. Margaret Patten, gave an excellent lecture on sacred history, which was liked by all. In the absence of Miss Davis, professor of sacred geography, Rev. J. L. Wharton of Buxton gave a talk, which was very instructive. The president gave a lecture on the "Art of Teaching," which created quite a discussion. The Right Rev. B. F. Lee, bishop of the Fourth Episcopal district of the A. M. E. church was introduced and made a very interesting talk. Evening Session. Reception by local school to the delegates. A very splendid program was rendered. Friday, June 27th. Many interesting and instructive papers were read during the morning and afternoon sessions, which showed that the delegates spent much time on the subjects given them. At the evening session the diplomas were awarded to the normal graduates, who are Rufus B. Jackson and Donald Van Platter, both of Des Moines. Bishop Lee, who awarded the diplomas, gave a very interesting talk on Bible study, after which the convention was brought to a close. This was voted by everyone as the best session ever held in the Des Moines district. Help For Those Who Have Stomach Trouble After doctoring for about twelve years for a bad stomach trouble, and spending nearly five hundred dollars for medicine and doctors ree, I purchased my wife one box of Chamberlain's Tablets, which did her so much good that she continued to use them and they have done her more good than all of the medicine I bought before—Samuel Boyer, Folsom, Iowa. This medicine is for sale by all dealers. GEDAR RAPIDS NEWS. Mrs. LeKoy Warren and son have returned home, after a pleasant visit in Ottumwa. Mr. Earl Webb is visiting in Des Moines. Mr. Richard Lewis has been quite sick with rheumatism. Miss Fern Martin has returned from Chicago and reports a very fine time. Little Irene Terry and her brother, Roy, are visiting their grandma and auntie in Boone, Iowa. Mr. Wesley Mays of Buxton has returned to our city. Last week occurred the death of Mr. and Mrs. Mack's only child. Their friend's extend to them their closest sympathy. DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1913. 312, 314, 316 West Eighth St. CHASE & WEST Between Walnut & Locust St. WE ANNOUNCE OUR ANNUAL Mid-Summer Clearance Sale Beginning Monday, July 7th The object of this sale is to close out all furniture that factories have stopped making--to quickly sell all patterns that we will not buy again--also many other lines of which we have large quantities. It should be borne in mind that Chase & West have no used or old goods. Stocks are all new, first class and reliable--always good values at regular prices--the reductions during this sale being actual. It will be your chance to save money On Good Furniture and Housefurnishings of All Kinds Time Payments Can Be Easily Arranged From all reports received from the grand secretary and others in Koekuk it will be alive with grand lodge men and visitors next week. Great preparations are being made to accommodate and entertain the visiting guests by the society of Koekuk. There will be visitors from Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. We have received positive word that Prof. Richard T. Cole, grand master; Geo. James, grand master; and W. Fields of Kansas City, Mo. and W. Fields, secretary of the relief department of Cameron, Mo., and probably Hon. Nelson C. Crews of Kansas City, deputy grand master of Missouri, will be in attendance. A synopsis of the program for the entire week is as follows: Monday, July 7th, at 2 o'clock the state school of instruction will open free to any master Mason in good and regular standing. It will be under the supervision of the grand custodian, Atty. A. G. Clark of Oskaloosa. In the evening at 8 o'clock exemplifying the ritualistic in the third rank by the grand custodian on a real candidate. This work will be done strictly by the cipher work as authorized by our grand lodge by a degree team selected for the work, to which all present masters and wardens who are going to attend should be here. On Tuesday morning the grand lodge will open promptly at 9 o'clock. The appointment of stations, the appointment of committees and other preliminary work will be transacted. In the afternoon the grand master's address and the other grand officers' reports will be received. At this time also representative representatives near the Grand East. In the evening there will be a public reception given by the local lodge, in which Alonzo W. Draine will be master of ceremonies. Address of welcome by B. L. Anderson. Vocal solo by Miss Daisy Ware. Recitation by Mrs. F. D. Bland. Response on behalf of Iowa and jurisdiction by Grand Chaplain Rev. T. B. Stovall of Davenport. Vocal solo by Mrs. John Trent of Burlington, accompanied by Miss Francis Reeder of Keokuk. Wednesday will be taken up in lodge work. In the evening at 4 o'clock a picnic at the park will be held in honor of all the grand lodge and visitors. At night at 8 o'clock the grand lodge of sorrow will be held, using the French system of holding the lodge of sorrow. Each local lodge will be expected to give a gift and an animal and character of their deceased brother. The grand lodge oration to the departed brothers will be delivered by Past Grand Master Joseph H. Shepard of Des Moines. Thursday evening is installation of officers, followed by a banquet. KEOKUK NEWS. A recent social society function was the observance of their fortieth wedding anniversary by Prof. and Mrs. W. H. Jones on Tuesday evening, June 17th, by the presence of more than one hundred and fifty invited guests. The hours were so arranged that all those who wished might attend this reception, which was one of the most social and brilliant of the season. The decorations were lavish in print and white in donor scheme of ink and white was used in many beautiful gowns which graced the occasion were in evidence. The bride of forty years was gowned in a creation of black charmeuse with pink trimming. The groom appeared in full dress in the latest conventional black. Those who assisted in the receiving line were Mr. Sumner Jones of Quincy, Mr. Homer and Phleps Jones, Mrs. G. A. Alexander and Mrs. G. W. Guy of Topeka, Kans, Miss Lillian Fields of Des Moines, Miss Lola Brooks of Burlington, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Drain, Miss Daisy Ware, Mrs. Nora Clemens, Mrs. A. J. Fields. At the punch bowl were Miss Blanche Kebo and Miss Aurilia Bland. Those who assisted in the dining room were Mrs. A. A. Bland, Mrs. Mary Martin, Miss Madah Lewis, Mrs. Mary Lewis, Miss Myrtle Bland, Mrs. G. Coleman, Miss V. H. Beaman, Mrs. J. Freeman and M. Wilson. Dainty refreshments were served. The color scheme of pink and white being observed. Several of the prominent white people were present and joined in extending congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, who have the distinction of being among our worthy citizens who command the respect of all. The presents which they received from admiring friends were beautiful and numerous. May they have many more years of wedded life is the wish of their many friends. Mr. Wm. Coleman left last week for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Page, in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Sallie Vaughn is convalescent, after a siege of illness. Born, last Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. Amos Johnson, a daughter. Mr. Wm. Taylor and Mr. Luthen Harden took a boat excursion to Hannah last Sunday. Miss Rhoda Johnson of Quincy attended the funeral of her cousin, Mrs. Virginia Battle. Miss Johnson is a teacher in the public school at Kansas City. Miss Ella Scott and Mr. Beverly Scott visited friends and relatives in Louisiana, Mo., last Sunday. Mr. Ralph Tebeau is expecting to attend Iowa. Wesleyan college to study dentistry. Mr. Tebeau is a young man of ambition and we hope for him the top round of success. Keokuk has a baseball team that recently played at Canton, Mo. We have not learned the names of the individual players, but we learned that they demonstrated the fact that you have got to show me and brought home the long end of the bacon. Mrs. Anne Alden was elected delegate to the Sunday school convention of Bethel church, which convenes in Washington, Iowa. Dr. J. T. Caston, G. M. of the Missouri' U. B. F. and S. M. T.'s paid the lodge and temple a visit last week. Mrs. Emma Brown, who met with an accident on the street car a few weeks ago, is now able to be out. We deeply regret Mr. Geo. Smith losing the sight of an eye, which was injured a few weeks since. At the reception of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones last Tuesday evening the hostess made the announcement of the marriage of Miss Ella Drain on June 15th to Mr. T. J. Taylor of Montgomery City, Mo. The groom is a prosperous farmer. The happy couple will be at their country seat after June 25th. The congratulations of many Keokuk friends are theirs. Miss Margaret Drain, who has been quite ill for some time, is slowly convalescent. Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Helm was recently tendered a third annual reception by the members of the Pilgrim's Rest congregation, which was largely attned. The members of Bethel church are having a rare treat this week. The Rev. Geo. C. Williams of the First Congregational church (white) is presenting some interesting stereoception views. Mrs. Carrie Johnson and daughters, Ruth, Louise and Gertrude, are visiting friends in Kansas City. Mr. Geo. Brainard has returned from Lebanon, Ind., where he was visiting religion. Faye entertained the Sewing Circle of Union Baptist church last Friday afternoon. CLINTON, IOWA. While the people of some portions of Minnesota were feeling the effects of an extreme cold wave the past week we with others in this part, of the country were endeavoring to ward off the almost unbearable heat. Just now we are enjoying the pleasant air of a greatly reduced atmosphere. Those who were in attendance at the district Sabbath school convention of the Keokuk district, held last week at Washington, Iowa, have returned home with fond memories of the event, which they will forever hold. The convention was all that could be asked for and the hospitality of the people is without comparison. Clinton is honored for the seventh consecutive time with having the district superintendent selected from that city. Those in attendance were M. O. Culberson and daughter, Mae, Rev. G. W. Slater, Miss Esther Culberson and A. A. Bush. The two latter were delegates. The services at the Second Baptist church were very well attended Sunday, considering the hot weather. The pastor, Rev. Sanders, returned last week from the Sunday school convention and reports a fine time. B. F. Cooper of Buxton spent a while in Clinton last week with relatives. A concert will be given at the Second Baptist church on July 10th. A grand time is anticipated. Rev. G. E. Sanders leaves in a few days for Topeka, Kansas, to attend the Western District conventions. The pastor and members were pleased to see Mrs. M. O. Culberson and sister in their congregation Sunday morning. They are always glad to welcome strangers to their services. Mrs. C. V. Bush returned to her home in Chicago Saturday, accom- Phone 8888 867 W. 7th St. Phone 8888 25 Ibs. Granulated Sugar, $1.00, with $5.00 order other groceries. 22 Ibs. 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Slater is said to have rendered a most interesting lecture at Washington, Iowa, the evening preceding the opening of the district Sunday school convention. Mrs. M. O. Culberson is entertaining her sister, Mrs. Wm. Graham, of Minneapolis, who will visit indefinitely. W. A. Emerson is entertaining his grandson of Chicago. One of the distinguished guests at the district Sunday school convention was the Rt. Rev. Bishop B. F. Lee, who addressed that body on Wednesday afternoon. The convention considered it a great honor. DAVENPORT NOTES One of the recent publications in a musical line is a song, entitled "A Message of Love." Music composed by Mrs. Georgie Williams Allen and the words by Mr. Eugene Allen. This song is being sold by the H. Kirkus Dugdale Co. of Washington, D. C., and will be in the hands of local dealers. Mrs. Allen is a Keokut, Iowa, girl and a graduate of that city's high school. She is one of Davenport's leading musicians, of whom we feel proud. She and her husband are energetic young people. Mrs. Allen has two other musical numbers which she intends to have published soon. Prof. Richard B. Harrison was at Bethel on Monday evening, June 30th, and delighted his audience as usual. The A. M. E. fair closed Monday evening with a net proceeds of $165. vbmw Prof. Geo. Mitchell is in the city representing the Loyal Legion Cooperative Educational System. The Davenport delegation who attended the Sunday school convention at Washington, Iowa, last week reports it the best Sunday school convention in the history of the Keokuk district. They report that the delegates and visitors outnumbered the colored population of Washington. Good for Washington. John E. Bradford, W. M., and Rev. T. B. Tovall, P. M., will leave early Monday morning for the grand lodge at Keokuk, Iowa. July 18th fourth quarterly meeting at Bethel A. M. E. church. Mist Hattie Richardson, who underwent on operation some weeks ago is able to be out. Mrs. George Perkins, who was called to the bedside of a sick niece a few days ago in Missouri, is home, reporting the sick some better. The boys are making good use of the play grounds of late. The following received the prizes at the A. M. E. fair: Mrs. Gertrude Stevens got the gold watch, Mrs. Elmiria Shelton got the brass bud, Mrs. Reading one of the dress patterns. The ladies are to be congratulated, because the prizes are all good value. The Best Medicine in the World. "My little girl had dysentery very bad. I thought she would die. Chamberlain's Colic, Choleura and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her, and I can truthfully say that I think it is the best medicine in the world," writes Mrs. William Orvis, Clare, Mich. For sale by all dealers. FORT MADISON NOTES There was baptizing at the A. M. E. church Sunday, Mrs. Carrie' Anderson being a candidate for baptism. Owing to the inclement weather the Willing Workers' club meeting was postponed until next week. Mrs. Elizabeth Paine of Des Moines has returned to her home, after a pleasant visit with her son and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Paine, of West Fourth street. The White Rose club gave an entertainment and program at the Third Baptist church last Thursday evening, which was a great success. Mrs. Jane Young of Davenport is visiting at the home of Mrs. Charles Thomas, 118 Spruce street. Causes of Stomach Troubles. Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor exercise, insufficient mastication of food, constipation, a torpid liver, worry and anxiety, overeating, partaking of food and drink not suited to your needs, and not your habits and take Chamberlain's Tablets and you will soon be well again. For sale by all dealers. CLARINDA, IOWA. Mr. Glen King had the misfortune to run a nail in his foot. Mrs. Lu Ramey has been on the sick list. Daughter Brooks of Des Moines has visited the court of this town on her annual trip. Miss Anna Baker returned from the Sunday school convention at Buxton, she being the vice of the state. Master Russell Moss is spending a few days of his vacation with his sister in Nebraska City. Prof. Powell and Miss Overstreet were guests at Gibe Nowling's home a few days. Rev. Morgan left for Ottawa to reach a funeral. From there he goes to the Sunday school and district conference in Moine. The Morris Wrinkle is visiting rel- Price Five Cents. atives in Mound City, Mo. Our colored mail carrier, W. H. Pemberton, is taking his two weeks' vacation. Mrs. Jessie Carson of Glenwood and Miss Chappell of Red Oak made a short stay in our city Monday. Mrs. Otto Baker is able again to be up. Mrs. R. E. McDonald of Centerville, special S. D. D. of Court of Calantina, instituted a court and installed the court. The time the able time was had by all present. Ceremonies ended at 2:30 with all enjoying a hearty repeat. A Good Investment. W. D. Magli, a well known merchant of Whitmound, Wis., bought a stock of Chamberlain's medicine so as to be able to supply them to his customers. After receiving him he was himself taken sick and says that one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cough Syrup, was worth more to him than the cost of his entire stock of these medicines. For sale by all dealers. QUINCY ILL Mrs. D. A. Hurley or Charakville, Mo. spent the week visiting Mrs. Mayne Harris, her niece, who will accompany her aunt home. Mr. Geo. Marshall, Sr., who was seriously hurt some weeks ago, died Monday afternoon at Jacksonville, Ill. The remains were shipped home for burial. Mrs. Oze Berry spent Sunday in Shelbina, Mo. The Quincy council, No. 83, of the H. P. A., will hold a meeting at the home of Bro. Oze Berry on Thursday night, July 3rd. Rev. T. Price returned Wednesday afternoon from Wilberforce university, where he witnessed the graduation exercises of said university, in which his daughter, Miss Adelaide, completed the normal, domestic science and vocal music courses. Rev. T. Price, Prof. R. A. Roberts and Miss Mettyle Yellie returned from East St. Louis, where they attended Quincy District School symposium of the Illinois annual of the A. M. E. connection. The convention was very good and every member and visitor felt benefited by attending. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Lilly and daughter, Mary, spent Sunday in Monroe City, Mo., with Mr. and Mrs. Doc Jordan. Mr. A. E. Moore is very poorly. Rev. T. L. Smith preached the annual sermon of the U. B. of F's and S M. T's of Shelbina, Mo. on last Sunday. Burke's Cafe 1021 West Broadway A New modern Cafe Everything first class Good Rooms Open at All Hours. C. H. BURKE, Manager. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Screen Doors at Dawson's 6th Ave. A STATEMENT. St Joseph, Mo., July 1, 1918. Mr. V. C. Oliver had an article in a recent issue of a local paper that I think he had reference to me, although he did not mention my name. I wish to inform him that I am not posing as a connoisseur of music or art, but do have meager knowledge of music and I have not attempted to do any solo work since coming to this city, and if I was, would not seek his advice or instructions, owing to his incompetency. If I render a solo I expect criticism from those who are my superior in music and others that are not. I am sorry that the young man is so displeased with me that I will trade which is very important. As I have been in business here since October, 1911, and he has spent less than $1.00 in my store. Permit me to say, Mr. Oliver, if I don't make good in this city the loss will be mine alone. So you continue to carry the tray and spend your money where you please. Since your influence is so minute, I consider your "knock" a boost. (Signed) E. W. Thomson. Druggist, Cor. 10th & Francis Sts. OUR CITY CHURCH SERVICES, Union Congregational church, corner of Tenth and Park streets. Rev. T. M. Brumfield, pastor. Morning services at 10:45. Communion services. Subject "Efectual Cleaning." At this time we are to be favored with a solo by Misa Eva Murrell, a teacher of Pearl High School, Nashville, Tenn. Sunday school at 12 o'clock noon. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Subject "Builders of Heaven." Corinthian Baptist church, corner of Fifteenth and Linden streets. Rev. T. L. Griffith, pastor. Morning services at 10:30. Sunday school at 12 o'clock. B. Y. P. Union at 6:30 p. m. Evening services at 7:30 p. m. Fly traps at Dawson's Hardware, Sixth avenue. ae Towa State Bystander BYETANDER PUB CO, Puolishers. pes wonen 5 =- =__ 19a ON'T HOLD BACK KIND WORDS Wt You Feel Like Speaking Encourag Ingly Be Sure to Act on eacere es How often after « play, & sermon, ‘concert that has stirred us we feel the {mpulse to make known to actor preacher or musician what it has ‘meant to ua! Yet warm glow of the tustant’s tnsplration wanes—like will of water that runs aimlessly to ‘waste tn; desert sands and ts lost. It Is a0 easy to let the word of eo- ‘thuslastic appreciation remain un spoken—perhaps by a trivial accident, ‘such as the absence of pen and ink to servo our inclination. But had we written, had wo sald the word, tt might have been just the life that ‘was needed toward the light and tho alr and life itself for a soul that struggled. ‘We think the eminent men and ‘women 80 strongly poised, 50 inde pendently secure, so braced and fort fied that they need no limping phrase of ours to bring them succor; but tt {s not so, remarks the Philadelphia Ledger. Just because most people do not think—or else think and then forget—the one who gives generous rein to the feeling aroused, in the presence of tho only one who has aroused it, is comfort and » reln- forcement more than Is realized ex ‘cept. by the tired, grateful heart that 1g comforted. “Encouragement,” lt erally means putting a heart in a per ‘on. That {s what the timely letter or spoken words may do. ‘A young man whom fate laid by the heels and compelled to take a pro- ‘tracted rest cure was frankly discour- ‘aged. The busy Iife that eddied and seethed about him seemed to have no ‘use, no place for him. The future was ‘as black as the bottom of a well. He ‘erled out against the destiny that—at the golfen culmination of promise ncemed to have relegated him among the faflures and the unfit. Then there came a friendly, human, sympathts fog letter. It was trom an old man, good man, a man of experience, fit to be an apostle and a philosopher. It reminded him of the fine saying of Henry Vaughan, “I climb when I lle down.” and bade him to be the strong- fr, lke Antacus, for the contact with the earth. It concluded with the ‘prayer that all his dreams with pa lence and waiting might come true. It gave him strongth and the will to proceed, and comforted the chafing, rebellious spirit. He recovered and ‘went back to his work again after the ‘complet restoration to health and bappiness. ‘Any one may leave unsaid the time. ty word. Blessed is that man ot ‘women who says it. ‘The Oldest Bank, It tm thought that the oldest dank {a the world Is the Palatzo San Gior slo, on the Plaza Caricamento, {o Genoa, This institution baa played a prominent rofe in the history of the Italian elty. It was built in the yea 4660 by order of Guglielmo Boccane ra, “captain” of the Republic of Genoa, and, after serving as his ree! ence, was the headquarters. of the famous company and bank of St George. It {s held that our modern system of banking sprang from thie historic ed! fice and that the Socleta delle Com prere di San Giorgio was the first “lim {ted ability company.” The arch tect of the bullding was a monk named Oliviero, Although its architecture bas undergone a number of changes the facade still speaks eloquently of the thirteenth century. Its, arcade: ‘with pointed arches nnd its windows formed of little columns are exceed: ingly attrastive—Harper's Weekly. eee oe ae tee eee Miss Emery had given little Tim a simple problem in addition that be failed to work out. “Numbers are dry,’ ‘he reasoned with herself, and deter mined to make the lesson more inter eating. “Suppose,” she began, engagingly “your mamma sent you to the store tc buy three pounds of lamb, two pounds of potatoes, half a pound of each o! carrots and turnips, and one pound o tomatocs—what would you have then?” ‘Tim shook bis bead, but Marybell only ® year older, raised an eager band” “Well, Marybell?” eaid the teacher, with a sorrowful glance at little Tim “Stew!” sald Marybell, sweetly.— ‘Youth's Companion. eet “I want to be procrastinated at de nex’ corner,” said Erastus Pinkly. "You want to be what?” demanded the conductor. ‘Don’ lose your temper. I had to Jook' in de dictionary myse't befo'. 1 foun’ out dat. ‘procrastinate’ means Spat of” Practical Joker. “1 nee the critics spoke untavorably of your play.” “Yes;" replied My. Peowlggle. “One ‘of py greatest pleasures In writing is tempting those critics to come out and Aisplay thelr ignorance.” ‘Amusement. “You get a good deal of amusement ‘eut of your new canoe, T suppose?” “Well, my wife does.” “But she never rides fn st." “No. She says it's aater and funnier to watch me from the ahore,” =. Too Suggestive, “You ‘know it ts rather = delicate saatter to ask an meronaut to take a ‘4rink with one.” “Why #0?" “Because. he might resent. beng asked {f Re wouldn't like to take « ‘rop.” ‘hose. Reda: cae fxomenie toot Is 0 “new trouble, I abe.” "Greene: “I thought tt was the auto. mobile ‘shoe which gave’ the mor! a Document Shows a Deplorable Condition. Situation Has ‘Improved Since the Operators Have Learned to Close the Walls, but the Waste fa ‘Still. Immense in Places. Washington—The history of the natural gas induatry of the United States 1s an appalling record of in: eredible waste, according to Ralph ‘Arnold and Frederick G. Clapp, ai- thors of technical paper 38 of the United States bureau of mines on the subject, “Wastes In the Production and Uiillzation of Natural Gas and Means of Their Prevention.” In -this technical paper, which has just been {ssued by the bureau, are the follow- {ng statements from the authors: “There was evidently no great waste of gas in this country before 1873, as no large gas fields had been Alscovered, although gas was always wasted in oll production. In 1878 8 wel of great volume and pressure was struck at Murrayaville, Pa, 20 miles east of Pittsburgh, and the gas from this well was allowed to flow to waste for three years, with no effort to check it. Up to this time the be Mef that natural gas was inexhaust- tble seemed to be universal, just as in Inter years a simflar opinion pre- vailed regarding the forests, coal and many minerals, and hence {t_was not until 15 or 20 year after the first utilization of gas that the pronounced decline of production caused the troth to dawn upon producers and consum- ers—that the supply was indeed lim- fed, “The waste of natural gas has Grawn the attention of the entire country, and because the waste threatens the life of gas flelds it has prevented many Investors from bulld- Ing plants in the various fields, there- by depriving the localities "of tn- ereased population and wealth. In ‘considering the question of waste {t must be understood that the geologic occurrence of the gas In the sand- atone, sand or limestone reservoira 4s auch that the flow of gas from one well causes a decrease in the flow of others and a reduction of the supply throughout the entire field. “Instances are common where care- lessness and indifference in drilling have resulted In wastd of gas from formations. penetrated above the regu- lar sand, “Im other instances, {f the forma: tions are loose, the gas sand fairly shallow, the pressure great, and the proper precautions are not taken fn setting the casing, the gas may escape around the casing, loosening the ground rapidly, and. ultimately gain- ing suffclent volume and pressure to blow the casing from the well. Such ‘plow-outs’ have happened a number of times fn the Texas and Caddo fields, They are likely to occur fn the first wells drilled in any field before the conditions attending the gas pockets are generally known. Some ‘excuse may exist for the occurrence ‘of one such ‘blow-out’ in a new fteld, before the presence of the high-pres ‘sure gas pocket 1s known, but there fe ugually ttle reason for a second or a subsequent ‘blow-out’ In » field, Decause precautions can be taken to Drevent ft. “Waste in drilling 1s not so great as formerly, because at the present thine drillers have usually every facility at hand to close a well as soon as com: pleted. By proper preparation moat wells can be packed, tubed and shut tn within two hours. ‘According to the conservation commission of Loulst- ‘ana, the wasté from the two prineipal ‘wild’ wells in Loulsiana had its be ginning more from a lack of knowl: edge of what precautions would be effective that from negligence or in: @iference. The waste from the first big gas well encountered fn drilling for oll in the Buena Vista bills ‘eld of California was due'to the unexpect. edness of the great flow and to local tnexperience in handling such pres sures. ‘This well was controlled only after a Texas operator had been en: gaged to do the work. “The most notorious waste at pres. ent is in Oklahoma, Louisiana and California. The commission on the conservation of the natural resources fn Loulsiana, after an exhaustive ox. amination of- the situation in the Caddo field, found that the waste ap- proximated” 75,000,000 cuble feet per 24 hours, an amount equal to 20 times what the city of Shreveport uses now in the same space of time, and equal to onetwentieth of the amount con- sumed by the entire United States. “ft also found that the value of the gas wasted from a single ‘wild’ well 4n that state was In excess of $2,000 DOUBLE BARRELED, Carter Glass, representative in con- gress from the sixth district of Vir ginia, had his picture taken tn his of. fice not long ago. While the photog. rapher was arranging his camera Mr. Glass remarked that he hoped the pleture wouldn't flatter bim too much, “L had some taken once,” he sald. “to give to my friends. One I gave to ‘a neighbor down in Lynchburg, who placed it on the mantelplece in the parlor. “Not long. after it had been placed there, Aunt Hannah, an old colored woman, who had known me sliite I ‘was a boy, was called in to help with the housecleaning. She was working away in the parlor when the mis- Different. ‘The dominie had said grace, when ‘the fouryearold daughter of the host. ess, who sat opopsite the minister, looked up and said: ‘That's not the kind of grace my pape aye” “No?” sweetly asked the minister, “and what kind of grace does your paps say?” * Why," safd the little one, “he came home late last night, and when he at down to the table he fust said; ‘Good heavens! What a supper!” ‘tress of the house came iu to see how the work was progressing. “Aunt Hannah, resting on her broom, pointed toward the pleture on the mantel and asked: “"Misgy, who am de gemman in ds Dhotograt?’ “The Indy replied that it was Mr. Olas. ‘Does ye mean Maree ‘Ca'tah Gixss? inquired the old woman. ‘“"Yes, of course,’ replied her mie tress, “Well, fo' de lan’ sako!” exclaimed Aunt Hannah. ‘Ah guess Ah never seen dat side ob his face befo'’" Dy this time the camera man had his: apparatus arranged and the ple tures were quickly made. When the finished product came to the office ‘Mr. Glass glanced at them hastily and hurried down the hall to show them to. his colleague, Representative Jones. Mr. Jones looked them over carefully, but passed no comment. “What's the matter? Don't you Uke them?" inqutred Glass, “Why, yes, like them,” replied Jones, “but who sat for them?” HOME LIFE OF CONGRESSMEN. In Congress Hall hotel, located wear the Capitol building, elgtty congress- men are domiciled. They are of all Parties and bellefs, but on Sunday evening the neighborly spirit of all men of all climes 1s manifested. The program follows no order, and {a Iim- {ted to no special number of “art- sts." There te no lack of volunteers. however, and the plano 1s kept going with song and music. . Congressman Falconer of Washington walks brave- ly to the plano and sings, followed by other colleagues, and down through the corridor ring the volces of the eople’s representatives In Sunday evening song. There {s hearty and enttiuslastic applause, and little groups gather all about the lobby, having a good old-fashioned time. Later in the evening the singing naturally drifts to the old-time songs there Is e hush, the chairs cease rock- ing, and the conversation eoftens as the old heart songs are sung, awak- ening memories of the folks at home —tor there are congressmen who get homesick in spite of an attractive sal- ary and the honor of serving the gov- ernment under the Capitol dome. The heartfulness of the home life of the American people as Indicated in there ‘gatherings of congressmen is one nf the most fascinating and. charming aspects of American democracy —Na- tional Magazine. CAPITAL'S PURCHASING BUREAU By the establishment of a com- muna) warehouse and the creation of fa bureau which will supervise the pur- chase of all supplies, the local gov- ernment of the District of Columbia expects not only to save thousands of dollars annuully in the operation fof the capital, but to point a way for other cities to improve their systeins. A special committeo has been at work for some time past mapping out the plans. ‘The main advantages that will sc- erue, the committee belleves, will be the prevention of “leaks” In the ac- quisition of supplies through a co- ordination of the various purchasing offices. Equipped with a central. warehouse, ‘advantage also could be taken ‘of prices when the market 1s low. An- ‘other function of the bureau will be {ts supervision of property acquired, and it will be given full authority to demand an accounting from employes for the condition of municipal prop- erty. Inquiry Into the proposed reform was made by Alonzo Tweedale, audl- tor pf the district; W. A. McFarland, superintendent of the water depart: ment, and M. C. Hargrove, purchasing officer. ‘The district commissioners have authorized the adoption of the plan. CROP PRICES LOWER. Producers in the United States were recelving for their staple crops 28 per cent less on June 1 than at the same time last year, 5.1 per cent. ess than In 1911, and 92 less than in 1910. The average price for corn fon June 1 was 69.6 cents, against 825 Yast year; for wheat, 82.7, against 102.8; for oats 36, against 55.3; for barley, 52.7, against 91.1; for rye, 64.1, against 86.1, and for potatoes 55.2, against 119.7. Prices pald for meat animals on May 18, according to the department of agriculture, averaged about 10.7 per cent. higher than at the same time last year, 27.7 Digher than two years ago; but 4 per cent. lower than in 1910. ‘The average price for hogs per 100 pounds on May 15 was $7.45, against $6.79 last year: for beof cattle $6.01, against $5.36; for veal calves, $7.17, against $6.23; for sheep $4.91, against $4.74, and for lambs $6.66, agalnst $6.16. Wasted Telephone Talk. ‘Those who bave'inade a:close. cateu: lation declare that from one-quarter tc onehalf a minute 19 wasted by the fverage telephone user dust in gettiog under way in talking. he necessary talk on the average could be condensed to one minute, ‘The “goodbys” and the "don't forgets” that exceed in time just the ssSing of these: words once consume another full minute. Thit Aivides the average coll Into three parts, only one of which is) indie ‘pensable. Cases are know where wom- fen subscribers call up a regular clrcle of frlends every morning Just for a chat. They have nothing important to fay, But treat the matter as if thoy hhad met thelr acquaintance or: friend con the street aiid had atopbed to “pass the tlme of day.” wenn Perplexing: Question. “7 seo" sald the Idler, “that Mr. Wilson hab dropped tke name of Thomas." “Ym not bothered about that,” said the worried oficeholder. "What other names 1s he golng to drop?” Will Bettie Them, 1 wonder!" “"What do you wonder?” “What ‘will bappen ifthe wireless syeigm evor (gts Into prytleal poll tiea.”” HOUSTON SAYS RURAL SCHOOLS INcFFICIENT MRS. MENNINGER TEACHES THE BIBLE BY MAIL HOW YOUNG MILLIONAIRE PROVED HIS WORTH GAVE UP HER TITLE FOR LOVE OF LIEUTENANT “The most neglected and the most tmefMclent of all American Institutions today ts the rural reboot sald Dae | tid Pranks Dy, | ticuston, secre. Soe tary of agricul. i at ture, when asked 4 tho ofter ay. to BY | atk on tno mont me Urgent problem aS faced In the work ili of Improving coun- " tty life conditions, RM] cf making lite A MM) ore attractive in Me sic iene {producing the ma: jpromenins: the Sk; 3 “Our boys and girls of the country,” ‘sald Secretary Houston, “are not given 8 square desl,.20 far as thelr educe ton fi concertied, and there ts ttle wosder that they’ are flocking’ to the cities, Most peopic will admit that ‘country boys and girls should have ‘an opportunity for as good an edu cation as the city boys and girls re colve, but we kaow that they are not setting It from the rural school. “A glance at a few figures will show why the children of the country are not getting fair treatment. In the whole United States there is a report ed expenditure of more than $440,000, 000 & year, tor school purposes, with aan Investment in school property of $4,220,000.000 and an enrollment. of approximately 18,000,000 pugits. These ‘Agures are Inspiring when va are boasting of the greatness of ths Amer Jean public school, but our enthusiasm drops suddenly when we, consider ‘what sharo of the expenditure gues tc rural education, “The enrollment of the rural schcols 1s more thax 65 per cont, of tha to tal enrollment, but the annuél. cs. Dendlture for rural echools is less tan 40 per cent. of the total, and the to. ‘Topeka, Kan., is to be the home of an unigue religious Institution, “Mra Menainger's Bible yj Class.” ‘That's the egy | isle and tho clase CF OD) |: icown amos Fe] Bivicstudents, i throughout the| | PART | woria’ and there! S Aq] | are students row, Ka | taking the coure- RP” | os in cities trom See? | Oaiiand, Cal, to ar Battlo Creek, eee Mich, and there| SR ee cee | IRSR ANS! dente to practical- NS ee cty tate of | cy] Class,” That's the a title and the class CD) is known among _ Biblestudents IZ throughout the | BAST | word and there NR Zoe] | are stodents cow MSE) | taxing the cours wa es in cltles from Stee? | Oakland, Cal, to ar Battlo Creek, eas Mich, and there TAG) Pave Deen stu: | STASRRRE) dente ta practical- SS iy every stato of the Union ‘The course of study requires 120 lessons, covering a period of four years, and the eighth graduating class hold its commencement exerolses in Topeka recently. There were 100 graduates this year, the’ largest num: ber having qver recelved diplomas ‘The courso of study covers the on tire Olt and New Testament, divided into four parts, each a year's work with 30 lessons each. ‘They ato grouped as follows: Genesis to Kings, patridrehal; ; Kings to Malachi, brophets; Gospels, lite of Christ; Epistles, or life of Paul. ‘Three women who do not live tn Topeka wero there to graduate: Mra Nelia Gregg of Harrisburg, Il; Mra ©; 8. Johnston of Hutchinson and Mr, Clara Hoaglin of Manhattan. ‘The lat. ter two formerly lived in Topeka and were members there of Mra. Mennin- Papa Longyear of Boston is satis: teas te wanted all bie children to Bd able Wo ears ie ea ats i | sreite the, mens Pe | millions he had| = Eee oe aed PE ot tuance, They | Sg | tere at ance! ay | cot one Tete > Longyear, Jr. has wy pg {he parental ete ere it Mee ae sn ae aA a — no fear for the their own living DS | ceepite the many -. millions he had EB] ited up in mining We | 2a theta PME ot oance, They Sg | tere at nce Ye oy | good and John _ Longyear, 3r., has & so far followed ™ the parental edict that even hie wite : can do the same and ‘poverty’ has no fear. for the two. ‘Mise Bllzabeth Barret, the daughter of an electrical contracior at Hough fon, Mich, is the Immediate cause of the Longyear happiness Papa Lovgyeat has four cfildres ‘Tureo of them are girls and all have been taught some useful occupation. Bren the youngest has cultivated her elon “aud Kae Gb 'the kidd that 4s Romantic Archduchess Eleonore of Austria gave up her ttle to. marry naval. Meuten ant si Her father, the PMR | Aschduxe Charies FA sien ecco FB cousin of tho om- Fy eaad | vero, baw Lieut, CF PF | von Ginsu ee 7 | tienes to the Sete | commana ot bis | pect On ‘boara a he met the Arch- | acon Eleonore and. they tel | BF ie ‘iova sitsoege i in: love, although i Pcane ref Se we, ant, g Her father, the | BPR) cee ces FP MB| Stepten, second FW coun ot tho owe Demy | yom bee ee CF | von Ginsu | Ned 7 | stenca to the \ ae command of bis us yacht. On board a he met the Arcb- | Gichess Bleonore | and. they. tell | BF) i tove, artnoag " there fs no strict- er court tn the world as regards mat. ‘ters of rank. é But Buipetor Frans, Joust ls a sot er pian IH at Ease, tuat 1ndy'eustomer seeme ombar ranted” anld the young foorwalker. all one of the gi clerks to walt on hers" directed the Bead of the Arn, “She elther ‘wants hose supporters or earlier You Know the Kind, | swombat aaye Ms wife is more or lone of an invalid" "yen; ono ofthe kind that can are ly mater up strength en00h to 40 ta the matinee.” vestment tn rural school property te lose than 33 per cent, On a clty child there {san average expenditure for education of $83 a year, but in the rural commialty the amount spent ‘each year Is only $18 for each scholar. ‘Averages do not tell the whole story ‘of the noglect of the country cblld, for the clty the amount of money appro: priated is spent under much more fa: vorable conditions, with leas wast ‘and Increased efficiency. * “AIL persons) who bave the slight: est acquaintance with the average ‘country school knows the result of the Inadequate financial svepeet and tho general neglect of these tnatitutlons. ‘The teachers are poorly paws, and usu: ally inexperienced and badly. train: ed. There is a lack -of supervision from top to bottom; equipment 18 al most always inndequate; surroundings are often {neanitary and work In the school is lacking in efficiency and {s usually unsuited to the life of the community. Frequently there is the baneful Iufluence of polities. Schoo! teachers’ salaries in rural sections range from $200 to-$400, and in the cities trbm $500 to $1,800 to $2,000 or more. Rural school teachers get less than street laborers In citles, and In ‘one place the superintendent reports that the pay Is less than the average earnings of convicts, “We cannot hope to better cbndi- tions in rural education until teach: ors are pald a living wage, oud until more money 1s “put Into efuipment. Little ean be expected from rntrained, poorly patd girls, or men eitRer, work: ing with hittle or no supervision or as alstance, without proper facllities, hav- ing many ‘cooitations from ruplle of wiucly different ages each day during fa few montis of the year. ‘Tae prob lems of @ cevntry school teacher are many. I knoe, for I served #9 the head of a typ\al oneteacher échool euan 1 Wer sauteiren youth OU” ger's classes. Mrs, Gregg was a stu dent in Mrs, Menninger’s Bible classes for two summers at Winona, Ind,, at the Chautauqua. She organized” class at Harrisburg, her home, ard now has 94 students there. | Miss Edna Beedle and Miss Mamie Chand: ler of Bazaar, Ken, who were taking the work, but di¢ not graduate thr year, were ot the commencement as visitors. Almost four hundred women and girls have been taking the Bible study work this your. There were 91 in the Tuesday classes for mar ried women; 131 in the Y. MC. A classes and 19 la the Sunday, or hhigh school, class, ‘Then there are classes in Laramie, Wyo.; Spokane, Wash.; Clay Center and Cottonwood Falla, Kan. There are persons also taking the work in Oakland, Cal.; Portland, Ore.; Battle Creek, Mich; Bl Paso, Tex.; Kirkwood, Mo.; Sherl dan, Wyo.; Chicago, Santa Paula, Cal, ‘and many Kansas.’ towns, including Hutchinson, Manhattan, Ottawa, Cot tonwood Fails and Bazaar, Fifteen yeara ago Mrs. Menninger began teaching the Bible, first in the ‘Sunday school of the First Presbyte: rlan church, but ber success was such that there was not suffleient time to ‘carry on the work in the school, so she arranged a special fouryear course of study for week-day classes, and In addition has the normal tratning work for the Presbyterian Sunday school She has graduated elght different classes which have completed the fouryear course, worth “so niuch per” on the stage. She even tried {t and that 1s proof enough being as she drew a nice littl pay envelope each week. But to get back to Joho, Jr. He went out to Houghton to the copper mills, attended the mining school, ran ‘a boarding house and a motor car to earn his way and then struck the mine boss for a job. ‘They made him an efficiency bose “What's that?” he asked the boss. "Go take a pick and get down Into the dirt and show the other miners cw to ype their tools,” said the boss Johnny shouldered bis pick and went at the Job. He made good. ‘Then he married Miss Barrett, who ‘was not cdusidered In the running tor the Longyear millions because ahe ‘was poor. They are off on a Goney. moon, and the old man is going to welcome his yon and bis bride when they come home this summer “They're all married and self-eup porting,” sald the old man, “and 1 guess.1 ought to be happy.” bearted ruler, and when he learned of the attachment of the two young per- sons he promptly gave his consent to their unton, stipulating, however, that the archduchess gives up her rank and become simple Frau von Kloss. While the handsome archduchess has lost ber right of precedence at court, she has not chosen poverty as her lot, for upon-hef wedding day she came into a great fortune, and she and her Heutenant-husband ought to have many causes for happiness If thelr ro- mance continues, Yon Kloss: is the son of a poor harbormaster at Trieste ~ Ite Definition. “What does this here notice mean by “abutting premises?’ : 'L guess It means premises where they keep a goat.” Restaurant Lite. “I never know what to order. 1 get Ured of staring at the bill of fare day after day.” “I have @ system: I start at the top on Monday, and by Saturday 1 have worked through the bill.” Not 80 Exclusive, “T understand that Mr. Highbrow is very exclusive.” "He Isn't absolutely exclusive, He associates with other people occasion: ener HOW ANIMALS. DIE Guns and Weather Responsible for Most Deaths. < To the Wild Things of the Country: ‘side & Bitter Cold Spell Makes ‘All the Difference Between Life aad’ Death. What ditterence a epell of cold biting weather makes in the country side!” To the wild thinge of wood and garden and hedgerow it may make all the difterence between life and death. Especially to the birds which, de prived of the natural yield of ‘the land, aro kept, as {t wero, stretched pon the relentless edge of hunger. tunwarmed withta, attacked trom with out by tho biting cold. ‘Thus do we come upon strange fockings, upon crowds of small birds fof all Kinds attracted pathetically te fome spot which has in the pest of fered ‘an easy met). Last winter. a writer in the London Pall-Mall Ga fette says, tho farmer threw down & Toad of damp barley chat, “cavings,” i the countryman call t, in the home meadows. The best of the stuft— there never was much good in {t—was picked out tong since, yet the birds are back here working (and fighting) with desperate energy. They-are bold too, as they never’ were in fairer Umes, and the farmer's son bas only to walk carefully up behind the elm. real his gun on the fence and empty It into the feathered mass to secure 3 inixed bag of thirty or #0. Sparrows predom{nate: there are starlings, bull: finches. 9 robin perhaps, but never a wily biaekbird or thrush. And, eu ously enough—grim triumph of hun genover fear—within a quarter of an hour, the whole lot are back again upon the chat. it fe the farmer's opportunity, Go out Into the flelds and you will pat up the tame focks from the fallow—and you will fre right into them, killing any number from three to a baker's ‘dozen. So thick are they, #0 near do they let you approach that you need only alm to kill. Go to the oat stacks where they were thrashing not so long ‘go, and you will find the same clue |tering wealth of bird life—here a few | missel thrushes and maybe a covey Jot partridges, Tt is warm at cast among the stacks. ‘That gathering into focks, that fatal boldness of hunger and its penalty, fn tensity as the days go by and the frost folds.” Hut presently’ there comes an: [ether evidence of the inevitable work of nature~when, going afer break fast Into the Keen morning alt, you find a redbreast lying on his back sti ‘and utterly cold beneath the portu fuere laurel. Further afleld you find Similar indications of a pervading win try death, Here in the shrubbery, 2 couple of blackbirds on the ground among the dry, eriakly Teaves, there a thin, wasted thrush under the holly bush wherein he sang and roosted, and maybe you find—as I did once—s bluotit hanging head downward. One curious thing 1 have noticed [during the days of hunger and frost The tongs of robin, Diackbird and thrush seem louder, fuller, far wore cheerful and-brilliant than in easier times. It is astif the natural singers were determmed to suffocate care and pain in the glory of uplifting thelr rolees, But the birds are not the only sut |terera thin cold weather. All day long the guns have been speaking intermalt tently out there on the hillside where the rabbite live, It fe (deal ferroting weather. Your English farmer loves an oecasicaal day's sport. and 80 he foes out uow with bie old hammer Tock, and his two sons bring out thelr | ge new hammerless 12 bores and the spades and the line and the brace of white ferrets. No banging about on uch a stil, cold morning. ‘The rab [bite fump out of the holes Iike race [horses off the mark, and instead o |fauating, or dodeing "bach make [aver ul ened tothe node! cov er. And this Is how the old bucks |and the appallingly prolife does hich defied all attempta at a sho! | back in the summer, mest thelr end Only ferret and shot on a frosty morn j{ng will alspose of them. 80 whol | burrows—whole rabbit townships, yoi may. say—are depopulated at. this |lime, "Tod cannot blame the farmer, | After frost, mow, and then the tragedies of darkness are revented— | revealed io. the snow ftselt. A. fo | eame by in the night and found the | partridge bewildered. Further on s blood stain and a shred ot rabbit's under fluff, deep claw marks in the virgin white, tell of some animals tprjog—not a fox's work, this, but s | cat's. Bitter Creck Nuptlals. Divinity Dan (who bas misiatd bie wedding ritual and is trying bis best to rememebr the words)—1 hey be- fore me Bad Jake of Bitter Creek an’ Snapshot Sue, whom I intends to fine together in the holy bonds of matter- mony.- Ef any men present knows of any good reasou why this here couple shouldn't marry—don't draw your sun, Jake!—let him—er—um—put up, or shet up; an’ ‘ Re pats up, i's purty near a cinch that hell forever hold bis peace!”—Puck, Teo Dislointed. "Miss Carrie, you must have no. tleed—that ts, ve been hoping—t know Tm not’ half good enough for you, but—the tact 18, Carrle, I—tye been wanting to tell you—for ever 80 long—that I—that 1" "0, Percival, can't you pull youraelt together better than that!” ‘Chance to Shine. ‘Why ts she #0 anxious to march fn tho suffrage parade?” “she hoard about thoye 40-cent hats." “What of themt* “Why, her $16 contection ought to look dazrling by contrast.” Contradictory Polley. | “This man wants to expand bis bust- ‘ness, docs he not?” “Yen” 3 And yet to doit he calla ina bev tem atan.: bi One Grain Is Made to Bear Thirty Thousand in Year, It Ie an Old Chinese Method—Pian Has Been Adopted In France and Hae Tripled the Yield in ‘Genie Béttions. Great interest t taken in France Just now in a now methed by cage the steld of erope per acro ls cuore ously inereased,” Im-one teat cone thy ylold of wheat has boon three tinge above that grown fn similar sol ig the same nolghborhood ‘The remarkable value of the methot 4s Indicated by the statement that has made twenty grains of wheat rr, 4uce 706,000 jn one year. ‘Tho method conalste’ In prepariog seed beds in widely spaced’ tines of very mellow land, then at the en of two months dividing the tufts spring {ng from each grain, replanting each of these rooted shoots thus detached, fand nally in hoelng and earthing op these new plants many times In tuck manner a8 to provoke at all tho points brought Into tnilmate contact with the earth the growth of numerous advent tlous ehoots, each of which bears a4 oar. ‘The system {a not really new, but ¢ very ancient one. used fmmemorlay bby the Chinese, and to ft ls duo the enormous yield of thelr felds, wbich have been treated like gardens ‘While our farmers throw lroadcat handfuls of grain on the barrowed earth, offering rich pasturage to piag ing birds and rodents, the Chisamay, after furrowing the eart with hls wood en plowshare without turning it cram bles each Tnmp in his hands til ti Uke the powder. This done, at pant {ng time he walks slowly down each furrow, carrying a grain dri, wbich 4s a marvel of Ingenious simplicity. Pleture to yourself wo. pointed plowshares about 20 Inches apart and connected by a transverie bar sup porting a hopper filled. with rain, from which issue two slender bamteo tubes designed to conduct the grain so that each will drop in the wake of one of the shares. -The diameter of each tube fs just great enough to allow the passage of one grain at a time with fut letting ft drop until It receives tho impulse of a slight sliock given by menna of the handles which complete the apparatus. ‘The sower pushes the Arlll in frost of him, inclining tt now to the rght and now to the lettin auch a way that each Inclination causes the letue oft single seed, which is instantly prested ‘under by the track of one foot or tbe ‘other. Each grain fa thos planted al Alstance of 16 to 20 Inches from it neighbors in every direction, [At the end of a few weoks germita: ton begins. “When the young lant {s ten or twelve inches in height there are a score of stalks about its stem, each provided with a fringe of Tot lets. "The farmer ‘covers each wih Toose earth by means of careful bor ng, thus raising the level of the for row. All are the indirect Sasue of & aingle grain, which proves, therefore to have been the parent of 300 to 40 stalks, each bearing an ear. ‘Transferring this method to expert mental felds and perfecting ft, It has been found possible to separate trom the stem each of the primitive sale lete with ite own roots, transplant it fand then treat In thé same way etch of the new plants thus formed. An Algerian French farmer, Mr. BourdiotHumbert, has deen plato, wheat and onts In the same felis fo five yeara without the application of menure. He makes his furrows 36 Inches apart and plants the sels therein at a distance of 20 inches trom each other. Then be harros. the earth constantly, stirring the soll de stroying its parasites and Keeping t Tulverized, For five years, withat fertilizing, without distribution of crops and without rotation, he Dis ‘harvested an average yleld of 1.800 pounds of oats per acre and 1,600 of ‘wheat, while bis neighbor's yield mat ‘& scant 830 pounds of oats and 500 of Shae, Equal to All Occasions. ‘The Harl of Morley, on bis returs from Jamnalca, remained a while it New York, and at a dinner there 2 told, apropos of nelf-confidence, ast ‘about a young English statesman. “This youth,” Lord Morley sald “ought to get on. He works bard and nothing ever fazes him. A “'He wanted recently to push 2 bil that hind little support from his ow party. A friend, however, sald to bit fn a warning volce: “put, suppose, my doy, this bill shonld cause your party to throw you overboard?” "Well, In that ease, old chap’ he plied, ‘I'm quite sure I'd have strength enough to swim across to the othe aide." Some Hieser, All Right Critle—The heroine of your stort old man, 18 simply wonderful. ‘Author (delighted)—You think #0? Gritie--Yes. You say on page te? ‘that she hissed ‘You are a lar!’ and fany woman who can hies such # #8 tence as that can't help being wonde fal, Way it Works, “He drinks excessively.” “Still I propose to share bis joys and. sorrows.” “With ‘these convivial, chaps, SY dear, a wife only ote a chance 12 Gare. the sorrows. She can't Jela ie Syuen he's out with the bore ee aaa eae y “What's a good name for ® 1” fonable apartment-house?” Gi “King’s Court, That's a t7PF name.” “| belleve I'l eall it ‘Divorce Coury’ T want to get tho very smartest 77 ple as tenante.” genic lala Experienced. ‘Bmployer—Do you know the ules of an office boy? ‘Otice Boy—Yes, sir; wake up {2s bookkeeper when 'I hear the best ‘coming. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Negro chauffeurs no longer are permitted within the petrol-flavored precincts of many of the best garages of New York and each day sees accessions to the list of these auto-storage places where the brother in black is not wanted. The chauffeur may be only a quadron, an octoon door, but standing firmly by the adage "nigger is a nigger even if you white-wash him" the garage proprietors refuse sanctuary to the machine he drives. Whether the white chauffeurs are bored together in league against the black is not clear, but certain it is that garage proprietors are daily inviting auto owners with Negro chauffeurs to store their machines elsewhere. "If I keep your machine," one auto-owner was informed, "I will lose six or eight now stored here. It's a business matter with me." Really things are coming to a pretty pass here in the north. New York city's Negro population is growing steadily, and as fast as' he is driven from one occupation the black is entering those fields which, either because they are new or because hitherto they have been occupied entirely by whites, have not yet been closed to him. From the building trades they have been occupied but excluded. The chaufeur is a development of the past ten years and it is only lately that he has become a factor. Office work thus far is limited to office boy and messenger service, but if this thing keeps up he will develop into a bookkeeper, office manager or corporation director, while his sister will be seeking employment as a hello girl or stenographer. But the sense of justice so strongly characteristic of the white brother in this neck of the woods will soon see to it that the prince of the prince is making doing any position on the white man does not need, provided the Negro understands that the white man is entitled to every available job in every line of work. The south-handies its problems in its own way and there the "downtrodden" black seems really contented with the fact that no protest ever is made that he is invading the white man's fields. He keeps to his own, but the southern white man has arranged matters so that there is work for every Negro who will work. The Negro has a large field of fields, fields, and occupations of many kinds are open to him, while the fact that socially and otherwise he is kept apart has developed a large and growing field of financial and commercial endeavor in which the better minds and hands find profitable employment. The Negro banker, real estate operator, retailer, lawyer, physician, dentist and publisher are found in every southern town, and a Negro board of trade can usually be found doing its promotion of community interests. But then, everybody knows that the south mistreats its Negroes while the north calls him "mister" and sympathizes—New York Commercial. Aunt Letty Garner, colored, 106 years, three months and 16 days old, whose friends claim she was the old woman in Dauphin county, died at Harrisburg, Pa., at the city almshouse. She came to Harrisburg in 1863, after she was liberated from a plantation in Virginia. Her friends were able to tell her exact age, as the master of the plantation on which she worked kept a record of all births among his slaves. The new Y. M. C. A. building for negroes at Chicago was formally dedicated a few days ago. Preceding the program at the building there was a parade in which marched the Eighth infantry, Illinois National guard; Knights Templar of Illinois and jurisdiction; Twelfth regiment of parris of the Illinois National Guard; some orders; Great Lakes lodges 404, 13, R. P. O. E of the W; and the United Brothers of Friendship. The building is the finest structure for that patronage in the world, made possible through considerable local benefactions, and is considered by negro leaders the most important event in the local history of their race. To clean cotton gowns, make a solution of soap and wash them in the usual way; but, as greens or reds may run, add a little lemon juice or vinegar or oil of vitriol to the rinsing water. Richard Lorenz, a member of the German consulate in St. Paul, Minn., has received the golden cross in token of his elevation to membership in the Knights of the Order of the Prussian Crown. The earliest attempt at sewing by machinery of which there is any authentic record was in 1775, in which a machine was patented in England by Charles F. Wesenthal. Germany exported 6,000,000 tons of iron and steel last year, as compared to 5,400,000 tons in 1911 and 4,800,000 tons in 1910. Curved metal shields, to be strapped to the head to train eyebrows into graceful curves, are the invention of an illinois woman. Metallurgists, steel makers and rail users of the world are recognizing that the original seat of the defects which result in broken rails is the ingot. A German city collects its garbage, treats it by a drying process and mixes it with molasses to form a food for cattle. A rubber complexion brush has been mounted on one side of a shaving brush to the lather after it has been applied. Lattevi Aijal, a young African prince, is now in Booker Washington's school at Tuskegee. Aijal is the lineal heir to a kingdom as large as Texas, with a population of more than three million blacks; he came to this country to study agriculture. In the Journal of American Folkore, Dr. John A. Lomax describes a meeting with this African man when graduated, with a Texas negro girl to whom he is now engaged: "He came into my room quietly and stood with some embarrassment before me, as erect as a soldier, while I questioned him. Although plainly at case, his dignity was impressive. His eyes met my look squarely, and he gave my questions prompt, thoughtful answers. He had not learned to dissemble any more than has a wild captive. Aijal's grandfather is an apprentice of the Yoruba people who live north of the Gulf of Guinea, in West Central Africa. John Thomas Blackwell, aged eighty-seven years, a feeble-minded colored man, applied at the Suffolk (Va.) police station last night for lodging. He had funds, but desired, he said, to be in a safe place. Blackwell has just returned from Richmond, where he enlisted the sympathy and aid of the capital city newspapers in for his father, from whom he was sequestered for a year. He was owned in slavery days by Dr. Stevenson, of Winchester. He and his brother, in 1855, were sold for $500 each to Baltimore speculators. John L. Blackwell was sold to persons in New Orleans for $750, and twice more was sold, bringing $1,000 and $1,800. He has spent much time and money seeking the brother from whom he was torn 68 years ago. The papers he kept in his pocket were of the brother. Blackwell has never worn a pair of shoes in his life. His footwear consists of sandals, which he makes himself. A generation and a half of freedom may not have taught the colored man all of the white man's virtues, but there were few negroes a generation ago who owned homes or horses, who could read and write, who had any thought beyond the crude comfort of the white man's ideals of the time immediately following emancipation and enfranchisement have faded for the rural colored man, but he is slowly acquiring a new racial outlook and a new self-respect. A negro farmer died recently in a rich wheat growing region of northern Delaware leaving a fortune of $20,000 in his estate. Children to whom he gave a fair education and notions of thrift and a reputation among his white neighbors of being absolutely honest and as respectable as any man of any color. Establishment of a negro university in the north was the principal consideration of the New England Baptist convention in session at Washington. The convention went over the question of the proposed institution and voted $10,000 toward its endowment fund. The convention also issued an address to the country decriing the existence of race prejudice. If your broom becomes shorter on one side than the other, as it's sure to do, dip it in hot water and trim it down quite evenly with sharp shears. The result will be a broom as serviceable as a new one. Newfoundland is now regarded as one of the most promising future sources of supply of petroleum within the British empire. There are oil indications for two hundred miles along the west coast. The conceived woman has silence for the foolish words of a coward. That humanity can so descend makes her responsible in a vague way for all its wrongs. Cleanliness and speed are the virtues claimed for a Pennsylvania inventor's hand-operated machine for placing paper caps in milk bottles. South African railways are experimenting with mechanical stokers for use on locomotives. To bore the deepest hole in the world, an opening in Silesia 7,350 feet deep, cost more than $10 a foot. Sometimes knocking a vase off a table will raise a row. Be sure the brio-brace is solidly in place before you step on the cat. The first bale of cotton goes to the gambling house and is then sold for charity. It's just as well that some left hands don't know what the right hands do. A Californiaian has designed a fireplace that sends out its heat in all directions, the chimney being supported above the grate by steel columns. With portable wireless apparatus the Swedish army has established communication over distances of 110 miles by day and for 360 miles at night. One of the important functions of the government in Germany is the issuing permits to hunters. The revenue thus obtained is about $1,500,000 annually. The world's sugar crop for this year is estimated in excess of 18,055,000 tons, or more than 2,200,000. tons greater than last year. The Argentine government plans to import camels in an experimental way to take the place of horses and oxen in arid regions. BASEBALL The Athletics refuse to be stopped. Alexander of the Quakers is doing great work. Manager Stahl refused to drop his pennant hopes. Heinle Zimmerman wants more money. How human. Frank Schulte has recoverd his batting eye after his rest. Manager Griffith is now trying to land another Cuban for his team. Wingo, the catcher of the Cardinals, is one of the best throwers in the business. Seven home runs were made in a recent game between Spokane and Vancouver. Eddie Lafitte, formerly with the Tigers, is batting at a .400 clip with Providence. Clyde Milan, of the Washington, is going faster than ever on the bases this season. They have a big dance in Cleveland called the "Flag Fondle." And it has made a big hit. Pitcher Woodburn of the Louisville Colonels is the wild man of the American association. Jean Dubuc, the Detroit pitcher, is not only a good twierr, but can hit the ball as well. Heine Groh, the young infielder with the Reds, is doing some fine stickwork for Tinker. The desperate efforts of the tall enders to get out has aroused the admiration of the nation. Dummy Taylor, who formerly pitched for the Giants, has joined Topeka of the Western league. Manager Birmingham of the Naps picks Walter Johnson to win 40 games for Washington this season. Maranville, the diminutive shortstop of the Brave, can spear the liners as well as the tall ones. Connie Mack's men must be stopped before the American league pennant race becomes a runaway affair. Jack Lelivelt, the former Yankee, now with the Naps, has been christened "Nolisy" by the Naplanders. Clarence Owens, fired by President Lynch a few weeks ago, has engaged to umpire in the international league. Dahen is carrying two players with names very much the same. Fisher is the shortstop, but Fischer is the backstop. --- Big league catchers think pitchers should be charged with half the stolen bases. Truly spoken. More work for the experts. Dick Kinsella, Scout for the St. Louis Cardinals, has an eye on some of the Buffalo players of the International league. Billy Sullivan, the former White Sox catcher, considers John Henry of Washington, the best catcher in the American league. Captain Bill Sweeney of the Braves is satisfied the other teams of the league will not use the Boston team for a football this year. Frank Chance has reached the stage where he is desperate. He will build up some kind of a team which wins oftener or quit the game. Bill Morley, the young infielder whom Griffin sold to the Hartford club of the Eastern association is batting like a fend these days. Every time one hears of valuers being asked upon Ed Reubach one is reminded that the next game he pitches is to be a good one. Dablen thinks he has another prize pitcher in "Bull" Wagner. The youngster is a big fellow and has enough steam and curves to make all the veterans sit up. J. Frank Baker of the Athletics is some crank with his baseball sticks He takes personal care of his bats on the road, and stores them in his own locker when at home. Connie Mack is taking no chances. When he has the best of the score he will switch players in order to play a better defense and prevent the other side making runs. Charlie Dooin and his leaders say they do not fear the Giants, but are looking for the Pirates to make a hot finish because the Pittsburgh pitchers are sure to come with the hot weather. It may be true that British polo players like baseball, but when one "lamps" an interview with them beginning, "Believe me, this is some game," we are inclined to doubt the rest of the story. Joe Wood, modest young fellow, admits that Walter Johnson is a better pitcher than himself. He says Johnson's greater strength, size and longer arm enables him to put more speed on the bull with less comparative exertion. JAKE DAUBERT THE WORLD GYMNASIA The big surprise in the National league this season has been the spurt made by the Brooklyn team. Much of the success achieved by the Dodgers-has been due to the hard hitting and excellent fielding of Jake Daubert, the big left-handed first baseman. Christy Mathowson pitches in nearly rounded periods. The Naps refuse to give up the fight for the American league game. Extra innning games are foug hard for the Cubs than the regulation contests. Larry Doyle has perfected himself in the trick, of touching runners on their way to second and then throwing to first to double up the runners. Rice Rixey of the Phillies is said to be one of the best feeders in the National league. He generally grabs the side dishes of his teammates unless he is watched. Mike Kelly has found the job of winning a pennant with the Indianapolis team an impossible one. He has announced his determination to reorganize and get a complete new outfit. Connie Mack did the American lague a big favor by allowing Joe Jackson to go to Cleveland. With the great slugger on the Athletic team the race would be one aided. SPORTING WORLD Cy Falkenberg is the real "come back" of the 1913 season. San Francisco is likely to appoint physical instructors to the high schools there. Williams, Wesleyan, Colgate and Union colleges have formed a basket ball league for next year. A dispatch from Sydney states that Richard Arnat, ex-professional sculling champion, has decided to retire. Willie Schaffer had the better of Eddie Nearing in a ten-round bout in the Riverside arena at Dubuque. The $10,000 pacing stake at Lewiston, Me., fell fast. This is the little too much money for the half-milers to ante. Louis Deponchion, champion of France, shaded Olle Kirke of St. Louis in a ten-round boxing bout at Bingham, N. Y. Harry Payne Whitney's Whisk broom II. finished under the wire a winner in the Metropolitan handicap a thet Belmont Park racetrack. The Cornell university crew, rowing in best Courtney form, literally rowed away from the Harvard varity in the feature event of the big Cayuga lake regatta, and crossed the line full six lengths to the good. Seventeen-year-old Philip Johnson, of Portland, Me., will be a member of the all-star United States rifle team, which will compete against Great Britain and Australia in the international small-bore matches. Georges Carpenter, French heavy weight pugilist, won the heavy weight championship of Europe by knocking out Bombardier Wells, the British champion, in the fourth round of a fight at Ghent, Belgium. Hans Helmer, the American professional Marathon runner, is trying the middle distance game. He won the final in the big half-mile handicap at the Powderhall grounds, Edinburgh, Scotland. Coolness and resource and his opponent's weak resistance won the British amateur golf championship for Harold H. Hilton for the fourth time at St. Andrews. Hilton defeated Robert Harris of Acton, Scotland, 6 up and 5 to play. Tod Pendleton, one of the greatest athletes at Princeton, and Hannes Hauer, one of the wonderful little Finnish champion runners, have been offered many inducements to become professional athletes, but have declined to leave the amateur. REQUIRES CARE IN CANNING The Strawberry, on Account of its Evanescence, Color is Hard to Handle On account of its evanescent flavor and color, there is no fruit that requires more care in its canning or preserving than the strawberry. In selecting the berries, be sure that they are ripe, dry and freshly gathered. For this reason it is better to wait for the home-grown berries. Those that have laid in the market overnight are better to preserve. The sure the ones to be used are sterilized, tops and oil, and the rubbers new. If you are preserving according to the American custom, allow sugar, pound for pound, but never allow the berries that are to be canned to stand in the sugar, as it extracts the juice and toglues the fruit. Pack the fresh berries into the cans, shaking down well, but taking care not to crush. Have ready a hot stirrup made from sugar and the juice from the strawberry, and berry the slowly pour in the hot stirrup over the fresh berries in the jars, leaving as much sauce at the top. Have a common wash boiler a third full of water that is about the same temperature as that of the jars holding the hot stirrup. Set the cans on a wooden rack, place straw or kitchen towels between the cans to prevent their hitting each other. Place the cans on the jars, but leave off the rubbers. Bring to a boil, and as soon as the srup in the jars rises, showing that the contents are scalding hot, lift the jars out on a dry board. Fill each jar brimming full with the scalding srup that is left in the saucepan, put on the rubbers and screw on the covers as tightly as possible. When cold, tighten again, wrap each cover with a dark cloth or cellar where the temperature does not rise above seventy degrees. TO MAKE COTTAGE CHEESE Refreshing Dish for Supper on Warm Evening. Easily Prepared Cottage cheese is very refreshing for supper on warm evenings. To make, pour boiling water into a pan of thick sour milk, not stale, stirring in all the while. As soon as the whey begins to separate, pour in cold water and turn the whole into a cheesecloth strainer and hang in a cool place over a pan to drain. When ready to use, with smooth season with salt, mix with sweet, thick cream and beat lightly. Sprinkle with pepper. Tempting schmierkase is made by allowing thick clabber to drip without heating it the least. There is more loss than when heated, but it is also more digestible. Season with sweet cream, butter, salt and white pepper. Garnish with sprigs of parsley. Many relish it with cooked gooseberries or rubbard. ALL AROUND the HOUSE Vaseline will remove ink stains from the hands; rub well with vaseline, wipe with soft paper and wash with soap and water. Boll cabbage for a few seconds in water in which a pinch of soda has been dissolved, change to fresh water, and the cabbage will be soft and tender. Every housekeeper should have an emergency shelf in her pantry or collar, where at least a few canned goods and fruits are held in reserve for the unexpected guest. In broiling meats the gridiron should always be thoroughly heated in order that the meat may retain its juices. If milk or grease boll over on the kitchen range salt spread over it will prevent the disagreeable odor that would otherwise rise from it. By placing a screen in front of a bed-room window at night the room may be well aired while the bed and furniture are shielded from a direct draught. Kerosene is excellent to clean enameled bath-tub, marble wash-bowl, or marble tables. Rinse well with soap-suds to destroy the odor of the kerosene. Never put hot food of any kind in a refrigerator, or meats or poultry without a plate under them. Neither leave meats wrapped in the papers in which they arrive from market. Hamburg Steak. To your chopped steak add chopped onion, also two or three crackers rolled fine, salt and pepper. Make into cakes. In your frying pan put a little hard or about one-half cup water. Cover closely and fry. The water soon disappears, but steams meat so it will not be in raw in center and you brown it on both sides. It is tender this way and not packed hard like it usually is. Paint That Will Resist Heat The paint used by plumbers for painting steam pipes, radiators, etc., is made as follows: Four pounds of black oxide of manganese, six pounds of graphite and eleven pounds of terra alba; mix and add twenty parts sodium silicate, two parts glucose and eight parts potassium to any metal that is exposed to great heat. If too thick add more water. A. Laundering Hint When ironing clothes, to avoid assorting them later, always place them in two piles. Those which need mending may be put in one liner and those which need ironing or not, and ironing it is easy to notice a form place or where a button is missing. Maple Sauce. One cup maple syrup, half a cup water, one tablespoon flour. Make a paste of the flour, add to the maple syrup, stir all three minutes. Serve. LIGHT FOR FATHER ORIGIN OF RED MAN Mrs. Bonestelle leaned forward and spoke in a low and impressive voice: "Henry," she said, "I'm afraid that young man wants to marry Mabel!" "Huh?" exclaimed her husband. He dropped his paper, stared a minute and then picked it up and shook it out forcefully. "Nonsense!" he finished shortly. "No nonsense about it!" declared his wife. "I guess I know the symptoms! Men are so blind! Why, he calls four nights a week and he phones her every day, and as for flowers! And candy!" Bonestelle snorted. "You make me tired, Araminta," he told his wife. "Just because the boys flock around Mabel you think they all want to marry her! Why, she's thinking of marrying for years and years! She's amazed! You a aburd! Anyhow, that young skinnapes probably doesn't earn enough to buy salt for potatoes. He'll have more sense—" "That's the very kind," said Mrs. Bonestel, "that clope—and then they come home and weep on your front doorstep and we take them in! I'm not looking for a son-in-law! I'm not looking for a millionaire, but I want Mabel to marry a smart business man—and I don't like the way that young Ferguson looks at her! Girls are so impressionable! It seems to me that you'd better let me take her away on a trip!" "Araminta," said Mr. Bonestel in awful tones, "do you mean to say that you fear our combined intellects and Mabel's natural good sense are not a match for all the absurd and ridiculous puppy love tales that young Ferguson can tell her." "And said his wife, decidedly, 'It's got to be stopped?' "Fiddlesticks" snapped Mabel's father. "Why, I sent bushels of flowers to all sorts of girls and didn't marry 'em at all! " is no slam— "I got a few flowers myself," said Mrs. Bone steel, "and I know how the young men acted who went with the flowers! I didn't actually have to grab you when you came along, Henry Bonestee, let me tell you! There were others! What I'm afraid of is that Mabel won't wait for the right Henry. Myabel would never like him" said her father, decidedly. "She's too smart. She's just amusing herself. They all like to dallow that way. Girls will be girls—" "That's just it." interrupted his wife. They will be foolish and crazy and spoil their lives if their parents—" What would you like to have me do?] inquired Mr. Bonestee, politely. "Would you advise my walking down into the parlor and say, Excuse me, sir, but if your intentions are serious, allow me to kick you on the front porch, because I do not want that. That would signify the desire to protect my daughter from his unwelcome attention. I—" "Don't be silly," said his wife. "I believe you really like young Ferguson!" "I am a fair minded man" said Boneseel, and personally I have nothing against Mr. Ferguson, nothing! I don't see why Wabel shouldn't enjoy a few flowers and a little candy and endure a few calls from him if you come! She has going to humry him, let me tell you! I'm not afraid, not a bit! You are a hysterical woman, Araminta, and you can't judge things at their proper values at all. Not at all!" "Very well!" said his wife. "You'll see! And don't say I didn't tell you! I don't see how he can manage to pay rent for a decent flat. I suppose we could give the two front rooms here!" "Bosh!" said Boneseel. "Why don't you be calm and sensible the way I am and stop worrying? There nothing to worry about! Not a thing! Oher-hello, Mabel! Caller goofs!" "Yes," said Mabel, who had just come unstairs. She was very pink as to cheeks and bright as to eye. In her fingers she twisted a rose. Looking at it she smiled faintly. Then she regarded herself in the mirror in a faraway manner and touched her hair. "Did you ever notice, she inquired generally, 'the way he lifts his head when he is pleased?' "No," said her father, "I can't exactly say I ever did!" He coughed, glared at his wife and strangled. He eyed his daughter as though she were a nee and a nee, and he didn't do anything he had never seen before. "By the way, Mabel—what do you say to taking a trip east with your mother for the spring? Shopping and theaters and Atlantic City? I was just thinking you needed a change!" "A-ahem!" sniffed Mrs. Bonestell. "Please pass me that spool of thread, Henry!" Ohio Bees Fond of Done The honey bees near Fostoria, O, have contracted the opium habit. Like the Chinese, they get theirs from the poppy, as many residents of Fostoria grow the oriental flowers. The bees have found this out and of late they have been leaving acres of clover blooms to hunt out the poppy beds. They work, and they go forgerily for the poppy, and they go forgerily for the ground apparently as stuped as are Chinese opium smokers after "hitting the pipe." Escaped in the Night Chauffeur.-The fourth cylinder is missing, sir. Nouveau-Riche-Beats all how them things get away, HenriL. Better put padlocks on 'em.-Jack-o'-Lantern. Good Class of Peasantry. "You have a beautiful manor house, but you ought to have a little villa for the peasantry, as we do in England. It adds the landscape." "All right, said the multi-millionaire," but it must be a restricted affair. No peasant admitted earning less than five thousand dollars a year." Good Scheme. "Our hostess always wants the guests to join in singing." "A good idea. The more they sing the less they eat." --- Attempts Made to Prove He Came From Siberia. Explorations Show That the American Indian is Like the Yellow-Brown Inhabitant of Asia and Polynesia. A problem of much interest, and of late a good deal before the public, is that of the origin of the American aborigine, in other words, the native Indian. In this connection the recent investigations of Dr. Ales Hrdlckla, curator of physical anthropology, National museum, tend to prove that the native American immigrated to this country in a postglacial period, and is a representative of the overflow from northwestern Siberia, where he is closely related both mentally and physically to the yellow-brown peoples of Asia and Polynesia, says the Scientist American. Among the interesting sites explored by Dr. Hrdlckla are the burial mounds, or kourgans," as they are called, located on the banks of the Venise Lake on the rivers and their tristries, and along the streams of northern Mongolia, especially on the banks of the Keruken. Oddly enough the date of the mounds is established quite as readily as if the date of construction were carved on a stone, for the different objects uncovered, be they gold, copper, iron, bronze or stone, identify the origin of the particular mound from which they came as falling within definite time limits. Most of the "kourgans" appear to represent nearly recent times, corresponding to Ugrian or Turk or "Tartar" elements, as well modern Mongolian. The skulls of the skeleton taken from the more recent mounds are of the cephalocephale type, short, somewhat spherical skulls, which occur closely resemble the form of American crania, but the "kourgans" of earlier date, containing no mental objects, yield skulls resembling the dolichocephala type, long and narrow, and much like American Indian skulls of this type. It is difficult to assert to just what race the older skeletons and skulls belongs, and yet, on the banks of the lower Yenisel river, and in several other localities, living dolichocephalic type are not unusual, and such natives frequently bear a strong physical resemblance to our native Indians. Any burial spots are known to be located in caverns among the mountains bordering the Yenisel river, which, how- Dr. Hrdlicka was not able to investigate. The most important part of the exploration and study was that pertaining to the living descendants of the old races. Among these people the investigator was forunate enough to come into contact with representatives of many tribes from the banks of the Yenisel and Abacan rivers; also Hurlats, Mongolians, Tibetans, Chinese and some Manchurians, ply present at a great religious ceremony at the Lakes monasteries in the region of Urga, where 7,000 Mongolians from all parts of the country were in attendance. Among all these tribes and clans there were individuals who apparently represent the older population, pre-Mongolian and pre-Chinese, and who belong partly to the brachycephalic type, though in a smaller extent to the dolichocephalic type. These men and women are practically identical to the American Indians; their head form is the same, and individuals are brown in color, with straight black hair, dark brown eyes and facial and bodily features which are strikingly like those of the native American. The men are practically beardless. Some of these people, if dressed in the costumes and regalia of an Indian, and placed among them, could not be distinguished from them. At least Dr. Hrdlila states that there are means at the disposal of anologist by which one such a distinctor can be fitted. It is not only in outward appearance that these natives of Siberia resemble the Indians, but mentally well, and in numerous habits and customs which different environment and time seem not to have effaced. Baby Eamine in Berlin. The kaiser's capital is threatened with a baby famine. The shop windows display almost in the nature of a public warning a book, just issued, under the title of "Sterile Berlin," which reveals the disquieting fact that children are not being taught learning to be comfortable among the dwellers of the imperial capital. The author, Dr. Felix Shellhaber, says that conditions in Berlin are already practically on the same level as those which the world has hitherto associated exclusively with Paris. Only blames the increased cost of living. Found on the Moor. Dear, quiet Aunt Mary had gone up from London to visit a golfing family of nephews and nieces. At tea the first afternoon some one managed to stop talking long enough to ask: "Walt, Aunt Mary, and how did you spend the morning?" "Oh, I went for a walk on the moor. A good many people seemed to be about an hour and they called out to me in most eccentric manner. But I didn't take any notice of them. And, oh my dear, I found such a number of curious little round things! I brought home them to ask you what they are." Hereupon Aunt Mary opened her workbag and produced 24 golf balls. Very Susceptible. "Did you hear about poor Cholly Sappington?" "No. What happened to him?" "In a fit of absent-mindedness you tested me and didn't match his shirt and in a short while these jaring notes in his attire made him violently ill." Another Term Halter—Do you know anything about him? Yes. Shelter—No, but he writes me about every one—Judge.