Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XXI NO. 22 CITY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. John Wright of Buxton was in our city last week shopping. Don't forget Mrs. Booker T. Washington will lecture Monday evening at the A. M. E. church. Mrs. W. Hieronymaus of 1014 Center street was taken suddenly ill yesterday at her home. Miss Georgie Blackburn, one of the school Mams who is teaching in Buxton arrived here yesterday for a visit with her mother and sister. The Thompson hotel guests were Mr. Fred Townsend, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. (boys' department), Buxton, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lyles of Chicago, Ill. The Union Thanksgiving services held at the Maple Street Baptist church yesterday was very largely attended and the program as printed last week was well rendered. About $25 00 was taken up. Matiida Lee of Clarinda is here for a few weeks visit with her daughter, Miss Susie Lee, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Gould. Born on last Saturday, Nov. 21 to Mr. and Mrs. G L. Williams an 8 lbouncing baby girl, both mother and daughter doing well. The Womnas' Working club met at Mrs. L. Bundy on November 23rd at 1009 West Walnut street. After business was transacted the hostess served a nice luncheon. They adjourned to meet at Miss M. E. Sweets, 2621 Chester avenue, December 1st. Mr. O. O. Buckner and wife and baby came down from Ft. Dodge to spend a few days, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Jackson on 12th and Day street. Mrs. Buckner and baby will remain a week while Mr. Buckner will return today. At a special conclave of the G. H. Cleggett chapter of Royal Arch Masons last Friday evening the following were initiated into the mysteries of the Royal Arch chapter: E. L. Shaw, W. T. Jones, J. W. Johnson, A. L. Winn, R. N. Hyde, M. L. Gregory, Wm. Tomlin, W. L. Riley, Rev. T. L. Griffith, Rev. S. B. Moore, Chas Carl, E. S. Morgan, C. C. Johnson, V. L. Jones, Dr. J. A. Jefferson, G. L. Johnson, J. W. Black, M. J. Jackson, J. H. Reynolds, J. J. Roach, Wm. Walker and J. A. Graham. DES MOINES NEGRO WINS HON- ORS. AT AMES. Word has been received by Sergeant John Jackson of this city that his son, Rufus, a recent honor graduate of East Des Moines high school and now a student at the State college at Ames, Iowa, has been selected as one of the eight representatives of that great student body to enter the horticulture and forestry speaking contest to be held in Des Moines on Wednesday, December 9th, under the auspices of the Iowa State Horticultural society, one of the prizes for which contest is a life membership is said society. Mr. Jackson will speak upon the subject "The Spirit of the Orchardist." ANNOUNCEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the special meeting of Princess Oziel chapter, No. 9, Order of the Eastern Star, has been changed from Thursday, November 13th, to Thursday, November 6th. All members will please take notice and govern themselves accordingly. By order of Mrs. Addie French, Worthy Matron. A Farm for Rent We have a farm for rent in Decatur county, Iowa. 4 miles from town of 140 acres to rent for cash, very low, from one to five years lease. 120 acres in cultivation, a good stock farm, land rolling, fruit trees, shade with well and barn. Would prefer a colored farmer. Write to John L. Thompson, 1306 W. 20th. Sick Headache. This distressing disease results from a disordered condition of the stomach, and can be cured by taking Chamberlain's Tablets. For sale by all dealers. L. E. Hanger Wm. Aiken Hanger & Aikens New York Restaurant 304 West Grand Avenue Des Moines Iowa State Capitol Bldg Historical Room THANKSGIVING. Yesterday the American people were called to cease their work and rest and give thanks to the All Wise Being for the manifold blessings that we have received for the past year. We as Americans should give thanks that we have peace, prosperity, happiness and good health. We should also pray for a cessation of the great war that is now raging in Europe, destroying millions of people, the hope of future generations. Our sympathies should go out to suffering humanity all over the globe and 'our hope is that by next Thanksgiving all the civilized people will be in peace as our country. EDITOR'S OBSERVATION We could not close this year's observation without observing a few things about Buxton. Well we have spent a few days here for two pay days and I must say that Buxton is no more the famous old live money making business whirl and enthusiastic band of labor. To one who has bees there once each year since it was organized and has seen it at its height and now to see it one can hardly imagine the great change. The work is poor, only working from three to five days a week, and only about one-third of the miners here as usually. About one-third of the houses are now vacant. The reasons for this are many. The two main reasons are, first the losing of Mr. Ben Buxton as superintendent; second, democratic hard times coming on; third, the blowing out of one mine and the sinking of a new shaft; fourth cause is that some of the superintendents have tried to replace many colored miners with white miners. All of these have had a telling effect upon the population and condition of Buxton. I was informed that about five years ago there were about 2,000 men on the pay roll. Now only about 700. The population of Buxton now will not exceed 2,500, of which perhaps 1,500 are colored. We now have a white postmaster, with all his help, a democrat, the first time that a white man was ever postmaster of Buxton. There are five churches, three Negro and two white. The A. M. E. has just got a new man, Rev J. H. Ferribe, who comes well recommended, and his matured age his enthusiasm for the work he will, we hope succeed. Rev. P. B. Woodard is still pastor at the St. John's Baptist church. He has a large field and is holding his own. He is a Christian gentleman, well equipped for the work. They have just been holding a series of services. Rev Woodard met with a misfortune this summer of losing his wife. He is also suffering from rheumatic trouble and has to walk with crutches or with a cain. He is improving, however. At the Tabernacle Baptist church we find Rev. J. R. Northcross. He is doing a good work out there and has a good following. A peculiar thing about these churches is that the Sunday school hour at all the churches is at 9 o'clock and they are all well attended with a band of thoroughly strong teachers. The Y. M. C. A., which we are always proud to mention as the only colored Y. M. C. A. in Iowa, is doing as well as can be expected under the efficient management of J. H. McGrew and Mr. Townsend, who is superintendent of the boys' department. They are both trained Y. M. C. A. men and are a credit to the race. Mr. J. H. Baker is running the only printing office and newspaper here. This is one of the new business enterprises here and business in the field we wish for him success. Mr. B. F. Cooper, the pioneer driver, is still at the old stand. He feels more like a real man since the arrival of his first child, a boy, a few months ago. Mr. Reuben Gains, Sr. is still here. His only son, Ben, Jr., runs the hotel in conjunction with fairly well. Mr. Gains is one of the richest men in Iowa. They have a fine $1,500 five-passenger car. He is one of the important factors in Buxton. Mr W. H. London and E. A. London are still in the music and furniture business. Mr. James Roberts is still working at the cigar manufacturing business and is doing well. Dr. E. A. Carter is at the head of the company's doctors and is the only colored physician in the United states that has charge of a company's business. He is also in charge of the Northwestern Railroad Co.'s business at this end. He has been having white assistants. He has recently bought him a new fine passenger car. Dr. C. G. Robinson is the only colored physician here. He has a good trade and drives a beautiful horse. Mr. G. L. Neal is still manager of the famous Buxton Wonders baseball team. Mr. J. W Nealy runs a drug and confectionery store in Coopertown, also a grocery store in southwest Buxton. He is a business young man. Mr. Andrew Jeffries is still running the restaurant, which is the oldest restaurant in Buxton. They have a very large trade, as usual. More about Buxton next week. MONMOUTH, ILL. MONM Mrs. Fannie Munson has returned home, after a short visit in Daven- port with her daughter, Mrs. Bell Harris. Mr. P. H. Lewis left last Saturday for her home in Indianapolis. Ad. after being called here by the illness Mr. George Farner is on the sick list. The Calvary Baptist church promise their usual good Thanksgiving dinner and supper, which will be ed in the church dining room. Miss Levietta Taylor returned home from Chicago. The ladies of the A. M. E. church have organized a church sweeping circle. Mrs. Susie McWilliams was elected president and Mrs. G. T. Brown secretary. Mrs. Effe Merial is on the sick list. On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Peoples entertained several friends with a four-course dinner in honor of Rev, and Mrs. P. H. Lewis. Still being confined at the hospital, Rev. Lewis was unable to attend. Earl Vaughn went to Des Moines last Friday afternoon. IOWA CITY, IOWA. Nebraska slaughtered us in the game last Saturday with a score of 17 to 6. They had a fine team, the lightest men weighing about as much as our heaviest men. Mr. Ross and Mr. Hicks were royally entertained at the fraternity. Mr. Hicks is so well pleased with the K. A. N. that he will become a prep medic here upon the beginning of the medic year term. Mr. Ross came up on the band . This law student had played his time out on the football team. Christian Endeavor Sunday night. The G. S. U. I. want to extend their hearty welcome to and most sincere regrets at being unable to hear Mrs. Booker T. Washington. Douglas Miller will go to Des Moines for the Thanksgiving recess. [Portrait of a woman in a white dress with a veil, looking to the right.] M. MRS BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Tuskegee Institute Ala. Wife of the noted educator, president of the N one of the most distinguished women in America, w in Des Moines Monday evening, November 30th, at M. E. church, corner Second and Center streets, at 8 Washington will appear under the auspices of the Department of the N A. C. W., of which Mrs. S chairman. She will arrive in the city Monday morn here will be the guest of Atty. and Mrs. S. Joe Br conclusion of her lecture Monday evening she will banquet, by the local Social Science Workers, an afternoon at the residence of Editor and Mrs. John 1306 West 20th street, from 2 to 6 o'clock the federal city will give a reception in her honor. All club is pected. Wife of the noted educator, president of the N. A. C. W. and one of the most distinguished women in America, who will speak in Des Moines Monday evening, November 30th, at St. Paul's A. M. E. church, corner Second and Center streets, at 8 p. m. Mrs. Washington will appear under the auspices of the Social Science Department of the N. A. C. W., of which Mrs. S. Joe Brown is chairman. She will arrive in the city Monday morning and while here will be the guest of Atty. and Mrs. S. Joe Brown. At the conclusion of her lecture Monday evening she will be tendered a banquet, by the local Social Science Workers, and on Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Editor and Mrs. John L. Thompson, 1306 West 20th street, from 2 to 6 o'clock the federated clubs of the city will give a reception in her honor. All club women are expected. ROCK ISLAND, ILL The R. I. L. Art club was royally entertained at the residence of Mrs. C. Golden, Jr., last Wednesday afternoon at a regular program meeting. A four-course luncheon was served. Mrs. A. Boyd was a guest of the club. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Alice Burris the 2nd of December. The Knight Templars gave a grand ball at Armory hall on last Thursday evening. The elite of the tri-cities attended the dance. Grandpa Windsor is very low at this writing. The members of Wayman chapel gave a nice reception for their pastor, Rev. Wharton, last Tuesday night. A program was rendered, consisting of speeches and solos. Davenport and Moline turned out to greet the new pastor. A lunch was served to the guests. The church is progressing both spiritually and financially. Mrs. Agnes Burris remains very sick. Her friends are doubtful about her condition. The Order of Eastern Stars initiated a class of seven new members on last Friday night. They now have a chapter consisting of twenty-eight members, under the supervision of Mrs. Bernice Marshall as matron. Mr. Lambert is still on the road to recovery. He is now at home in South Rock Island. Olivia, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Royd, is quite rick. ALBIA NEWS. Sunday was quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church. Presiding Elder S. B. Moore assisted Rev. Morgan in his services. Presiding Elder S. B. Moore will be in town for the week and will preach at the A. M. E. church on Wednesday and Thursday and will be entertained by the following persons: Mrs. C. S. Washington and Mrs. Andrew Smith. Mrs. G. A. Davis returned from Hocking on Saturday. Mrs. Mabel Robeson of Hocking will entertain Presiding Elder S. B. Moore, Rev. Morgan and Mrs. G. A. Davis and a few others at dinner Monday. Those who attended quarterly meeting services from Hocking Sunday were Mrs. Virgile Burns, Mrs. Nancy Burns, Misses Viola and Ida Young, Mrs. Emily Burns and Master Wilks Young. On Wednesday evening at the A. M. E. church the ladies of the church gave a social for the benefit of the pastor. (Last Week.) Mrs. Virginia Burns, Miss Viola Young and Mrs. Nancy Burns were in Albia on Wednesday. Mrs. Wilburn Hawkins, who has been residing in Albia for some time, ```markdown ``` r, president of the N. A. C. W. and women in America, who will speak November 30th, at St. Paul's A. Center streets, at 8 p. m. Mrs. the auspices of the Social Science W., of which Mrs. S. Joe Brown is the city Monday morning and while and Mrs. S. Joe Brown. At the evening she will be tendered a science Workers, and on Tuesdayitor and Mrs. John L. Thompson, 6 o'clock the federated clubs of the honor. All club women are ex- has moved to Ottumwa. Her many friends regret to see her leave. Mr. Frank Anderson of Buxton has moved to Albia. Rev. Ness of Lovilla preached at the A. M. E. church on Sunday morning. Misses Ada Davis and May Davis visited at the home of Bessie Grayson in Hocking on Sunday. Also Mr. Charlie Davis was a Hocking visitor at the Grayson home. Mrs. Nora A. Grayson will have a sale at her farm eight miles from Albia on November 19 of cattle, hogs and so forth. Mrs. Grayson, with her brother, Mr. Burt Jones, has farmed for some years. Mr. Roy Grayson and son, Bennie Grayson, of Hocking were in Albia on Monday and Saturday of this week. QUINCY LOCALS. Sunday will be quarterly meeting at Bethel. Love feast Sunday a. m. at 8:00. Preaching at 10:45 a. m. at 7:45 p. m. Communion at 3 p. m. Mr. L. E. Johnson of Washington, D. C., addressed the citizens of Quincy at Loyal Legion hall on Wednesday evening last. Mr. Johnson's remarks were very interesting and impressed the people very much. Rev. J. J. Evans has placed a service board on the church, a much needed addition. The social given Friday night by Stewardess No. 1 was a moderate success. Mrs. Mary Tate and son, Wm., spent the Thanksgiving holidays in Palmyra, Mo., the guests of her father, Mr. Wm. Johnson, and other relatives. The report of the anniversary rally of Bethel A. M. E. Sunday school was made Sunday and the total collected to date was $18.08. The second Sunday in December will be Parent Day and every parent is invited to be present. BUXTON REVIEW. Mrs. G. O. Terrell is in our city this week. Quite a number of young people were out to the Endesavor Sunday evening. Topic lead by Miss Lola Hart. Mrs. Allen of Des Moines, the mother of Miss Herta Allen, is in our city this week visiting. The County Teachers' Institute was held in Albia on Thursday and Friday, the 12th and 13th. On these dates all schools were closed and the following teachers attended: Mesdames Minnie B. London, Ella Willis, Mayme Finley, Grace M. Hutton, Miss Gerteur Lucas, Grace Harris, Georgia Blackburn and Lola Hart. Miss Grace Harris went to her home in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to spend over Sunday. She was accompanied by Mrs. Hutton and Miss Hart. Presiding Elder S. B. Moore is in our city this week holding his quarterly meetings. He preached Sunday morning and afternoon and at night. DAVENPORT, IOWA, NOTES. Rev. Nicholson preached an excellent sermon to a large audience Sunday and will fill the pulpit at the union Thanksgiving service on Thursday morning. The choirs from both churches will furnish the music. Mrs. Wm. Horse of Galesburg is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Kellis Baker. visiting her cousin, Mrs. Kellis Baker. Mrs. Enzner Green entertained a party of friends in honor of her mother, Mrs. Hunter, who is visiting at her home for the past month. A two-course lunch was served and a very delightful time enjoyed. Mr. Edward Buckner has purchased a home at 1204 Harrison street. The Allan League held a very interesting meeting. The junior choir, under the leadership of Mr. C. P. Jones, is doing very good singing. Rev. J. P. Sims and his committee are busy getting ready for the annual Thanksgiving dinner. Mrs. Flora Mitchell is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Alice Richardson has mvoed from Ripley street to East Third street. Her son, Mr. Claude Richardson, and family are here to live from Muscatine. They will reside with their mother. What Would You Do? In case of a burn or scald what would you do to relieve the pain? Such injuries are liable to occur in any family and everyone should be prepared for them. Chamberlain's Salve applied on a soft cloth will relieve the pain almost instantly, and unless the injury is a very severe one, will cause the parts to heal without leaving a scar. For sale by all dealers. CLARINDA JOWA There was a grand ball given at the K. P. lodge hall under the auspices of the Sunnyside Minstrels. Mr. Winifred Montgomery has returned from Burlington, Iowa. Mrs. Florence Rice, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Georgia Howe, of Gravity, Iowa, is at present, in Clarinda. Rev. D. W. Brown held services Sunday at church and preached two able sermons. able seismic Rev. Mitchell preached two able sermons Sunday and a rally was also concluded in the day's work. Mrs. Nancy Campbell has been sick at her daughter's, Mrs. Cheatwood Pemberton. Mrs. Jennie Blythe has been very sick. The parsonage of the Second Baptist church is about complete. Rev. Mitchell contemplates on moving in soon. Mrs. Dowing of Coin spoke on Temperance Work Thursday. COLFAX. IOWA. Mrs. Ashford and little Cleola spent Sunday afternoon at the Capital City visiting her husband, who is at the hospital, and reports his condition getting along as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Truley & Cobbs' Southern Dixie Concert Co. plyed in our town at the Odd Fellows' hall Saturday, November 14. Mrs. G. O. Terrell returned to her home in Colafax, after spending several weeks caring for her daughter, Mrs. B. F. Cooper, of Buxton. Mrs. Cooper and little son accompanied her home. Mrs. White, who is chef at one of the down town cafes, has been sick for several days past and has been confined to her room at the Battle House. Before we receive another number of the paper Thanksgiving will be come and gone and the writer for this paper wishes all her readers a joyous Thanksgiving. Mrs. Wm. Bell was in the Capital city Wednesday of last week on business. The Ladies Mission Circle will meet this Thursday Nov. 19th at the home of Mrs. John Broddus. Wishing all members of the Circle to be present, business of importance. Mr. Mat Banks has been somewhat indisposed for several days the past week. Mr and Mrs. J. W. Holmes spent Wednesday of the past week in the Capital City on business, returning home the same evening. Rev. Henry Clark and wife have just arrived from Lavell, South Dakota and the reverend was shaking hands with old friends. Mrs. Clark stopped in Des Moines to visit her sister, Mrs. Green. CENTERVILLE, IOWA, NEWS. Mrs. Alice Ewing is still on the sick list. Rev. V. S. Copper has returned home, after helping in a week's meeting in Buxton, Iowa. The Missionary society met at the home of Mrs. M. J. Tompkins last Thursday. The missionary ladies brought in a nice report. Miss Bessie Taylor also had a lovely paper on Missions. The Ladies' Art club met at the home of Mrs. Earl Lacy. A dainty two-course luncheon was served and the ladies report a nice social time. The literary society was honored with the presence of one of Albia's high school students, who took a very active part in the debate. The band boys will give a musical at the Moose hall Thanksgiving night, to which all are cordially invited. Admission 10 cents. Mr. Jessie Gooding met with an accident at the Citizens coal mine and is now under the doctor's care and is reported better. The 'Ladies' Art club and Pastor's Aid society gave a box supper last Saturday night and it was a grand success. Mrs. Lizzie Taylor has returned home from a month's visit to Oskaloosa, Iowa. Mr. Leo Slaughter, who has been traveling in the northwest with a company doing vaudeville work, has returned here to his home, where he expects to spend the winter. Best Cough Medicine for Children. "Three years age when I was living in Pittsburgh one of my children had a hard cold and coughed dreadfully. Upon the advice of a druggist I purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and it benefited him at once. I find it the best cough medicine for children because it is pleasant to take. They do not object to taking it," writes Mrs. Lafayette Tuck, Homer City, Pa. This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given to a child as confidently as to an adult. Sold by al dealers. FORT MADISON. The entertainment given at the Second Baptist church last Tuesday evening, under the auspices of the White Rose club, was well attended. There were quite a number of the friends and members of the club from Keokuk in attendance. The entertainment was exceedingly good and the participants deserve special commendation for its rendition. Messrs. Ray Saunders and Paul Johnson stopped over in the city a few hours Sunday evening en route to their home in Ottumwa, Iowa. While in the city they were the guests of the Misses Harper. Mr. Nathan Mitchell of Keokuk, Iowa, was in the city this week distributing bills for a ball, which is to be given in that city on Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. C. Carlos have arrived in the city from Rock Island, Ill, to make Fort Madison their future home. Price Five Cents A bunch of young folks spent last Saturday near Argyle, Iowa, attending a party, which was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs Rufus Dandridge. Wednesday, November 18, was quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church. Presiding Elder I. N. Daniels was with us. Miss Viola Jones of Pittsburg, Pa., was in the city last week in connection with the domestic science instructors. OTTUMWA, IOWA. Misses Zella and Hazel Clark have gone to Keokrk to spend Thanksgiving. The local committee of B. F. Lee M. M. society held special services Sunley evening. The choir rendered splendid music and some very interesting papers were read. The ladies lifted a large collection, of which they thank all who so nobly responded. Mrs. Bennet is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. M. Milton, on Panama street. The Sewing Circle of the Second Baptist church will serve Thanksgiving dinner. Sermon will go at 3 o'clock, delivered by Rev. T. J. Carr, and the Sunshine girls will render a nice program in the evening. Mrs. G. McGill entertained the Faithful Few last Thursday evening, it being her mother's Mrs. R. A. Campbell, 66th birthday. The society closed after reading the minutes and calling roll. The evening was spent socially. There were about thirty-five guests present. Mrs. Campbell received many useful presents. She is loved by all with whom she comes in contact and her many friends wish her many more happy birthdays. The Golden Star lodge, No. 4, is moving to new quarters, where they will have more room and a better hall. The Ladies' Star postponed their meeting until they are settled in their new hall. The ladies of the A. M. E. church will serve Thanksgiving dinner. Everything good. Thanksgiving serm. will be preached at 11 o'clock a.m. The Juvenile girls will give a corn drill in the evening and spelling match. Mr. Charles Owens and Mrs. H. Owens will spend Thanksgiving in Chicago with his son, Mr. E. Owens. Margaret Horn spent Sunday in Oskaloosa. Margaret Davis is on the sick list. WASHINGTON, IOWA, NOTES. Mrs. Tom Lewis is sick with an abscess. It has been lanced and she is recovering nicely. Mrs. F. D. Motts is visiting her sons, Thos., Ralph and Leon Motts, in Chicago. Rev. Boyd accompanied Mrs. Daniel Haines to Iowa City on Monday, November 16, where she entered the homeopathic hospital for an operation for cataract on one of her eyes. The operation so far has been successful. Friends in the city have receiveh word from Mrs. Lewis Wallace since she arrived home at Pittsburgh that Mr. Wallace is in a hospital and has had an operation. Mr. Daniel Haynes' life is slowly ebbing. The disease with which he has suffered so long has about reached its zenith. On Tuesday, November 17, was the 30th anniversary of the girth of the Rev. Boyd and about thirty friends responded to invitations sent out by Mrs. Boyd to assist the Rev. celebrate the event. Congratulations are now in order to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Berkley. On last Saturday evening, November 21, at 8 o'clock occurred the daringage of Mrs. Anna Cecile to Mr. Geo. Berkley in the presence of a few intimate friends, Revs. Sawhill and Boyd officiating. After congratulations are grant wedding supper was served by Miss Marie Whaley. Miss Nettie Campbell has taken up the agency for a number of good books and is meeting with success in her effort. We are glad to know. Word has been received in the city of the marriage of Miss Lottie Greaver at Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. L. F. Phillips is getting a little better, but the progress is slow. Mrs. T. L. Burnett has geen some- that indisposed with an irritation of some nature in one of her eyes. It is a little better at this writing. Chas, McKain has sreturned to his home at Fort Madison. SUCCESS. "He has achieved success who has lived long, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men, and the love of little children, who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether or an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never locked appreciation of earth's beauty nor failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction."—Benete A. Stanley. Subscribe for The Iowa State Bystander. Would Seem So. Crawford—Do the rich know how the other half live! Crabshaw—After taking their money from them they must be able to form some idea of how they are compelled to live—Peak AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS ‘There: was a gathering of Negroes ‘4m Waco recently that is well calev- lated to command the attention, the respect and good will of the representa- tive element of the white race. For ‘those colored men and momen who ‘were not members of the organiza- ‘Hon ft is an object lesson to inspire ‘them to effort to act well their part in fe. We are speaking of the anual ‘meeting of the Farmers’ Improvement society of Texas. The session lasted three days. ‘About five hundred members trom all over the state were in attendance Surely this is an object lesson full of credit to the colored race and nota- bly to the men who brought this or ganization into existence and who manage its affairs, who compose {ts membership. These colored farmers are types of the best element of their race, men who are shaping the future of that race for good. We take pride in thus writing of this essentially com- ‘mendable movement and we cap say that the best clement of white people in Waco are proud to have the organt- zation meet here. There is additional gratification in the fact that some of the leading spirits have their bomes ‘and do business in Waco. ‘This soclety is the best evidence of ‘what the really worthy and capable Negroes of Texas are doing for the public good. It is as desirable that the ‘Negroes of that class sball prosper ‘and progress as well as the white race—Wade C. Rollins in the Houston Post. ‘The annual convention of tne Negro Baptists of Texas was one of the greatest meetings ever held. Dero tional exercises at the auditorium, Gal ‘Yeston, were conducted by Rev. A.C. Ray of Bay City. President Campbell introduced Rev. J. E. Ellis, chairman of the church extension board, who de- livered a short address and presented Dr. W. R. Tolliver, general secretary ‘of the chureh extension board, who ‘read his report. ‘The report of the sec retary showed great gains over last year. Dr. Ira M. Hendon read the re ort of the committee on state of the country. President J. W. Strong of Centra ‘Texas college delivered an address on “The Possibilities and Future Outlook ‘of Central Texas College.” ‘The orphan home board through it secretary, Rev. A. Moore, submitted its report, showing that during the ast year $26,000 has been ratsed fo: the orphan home. The orphan home board owns 303 acres, valued at Aus tim at $200 an acre, a stone building ‘erected at a cost of $75,000, and is car ing for 200 orphans. St. John orphan age is supposed to be the largest or phanage in the world. ‘The evangelical board, through it secretary, Rev. James 8. Anderson, made its report showing that during the past year this board has been in strumental in saving 1,378 souls, and ‘has nearly one thousand dollars. Prof. W. H. Puller, educational sec retary, submitted bis report showing that during the past year 148,971 has ‘been raised from all sources. Secre tary Fuller's report showed that the Guadalupe district led all of the other @istricts in raising money, having raised $4,084.12 for the educational ‘work of the state. He showed that the special heed of the Baptists of the state was to maintain the Baptis schools of the state, and urged that the ministry of the denomination bé ‘trained in denominational schools. In his report of his housing survey of Springfield, MIL, for the Sage foun- dation, John ‘Thdler of the National Housing association had this to say: “In the Negro district bad housing features are among the most serious in the city. This is usual in cities ‘that have Negro districts. Houses are more dilapidated, water supply and tollets more inadequate, everything jn 2 more run-down, shiftless cond!- tion. Part of this may be due to the character and habits of some of the ‘Negro people themselves, in Jost the same way that bed living conditions among the whites is often due to shitt- Tessness. But there ts no question in the minds of those who have stpdied Negro housing that a large proportion ‘of these people desire better homes ‘than those they are able to obtain in most of our cities. One who has in- ‘pected. many Negro homes cannot But be ‘mpressed by the evident de- sire for cleanliness and order, even under the most discouraging condi- tions. My own ‘mpression fs that where conditions are approximately equal the homes of Negroes are bet- ter Kept than those of several nation- paesueeenueeror nn neece It has been asserted that there are enly two spots between the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Fundy where mountains dip into the sea directly from the water's edge. They are at ‘Mount Desert, on the eastern pert of Penobscot bay, and at Camden, oD the western part. ‘{Minols will construct 16,100 miles ‘of paved country roads immediately. ‘Colorado streams are to be restocked with trout by the government. ‘There are 28 pounds of blood in the body of an average adult and ten pounds are moved at every pulsation of tho heart ‘Revolution damage claims prescnted to the Chinese republie’s government ‘sow eall for more than 23,700,000, SoMhe battle of Chickamaugs, Ciyi ‘war, engaged 127,000 men, of whom 09 were kilted or wounded, Z i a 3 se ie 7 ee pats ‘Two hynteed ent forty chRdren one several adults were confirmed by James Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, at St Cyprian's Colored Catholic church, Washington, recently. The confirmation ceremony followed the solema high mass, which was cele brated by Rev. Francis W. Clalr, of he Redemptorist Order, of Annapolis: Father Clair was assisted by Rev. James J. O'Connor, of St. Augustine's chureb, ‘as deacon, and Rev. P. J. Ritehle, assistant pastor of Bt Cy- prian's church, as subdeacon. The pastor of St. Cyprian’s church, Rev. James R. Matthews, was master of ceremonies. Cardinal Gibbons preached the ser mon, He tnstracted the children on the meaning of confirmation, and em- phasized the loyalty which those con- Least tte aun te wee the instruction of colored children as well as white children in religious matters, and congratulated the pastor upon the work being done in bis par- ish, ‘The procession at the close of the ceremonies was led by the priests, the children and adults who had been confirmed followed. The priests marched around the chareh and to the rectory, where Cardinal Gibbons was entertained in the afternoon. Other priests who were present at the cere- mony were Mgr. James F. Macklin, of St. Paul's church, and Rev. George | A. Dougherty, vicerector of the Cath- lle university. Cardinal Gibbons expressed bis grat- ftude at having an opportunity to visit St. Cyprian’s parish. He was the guest of honor at a dinner given by the pas tor of the church, and late in the af ternoon took an automobile ride to the Catholle university and other points of interest in Washington. ‘The educational department of the Colored ¥. M. C. A. bas been opened. ‘Among the new features of the depart ment this year are courses in tailor ing, barbering, mechanical drafting and serving. ‘The automobile school ‘will be conducted this year on a larger scale than last year. Among the academic subjects offered are arithmetic, English, penmanship, menography and typewriting. Among other activities of the educational de partment are the separate clubs for chauffeurs, porters, janitors, custodt ‘ang, waiters and the Y. M.C. A. band, orchestra, glee club and quartet. The Live Issue clab will continue its work Classes for working boys will be cox: ducted Friday evening and Satarday morning. Classes for the three-year Bible course were organised with ‘Thomas E, Taylor, Father A. H. Ma Joney and Rey. W. H. Weaver in stractors for the first, second and third year courses respectively. Rev. H. L. Herod will teach a class in the International Sunday school lesson on ‘Thursday evening, which will be open to men and women. On the same evening Rer. Jobn Brice will conduct personal workers’ class. ‘The phss |feal department is also open. Three | additional features in the nature of lextension work will be attempted | They include a Sunday school basket | ball league, a public school athletic |league and a series of health talks to be conducted by elty physicians The boys’ department opened with & large "" membership. — Inelanepol | news. In 1913 Denmark sent 13,093 persons to settle in the United States. alities among our recent immigrants. “But the Negro suffers under severe handicaps. He {s usually segregated, If not by law then by custom, ih one of the poorest part of town, Being so confined, he is more easily exploited by his landlord who inclines to give less and charge more than he would in the case of white tenants. I was told that this is the condition in Springfield, although my stay was s0 short as not to allow the statement. It it fs, Springfield Is not unique; the same situation is to be found in other cities. But that is no excuse for let- ting ft continue. Nor should the white citizens of Springfield persuade ‘themselves that to improve housing conditions in the Negro district will be a purely altruistic endeavor. We have learned enough in the past few years to know that if any part of the city suffers the other parts will suffer with {t. Disease and ‘mmoral- ity in the Negro district will have its effect as tar away as the extreme bor- ders of the community, To safeguard itself Springfeld must set minimum housing standards that shall apply to ‘every dwelling in the city.” ‘The longer I five the more 1 am [convinced that after all the one thing ‘worth living for and dying for is the privilege of making some being more happy and more useful. No man who does anything to lift his fellows ever makes a sacrifice—Booker Washing- to Manchester, England, last year im- ported 44,648,800 gallons of oll. Gold Coast Colony is the premier ‘covoa producer in the world, Of the 17 serious accidents to sub- marines {a the last ten years, 11 have occurred to British vessels, Austria's eight universities and two Independent theological schools have 31,646 students, Richard Frits, Topeka,.in 16 years as cemetery sexton has dug 7,000 graves. 7. a ‘It fs said that about fourteen bun- Grea earth tremors were felt tn ae eet-year,. ee LATEST VEILING MODES NO DOUST THAT BLACK I8 TO ‘GE FAVORITE COLOR, Blue and Dari Groen Are Also Mot tah But Thay Are More Ex- chuslve—Any Number of De pigne Are Being Made. Black vellings toad, This is an um ‘qvestionable fact. The varied bat styles which obtain are particularly favorable to the Yell img mode and are responsible for the great Increase in the use of vellings ‘Which this season's demand Is already registering. The all-black bat 1 no whit more supreme than the alFblack vell, al though late advices from London an- ounce the mode for brown vells worn with biack hats to be peeping into the realm of new faahfons Blue and: dark green “ells are ex clusive moder. | Filet meshes ‘are the leading style ‘projectors. Meshes an inch square are ‘advanced and are decorated with ‘Diack velvet aquares as an added dls tinction. These are placed far apart and when worn with a low-crowned flat sailor are most enchanting. Nose ells, those most adorable meshes introduced during the summer for year with small hats, are being continued in Yogue. Those which of fer an inch wide woven border, a8 well as those which ahow velvet and cheallle dotted patterns In border ef fects, are popular. The mask vell, Improperly named the harem veil, {s made with an all over design arranged to cover the face, leaving tke ends of the vell fa plain, unadorned mesh. Allover designs showing sprays of Chantilly:tke pattern continue thelr Yosue. ‘The plain vells are also warn. Lace vells are not in rogue. The dotted, squared or oblong velvet-made spots ‘posed on very widely spaced meshes are beics greedily taken. | As for chiffon veils, one hardly sces ‘them. The yarés of velling which for ‘merly were considered quite modish, to ‘be wound and festooned around one's bat in billowing waves of 1:c2, brown, green or black, are not accepted styles. ~ Even the motor veil has lost a great eal of {ts length. These vellings now serve another Durpote: They are become capes; ex Declally those which are made of fine chiffon are draped and decorated ‘with tassels and used for wear with Sretiing tock: ({ N PY | Madly sates skis daison ate cide of broadcloth and one of tbe ost Pop Alar colora for thin purpose is tate do hegre. It ip excellent for wear and tatremely amart as well, A dgnifed ule of, thin ‘color and material ta Shown here, It ls. made, with’ Rus Han Blouse effect, the broad fat el girdle set rather low and closed with fro sauare oxicized buttons set with tmberceiored stones. ‘The wide re ers, girdle and culls afe of preseod plush, which resembles. baby” lamb Bur is yed: to match the. materia The colar vas of skunk and tho neck fattened by'« fil of eream lace, To Clean Black Satin. Peel and alice two large r3W pots toca put into s plat of water with a ith of agitsand Tet atand all Bight Rest morniog sponge the satin on the right/side with this mixture and wipe flgnty wa loth, ‘Then fron on the wrong aide. pieausd errno Plerrt's Rut ates your wardrobe Sacludes a piers: full itis not quite inthe front rank of fasblods Of course, You tre familiar with the plerrot rut! of tie dramatic worl, but that of the tort world la several Inches broader tnd considerably more fily. In tact, ju'o exugacratodiy large that 1 frames the face and halt,/making taowt becoming soft hao. for them. You'mey make one fn plaited malines “Shank; white or the shade beat iked Tint you may have one to chifon Bot it you would look truly Paralan have the neck triling 10. shot tat feta with pinked edges and faston it under one ear with a silver cord and ‘The Newest Girdle, ‘The Hottentot girdle ts the dernier eri{o belt wear. It is = vory broad, cruphed girdle of soft silk, trom which depends a silk fringe from three to six inches in length—Sust such a gin die as the Hottentot. maid’ wears. by way of an Easter costume, except tbat her attire is built of knotted leather IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PRETTY CUSHION FOR PINS | No ‘Two Shells, Hinged, Form Foundation | gu Tor Attractive and Always Use- | 9 fal Little Article. Those of clr readers who are for | « tunate enough to bave a collection | na, of shells will bave the materials at | try hand for making some pretty uttle | ‘"y pincushions of the nature shown !D | ing our aketch. 7 ‘The sbell ustrated ts quite a com- | poe mon type. A little wedgeabaped Cvsb- | res fon, of the sature shown (n @iagram |r B on the right of the Mlustration, - fhould fret be made to Mt in betwee | nas the two abells which should be biased | ma together, at the point indicated by ® | ang cross in diagram A with a tiny piece | in of tape fastened on with glue. F ‘Across the inner side of each sbell | sh a plece of narrow ribbon Is glued and | hal thus es olay shows th datas &. the |p ( A ; z of 3 ‘I > \ Zi NU Sy eee \ cusblon, with a drop of glue on each side of it, In then placed between the two shells and the ribbons ere tied UUghtly together in smart Ile bows fon elther ale. The cushion can be made of any remnant of material, but for the portion In which the plas are Inserted” narrow ribbon shouldbe ted RUSSIAN COAT BACK AGAIN ‘Some New Ideas Noted in This Gar ‘ment Which Never Really Hes ‘Cea as Pecos | It fs interesting to noticy that, the aren cont bud bon rove i «de Sieagrcauitcamps cc've nat ea teu Se so ake i ee oe ET enn ts rete tar woe i Snag clr ae or intact, a lire sod vee at i ua weep 2 comfortable walking length, the coat Sane ie Silent eit ck te SLSR Siena ied eaten eatery tr sreamcattsie Sed ot oc velvet with a doublure of cerise, the Tieateed wit se Another original and attractive idea wae coe te tom ile te set sey led react Sb cutee at is more ofter slightly draped. As a rere the es ta ‘the hem of the skirts and have the ap- wees t aac, te Cut ren Soha a thy en be wa Sy Senanase ofine. ine wa “oes ‘an We meteor se a tr als cer mee ne abe ee aS aa coal eS at cree ame mame cc fee wet tae, ated fat Sar St eaten, te Zen Se ee ie sm ete eae, nie ae an dtr of a tor ge ba geve ee oe ei yi Gonera een a aetna ae coal nae se nt goons a ae erate tll sateen oo, aeatned 1 soe Tae goeee Sing be tort Mae tiare i sing mete eat a et tat a semi ed sed of rer DICTATES OF FASHION. Black moire coats continue In favor. Taupe Is and promises to be the favorite gray tint. Children’s frocks are made of flow- ‘ered crepon, one of the loveliest of materials for a little girl's frock. ‘Beautiful afternoon frocks are made of taffeta, crepe or poplin, trimmed with Roman striped or plaid ribbon. One piece. dresses have unfitted backs, which fal} freely away from the figure without. any suggestion of ‘waist line. ‘One of the dainty evening frocks lately exhibited showed « ruffled tulle skirt over which was worn a satin basque, with the fronts extended into long ends that crossed in the back ‘and knotted in sash in the front. ‘The new sash is made of chiffon or messaline; it is draped very high fn front and plaitéd in fan effect. In the back {t 1s very simply, knotted, ‘and the ends, which are cut dlagonal- ‘ly, bang exactly the same length om both sides. ‘thongs and beads, while the fashion- able New York girdle is made of striped tango crepe or pussy willow taffeta and fringe. The girdle of fash- fon is also worn with a very modern frock of a blouse and skirt combina- lon, and not, naturally, as = complete costume. At the front the girdle fast- ens with invisible snap buttons, a huge ‘metal clasp’ covering the fastenings. Blattlen Undies Rasa Manes Af it ts necessary to have elastics fm the knee bands of bloomers. or rompers that are to be bolled when washed it will be found convenient, Instead of sewing tho ends together, to sew to one end a snap hook and to the other end an eye. ‘Tho elastic ‘ean then be drawn out before wash. ing. To insert it again tle « string ‘nto the oye and thread this into the tape needle. New Smock Frocks. ‘Tho smock frock is new, It is an adaptation of the loose hanging smocks Worn by the peasanta of Normandy and Touring Hise NOTHING BUT BLISS AHEAD Summers End Contession That Die- ‘colved Cloude Threatening Harold ‘one ‘tiene “Harold,” she whispered, “the time ‘has come when I must confess the ‘ruth to you.” From the beach before them came the Sap-tapping of the raatless, sen. ie an 08d tang how people flock in thousands every year to the restless sea in search of rest. But let that pass. “Muriel,” he answered her, “I,-too, have a confession to make. But you make yours frst. You are an helress and have the right of way over a guy Mke me.” In the south the summer moon lav. ished his silver on the beach, being halt full Half sean over, you might say. “No, Harold.” she breathed, “It Is not for a girl like I—Uke me, I mean— to take precedence over a millionaire’ t0n like you. Speak first, Harold.” “Very well, 1 will” stld he. “I will be brutally frank. Muriel, T am not the millionaire's son you think me.” “What millionalre's son are you, thea? “No millionaire’, My father is traveling salesman for felt hats. 1 have basely deceived you, Muriel. The ‘money which T have flung around extravagantly to buy you salt water taffy and roller chairs took me ® whole year to save up out of my sal ‘ary of 18 per. Forgive me, dear one, Dut our dream {s over. Iam enly a clork in-a railroad ticket office, and ‘man of my station can never hope to ‘marry a society git! like you.” She drew a quick, shuddering sigh. almost like a s0b. “I thought you were a society young man,” she gasped. “I thought that we could never wed because I was not your equal. For 1 am not a milton: aires. Harold, 1 am only a milliner. But now—" “Now we can get married,” he cried, “and neither of us will bave to be 8 doormat for the other's relatives.” ‘The moon jumped behind a cloud ‘The restless sea crashed upon the sand like a colored man chuting in a load of coal. Bot there was 1p cloud on the bltss of Muriel and Harold, and'the sea of matrimony spread before them as calm and smooth and free from danger as eeay of ins Mamk Hav. ‘Two Warlike Emperors. By taking the field in person, Kal: ser and czar will but maintain the tra dition of their families. Since Car Iyle's “original Conrad” took service under Barbarossa, there has been no Hohenzollern who was not a brave man, and scarce one who had not proved it on the battlefield. In the war of 1870-71 every male member, it fs sald, of the Prussian royal family took the eld, even Including the mu sical composer, Prince George, who ad received no military training. ‘The record of the modern Roman: off is not less creditable. At Auster Ute Alexander I was io the fring line almost continuously, and emerged from the tumult at Dresden covered with blood. Czar Nicholas was. spoken of as “absolutely ignorant of fear,” and his sons gained a similar reputa tion during the Crimean conflict. Alex ander II's courage was shown no! only at Plevna, but in the last min utes before his assaseination. Revelutiontaed Navel Warfare. ‘One hundred years ago the steam frigate Pulton, the first steam vessel of war ever buflt in the world, was Inunched at New York. The vessel was designed by Robert Fulton and ‘was built with an appropriation made by congress in 1813. It fulfilled all the expectations of its bullders, but was not completed in time to take part in the second war with Great Britain, ‘The navies engaged in that ‘war consisted wholly of safling ships. Some of these carried as many as 74 guns each and otherwise were very formidable engines of destruction. But even the largest of these were soon discarded from the navies of the world after the appearance of the steam warships, of which the Fulton was the ploneer. The completion of the Ful- ton was a step in naval development that was not to be equaled in impor- tance until the building of the first fronclad, nearly halt a century later. Sn According to a bulletin issued by the industrial commission of Wisconsin, the danger of objects striking work: ‘men constitutes. the greatest hazard of presentday employment. “In lesa than two years,” the bulletin contin: ues, “approximately 65,000 working days were lost by wage earners of Wis- eonsin due to this cause alone. In addition, 86 men were killed and 107 ‘were permanently disabled. The cost of these accidents to employers, under the present compensation law, would amount to over $400,000. Mechanical safeguards would: have prevented. but ‘a small proportion of these accidents. ‘They must be avolded, if at all, through the cooperation ot employer and employee, which fs only made pos- sible to sny great extent by Detter shop organization,” His Part In the Conflict. Making the best of a bad situation, ‘a campaign orator replied to the claims of a rival candidate for offce as follows: “Fellow-eltlzens, my com- petitor has told you of the services he rendered in the late war. 1 will follow his example, and I will tell you of mine. He basely insinuates that I was deaf to the volce of honor in that crisis, ‘The truth ts acted a humblo part in that memorable contest. When the tocsin of war summoned the chiv. airy of the country to rally to the de fense of the nation, I, fellow-citizens, animated by that patriotic spirit that slows in every American's bosom, hired a substitute for that war, and the bones of that man, fellow-cltizens, now lle bleaching {a the valley of the Shenandoah!” Developing Thessaly, French engineers aro planning ex tensive works in Thessaly to drain ‘that country and provide water power. | Fundamental Principles of Health<z2~s CRepptiatt, BU, by A. 8 Sree? RIGG’S DISEASE AND VITALITY. Next in frequency to the most prev- ‘alent human disease, caries, or tooth decay, comes one very closely asso ciated with it, Known in dental liter ature as periodontitis, better known as Dyorrioea. alveolorais, or Rigg’s dis ease. This disease, characterized by ‘© more or less general infection of the membranes within the tooth sock- et, ts indicated by a alight tenderness during mastication, looseness of the teeth and pulp sensitiveness, or even pain on the ingestion of hot or cold drinks because of the éxposure of the cementum, the external shell of the root. The gum 1s swollen and soft, the tooth may be raised in its socket, and pressure brings relief. There ts fa discharge of pus from between the tooth and gum on pressure, the teeth become loose, and, in course of time ‘as the disease progresses and the al veolar process (the tooth socket) is destroyed, they fall out. EMicient mastication is, of course, impossible; hence not only is food Dolted partly chewed and more or less mixed with pus, but the tissues in and around the teeth are deprived of exercise necessary to give them an adequate blood supply and they are thereby rendered less resistaiit to at- tack. Tooth after tooth is involved and there is established another of ‘those numerous vicious cycles that continually operate to drag us down. Pyorrhoea is not a new disease; it ‘was recognized by the early investi gators, but it has become. more prev- alent during the last 50 years and it is the rule rather than the exception to find patients with more or less perio- dontitis. The disease Is not confined to man, but is aleo extremely preva: tent among domestic animals. A class of serious disorders has long ‘been known in which failure of nu- trition could be named’ as the imme- diate antecedent In the case and in ‘which it has vaguely been assumed that the diet must be at fault. Prob- ably the most generally familiar of these diseases is scurvy. Scurvy has always been associated with a diet containing an exceas of salted, smoked, or canned foodstuff, a monotonous diet devold of fresh vegetables such as cab- age, onions, carrots, potatoes and the like. As the resuit of experience, these fresh vegetables have been cred- fted with some power to ward off or at last to mitigate the disease, and limes ‘and lemons are universally recognized ‘as antiscorbuties (scurvy preven- tives). ‘Victims of scurvy suffer from severe physical exhaustion, soreness of the ‘gums and looseness of the teeth, and, of course, this opens the way to bacte rial invasion and periodontitis. When we note that, as all observers agree, tmprovemnt or intensification of the mouth diseases synchronizes with the rise and fall of general health in the Sndividual, tt 1s reasonable to suspect that the disease is-not a strictly local infection resulting from local irrita- tion or injury. It does not come from injuries recelved in chewing grit and sand or from soft food accumulating about the teeth; it comes as the re sult of lowered vitality from the lack ‘of those organle compounds other than the proteins which Casimir Funk and other investigators prove to be pres- ent in fresh vegetables and in lime and other juices, small quantities of which are absolutely essential to nor mal growth and continued health. The name given these compounds by Funk is well chosen in view of its root meaning: Vitamines. An “amine” Is f nitrogenous compound of a certain type, and a ritamine 1s obviously such a nitrogenous compound absolutely necessary te vitality. ‘The princtples of evolution are unt versal and constantly at work, even in the minds of men, and we are slow. ly evolving out of the old idea of “cause” aiid “cure.” The investlga- tions of Soddy in the chemistry of the radio-elemants, of Twort, Penfold, Mme. Henrl and others in'the muta tions of bacteria, make it quite clear that {f modicine ever takes a place among the sclences it can come only fas the retult of a general habit of mind such as 1s found in the advanced sclences. In astronomy and in physics in general sclentists have banished the term “cause” and have ceased to look for specific causes, because there are no such things. What scientific laws do is to state the functional relations between certain events at certain Electric Brush for Polishing Floors. An improved electric brush for pol- {shing. wood floors uses an electric mo- tor at the top and a large round fiat brush underneath the motor, says the Sclentife American. To keep the mo- tor from turning about along with the brash, there 1s used a steadying de- vice in the shape of a pair of square- shaped flat brushes at the sides of the eentral one. Each square brush is ‘mounted on the end of a shaft project ing from the middle casing and is geared up so that the shaft works tn and out as a plunger, 60 as to produce a toand-fro’ movement of the side brushes. This steadies the whole set and at the same time allows of moving the whole very readily over the floor by means of the long handle, King Albert's Kindness. ‘A ttle annedote of King Albert ot Belgium is told in an Englishwoman's letter from Ghent. She says King Al- bert 1s not! only a brave man, he ts Kind and Mioughtful for others. He Aresses like a simple soldier and goes ‘about among bis troops. Some days ago: he noticed One of his: men sealing times and certain other events at other times: ‘We know, for example, that sun- deanis are the ultimate cause of the revolving of a windmill, but no man can state the origin of the particular Dut of alr that causes a whee! to re volve at a certain speed at a certain time. Nelther 1s it possible, to. put ‘one’s finger on the exact. point at which we enter or leave the vital eur rent of life. The wise man takes no ‘chances: and. simply’ sticks. close to nature, This means eating simple, properly prepared, unprovessed tuods. CHANGES IN BACTERIA AND ois. EASE. ‘The universal property of srritabll- Aty, which 1s simply the power to re- spond to stlimull, makes all organisms the result of the interaction of two sets of factore—the factors of inher tance and the factors of environment. ‘The factors of inheritance cover all the complex association of properties ‘or capacities tranmitted from the par- ente which make up the specific taheri- tance characteristic of each individual; the factor of environment on the other hand covers all those conditions which are capable of influencing the differ. entiation, growth and bebavlor, or, in other words, the general metabolism, of the organism. The inheritance may bbe compared to everything that leads up to the production of a blank phonograph disk; the environment ‘and stimull may be compared to evers- thing acting through the needle which cuta the dots and dashes into the sur- face of the disk. Obviously the final result, or the individual, must be tho product of these two sets of factors and in exact accordance with the qual- ity and capacity of the disk, the hard ness or softness of the needie and the amount of power behind it. Since the germs of disease are liv- ing organisms they also must be sub- Ject to the laws of evolution, and in this fact we have proof of the asser- tion that every man makes hie orn Aisease; because no two can be exact- ly alike, they must vary widely in ‘space and time. Not only does each individual human being vary, but each species of bacteria varies from time to time, so that the wellknown dis eases cannot be the same in different localities or In different generations. Proot of this bas recently been fur nihed in the work of Twort and Pen- fold, who have “educated” the typhoid fever bacillus to ferment sugar, which ordinarily it does not do. Revis has obtained varieties of the bacillus coli structurally and physiologically differ ‘ent from the parent by prolonged cul- ture in various media, Very recently Madam Victor Henri has produced marked mutations: in. a particularly well defined and stable becterlal species, the bacillus anthracis. ‘The microorganism, bacterium an- thracis, gives rise to an infectious and ‘unually fatal bacterial disease in ant: mals, especially in cattle and sheep, characterized by ulcerations of the kin, enlargement of the spleen and general collapse, a disease generally Known as splenic fever. Man occa: sionally contracts the disease by-{0- ceulation from the animal. Carbuncle, malignant pustule. and. wool sorters’ disease are caused by the:anthrax bac teria. The normal bactertum is: long rod shaped microorganism having marked and characteristic reactions. Mme. Henri has modified the organism with the ultra-violet light. The meth- od employed was to expose an aqueots (water) suspension of anthrax spores in a quartz tube to ultra violet radia tions for times varying trom one to forty minutes and afterward growing cultures from these mixtures. ‘The majority of the organisms were killed by this treatment because the ultraviolet rays were markedly bac terieidal, but a few survived and ac- cording ‘to the conditions and the ength of the exposure the bacilus un- derwent modifications and showed characteristics decidedly ditferent from the typical anthrax bacillus. The prineipal of these were a coccold form and a thin filamentous form, ‘These two forms constitute two new types which Mme. Henri haa isolated, and they remain stable for about three months. ‘They produce anthrax which has characteristics distinct from those of the anthrax produced by the nor ‘mal bacillus. ‘The normal anthrax microbe lique fies gelatin, curdies milk and takes definite stains. The filamentous form does not liquety gelatin, curdle milk or take the same stains, and it pro- Guces an infection different from the anthrax on inoculation. This form re ‘mained absohitely fixed and stable aft- era daily subculture for more than elghty days; but though stable in the incubator after passage through an animal, coccold forms taking «stain similar to normal anthrax bacteria ap- peared and, after subculture in broth, 2 certain number of bacillary forms approximating the typical anthrax were obtained. Inasmuth as all the above points clearly to the fact that discases-are only relative conditions, we’ should earefiity refrain from dogmatiot. letter, and asked, as a friend might sk another: “To whom do you write?" “To my mother,” was the soldier's re ply. ‘AB! Give the letter to me.” sald the king, “I will see It posted” And 20 he did. Indeed, it fs not the Ast time that he bas done so, for he calls is troops “comrades,” and he means what he says—Dundes Advertiser. Literary Note. | 4 must confess that T con't under ‘stand Henry James. His style is 20 Involved.” : “PIL tell you how to go about read- ing him. First run over a life insur ‘ance polfey. After that Henry James ‘will seem lucld and clear.’—Kansas City star. Unsuitable Garments. Parson Johnson—Why don't yo" come to church, Sam? ‘Sam Shinn—Nothin’ suitable to ‘wear, parson. Parson—The Lord won't notice yo! clothes, Sam. Sam—No; but Deacon Butts might recognize hie shirt and Bre'r Simpson ‘pte CenbrelialeD eek Laura Jean Libbey's Talks on Heart Topics right flowers shall bloom wherever we wear. A volvulus shall talk in each stream; a tarsus shall look like worlds of love and this earth shall be all one beautiful dream In our eyes, since thou art my love. It is half of the battle which makes for a lifetime of wedded happiness to begin aright from the time one turns from the altar. Because a man has given a woman the possession of his name, his heart and all his world, does she should be in line that his nature comes under her control, then and there. A The newly-made husband may 'adore her; have no thought save to make her happy, yet to even the most shallow natures there is an undercurrent against which the bride should be too wise to attempt to battle. Every man has his likes and dislikes, his hopes and his fears, different ways of finding pleasures, is repelled and attracted according to his nature. It has taken him a lifetime to grow to that state in which the bride has found him. She should not expect to overthrow at once the stubborn growth of years. The wiest brides will find traits in the new husband which she did not dream of when he was courting her. He may be a very good provider for the home, but have the mistaken notion that it is not wiest or best to trouble a wife's head with his business affairs—that it is an act of diplomacy to keep it from her if his business is flourishing lest she be tempted to become extravagant; to keep it from her by all means if he has reverses. Hence the bride is not wise who takes a stand that he must show up his books for her inspection. If he refuses to talk this matter over with her, she should not pout and make his home-coming an annoying thought to him. You must not imagine, my dears, that the average husband will give up his evening paper to enjoy your society as he did in his courting days; that his lips will wear a continual smile; his words always be honeyed; that he will hasten at your beck and call; be ever ready to take you to the theater, tell all the stories of your friends and bonbons; keep you robed in silks and laces. These lessons you will learn are difficult ones, but they will benefit you. The bride who has wedded a young man who is making his own way in the world with difficulty should make up her mind that it is her bounden duty to buckle right down to hard work in the housekeeping world to help him save money and get up. His interest has now become hers. The right kind of a bride is the kind of woman who is wrong kind is like leader balls chained to his feet, which hinder him from taking a step forward. Marriage either makes or mars the life of both husband and wife. It's a sad thing for a young couple to begin wedded life on too expensive a scale and, perhaps, to have to come down. The bride who says: "My friends wouldn't come to see me if we lived in a cheap little flat" makes a mistake in thinking that her so-called friends of this sort care for her. Those who really care for her would be as glad to come and see her in a dovecote of a four-room flat as in a large, expensive home. Woe be to unite if the people who call upon her simply because she has moved into a large house find out that only the lower floor of the place is furnished and the upstairs rooms are locked because they are bare. It is not the home a bride wants to consider, but her husband's love, comfort and happiness. DAUGHTERS WHO ARE WATCHED One pair of eyes to gaze. One pair of sparkling blue, I have winked. Her form of fairest hue. One pair of glowing cheeks. Fresh as the rose and fair, Whose crimson blush beaks. The health that's native there. What girl does not believe, in the innocence and gayety of her youth, the great big world is just as good and true as it looks to her? The happy blithesome young bird who wings have never been caught in a trap knows nothing of danger. How should The blithesome young bird put to flutter past her hawks lay in waiting for just much victims. Young girls are quite as apt to stroll into paths where there are hawks in human form. But how should they know they are dangerous? It is but natural for young girls to follow their mood. If they are of merry temperament, those who have a jolly disposition appeal to them. A girl who has a mother to watch over her without seeming to do so and to guide her footsteps, is adroitly prevented from making the wrong occultations. It is the poor, pretty, hapless young girls, who are alone in the world with no one to advise them, who have need of the world's sympathy. Their hearts are the targets for ruthless markmen. The girl young in years is usually led by her companions, if she has no one that is a near and dear relative to confide in. If she is wrong, women hold their skirts away from her. They have words of scathing censure, but not one sweet word of human pity do they offer to attempt to heal the wound in her heart. All young girls have the same spirit of thoughtlessness the world over. Many would share the same fate as the outcast were it not that they were guarded by loving watchful care. That they are safely wooed and wed is a great blessing to them, thanks to the chapenor. It must not be supposed that all girls are weak and vacillating by nature. Girls who have an intuluctive sense of what is for their good are in the minority, I am happy to say. The girl dignity in which they wrap themselves protects them. If a girl friend is too bad while young men are present, the girl of good sense chooses another companion. She finds a young man inclined to be rude, she shuns him ever after. Such a girl can take care of herself though she were in the desert of Sahara. Maldaens who are carefully guarded by their home folks have their minds drawn into useful channels, such as drawing, china painting, making their own clothes or being initiated into the mysteries of housekeeping between the ages of fourteen and twenty. She who has her mind filled with useful thoughts keeps out of mischief and foolish, overromantic day dreaming. These are the daughters who are young women should watch and calm follow their example, thus being able to themselves and the world at large. Very young girls who are alone in life should make a confidant of some elderly woman for advice when they feel undecided in love affairs. ROMANCE AND REALITY. Then, come kiss me, sweet-and-twenty; You's a stuff will not endure. There's a silly age in girlhood, just as there is with youths. From fourteen to twenty a girl thinks that all she has to do is to frame up an ideal lover, hang his picture in her mind, carrying the duplicate of it in her heart, and out for the first follow to come along who bears any kind of a resemblance to it. She considers this to be of a romantic turn of mind. Every young man she is brought in contact which seems to resemble her ideal in some particular; or, at least, she assumes he does. She expects his heart to be touched by love's flame at their first meeting, and is quite in the mood to be made love to. Eight girls out of ten are ready to wed as for that matter, leaping into a life of which they know nothing. The average young man meets a girl and either considers her jolly good company or might pretty, but a bit too shy. He could speak pleasingly to it, knowing the madden, but if he was called away suddenly, unable to resume his calls, he might think of her for a fortnight. At the end of that time he would be looking around among a new crowd of girls who surrounded him for a companion, quite as agreeable as she was. True, he may write a few fervent letters to her, but the fervency of these soon wanes. When a man has scarcely interest enough to open a letter which he knows is about a particular girl, letting it know in his handkerchief box for two or three days, and puts off from time to time the irksome task of answering it, he may be said to be off her list entirely. Young girls cannot bring themselves to believe this. They are sure he was intended for them, and even though his interest may blow hot and then flow cool, he is sure to return to them, finding out how dull life is without them. By the time they have wasted useless years in such delusive love, they begin to wake up because a girl like a certain girl will touch a responsive chord in his heart. He may be attracted to just the opposite kind of a girl. She is very lucky if she can come across just the kind of a man she wants. They are not made to order. A man or woman's looks count for little. It is that subtle quality, indescribable, yet tangible, which draws two hearts together. Ideals usually have to be swept down so their dusty pedestals allow their consent to accept a man when he comes alone. Romance is very beguiling, until a girl is old enough to show common sense in her choosing she is not competent to take unto herself a husband. Birds Invade Helgoland Unless war has disturbed the arrangements of birds as well as men, the island of Helgoland is now experiencing an aerial invasion of the very first order. In the great southward flights of the birds each autumn the North sea island seems to be a recognized point of call. In peaceful times the islanders profit by this, and on autumn nights are abroad with lanterns and nets, the former to attract and dazzle the birds, the latter to secure them. Mr. Seebohm records having seen as many as 15,000 larks captured in a single night. A lighthouse man reckoned to secure 300 birds a night by merely stretching a net around the great lantern. And these were merely wing stranglers from a host no man could number. It "Warn't Dare." A trial took place recently in Texas before a negro jury. The 12 gentlemen of color were told by the judge to retire and "find a verdict." They departed for the jury room. Then began the opening and shutting of drawers, the slamming of doors, and other sounds of unusual commotion. Every one wondered what the事情 was. At last the jury came into court, and the foreman arrose and said: "We haub locout everywah—in the drawers, and behind the do, 'an' can't find no hide." It wasn't in de room. "We moved monthly." Down for the Count. According to the dental science of zonotherapy a blow on the jaw anesthetizes the tooth zone. Indeed, we have known this treatment. We thetize a man so completely that he remained fast asleep while the refreser CARLETON'S MISTAKE By ARTHUR OTT. Carleton awoke with a start. It seemed that he must have overleapt. Leaping from his bed he crossed to the dresser on which his watch lay, and seeing that it was five o'clock, he heaved a sigh of relief. He was not due in the dispatcher's room until seven. He was so wide awake, however, that he decided to dress and proceed to do so, calling lustily for his wife meanwhile. There was no answer to the call and he shouted again. Still no answer. He sat and listened for a moment. No one was moving about the house. Then suddenly he remembered. That morning, when he had returned from work there had been a quarrel. As usual he had been to blame. It was his wife who had caused it. One of the train hands had spoken carelessly of having seen his wife and Bob Munro talking while he was on duty. He had come home in a towering rage and had accused his wife bitterly of many things—things of which he was now sure that she was guttled, but in his temper he was blind. Naturally she had resented his attitude and had declared that she would leave and had declared that she had told her that he wished that she would. And now he awoke in a deserted house. Had she really gone, he wondered. The thought set him in a panic. In a rush of memory all her little ways, her many thoughtful tenderness, all that she had been to him, flooded his mind. With the utmost haste he dressed and walked through the house. It was empty. Everything was in order. He was not a man without no sign of her. He sank down weakly in a chair in the kitchen. After all, it was his own fault. He had not tried to control himself. He had acted so like a beast to her, and now—well, he would have to reap the harvest of bitterness which he had sown, and what hurt more, she, too, would have to reap; she who was innocent, it sent a pang through him to think that today she might even wish that she had chosen Bob Munro instead of him. Two years ago they had been rivals for her hand. Carleton, jealous of all men, was especially jealous of Munro. Suddenly a thought occurred to him. If she had left him for good she would surely have left him some word, a note, or something. He arose, and, crossing the hallway, he met her, and she had her desk. At first he could not open it, his fingers trembled so, but at last he succeeded. Lying on the top of her papers was a note without an envelope. He seized and eagerly unfolded it. Then he stepped back with a cry. The writing that of Helen; it was Bob Munroys. Carleton read: Dearest Helen: Why put up with your life any longer? Why suffer as you are suffering when happiness awaits you? Come away from it, catch the five fifty westbound, and tomorrow begin a new life in a new world. I will wait for you at the old place. Come in time. BOB. That was all. For a moment Carleton scarcely realized the meaning of the note. He stared at it helplessly, carefully studying the words. Like a flash their full import came to him. Then once again his wild, passionate rage possessed him. He resolved to intercept and kill them both. The five fifty westbound! That was train No. 73. It was usually late. He pulled his watch from his pocket. It was five fifty-five. He was too dead. The train had gone. No, it might be late. So there might still be a chance. Scaling his hat, he crushed it on his head, and rushing out, ran swiftly toward the depot. In ten minutes he had reached the station. As he darted into the waiting room he met the division superintendent. John Gardner, who greeted him a vein of fox. "By George, Carleton!" he exclaimed, "you are the very man I most need. I was going to send for you." "Seventy-three," gasped Carleton "has she arrived?" "She's come and gone," answered Gardner, "right on time tonight and I want her to stay so." Carleton leaned against the wall, weak and faint. So, after all, he was robbed of his vengeance. A slicking revulsion swept over him. Now, what Gardner wished, he explained, was that Carleton should stand the rest of Brunt's trick as well as his own, and get seventy-three off the division on time. The click of the telegraph instrument, so familiar and home-like, in his ears, restored him considerably as he entered the office. Briefly he explained to Brunt that he had come to relieve him. Then he listened intelligently while the other explained the situation of the various trains. He took the book and ran over it with practiced eye. "I guess I have everything straight now," he said at length. "You can go all right." Suddenly the ticking of an instrument roused him. He opened the key and listened. It was the tower man at the crossing. He reported that security three had passed on time. Again came the call of the telegraph instrument. Seventy-three again. She was at Sweetwater, at the foot of the grade, and her last stop before the summit. She was still on time and the conductor wanted his release. Mechanically Carleton gave it. He was giving the orders which were permitting him to escape. God! how horrible it was. Again the click, click, click of the telegraph, it was Summit calling. The freight waited for orders. Carleton renealed it once to himself. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER "The fast freight waited for orders." Then he sprang to his feet with a green cry. God had heard his prayer and he held on in his hands. The line between Sweetwater, the station that seventy-three had just left, and Summit was a single track. The grade was terrific. The fast freight would come down it booming. It would meet seventy-three at about Pine Tree crossing and utterly destroy it, and in the destruction the two guilty ones would perish. With a steady hand he answered Summit, and ordered the freight to make Sweetwater at once and wait there on the siding for seventy-three. As he gave the order Gardner entered the office. He heard the signal and understood it. "Hell," he exclaimed impatiently, "what must happen-three no late?" Before Carleton could prevent him he had seized the order-book and was looking over it to discover for himself what was wrong. "Good God!" he cried excitedly, "countermatter that last order. Seventy-three has left Sweetwater. They will meet on the grade." "No," answered Carleton, rising slowly and facing him. Gardner sprang forward toward the telegraph table to send the message himself, but the other caught him by the throat. "Then at last he understood the truth; he was dealing with a madman. With a great cry he tried to release himself, but he was held in a grip like a vise. Vainly he struggled to free himself. The thought of two hundred innocent souls rushing to destruction gave him an almost superhuman strength, but even that could not force the other to relax his hold. Giving his that relaxes were useless he cried, "And he did so, Carleton drew back and struck him with all his force. Like a log he sank to the floor. Carleton stood over the prostrate form smiling happily. His revenge would be complete; and in his heart was an awful joy. Presently he heard the door open and turned to see who was entering. Then his heart stood still and his breath left him. Helen, his wife, was crossing the threshold. He stared at her in dumb terror. It was over then, the accident, and she had come to reproach him. He wanted to hide from her and yet he dared not turn away his head. He could only stand and gaze fascinated upon her. His knees trembled beneath him. At last she spoke. "John," she said, "what is it? Why do you look at me so?" As he heard her voice he gave a great heavening sob. She was not dead. "I've been looking all over for you," she went on. "This afternoon I left you asleep and went to make a call. When I returned you were gone." His heart was beating with terrible violence and still he could not breathe. With difficulty he drew Munro's letter from his pocket, and handed it to her. "That letter," he murmured thickly. She glanced at it and laughed. "That," she cried, "that was one of the letters that Bob Munro wrote me before we were married. I saved them all, but last night after you made such a fuss I resolved to burn them. I got them all out and was waiting to let you see me do it." "She great light," the light of a wonderlight swept over his face. He hold out his arms and started toward her. Suddenly he stopped. Gardner's voice echoed through the room. "The train, the-train, for God's sake save the train!" Carleton fung his arms above his head with a dreadful wistful gesture and sank limply into a chair. "What have I done?" he whispered. "Oh, what have I done?" "You have killed them," said Gardner nerely, as he staggered to his feet, "two hundred people. You have killed them." He fell weakly on a table, his head in his arms, and sobbed like a little child. The woman rushed to her husband's side. "John," she said, "what is it?" "I thought you and he were on seventy-three," he answered her dully, "and I have wrecked it." She did not speak, but her face went very white. Then followed silence while they waited. Presently Gardner began to pray. He stopped and there was silence again. In a little while must come the news of the disaster. But none of them could ever forget the agony of the waiting there in that silent room, sitting in strained wrested to hear the tidings of disaster wrought by a jealous man's mad whim. At last it came. Summit called on the telegraph. Gardner groped his way to the instrument and answered. "Fast freight got hot-box in station," came the message; "have backed her on siding waiting for orders." That was all—yet it meant that seventy-three cars were With a white fahler turned. "Thank God," he cried to Carleton. But the latter did not hear. He was lying on the floor in a dead faint. Anti-Suffragistic. Southerners are notoriously fond of hot rolls, but they have a confection called "Sally Lunn" which is even more highly prized among them. It is not the sort of thing one has every day. It is for special occasions. "Uncle William," said the housewife to the much spoiled old family servant who presided over most of the domestic affairs of the family. "Uncle William, don't you think it is about time for us to have some Sally Lunn?" "Naw'm, Miss Ma'y," maw'm. Don't let have none or dart. I ain't never had no fancy for dat female bread!"—New York Evening Post. Practice dlu diteu The London suffragists have founded a women's volunteers police force, which is drilling daily. They are said to be learning jit-jitus for self-defense, police drill, signaling, police court procedure and first aid. Every woman has to pass a physical examination as to physical fitness, and care has been taken only to access those otherwise qualified to undertake the new law. WITH GINGER FLAVOR MANY APPETIZING DESBERTS AT COMMAND. Condiment Is Also Recommended for its Health-Giving Properties—Should Have More Definite Place in the Larder. Preserved or canned ginger gives a most interesting flavor to many desserts and really deserves a more definite place in the larder. For it can be kept always on hand and therein possesses a great advantage over many other fruit flavors. Dates freed from their pits and stirred with silvers of preserved ginger, then rolled in granulated sugar, are a nutritious treat. Ginger Bavarian cinnamon is a dessert with an almost elusive flavor. To make it chop half a cupul of preserved ginger into small bits and mix it with half a cupul of stirp. Then add half a package of gelatin, which has been soaked and dissolved in a cupul of water. Whip a pint of cream stiff and add it to the other ingredients. If necessary add chill. Serve chipped cream, garnished with bits of cheese. Chopped preserved ginger can be added to rice pudding before it is baked to give it an unusual flavor. For a baked custard ginger sauce is delicious. Make it by simmering a cupful of sirup to which a quarter of a cupful of chopped preserved ginger has been added. Serve hot. Ginger custard sauce is made by simmering the milk from which the custard is to be made with some chopped ginger in it for 15 minutes. The cream and an proceed with the custard and the rest of the way. For ginger water ice boll a quart of water and a pound and a quarter of granulated sugar together for five minutes with the rind from four lemons and one orange. Cool and add the juice of the lemons and orange, strain and freeze. Pound four ounces of preserved ginger to a paste and cut two ounces into shreds and add to the ice when it is hard. Pack for a couple of hours. Ginger ice cream is made in this way: Pound six ounces of preserved ginger to a paste and cut two ounces of frozen juice. Mix a pint of cream with half a pound of granulated sugar and add slowly to the ginger mixture. Press through a fine wire sleeve and freeze. Oriental Eggs. The Chinese are great eaters of eggs, which they take hard boiled. These are to be had in all the roadside places for refreshment. While the Chinese have an expression, "eggs of a hundred years," it is not to be understood that their eggs are always a century old, though one may be able to procure those that are of many years' standing. The Chinese evince a preference for the egg of the goose. These eggs placed with aromatic herbs in slaked lime for a varying period, the minimum being, it is said, five or six weeks. Under the influence of time the yolk liquefies and takes on a dark green color, and the white coagulates and becomes green. How to Clean White Feathers White feathers of any description can be cleaned at home to look like new at a small cost. Take gasoline and plaster of paris and mix the two together to the consistency of whipped cream. Dip the feathers in this mixture, squeezing and pressing them; then hang in the open air to dry thoroughly, and until the gasoline evaporates. Be careful not to handle until thoroughly dry; then shake well, and the result will be beautifully feathered. White wings may also be successfully treated in this manner. The gasoline must never be used in a room where there is a light or fire. To Make Pot Pie This can be made with veal alone, chicken or any nice meat. It can also be made similar to the Irish stew with left-over meat and adding a little fresh meat. Meat can be used alone or with a flavoring of vegetables. Cut up small and simmer, as the Irish stew is made, then put in a deep baking dish and cover with a biscuit crust or a mashed potato crust rolled out with flour. Bake a rich brown in moderate oven. Serve in the baking dish. Veal stew, which is made by cutting a pound or two of veal into six pieces, makes a good pie. Breakfast Ple. An appetizing and substantial left-over breakfast can be made in the following way: Grease a baking dish and cover the bottom well with hot mashed potatoes and add layer of the meat chopped fine or ground and rather highly seasoned. Top off with a thin layer of the mashed potatoes. Cover the bottom with the may be poured over the pie; once we moisten it with water in which a little butter has been dissolved. Set in the oven and bake until brown. Serve With Turkey. Cold slaw gives the requisite bite when cranberries are missing. Pecan Cookies. Prepare enough pecans to make one pint of meat and grind them into flour in the food chopper. Cream one cupful of sugar with two tablespoons of buttered, add three eggs, two tablespoons of milk, a pinch of salt and the ground Lutin. Use barely enough flour to mixture. It must not be too thick, but too thin. Just a little dough. Cut into cakes and bake a light brown. SOLDIERS WELL FED Liberal Ration Allotted Germany's Fighting Men. Commanders Realize the Importance of Keeping Troops in Proper Physical Condition—Enormous Cost of the Commissariat. Military experts placed little faith in the numerous rumors during the first days of the war to the effect that the German armies were suffering for lack of food. The reason why they doubled these reports was because it was hard to believe that a commissary department as well equipped as Germany's would fail its work so early in a struggle for which preparations have been going on for years. All civilized nations have long ree- POTATOES 120 330 000 lbs A Huge Tuber 33 Feet Higher Than the Statue of Liberty and Weighing Over 120,000,000 Pounds Would Make Only a Week's Supply of Potatoes for the Kaiser's Fighting Men. A Huge Tuber 33 Feet Higher Than the Statue of Liberty and Weighing Over 120,000,000 Pounds Would Make Only a Week's Supply of Potatoes for the Kaiser's Fighting Men. organized that food supplies may play as important a part in the winning or losing of battles as ammunition, markmanship and personal bravery. With the thoroughness which is so characteristic of their nation the Germans have for years made the feeding of their soldiers a matter of scientific study. Their commissary department is under the direction of a group of dieticial specialists who are admitted to have no superiors and few equals. The daily ration which they have prescribed as the best fortification for a German fighting man's stomach includes 26 ounces of fresh bread, or 17 ounces of biscuit; 13 ounces of fresh meat, or seven ounces of smoked meat; four ounces of rice, or eight ounces of flour, or 52 ounces of potatoes; nearly an ounce of salt; nearly an ounce of roasted coffee, or one-tenth of an ounce of tea, and half an ounce of sugar. The amount of bread eaten in a week by a German soldier now in the field would make a leaf 383 feet high and weighing 60,130 pounds. A week's supply of potatoes would make a leaf 188 feet high and weighing 120,330 pounds. The figures given are for the standard ration, which is probably a very different thing from that actually being consumed along the great battle formation, where there is a great flexibility as to the food to be used. It is possible that penniman (a condensed meat product) is entering into the ration very largely. The kaiser has always expressed a lively interest in his soldiers' food, and he has not infrequently ridden up to the field bakeries and sampled the product of their ovens. Some idea of the enormous expense of the war will be gained from the fact that he daily cost of provisions combined armies would be $12,500,000, without the expense of transportation, which would be $4,200,000 more each day. These figures were based on the prices of some years ago, so that 15 per cent could be added to the cost of the food, making the cost today $18,750,000, or $2,950,000 "delivered" at the place of consumption. "Sleeping" Bullet Least Dangerous. Physicians have shown the world of warring men that the firing line of soldiers must be regulated if fewer casualties are to result. Close upon the enemy's fire or far away result in the most unhealable wounds; midway between the range of the rifle bullets is the most satisfactory position. The reason is that the distance which a bullet travels is divided into three parts, the first distance the bullet travels in a wabby manner, either up and down or sidewise; the middle distance it "sleeps," or moves on an exact plane, and the third distance, being partly spent, it wobbles in a serpentine movement; when the bullet "sleepes" it cuts, clear through the part of the body hit, but when it is on the first or final distance it uses a fagged hole and moves either up or down and is likely to remain in the body. When the battle range is regulated in such a manner that the line of soldiers is exposed to the range of the "sleeping" bullets there is less work for the ambulance corps. New Powerful Explosive A new method of handling liquid oxygen has been recently discovered which makes its commercial use entirely practical. Bags are filled with a special form of lampblack, which are soaked in the liquid oxygen for a few minutes just before they are required for use. If the bag is now lighted with a match it will burn quietly and very slowly, but if detonated it explodes with the force of dynamite, and the cause is an oxide. Much less can be done with other explosives, and there is no danger from a fire, as the oxygen will evaporate in a short time. No Place for Thunder Bird on European Flags. According to Indian Tradition, it is the Recognized Symbol of Authority, Dignity, Arbitration, and, Above All, Peace. More than twelve million fighting men in Europe are today wearing insignia on their clothing or are being led to victory or defeat by banners depicting a bird displayed in what Americans would call spread-angle style. The troops that wave the Globe and Stripes soft have in the past and present been led on by the countryside and by those outspread wings. Seldom do those engaged in war or more onlookers ever give a thought to what appears to be on consideration an odd and relatively meaningless custom that almost verges on feticil worship. To be sure, one nation uses the painted or embroidered effigy of an elephant on its banners, another a dragon, and so on, but these nations are hardly civilized in the highest sense. Investigation of encyclopedic information on good reasons why America, Germany and Russia should place a bird on their national emblems. Some weeks ago the Carlile Indian school, following the footsteps of the American Society of Indians, adopted as the school emblem a thunder bird. The thunder bird was designed for the school by Angel De Cora Deltis, the greatest authority in the world on Indian art. From Mrs. Delts, who, with her husband, taught art at the Carlile school, it has been learned that nearly all the Indian tribes recognize a bird as a symbol of authority and social rank. The artist, who is a Winnebago Indian of aristocratic lineage and who has delved deeply into Indian legends, says that the thunder bird or its equivalent in various forms has been a mark of distinction and authority, probably, for many thousand years. As a child she heard from native legendary sources the need to reason so to believe that it is as ancient as the legend concerning the last mammoth. According to an accepted legend ages had passed with all the spirits dominating land, water and air remaining on relative equality. Ancient Indian clans, for conveniences of recognition and occupation, had associated themselves with various patron spirits. The story of the achievement of domination by the thunder bird is tedious, but tells how a fatigued warrior of the thunder-bird clan lay exhausted at the edge of a preciples watching still waters far below. His attention was attracted. Illurence of the water spirit, depth from the thunder bird spirit emerged to meet the thunder bird in deadly conflict. The observer is supposed to have been the only human being who has ever seen these spirits. An one or the other been exhausted they implored the warrior for help, with specious pleas. Eventually he aided the thunder bird, and the water spirit sank, never to be seen again. Among the Indians the thunder bird stands for authority, dignity, arbitration and, most important of all, peace. There are many who believe that the emblem of a bird with widespread wings has been appropriated by the Europeans from ancient human societies. This perversion that makes the symbol of arbitration and peace the banner which leads to war and devastation. Why They Come Back The war correspondent had returned from the scene of conflict. His amazingly realistic descriptions had enchained countless readers. You could smell the stale powder in them; you could hear the dull booming of the mighty guns. "Those stories were wonderful," an admirer told him. "Think so?" "Yes, indeed. Why, I was with you in the trenches. I was cold, hungry, half-frozen and half-drowned. And when they had you up against the wall and ten muskets leveled at your heart I almost shrieked in terror. My dear boy, you mustn't be so natural." The returned one grimaced. "Cut it out," he growled. "The thing never happened." "You wasn't arrested for a spy?" "No, I wasn't. I couldn't get near enough to be arrested. And I wasn't in the trenches, either." "Not in the trenches." "No, I didn't even know where they were." "But why did you come home?" "My imagination gave out," he called back as he strode away.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Change. "It used to be," declared old Brother Bombershay, "dat when Brudder Mauley and his wife was u-squabblin' dey had it up and down like a seasaw, sometimes one of 'em gittin' de best of it and deen de yudu. But now, bless goodness, dey des goes 'round and 'round like a merry-go-round, and nobody kno prognosticate which is ahead."—Puck WHAT THE STATES ARE NOW DOING Statistics in Twenty-Eight of the Forty-Eight. Statistics on the prohibition movement gathered by the New York World and published in the World Almanac show the following facts: "Alabama—Since the repeal of state-wide prohibition a number of counties have voted on county option, the majority of them going wet. "Arkansas—In October, 1912, state-wide prohibition was rejected at a referendum election by a majority of 27,000. "California—During the past year there have been 157 local option elections. Out of fifty-seven cities voting, thirty went wet. The total vote in all the cities and supervisorial districts showed a majority of 54,226 in favor of the licensed sale of liquors. "Colorado—State-wide prohibition was defeated by 58,000 majority with women voting for the first time in any state-wide election. "Connecticut—Fifty-four. towns voted recently on the question of license, forty of them deciding to retain the licensed and regulated saloon. "Georgia—The 'Tippins' bill to close the near-beer saloon was vetoed by the governor and failed to pass over his veto. There is a strong movement for the repeal of the state-wide enactment. "Idaho—Seventeen of the twenty-seven counties of Idaho are dry. In local option elections Boise voted wet and four counties went from dry to wet. "Illinois—The population of wet places in this state is 3,198,781, and that of dry places 704,809. "Indiana—Of forty-six cities voting, thirty voted wet. Thirty-nine townships voted wet and 161 voted dry. The county option law in this state has been repealed. "Maine—The prohibition amendment to the constitution was retained by only 730 votes—all that were left of a 47,000 majority. "Maryland — The anti-saloon league's bill extending county option to all counties not already dry was defeated in the senate. "Massachusetts—The only important change was the return by Gloucester to license. "Michigan—The majority of this state is wet. Only 763,501 persons are living in so-called dry territory, while 1,987,702 are living in wet territory. Recent elections show a net loss to the prohibition side. "Minnesota—The license question has been an issue, but the state remains wet. "Mississippi—Prohibition. "New Jersey—The legislature rejected a local option bill that was strongly urged by the anti-saloon league. "New York—Recent local option elections have not materially changed the status of the state, which is wet. "North Carolina—Prohibition. "North Dakota—Prohibitionists of this state are opposed to the initiative and referendum, declaring that its adoption would open a prohibition fight. The state is dry. "Oklahoma—Because of an objectionable bill, Oklahoma defeated the repeal of its state-wide provision. It is said Oklahoma will repeal prohibition at any time a regulatory choice is offered. "Ohio—The anti-saloon league was defeated in its effort to prevent a constitutional amendment licensing the liquor traffic by a majority of 80,000. The legislature passed a regulatory law, which was opposed by the anti-saloon league. A majority of the counties returned to license after a period of dryness under the county option law. "South Carolina—State dispensary system. There is strong agitation for the return of the licensed liquor dealer. "South Dakota—A majority of the towns went wet in elections of two-thirds of the cities and towns. Not a single town or city in the Black Hills voted dry. "Tennessee—Under a legislative enactment prohibiting the sale of liquors within four miles of a school house. The prohibition law is not enforced in the cities, and there is a strong demand for the repeal of the four mile law. "Texas—Defeated state-wide and re-elected its anti-prohibition governor by a large majority. "Utah—Local option, with the cities and towns as the unit. "Virginia—An enabling bill providing for a state-wide election was defeated in the senate." BOONE. IOWA. Mrs. Turner Cary, the evangelist of Chicago, Ill., will be in our city to hold a revival service. We are praying that the Lord will move among our people wonderfully. The following officers were installed Sunday evening as trustees for our church: Mrs. Bettie Morgan, Mr. John Stark and Mr. Fred Laurence. The vvt quarterly meeting for this conference year was observed Tuesday at the A. M. E. church. Rev. S. B. Moore preached a wonderful sermon. The reception and donation tended the pastor and wife, Rev. 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