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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XX NO. 14 CITY NEWS Mrs. Frank P. Johnson left Friday morning for a two weeks' visit in Chicago with relatives and friends. Buckner's Colored Ragtime Opera Co., of which Mr. E. M. Buckner is manager, passed through our city this week enroute to Peary, Ia., to fill an engagement. Mrs. Ida Wilson of Los Angeles, Cal., formerly of Des Moines, is visiting Mrs. Eater Morton on 10th street and friends. Before returning home she will visit in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. Mrs. J. H. Brown, accompanied by her sister, Miss Stella Stanton, returned Sunday morning after a very pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stanton of St. Louis. Mo. Mrs. W. M. Rice of 413 So. E. 16th street entertained a few of her friends at dinner Sunday, in honor of the Misses Maggie and Lillie Rice of Chicago who are visiting in our city. Rev. and Mrs. Brice U. Taylor left Tuesday morning for Evanton, Ill., to attend the annual conference of the A. M. E. church which convenes in that city this week. They expect to be gone about two weeks. Miss Tatibita Masha, one of our Dear Moines girls, who has made her home in Kansas City, Mo., for several years returned to our city Sunday to make her home permanently. She is a trained nurse of several years experience and will follow her profession in Iowa The Mary Church Terrell club met Monday at the home of Mrs. J. H. Perkins, roil was called and each member responded with quotations and current events. An outline of work was mapped out to be studied. At the conclusion of the program the hostess took the club members to the Palace Swet Cafe.eria for refreshments. Club adjudged to meet with Mrs. Jessie Davis. R. N. Hyde has returned from Atlantic City, N. J., where he attended the National Conclave of Elks. He was appointed chairman of the committee on charters. He also visited New York City and Philadelphia where he left some of the soap he is manufacturing to be placed on exhibition at the celebration "Progess of Fifty Years of Freedom." On his return home he stopped over in Washington. D. C. and Chicago. When visiting in Omaha, Nebraska see D. G. Russell for neatly furnished rooms—all modern up-to-date houses Phones, residence Douglass 5083; Office Douglass 3193 1918 and 1922 Cummins street. The Mother's Congress held a very pleasant meeting Saturday afternoon at Union Park. The president, Mrs. Price Alexander, who has been unable to attend since May owing to sickness was present. All members are urged to be present at the called meeting September.20th with Mrs. Al Gaiter. The October meeting will be held with Mrs. J. W. Field, 769 W. 11th street, The Des Moines Negro Lycæum met Tuesday at the home of Dr. J. Alvin Jefferson. The delegates to the City Convention reported, after which the society was favored with an address from Dr. Jefferson, subject, "The Sanitation in the Homes." Miss Watson of Albany, Mo., who is attending Des Moines College, was a visitor. Next meeting will be held with Miss Margaret Davis at the home of Mrs. Allen on Park street. Don't forget this is the time of year to get ClearanceSales ON Wall Paper We do Painting, Hang Paper do Paper Cleaning and Picture Framing H. Jesse Miller 801 Locst Street In connection with our Ice Cream Parlor and Declacation the Dysart's Palace Sweet has added a Cafe, and w dinner every Sunday. Pa service. Individual teleph Fans and Electric Piano. Open Until 2 A. M. Every Night 1018 Center Street has added a Cafe, and will serve a table de hoyte dinner every Sunday. Parties a specialty. Ala carte service. Individual telephone on each table—Electric Fans and Electric Piano. Open Until 2 A. M. Every Night RAYMOND DYSART Prop. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The Mission Circle of the Corinthian Baptist Church met Wednesday afternoon in the church parlor, Mr. Demmitt, an esteemed member of the church, was the guest of honor, it being his seventy-fifth birthday anniversary. The ladies served an elaborate repast. Mrs. J. H.4 Perkins, 830 W., 11th street entertained yesterday in honor of Mrs. Edward Harris of Chicago, Ill. A large crowd of the society ladies were present. The table was beautifully decorated with flowers, etc., and the dinner was served in 4 courses. A splendid good time reported by all. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hopkins of Hannibal, Mo., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs John McClain this week. Mrs. Hopkins is an old school-mate of Mrs. McClain. Mr. Hopkins is a mail carrier in Hannibal and has been on the force the past twenty-five year. On Tuesday evening a club was organized at the home of Mrs. Lucile Howard, to be known as the Wednesday Night club. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Louise Gray; Vice President nt Miss Adah Hyde; Secretary, Mrs. Edith Strawers; Assistant Secretary, Miss Mamie McLeyr; Treasurer, Mrs. Lucile Howard, Reporter, Miss Gertrude Hyde. The club which will consist of twelve members will hold its next meeting at the home of Miss Ardella Carr. Mr H. Beshers, formerly of St. Joseph, Mo, but now attending the State University at Iowa City. passed through the city this week enroute to school. While in the city he was the guest of Mrs. Louise Winn, 1320 School street. Mr. Beshers was accompanied by Mr. Clayton, also of St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Beshers is taking a dentist's course and Mr. Clayton an undertaker's course. Both these young men are to be commended and we wish them success in their different branches of study. MT. PLEASANT NOTES Mrs. Clara Arbuckle left last Saturday for a day's visit in Burlington with her daughter, Mrs. S. Jones, leaving there Tuesday for Otumwa for an indefinite stay with her daughter, Mrs. E. Tindle. Rev. Lasley returned Saturday from Centerville, where he attended the Baptist association, and reports a grand time. Miss Georgia Williams stopped off for a few days' visit with her grandfather, E. Richman, after visiting her mother in Albia en route to St. Louis, where she is attending school. Mrs. Ione Burnaugh and Miss Louis Mason very pleasantly entertained the Kensington last Thursday afternoon. Light refreshments were served, Mrs. Julia Hibbs being the out of town guest. Mrs. Wm. Lasley has returned home, after a few weeks' visit with relatives and friends in Des Moines. The many friends of Miss Hazel Logan were much surprised to learn she and Mr. Howard Burrell were quietly married in Keokuk last week. We extend to the happy couple our congratulations. Rev. Lowery, Mrs. Mary White and Mr. Rev. Crawd left last night for Evanston to attend the A. M. E. conference. Arthur Burnaugh, who is now working in Keokuk, made a business trip home Monday. The reception given at the A. M. E. church Monday evening for the pastor and wife was a very pleasant affair. Mrs. Martha Baugh spoke in behalf of the A. M. E. church, Mrs. Harriet Smith in behalf of the Baptist church, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Nora Burna, Mrs. Ione Burna, Mrs. Louis Mason, with the help of a few others, made the reception a very pleasant affair indeed. Mr. Edward Prentice of Fort Madison spent Sunday in the city. Saturday, September 14, at high noon Miss Ida Wicks of this city and Mr. Ellsworth Waldon of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, were united in marriage at the home of her grandfather, James Wicks. They left on No. 6 for their home in that place. They carry with them the best wishes of their many friends. CLINTON, IOWA. Miss Effie Smith of Evanston, Ill., is a guest at宴会 of Mr. and Mrs. Evanston, Winfield. The funeral of Miss Miy Mitchell, who passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mitchell, in Fulton, I升on, on Labor day was held from her late home, with services by the Rev. G. W. Slater, pastor of Bethel A. M. E. church of Clinton, Iowa, of which she was a member, assisted by Rev. G. E. Sanders of the Second Baptist church. Beautiful music was rendered by the choir of the A. M. E. church. Deceased was born in Fulton, Ill., November 19, 1888, where she spent her life, which was brought to an end, and in her growing illness by a complication of diseases. She leaves, aside from her parents, five brothers, other relatives and a host of friends. The casket was attended by Oscar Thompson, Chas. Thompson, Orrin Simmons, Curtis Bush, Peter Weatherall and T. G. Dozier. The remains were laid at rest in Clinton in Springdale cemetery. A pleasant dancing party was given on the evening of September 9th at the old armory hall. Miss Mitchell of Muscatine was a guest from out of town. Rev. G. W. Slater left Tuesday for Evanston, Ill., to attend the A. M. E. conference. Others will attend later in the week. Miss Bertha Bradley of Moline attended the funeral of Miss May Mitchell. Rev. Milton Howard of 412 Twelfth street, Davenport, was in Clinton on Sunday, delivering services at the morning and evening service at the Second Baptist church. Mr. Mark Gurdon was also a visitor in the city. Mr. Harvey Mitchell of Sioux Falls, S. D., was in the city, called here to attend the funeral of his niece. Miss May Mitchell. of the death of Mrs. Hattie Hutchinson of Buxton. Miss Edith Leonard, the efficient secretary of the West End branch Y. W. C. A., has returned from a visit to her home in and about New York City. Mrs. Addie Minor, who has been sojourning out west for a few months, returned to the city last week. Mrs. Dovie Campbell of Winnipeg is a guest at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Adams, 411 Charles street. If you have any news for The Bystander, phone Dale 7189. We will be glad to get it. EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS John L. Thompson Our next regular stop was in Mason City. Here we find this city increasing rapidly with colored people. Many have moved here within the past few years. They have just bought them a church plant and Rev. F. D. Woodford has done lots of hard work with his Methodist flock. They hope to have the church completed this fall. They are now worshipping in the basement. John D. Reeler is still operating his fine torsional parlor and he still finds time to raise fine chickens. He owns a beautiful home. Mrs. Fred Wright and mother are running a first class rooming house. themselves and are doing W. F. T. Chandler, one of the next Masons of the Badge first class restaurant. basha in a avenue. Dr. O. Conducts one of the fine shops in this city at 417 nue. He is also a chirp Kate Crawford and his beautiful home at 525 Re. Their son, Henry, is quite news agent. Rev. H that able and brilliant Chister, who is destined to the formidable power church, has charge of the church and it is general each Sunday to hear his sermons. They are plan large their church soon. is presided over by a strong young man, Rev. McDone also are doing well. He has Rev. Lealted as their Catholic Colored Mother Theobald, a well of experience. Mr. J. Adams is still appealing to the Church Weekly Mack Bradley. A former here, doing well; a Burnham, so well known. They are both on the railroad company. Ken,伦顿, one of our well Moines boys, is living well. He is working at home. He is and his family. A social was given Monday night to assist in raising conference claims. During the evening a pleasing program was rendered. The affair was under the management of Mudamesa Alwins, Emma Wallace and others. On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of his reception in the church probably the greatest event in his life next to his liberation from slavery, R. D. Sink sank to eternal rest, it is supposed, some time during Thursday night at the home of his stepdaughter, Mrs. Art Brown, 218 Elm street, she finding his lifespan body about 11 o'clock Friday morning in bed. Night thursday he seemed to assure health health attended a meeting of Salvation which had been his custom for several weeks. Although an early riser, Mrs. Brown was not particularly alarmed when at 7:20 o'clock when she left the house to go to the home of a friend he had not yet arose. On returning she found him as stated above. His funeral was held Sunday afternoon from Bethel A. M. E. church, many having to stand. The service was conducted by Rev. G. W. Slater, assisted by Rev. C. L. Nye, pastor of the First M. E. church, for the deceased had been a member he had the highest tribute possible his remains. Attorney L. F. Sutton, a life long friend, spoke of the deceased as a character worthy of emulation by all. During the service Bethel choir rendered in a capable manner the songs the deceased loved so well. The remains were then borne to their last resting place in Springdale cemetery. Those attending the casket, which on account of the patriotic spirit of the deceased had been becoming draped with his American flag, together with the many beautiful floral tributes of friends, were Geo. Robinson, Jas. Cooper, Wm. Henderson, Jas. Cooper, Ch. Thayer, J. T. Culbertson, Wm. Allen Jr., and Cassius Culver. Besides the stepdaughter in Clinton, another is left who resides in Seattle, Wash. Thus another pioneer of over forty years' residence is gone. A rally will be held at the Second Baptist church Sunday. Bethel chair has been asked to assist. Mr. Geo. W. Martin was in Davenport on Sunday week assisting at the Baptist church service. ST. PAUL BUDGETARIAN St. James A. M. E. church was quite well attended last Sunday. Everyone was anxious to hear Rev. H. P. Jones' farewell sermon. The dollar money collection was the best ever sent from this church, being over $270. As a whole St. James had the best financial report they have had for many years. Mr. McCormick, assistant postmaster at Boley, Okla., is in the city, stopping with Mr. and Mrs. B. L. White and Mrs. B. J. K. Archer, the organist at St. James church, has returned home from a very pleasant visit to Chicago. Mrs. Mattie Reid and daughter, Miss Anna May, recently of Kansas City, Mo., are stopping at the Dodd residence on Margaret street. Mrs. M. A. Johnson of 479 Thomas street is confined to her bed, having had the sad misfortune to release a bri. Mrs. Nettie Cunnigham of Minneapolis spent the day Sunday with her husband, John, who was a teacher. A party comprising the following ladies formed a hiking club and hiked over to Minneapolis on foot last Friday evening, making the time in about two and one-half hours. The following ladies made up the party: Mesdames Mary Black, Ella Cannon, Ida Broyles, Mattie R. Hicks, Hattie Pickett, Mattie Hall and Katie Crawford. The two last named ladies were the only game ones in the crowd. They walked back, while the others came back on the car. Upon their return Mesdames Black and Crawford served the crowd to a bounteous supper at their home on Rondo street. They will hike to Mendota next time. The testimonial concert at Pilgrim Baptist church on the 11th for the benefit of three worthy students was a financial success. We were very much paired to learn of the death of Mrs. Hattie Hutchinson of Buxton. Miss Edith Leonard, the efficient secretary of the West End branch Y. W. C. A., has returned from a visit to her home in and about New York City. She reports a very pleasant time. Mrs. Addie Minor, who has been sojourning out west for a few months, returned to the city last week. Mrs. Dovie Campbell of Winnipeg is a guest at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Adams, 411 Charles street. If you have any news for The Bystander, phone Dale 7189. We will be glad to get it. EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS John L. Thompson. themselfs and are doing well. Mr. W. F. T. Chandler, one of the prominent Masons of the Badger state, has a first class restaurant at 317 Wabasha avenue. Dr. O. C. Howard conducts one of the finest torsional shops in this city at 417 Carroll avenue. He is also a chirpidist. Mrs. Kate Crawford and sister own a beautiful home at 525 Rondo street. Their son, Henry, is quite an industrious news agent. Rev. H. P. Jones, that able and brilliant Christian minister, who is destined to become one of the most important churches in church, has charge of the A. M. E. church and it is generally crowded each Sunday to hear his soul-stirring sermons. They are planning to enlarge their church soon. The Baptist is presided over by a strong, bright young man, Rev. McDonald. They are also doing well. The Episcopal has Rev. Lealted as their priest and the Catholic Colored Mission has Father Theobald, a well trained man of experience. Mr. John Adams is still appealing to the people through the Weekly Appeal. Mr. Mack Bradley, a former Iowa, is lovingly remembered by Burnaunch, so well known in Moines. They are both employed by the railroad. they are both employed by the Kenneth Hamilton, one of our well liked Des Moines boys, is living here, doing well. He is working at the same home. He and his family have a nice home, well furnished. Mr. L. Henderson is a former Buxton boy, doing well here. Hon. J. H. Sherwood, P. G. M. of Mons. of Minnesota and deputy potentate of the Shriners, lives here. He is a mail clerk in the U. S. postoffice. He is one of the leading and most successful businessmen. He is a Victor enjoyed Sunday dinner with him. He owns a beautiful home and some other valuable property. He is a credit to any race. Mr. A. D. Adams is also a successful business man. Miss Grace Smith, formerly of Kehoka, Mo., is running a rooming house at 619 Temperance street, doing well. DAVENPORT NOTES Rev. Wickerson, pastor of the Third Baptist church, ls in Nashville, Tenn., attending the Baptist National association. Mrs. Rev. L. Owens and Mrs. Samuel Sykes of Fairfield, Iowa, spent several days in the city, the guests of Mrs. Cecil Carter. The following persons left here this morning to attend the conference at Evanston: Rev. and Mrs. Stovall and daughter, Esther—Mesmedes Owens Sykes, Evangellist L. A. Phillips. Miss Gertrude O'Neal has returned from Des Moines, where she gave a recital, and will leave tonight in company with her mother to attend the conference in Evanston. Mrs. Cecil Carter entertained Monday afternoon in honor of her house guests, Mesmedes Owens and Sykes of Fairfield. Mrs. Lena James and Mrs. Chas Shepard attended the funeral of Mrs. Carter in Marshalltown last week. Leon Peterson of Beloit, Wis., is in the city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Maylon Marshall. Mrs. O'Neal was indisposed several days with hay fever. Mr. Bradford, master of Hiram lodge, A. F. & A. M., is able to be out, after several weeks' illness. Miss Elma McGaw has accepted a position in the Bee Hive Clothing store. Mrs. Kate Hart, who underwent an operation at the hospital, is home and getting on nicely. There will be a sacred concert next Sunday evening at Bethel A. M. E. church, under the auspices of the stewardesses. Mother of Eighteen Children "I am the mother of eighteen children and have the praise of doing more work than any young woman in my town," writes Mrs. C. J. Martin, Boone Mill, Va. "I suffered for five years with stomach trouble and could not eat as much as a biscuit without suffering. I have taken three bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets and am now a well woman and weigh 168 pounds. I can eat anything I want to do, and much of the time I feel better than I did at any time in ten years. I refer to any one in Boone Mill or vicinity and they will vouch for what I say." Chamberlain's Tablets are for sale by all dealers. ST JOSEPH, MO. On Saturday at 3 p. m., the 6th inst., Mr. Ray Haltay and Miss Celestial Simms were united in the holy bonds of wedlock by the Rev. J. H. Brooks at the home of the bride's parents, 2825 Patcee street. Only their relatives were present to witness the ceremony. We, with their many friends, wish them success and happiness. Our public schools opened Monday, September 8th, with an enrollment larger than last year. The only change among the teachers were Miss Blanche De Boe is now a regular teacher and Miss Sadie Ogleys, supply, and B. T. Perkins is principal at Douglass and W. H. Jones at Lincoln. Mr. Clarence Hurn spent his annual vacation in Nebraska and Colorado. We are glad indeed to see another Afro-American appointed in the postal service in this city. Mr. Charles Hargraves began work as a mail carrier last week. Mr. J. R. Ramsey, our undertaker, leans his valuable bird dog He said "I am sure poison was the cause of his death." State Capitol Bldg Historical Room The following young people have gone to attend the different universities: The Misses Dorothy Watkins, Ruth Indicott, Eveltta Wheatley, Beatrice Moore are at Jefferson City, and Miss Bessie Lee is at the Perry Sanitarium, Kansas City, preparing to be a trained nurse. The Messrs. H. Beshears and E. Clayton are at the State University of Iowa, Russell Crossland at the University of Michigan, Gordon, Jr., University of Illinois, Simms at the University of Kansas. We are glad indeed to see so many of our young girls and boys securing a higher education, and we as a race must support our professional and business enterprises better, so that our graduates will secure more lucrative practice and positions after receiving their diplomas. Rev. Harts of California is now in the city and will assist Rev. J. H. Brooks with his meetings. Miss M. Moker of Patterson, Ariz., who is one of the summer with relatives and friends in this city, left last Tuesday for St. Paul, Minn. The C. M. E. church at Eighteenth and Beattie streets is being remodeled and enlarged. The cornerstone was laid last Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large crowd. The pastor, Rev. McCullough, says if his members and friends continue to work in the future as they have in the past the building will be finished in the near future, which will afford plenty of room for the students of their Sunday services. In the present building they could not afford good accommodations. It is rumored that a few weddings have occurred recently among the younger people of this city, but since we have no proof that they are married will not call any names. Mrs. Richard Starks, after several weeks' visit in different cities in Kentucky, has returned home. Miss Zenolia Walker will leave Sunday for Manhattan, Kans., to enter the university. She will enroll in the domestic science department. Mr. Milton J. Thomas and Miss Ella Graham of Richmond were married last Monday. Only a few persons were present when the ceremony was performed. Most everyone was surprised to hear of that wedding, but Milt is cheerful and passing the cigars. We extend congratulations. DAYENPORT JOWA Rev. F. K. Nicholson left Monday for the national convention, which convenes at Nashville, Tennessee. Rev. F. K. Nicholson reports that the association was a grand success, both spiritually and financially. There will be given an entertainment Wednesday evening at the church for the benefit of the church under the management of Mr. L. Fuqua. The Missionary Circle will meet at the home of Mrs. Francis Baker, 1720 loft on Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. Mrs. J. S. Jones and Mrs. L. Applewhite have returned from Omaha, where they spent several weeks visiting Rev. and Miss Toomey. OTTUMWA. IOWA. The young people have awakened and perceive that the higher education is required to solve the difficult problems of our race and we have sixteen scholars enrolled in the high school this year, namely, Wendell Johnson, Harold Gooch, George King, McKinley Weeks, Victoria Jackson, Mabel Wicks, Edith Williams, Jeezella Zoll, Clark Ellen Williams, Arletta Barnett, Jessie McGuire, S. T. Crop, Marie Williams and Beulah Allen. Mr. and Mrs. James Black of Hannibal are in the city at the home of Levi Pallins. Rev. M. I. Gordon left Tuesday evening for Evanston, Ill., to attend the annual conference. Rev. James Eaves of M. T. Pleasant was visiting friends en route to Centerville to attend the Iowa-Nebraska association. Mrs. Minona was in the city a few days, the guest of Mrs. H. Owens, en route to Evanston, Ill. Her little daughter accompanied her. Mrs. H. Elliott entertained at breakfast in honor of Mrs. G. Alexander of Topela, Kan., and Mrs. Tina Chessire Abner of Wenoka, Okla. The Mite Missionary society of Mt. Zion A. M. e. church have completed their yearly report and were proud to send as their conference claims $26. Mr. Harry Jackson of Milan is visiting his sister, Mrs. Earl Wagner. iting his sister, Mrs. Earl Wagner. Mrs. Earl Wagner, Mrs. Miss Hazel, Francis and Gertie Wagner have returned home from Milan, Mo., where they have been visiting Mrs. Earl Wagner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. Mrs. C. A. Therin Strother entertained a week ago Sunday in honor of Misses Mamie and Grace Jackson of Delvin, Ill., and Mrs. Tina Aher of Wenoka, Okla. Mrs. Tina Aher, after a pleasant visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Chessine, has returned to her home in Wenoka, Okla. Rev. Carr last left week to attend the National Baptist association in Nashville, Tenn. He stopped off at St. Louis, Mo., where he was entertained by the pastoral association. During his absence Rev. McMann and Rev. Pages will fill his pulp. WASHINGTON, IOWA, NOTES. Mrs. Walter Williams has been ```markdown ``` Price Five Cents. sick for a couple of weeks and does not improve as fast as her friends would like. The A. M. E. church congregation gave a chicken dinner last week and realized a goodly sum for the church treasury. Monday evening in the lecture room of the A. M. E. church the congregation gave a farewell to the Rev. and Mrs D. W. Brown. About twenty-five were present and after refreshments were served Mr. John Taylor acted as toastmaster and many words of encouragement and praise and good bye talks were voiced, which proved the high esteem in which the Rev. and his good wife were held. The Rev. and Mrs. Brown left Tuesday a.m. for Evanston, Ill., to attend the annual conference. Mrs. G. W. Black and Mesdames Frank Walker and Fred Turner visited few days in Oskaloosa last week. Geo. Burkley came in from Davenport and visited at the parental Chas. Burkley home over Sunday. Orrison Tiffin of Moline spent Sunday with relatives spent. Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the home of Rev. and W. W. R. Sawhill occurred the marriage of Miss Iota Phillips to Mr. James Wetheral of Cedar Rapids in the presence of a few intimate friends, Rev. Sawhill officiating. Wetheral is a daughter of the Rev. L. J. Phillips, who during his term as presiding elder of the Keokuk district brought his family to reside in this city, and Iota, as everyone called her, has remained ever since. She attended the public schools here and proved to her that she pupil and a favorite with her teachers. During her residence she endeared herself to everyone, both old and young, and all were sorry to learn that she was soon to leave good old Washington, but all wish for her and her husband many years of a happy and prosperous wedded life. The groom is not much known here, but all who have known him speak only words of praise for him. The happy couple left at 6:30 for Cedar Rapids, accompanied as far as Courubus Junction by two of Mrs. Wheral's close friends, the Lena Guba Winn and Helen Motts, where they expect to make their home. H. Rhodes has severed his connection with the Rock Island company as junior at the depot and Mr. Hayes Cormier has succeeded him. Miss Alice Griffith of Chicago, a Christian Science practitioner, was a guest at the Horace Spencer home last week. She went on to Mason City to visit at the Harvey Spencer home before returning to her home at Chicago. ROCK ISLAND. ILL Miss Gracie Morton returned home last Saturday, after visiting relatives in Denver, Colo., all summer. We are glad to know that Mrs. Whitfield is improving. Miss Millie Bennett, who was operated on by Dr. Davis about two weeks ago, is able to be home again. Mrs. Frank Jackson and children have been visiting in Springfield, Ill. Mrs. Margaret Phoenix has returned to Rock Island, after spending a pleasant vacation in Chicago and Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. William Cain and Mrs. Allen of Davenport were callers in Rock Island on Sunday. The members of the Rock Island Ladies Party club gave a surprise party. Mrs. Henry Houston last Saturday evening. Miss Love Travers left Tuesday for Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Jas. Ligons has returned home, after visiting friends in Chicago and Henderson, Ky. Rev. Saunders has left for Evanston to attend conference. Mr. Walter W. Kimbrough of Chicago was visiting old friends in Rock Island last Sunday. Mr. Jas. H. Ligons visited a few days in Chicago last week. Miss Bessie Kelly spent a few days last week in Iowa City, Iowa. Mrs. Slaughter is feeling better at this writing. The barbecue given by Wayman's Chapel did not prove very successful. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Dr. A. J. Booker and Miss Carlson, both of Des Moines, Iowa, were married Saturday evening at the residence of Dr. J. H. Redd. Rev. T. W. Lewis performed the ceremony. Mrs. Roy Colman of St. Paul, Minn., and baby have been spending a week with her mother, Mrs. U. W. Lewis. Mrs. Lewis will visit with Mrs. Colman during Rev. Lewis' absence at conference. J. Mr. Chas. Neal expects to leave Richboro Washington, D. C., to resume his studies. Dr. J. H. Redd and Mr. Mrs. B. S. Smith will to Anandale, Minn., last week on a fishing and hunting trip. Dr. Redd killed several ducks and there was fish to spare. Rev. E. R. Edwards of St. James A. M. E. church, Minneapolis, left for Evanston to attend conference. The writer was informed that his return has been asked for by his members. Mrs. R. L. Buttner is visiting in will take items for the paper. Chicago and expects to be gone about three weeks. In her absence Mrs. Luther Abey of 2429 Fourth avenue FIVE—Bystander—Ida Sellars, president of the State Federation, is reported sick at her residence. Subscribe for The Bystander and know what is going on in the other cities among the race. 4 WANT NEW BULLETIN Big Demand for the Weekly News Letter. Department of Agriculture Embarrassed by Growth in Popularity—Looking for Some Way to "Side-step" Without Hurting Any One's Feelings. Washington.—Again the department of agriculture is suffering from an excess of popularity. The last time it ran into an embarrassment of this sort was when the past spring it issued its now famous "bird book," which was a manual of the common farm and orchard birds of interest to farmers. There was such a shoal of requests for copies that the department has never been able to catch up with the requests. This time it is in connection with the "weekly news letter" that Secretary Houston undertook to get out a sort of compensation to the 36,000 crop correspondents who get no other reward for their services. The first issue of this letter has just been put out. It consists of about 1,800 words of typewriting, giving in popular language the names of bulletins and other things of immediate interest to agriculturists. The intention was to get out an edition just large enough to supply the correspondents. The first number contained paragraphs about investigations into seed adulteration, damage to the market value of hides by the cattle tick, action against misbranded insecticides, etc., of direct interest to farmers. There was an immediate flood of applications for the crop, and besides other things a request that a copy be sent to each of the 58,000 postoffices for posting for the benefit of visitors. All this was quite complimentary, but the appropriation for white paper alone to meet such a demand was too much of a drain, and the mechanical facilities for printing and mailing all the copies were entirely inadequate. So the department is now looking around for some way to sidestep gracefully without hurting any one's feelings. July exports of breadstuffs, meats, cotton, and mineral oils show a large increase over the time of Export Trades. a responding month of last year. The Monthly Bulletin of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, department of commerce, showing exports from the principal customs districts of breadstuffs, cottonseed oil, food animals, meat and dairy products, cotton, and mineral oils shows a total of $4,775,000 for July, 1913, worth $9,377,455 for August, 1913, chief increase occurs in wheat, of which the exports from the principal customs districts during July, 1913, were $9,377,455, against $523,385 bushels in July of last year, the value being $9,391,182, against $537,28 in July of last year. These exports of wheat in July were larger than in July of any earlier year since 1901. Flour, also, shows a considerable increase, being $313,198 for July, 1913, worth $9,391,182 for July. Meat and dairy products show an increase of about $2,500,000 over July of last year; cotton an increase of $1,333,000; mineral oils, an increase of nearly $1,000,000; while cottonseed oil and cattle and food animals show a slight decline. The total for the six groups of articles named—breadstuffs, cottonseed oil, food animals, meat and dairy products, cotton and mineral oil—for July, 1913, were $4,779,155, against $523,385 bushels, and for the seven months ending with July, $146,691,768, against $46,378,217 in the corresponding months of last year. The present model of rifle used by the United States army should have Keeping U. S. ness of at least Rifles Clean. ten years, in the ordnance officers, and a determined effort is being made to prevent the use of rifles that are turned in as worn out when they are really serviceable. A circular issued last week declares that one of these rifles should be capable of firing 8,000 to 13,000 rounds before becoming so worn as to be inaccurate. Many of the rifles turned in as unserviceable are found to be in this condition more through want of careful cleaning and the use of abrasives than by any reason of the actual number of rounds fired. Therefore, it has been ordered that such guns as are used in rifles or pitted, a sign that they have not been properly treated, shall be tried out by expert riflemen, and not condemned unless they show marked inaccuracy at the targets. James M. Sullivan, minister to the Dominican republic and a resident of New York, is a hot-footed Demo-crat. This is literally true. The other night, after a gruelling hot day of meeting officials of the state department and trying to find a job for some friends, Mr. Sullivan pulled up at his hotel here lame and hot footed. He said his feet were to hot that day, he were giving him agony and spirits but, too, he called a sea-going hack, jumped in and ordered the driver to find a place where it was cool. The Colors ard Crime. That colors have a psychological effect on criminals is the reason urged by Judge Mahoney of the Chicago municipal court for having its premises redecorated in light colors, and he quotes the Bible to the effect that criminals love darkness because their deeds are love of white, cream, and black. Judge Mahoney, of his court, Judge Mahoney thinks, will change its somber atmosphere and have a profound, if unconscious, effect upon the malefactors brought driver headed for Potomac park along the river. Arrived there Mr. Sullivan saw some long, wet, soft looking grass. "Halt!" he called to the driver. The latter did so, suddenly. Mr. Sullivan reached down, unlaced his shoes, pulled them and his socks off, rolled up his pants and stepped out of the vehicle into the grass. He waded, dragged his feet, lifted them up and put them down softly. He had blades of grass between his toes, pulled great handful and washed his feet with it. After being in the grass for half an hour the sky became overcast. The driver said a storm was coming. Mr. Sullivan looked at him mind; that he would be paid for getting wet. A storm did come. It rained torrentially. Through it all Mr. Sullivan stayed in the grass. About two hours after leaving the hotel he returned with cold feet and a pleasant temper. It was a large bill he gave the cochera. The leaning chimney of the Avenue of the Presidents withstood the great storm of 1913. Withstood Great Storm. One would like to write that it stole the street, but this chimney has never stood up within the memory of old inhabitants. It has been a leaning chimney for many years, but in view of the tenacity and persistence with which it leans one would hesitate to call it a decrepit chimney. This old chimney leans as much as it used when the street was only 16th street and no more, when the section over which it leans was generally called Meridian Hill neighborhood, and before rich men began to build residences in that section. Friends of the crooked chimney felt that in the late storm the end of it had come. They felt that its bricks and mortar and its topping tile would have been on the street, but the chimney never lost a brick. On the west side of 16th street, at the intersection of Columbia road and Mount Pleasant street, is a row of small frame houses. They sit rather far back from the street, for the line of 16th street and its grade were made to change easily it was made into a great way. The chimney leans over the roof of the northernmost of these old houses. Increase in the industrial and commercial activity of the United States during the last fiscal year, as compared with 1912, is disclosed by figures made public by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. These show there was a gain of almost 12 per cent. in the value of exports of manufactures, manufacturera materials and agricultural products. The increase amounted to $262,000,000, and the total exports this last year were $2,466,000,000. The imports increased almost ten per cent, the gain being $160,000,000, the grand total during the year aggregating $1,131,000,000. Exports of iron and steel manufactures this year amounted to $305,000,000, against $268,000,000 last year, and the total exports of manufactures were valued at $1,187,000,000, against $1,020,000,000 in 1912. The copper produced in the first six months this year was $609,000,000 pounds, against $736,000,000 pounds in the same period last year, and the exports of copper and manufactures thereof, exclusive of ore, approximate $140,000,000 this year, against $114,000,000 last year. From Tariff to Servants. the maid in a Washington family had resigned, according to the senator, and an hour or two before she left the house her mistress, in anything but a sweet temper, said to her. "I hope you will leave here in a better manner than you came. If I remember rightly your goods were brought here in a wheelbarrow." "I am going away in an automobile," said the maid, as a motor car's chugging was heard outside in the back alley. "My new mistress is sending one for my clothes and things." "Is that so?" was the scornful response of the ruffled woman. "Then why don't they drive up to the door in a respectful and respectable manner, instead of choosing the alleyway." "I don't know," replied the maid, "but I suppose they don't care to let people think they are on visiting terms here." Baseball by Wireless. When the battleship Illinois was returning from Madera to the United States and was distant 2,115 nautical miles from Arlington, and 2,610 nautical miles from Key West, she intercepted wireless messages from these stations and at the same time heard stations on both sides of the Atlantic. Baseball scores were received the night the Illinois left Madera, which added greatly to the interest of the messages. Her Good Reason. Rejected Sultor—And may I ask what the "bad circumstances" are that compel you to reject my suit —Certainly, sir; they are— yourst Woman's Age Few women are as old as they look before they get themselves fixed up in the morning. before him. The alienists report that dark colors and one bright one—red—are excitants to crime, producing the moods of anger and dejection which sometimes end in a moral degradation. Spoiled. Her Trip. "Then your wife didn't enjoy her trip to Niagara." "No; the minute she saw that rushing water she began to wonder if she had come away from home and left a faucet running." ROBERT BRIDGES, ENGLAND'S POET LAUREATE DOOLITTLE KEPT HIS PROMISE OF RAIN LORD KITCHENER'S NEW ELECTORAL SCHEME LORD KITCHENER'S NEW ELECTORAL SCHEME SECRETARY OF BIG FARM LABORERS' UNION A little surprise was arranged for the literary world by Mr. Aquith in by Mr. Asquith in the appointment of a poet laureate whom few, if any, knew of his possibility. The London illustrated papers came out with full-page groups of pictures of Kipling, Noyce, Phillips, Hardy, Masefield, Watson and Mrs. Meynell as likely aspirants, and a man handed the laurel to Mr. Robert Bridges. THE MAYOR Mr. Bridges comes of a die tingulished English family, being the son of John Bridges of St. Nicholas and Walmer, in Kent, and a kinsman of the Rev. Thomas Edward Bridges. D. D., who was from 1823 to 1843 president of Corpus Christi college Oxford. At Eton, and later at Oxford, Mr. Bridges was noted for his scholarship, but he found time to distinguish himself in athletics. He was an enthusiastic cricketer and carman. In 1867 he was placed in the second class in the Final School of Literature. After leaving the university he opened a foreign travel, familiarizing himself to an extent unusual for an Englishman, with life on the continent and in the far east. On his return to London he became a student of medicine at St Bartholomew's hospital, receiving, in due course, the degree of M. B. at Oxford He then began the practice of his profession, being regularly attached to the staff of St Bartholomew's hospital and of the Children's hospital in Great Ormone street. Retiring from practice in 1882, he married and left London for his beautiful rural estate at St Bartholomew's Hospital. The time he has devoted himself exclusively to literature, and particularly to poetry. It may be that one of the reasons for the smallness of the company of In the good old days before Dudley Doolittle, representative of the Fourth tive of the Fourth Kansas district. became famed as a weather prophet, his neighbors depended on the fluttering of the wind, the ridges of leaves and barometers to tell them when it was going to rain. But that was before last Labor Day. when Doolittle came into his own. PETER H. On that day Doolittle, who is a Democrat, and Fred S. Jackson, his Republican opponent for congress, were to speak from the same platform at Lebo Kan. Jackson, by choice, was to talk last. Just before leaving Egypt recently for a visit in England, Lord Kitchen and, Lord Egypt Feciently and, Lord Kitchener, part in giving a very important political reform in Egypt It consists partly in the combination of the general assembly and legislative council into a new, the legislative, assembly, and partly in the institution of a new electoral system. The new legislative assembly has to extent the right of initiating new numbers have legislation, and its been increased from With the winning of the strike in Lancashire, England, farm laborer trade unionism, at the practicability of which so many people had scoffed, shows its as something of which account must be taken. The English Agricultural Laborers' union is steadily gathering in members in the most unlikely counties, and it can win a struggle in a district where the highest agricultural wages in England are naïf. at the practicability of which so many people had scoffed, shows itself as something of which account must be taken. The English Agricultural Laborer's union is standing in membership in the most unlikely counties, and if it can win in a struggle in a district where the highest agricultural wages in England are paid, there seems to be every chance of its giving a satisfactory account of itself elsewhere. The difficulty of getting farm hands into a district causes the men live at great distances from one another, and because their "Curious how changes come with time, eh?" "What, for instance?" "Oh, once men used to take a club to their women; now they take their women to a club."—Judge. "It is full of vines which are either runners or sukera." IOWA STATE BYSTANDER Mr. Bridges's admirers is his devotion to the most technical and abstruse problems of versecraft. His book, "Milton's Proseody," is, in the words of Dr. Herbert Warren in "Robert Bridges and Contemporary Poets," one of the most minute and illuminating contributions ever made to the study of English metric generally, and especially to that of Milton's blank verse. Influenced largely by the work of his late, J. Stoneen, he writes a very number of poems in the classical meters, poems in which the quantities of the syllables, rather than their accents, are the essentials. Of this extremely difficult sort of writing, which can never be thoroughly appreciated except by those intimately familiar with Greek and Latin poetry, a good example is the "Peace Ode," written in June, 1902, on the conclusion of the Boer war. It is unrimed and in Alcaeus. Interesting to students of the subject are the poems in classical meters; it is on his work done in the familiar English rhythms that he must depend for popular esteem. There can really be no difference of opinion about Dr. Robert Bridges' place in English poetry. Among the men poets of today he is unquestionably one of the most entirely poetical. His only rival in fine lyrical quality is the poetical writer B. Yash whose true work in poetry is concentrated in some ten or twelve poems, most of the copious writing—plays and verse—which are to be found in the fine edition of his works that was published some years back by Mr. A. H. Bullen being of a markedly inferior quality. If the office of laureate is to be confined to a man who can not be a question to that Dr. Bridges has done the most perfect lyrical work among them, and that all his books will be greatly enhanced in value by the appointment. But the post of poet laureate, now shorn of its trappings of office, its need for ode on state occasions and the like, which Dr. Bridges is no longer able to give, must obviously be given to the greatest man of letters, to the man who is not only a fine poet and prose writer. day, but no worse than the whole state had experienced for many weeks. Half the farmers in the audience had given up their corn crops as lost on account of the drought. The sky was clear and the sun burned like a big coal of fire. Dudley started to speak at exactly two o'clock. He looked at his watch and said: "I promise you that within an hour we have rain. Therefore, I shall talk only 45 minutes so that Mr. Jackson may have a chance to say a few words." "It if rains, we'll vote for you!" shouted many persons in the crowd. Doolittle spoke 40 minutes and then turned to sit down. Before he reached his chair a torrent of rain began to fall. Not only was Jackson unable to speak that afternoon, but so great was the rainfall that his nighttime in the opera house was enclosing. And inasmuch as Doolittle kept his promise of rain, the crowd kept its promise of votes. nine. But the most interesting part of the new reform is the novel method of electing members. The electors are to be divided into groups of fifty, and each group will elect an elector-delegate. The electors-delegate, in turn, will be divided into groups, each representing about 200,000 inhabitants, and each such group will elect one member to the assembly. Every elector-delegate is bound by law to keep in touch with his fifty electors. This system, which gives the humblest peasant an immediate voice in an election, has been described as one of the most effective methods of maintaining the wishes of a nation ever invented. It also distributes the electoral right more evenly. Hitherto each town, village, or district had only one elector-delegate, irrespective of its population, and thus a large town might have had no greater rights in an election than a small village. low wages make it impossible for them to subscribe more than five cents a week. As Mr. Edwards (the secretary of the union), an assistant secretary and two organizers receive in all about $1,000 a year, the enthusiasts at the head of the organization are hardly leading it for what they can get out of it! In Scotland a farm servants' union is making sound progress with a markedly illustrated twenty-page monthly, the style and tone of which reflect no small credit on those directing the movement. Telephene Wire. There are 6,000,000 telephone stations in this country, and the amount of wire made use of will total at 12,000,000 miles. Some idea of what this total means may be grasped when we calculate that this length of wire could be wrapped around the earth 500 times and that it would make fifty separate lines from the earth to the moon, but there would not be half enough wire to reach from the earth to our nearest planetary neighbor. One Solution. "Wombat is said to be quite a word painter." "His speech last night was absolutely incoherent." "Maybe he has decided to become a Cubist word painter." Unreasonable. "I should think you would like him." "Why?" "He has done so much for you." "I know he has, but he wants me to acknowledge it." --- TO SAVE POLISHED SURFACE Homemade Plateau May Be Fashioned at Home by Any One With a Little Ingenuity. Very attractive disks for use under a vase of flowers, a table of leaves or a bowl can be made at home at trifling expense by any woman who is in the least ingenious. These plateau plates will be found especially useful in hot weather, as they will prevent mollasure from soiling any polluted surface. Have a piece of heavy glass cut in the shape of a hexagon with side lengths of 10 cm. Inches. Get a small piece of cretone having a figure about the same size. Lay the glass over it and tack in place by a small amount of glue along the edge. Blind the edge with gilt glimp about an inch wide, by sewing tightly at each corner it will stay in place. The cost of materials is as follows: One gilding knife half yard of cretone, 15 cents. The price of the glass varies according to thickness. HELPS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Some Few Small Things That Will Repay You For Trouble They Call For. A small piece of butter put into rice when cooking prevents it boiling over and improves the flavor. If cloth that is likely to fade is soaked for some time in strong salt water before going into the wash tub, the colors will be much more lasting. If a sprig of parsley dipped in vinegar be eaten after an onion, no unpleasant odor from the breath can be detected. Try this, you who are fond of this healthful but odorous vegetable. Use black specks from forming doughnuts, drop a few slices of raw potato into the lard when frying the cakes. The potato also purifies the lard, removing any touch of rancidity. Batter Pudding Four eggs, three cups and three-fourths of flour, one pint of milk, one-half a teaspoon of salt, one tablespoon of meltter butter, two heaping teaspoons of baking powder, one pint to one quart of fresh fruit or one-half a pound of dried fruit. If dried fruits are used they should first be stewed and allowed to cool before being used in the pudding, the juice being first drained away. Beat the whites and yolks of eggs separately, add the flour then flour, and beat together the flour and salt mixture, then melt the melted mixture and heat the baking powder. Dredge the fruit with flour, add to the pudding, and pour into a greased pudding mold. Cover tightly, put in boiling water, and boil continuously for three or four hours. When the water boils always replenish with boiling water. Serve with hard sauce or cream and sugar. Tutti Frutti Ice Cream Seald four cupuits of milk with one cupuil of sugar; pour onto three well-beaten eggs, then return to pan and stir over fire till the mixture thickens: allow to cool, add one tablespoonful vanilla extract, pinch of salt, one tablespoonful lemon juice, one tablespoonful angelica, two chopped cooked fins, five chopped cherries, two tablespoonful of chopped candied orange and lemon peel and one tablespoonful of chopped nut meats. Carefully fill a mold with the cream, cover both sides with lightly buttered paper, cover it and bring to a boil, cover with ice to freeze for one and a half hours. Unmold a cold dish with a folded napkin and serve. Flowers on Top A good plan for the concealment of the unsightly garbage can is to have built two stands to be placed on either side of the kitchen porch steps—large flower pots with plants being placed on top. The stands should be built just large enough to contain the can, which is placed on a shell that swings out when the door at the side is opened. Holes for ventilation can be made in the stand, keeping the can as though it were a window, as when opened. Use the other stand for ashes, or have shelves within for the reception of groceries or milk, if the door is fitted with lock and key—Good Housekeeping. Scotch Muffins. One and one-half pints of flour, one cupful honey, one-half teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonful butter, three eggs and a little over one-half pint milk or thin cream. Sift together flour, salt and powder; rub in butter, cold; add beaten eggs, milk or thin cream and honey. Mix well into butter as for pound cake; about one-half fill sponge cake tins, cold and fully greased, and bake in good steady oven seven or eight minutes. Peach Croustades. Cut small rounds from thin slices of sponge cake and sauté them in clarified butter until they become a delicate brown Drain: halves of large, perfect peaches cooked until tender in a syrup of sugar and water; sprinkle the rounded sides thickly with grated coconut and place one on each slice of cake. Serve cold with whipped cream. Odor Dianlled. To dispose of the objectionable smell and taste in cooking utensils, in which fish, chinas, turnips, cabbage, sauerkraut or other rankly flavored food has been cooked, wash the utensils with vinegar, wipe dry; then wash with strong vinegar. No trace of the objectionable odor will be left. Balain Filling. One-half cup of stoned chops rains and one-half cup of sugar put on of boil with just water enough so it will not burn. When melted and boiling up all around add the white of one egg beaten stiff and one-half teaspoon of cream of tartar. Cook over hot water five minutes. Mocked Baked Apple One pint stoned and chopped prunes, beaten whites of three eggs, one-half cup flour. Bake in buttered pudding dish 25 minutes. Serve with sugar german Scientists Point Out the Heavy Cost to Humanity for Standing Position—Experiments Prove Virtue of Locomotion on All Fours. Three of Germany's famous scientists have been making experiments to prove that humanity makes a great mistake in walking upright instead of on all fours. Thereby, they declare man brings on himself many physical veils from which the more sensible and legged aspiring horse and dog are free. When man first stood on his hind legs he disturbed the whole equilibrium of his organism; and since then he has been trying in vain to adapt his architecture and organs to his unnatural carriage. As he has failed he has brought on himself weakness and diseases. One of the first to occupy himself with this question was Prof. Erast Haekel, the Jena biologist and Darwinian. It has now been carried much further by the experiments which Dr. H. Gerhart has lectured on at the Berlin University Polyclinical institute. Dr. Gerhart placed quadruples in a similar position, and observed them. A typical test was made with a fox terrier, which stood and walked on its hind legs for seven hours a day for 28 weeks. The terrier was then compared with an ordinary dog. Examination showed that the change had radically transformed the terrier's anatomy. In order to counterbalance the tendency to fall forward, the dog had continually bent its spinal column backward. The result was a marked deformation of the vertebrae. Standing upright, also deformed the pelvis. The bones of the hind legs had bent forward in a way suggesting rickets or degeneration of the bone. The internal organs also showed changes. The left lung had fallen slightly; the heart was enlarged owing to the constant exertion of standing as a biped, and it had turned round partly on its axis. The liver, stomach and kidneys had also receded further from the head. In other words, the dog had grown closer to the human type. Certain penalties caused by the upright carriage are shown by Dr. Ernest Klitz of Leipzig. It was plainly intended, he says, that the spinal column should be horizontal; and that all vital and easily injured organs, such as the heart and stomach, should hang down from it and be protected by it. "The spinal column," he says, "is not about a roof of bone." It is not all intended to stiffen the body into an upright car. When man went four footed with his organs pendent from his spinal column, all the organs were in exactly defined positions as regards one another. When he began to go upright these organs tended to sag and fall downward and thus disturbed their functions. This caused many ailments, and particularly digestive complaints, which no animal suffers from. These complaints have been a cause of weakness to man and, instead of returning to an all four attitude, he has for millions of years past been trying to adapt himself to the new conditions. But he has not altogether succeeded, and is still suffering from the disturbed equipose. Most marked is the fact that the human legs have not adapted themselves to be man's only support. It even appears in civilized countries the adaptive process has come to a stop and as a result of the failure of legs to do the work of four patological deformation of the sole of the foot is going on. Today man unconcealed hankers after his lost position of quadruped. This is seen by the attitudes he takes during sleep. Numerous scientific tests show that the regenerative effect of sleep both on body and mind is greatest when a man sleeps face downward as do the majority of animals. Nightmares. "sleep drunkenness," "brain pressure" and other abnormal sleep conditions are never experienced by a man sleeping in this position. They are caused by the genuine biped attitude of sleeping on the back. Sleeping on the back with the limbs outstretched is unnatural that the lower animals can be temporarily paralyzed by fixing them in that position. In short, man's upright carriage, which he regards as his unique distinction and glory, is merely a psychological blunder, and it will remain so until man has perfectly adapted himself to it. Unluckily, there is reason to think that the perfect equilume will never be attained. Circus Catastrophe At the circus grounds many people wondered at the unusual delay, caused by the late arrival and a lack of sufficient workmen. "They ain't goif' t' be no show today," said a live looking newsboy. "Aln' gain t' t' la no show? What fer?" anxiously quieshed another. "Cause the elephant stepped on the coffee pot and they can't find the grounds." Worth Remembering. Always try to remember that it takes longer to correct a mistake than it does to make it.—Atchison Globe. Not What She Thought She-I was rather disappointed in that gentleman you introduced to me last night. *Hounded!* How so? He- moved. 180- to. She- Why, you spoke of him as a bridge expert and he turned out to be nothing but a famous engineer. "You wouldn't call it cheap if you were going to buy the kna that elsek would father the father There Are Scores of Lunatics Who Are Good Artists, and Some of Them Make Big Incomes by Their Art-Work is Unreliable. "I am sure," said a well-known mind doctor, in an interview with the New York Press, "you would be amazed at the clever work that is done by hundreds of men and women who are hopelessly insane. Some of it at least is as good as that done by sane people who earn large incomes. "Among my patients today is one man whose skill with the brush would almost surely qualify him for high rank if he were only in possession of his art. There are few of the great exhibitions that do not contain one or more of his canvases, and he has often received as much as $500 for a picture. And yet this man is as 'mad as a hatter,' the victim of terrible delusions and subject to violent homicidal attacks. "Naturally, his work is unreliable. One week he will produce a masterly and beautiful picture, with genius in every line of it. The next he will paint the most weird picture, perfect nightmare in color which, curiously enough he always considers a masterpiece. "And this man is no exception, for there are scores of lunatics who are curious, astute, and of them make good incarnations by their art. Several years ago an exhibition of pictures, the work of insane painters of the Bethlehem Royal hospital, was open to the public, and I can assure you many of them are beautiful works of art. "There are hundreds of other lunatics who are just as skillful in music and literature. One of my own patients, who is hopelessly mad on one subject, and who is a perfect musical genius, has composed operas and symphonies and scores of songs which I have loved and have brought him a small fortune. And I know of many other insane men and women who earn small and regular incomes in the same way. "There are, similarly, hundreds of the insane who make a hobby, and sometimes a very profitable one, of writing. Indeed, many of our saylums have magazines which are almost entirely the work of the patient." "Even in our public asylums there are hundreds of patients who make money by skilled work of one sort or another. Thus, in a county asylum I know well one man who does the most exquisite water color sketches, for which he receives from $15 to $50 each, and he has a market for as many as he can produce. Unfortunately, like so many man and woman, he is willing to finish a picture, and thus at least four-fifths of his work wasted." "Another patient, a former sea captain, spends his time in making the most perfect tiny models of ships, carved with infinite skill and paints from bone or ivory, for each of which he gets $15 to $10. For one very elaborate and beautiful model of a cathedral he was paid as much as $150, and it was certainly very cheap at the price. A third patient in the same asylum earns many dollars a year by cutting the cleverest silhouettes out of colored paper. "Other patients are equally skilled in a very wide range of industries, from inventing toys and puzzles to making watches and picture frames, and from creating canaries and mice to creating flowers. One very ingenious man actually made a clock, with no other material than pins, buttons, iron laths and pieces of knitting needles. "The women, too, are just as clever as the men. I know one demented woman who writes the most charming books for children, and verses for Christmas cards, another who makes a good income, in her lucid hours, by illustrating books, and a third who draws several hundred dollars a year from royalties on her plays. And there are countless women in our public asylums who earn money in scores of ways, such as knitting, lace making, straw plaiting and leather work." Watered Stock A milkman in a country town not far from New York was brought before the local court to answer a charge of adultery of milk. adulteration of an animal "You are an animal," said the judge "with a more serious offense, of selling milk. Have you anything in answer, to the charge?" "Well, your worship," answered milkman, "the night before it lit being very hard, and the cause I cause it to be hard, the must have got through." -Harper's Weekly. Hurrying Home Years ago, when there were only wooden sidewalks in the City of nipep, Canada, holes were bored in the planks to let the water run through. plants to tell her In the morning twilight a policeman found a man with the tip of his wooden leg in one of these holes and hurried around it. friedly walking around "What are ye doing here?" asked the pointers, "Gway offward," said the man. "Got to get Bone before the old lady wakes up."—Everybody's. The Thing That Counts. It is not, after all, a smattering of chemistry, or an acquaintance with the habits of bees which will carry our children through life; but a capacity for doing what they do but want to do. If it be a thing which needs to be done. They which do to do many things they do not want to do later on, if their lives are going to be worth living, and the sooner they learn to stand to their guns, the better for them, and for all those whose welfare will lie in their hands—Agnes Benneler, in the Atlantic. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS There never was a time in which mankind was absolutely perfect in all things; nor do we believe such will be the state of society before the millennium dawn; but, there have been periods in which existed a more wholesome regard for sacred obligations. The tendency to degenerate from exalted conditions is a growing failure; and the affliction is apparent in every phase of civilized life. The golden age of the church there is a small inclination to render as we would receive. Sentiments, enthusiastically expressed in favor of religion, fall short in its practice; and promises faithfully given are treated with disdain. Through this medium a lack of confidence is created, and operations are hampered, because faith in integrity is destroyed. There are few who, seemingly realizing that the performance of obligations of individuals to each other is the basis upon which prosperity stands; because a solemn trust between man and man removes obstructions and throws wide the gates of opportunities. But when these are closed and accounts of the charge is bound to direct his steps, stagnation follows; and peace and plenum repose abide. What is so destructive to happiness is the unsettled condition which disturbs the reponse of communities; and every act which casts a shade over the conduct of society its onward plays. Little forethought is expected to play in the drama of life is exhibited; and we drift along heedless of inevitable consequences. Very often, diligence in small matters leads to control in great ones; and by our failure to understand the charge by which varied careers are affected, we forget cherished blessings and lose the reward which faithful service begets. Our understandings are experimental, and we are not wise as to the outcome; but where duty meets its requirements, things may be reckoned with a less degree of uncertainty. The wheel of fortune ever turns; at each revolution somebody wins and somebody loses; but winner and loser alike pursue their occupation in hopes of final success. With faith in the honesty of our fellowman, we rest our hopes of triumph; but should he desert our cause in the midst of our prospect, our prosperity is disrupted. Human interests are so intertwined that whatever injuries one member has a beautiful efface upon the other, likewise; therefore, it is fitting that caution in dealing should be exercised lest, in our efforts to handicap the progress of others, we do irretrievable damage to our own. Resolutions declaring that the policy of the administration at Washington in segregating the races is a petty one were adopted by the Illinois State Federation of Colored Women's clubs. The federation promised co-operation in preparing for the semi-centennial celebration of Negro freedom to be held in 1915. The state was commended for providing an appropriation for this event. It was decided to hold the 1914 convention in Moline when the speakers were Senator John Dalley of Pooria, Bishop Fallows of Chicago, Rev. A. J. Carey of Chicago, Rev. Charles Virden, visitation agent for the state board of administration, and Mrs. Nora Taylor of Chicago. The National Negro Business league in an address to the public setting forth the achievements of the race during fifty years of freedom, says that the possessions of Negroes in the United States amount to $700,000,000, exceeding the possessions of the white peasantry of Russia. The address further states that while there were 4,500,000 Negroes at the beginning of the civil war, of whom 3,600,000 were slaves, the number has increased to ten million; that only 30 per cent. of the race owns twenty million acres of land, equal to the area of South Carolina. The annual convention of the league ended with the re-election of Booker T. Washington as president for the fourteenth consecutive time, Charles Banks, of Mound Bayou, Miss., was elected vice-president; Emmett J. Scott of Tuckeega, Ala., secretary, and Charles H. Anderson of Jacksonville, Fla., treasurer. The statement has been made that life would be prolonged if persons would acquire the habit of stooping by the hips instead of bending the backbone. Polygamy was declared a felony in England in 1604, but it was not until 1866 that the congress made plurally marriages unlawful in the United States. Bullet-proof armor to protect pilot, passenger and motor is required in the latest specifications for aeroplanes for the United States army. Cremation shows a marked increase in Europe. Last year there were 7,555 cremations in Germany, as against 6,500 in 1910. Dean George Hodges of Harvard Theological school says the world never was socially better than it is now. Press cloth for use in the manufacture of vegetable oils is being made in France from human hair. Naval arsenals are being built on derground in England because of danger from aerial craft. Miss Mary Hilldore of Butternut hwy. Plymouth, Mass., has adopted 14 cables . While the millions of Negroes in the south are largely an ignorant people so far as letters are concerned, they are not as a rule a degraded people, declared Booker Washington at Philadelphia. Some of the finest specimens of physical and moral manhood to be found anywhere in the country can be found among the country people in our race. There is a vast difference between ignorance and degradation. Now as to our program for the future. We should make up our minds thoroughly that there is a permanent place in the country for us, and that we have more friends both in the north and the south than we have enemies. We should make up our minds that we should use material gain and prosperity not as an excuse to be general towards securing and enjoying the best things in our American life. What are our chances and what is the outlook? The large number of independent, prosperous and lawabiding black people right here in Philadelphia partly answers this question. What hundreds in Philadelphia have done others can do throughout the United States. There is a place for at least 900,000 inhabitant, self-supporting Negro farmers. When I was recently the far west, nothing impressed me more to note the large number of educated white men who were beginning life as farmers. Often they started in a little hut or "dug out," and suffered privations, but they were sticking to it. Those are the people who in the future make the great kings of industry. There are openings in the south for 1,000 more saw mills and 1,000 brick yards. It is easily possible to find inviting places north and south where 4,000 more grocery stores can be found. We need 2,000 additional dry goods stores and 1,500 shoe stores. Our race needs 1,000 more good restaurants and hotels. --- The officers of the Philadelphia Negro Business League's committee in charge of the recent celebration are: Chairman, Charles H. Brock;s; secretary, Charles R. Taylor; treasurer, E. D.Cawkins. Other national officers of the league besides Dr. Washington are as follows: Vice-presidents, Charles Banks, Mount Bayou, Miss.; J. E. Rush, Little Rock, Ark.; S. G. Elbert, Wilmington, Del.; Harry T. Pratt, Baltimore, Del.; and John M. Wright, Topeka, Kan.; corresponding secretary, Emmett J. Scott, Tuskegee, Ala.; treasurer, Charles H. Anderson, Jacksonville, Fl.; registrar, F. H. Gilbert, Brooklyn, N. Y.; assistant registrar, C. R. Houston, Worth, Texas; transportation agent, Jacksonville, Pennsylvania; stenogram, William H. Davis, Washington, D.C. compiler, S. Laing Williams, Chicago tl. --- A truckers' association, composed of colored farmers, was organized at Natchez, Miss. About 100 acres was pledged. There were fifty colored farmers at the meeting who evinced much interest and enthusiasm. The assembly was addressed by Prof. G. W. Brumfield, Prof. S. H. Cwoy, Prof. J. R. Rose, Prof. J. R. Rose, James Boyd, Prof. G. W. Brumfield was elected president. J. R. Ross, secretary, and John S. Toles, vice-president. --- We must not lose faith in our white friends, and above all this we must have constant and unvarying faith in our own race. We must have pride of race. We must be proud of being a Negro as the Japanese is of being a Japanese. Let us go from this great meeting filled with a spirit of race pride, rejoicing in the fact that we belong to a race that has made greater progress within 50 years than any race in history, and let each dedicate himself to the task of doing his part in making the 10,000,000 of black citizens in America an example for all the world in usefulness, law-abiding habits and high character. If an English engineer's plan to run an electric railroad up the side of Mount Popocatepal in Mexico be carried out, passengers will experience a change in temperature from 70 degrees above zero to 10 below within two hours. The French postal authoriaries are experimenting with American automatic and semi-automatic telephones in two cities with a view to their general introduction into Paris if satisfactory. A new German machine cleans and sorts medicinal tablets, rejecting broken ones, and packs them in boxes or tubes at a rate of from 150,000 to 200,000 a day. Imports from Brazil to the United States last year were $115,000,000, while exports to that country were valued at $29,000,000. Sam Patterson, sixty-five years old, was sent to the whipping-post in Wilmington, Del., the other day for wife beating. Sometimes a woman listens to a man's talk so she will be ready to start in when he pauses for breath. Electrical machinery to keep targets in a rife gallery in motion has been designed by an Australian. If many people were to think before they speak they would forget what they were going to say. Ordinarily a woman manages to hold her own—with the exception of her tongue. KITCHEN FLOOR NEEDS CARE Constant Scrubbing May Be Done Precautions Are Simple Precautions Are Taken The kitchen floor, which needs such constant scrubbing, often causes much trouble, as soap and water soften the wood and increase its tendency to splinter. If it is splintered much it must be scraped smooth and then with care it ought to do nicely. Have the floor clean and smooth, the cracks filled (if a close grained wood, it needs no filler), then rub a thoroughly crude oil or one of the special preparations that are manufactured for the purpose. Oil slowly hardens and darkens a floor, so that grease and stains do not wear the wood. Never wair or varnish kitchen cabinets. The slipperiness of the wax may cause a nasty fall and in any case it is a waste of money, for the water that has to be used in both kitchen and bathroom will ruin the looks of either wax or wax. After the floors are once in good condition it is not a difficult matter to keep them so. THINGSWORTH KNOWING Eau de cologne will remove candle grease. Use the ironing fire for preparing stocks for soups or baking puddings. A charming nursery screen can be covered with the prints that the small child loves best. To take machine oil out of white materials dip the spot into cold water while it is fresh. Never allow a cooking utensil to stand and dry before washing. Put cold water in it immediately. To make an excellent dressing for limeau to take equal parts of limeau oil and vinegar and mix thoroughly. Ice and ice cream will freeze more quickly if a dipper of water is poured over the ice and salt just before the turning process begins. Savories. As a dainty to serve with salads try crisp crackers. Split common crackers and spread lightly with butter, then bake in oven until a delicate brown. Stale bread is always useful for bread sticks and crounts to serve with thick. Cut into slices half inch thick. For the crounts cut into cubes, and for the bread sticks cut three inch lengths. Spread before cutting with butter and toast to a golden brown. A delicious sour cream dressing for fruit salad is made with a cupul of rich sour cream into which a half cup of melted butter is stirred gradually. This blended with a variety of fruits, pinceapple, banana and oranges, and some meats or some dates, is most appetizing spread on crackers as a lunchroom dish. Boiled Dressing One teaspoon salt, one teaspoon mustard, one teaspoon sugar, one teaspoon flour or cornstarch, one egg, one cup vinegar, one cup milk, piece of butter the size of a large walnut, one teaspoon baking soda, fire and just heat through. Have ready milk and egg which has been thoroughly beaten together; add this to vinegar. If you allow the vinegar to boil before putting in the eggs and milk it will curdle. Add dry ingredients to this and stir constantly until mixture comes to a boil. Let it boil for a couple of minutes and add the butter. The dressing will keep indefinitely and is good for salads, fish and meat. To Remove Mildew For removing mildew from white material: Take one teaspoonful of chloride of lime and one teaspoonful of washing soda. Put this and the mildew article into two quarts of cold water and let it boil for about four hours, then skim off the scum, add two pallets of cold water and let it stand overnight, with the article well covered. Put this in a long enough pit that the article back again and until the mildew entirely disappears; then rinse well and wash in the usual way. Be sure to take off the scum, for that is what burns the material in so many of the recipes given. Home-Made Sausage Meat Take one and one-quarter pounds of lean beef, three-quarters of a pound of lean pork, one-quarter pound of lean bacon, one-quarter pound of bread crumbs, two teaspoonfuls of chopped parley, half teaspoonful of mixed herbs, half teaspoonful of pepper, one teaspoonful of salt. Grind the beef, pork and bacon in a meat grinder, mix it with the crumbs, herbs and seasoning. Pass through the meat grinder a second time. Shape into balls by hand, brush over with a beaten egg, roll in bread crumbs and serve. Peanut Soup. Take two tablespoons of peanut butter and one tablespoon of browned flour (plain flour may be used, but browned is to be preferred); cream together and pour slowly over this one pint of boiling water, stir constantly to keep smooth. Season with salt and cinnamon. Add a little milk. If too thick, add more hot water. Serve immediately with creoutons or crackers. Southern Potatoes Rool four cupups sweet potatoes, cut in half-inch dice, five minutes. Drain and put in buttered baking dish. Add one-half cup sugar, salt and pepper, a very little nutmeg and one-half cup melted butter. Sprinkle top with flour and bake in oven three hours. This recipe is 50 years old. Green Corn Balls. Beat a whipped egg, two teaspoons melted butter and one of white sugar and salt to taste into two cups green corn cut from the cob and put with mixture enough flour to enable you to handle it and form it into balls. Roll these in raw egg and then in flour and fry in deep f*. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER BASEBALL Mike Mitchell is holding down center field for the Pirates in grand style. Dauss is considered by far the most reliable twirler on the Tiger staff just now. Bill Dahen, it is said, is threatening to give King Cole a chance with the Doogers. Water baseball is all very well for the players, but it does not cool off the spectators on a hot day. A Brooklyn paper carries openly the odds quoted on all ball games in both leagues each day. Joe Boehling is said to be pitching better ball since his winning streak was broken than before. Seven double plays were made in a game between Providence and Baltimore in the International league. Carl Lundgren, once with the Chicago Nationals as a pitcher, will coach the University of Michigan baseball club. Bill O'Connell, former Roxbury, Mass., high school athlete, probably will be given a tryout with the Red Sox. Umpire Klem's feelings were damaged $10 worth, it seems, when George Pierce called him a "fish" from the bench. Now that he is hopelessly out of the pennant race, Tinker is going to devote most of his time to trying out recruits. It is said that the Quakers wanted Josh Devore because of his inside knowledge of the methods used by the Giants. The Browns have only Stovall, Pratt and Shotten batting at all respectably. Most of Stovall's club averages around .200. Ping Bodie has been quite a while coming into his own, but now that he has arrived he says that he is going to stay. Fred Clarke says this season has been his most trying year in Stovall and he has had a great many years in the game. Roy Patterson, former Stor star, but one of the Millers for many years past, is pitching as good bull this year as he ever did. Casey Hagerman comes back to the big leagues as a Cincinnati Red after a brilliant record with Denver in the Western league. Ray Caldwell, besides being classed as a coming pitcher, does good work in the outfield when called upon to fill a gap there. Elmer Brown, the new $7,000 Brooklyn pitcher from Montgomery, was once a member of the Cincinnati Reds under Clark Griffith. Ira Thomas, catcher for the Athletics, is said to be dabbling in politics, with the ambition of some day becoming an alderman. Joe Tinker will get another chance to lead the Reds without much doubt. Joe has made a better showing with the team than was expected. It's a pretty safe bet that the New York National's option of $500 on the services of Outfielder Dave Robertson of Mobile will be exercised. A St. Louis empire pays $3,500 because a ball player spoiled his nose. He seems to have a high opinion of what his beak used to. New Orleans papers are beginning to speculate on just when the Charlie Somers league will start protecting Frank's players from the draft. Miller Huggins is out to build up an entirely new team, he says. He is willing to trade anything and everything he has if he can see any advantage in it. Eddie Collins of the Athletics is the leading run getter in the American league while Miller Huggins of the Cardinals enjoys the same distinction in the National league. A report comes from New York that the district attorney's office has determined to put a stop to the baseball pools and has arrested one man charged with running a pool. Boston has been no pleasant place for the Cubs all season. George Stallings has some way of getting the Braves worked up to a winning point whenever they try real hard against the Cubs --- Nearly 70 per cent of the cerebrospinal meningitis cases are now cured in the Rockefeller institute, which goes to prove that Johnnie Evers is not doing all the important work in the world. . . . Outfielders Wilson and Duncan, purchased from Dallas by the Boston Braves, are two of the strongest hitters in the Texas league. Pitcher Cutting of Milwaukee has made a good record of wins in the American association this season and is likely to advance next year. Joe Birmingham of the Cleveland Naps says Johnny Evers may be champion crab, but he wishes he had nine crabs on his ball club just like the Trojan. BIG RECORD FOR YOUNGSTER Joe Boehling of Washington. Joe Boehling, a younger with Clark Griffith's Washingtonians, won eleven straight games for his team recently. Should Boehling keep up his good work the climbers may have a chance for the big flag next year, as Washington would then have two of the best hill men in organized ball in Johnson and Boehling. Pittsburg has six scouts on the road . . . William Hodge, star pitcher of Williams college, is to get a try-out with the Browns. Outfielder Collins, who was sent to Buffalo by the Braves, probably will be used as a pitcher. Cravath's ambition is to put a ball over the left field wall at the Philadelphia National league park. Billy Grayson's bomb labeled "war on organized baseball" made a noise resembling a fluke firecracker. Jim Scott is not far from being the leading pitcher in the American league, on the basis of earned runs scored off pitching. Frank Chance says that Joe Boehling will curve himself out of the big tent in three short seasons. "It better to have curved and blown than never to have curved at all. . . . Bill Phelon says Tinker is figuring out some way to poison Chief Johnson. The Chief recently complained of potamine poisoning and then went out and pitched a three hit game. Bill Lathrop, a big recruit pitcher of the White Sox, thinks the Cubs have picked up a wonder in Williams, its new left fielder. Lathrop and Williams played on the same team at Notre Dame. SPORTING WORLD It's about time to hear from Gotch, Zhyezko, et al. Norman Taber. National mile champion, will do no more running this year. Los Angeles wants 1914 national lawn tennis tourney, usually staged at Newport. Yost has invited 35 men to report for work on the Michigan football field this fall. Queen Mary of England is said to be a golf enthusiast and may play at Balmoral this fall. Tom Jones announces that his man Wolgast will get a fight in the fall with Champion Ritchie. Members of the Leland Stanford Rugby team have started their practice for the coming season. Alf Shrubb, the Harvard cross country coach, will call his men out to practice as soon as college opens. J. B. Joel, an English turfman, recently paid $235,500 for Palace latine, said to be the best horse in the world. Joe Malcolmson, ex-National A. A. U. low hurdle champion, is now in business in Chicago, and has hung up his spikes for all time. James I. Wendall, Wesleyan, '13, a member of the American Olympic team in Sweden, has quit athletics "while he is good." For the first time in many seasons the Polo grounds will harbor one of the big college games, Dartmouth meeting Carlisle at the home of the Giants. . . . "Fighting Fred" McKay of New York was knocked out by Carl Morris of Oklahoma in the third round of a scheduled twelve round bout at Winnfield. --- Crescoe races better in front than anywhere, which is a family trait, as his granddad, Fantasy, was notorious for her dislike toward any position but the one where there is no dust. English polo players have already started practice and are laying plans to take another shot at the big cup which they failed to lift this year. Tommy Ryan, the ex-welterweight boxing champion, is going to open a boxing club in Syracuse and is also thinking of again winning the ring. Uhlan, the world's champion trotting golding, stepped the first two-minute mile ever recorded in Michigan when he was driven at 1:59 36 at Grand Rapids. SELECT RIGHT DIET WIN'S AWAKENING Food Believed to Have Effect on Character. Men Who Have Gleamed Thought to the Subject Are of Opinion That Proper Kind of Eating Is of Immense Importance. Nowadays eating has become a veritable science, and there are those who assert that a man can alter his very character if he will only indulge in the right kind of diet. The other day the private secretary of the Maharajah of Jhailawar gave a lecture on food in London, in the course of which he stated that the eating of onions is conductive to "darkness of spirit." He said that the Indian diet, India is largely regulated by diet. Thus, those of the highest caste only eat vegetarian meals in order to keep their souls pure. Members of another caste are allowed to eat meat so that they may be fitted to be warriors; while the lowest caste of all eat "stale, fat foods," which suit their unspiritual natures. Two noted German professors gave it as their opinion not long ago that if people would eat plenty of chalk that they would eat only more energy and happiness, but considerably increased brain power. A doctor in Philadelphia recently stated that no one who eats a pound of macaroni daily will ever become a drunkard, but he also stipulated that the would-be teetotaler should live entirely on a vegetable diet and never touch meat in any circumstances. He also stated that the vegetarianism for some "society" is that of a New York man. She believes that we there is nothing like fine chops and glasses of beer to inspire poets and writers, and she opened a restaurant for the express purpose of providing those who would woo the muse with the proper kind of diet. She has no patience with people who would be "souffl" on prunes and nuts, and she has no patience with her establishment is called, has certainly been well patronized by budding Tennyson and future Merediths. The belief is gaining ground in many quarters that if you wish to stave off old age and to have the feeling of perennial youth and gaiety, no matter what your actual years may be, you cannot do better than eat plenty of fruit. The theory is Professor Metchnikoff, who has made exhaustive experiments to prove his statements. There are some who even assert that not only does the frequent eating of sugar keep one from growing old, but that if a man or woman will begin the sugar treatment, even after semilife, will be greatly as to amount to a complete change in his or her character. Moneker Moneker, or moniker slang, and probably "thieves Latin" for "a name" has for some time puzzled those who try to follow such graceless fagenda of language back to their originals. One who has evidently devoted much study to the subject says that "in咳 moniker" is the word for moniker is but cognomen disgusted. The objection does not lie that a purely Latin noun is above the reach of the thief in his kennel, for the Alasata of the medieval thief was the kitchen of the monastery, whence Latin came out with the garbage. With the tremendous vitality of word roots the master's backdrop is the word of the prefixed prefix and cognomen was rearranged into nomencog. The next inversion took hold of the first syllable of the root and inverted it; the result is non-en-cog. From this to moniker is the easy progress of word degradation in the pronunciation of those unworthy to speak. It is for this reason that, if any preterite moniker is used in the moniker is the preferred spelling." There does not appear to be finality about this derivation, however. Can any reader help us out? Countess Dances 15,000 Miles The Countess Lambsdorff has just given her unique memories to the public in book form, and St. Petersburg is full of talk about them. The author states that she attended 22 fandances prior to her marriage and 657 after her wedding. Before she was married she received 18 offers of marriage at different balls, and afterward 272 men sent her love missives, while 100 more enthusiasts and temperamental gentlemen threatened to shoot themselves in their despair. The number of dances which Countess Lambsdorff takes to her credit is nothing short of stupendous. She took part, she says, in 2,834 square dances. 4,500 waltzes and 500 polka dances. She had 1,200 dances of which she doubled 1,200 were stupid, 200 boresome, 120 inoffensive, 22 nice and only three witty. The countess estimates that she has danced over 15,000 miles; as she attended 7,934 dances, this estimate is modest. "Movies" Used as Man Catchers. Motion picture theaters now play a part in the catching of criminals in Bohemia. When a criminal of importance is "wanted" by the police authorities of Prague and difficulty is experienced in finding him, a photograph is sent to every motion picture theater in the country. A short explanatory note, until the criminal is found or the order for the display of the photograph is withdrawn. Bome Exercise. "Duke," said the medical man, "you motor, ride horseback, and biplane. You never walk. Your legs will become atripped from lack of exercise." "My legs get some exercise, doctor. I kick the servants quite frequently." Gone Up. Church—As a railroad man he began at the bottom, but has risen pretty high. Gotham—Oh, I suppose he began in the Subway and has got up to the Elevated. --- Whenever conversation in Three Pines reached the point where people wanted to express the superlative of tyranny they said: "As bossy as Win Neffens' wife." Win Neffens' wife had been named Serena before her characteristics had a chance to develop. She was pretty in a birdlake way, with snapping black eyes and a pert twist of the neck and a general snug, trim roundness of person that reminded one of a sparrow. When Win first knew her he was charmed with her little air of proprietorship and the way she ruled him and ordered him around. It was pleasing to think that a girl took interest in her. in him to act as someone toward him. Nobody had ever interfered with his having his own way before and it amused him to let such a scrap of a girl bend him, a six-footer and broad in proportion, to her will. After the novelty wore of it it was different. Still, being a good-natured and placid friend, he endured it and was not particularly unhappy about it till the question of joining the Antelopees came up. The Antelopees were primarally fitted up real club rooms, with a reading room, billiard and card rooms, and Three Pines had never had anything of the sort before. Up to that time when fell the shades of night and business men in Main street shut up shop there was no place to go but home and they were fitted up real club rooms, with lamp reading the Daily Clarion and the Farm Journal ever palled they did not voice their boredom, because the case was hopeless. With the advent of the Antelopees a great light shone out. All the male population hastened to join the Antelopees. Then and there Serena Neffens delivered her ultimatum. "Don't you let me hear of your going near those Antelopees. We Nineteen Antelopees. We 'nineteen' perfectly scandalous the way the men are acting about it. I for one am going to keep my husband at home! Where should a married man be but home, I'd like to know? Pretty idea, deserting his wife and family just to waste money on cigars and billiards and gossip! You don't see me going out to clubs evenings, do you? Well, you don't go, either. You went out of the house without a word, as was usual with him when Serena talked, but he wore a frown, which was unusual. Every man in town but himself was going to join the Antelopees and he wanted to join, also. It would be nice to have a comfortable club to drop into occasionally—Serena needn't have been so peremptory and selfish. He felt rebellious. He miming bitterly that the tempter in the shape of Ben Sprinkle got bold of him. "Spope Serena kicked up a row, eh?" asked that sultate elderly personage when Win told him shortly that he wasn't going to join. "Huh! Don't be an idiot! You join anyhow and shall never know it! The boy's won't tell on yell." It of reckless daring Win Nefelina followed Sprinkle's advice and with the freemasony of a small town all the other members were aware that they were to keep still about it at home. Thereupon Win launched on his double life. When he was date to supper he explained that he was taking with a traveling man. Besides, his business increased so that every once in a while he had to go back to the store after supper to work on the books and his correspondence. It wore on Win and he developed nerves. Serena was always lecturing on the sins of the Antelopes. She can be heard talking, she could say, for one, wouldn't stand it the way the other women did. Win was always guiltily expecting the blow to fall. When Serena did not come home one day till a half hour after he arrived for supper, he took one look at her face and knew the blow had fallen. Somebody had told her. As he surveyed her standing gazing at him breathlessly, biting her lip, collecting her forces for one grand explosive attack, a curious calm fell over him, the calm of despair. Then to his utter amazement, he heard himself speaking, or, rather, roaring. He even pounded the table with his big fat. "What do you mean," he heard coming from own lips, "by being away from your home this time of the day? What do you mean by keeping me waiting for my supper? Gadding about, gossiping, neglecting your husband and your duty—" "Wh—wh—why, Winn!" gasped his started wife. He had never in all the years ever raised his voice before. "I tell you, I won't stand it!" he concluded at the end of five minutes' heated remarks that seemed to form themselves. "This is what drives a man to eat it alone—as for me, I'm going down to the Antelope, where a man can get a little attention!" He fungo on his hat and stormed out. His last sight of his wife showed her dissolved in tears in the big chair, tears of shock and bewilderment. She also hid herself himself by skinned down the street with expanded chest, "why didn't I ever do that before?" Double Reason. Maud—I understand Mr. Pryde has stopped trying to trace his family tree. I suppose the further back he went the harder it got. Jack—Yes, and the further back he went the harder his ancestors got. Small Brother's Opinion "That's the fellow what's goin' to marry my sister." "Rum looking guy, anit' he?" "Yep. I hate to have 'im in the family and if he didn't own stock in the store I wouldn't stand for me at a minute!" Their Difficulty "Thetheatrical manager are hard to phase." "Why?" "Because they're mad if their houses are dark and sad if they're light." ITEMS FROM QUINCY, ILL. Mrs. Mary Porter of Kansas City, Mo., is in the city visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Tutt. Mrs. Sarah Steward was hostess to the Mutual Aid club, a fortnightly club, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson. The stork visited Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Meten of Poplar Bluffs, Mo., leaving a bouncing boy who bears the name of Frederick Pierce. Mother and son are doing fine. Mrs. G. T. Morgan left Monday for Shawneetown, Ill. to visit her niece. Mrs. Henry Young returned home from Macatowa Park, Mich., Tuesday after a pleasant sojourn of two months. Mrs. Sarah Young entertained a few friends at supper Wednesday evening. The guest of honor being Mr. George Dabner of Indianapolis, Ind., formerly of this city. Mrs. Laura Smith is the guest of her brother Mr. F. Miles. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey of Canton, Mo., are the guests of Mr. Geo. Mills. Mrs. Elsie Brown is convalescing. Mr. Walter Hawkins is on the sick list. Miss Hazel Lewis returned home from St. Louis, visiting her sister Mrs. B. Scott. GALESBURG, ILL. Mrs. T. S. Patton entertained Monday in honor of Mrs. Kelley of Peru, Ind., who is the guest of Mrs. Georgia Fletcher. The afternoon was spent playing tennis. Mrs. Drew of LaGrange who has been the guest of Mrs. W. W. Williams returned to her home last week. Mrs. Myra Hardin is enjoying a visit in Chicago. Mrs. Alex Winston of Omaha is in the city, having been called home by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. T. Gash. Mrs. Addie Garnett was hostess Monday afternoon to about twenty-five little ones in honor of Master Cassuis Kelly of Peru, Ind. The funeral of Mrs. Ellsworth who died at her home in Kewanee was held Thursday at Allen Chapel. The service was in charge of Rev. Birt assisted by Rev. R. Thomas of Kewanee. Mrs. G. D. Lewis entertained Monday afternoon at her home, the party being complimentary to her brother, Horace Crawford. The children spent the afternoon playing games on the lawn, after which dainty refreshments were served. Mr. Theo. Green is reported on the sick list. Mr. H. E. Richardson spent Monday in Peeria on business. Miss Myrtle Wallace of Monmouth in the guest of Mrs. Warren Johnson. is the guest of Mrs. Warren Johnson. Mrs. S. L. Birt and children have returned from a visit in Springfield, Ohio. Miss Dorothy Hawking has returned from a visit in LaGrange and Hannibal FORT MADISON NOTES At 4:05 a. m. Monday morning an alarm called the fire companies to the old Zeiser home in the 200 block on Fifth street. The building is a two-story frame, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zeiser, and also the Prentice family, whose home a block away was burned down a few weeks before. Rev. and Mrs. Bowles are in Centerville this week attending the Iowa and Nebraska association at Centerville. Miss Lizzie Stewart has returned, after a visit at Rock Island and Peoria, Ill., and reports a fine time. Mrs. Eliza Hedge of La Grange, Mo., and son, Charles, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas at 118 Spruce street. Mrs. Bapnister of Peoria, Ill., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lucy King. Mrs. Albina King is much improved, after her serious illness. She remains with her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. King at the west limits. Mrs. McClelland, one of the old members of the church and a faithful worker, is quite sick at her home on West Fifth street. Mr. Charles Thomas has been confined at home for two weeks, not able to leave his room. His many friends hope to see him out again soon. The White Rose club will meet with Mrs. Charles Henry on Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Jackson are on the sick list. MINNEAPOLIS MINN. (Special to the Bystander.) The rally which was held at St. Peter's A. M. E. church last Sunday, conducted by the Stewardess board was a success. Revs. T. W. Lewis and E. R. Edwards left Monday evening to attend the Iowa Annual Conference. Miss Naomi Coalston and Dr. Arthur J. Booker, both of Des Moines, Ia., were quietly married Saturday evening Rev. T. W. Lewis officiated. Mrs. L. Carter of Galesburg, Ill., is the guest of Mr. and Mr., John Monroe of Snelling avenue Mrs. R. L. Buttner and little daughters left for Chicago Monday night Wait for the entertainment given by Pride of the West Chapter No 14, O. E. S. at Masonic hall Oct. 8th. Mrs. Susie Hazel of Galesburg, Ill., is the guest of her brother, Mr. L Fisher of North Minneapolis. Mr. J. M. Morris has returned from a six weeks visit. Mrs. J. N. Sellers of Riverside avenue is on the sick list. If you have news of interest telephone South 3827. Good For Biliousness. "I took two of Chamberlain's Tablets last night, and I feel fifty per cent better than I have for weeks, says J. J. Firestone of Allegan, Mich. "They are certainly a fine article for biliousness." For sale by all dealers. CLARINDA, IOWA. Mrs. Mrs. Renfro of Greenfield, Mo., is visiting Mrs. Mattie Cook. Mrs. Martha Lewis is at present visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Oldham. Mrs. Katie Moss and Callie Arnett grant a few days out of our city. Mrs. L. Washington of Corning is in our midst. Miss Jessie Baker has gone to Buxton. Mrs. Carrie Reede moved to Sioux City to make it her home for the winter. Mrs. Essa Bowlin is enjoying a visit from her father of Leavenworth, Mo. Mr. Noah Pemberton, Sr., has joined his family here, who moved recently from Omaha. Mrs. Scott of Omaha visited Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jones a few days. Mrs. Allen Jones left for Omaha to attend the funeral of a friend. Mrs. Lewis Blythe has been on the sick list. ALBIA NEWS. Sewing Circle club met at the home of Mrs. Mattie Bennings on Monday. Rev. R. B. Manly leaves Albia on Tuesday for Evansville, Ill, to attend annual conference. Mite Missionary society had a called meeting on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Henry Jones. Mr. Reed, Mrs. Mosely and a number of others from Hiteman were in Albia on Sunday. Social at the A. M. E. church for a farewell gathering for Rev. R. B. Manly on Monday evening. Albia public school opened on Tuesday after Labor day. About thirty colored pupils in all and four in high school. This week has been a week for strangers in Albia. A number on our streets. OSKALOOSA, IOWA: Edna Jones has gone to Ottumwa to visit her sister, Mrs. Anna Wilson, for a few weeks. Mrs. P. Barquette and children, Maxine and John, were here last week attending the wedding of her brother, Lamont Frederick, and Isabella Allen, who were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen on F avenue West. Letta Cary will visit ten days at the home of her parents before going to Marshall, Texas, to resume her work as teacher in Bishop college. Mr. Rollen Weeks has moved his family here from Chicago and expects to make this his future home. Thos. Spice was an over Sunday visitor in Oskaloosa. Mrs. Kate Hutcheon, who has been visiting relatives in Chicago for five weeks, passed through here and spent the day visiting her mother, Mrs. Jordan Wilson, before returning to her home in Des Moines. Mrs. Sarah Williams, who has been sick for the past week, is improving nicely. Russell Kiner visited at the parental home last week. Rev. Bell will leave Tuesday for the A. M. E. conference, which convenes at Evanston, Ill. Will Crump came down from Hawkeye for an over Sunday visit at the home of Mrs. J. Barquet. Ethel Robison was called to Buxton, her sister being very sick. Mrs. M. Bell went to Ottumwa this morning to get her daughter, Dorcas, who has been visiting at the home of Mrs. H. Owens for the past four weeks. From there she will go to Evanson, Ill., to conference. KEOKUK NEWS Mrs. J. B. Matthews went to Mason City, Mo., last week to attend to some business interests. While there she remained for a few days' visit with her mother and other friends. Mr. Howard Burrell and Miss Hazel Logan of Mt. Pleasant were recently joined in marriage. Many congratulations are extended this happy young couple. Mrs. F. D. Fields is visiting friends and relatives in Chicago, Ill., and Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. E. G. McElroy and Mrs. Geo. Jones of Kansas City, who attended the wedding of their sister, Miss Bertha May Buckner, have returned to their homes, after a very pleasant visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Buckner, of New Boston. Mr. Lyle Suter of Marshalltown was a recent visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gross. The death angel has again appeared in our midst and taken from the home of Rev. and Mrs. M. J. Burton their beloved daughter, little Vivian Katherine. This little star of the household was but two and one-half years old and was only ill a short time. Much sympathy is extended the grief stricken parents in their sad hours. The funeral service was conducted at the home last Saturday afternoon by the Rev. J. H. Bowles. Many were the tributes of floral emblems which sorrow silent words of deepest sorrow beneath which the little casket was tenderly laid. Little Vivian is survived by her parents, Rev. and Mrs. M. J. Burton, two sisters, Misses Eldora and Benjie Burton, and three brothers, Roger, Judson and Arthur. Mr. Cortez Bradshaw of Chicago, Ill., is visiting friends in our city. Diarrhoea Quickly Cured. Diarrhoea quickly cured. "I was taken with diarrhoea and Mr. Yorks, the merchant here, persuaded me to try a bottle of Chamblain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After taking one dose of it I was cured. It also cured others that I gave it to it," writes M. E. Gebhart, Oriole, Pa. That is not at all unusual. An ordinary attack of diarrhoea can almost invariably be cured by one or two doses of this remedy. For sale by all dealers. Mrs. Carrie Turner Webb of Medison, Wis., visited recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Johnson. Mrs. Minnie Bland is spending a few days in Lacrosse, Wis., going by way of boat, accompanying her husband, who is employed thereon. Mrs. Florence Browne is visiting relatives and friends in Lagrange, Mo. Mrs. Lucy Anderson and Mr. Wm. Howard were recently married. This was quite a surprise to their many friends, who join in extending heartiest congratulations. Mrs. Rufus Dandridge of Summitville and Mrs. Chas. Buckner of New Boston expect to leave next Sunday afternoon for Humboldt, Tenn., for a visit with relatives and friends and to view the scenes of childhood days, after an absence of more than forty years. Mrs. Sarah Holland Johnson has been in ill health for some time past. We hope for her convalescence soon. Mrs. F. D Holmes attended the Household of Ruth grand session, which convened in Buxton; also went to Washington for a visit with her mother-in-law and husband, Rev. and Mrs. Brown. COUNCIL BLUFFS ITEMS On September 14th Rev. Garrison preached his farewell sermons for this conference year. The attendance was excellent. At night he preached to a large congregation. Finance was good. On the 15th of September a social will be given at Masonic hall in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Garrison. Mrs. McKenzie will leave for her home Wednesday, after spending a few days with her son. Mrs. R. V. Robinson entertained Mrs. Costin of Omaha, Mrs. Costin of Chicago, Mrs. Lizzie Anderson of Kansas City, Rev. and Mrs. Garrison last Tuesday at her home, 2425 Fifth avenue. Mrs. Sam Davis entertained Rev. and Mrs. Garrison with the stewardesses September 13. Mr. Charlie Hall entertained Rev. and Mrs. Garrison on September 3 at his home on Sixth avenue. Mrs. Grant Thomas of Chicago is visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Davis. Mrs. Webb, after spending a few weeks out of the city, has returned and reports a pleasant visit while away. Mrs. Emiline Walker will entertain the Silver Leaf club on Tuesday night. The Tent will give an entertainment Saturday night. Camille Simpson left Tuesday morning for Ohio, where she will attend school. Mr. McVain of Kansas City is visiting in our city. BURLINGTON ITEMS Rev. P. Simms and wife of Keokun spent Tuesday afternoon in our city, and in company with Rev. B. R. Penn and Mrs. Julia Polks, Keokun district delegate, they left for Evanston, Ill., where they will attend the chirty-first annual session of the Chicago conference of the A. M. E. church. The entertainment given by the choir on Tuesday evening, September 9th, was well attended and a success both socially and financially. Mrs. O. J. Burkhardt left Tuesday for her home in Lincoln, Neb. Master Adolphus Jones enrolled with the freshman students at the Burlington high school Monday. The marriage of Miss Mamie Mathews to Mr. Harry King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter King of this city, was solemnized on Tuesday, September 9th, at Los Angeles, Cal., by the Rev. M. F. J. Peck. The young couple left immediately on their honeymoon trip to this city and other points east, including Indianapolis, Ind., where they will visit the parents of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. King will make their future home in Los Angeles. They have the best wishes of their many friends for a long, happy and useful life. DAVENPORT NOTES. (Special to Bystander.) Mr. and Mrs. George Douglass very pleasantly entertained a number of friends in honor of their second anniversary at their home Friday evening, September 12th. 'they were the recipients of many useful presents and their several friends wish for them many returns of the day. Best Treatment For a Burn. If for no other reason, Chamberlain's Salve should be kept in every household on account of its great value in the treatment of burns. It allays the pain almost instantly, and unless the injury is a severe one, heals the parts without leaving a scar. This salve is also unequaled for chapped hands, sore nipples and diseases of the skin. Price, 25 cents. For sale by all dealers. Hotel Buxton A new modern steam heated hotel—Everything first class Cigars, Soft Drinks, Lunches etc Open Day and Night O. PETERSON, Phone 261 Proprietor Buxton, Iowa VIVIAN L. JONES Funeral Director The very best service guaranteed Prices the lowest Calls answered promptly day or night No extra charges for distance—Reverse all phone charges PHONE: Maple 2548 Residence Black 1658. Office 619 East Court Ave Des Moines --- NOTICE OF INCORPORATION. To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have associated themselves together under and by virtue of chapter one, title nine, of the code of Iowa, and the laws amendatory thereof as a corporation which provides as follows, towit: 1. That the name of such corporation is "The Clay Hill Improvement Company"; its principal place of transacting business is Des Moines, Iowa. 2. The general nature of the business to be transacted by such corporation shall be the buying and selling of real estate and the making of temporary or permanent improvements upon real estate, owned or leased by it, the leasing of real estate, the building and erection of buildings for its own use and for the purpose of leasing to others by the day, month, year or for any period of time which may be decided upon by its board of directors at the time any lease is entered into and all business growing out of or connected with a general real estate business or the buying and selling of real estate and the leasing of the same, and the leasing of rooms for legitimate amusements and the conducting and promoting of legitimate amusements. It shall be the duty of the board of directors to look after the collection of the house rent and other money belonging to the stockholders; to look after and keep up the taxes on the property owned by said corporation, and to look after and keep in a safe place all leases and contracts in which the said corporation is interested. Before the said board of directors shall enter into a contract for the purchase or sale of real estate, notice must be given to every stockholder of the time and place when such contemplated contract shall be entered into and each stockholder shall be given an opportunity to attend such meeting and vote upon the proposition, and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock owned by him in the said corporation. 3. The amount of capital stock authorized by the articles of incorporation is $10,000. 4. That the said corporation shall commence business on the 1st day of September, A. D. 1913, and continue for twenty years with the right of renewal. 5. That the affairs of such corporation are to be conducted by seven directors to be elected the first day of July, 1913, and the first Tuesday of each July thereafter, at which election each person or corporation shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock owned by such person or corporation, which vote may be cast in person or by proxy and until the election of such officers in July, 1914, the following named persons, Charley Palmer, William Aikins, Wm. G. Claridy, A. B. Latimer, A. Munro, W. M. Smith and J. D. Moore, shall be the directors of such corporation and the directors shall at their first meeting in each year elect a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, who shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. 6. That the highest amount of indebtedness to which said corporation shall at any time subject itself shall not exceed two-thirds the amount of the capital stock nor be in excess of the amount provided by law. 7. That the private property of the members of such corporation shall be exempt from the debts of said corporation. Lorn Elmore, president. Will Aikins, Vice President. Henry Taylor, Treasurer. E. J. Mixon, Secretary. W. Jackson, Asst. Sec'y. Directors: Chas. Palmer, Ollie Wells, Wm. Claridy, A. B. Latimer. A. Munro, W. M. Smith, J. D. Moore, P. A. Fletcher, Wm. Fletcher, D. G. Patterson, B. Williams, S. Brown, Robert Dickens, John Beverley, R. K. Bruce. Caught a Bad Cold. "Last winter my son caught a very bad cold and the way he coughed was something dreadful," writes Mrs. Sarah E. Duncan, of Tipton, Iowa. "We thought sure he was going into consumption. We bought just one bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and that one bottle stopped his cough and cured his cold completely." 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Operative Educational System and commissioner of affairs for his race for the San Francisco Tour Co., spent a nighttight here in the interest of the American Race Problem. Mrs. Amanda Williams, who has been a patient at St. Francis hospital the past two weeks, is improving nicely. Mrs. A. M. Pope—Turabo Results of "Poro" Treatment "PORO COLLEGE" Largest College of the best in the world. 2000 FIRST STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. on guarantee Have our care of you is the greatest privilege we have of all our students. We are proud to offer you the best college in the world. We are committed to providing you with a high quality education and a safe and secure environment, and we will continue to provide you with the best possible care and service. ATTN. J. H. HOOVER, BROOKLYN, NY 11223 Rooming House at 3rd St. 216-218 A good place to get Rooms and Board down town is at Meals are Served to the Public Phone Red 4076. MRS. ELLA IJJJJI (N. Icr. The Old and Reliable Place to get good meals or lunches Ice Cream and Cigars 114 E. 5th Street Phone 4908-y E. Green, Prop. Davenport Ia A New modern Cafe Everything first class Good Rooms Open at All Hours. I. BURKE, Council Bluffs, anager. Iowa. C. H. BURKE Manager. PARKS AND RECREATION BALCONY SCHOOL BALS FORTY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMUNITY DAVENPORT NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. William Shepard of Grand avenue entertained on the 4th inst in honor of their nieces, the Misses Green and Shepard of Lancaster, Wis. Fifteen invited guests enjoyed a two-course luncheon. The young ladies left on the 5th inst. for their Wisconsin homes. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 1913. JOHN L. THOMPSON, EDITOR Mrs. Edward Buckner returned from Keokuk, Iowa, on the 5th inst., where she went to her sister-in-law married. Entered at the postoffice and on class matter. Published every Friday by the stander Publishing Company, Des Martin Place in Chemical building, corner Seventh and Maberry streets. Iowa phase. Wal 899. Mrs. William Cain, who has been visiting in Michigan and Chicago for the past two weeks, returned home Saturday, September 6th. Mrs. Kate Hart, who has been quite sick at Mercy hospital, is home, much improved in health. Official paper of the M. W. U. Grand Lodge of Iowa. A. F. & A. M., & International Grand Congress of Heroines of Jericho of America and Western Baptist Association Mrs. Samuel Sykes and Mrs. L. H. Owens of Fairfield, Iowa, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Cicle Carter. Mr. Jno. E. Bradford, M. M. of Hiram lodge, No. 19, is very sick at his residence on W. Eleventh street. Mrs. W, J. O'Neal is on the sick list. Six months ..... $1.6 Three months ..... .7 All subscriptions payable in ad vance. Mrs. William Brooks was called to Mrs. Ill., to attend her sick mother. Advertising rates for display ads 20 cents per inch, for each insertion. Three to six months' contract. 10 cents per inch. Local advertis- tions 10 cents per line for each insertion counting seven words to a line. For admission when an secret societies whose admission is one-half of the above-mentioned rate. For pro- fessional, legal and annuity card- s, yearly contracts, etc., these are given on application. All ad- vertising is to be paid in advance. Miss Gertrude O'Neal left for Des Moines, Iowa, on the 8th, where she will give a recital at the A. M. E. church. The A. M. E. Sunday school is* arranging to give a barrel breaking entertainment on the 26th. The Musical Aid Literary dress entertainment at Bethel A. M. E. church on the 8th inst. was a grand success. A large audience was well entertained. Amount netted $24.25. Send money by postoffice order, money order, express or draft, to the Iowa State Bystander Company, Des Moines, Iowa. Don't forget to hear the annual report at Bethel A. M. E. church on Sunday evening, September 14th. Rev. T. B. Stovall will leave for the conference at Evanston, Ill., on the 16th. # Rev. R. K. 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