Iowa State Bystander
Friday, January 23, 1914
Des Moines, Iowa
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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER.
State Capitol Blug Historical Room
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VOL. XX NO. 31
CITY NEWS.
Mrs. Rich White is reported sick at her home, 1645 Buchanan street.
Mrs. E. T. Banks, who has been ill for several days, is some better.
Invitations have been issued by Mt. Olive court, No. 4, H. of J., announcing their masquerade party.
Mrs. S. Rodgers of Fremont street entertained at dinner Sunday the Rev. and Mrs. S. Bates.
Miss Francis Kiner of Oskaloosa was the guest of Miss Judith Cook on Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Esther Morton was called to Waterloo last week on account of the illness of her daughter.
The Mission Circle of Maple Street church will meet with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnson, 1412 Second street, Friday.
Revival meetings are still in progress at Maple Street Baptist church, under the successful leadership of Rev. S. Bates.
Wanted—Several honest, industrious people to distribute Negro literature. Salary, $60.00 per month. Prof. Nichols, Box 100, Naperville, Ill.
For Rent—Nice furnished room for light housekeeping by day or week. Mrs. C. L. Hampton, 731-737 W. Ninth street. Phone, Walnut 6007.
The president, Mr. E. Reeves, of the Old Virginia club, requests all members to be present at his home at 205 Arthur street, Thursday evening, January 29th.
Mrs. A. G. Clark and Mrs. Robt. Johnson of Oskaloosa spent Sunday and Monday in the city, the guests of Mrs. S. Joe Brown and Mrs. J. W. Fields.
Mrs. B. Carr of 1329 School street entertained at dinner last Thursday, Dr. E. J. Fisher of Chicago, Rev. Herben of Atlantic City, N. J., and Rev. T. L. Griffith.
The executive board of the K. of P. met in our city Wednesday. The following members were present: L. W. Williams of Clarinda, Richard Good of Centerville, Bailey of Otumwa, Fred Anthony of Boone, John Reeler of Masqn City, Frank P. Johnson and H. Gould of Des Moines.
Mrs, Ruth B. Bright of Davenport, grand worthy matron of Electa Grand Chapter, O. E. S., who is in the city in the interest of her work, is the guest of Mrs. S. Joe Brown, past matron of Oziel chapter, No. 9, and Mrs. John L. Thompson, present matron of Princess Zorah chapter, No. 10.
The Woman's Aid society met at the home of Mrs. Mattie Brooks, 1623 Searle street, January 16, 1914. After business we entered into our Bible lesson, the 4th chapter of St. John. A good many interesting points were brought out. Mrs. Nellie Davis and Mrs. Roads were guests of the club. Mrs. H. Williams of Oralabor, Iowa, will entertain the club at her sister's, 1219 Crocker street, January 23.
The Intellectual Improvement club met last Friday with Mrs. Harvey Brown. As the roll was called the members answered with current events, after which the subject for discussion, Foreign Ownership, was led by Mrs. John Wilkinson. The club then adjourned to meet with Mrs. Chas. Cousin. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess.
Mrs. W. M. Rice has returned from a three months' visit with her parents and relatives in Clarksville, Tenn. While there she visited her brother, Bennie Hamilton, and younger brother, James Hamilton, of Nashville, Tenn. Her report is a very pleasant time spent among her Christian friends.
Mr. C. B. Woods was elected superintendent of the St. Paul A. M. E. Sunday school for the third time. We congratulate Mr. Woods upon his election and the great work he is doing in the Sunday school. Assistant, Mr. R. Jackson; secretary, Miss Lucile Morrison; assistant secretary Miss Vivian Warricks; treasurer Mrs. E. L. Shaw; organist, Miss Mildred Griffin. All are invited. 3 p. m. teachers—Normal class, Bro. S. Joc Brown; sister Lizie Glass, Bro. C. A. Saw, Sister J. L. Edwards, Sister R. E. Patton, Sister M. E. Bowmer Sister B. U. Taylor, Sister W. H. Warricks, Sister Margaret Davis, Sister Tabitha Mash, Bro. J. L. Edwards Bro. R. E. Patton, Bro. E. L. Shaw Rev. H. McCravens.
Mrs. Eva Owens, the D. D. C. of the order of Calanthians of the jurisdiction of Polk county, spent Monday evening in Enterprise installing the officers of Pride of the West court, No. 427, O. O. C. She was assisted by Mrs. S. Bates. After the installation a luncheon was served by the court members, Mrs. J. W. Owens accompanied them. While there they were the guests of Mrs. Henry Thompson. Mrs. Bates was the guest
of Mrs. O. Crutcher. They returned home Tuesday morning, reporting a successful meeting.
The Des Moines Negro Lyceum association met at the home of Miss Mayme James in Highland Park on Tuesday evening. Mr. W. H. McCree read a paper on Higher Education, which was very enthusiastically discussed by the club. The club was served a three-course luncheon and adjourned to meet next Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Thornton Graves, 928 Fourthreeth Street Place. The Des Moines police department and golden rule will be discussed.
The board of the Western Baptist Convention held its session last week in Des Moines. Those present were Drs. E. J. Fisher and T. L. Griffith, Rev. S. Bates, Mrs. J. H. Brown, president of the women's auxiliary, and Rev. J. C. Herben of New Jersey. Rev. Woodard of Buxton was represented by proxy.
The important business before the meeting was the question of a field secretary. The Rev. Herben, a successful evangelist, was chosen and he is commended to the pastors and churches of the west. He will work for a large delegation to attend the next meeting in Muskogee.
Mrs. Nora Williams of Oakland, California, was chosen as district worker for the extreme west and she has already begun her labors.
The board considered doing definite foreign mission work in harmony with the national board. A field worker, Mrs. Tule, returned from Africa, has been selected and it is expected she will soon begin her labors. The sessions were very pleasant and we were glad to have had the distinguished visitors in Des Moines.
DRAMATIC ART CLUB
The Dramatic Art club met tues day afternoon with Mrs. Wm. Hammit. Lesson, chapter II of "Chantecler." Meet next Tuesday with Mrs N. C. Marshall. Lesson, chapter III of "Chantecler."
ANNOUNCEMENT.
There will be a special communication of Doric lodge, No. 30, A. F. & A. M., at their hall, over 318 East Fifth street Thursday evening, January 29th, at 8:30 o'clock for the purpose of work in the third degree, All members are urged to be present. Qualified visitors cordially invited. By order of C. F. Topson, Worshipful Master. J. H. Reynolds, Secretary.
CORINTHIAN BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES.
Last week we had some great meetings.
Dr. J. Cornelius Herben, now the field secretary of the Western Convention, preached on Monday night.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights Dr. E. J. Fisher, pastor of Olivet church, Chicago, and president of Western Convention, preached able sermons. He preached to large congregations and his work was successful. There were three accepted for baptism.
Next Sunday the pastor's morning subject will be "The Law of Spiritual Increase." Evening, introduction to a series of sermons on the Book of Daniel.
T. L. Griffith, Pastor
IOWA FEDERATION SCHOOL AND HOME FOR GIRLS.
The board of the Iowa Federation School and Home for Girls met Saturday, January 17th, in Des Moines and outlined plans for the institution. Endorsements were read from Hon. W. H. McHenry, judge of the district court; also from others. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. J. B. Rush, Des Moines; vice president, Mrs. Mattie Warricks, Des Moines; clerk, Mrs. A. G. Clark, Osakaloosa; first field secretary, Mrs. C. B. Lewis, Davenport; second field secretary, Miss Jessie Walker, Marshalltown; chairman of executive committee, Mrs. J. P. Hamilton, Des Moines. Several committees are yet to be appointed. Every federated city has a representative on the board of directors. Much enthusiasm was exhibited and prospects are favorable for an early realization of our object.
SUEFRAGETTES MEET.
SUFFRARE
The Des Moines Suffragettes club met Friday, January 9, at Asbury P. Johnson was the speaker of the evening. Her excellent address was very instructive and interesting from beginning to end. She made it perfectly clear why we should be interested in the right of suffrage for women and aroused much interest in the subject. Nearly every one in the house spoke on the subject. The club is constantly growing larger and is having the desired influence. The next meeting will be Friday evening, February 6th, at the same place. Miss Flora Dunlap, president of the State Suffragette League, will be the speaker of the evening. Everybody is invited to attend.
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10WANS MAKING GOOD IN OUR NATION'S CAPITOL.
(A Washington, D. C., letter expressly for Iowa State Bystander.)
Some years ago the late Bishop Grant, in addressing a western audience, insubstance said: "The man who does not avail himself of the opportunity to purchase lands now offered him within the next fifty years will not be able to do so, so rapidly is the land being taken up."
The people of Washington seem to have accepted the advice and everywhere all over "The City Beautiful" are making rapid strides to secure lands and homes.
Within ten years sections of the city that prior to that time were the fair residences of the dominant race are today largely occupied by colored people as tenants and landlords.
It may not be too much to say that this spirit of realty getting is greatly due to examples set by people from the west and southwest, who, coming here, could not stand to see all of their money going from them in rents, leaving no equity in return for it, commenced making payments on homes, the effect of which has been to cause others to do likewise, until today there are at least 25 per cent more people trying to own homes than there were ten years ago.
The drug business in Washington gives, perhaps, the greatest examples of business thrift of about any other line. With a small beginning something like a decade ago there are now over twenty well equipped drug stores run and controlled by colored pharmacists. Pharmacy, unlike many other lines of business, requires a thorough knowledge of it before it can be entered into, hence to this is due the subsequent success of the pharmacist.
There is a growing interest developing among the colored people along the line of incorporation industries.
True, there have been some failures in these business attempts, as must, as a matter of fact, be expected, but the benefit derived from organized business has been manifold.
No better example of it can be shown than in the National Life Benefit association, that writes all forms of life policies into the thousands; has large real estate holdings; owns many stocks and bonds, and gives employment to over fifty employees. The Laborers' and Mechanics' Realty company does a general realty business, giving a safe investment for its many depositors and substantial employment for its clerks.
Out of this enterprise has grown the Industrial Savings bank, which has a splendid rating and is doing its share of the business.
Time nor space will allow me to more than give cursory glances at the various activities of the 127,893 colored population of Washington, but it suffices to say that while they are doing well, there yet remains a vast field for improvement along all lines. It can be said for the Iowa people, and especially of those hailing from Des Moines, that they have made good, both in the halls of congress and in the common walks of life. Not only do the Iowa people feel a satisfied pride in the representatives from the Seventh congressional district, but it is an open secret in progressive circles that they feel that this district offers presidential timber of no mean caliber, and openly associates the name of Hon. Albert B. Cummins with those of the possibilities for 1916. Mr. T. E. Barton, Jr., is a junior in the M street high school. After finishing this course he expects to take a full course at Iowa State university, preparatory to taking up the practice of dentistry. Owing to the comity of states laterly established between Iowa and the District of Columbia, Mr. J. F. Blagburn, who, as you all know, was a pharmacist of merit, will soon be able to register as a full fledged pharmacist in the district. This will mean much to him in the race of life. Mr. J. Edward Moseley and family, Dr. P. M. Edwards, all of Philadelphia, were over Sabbath guests of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Williamson.
Mrs. Lucy A. Blagburn has accepted, for the ensuing year, the position of leading soprano in the Metropolitan A. M. E. church. This means much to her, as Washington has many fine singers.
In the religious world Atty. I. E. Williamsurprised many of his friends by connecting himself with a poor Baptist mission, but recently organized and incorporated, through his efforts as the Antioch Baptist church. Williamson has been actively associated with the big A. M. E. churches for many years.
Among the fraternal societies, I. E. Williamson is the president of and an active member in the American Workmen, an order that accepts all Americans on terms of equality. Mr. J. F. Blagburn is a very earnest and active member in a number of fraternal orders, but his greatest activities are, perhaps, best known in the order of Elks, one branch or lodge of which he is the exalted ruler. The order is quite strong here and stands in high favor with the public.
Among the social functions none perhaps has been given in a long time where merriment and genial good will was the order of the occasion as was the one given by Columbia lodge, No. 85, I. B. P. O. E. W., Tuesday evening, the 4th instant, in honor of the exalted ruler, J. F. Blagburn, and his cabinet, at the private home of Mr. John H. Banks, one of the best known
chefs in Washington, and a very prominent Elk.
There were no females present to do honor to the occasion, but like the animal the order personified, it was a real "stag" party in honor of the exalted ruler and his cabinet. The exalted ruler being permitted to invite a friend, the writer received that high honor. Mr. Banks, the host, though on the shady side of two score and ten years, and also a great favorite among the boys, has never as yet yielded to the fascinations of female charms, though sought by many of them. His home on this occasion was one of exquisite taste and beauty.
While the elk of the forest is a great drinker and feeder, these Elks of the lodge room proved themselves to be no exceptions to the rule at the convivial feastings on this occasion.
But it can be said of this stag party, in honor of the exalted ruler, his cabinet and his invited friends, none had converted the hours of refreshments and festivities into intemperance or excess.
DAVENPORT NOTES
Atty. Geo. Woodson of Buxton, Iowa, spent a few hours in Davenport on Monday on legal business. Mr. Woodson stopped at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Green, where he met some of his old friends and passed a few pleasant moments with them. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Perkins entertained in honor of their eighteenth wedding anniversary, spreading plates for six invited guests. The Order of the Eastern Star gave Mrs. Gertrude Stump degrees at their hall Monday evening. Master Ernest McGaw sustained a broken arm in a fall. He has our chapel, on Eleventh street. Mrs. F. sympathy. Mr. Lewis Fuqua is confined at his home with an attack of a grine
Mrs. Isa Sheppard is very sick at her residence on Division street. Dr. C. F. Wright spent a few days in Marshaltown and Iowa City visiting his parents. Rev. and Mrs. F. R. Nicholson will celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary at the Third Baptist church on the 27th of this month. Mrs. Nicholson's mother of New York City will be present. The revival meetings at the Third Baptist church will be continued indefinitely. Good results are being obtained. Mrs. Flora Mitchell left Tuesday for Little Rock, Arkansas, to be at the bedside of a very sick daughter, Mrs. Ella Jones. The E. L. D. club will give a "Mum Social" at the A. M. E. church January 28, 1914. Mrs. Geo Hawkins is reported quite ill at her residence on Wilson avenue. Rev. T. B. Stovall delivered an excellent sermon on "Remembrance that inspires." Miss Hattie Richardson is visiting relatives in Ottumwa this week. Master Alex Roberts, Jr., was surprised on the occasion of his 17th birthday by a number of his schoolmates and friends.
A comedy, entitled "Too Much Married," will be repeated at the A. M. E. church, under the auspices of the Sunday school, February 11, 1914. This is a unique little play and those who saw it are anxious to have it repeated.
Mr. Howard James remains quite ill.
Among the graduates from the grammar schools there are Ross Hopkins and Harold McGaw. They will both enter high school, which makes fourteen colored students in the Davenport high school.
Mrs. Ben Bright is now on her annual tour for the Order of the Eastern Star, as grand matron. She will visit every lodge in this state.
OTTUNWA IOWA.
Mr. James Brown received a painful injury while at work. A scaffold broke and he was buried under a large pile of lumber. He was hurried to the hospital in a very bad condition. Mrs. Ida Stevenson has returned to Chicago, after a very pleasant visit with her mother, Mrs. M. Taylor, and friends.
The Faithful Few met with Mr. and Mrs. T. Henson and had a very interesting meeting and selection of officers, as follows: President, Mrs. M. Weeks; vice president, Mrs. M. Taylor; secretary, Mrs. M. Marshall; assistant secretary, Mrs. H. Owens; treasurer, Mrs. M. Clark. The society has had a very successful year and the year ended with $74.75 cents in the treasury. They adjourned to meet at Mrs. Edna Hall's with a voluntary program, each member participating. The host and hostess served an elaborate lunch, assisted by Miss Zella Clark and Beulah Alleh.
The new trustees of Mt. Zion A. M. E. church elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: Secretary, D. G. Wilson; assistant secretary, Charles Wilson; treasurer, Oscar Williams. The retiring trustees did a good work and everything is in good shape for the new ones to take right hold and go ahead.
The Y. B. W's met with Mrs. Taylor and had a nice meeting. Program continued until next meeting. Will meet with Mrs. Taylor until she is able to get around every Friday afternoon.
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confined to his home on account of sickness, is improving. We hope to see him out again soon.
MOBERLY MO.
The revival meeting at the Pilgrim Rest Baptist church has been quite a success and has been largely attended. The concert given Friday night by Mrs Etta Avant at the M. E. church was a success.
Mrs. Angeline Oliver died at her home Thursday morning, after a long illness. She had been an invalid for several years.
Rev. Williams, who has been holding the revival meeting at Pilgrim Rest church left Saturday for his home in Salisbury.
Mrs. Sallie West died January 10, 1914, at her home on Wisdom street. Her death came as a shock to her many friends. She leaves to mourn her loss five daughters, all of whom were at her bedside when death came except Miss Annie Bell of Chicago.
Miss Carrie Boone at this writing is on the sick list.
Quarterly meeting was held from the M. E. church Sunday, with the district superintendent present.
Mrs. Nancy Porter is very sick at her home. We hope to see Mrs. Porter out again soon.
Mr. Carl Head is very low at his home with tuberculosis.
Mrs. F. B. Coleman, W. P. of Cuban Temple, No. 130, held an enthusiastic meeting of her temple on the second Friday and surprised her members with a two-course luncheon. The members all had an enjoyable time and thanked their W. P. for her hospitality.
Mr. Isaac Black died at the home of his brother, Mr. A. C. Black, 110 Horsely street, January 13, 1914, at 1:05 o'clock a. m. and was buried Wednesday, January 15, after a short funeral service He was laid to rest in Oakland cemetery. He leaves to mourn his demise three brothers, Mr. A. C. Black and Charlie of Moberly and William Black of Montana. At the time of his death he was 42 years, 18 months and 13 days old. He is gone, but not forgotten.
The E. A. E. club met with Mrs. Stanley Palmer on Thursday last. All report a good time. Mrs. Palmer in her usual good style served a two-course uncheon.
Mrs. Grant Terrell died January 10 at the family residence.
(Special to Bystander)
Mr. Ed Downs is still confined to his bed.
Mr. James F. Guy has been sick for a few days, but is better at this writing.
Did you hear Miss Demby sing; if not, you missed a rare treat. She is something fine. Come again, Miss Demby.
Mrs. W. W. Lee entertained at dinner Miss Bertha Allen and Mrs. F. Guy in honor of Miss Demby of Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Henry Cook entertained Miss Demby, with a number of other friends.
Mrs. Bertha Baily and Mrs. James F. Guy were callers at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Cooper.
Mrs. M. E. Oliver has been confined to her bed for the last ten days, but is better at this writing.
Miss Demby while in our city visited the Self-Culture club Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Charles Southall.
Miss Demby was very much impressed with the good work of the club. Miss Bertha Allen, also Mrs. W. W. Lee, were callers.
Mr. Thomas Perkins from Omaha, Neb., is visiting relatives and friends.
We also note Mr. Willie Murphy in our city. Gee but it's great to meet a friend from your old home town.
Ladies, we will be at your house next week soliciting dishes for the church. Look for us any time. Mrs. Anna Humbles, Mrs. J. F. Guy.
We are glad to see Mrs. Rose Wat-
Oh say, did you hear about the concert we are going to have to raise
money to get the A. M. E. church a new Bible? Go to church on church day and you will hear all about it. January 25th some of the best talent will appear on the program, arranged by Mrs. James F. Guy, Mrs. Anna Humbles and Mrs. W. W. Lee. Refreshments will be served. Mr. Carl Phugh got his foot mashed one day last week. We hope it is not serious. The wedding bells will ring very shortly. Listen for them.
CLARINDA JOWA
Mrs. F. Matthes of Burlington is again in our city. Mr. Earney Cook has been very ill at his home.
Mr. Ralph Pemberton and Noah Pemberton, Sr., are in Omaha. Rev. Morgan filled his appointment at Bedford on Sunday.
Mrs. Wm. Headley, Lu Nash, Eliza Jones and Rev. Morgan attended a reception at Gravity in honor of Fred Johnscn and wife.
Rev Mitchell has been carrying on a series of revivals. He has a singer. He has been quite successful.
The Ladies' Home and Foreign Mission met at Mrs. C. Looney's on the 8th and on the 15th at Mrs. W. Mitchell's.
The Ladies' Circle of the A. M. E. church met at Mrs. Rogers' on Thursday and this week at Mrs. R. T. Lane's.
This week is observed as a week of prayer at the A. M. E. church.
Uncle Ed Nash has been on the sick list. Mrs. Wilbert Gipson visited her husband in Creston on Sunday.
ALBIA NEWS.
The Sewing Circle club met at the home of Mrs. Ed Butler on Monday afternoon. After business the hostess served supper to the members of the club and their husbands.
Rev. Neely of Lovilla was in Albia over Sunday.
Mrs. Luke Mosely of Hiteman was brought to Albia for an operation at the Miners' hospital.
Mrs. Ora Junkin of Buxton is in town, stopping at the home of Mrs. Henry Jones.
The Union Missionary society of the Albia churches met at the M. E. church on Thursday afternoon. The S. B. Moore Mite Missionary society was represented by Mesdames Bowman, Lewis, Smith, Ward, Davis and Miss Ora Lewis. Mrs. Sallie Lewis spoke in behalf of the A. M. E. missionary work in Africa and at home mission.
Mr. Dick Robeson was in Albia from Ottumwa.
Mrs. Harte of Oskaloosa is here visiting her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Roper.
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MASON CITY, IOWA
Well, Mason City had its share of visitors this week. Attorney S. Joe Brown, Hon, J. L. Thompson, Dr. A. J. Booker and James B. Mitchell, all of Des Moines, visited in our city last week, organizing the Masonic order. Mr. John Spencer of Grinnell is also a visitor at the home of Harvey Spencer on South Willow street. Renix brothers and their wives were Mason City visitors also last week. Mr. Arthur Eaton, who has been on the sick list for several weeks, was removed to the Park hospital last Thursday afternoon. His many friends wish and to hope him out soon. Those who wish to send flowers, kindly send them to the hospital, as his condition is so he is unable to be seen at the present time. Last Thursday was observed as temperance day all over the Spe.
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special meetings were held all over the city at the various churches, special services being held at the Baptist church in the evening. A large attendance was present.
On Friday the ladies continued the temperance movement at the Aid society and evening also. Mrs. J. D. Reeler gave a very interesting talk, in which she showed the vital uses and results from the use of liquor. And continuing with the discussion, Mrs. Taylor, like the good Samaritan, read a very interesting article on temperance. This entertainment was under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society. A large crowd was out to witness the affair. Scarcely enough seats could be found to accommodate the crowd. Refreshments were served by the committee and a neat sum was cleared for the ladies.
Mr. James Mitchell while in the city was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Maud M. Brewton. A special supper was prepared, where all of the family sat down together to eat one meal. This has never happened before in ten years. Those present were Mr. Perry Mitchell, father, Mr. James Mitchell, Fred Mitchell, John Mitchell, Harry Mitchell and Mrs. Maud M. Brewton and husband, Mr. Charlie Brewton Cecil and Theodora Brewton, two children. This is to be long remembered by the family.
Mr. John Spencer of Grinnell addressed the Epworth League on Sunday evening, which was very interesting, and we regret very much that the time was so short that he couldn't talk any longer. Following the address Mrs. Brewton, our president of the league, made a very touching talk to the league. Her subject was based on "What Would Jesus Do? or Walking in His Steps." This indeed was helpful to all who heard it and a motto for every member of the league and church.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen entertained Mr. John Spencer for lunch on Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey gave a stag party in honor of Mr. John Spencer on Monday evening. Plates were laid for eighteen, after which a four-course lunch was served. After a late hour they all departed for home, feeling filled to overflowing with many good things.
Rev. F. D. Woodford left Monday evening to spend three weeks in St. Joseph, Mo., to help Rev. DeBoe conduct his revival services.
W. L. Jones was called last week to Chicago on business. While there he was taken with a stroke of paralysis, which is causing him some pain.
Mrs. S. Joe Brown will lecture in Mason City on January 29th. Her subject will be "American Social Ethics." Admission, 25 cents, under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid.
KEYTESVILLE. MO
Misses Price and Prather solicited for a surprise party for our beloved pastor and wife, Rev. and Mrs. Wm. McKarney, January 16, 1914. The party met and went as one body. Upon reaching the parsonage they sang "Open the Door For the Children." Sister McKaney received them in her pleasant way and made all feel welcome. Many useful articles were donated. A two-course luncheon was served in elegant style by Mesdames Boone, Duncan and Jones. After spending a pleasant evening, we sang "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" and departed to our homes.
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ee ore cho beetaning of 812 there
were 4,624 by-product coke ovens in
serotonin the United States end 698
aloe
"Tho great product of Chile, sodium
arcs Sonelaies tee eh come
eat C58 per cont) than emsoaiim
sulphate. The United States, however,
morte a eat quantity (i Te11 1
De ea) sean i agrestone ore
othe deficient wopply of other Torte
Meer tothis county, Thls fo only 8
meal part of the tfal amount of 6
Dera curs Aurerion Smports: Jean
rom Cif aa has any exer ues
Pos ore intaaive aercutore of $e
pet geare hae emplasiced, the, de
mand Tor altrates, end the fact that
be Calla Lode o altraes have beet
mrveyed aod figures have beet cb
ned shiek mate possible = tly
dove otinate of the, amin ofa
ate sisting tere should stinslate
the manufacture of nitrogenous sub-
iasdas callable be foriver easing
se cal mrve cs weraing agai
rave waste,
rasta) irae have baci coue
porcally important to supply tne de
Bee a moeaky, cates Grass
mide boing pose te mort nitrogen:
sos eteiat manufactured for fer
ei ene fb wivered es
lhe earbige and troe nitrogen, tbo
stir being prepared from tue atmo
mere by the removal of oxygen, Tale
ane io contured te co 7
sly ty ls intency, and withthe i
credoed capeciy of existing factories
Sd chaise wor tader Soy suai
sore as import ‘ecto i who pees
Bt ouree of nitrogenous fertilizer
‘Tho reaive valves of tho diferent
rior are brought out fully In thie
slletin (No, B7) "whieh ea De had on
application to the division of publica:
son United Stain department ot
Sencalture, Washington, B.C.
Imported cattle invested ty the
yoren of animal Indy, U. 8 De
artmat of aR
Moat imports culture during
Imported cattle inspected by the
pareau of animal industry, U. 8, De-
Partment of agri
Meat Imports Culture during
October and No:
Compared. vember, 1913,
number 209,327 head, as ' compared
with 72420 for the corresponding. pe-
riod of 1912. All came from Canada
and Mexico except. 447 head of pure:
bred cattlo, for breeding purposes, !m-
ported from Great Britain. ‘The tm-
ports were classified as follows:
‘October—For immediate slaughter,
72160; aa stockers and fecders, 64,
566; for dairy and breeding purposes.
729;, total, 128,470. November—For
Anes
“Liberty Cap Cent.
‘The Liberty Cap cent of 1794
was one of a series of experk
‘mental copper coins issued between
2792 and 1785, before the de
ign of the old copper cent had been
Getermined on. It may not be gen-
‘erally known that the first money
eolned by the government was cop-
‘per cents, which began in 1793, while
‘the coinage of silver did not begin
‘until 1794. Daring tho first three years
‘bt copper colnige three. different de-
} Were. issued, one of
Immediate slaughter, 39,086; as stock:
fers and feeders, 41,548; for dairy and
breeding purposes, 222; total, 80.857.
‘The bulk of the slaughter cattle came
from Canada, while Mexico furnished
over fourfifths of the stockers and
feeders.
Imported meats and meat-food prod-
ucts inspected during October amount-
ed to 6,000,785 pounds, and in Novem
ber to 11,702,676 pounds, making a to-
tal of 17,793,311 pounds for the two
months. "The bulk of this consisted
of fresh and refrigerated beef, 16,082,
578 pounds. There were 275,847 pounds
of other fresh and refrigerated meats.
‘The remainder conalsted of cured and
canned meats, 1,169,517 pounds, and
other products (sausage, compound,
and oleo stearin), 265,869 pounds. Of
tho total, Canada furnished 8,098,197
pounds, Argentine 6,209,700 pounds,
Australia 2,725,142 pounds, Uruguay
559,83, pounds, and other countries
much smaller quantities. Qt'theso im-
ports there were condemned m Octo-
ber 4,690 pounds and in November
14,122 pounds, or a total of 18,818
pounds.
‘pounds.
‘The secretary of agriculture bas an-
nounced the appointment of the fol
" lowing committee
To Investigate “to conduct a gen-
Meat Situation. era! inquiry into
the various fac
tors which have brought about the
Present unsatisfactory conditions with
eapect to meat production in the Unt-
ted States, especially in reference to
def, with ‘a view to suggesting possl-
ble methods for improvement:”
“Dr. B. T. Galloway, assistant secre-
tary of agriculture, chairman
Dr. Hl J, Waters, president Kansas
State Agricyltural college.
Prof. C.F. Curtiss, dean and direc:
tor fowa State college.
Prof. H. W. Mumford, professor of
animal husbandry, University of lt
nols.
Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief, bureau of an-
imal industry, U. 8. department of ag-
rieuiture.
Dr. T. N, Carver. director, rural or-
ganization service, U. 8. department of
agriculture.
‘The work of the committee will be
centered largely on the study of eco-
nomic questions Involved in the pro-
duction, transportation, slaughter and
marketing of meat. As the first step
the committee will Investigate careful
ly the changes within the last two or
threo decades which have increaeed
cost of production, and the centraliz
‘ng of the meat industry. Among the
important considerations tobe gone
{into will be the taking up of the pub-
ic lands, the effect of the capacity of
the range, especially on the remaining
public lands and forest reserves, with
‘8 view to suggesing changes In tho
laws to make the public lands of
greater use in cattlo raising. The
committee also will give special atten-
ton to the economic changes in meat
production and distribution brought
about through the centralizing of
slaughtering and meat preparations in
large packing establishments, and the
changes in transportation and sfmilar
matters which have resulted from this
centralization and other causes, the
economle possibility of communal and
community effort tn cattle raising and
the advantages of establishing local or
municipal abattoirs will also be fn
vestigated.
The committee will not deal spe
cifleally with questions of animal hus:
bandry which has to do with the ac:
tual breeding of cattle, as this work
‘will be left to the specialists in the de
partment and state agricultural col.
Teges in this field. The appointment of
a committee will not interfere in any
way with Investigations now under
way In any of the state agricultural
colleges oF experiment stations. The
letter of appointment announces that
the chairman within a short time will
supply details regarding the scope of
the investigation and the lines of
‘work which the committee might take
up.
‘The foreign commerce of the United
States in the calendar year 1912 ap-
E proximated $1
Foreign Com- 750,000,000 of im-
ports and $2,600,
merce of U.S. fioo00 of exports
‘The imports of the 11 months ended
with November were $1,609,000,000,
and should the December imports
‘equal those of November, the total for
the full year would be $1,756,000,000.
‘The exports of the 11 months ended
‘with November were $2,261,000,000,
and should the December exports equal
those of November, the total would be
$2,479,000,000. ‘This estimate would
make the excess of exports over m-
ports approximately #740,000,000.
‘The figures of exports and of excess
of exports over imports will exceed
those of any earlier year. The largest
export of any preceding calendar year
‘Was that of 1912, which showed a to-
tal of $2,199,217,998; and as the 11
months ended with November are
$102,000,000 in ‘excess of the corre:
sponding period of the preceding year,
the estimate of approximately $2,500,
(000,000 for 1913 seems to be Justified.
‘The excess of exports over imports {1
the 11 months ended with November
was $642,000,000, and for the single
month of November $97,000,000, tbus
apparently justifying the estimate of
$740,000,000 excess of exports for the
full year.
In imports, the total for 1913. will
be lees than that of 1912 but larger
han that of any year preceding 1912
Thin decline in imports in 1973 ts due
fn part to reduction in prices of cer
tain articles Imported. While the
‘quantity of sugar imported in the ten
months ended with October exceeded
that of the corresponding period o
4912 by 368,000,000 pounds, the value
of this larger quantity Imported dur
Ing the 1913 period was $22,000,006
ee than that of the corresponding ve
Hlod of 1912.
penne
whieh, now called the Liberty’ Cat
which, now called the Liberty Car
cent, had the profile of Washington
fon one side and a peculiarly shapet
Uberty cap on the other. ‘Tho bus!
fof Washington represented him ts
epaulets and a ruffed shirt. | The
Liberty Cap cent of 1799 is worth $4;
1794, 35 cents; 1795, 60 cents,
The Evidence,
‘How was the matines, Felice?”
“I have never before enjoyed a play
to much. Just look ‘at this handker
chiet! It’s sonked with teara”
SCHWAB YEARNS FOR HAPPY BAREFQOT DAYS
ALEXANDRA IS MORE CHARMING THAN EVER
THIS ONE IS ACCREDITED TO MANUEL QUEZON
GAY TIME FOR A REAR ADMIRAL’S DAUGHTER
“Those times were real and splen-
41d." A mist spread over the eyos
of Charles. M.
Schwab as be
@ | proposed & tonst
mn to "Cambrian
cr county, Pennsyl-
OW | vaste,” te home
< Y| ot tts boyhood.
agar Like @ flash his
% fey | mina nad gone
= PM | back from bia
poe mansion in River
peg) | side drive to tne
HB} ) | numbie days tn
2) wom] | voretto, near tne
2 FG | top of ‘the Alle:
eg | gneny mountains,
Rial He referred to
aoe the days when,
. fas a youngster, he
3 A) wet swimming
SEEM acs tha reat Of.
2 | proposed a tonst
m to "Cambrian
inn county, Pennsyl-
OF | vania,” tne home
& YQ] ot tis boynood.
seg gume | Like a fash his
ay fog) | taica "ma cove
= eM | back from" his
ae mansion In River
pag | | slde drive to the
HB 2} | numblo days to
5 omig] | Loretto, near tne
2 2 BEF | top of tho Alle
hot hoe gheny mountains,
oi He referred to
Er the days when,
went” swimming
AEN with the rest of
the gang; to the days In the winter
when, warily clad and wearing those
‘old earlugs, he had, gone hunting for
chipmunks and rabbits and then ad
gathered with hie little pals ina
Teanto to havo a camplire. feast.
That was tho time when he was a
happy youngster and bad no thought
of wealth
Gathered about him in his home fa
Riverside drive In New York the oth:
er day were the friends of bis boy-
hood and of his early manhood. There
was A. W. Buck, whom he’bad known
as a boy, and who now {s a prosperous
Danker of Ebensburg, Pa. There
was Judge Franels J. O'Connor, Jol
ly and rotund, a flend of many
years. ‘There’ were 60. of them all
told—old-tIme friends when a friend
in need was a friend, ‘There wus
aioe ot somasot Mn" Schelets bor:
Just before Christmas Queen Alex-
andra was in London doing her
‘Christmas shop-
ping, and for the
first’ time since
ig the doath of King
Pe Edward has been
photographed, in-
tending the plo
ture a3 a Christ:
mas souvenir for
“aM ber Intimate
oe friends, with her
a autograph written
s across the corner.
BB) tai protogrann
& bears "testimony
Pris to the really mi-
; raculous manner
= in which she bas
ti. retained the ap-
[ecto QW pearance of al
eet scthe whtie
Ding, and for the
first’ time since
ig the doath of King
Pe Edward has been
photographed, in-
tending the plo
ture a3 a Christ
mas souvenir for
"aI ber Intimate
GEA] trionds,” with her
a autograph written
s across the corner.
<< xl| This photograph
. bears." testimony
ie to the really mi
; acuious manner
2 in which she bas
MR retained the ap-
he EN pearance of al:
most youth, with-
out any suggestion of being “done
up."
Everywhere Queen Alexandra is
seen in tho West end these days the
fnvarlablo exclamation fs:
“How wonderfully young she looks,
and more charming than ever!”
teste cee 0 agen ato dives
An example of oriental indolence is
accredited to Delegate Manuel Que-
zon, representa:
tive in congress
of the Philippine
Islands, ‘Accord:
ing to the tale)
FB] there was once a!
_ water cart driver
a a
: not the kind to
HY | which the occt.
PT | dental sportsman
Ve fie || cine “on new
hd } | year, but a teath.
J} | er colored, rather
| tee | saciea tnaivavet
eo . who owned a Hit.
i tie donkey and a
SRE p, | small wagon upon
= ‘which ho used to
MA | otto sins of wa.
Nantes tae
tve In congress
fof the Philippine
Islands. Accord:
ing to the talo
FY there was once a
2 water cart driver
athe Islands—
: not the kind to
HY | which tne occk
© Gy | dental sportsman
ees y || climbs on New
hd } | year, but a teath.
J} | er cotorea, rather
ee y | unclaa individual
eo . who owned a Hit.
— te donkey and a
| ep) | small wagon upon
= which ho used to
MA | otto sins of wa.
ter obtained from
a little pool near a small village.
‘This water cart driver one day was
No social event of the present sea-
son had more interest for Americans
‘all over the coun:
. try tian the de-
Ss but recently of
Miss, Marlo Ab-
nighiio Peary, the
_— daughter of Rear
ae ‘Admiral Robert E.
a Peary, discoverer
ae er of the north
ae . pole.
i Eyer since her
Ly comm | (| birth, which oc-
| | currea tar inside
| go | tho arctle rele,
Br | Miss Peary has
“| been one of the
wy most - talked - of
" young women of
Via, | any country, and
‘ cinta that
. try than the de-
Ss but recently of
Miss . Marie Ah-
nighiio Peary, the
— daughter of Rear
ps. ‘Admiral Robert E.
“a Peary, discoverer
a er of the north
FP | ve
hk Byer since her
Ly comm | (| birth, which oc-
© MEF | currea ‘tar inside
a the arctic circle,
oo Miss Peary has
oe een one of the
Ks most - talked - of
a young women of
oN any country, and
- - attentions that
have been showered on her in nearly
every civilized nation of the globe, as
‘woll as in the frozen north, where she
still remembers some @A her Eskimo
playmates, sho has grows 42 an un-
polled and altogether charming young
‘woman. :
~The’ Snowbird of the North" so
called because her middle namo is the
Eskimo name for snowbird, returned
last summer from 8 European trip to
find that she had been preceded by
fa rumor that she was engaged to wed
Donald MacMillan, bimselt one of the
most prominent of the younger gen-
Wann
dchbate: @ukale ‘Baek’
Ah! The audience held thetr
breath and simply thrilled as Brav-
ado Jack, th hero, killed the last of
the Indians. He staggered about, he
almost fainted with the loss of blood.
‘Then he gazed about him, and sudden-
ly is yolce rang out with hope.
"Geo!" he cried. “The dawn breaks
bright upon yon topmost heights!”
Tho stage remained in almost total
darkness. "See!" he yelled again.
“The dawn, breaks bright upon yon
topmost heights!” . Still darkness
IOWA STATE RYSTANDER
hood friends. ‘They were part of the
members of tho Pennsylvania, so
‘elety ‘who had como from Cambrian
‘county to attend tho dlaner, and were
being entertained by Mr, Schwab.
‘They are all successful men now, sey:
eral of them boing judges, others mer.
chants and wealthy business men,
Mr, Schwab showed he was bappy
to sco them. He was glad to wel
come in his home, with ite costly
paintings and its exquisite decora-
tons, the friends of what almost
might we termed “the barefoot days.”
That Mr, Schwab remembered these
days was shown by bis manner when
he proposed the toast. He quickly
changed the subject, and with bis
characteriatlcally happy way he sald:
“But thi place is just & copy of
the old place in Loretto.”
Mrs. Schwab. and ho welcomed
the gucste, Mr. Schwab had not
forgotten a single name, nor oven u
“alekname,” but, of course, he had to
be introduced to some of the wives of
the old frlends,
Mr, Schwab showed his guests his
art room, where ho has gathered, as
far as bo could, tho best painting of
the artists that he admired. To the
wondering question of a visitor he
ald that the paintings wero ineured
for $3,000,000.
‘Then the visitors wandere. about
the house under the guldanco of ‘Mr.
Schwab, and listened to muste from
the pipe organ.
“Oh, 1 live here for & few minutes
ot the year,” he sald laughingly 0
one. friend.
‘Mr, Schwab's father and mother also
wore’ present and they saw — again
Irienas who live in Ebensburg, Lor
etto and Johnstown.
‘sweet and womanly as she looks. Her
generosity 1s tho despair of her sec-
retary, as, entirely regardless of the
state of her balance, she insists on glv-
Ing handsomely to any suddenly arte-
ing case of public charity.
‘This Is especially resented by the
‘queen, who has to co one better or
else not contribute at all, and she
has dono the latter more than once.
Since the dowager empress of Rus-
sla has come to share Sandringham
with her, Queen Alexandra's expenses
have been greatly reduced, and con-
sequently this year she gave hand-
somer Christmas presents than ever.
Queen Mary's frugality, on the oth-
er hand, 1s displayed at’ this season.
When she has a dress made all the
spare pleces of the stuff, whatever it
may be, are collected and sent to her
by the dressmaker, and these are
handed over to Queen Mary’s sewing
maids to contrive satchets, pillow cov-
erings and such like out of them.
‘This Christmas she had a large num-
ber of nightdress casés made trom the
clippings, and these were sent around
Christmas to her women friends.
Queen Alexandra was born Decem-
ber 1, 1844.
passed by a traveler who was bound
for the village, The water cart don-
key was standing still and mute
by the side of the road with his ears
hung down and his eyes closed.
“Are you not worried about the wa-
ter supply? demanded the traveler
of the driver.
“Not at ally replied the driver. “We
will arrive in good time.”
‘The traveler went to the village,
transacted his business and started
home again, On his way out he found
the donkey exactly where he had lett
him, with his eyes closed and his
ears drooping. The driver was squat:
ting on the grass,
“Are you not yet alarmed about your
lateness?” asked the traveler.
“No,” replied the driver, "we are
progressing.”
“Progressing?” echoed the traveler.
“Yes,” responded the owner of the
donkey, “balf an hour ago. this crea
ture opened bis eyes and brayed.”
eration of arctic explorers. She laugh:
ingly denied the rumor and her father
cerrovorated her with the statement
that she was “only a little girl still.”
Smart for Sure.
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, who has
so suddenly and_ brilliantly stepped
into a leading place in tho modern
sociological movement In New York,
has a rather caustic wit,
‘Ata luncheon at the Colony club
Mrs, Harriman was asked one day if
@ certain family was really smart—
“smart” being used in the sense of
“fashionable.”
“Oh, yes," sald Mra. Harriman,
“they're very, very smart, Indeed.
They've got elght houses, thirty-five
servants, twenty-nine horses, eleven
motor cars, and one ebild!”
Lavender.
Lavender comes from the Italian
word lavanda, a washing. The name
fs applied to the fragrant plant be-
cause its dried blooms are put away
wlth freshly washed linen to perfume
it. An old writer says that the Ro-
mans used the flowers of lavender to
perfume thelr bathing water. To lle
in lavender was anciently to lie in
pawn. Old Ren Jonson says, humor-
ously: "And a black sateen to go
before her in; which sult, for the
more, sweet’ning, now les in laven-
der."
relgned. “The dawn! ‘The dawn!” he
Sereamed, raging about the stage. “It
breaks! ‘The dawn!” A head popped
over the mountain top. “'Old ‘ard,
guv'nor!” said the bead. “Don't be in
such a desp'rate ‘urry! Some one’s
in an’ switched the ‘lectricity orf!”
Tee giatepe mk oicy.
Bill—"Do you remember the day
you put your first,dollar in the bank”
Di—"Oh, yes."
“When wan it?” 7
“The day before 1 crew it out".
SAUSAGE AS A DELICACY
Method of Preparation Has Much to
‘Do With Ite Appreciation When
Put on the Table.
| Sausage, considered by some as a
plobelan ediblo, ranking with Irish
stow and corn beef and cabbage, and
not possible on the ultra-refined board,
may really be made the basis of many
elictous and even dainty luncheon
Aishes,
Sausage slicéd and dollcately fried
4m its own grease, drained and then
browned crisply, end served with tiny
ttle buckwheat ‘cakes four inches
across, will make a delightful luncheon
on a cold winter day.
Sausage smothered fn potato 1s an-
other luncheon dainty, which even the
‘most cultured need not disdain.
Parboll some very small link sau:
sage five minutes. Bake « number of
medium sized potatoes, and when
dono cut in half and remove the
mealy pulp, mashing It well and add-
ing butter and a litle cream or milk,
‘as well as somo salt and pepper. Fill
the potato skins with this mixture,
leaving a depression in the center of
each. Lay in the parbolled sausages
‘and brown well In the oven for a fow
minutes.
PLUM PUDDING ICE CREAM
Ghange From the Usual Method of
Serving Will Bo Appreciated by
All the Family.
A novel change from the usual plum
pudding 1s this delightful dessert,
which {s quite easily made:
Scald a pint of milk, add to It four
eggs beaten with one cupful and
half of sugar. Stir constantly over
hot water until if forms a rich cus
tard; strain and set aside to cool.
Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of cocon
in one-half cupful of boiling water and
oll for a moment. Chill this and add
to tho cold custard with one table-
spoonful of vanilla and one pint of
cream. Shred sufficient citron to
measure one-half cupful; steam one-
half cupful of seeded ‘ralsine and
one-quarter cupful of sultanas until
plump and tender. Blanch and cut
fine two dozen almonds; mix these,
add just enough sherry to molsten,
and jet stand for an hour. Pour the
mixed cream into the freezer and
freeze until like a thick mush. Open,
and work in the fruft, then finish
freezing. In serving, garnish with
whipped cream.
‘tank tar Ghee.
Pound fine an ounce of black pep-
per and half an ounce of allapice, with
an ounce of salt, and a half ounce of
scraped horseradish and the same of
shalots peeled and quartered; put
these Ingredients into a pint of mush-
room ketchup or walnut pickle; let
them steep for a fortnight and then
strain {t. A teaspoonful or two of
this fs generally an acceptable adat-
tion, mixed with the gravy usually
sent up for chops and steaks; or add-
ed to thick melted butter.
‘Another delightful sauce for chops
fs made by taking two wineglesses of
port and two of walnut pleklo: four of
mushroom ketchup; half a dozen an-
chovies pounded, and a Ike number
of shalots sliced and pounded; a table-
spoonful of soy and half a drachm of
Cayenne pepper: let them simmer
gently for ten minutes; then strain,
and when cold put into bottles, well
corked and sealed over. It will keep
for a considerable time.
Old German Salad Recipe.
Here {s an old German recipe for a
salad that Is delicious for Sunday
night supper when sweet things pail
Finely chopped, it 's also an excellent
filling for sandwiches. Soak any de-
sired quantity of salt sardelles in wa-
ter for several hours. Sardines put
up In ofl may be used instead of the
soaked sardellas, Line a salad bowl
with lettuce leaves and fll with stuff
ed olives, capers and shrimps or crab
meat. Garnish with parsley and slices
of lemon and pour over the whole a
heavy French dressing.
Pay ae
Cover one-half box of gelatin with
cold water and allow It to stand for
half an hour; then pour over it half
fa pint of boltfg water and stir until
dissolved. Mix a pint of strained apple
sauce with the gelatin, add a pound
of sugar and stir until it melts, and
the Juice of two lemons. Set on ice
until {t begins to thicken. Heat the
whites of threo eggs to a stiff froth,
stir Into the apple mixture and pour
Into a mold. Serve with whipped
cream. .
‘Spanish Pork Chops.
Put two pounds of pork chops into
fa baking pan with a cupful of hot
water, Place ina hot oven and bake
one-half hour, basting often. ‘Then
take out, sprinkle with salt and pep-
per and cover with one pound of
onions, sliced thin. Rake 15 minutes,
then cover with onehalf can of to-
matoes and bake again for 20 min-
tutes, Put meat and vegetables on
heated platter, pour gravy around
meat and serve at once.
Usets! Chestnuts.
‘Try adding chopped cooked chest:
nuts to chicken salad, elther in place
of celery or in addition to it. They
give a delicious flavor and consist-
ency to tho salad. They also can
be added to potato salad, which, by
tho way, is always better for ‘the
addition ‘of some other ingredient,
Minced sweet green peppers or
chopped celery keep potato salad from
a certain heaviness that it sometimes
has,
Se
Get the soluable sweet chocolate
weed by confectioners, Melt it in a
Aeop bowl over hot water. If you can:
not get tho sweet use bitter, adding @
Tittle cooked fondant. When melted
dip the bonbons with small tined forks
or candy tongs. Let superfluous coat-
Ing drip off, then lay on waxed paper
to dry. A few drops of olive ofl or
slycetin will glvo gloss to the choco
late,
pT ES:
Filling Lamps.
‘An oll lamp should be filled only
within about an inch of the top, aa
the of! ‘will expand slightly whe the
“wick is lighted. 5
WEST HAS OLD CITY WAYS OF SLEEPING
‘Acoma, New Mexico, Said to Be| Human Family Assume About the
Centuries Old, Same Postures.
It Was In Full Bigom in 1842; Has| Odd Positions of Other Animale
‘Three-Story Houses, Outalde Stain | Elephants and Horses Slumber
waya and Streeta’a Hun- While. Standing, and Some
‘dred Feet Wide. Brutes Appear Sleepiess.
Gown in New Mexico, is claimed
be the oldest city In the western hem-
{sphere. It was in full bloom when
Coronado, in 1542, came across it on
fan exploring tour northward from
Merfco. He found the Pueblo Indians
ving then what they are doing today
and doing it in the same fasbion,
‘and the houses on the rocky fslands
that rise several hundred feet out of
the plains are the same houses that
Coronado'a eye rested on as he camo
on the Indian city.
St, Augustine, which ts often refer-
red to as the oldest elty in the United
States, was not discovered until 1565,
when Menender came on Florida
while chasing a French ship under
Rebault. Years before Coronado
found {t, Acoma was a recognized
‘abode of the Pueblo Indians. The
Pueblos told Coronado that their first
city was on Katzimo, the rocky island
three miles away, which 1s also called
the “Enchanted Mesa.” Many years
ago, they told the Spanish explorer,
the original Acoma rested on the top
of Katzimo.
One day, while all but three women
vere in the plains below the table-
land, a great cliff fell, destroying the
trail from the plains to the ancient
tity. ‘The Indians took this an ind!
cation of the great spirit’s displeasure
over something they had done and to
punfsh them bad cut off the path to
thelr city. Instead of clearing the
path and returning to thelr old homes
on top of Katzimo the Pueblos went
to the adjoining tableland and there
set up the present city of Acoma, the
same clty that Coronado visited in
1542.
. ‘The Pueblos look at the old city on
Its rock site nearly 400 feet In the
Air asa sacred place, and woe to the
person caught trying to penetrate Its
precinets.
The present city of Acoma ts on a
plateau that rises 250 feet out of the
arid plains of New Mexico. The sides
of the plateau, a mass of brown sand-
stone, are almost straight. To get to
the top one must climb a crude stair
way cut In the stone. On top one will
find three or four rows of primitive
apartment houses. ‘These houses are
three stories high and are built on
each side of streets 1,000 feet long.
The houses follow a line that seems
even straighter than the building line
In big eltfes, since the houses are all
of the same type of architecture and
are bullt up close to the line. The
streets, too, are 100 feet wide, which
may be another feature that modern
city bullders may have copled from
the red men of the southwest.
‘One may be sure that the Pueblos
aid not get the idea of broad streets
and building lnes from the white
men's cities, for 100 foot streets and
building lines were tald down years
and years before pale faces came
across the ocean. ‘These things were
a part of Acoma when Coronado
called on the Pueblos in 1542. Anoth-
er feature of this quaint clty ts that
the houses have flat roofs. ‘The upper
Moors are reached by outside stair-
ways In the shape of ladders. ‘The
first Moor is the longest. The second
floor is ten feet shorter than the first
and the third floor is ten feet shorter
than the second. This ten feet serveo
as yards for each of the apartments.
In summer fhe Indian and his famfly
use this yard for sleeping. In winter
he sleeps indoors.
Houses are built of mud, ordinary
New Mexico mud, shaped into blocks
and baked hard. After centurles un-
der the flerce rays of the sun the
blocks get as hard as stone, The
walls are seamless, After the blocks
were placed the Indian builders
smeared the joints with mud, which
in time became part of the blocks.
‘The walls of most of the houses are
clght feet thick. In the early days
they were often attacked by the war-
ring Indians of the southwest, as
they knew that the Pueblo city was
always well stocked with foodstuft.
In the elty is a cathedrgl 40 feet wide
and 40 feet high. It has two towers,
in which swing bells. The cathe@ral
Js built of mud fust as the other
houses In the settlement. The root Is
supported by rafters that would serve
as masts in big salling ships. ‘These
rafters the Indians pulled 20 miles
across the plains from the San
Where East Met West.
In Mz. Headland'’s book, “Chine’s
New Day,” he tells a story of the Chi-
nese General Ma, that has beatings on
the problems of woman's rights, and
Incidegally shows that onder diverse
civilizations human nature remains
pretty constant.
‘The general was calling on one of
the older. missionaries. During the
conversation he sald: “Doctor S,, I
want to ask you a question. In your
honorable country, 1s the woman the
head of the home, ore the man the
head of the home?"
“Why,' general, It 1 this way,” re-
plied the missionary. “If the man is
a stronger character than the woman,
he Is the head of the home, but if the
woman Is stronger than the man, she
rules.”
‘The general pushed back his chatr,
and sald, with a smile, “In my miser
able country it is exactly the same!”
Carlyle's Brevity.
How often have we seen some/such
adventurous and perhaps much-cen-
sured wanderer light on some outly-
Ing neglected, yet vitally momentous
province, tho hidden treasures of
which he first discovered, and kept
proclaiming till the general eye and
effort were directed thither, and the
eontest completed—thereby, In. these
his seemingly so aimless rambles,
planting: new standards, founding new
habitable colonies, in the immeasure-
‘able cirovmambfent realm of Nothing:
ness and Night?—Carlyle.
Human Family Assume About the
Same Postures,
Odd Positions of Other Animale
Elephants and Horses Slumber
While. Standing, and Some
votes tianiar Mesnican.
“On, sleep! It fo a gentle thing be.
Jovgd trom pote to pole.”
Removed from thelr context, theso
lines of Samuel Taylor Coleridge pre
sent but a bald statement of tact
‘Thus Isolated, however, they best
sorve my present purpose, which is
to bring together a number of other
{olated. facta about sleep ‘which urn
nob perhaps commonly known, says x
ert im the Mlstrated London
Sleep ts indeed a “gentle thing.” It
fs the suprement form of rest. Our
notions of rest during sleep, however,
aro likely to be a little upset when
Wwo come to survey the various pos
tures assumed by different animaln
during sleep.
‘To begin with the human race. The
majority of mankind, probably, sleep
lying upon the right or left side of the
body, and with the knees drawn up to-
ward the ebin. But certain African
tribes, for example, le upon the back,
with the head, or rather, the back of
the neck, resting on a bar of wood
supported on two short pillars. The
elephant apparently invariably and
the horse commonly sleep standing,
‘This is really antonishing. Apart (rom
the apparent diffcalty of maintaining
the balance of the body during these
Tong periods of unconsclovsness, one
would bave supposed that a recum
bent posture in tho case of both these
animals was Imperative. Cattle and
thelr kin commonly sleep lying down
and during ‘many hours of the day
they Ile down, aa when chewing the
cud, =
‘More curious atil, there aro erea:
tures which Invariably sleep hanging
head downward, suspended by their
hind feet. ‘The bats afford a case tn
point, Among the birds, we meet
with the same strange habit in the It
tle hanging parrote of India and the
Malayan region. Tn this they differ
from all other birds, which tnvarlably
sleep with the head turned tailward
over the back and the beck thrust in
among the featherg beiweon the wing
fand the body, not under the wing, 2
{s commonly belleved. No explanation
hag. ever been offered to account for
this strange habit. tls followed even
by the penguins, wherein the feathers
fare s0 thort as {0 fall to completely
cover oven the beak. Owls are per
haps the only exception to the rule
‘And, by the way, the only other ant
mals which thus tum the bead back
ward after this fashion during sleep
are certain peculiar tortolved. knows
as “side necked tortoises.” Certain
birds sleep while resting only on oxe
leg. ‘This curious pose is wel seen 0
Jong legged birds like storks and gulls.
Bucks generally sleep on open Water
And to avold drifting shoreward and,
therefore, into the danger zone, they
Keep constantly paddling with one
foot, so that tho body is always cir
cling round the chosen sleeping area
The sloths sleep suspended by their
feet, and the head tucked in between
the fore legs. The no less remarka-
ble African pottos, or slow leinurs
Assume a similar pose, bat they attach
themselves to a verdict instead of a
horizontal bough, so that the body
rests with the head upward. No ant
mal, save man, sleeps upon its back
‘Some animale are said never (0
steep, and this because the eyes ate
hover closed. ‘The hares, snakes and
fishes are cominfonly supposed 10 er
foy this unenviable distinction, The
notion Is, however, quite erroneoas
Whales and their kin are often qucted
as sleepless creatures. It is supposed
that it they made this mistake ey
would promptly drown! As a. rale
Garkness induces sleep. With many
animals, however, the reverse te the
ease, as with the bats ané owls, for &
ample. This reversal of the thos) of
der hes been brought aboot by the 2%
ture ot the feeding habits,
nally one comes to the question:
Where does sleep begin? This Is by
no means easily answered. One Is i
tlived to draw tho line at the lnseccs
But since all living things, plants as
well as animals, display periodical
Bates of aulescence, perhaps we stall
be near the truth tn regarding sey
fs universal among Iiving things. 12
the case of planta it Is enforced BY
darkness, save In the cone of many
pacterla and fungi, which, lke evil
feeds, grow under the cover of dare
Lady Decies Sells Home.
It has taken, Lady Decles, formerly
Miss Gould of New York, but a sbort
time to decide that for her Indysbip.
Ireland {s not a pleasant place i=
which to live.
‘After her marriage a few years a&0
she made a “big stir” in Irish society
by the lavishness of her bospitalty.
‘Thus she bought 2 big mansion on
the outskirts of Dublin. and spent
thousands of dollars on structural ak
terations so that {t might bo brought
up to the standard demanded by mi
Honaire tastes and requirements.
"She practically set the fashion i?
‘irish homes for the women of the
smart set among the Fritish aris
toeracy, causing for a time a kind of
famine In fashionable house property
In the neighborhood of Dublin. But
Lady Deeies, according to advices
from Dublin, has now returned to bes
English home and castle and has sold
her palace to Willle Eustace.
(Old Parish Cage.
‘The Essex (England) town of Wit
ham {s about to lose sts parish age
Which has stood in the High street
Ter nearly five centuries. It is Pat
Of solid oak, and in former Yenr® Wes
fined for housing prisoners. It Yet
used up to about eighty years Ate
weg UP te re not alowed, ber, Ha
attends of priscners mado # 8)
creck in the oak wall, the stom of 4
Clay pipe was passed throveh. ty
$y. PIR poured into the bow! of She
pier the, prisoner sucking tho St
aoe gh the etem.——Bvening News
AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS
"How many people in Atlanta," asks the Constitution of that city, "know to a certainty that their domestic servants do not come from diseased homes?" And in the discussion it puts forth these pertinent truths: "The business of safeguarding the health of the community, in its negro as well as its white sections, is that of self preservation and not sentiment or philanthropy." The disease germ is the original democrat. It ignores the boundary line of race, of wealth and of station, as well as of more geography. It knows no prejudices, inherited or acquired. It is murderously impartial in its depredations. You may not believe you are your brother's keeper, and you may be a triflic cynical about your 'duty,' to the negro. But you can hardly be negligent about your duty to your own child, and your own health personally, and keep a clean conscience."
The Post for years has been stressing the importance of this very question for all southern cities. It has repeatedly urged upon the people of Houston that they cannot afford, even from the selfish point of view, to ignore the living conditions of the nego population. The negroes are the domestic servants of the servant-employing class of the southern cities. The negroes are a part of the life of the south, and will always be, and even if the white who employ them are not concerned in philanthropy at all, they owe it to themselves to have a deep concern for everything affecting the health and morals of the nego people.
The nobler part is, of course, to realize in a broad and sympathetic sense our obligation to aid the negroes to better standards of living, because they are in so many respects depend upon the whites and because they so implicitly rely upon the whites. It will be to our everlasting honor and glory if history shall be able to say of us that we accepted the problems the war left us, and worked them out kindly, intelligently and well, but if we are concerned only for our own welfare, then it will be secondary philantropy for us to see that living conditions among the negroes are such that they will not menace the health and prosperity of the white people. Negroes living amid insanitary conditions in southern cities are going to suffer the hardships of poverty and disease, they are going to suffer contamination and destruction in a moral sense, they are going to be a heavy consuming and inefficient element of population.
But the whites will not be able to escape the consequences. They will have to bear the economic losses that a large and inefficient mass is certain to inflict, they will be victimized by the diseases that spread death and disaster among poorly housed and miserably environed human beings, and they will not escape the deadly blight of the immorality and vice that thrive among the ignorant, the desperate and the neglected poor.
The vital statistics of every southern city reveal the inevitable consequence of inefficiency to conditions among the negroes—the servant class that brings into well-kept homes the deadly germs that multiply amid the miserable conditions that afflict the negro sections of so many southern cities.—Houston (Tex.) Post.
Golf enthusiasts in Massachusetts yearly spend about $800,000 on the game.
The 300 striking nego students of Shaw university at Raleigh, N. C., forwarded a memorial to the trustees of the institution in New York asking that Dr. Charles Meresive, president of the institution, be removed and a negro be put in his place.
President Meresive, backed by southern white members of the faculty, issued an ultimatum ordering all rebellious students to resume their places at once, under penalty of expulsion.
During the holiday a student married, against the college rules, and was dismissed. The boys asked to be heard through a committee. Dr Meresive refused to receive the committee, but agreed to hear any individual. The strike resulted.
The most exhaustive of tests have shown that it takes only one-seventh of a second for a wireless signal to pass across the continent from Washington to San Francisco.
A Wyandotte hen belonging to Francis Baines, a well-known Wiltshire (England) poultry expert, has laid 588 eggs in the three years it has lived.
In Glasgow in 1912 there were erected 11 warehouses and shops, 104 factories and stores and 11 new churches and halls.
Although Belgium has reduced the working day of its coal miners to nine hours, the enforcement of the law has not apparently affected the production.
The material taken from the Panama canal would make a pile higher than the Woolworth building in New York and 1,350 feet square at the base.
The total value of the oil output of the United States for 1911 was $134,044,752, an increase of $6,148,144 over 1910.
The newest skyscraper in New York is to be 750 feet high and to consist of 55 stories. It will be only 50 yards shorter than the Eiffel tower.
In case of illness employees of the London (England) postoffice may be absent on full pay for as much as six months and on half pay for another six months.
For the first time since 1905, a colored boy is among the seator officers at Harvard. Alexander Louis Jackson of Englewood, N. J., was chosen class orator at the 1914 election a few days ago, and will write and deliver the oration, which is one of the principal parts of the exercises in Sanders theater on the morning of class day.
Jackson has been a member of the varsity track teams for two seasons. He is one of the best hurdlers now in the eastern colleges, particularly good over the high hurdles, but fast in both events, and has won many points for the Crimson teams in various meets.
He has not been particularly prominent in other ways during his college course. He has won good grades, though he is not in the honor class. At Andover he won several prizes in public speaking, but at Harvard he has been so much occupied with other affairs that he has not tried for the prizes in speaking, though he has taken some of the courses offered. He is preparing for a teaching position in some one of the negro schools of the south.
It is not the first time that a negro has been honored by election to such office at Harvard. The last time was with the class of 1905, when William Clarence Matthews, a clever baseball player, was chosen a member of the class day committee.
In the years before that, the election of negro orators was quite frequent with the college classes. William H. Lewis, who has since served as assistant attorney general of the United States, was a commencement speaker on his graduation from the law school in 1895. He was not a graduate of Harvard college, but had his college education at Amherst, where he was graduated in 1892.
There are in the southern states 9,000,000 negroes, writes Booker T. Washington. There are 3,000,000 negro children of school age. Fifty-three per cent., or more than half, never go to school. Many of these negro children, particularly in the country district, are in school only from three to four months in the year. I am trying to get the white people to see that, both from an economic point of view and as a matter of justice and fair play, these conditions must be changed. I am trying to get the white people to see that sending ignorant negroes to jails and penitentiaries, putting them in the chain gang, hanging and lynching them does not civilize, but on the contrary, though it brutalizes the negro, it at the same time blunts and dulls the conscience of the white man.
I want the white people to see that it is unfair to expect a black man who goes to school only three months in the year to produce as much on the farm as a white man who has been in school eight or nine months in the year; that it is unjust to let the negro remain ignorant, with nothing between him and the temptation to fill his body with whisky and cocaine, and then expect him, in his ignorance, to be able to know the law and be able to exercise that degree of self-control which shall enable him to keep it.
I am trying to get the white people to realize that since no color line is drawn in the punishment for crime, no color line should be drawn in the preparation of life, in the kind of education, in other words, that makes for useful, clean living.
The men who don't go to jail are either too good, or too rich.
So far as the south is concerned the problem is in process of wholesome an certain solution. The future of the negro has never seemed so promising and bright. As a laborer, citizen and a man the negro, under this-bright and beneficient policy, has advanced and is advancing day by day.
There are no greater people in the history of nations than the people of the south. And in view of the history of the Civil war and of the reconstruction period that followed, the southern people have never been greater and wiser than in their present splendid attitude toward their former slaves.-Chicago American.
Colored babies are often regarded as "cuter," if anything, than white babies. A newspaper for negroes, The Crisis, notes the fact that at a recent baby show held in Fall River, the first prize was won by a one-year-old colored baby, the only colored entrant in the contest.
Fuel oil consumption by the United States navy this year is estimated at 30,000,000 gallons.
The estimated production of rice for Japan is 16,682,000 pounds, an increase of 5.1 per cent. over the crop of last year.
During 1912 about 157,600,000 people rode in the omnibus lines of Berlin, about one-third of this number in the power 'buses.
Designed for feminine use is a new hand mirror fitted with an electric light at one end, current being supplied by a storage battery contained in the handle.
Convict-made goods sold or offered for sale in Texas must be labeled "convict made."
Most of the licorice root used in America comes from the marshy plains of Turkey and Russia.
At the beginning of 1911 the number of registered clubs in the city and county of London was 697.
New York city now has more than 500,000 telephones, which is more than double the number in London.
NOURISHMENT IN DATE
NOURISHMENT IN DATE
ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE
OF NATURE'S FOODS.
Excellent When Eaten Raw. Though
There Are Many Approved Meth-
ods of Cooking Them—Make
Dainty Filling for Sandwich.
An old legend relates that one of
the Arab chieffaites supplied each of
his soldiers with a bag of dates and
a loaf of barley bread and that with
this equipment they started off on a
ten days' march. Because of its very
high sugar content the date offers in
a condensed form an unusual amount
of energy. It is a particularly good
sweet for children, much more to be
preferred than artificial candy.
Dates are most frequently eaten raw, but are *equally good in many* cooked forms, as many of the following recipes will indicate. When combined with nuts and used with milk they form, indeed, a complete meal, as vegetarians have often proved.
Dates With Cereal.—Wash a pound of dates and let them stand in a pint of water overnight. Let them come to a boll, then simmer gently for a few minutes, flavoring with a few drops of lemon or lime or orange juice. Remove the fruit, add a little sugar to the liquid left in the saucepan and simmer until thickened. Pour over the fruit and serve cold.
Date Sandwiches. — Chop stoned dates until soft enough to spread. Use thin slices of buttered bread and make sandwiches. Instead of buttering the bread one may substitute finely chopped nuts, if desired. These sandwiches will make a most satisfying bunche
Date Gems — Stone and chop half a cup of dates. Beat separately the yolk and white of one egg. Add the yolk to the dates, with a pinch of salt, a half pint sweet milk, two scant cups of four, into which two teaspoonfuls of baking powder have been sifted. Add a tablespoonful of oil or butter and beat in the whipped white of egg. Bake briskly for 20 minutes.
Spliced Apples With Merlingue
Pare and core six large apples and arrange in a baking dish. Mix three fourths of a cupful of sugar, one tea spoonful of cinnamon and one fourth of a teaspoonful of salt; fill the cavities. Add one-fourth cupful of water and bake until the apples are soft, basting frequently with the sauce. Remove from the oven and cool slightly pile meringue on the top of each apple, return to the oven, bake eight minutes. Cool and serve with cream or custard sauce.
For the meringue, beat the whites of two eggs until stiff and add very gradually, while beating constantly four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar; add one-half teaspoonful of vanilla
Delicious Celery Soup
Boil the green leaves, stalks, roots and parts of celery not desirable for the table in water and a little salt until tender; press through a sleeve, add this to the chicken or turkey bones from a roast fowl and boil about 30 minutes; the longer you cook it the stronger your soup will be. Drain and to this stock add enough flour and butter rubbed together to make a creamy consistency. Season with salt and pepper. If there are a few stewed tomatoes left over from a meal, I add about two tablespoonfuls, which some of the family think a great improvement. However, either way served, with or without whipped cream, is very delicious. This makes an excellent course for a luncheon.
Ox-Tall Soup
Cut one oxtail into joints and fry brown in good dripping. Slice three onions and two carrots and fry in the same dripping when the oxtail has been taken out. Tie these with thyme and parsely in a cheese cloth bag and drop into a soup pot containing four quarts of water. Put in the oxtail and one pound of beef cut into fine strips. Let slammer several hours. Grate over these two carrots, with a half teaspoonful of pepper, a spoonful of salt and, if liked, a little celery seed. Strain and thicken with brown flour. Boll 15 minutes.
Floor: Polisher.
A serviceable brush of good weight for polishing floors may be made out of an old discarded carpet sweeper, says Good Housekeeping. Remove the brush and place a brick inside, fastening it by wires to keep it from slipping. Then cover the sweeper all over with a piece of heavy carpet. The swing of the handle will give the brush an easy motion and lessen, to a considerable extent, the arduous work of polishing the floors.
Apple Macedoine.
Cut a thick slice off the stem end of red apples, core and remove the pulp with a potato ball cutter. Cook one-half cupful of sugar with one cupful of water. Add clean rose geranium leaves and apple balls; cook until the balls are tender. When the sirup is cold add the juice of one lemon and a couple of peaches sliced into small pieces. Fill the apple shells with the mixture and serve very cold as a first course at a luncheon.
Cheap Pudding.
Into a quart of water stir a pinch of salt and three tablespoonfuls of tapoca and boil until the tapoca is clear. Then put in a cup of dark brown sugar, boil for a minute longer, sir in a cupful of chopped nuts and set aside to cool. While still warm flavor with vanilla. When cold and jellylike serve with cream.
Smothered Chicken
Open the chicken as for broiling Put into pan with a little water. Season with butter, pepper and salt. Cover with another pan and cook till done Take off cover and brown. Make a gravy in pan of milk and browned flour. Pour over chicken.
Potato for Brown Shoes
A slice of raw potato rubbed over brown shoes before the polish is applied will brighten the feather and remove statis.
IOWA STATE BYSTANDER
SPORTS
GOLF
Alec Taylor, former Exmoor Country club golf professional who is now at Coronado, has been appointed professional at the Ravisloe Country club, succeeding Robert White, who has gone to Shawnee, Pa.
TENNIS
English tennis players advocate a radical change in the service rule which would apparently prove less of a detriment to the deep-court playing Britons than to any one else. Every time John Bull gets licked he comes back with new rule proposals.
HORSE RACING
Montreal has applied for admission to the Grand circuit.
Rodney is wintering at Jersey City, and probably will join the Poughkeepsie colony early in the spring.
They start racing on the dirt in Canada on May 16, Calgary being the first of the 14 meetings in the northwest.
There is a wild rumor that the east is to have a Grand circuit of its own. Easier by far to get the tracks than the horses.
Ted Bunch is going to race Mary Louise, 2:11½, and Pass All, 2:13¼, two of the best of the Colorado horses, down the big line.
Charley Dean has bought the fast pacer J. O., 2:23, by The Captain General. During the Lexington meeting this one worked in 2:07.
The young lava trotter Benaco,
2:15½, by Bingara, may find his way
into the Grand Circuit, as some of
the smart ones are after him.
Frank O'Neill heads the list of win-
ning jockeys for the last season in
France with a total of 158 victories
in 763 mounts. He thus heats all French
records, including his own, established
last year with 148 wins.
BASEBALL
Hartzell and Morlarity are talked of
as the next manager of the Denver
team.
Charley Herzog says he is going to
try and build up the Reds with young
material.
Ed Reulbach has settled down in
Brooklyn. Ed is an agent for automobile
supplies.
Rube Waddell is reported recovering
from his lung trouble and he expects
to be back on the firing line next
season.
There will be only two new managers in the majors next season.
Charley Herzog and Wilbert Robinson
are the two new pilots.
President Baker of the Phillies has
announced that the Quakers will do
their spring training at Wilmington,
N. C., instead of Southern Pines.
Manager Huggins declares that he did not trade Mike Mowrey because he was a trouble-maker. Hug says that he and Mike were the best of friends.
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Coppie Mack almost lost Wally
Shang last season. The Philadelphia
leader wanted to trade his star back
stop to the Yankees for Paddy Green,
a recruit catcher.
Critics are already picking the Phil
adelphias to cop the bunting next sea
son. They believe that Dooin has one
of the best teams ever put together
and with a little luck should win eas
ly.
PUGILISM
Knockout Brennan of Buffalo gave Tommy Ferguson the worst beating of his career at Scran'on, Pa.
Willie Jones of Brooklyn outboxed Harry Tracey of Philadelphia in a twelve-round bout at Columbus.
Billy Perkins won from Billy Fraser in every round of a ten-round bout before the Oshkosh (Wis.) Athletic club.
"Sapper" O'Neill, the English light-weight pugilist, outpointed Johnny Harvey in a ten-round bout at New York.
Kid Graves, formerly of Milwaukee, outsugged Young Jack O'Brien in the windup at the Olympia A. A. club in Philadelphia.
Young McAuliffe of Bridgeport, Conn., fought a draw with Jimmy Walsh of Boston in a ten-round bout at Bridgeport, Conn.
Jimmy Duffy, eastern lightweight champion, whaled Frankie McCann of Scranton all over the ring for ten rounds at Buffalo.
Battling Levinsky knocked out Tom Daly, the Omaha giant, in the second round of what was to have been a ten-round bout, at New York.
A satisfied audience which attended the New Year's eve show given by the Madison (Wis.) Athletic club saw Norman Couture defeat Young McGann without extending himself.
A Boston promoter has made an offer of a large sum to Staatslaus Zhyszko to return to this country and participate in an elimination tournament to be held in Boston. Zhyszko has recently been taking part in a similar affair in Paris.
AQUATIC
After all, Yale will abandon the English stroke and revert to the old "Bob Cooke" stroke which back in the nineties won many famous victories for the Blue on the water. Armstrong, the new head coach, is to act practically as graduate manager, and Nickalls, the English coach who favors the Bob Cooke stroke will be retained.
FOOTBALL
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The action of Wesleyan in declining to meet Yale in football in 1913 has won approval from a number of the followers of the game at the smaller eastern universities.
Many continental European players are now taking part in first-class association football games in England, and an Italian, Attilio Frezia, from Genoa, will be the latest recruit.
The suggestion emanating from Yale that the annual Harvard-Yale football game be played on the Saturday following Thanksgiving Instead of the Saturday before fails to find favor at Harvard.
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Ten of the 18 Harvard men who played in the Yale game are eligible for the eleven next season, indicating that there will be yet another year before they can stop P. Haughton and company.
WRESTLING
Gotch buys 840 lowa acres and,
turning to his manager, says: "Guess
I'll do a comeback so I kin buy thet
lower medder."
Tom Jenkins, former American
champion, won his match in his comeback trial at Boston, defeating one of the European heavyweights.
Charlie Challender, Chicago's crack
light heavyweight wrestler, says he's
going to camp on the trails of Theodore Peter and Fred Beell until he
forces the pair to meet him in the
elimination for the American championship.
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Superior weight and strength combined with thorough knowledge of every hold and trick of catch as catch wrestling gave Gus Schoenlein, known to mat fans as Americus of Baltimore, a victory by straight falls over Ed (Strangler) Lewis of Lexington, Ky.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Philadelphia-to-Baltimore motor boat race of the Delaware River Yacht Racing association is to be held on July 22, 1914.
Ring generalship brought to Freddle Welsh, champion lightweight of Great Britain, a margin of honors in his ten-round contest with Johnnle Dundee of New York.
English college and sporting papers are filed with correspondence pro and con relative to the right of the Oxford University Athletic club to bar or limit the athletic activity of Rhodes scholars.
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As a mark of the official recognition of polo by the United States government, the Army Polo association is to be formed. The move has been inaugurated to improve the efficiency of younger officers.
As the result of a recent ruling by the National Rifle association, the Princeton university rifle team has been awarded the eastern nonmilitary college rifle shooting championship for the season of 1912-13.
The Australian cricket team, which toured the United States and Canada last summer, is making arrangements for a similar tour next spring which may include the Pacific coast as well as the eastern centers.
The University of Chicago swimmers under Coach White have been trying out the new aquatic game known as water basketball in order to determine whether the game will prove a practicable substitute for water polo.
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American athletic officials will encourage more tug-of-war contests in games throughout the country. In this department of sport Uncle Same has been woefully weak in the Olympic games. This is a popular feature in many foreign countries.
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Hans Holmer of New York won the Powderball Marathon for the second time at Edinburgh, Scotland, defeating, among others, G. A. Dining, the English champion, and Willie Kolehmainen of Finland. The race was over the modified route of 15 miles.
HIS BURGLAR HUNT PIRACY NOT KILLED
Under the Circumstances It Is Probably Just as Well It Was Fruitless.
It was in the mouth of November. Darkness was closing in on the city as I returned from work. Entering my home, I noticed the street had a deserted, wintry appearance. The men in my neighborhood, nearly all of them, work nightwork, and many were leaving their homes as I was entering mine. On this particular evening one of my neighbors whose husband had already left for work, told me as I was entering my home that she was very frightened, for when her husband went to work a stranger who had been standing at the corner had followed him. I told her that it was doubtless nothing at which to be frightened, but in case the stranger again appeared in the neighborhood to let me know, and I would watch him. About five minutes later I happened to look from my parlor window and saw a stranger standing in front of my home, apparently watching it. I cried him for a few minutes, then went on the north to see what he wanted.
As soon as he saw me he asked if I knew a milkman by the name of Harkness.
I told him that I was positive there was no one by that name living on the street. At this he went away.
Several of the woman in the neighborhood, especially those whose husbands were at work, told me that he was the man who had been around earlier in the evening.
They were nervous by this time, but I asked them to call me if he returned and I would have the police take him in custody.
About half an hour later Mrs. Hill, two doors above me, whose husband was also one of the night tollers, rang my bell and informed me that she had just come face to face with the intruder in her back yard.
There is an alley running back of our homes which turns at the end houses back on to the street.
Although I am no hero, or a particularly brave man, this fellow's persistence nettled me, so, telling Mrs. Hill to telephone the police I started for the alley.
I searched the alley thoroughly, but no trace of him could I find. The policeman arrived, and together we searched the house, then again through the alley.
As we emerged on the street again, one of my neighbors across the street said that he had been on her front porch peering in her parlor window.
We were about to search the neighborhood thoroughly, when a young man, one of my neighbor's sons, asked me what the trouble was.
When I told him he said a man had just asked him the same question, and a bystander near had referred the stranger to a house two squares away.
Of course I thought this ended it, as apparently he was only seeking the person he had asked for, and that my neighbors had imagined some of the happenings.
The policeman, however, said: "We'll follow this up."
After numerous inquiries we found a family by the name of Darkness, the descriptions tallying with the stranger's.
When we asked them if they had any visitors, they first denied it, and later the lady of the house told us that her brother, whom she hadn't seen for four years, had paid her a visit. She called him out, and identified him as the men that had been loitering around.
He denied. However, being in anybody's sard, and, we, attributing it to the nervousness of the women, departed.
We told the neighbors of our findings, and although they wished to have him arrested, the policeman said that we better leave it go, as he would hardly ever return to that neighborhood.
About a week later as I picked up a newspaper I started when I saw the stranger's picture on the front page.
I was almost struck speechless with astonishment, however, by the statement under the picture, which was to the effect that the stranger was no other than a desperate criminal, who had a record of always shooting on the slightest excuse. The day before, in a fierce fight up the state, he had been killed and a half dozen police wounded, some of them probably mortally, in a pitched battle between them.
When I told my neighbors about it, one of them said that she had quite a large sum of money in her home, that her husband had brought from a beneficial organization and to put it in the bank the next day.
I went around to see Harkness, the milkman, but I found the house empty and the neighbors said he had moved the week before after occupying the house for only two weeks. The police searched the empty house, but found nothing. Whether they were accomplices or relatives, no one knows.
I often wonder what would have happened if I had cornered him before the policeman arrived, as I had been unarmed and would have been no match for the desperado.
Unpopular Sport.
"A man should be judged, not so much by what he accomplishes as by what he tries to accomplish."
"That's right. When a fellow tries to play a practical joke on me and fails I think he's just as big a fool as if he had succeeded."
Real Cigar. This
"Ever smoke an igorot cigar?" asks Power. "Well, these igorots, in the Philippine islands, make a cigar that in one respect is like the old-time Christmas plum pudding—it lasts a week. It's fifteen inches long and three to five inches thick. Old man Ig, rolls the cig, and smokes it an hour; then Mrs. Ig, and all the little Igs, take their turns. By about the fourth day it must need a cuspidor attachment to keep it in operation. One smoke like this would last some people a lifetime."
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Buccaneers Still at Work in a Spasmodic Way.
Trade. However. Does Not Flourish as It Did in the Days of Old—Some Cases in Comparatively Recent Years.
Not long ago a London man was sentenced to penal servitude for life for the crime of piracy. It sounds preposterous to talk of the black flag in these days of 40,000-ton liners and wireless telegraphy, yet the bald fact remains that piracy is by no means an extinct offense.
This modern buccooner was a steward who, after serving in various ships, was stranded at Callao, in Peru. There he picked up with a man named Sherratt, and the two shipped aboard a small schooner, the Neva Tigre. They, with the captain and mate, composed the whole crew.
A week out from port these two soundrels attacked the captain and mate with an axe and gun and literally made them walk the plank in the most approved eighteenth century fashion. They then renamed the vessel White Rose, and set sail for nowhere in particular. Neither knew the first principles of navigation, so eventually they ran ashore in the Gilbert Islands, where they were promptly arrested. The most daring case of piracy on record for years past occurred aboard the Alaska-Pacific liner Buckman, when two armed passengers made a deliberate attempt to seize the big ship and her cargo.
One of them, named Thomas, took a revolver, went into the cabin, and fatally shot Captain Wood, then ran on deck to help his accomplice, whom he had left to tackle the mate on the bridge.
But the mate had been too quick for the batee, and Thomas reached the deck to find his accomplice in irons. He at once seized a lifeboy and jumped overboard. As he was never seen again he was, presumably, drowned.
Aboard the Italian transatlantic finer Margherita there was a few years ago a regular Captain Kettle battle. The steamer, after leaving Trieste, called at Messina, and there 22 Spillans stowed themselves away. As soon as the Margherita was out of sight of land they rushed on the deck in a body and attacked the crew. They were surrounded and driven below, but at night broke out again and rushed the officers quarters. The crew armed themselves with revolvers and a fierce fight raged for over an hour. Two of the mutineers were killed, a number were wounded and four sailors were badly hurt.
At last the pirates were driven into the forecastle, and while the crew stood guard the vessel steamed hard for Algiers, where the police took the ruffians into custody.
The steamer Sophia was crossing the Black Sea from Odessa to Korthion, and the captain and passengers had just sat down to supper in the saloon when three young men, masked and armed, appeared in the doorway and covered them, bidding them not to move on pain $£ death.
At the same time two others seized the man at the wheel and forced him to turn the vessel back to Odessa. Others—there were 18 in all—opened the safe and took out $25,000, the property of a Russian bank. They then robbed the passengers of all they possessed, disabled the engines, destroyed one boat, and, taking the other two, escaped.
There is, or was a few months ago,
still in use a Danish schooner named
Emanuel, believed to be the oldest
vessel afloat. She was built in 1749
and for years sailed the Caribbean
Sea under the black flag—Stray
Storles.
Clouds Hypnotized by Earth
Clouds Hypnotize by Earth. The very latest theory concerning the clouds is that they are magnetized by the earth. Many scientists believe that the changes in the earth's magnetic force have much to do with the shape, course, gyrations and general conduct of the clouds. The view was first published by a Swedish physician, Birkland, and observations at the Lyons observatory seem to support it. These observations have been centered upon clouds called "cirril," which float at a very great height and sometimes appear like parallel filaments and at other times as curls of hair. They often produce halos, and their antics, it is said, are due to variations in the earth's magnetism.
The Word Mother
There is no more beautiful word in the English language than that of "mother," and it is remarkable that it is almost the same in all other languages. In fact, it is an almost universal word, so that a child pronouncing the word in any language could be understood in almost any other lan- here are a few of the names: "Madr," in Persian; "matr," in Sanskrit; "meer," in Greek; "mater," in Latin; "madre," in Italian; "mere," in French; "moder," in Swedish; "moder" in Danish; "moader," in Dutch; "mutter," in German; "mater," in Russian, and "matah," in Celtic.
Fitting Herself
"Marriage is a serious business. Are you preparing yourself to be a good housewife, my dear?"
"Oh, yes, grandma. You ought to see the house gowns I am having made."
Quite Natural.
Mrs. Longwed—Such a charming husband Mrs. Pickle has. So tender after ten years of marriage!
Mr. Longwed—Quite natural. It would make a rhinoceros tender to be kept in hot water ten years.
It's Effect
"Jim's engagement has had a queer effect on him."
"In what way?"
"First, it was broken off; then he was broken up, and now he is broken down."
MOLINE, ILL,
‘The Hallie Quinn’ Brown club met
wth Mra, Harry £.vart on Thursday
afternoon in a business session. , The
officers for the year were lected £3
follows: President, Mrs. flenry
Wood; vice president, Mrs, Marion
Scott; secretary, Mrs. Henry Robin-
‘son; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Harry Stewart; treasurer, Mrs, John
Jones; custodian, Mrs, “Will Enix;
Journalist, Miss Mamie Ritchie.
Miss Clara Tarver has returned
home, after spending a few weeks in
Chicago. .
‘Tickets are out for the play, en-
titled “The Two Sisters,” to be given
Thurgday evening, January 22d, by
‘the “Aid society at the A. M. E.
church."
Mrs. Henry Harris in on ‘the sick
Hist.
‘The A. M. E. Sunday school elected
the following as officers for the year’
‘Superintendent, Mrs. Henry Wood;
‘assistant superintendent, Mr. Harry
Stewart; secretary, Miss Mamie
Ritchie; assistant Secretary, Miss
Pansy Smith; organist, Miss Alice
Maxie; assistant organist, Miss Della
Bishop; librarian, Miss Pansy Bish
op; assistant librarian, Earl Lanire
chorister, Mrs. Alice Gorman,
Miss Gra Robinson of Chicago and
little niece of New Orleans, Ala., ar
visiting at.the Paris Robinson resi:
dence on Ninth avenue. “
‘The H. Q. B. club are making plans
for‘a concert and apron sale to be
held the y2th of February. Mor
particulars will be given later. *
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gershan enter-
tained our choir at their home Friday
evening. Everyone enjoyed them.
selves to the highest. This is one of
the first treats tendered the choir.
Too much hospitality cannot be
given its beloved members.
Messrs. Forest Martin and Mayo
Perkins, Miss Ruth Peterson-and lit-
tle Irene Terry were on the pro-
gram at Tyler school Mothers’ day.
Messrs. Perkins and Martin execute
fon the violin with credit and one can
see a great future for these two
young men. Miss Peterson generally
acts as accompanist. ;
Miss Gretta McDavis o” Iowa City
was an_over Sunday visitor with her
sister, Mrs. Wm. Greene.
Rev. Burton of Keokuk, ‘mission-
ary for the Baptist association, was
in our city Sunday.
Mr. N. Huston is still confined at
Mercy hospital.
‘There will be a baby contest in the
near future.
‘The One More Effort club met at
the home of Mrs. R. Hicks on Thurs-
day afternoon.
The Mite Missionary society will
give an entertainment February 5th.
Mrs. A. C. Fisher and daughter,
Violet, are. visiting Mrs. Fisher's sis-
ter, Miss Mae Terry. |
Mr. and Mrs. Milligan, Mr. Luther
Lowery, Mesdames Horne, Jackson,
Lowery’ and Robinson of the Silver
Leat chapter, No. 6, on last Tuesday
‘afternoon visited the same order at
Marshalltown and returned _home
Wednesday afternoon, reporting
splendid time. A certain young man
feels that he gained more by the
visit than the other members of the
party. If I should say any more,
that would be telling.
‘Mrs. Ruth Bright, G W. M. of the
©. E.'S. of the state of Towa made
her annual visit to the Silver) Leaf
chapter, No. 5, on last Monday even-
ing. Much creditris due Mrs. Bright
for the manner in which she conduet-
‘ed the work. The chapter was bright-
fened on many points and we hope
that Mrs. Bright will always make
Cedar Rapids her first stop. After
the regular business a reception was
tendered our grand worthy matron
Mr. Fred Perkins is reported on
the sick list, We wish for him a
speedy recovery.
Mr. J. L. Thompson, grand maste
of the state of Towa, made his an-
nual visit to the Mt_ Olive lodge, No
17, A. F. & A. M, Monday, January
12th. Bro, Thompson gave a fine lec
ture on Masonry, which was fine and
enjoyed by all the brothers present
Refreshments were served after
late hour, which we think Bro
‘Thompson and Bro. Ford enjoyed.
Mr. Edward Boyd is some bette
at this writing and his many friends
iiss Ke sage eontioane
“Tam very glad to say a few words
in praise of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy/’ writes Mrs. Lida Dewey,
‘Milwaukee, Wis. “I have used it for
years both for my children and my-
self and it never fails to relieve and
cure a cough or cold. No family with
children should be without it, as it
gives almost immediate relief in cases
of croup.” . Chamberlain's | Cough
Remedy is pleasant and safe to take,
which is of great importance when a
medicine must be given to young
children. For sale by all dealers
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Adah chapter, No, 10, 0. &. stats
held the'r annual election and instal
ation at Prince hall. The following
officers were installed: Mrs. C
Marshall, W. M, Liztie Golden, A
4; Eva Gordon, C.; Jane Kipper, A
C3 Lizzie Kain, secretary; Addic
Johnson, treasurer; H. E. Burris, pa-
tron; Jane Taylor, warder; Geo. John
on, ‘sentinel.
‘Mrs. Bell Taylor entertained the
Jadies of the Pro. Art club last Wed-
nesday afternoon. Quite a numbe
‘of ladies attended, as it was the first
meeting in the new year, A visitor
from the Rock Island woman's white
club was present.
‘The memorial services held at
‘Lewis, were very impressive. Mrs
‘Wayman Chapel under the auspices
‘of the Pro. Art club in memory of
‘their Inte state president, Ida D.
Ella Woods, fifth vice president. of
‘the state; Mrs, Jennie McClain, past
‘state president; Mrs. Ragina Hous-
ton, president of the Art club, ‘and
‘Mrs, Bell ris eee of a
grate 2nd means ie ptats,
Bees costo Yess 338s oes on
ol oily ha CA
mithm (0 3
| Rev. Madison, a former acting pas-
tox of the McKinley Baptist church,
‘was present at the services Sunday
‘evening, Everyone enjoyed seeing
Bro, Madison.
Mrs. Carrie L. Hamilton of Spring-
field, a dramatic reader, will give a
recital Thursday evening at McKin-
ley church, under the auspices of the
Pro, Art club. Mrs. Hamilton is also
corresponding secretary of the State
Federation of Clubs and grand secre-
tary of the Eastern Stars.
Mr. Chas. Windsor, Sr., suffered a
stroke of paralysis ‘Inst’ week and
his many friends are much alarmed
about his condition,
HEALTH HINTS.
A. J. Booker, M. D.
‘There is a great deal of specula-
tion about us after we pass out of
this life. Every man is anxious to
stay here as long
imams as possible and
oe J to be as useful as
(PSB EEE possible to his
ie ; family and seci-
Ru cty, if he has the
J Pag) right stuf in
ba] him. There ‘are
‘ a number of ways
| in which @ man
BBB can live after .ho
= ie dead. He will
always live in the memory of those
who love him; if he be gifted, bis
work will ever live, if it be worthy;
the names of Tennyson, Shakespeare,
Edison, Westinghouse’ and Morse
will never die.
Few of us are great so far as the
world generally is concerned; most of
us are greater than people give us
credit for being; all of us would make
the world happy if we knew how.
Very few people are mean; some have
allowed disappointments to sour their
disposition; others feel that, they are
the buffers of fate; some have no
friends in whom they ean confide and
‘are mistrustful; but on the whole men
fare pretty square and fair, Get to
know a man's real soul and you will
find qualities like gems hidden from
the public gaze, People keep the best
side of themselves protected from
criticism and injury.
Alll of us want to do good and cer-
tainly most of us can. The most
practical way to do some good is to
protect those who are dependent up-
on us after we are gone. It is use-
less to say, “If I die.” Say, "When
T die”; for all things born ‘in time
must perish and there is no “if” nor
hut" in this matter—you, like all the
rest, are going. The way to live after
death is to let your family feel your
presence by/ something substantial;
they carnot live on love and memory.
Some poor fellows imagine that if
they leave a few hundred dollars
levery ran in the country will be after
his widow. If they marry your widow
they only compliment you, and surely
‘a man would not be 80 selfish as to
want a woman to be thinking about
him all the rest of her days, But if
you want her to cherish your memory
for goodness sake leave her some-
thing tc do it on. As a matter of
fact the less a woman has the more
likely she is to marry the first scala-
wag that comes along, hecause she is
lonesome and dependent; now unless
a man leaves his wife in such shape
that she eay be free from annoyances
and bills he does her a great injury.
‘A woman’s chances of marriage de-
ferease as her years increase, and if
‘she has paid you the compliment to
be loyal and true you owe it to her
to be cqually as complimentary by
providing for her after you are gone
It makes a man feel better to be
fable to pass an insurance examina.
‘tion; it makes his passing beyond 2
little easier because he knows that
his power of protection does not pass
with him and he still lives in deed
Jand memory. Now the great insur
ance companies have made it pos:
sible for every man to be sure that
hhe will be a factor in the life of his
widow; if a woman respect you sh
will not let some one spend your mon
ey; if she love you, and her living
with you, with all your faults, prove
this, she ‘will not care less for you i
your last illness, but do all she cat
to help you because she knows wher
you are gone she can pay the bills
You can get a policy from companies
from 5, cents a week to $10,000
year ahd every self-respecting mat
‘ought to have one. I sce cases ever
now and then where these peopl
come in with a check, and it is like w
angle of merey pouring balm over
wounded soul and is like the hand o
the dead reaching out assistance, lik
‘a voice from heaven telling of love
and thought. Get a policy; put your
wife and family in the respectable
class; live after you are dead anc
make your widow as attractive a:
possible; the better you are to hei
now the better youw ant to be to het
after you ure dead.
IOWA CITY, IOWA.
(Special to Bystander.)
| Little Margaret Alyia Quinn,
Gavyghter of Mr. and Mrs. ¢ Virgil
‘Quinn, died Thursday afternoon, Jan-
uary 15, at the age of 6 months and
6 days, at hor grandmother's home in
Towa City.
Mrs. Eva Robinson returned home
suddenly from Des Moines on account
of the death of her granddaughter,
Margaret Alyia Quinn
CLINTON, IOWA.
Friends in Clinton regret to learn
of the death of Mrs. Geo. Green of
Chieago, who visited here only about
two months ago.
‘The number on the sick list of the
Second Baptist church is decreasing.
‘Although Sunday morning was
‘gloomy, those in attendance at the
Second’ Baptist church greatly en-
joyed the service. One accession was
made to the church, Mr. Thompson of
Missouri. The’ pastor and members
are elated over the appearance of the
chureh, it having just come from un-
der the hand of the decorators, Tt
is reported this church is prospering
better riow than at any time in its
history, ‘They hope to start a series
days uxo from Chicago, where he was
fealled on account of the sickness and
death of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. S.
Emerson,
‘Mise Gilla Robingon entertained
{few friends a short time ago in honor
lof her sister, Mra, Winters, and broth:
fer, Geo. Robinson, who were visiting
[from the south, ‘The former will re-
main indefinitely.
‘The protracted meetings which have
been running, since ‘the firgt of the
year at the A. M. E. church will con-
tinue throughout this week. Mrs.
‘Carey, the evangelist, is said to have
Iabored hard, doing all in her power
to excite interest, delivering some
very forceful sermons. Some very
Interesting talks have also been given
to the Sunday school. It is unfor-
tunate that her audiences have not
been larger, but we are pleased ta
say that it is not from the lack of
Christianity, but causes over which
she gs no control, “While fn the cli
she M@making hor home with Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Richardson on First ave-
nue,
Mz. W. A. Emerson was reportec
‘on the sick list early this week. He
is much improved at this writing.
~The officers of the W. H. M. society
will be installed on the 22nd, at whict
‘time a reception will be given for its
members and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Junking left Sat-
jurday for Chicago to atvend the funer-
al of their daughter, Mrs. Green, whe
passed away Friday morning.
Invitations have been issued for s
dancing party to be gyen by the
Young Men’s Progressive club at Ar
mory hall Wednesday, January 28th.
Oscar ‘Thompson visited over Sun
day in Ottumwa with relatives and
friends.
Some of our subscribers have doni
well in paying their subscriptions
Others, oh well we hope to get it
some day.
Mr. and Mrs. M, 0. Culberson. en
tertained a few evenings ago in honor
of Mrs. Winters and Mr. Geo. Robin-
oe
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MASONIC NOTES.
‘Chips From the Quarry.
‘The peculiar coincidence this year
with the grand master wag that he
began his oficial visit Inst year. in
Codar Rapids, lows, on Monday hi
year in Cedar Rapids also én & Mon-
day evening that we met with Mt.
Olive, No. 17. Here we met a larged
body ‘of master Masons than on our
former visit. We held a very splendid
and instructive meeting. "Twas
midnight on Mt, Olive's brow” ere we
went to refreshments, ‘Then we re-
freshed for one hour on oysters
crackers, coffee, ice cream and cake.
P. G. M. W. H. Milligan drove the
G. M. home for a morning sleep at
his magnificent county home. Next
morning I enjoyed myself looking at
his fine chickens, the Buttercups,
which had won ‘him several silver
Jeups and first prizes at the poultry
shows already held, and he had just
fentered some in the Cedar Rapids
show, jugt opened that day. Well,
must stop talking about chickens.
What do they know about Masonry
On Tuesday I went up to visit the
great Iowa Masonic library, the fin-
fest and largest Masonic library in the
world, but as the building was tem-
porarily closed while undergoing
some repairs and moving to the new
addition recently completed. Bro.
Robinson is W. M, and they are add-
ing new material to their temple.
‘They have purchased a corner lot and
Jare now meeting in the second story
fof that building. Our next visit was
with Eureks, No. 20, Marshalltown,
Here we met an enthusiastic bunch of
fowenty-one master Masons, live, ac-
tive and bright, with our fgrand_re-
viewer as W. M. We held a very in-
teresting meeting and found a few
doubting the advisability of living up
to the landmarks and regulations,
Perhaps much light and some logic
‘was given why we should not deviate
from them. At o'clock we marched
ina body to Bro. Calum Wheeler's
residence, where a long table” was
Tadened to its utmost eapacity with
everything that man could wish for
lin the way of eatables, chickens, chit-
terlings and pork meats, with’cran-
erry jelly, two kinds of pie, coffee
|eake and the other trimmings that go
{to make a delicious banquet. Eureka
has a beautiful lodge hall, well ar-
ranged. John A. Spencer, the cement
contractor of Grinnell, an enthusias-
tic Mason, was present. The next
morning he accompanied me to Ma-
son City, where we organized and set
‘up a new Masonic lodge, also P. G.
M, I. L. Brown and P, G. 8. W. Albert
Walker came to Mason City on a later
train, Thus our old, ancient and hon-
orable order is extending her lodges
in north central Towa. Question: Who
isa Mason? Question: What is Ma-
sonry?
‘Tidings From the Grand Fast.
‘The annual official visit of the
Grand Master of the M. W. United
Grand Lodge of Iowa and jurisdiction
is as follows:
Friday, Jan, 80—With Decavur, No
14, Sioux City. 2
Saturday, Jan, 31—With Twin City
No, 82, Coun Bluffs.
Monday, Feb. 2—Rescue, \No. 25,
‘Omaha, Neb. :
‘Tuesday Feb! 3—With Golden Cir-
cle U. D,, Clarinda,
Monday, Feb, 9—Maple Grove, No
16, Oskaloosa.
‘Tuesday, Feb. 10—North Star, No.
2, Des Moines.
Thursday, Feb, 19—Dorie, No. 20,
Des. Moines.
Wednesday, Feb. 25—Dubuque, No.
29, Dubuque.
‘Thursday, Feb. 26—MeNeil, No. 21
‘Clinton.
j"'Friday, Feb, 27—Hiram, No. 19,
Davenport.
| ‘These dates are subject to changes.
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Mrs, J. J. Beasley returned Friday
‘from Enterprise, where she attended
the Tillery and Miller wedding.
Mrs, Sam Dean returned from Bux-
ton on Wednesday.
Miss Menta Johnéon, who spent her
holiday vacation at homé in Buxton,
‘returned to Colfax on Monday, at
Which place she is attending school,
["'ax, Owen. Redmon, graduate of
[high and grammar schools at chapel
period Monday morning with some
‘excellent vocal music. The songs
|were appreciated very much. The
schools ‘are always glad to have the
former graduates return to visit
‘them.
jhe, Perey Hutchison from Newto
‘registered Sunday. at the Battle
House.
‘the high school of Colfax, and also
‘of Grinnell college, entertained the
|"" Rev, Evans and wife were the re
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|which was planned and carried out
|Friday of last week, The surprise
| was in the form of a pound donation
planned by the members and friends
of the church, Some of the crowd
met at the home of Mrs. Lulu Edgar
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jand at @ suitable hour marched to the
residence of the pastor and started
singing “There's @ Stranger at the
Door.” It being a complete surprise,
they had to sing. the second verse be:
fore there was any admittance, wher
they were let in and began to lay thei
donations on the table until it was
Guite full. ‘They spent a little white
swith social visit, when at a late hour
ay opected to thee many. homes
bidding the Rev, and wife a jolly good
night:
‘The, Bethel Baptist Sunday schoo
is progressing nicely under the new
superintendent and corps of teachers.
‘Another two splendid sermons were
preached by the pastor both Sunday
morning and evening. A good crowd
was, out.
‘The deacon and trustee board are
going in jointly and will give an en-
tertainment Saturday evening, Janu-
ary 24th, at the Odd Fellows hall.
Mr. M, R, Welsh has opened his
store in the south part of town and
solicits a share of the patronage.
Rev. James Handley an¢ wife, mis-
sionaries to South Africa, lectured tc
[a large crowd at the M. E. church last
Sunday evening.
HITEMAN JOTTINGS.
Mrs. G. W. Snider from colons
‘Obio, is visiting here. She will be
remembered by many of our citizens,
as she is a sister of our worthy car
rior, Mr. Jefferson. Finks, and mother
‘of Mrs, Luke Mosly. At 4 o'clock on
Chrigtmas day at the home of Mr
land Mrs. Luke was served a four
course dinner in honor of her mother
Mrs. Snider, and their uncle, Mr. Jef-
ferson Finks, and daughter. In the
evening Mr. C. W. Carthern and fam:
ily were entertained at an 8 o'clock
luncheon.
Mrs. Geo. Nigthengale and J. Catel
have returned from Canton, Ill, re-
porting a very fine time.
We are glad to note that Mrs. T.
Hawkins is able to be out again. I
will be remembered that Mrs. H. was
recently operated on at the Miners
hospital at Albia by Drs. Marney and
Guteh,
H, T. Bond and family were enter-
tained ‘at dinner on Sunday last. at
the home of Mr. Joshua Buford. Mrs.
Ferguson of New York City, who is
‘a daughtér of Mr. Randof, was the
‘guest of honor.
~Mr. Horace Bates, who was hurt al
No. 5 ming some time ago, is able to
bbe out on crutches.
‘The mines have been working about
half time since the first of the year.
Every one of our people have butch-
red from one to three large fat hors
so if you want a fat time come to
Hiteman.
In the midst of our pleasure we
were startled at the. shocking news
fof the death of the daughter of. ou
beloved pastor, Rev. 0. B. Smith. The
entire, community extend) heartfl
sympathy to the bereaved family.
‘Miss Carrie Randolf and Miss Net-
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Towa State Bystandes
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 4914,
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Lodge of Towa, A. & A. id. aad
International Greed’ Congress "a
Heroines af Jericho of Americe
and Western Baptist Asaccistiog
Entered at the postofice is we
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“elandet Pubinaiag Compasse i
Moines, (pwa, Giles in Chart
building, sormer Seventh and we,
Derry streets. fowa pheac, Wa,
moe
tie Finks attended a party at the
home of Mr. Walter Bennings on New
Year's eve, A fine thine. was reported.
Mr, Luther Brown of Albia was a
[pleasant caller in our little city last
week. ,
What is it that attracts Mr. Cor.
nelitis Miller in.a northwestern direc.
tion from Albia so much
Mrs. Luke Mosley has gone to the
Miners’ hospital at Albia to undergo
‘an operation for stomach trouble,
Whereas it has pleased the Al.
mighty in His wise providence to re.
move from the fireside of our beloved
pastor, Rev. 0: B. Smith, his daugh-
ter, be it resolved that we of the Ris.
ing Mt. Zion Baptist church of Hite.
man, both friends and members, do
hereby extend our heartfelt sympathy
Jand prayers. Be it further resolved
that a copy of this shall be forwarded
to the bereaved family and copy in-
serted in the minutes of our church
record.
Subscribe for the lowa State By-
stander and quit borrowing your
neighbor's paper to read.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE ON
SPECIAL EXECUTION,
State of Iowa, Polk county, ss.
District court of Polk county, Lowa,
Harry Meyers
A. E. Lawrence and L. R. West.
By virtue of a special execution to
me directed, issued by the clerk of the
district court of Polk county, Lowa, in
favor of Harry Meyers, and against
A. E, Lawrence and L. R, West, on a
judgment rendered by said court on
the 12th day of January, A. D. 1914
wherein it was ordered, adjudged ani
decreed that the following described
property be sold to satisfy said judy-
ment, towit: Commencing at the
northwest corner of the west half
(1-2) of the southeast quarter (1-4)
of section 34, township. 78, range 24,
thence south’20 rods, thence east 16
rods, thence north 20 rods, thence
west 10 fods to the place of begin-
ning.
Now, therefore, public notice is
hereby given that unless the said de-
fendants appear at my office in Des
Moines on or before the 25th day of
February, A. D. 1914, at 10 o'clock
m. of ‘said day, at which time said
above described’ property is hereby
advertised to be sold, and pay off the
amount of said execution, with inter-
est and costs, I will sell said property,
or sufficient’ thereof to satisfy said
execution, with interest and costs, at
public outery, to the highest bidder,
fat the east front door of the court
house, in Des Moines, Jowa, for cash
in hand to pay off said execution.
3. B. Griffin,
Sheriff of Polk County, Iowa.
By Louis Cohen, Deputy.
Sheriff's office, Des Moines, lowa.
» Published and’ printed by the Iowa
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