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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XXI NO. 24 CITY NEWS The many friends of Mrs. Susie Hodges will be sorry to learn that she has been quite ill the past week. She is some better at this writing. The W. W. club will have a reception at the home of Mrs. Chas. Wilson of 1332 Day street Monday evening, December 14th. Friends are cordially invited. Mr. Geo. D. Newman of Chariton, Iowa, arrived in our city to attend the installation of King Solomon Commandary, which occurred Thursday evening. Mrs. Julia Taylor of 765 S. E. Seventh street has been suffering from rheumatic troubles and a very bad cold for the past month or so. Mrs. E. Reed of Centerville, Iowa, who has been visiting her daughter in Fort Dodge since Thanksgiving, passed through our city en route to her home. Mrs. Reed is the Bystander agent for Centerville. The Missionary society of Union Congregational church will hold a bazaar next Thursday afternoon and evening at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. Alexander at 810 W. Twelfth street. Many pretty and useful articles ill be there for sale, which will make nice Xmas gifts. Refreshments will be served. All are invited to come. We have just received word of the death of Mr. E. S. Clemens of Omaha, Neb., who died December 4th, after a short illness. He was a prominent Mason, was W. M. of Rescue lodge, an active member of the A. M. E. church there and had been a clerk in the postoffice for thirty years, the oldest employee on the clerical force. His many friends will feel sorry for the loss of so good and useful a man. The regular monthly meeting of our local business Men's League will be held in the parlor of Union Congregational church next Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. T. L. Griffith will present a paper, "Has the Sunday Revival Meetings Benefited the Business Enterprises of Des Moines. If so, how?" Discussion. At 7:30 just before the regular meeting the executive committee will hold a meeting. All members are urged to be present. THOMPSON HOTEL GUESTS. Mr. J. C. Reed of Centerville, Iowa. M. Fred Townsend of Buxton, Prof. C. L. Jones of Braxton, Miss., Mrs. Wm. Scott of Minot, N. D., Mr. Geo. D. Newman of Chariton, W. W. M. Baker of Davenport, Iowa, A. O. Coffin of Kansas City, Mo., Mr. Billy D. Bleck of Minnesota, Phil. DES MOINES NEGRO LYCEUM. The regular semi-annual business meeting and election of officers of the Des Moines Nroglye Lyeum Association will be held at the residence of the president, 1006 W 13th street, Tuesday evening Dec. 15th. All members are urged to attend Rufus Jackson Wins New Honors The many friends of Mr. Rufus B. Jackson, of this city who recently won a place on the public speaking team at the State College at Ames, will be pleased to learn that in the State centers, held at the State House Wednesday, Mr. Jackson who was the only Ngro in the contest, was accorded fourth place, which was a high compliment when we consider the youth of the young man in view of the fact that nearly all the other speakers were Juniors and Seniors in the college and men several years his senior in age. MYSTIC THEATRE 5C 11th & Center Sts. 5C The Best Pictures will be shown each night. On Sunday afternoon and night we will present an especially strong Vaudeville Act. Ladies and children invited to attend. LEE A. M. E. MISSION. LEE A. M. E. MISSION Rev. H. A. Perry came to the city Saturday, December 5th, from Chicago, Ill., to take the pastorate of the Lee A. M. E. Mission, which has been under the temporary care of the Rev. Waldon. The Rev. Perry expects and offers a bright future for the Lee Mission, which has of late moved into the cozy, comfortable little church located at Filmore and Skeetthle street. We believe the new pastor will have many earnest followers in the early future, because of his optimistic views and methodical procedure. Service hours: Presching Sunday at 11 a. m. and h p. m. Prayer meeting Friday at 8 p. m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HOLD BANQUET. One of the most unique social functions in local Masonic circles in recent years was the banquet tendered to the members of King Solomon Buyyour Heater Saturday On Terms $I A Week Detroit Jewel Vulcan hot blast heater, like cut on left, with 18-inch broiler bowl; double lined from grate to top of stove. Has down draft tube, extra large top grate, solid cast Peerless Oak brater, in 17-inch size, with reinforced fire bowl, shaking ring and draw center grate, steel drum is corrugated and reinforced, has loose nickle plain foot rails, double nickle screws drafts in ash pan door and extra large ash pan An unusual value $13 50 Commandery, No. 6, and their ladies by the newly elected officers at the cafeteria under the New Thompson hotel on Thursday evening. Twenty s knights in full dress uniform formed at the asylum and marched in military order to the banquet hall, where they were joined by the ladies, and sat down to long table artistically decorated with the emblems of the order and haden with all the delicacies of the season. Eminent Commander-elect S. Joe Browne, as coachmaster and toasts were reminded to S. J. L. Thompson, Grand Master of Masons; Mrs. S. Joe Browne, grand lecturer of O. E. S.; Past Commanders W. H. Humburd, B. J. Hack and B. J. Mitchell; Past Commanders O. E. S. S. Mademes E. T. Banks, J. l. Thompson and C. B. Woods, and by E. T. Banks, past grand master of Masons, past commander and district deputy grand high priest of Royal Arch Masons. ALBIA NEWS. Rev. Morgan and members of the A. M. E. church and the people of the vicinity are holding a series of revival meetings at the A. M. E. church. Miss Jewett Lewis, who has been at the parental past three weeks, is at the parental home of B. T. Lewis visit. Mrs. Beasley, also from Ames, Iowa, spent Thanksgiving and a week with her mother at Hocking. Lawyer Geo. H. Woodson of Buxton spent the past week in Albia looking after business. Mrs. Mertie T. Lewis of Hiteman was in Albia on business over Saturday. Mr. Henry Bowman is very sick at this writing, also the baby of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Roper is quite sick still, with no improvement. Mr. John Allen entertained at lunch on Sunday evening Mrs. Mabe Robeson and children and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith. The newly organized choir furnished good music. Mr. Charles Washington, cornet player, and Mrs. Oscar Roper, pianist. Nellie Estes returned Tuesday from her visit in Des Moines. She remained over Monday to hear the lecture by Mrs. Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Fannie Parker returned to her home in Burlington on Saturday, after a week's visit in Albia. Her many friends were pleased to see her. The Sewing Circle club met at the home of Mrs. G. A. Davis on Monday afternoon. Nearly all members present. Business and discussion on topic of church work, after which a three-course lunch was served by Mrs. G. A. Davis, assisted by Misses Ada and May Davis. Visitors present: Meerss. Edward Butler and Lawyer James Spears. Mrs. Robinson of Hocking, a member was present. Mrs. Fannie Parker of Burlington while visiting in the city at the home of Mrs. Ross Johnson was entertained by the following persons: On Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Butler; on Tuesday for lunch at Mrs. Mary Harris; on Tuesday evening for 6 o'clock dinner at Mrs. B. T. Lewis; and on Wednesday for 6 o'clock dinner at the home of Mrs. William Bennings, returning home Thursday. KEOKUK NEWS. "I Treinity A. M. E. church, in charge of Rev. Butler, held a rally which lasted Sunday and Monday, Bishop Lee being present. On Sunday morning the bishop gave a sermon. In the afternoon the Sunday school rendered a program. A short talk was given by Bishop Lee. After Sunday school there was baptizing by the bishop. At night the Choral club gave a program. On Monday the Sunshine club gave a burberry supper. On Monday the meeting $225 was reported by current societies. The meeting was in every way a success. Out of town visitors were Bishop Lee, Rev. Burns Your Credit Is Good At Davidson $22.75 DES MOINES IOWA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1914, and Rev. Owens of Fort y proud to announce the n to Mr. and Mrs. Cole a daughter to Mr. and lett. Ashby and family have their farm near Summit- AUQUA, IOWA. mal (by Bystander). ally formerly of this city of Chicago, is visiting of Mrs. Mary Crawford. rawford came down from spend Thanksgiving at Pemberton. Mr. Adam Johnson of Gravity spent a few hours in town Monday. Miss Callie Arnett is visiting friends in the city. Mr. Isom Davis and wife visited relatives in Olathe, Kansas, during Thanksgiving holidays. Mrs. Mattie Cook is ill at her home. Miss Hester Chapel made a short visit in our city. Mr. Wm. Headley was called to Kansas City to the funeral of his mother. Sunday was election of Sunday school officers at the A. M. E. church. Mrs. Laura Jones, superintendent; Emma Able, secretary. the stage. After the rew selections by the ban H. Woodson, as master of called the house to order lowing musical numbers derived very much to the de large and enthusiastic aud of whom had gathered more before the speaker arrived: Susan B. Huxton Conce Investigation, Rev. Barbo M. E. church. Welcome chorus, Mrs. bl quartet. Vocal solo, Miss Sheph ton Savings bank. Mrs. Tabor, mother of Mrs. Lizzie Rawhins, is sick in bed at this writing. Rev. Stansberry spent Sunday at Carney. Mrs. Frank Harring entertained Mrs. Carey, the evangelist of Chicago, and Mrs. Stansberry at lunch, Monday between the hours of 3 and 4 P.M. Revival meetings are in progress at the A. M. E. church. They are being conducted by the evangelist, Mrs. D. Turner Care of Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Carey is indeed a person sent from God, because she can hold her audience spellbound from the beginning to the end. She studied three years at the Mercy Bible Institute of Chicago. The Sunday school is preparing to have a very extensive program for Xmas, under the leadership of Mrs. V. Johnson. Missanie Robinson was taken ill Saturday evening, but is some better at this writing. Miss Robinson is the granddaughter of Mrs. Emily Terry. Master Willie Stansberry is representing the Des Moines Register and Leader and Tribune papers. Mrs. Hattie Claybrook, who has been very ill, is somewhat better at this writing. Mrs. Lucy Ewing is very ill at this writing. Mrs. Arbuckle is on the sick list this week. J. H. McGrew, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., went to Des Moines this week. Mrs. W. H. Baily, who has been on the sick list is able to be out again. Rev. W. M. J. Northcross preached his farewell sermon last Sunday night at the Tabernacle Baptist church. He goes to Cedar Rapids. A wonderful sermon was preached Sunday morning at St. John's A. M. E. church by the pastor, J. H. Ferribee. The Endeavor choir rehearsed last Tuesday night at the residence of R. R. Stewart, and Saturday night at the home of Mr. W. H. Cook, with Miss Grace Harris and Mrs. Grace Hutton, and at a later hour the choir went to be the guests of Miss Mella Hart at the residence of Mrs. Bertha Williams. Mrs. Harris and daughter of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, are in our city this week visiting daughter and sister. The wedding bells are still ringing in Buxton. Mrs. Mamie Bickley went to Colaf this week. 600 Citizens of Buxton Hear Mrs. Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Booker T. Washington was met in Hamilton on Wednesday, December 2, by Mrs. J. H. McGraw, chairman of the arriving committee, and whose wife Mrs. Washington was while Buxton. They were taken by Mrs. to the McGrew residence, where a committee of club women were awaiting their arrival. At 12 o'clock luncheon was served. Those present were Mesdames E. A. Carter, W. H. Bailey, C. G. Southall, W. H. Cooke, A. P. Sharp, Secretary, and Mrs. J. H. McGrew. Dr. E. A. Carter Lectures. At 2 o'clock Dr. E. A. Carter delivered a very interesting and helpful lecture on the "Health Condition and Prevention of Diseases." A large number of club women gathered in the reading room of the Y. M. C. A. to hear Washington was present and spoke along the same line. The lecture, also Mrs. Washington's talk, were greatly enjoyed. At 6 o'clock a party of twenty were taken by auto to the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Neeley in South Buxton, where the following menu was served: Oyster soup, crackers, celery, baked chicken, gravy, creamed potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, pickles, apple salad, ice cream, cake, black coffee. The dining room was beautifully decorated with Tuskegee pennants, cut and cutted flowers. The tables were arranged to form the letter "U," for unity. Each church, the four clubs and the schools were represented at this gathering. Haven Man, Washington. of Galesburg and Rev. Owens of Fort Madison. We are very proud to announce the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Cole Lear and also a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. A. Triplett. Harry Ashby and family have moved on their farm near Summitville. KEOSAUQUA, IOWA. (Special to Bystander.) Mrs. W. Daily, formerly of this city, but now of Chicago, is visiting at the home of Mrs. Mary Crawford. Harrison Crawford came down from Iowa City to spend Thanksgiving at home. The body of Mrs. Emma Manly passed through here on route to Farmington, her old home, for burial. Her son of Denver and sister of Des Moines accompanied the body. those attending the funeral from here were her niece, Mrs. Willa Dickson; Mrs. Mary Garrett and Mrs. Wm. Green. A social was given at the church last evening. Mrs. Josh Johnson was chairman of the committee and proved a success financially. Rev. Mase, a A former pastor, preached at the M. E. church Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Anna Dickson entertained at dinner last Sunday in honor of Mrs. W. Daily. Mrs. Willa Dickson entertained at 6 o'clock dinner Sunday Rev. Mase and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. DAYENPORT NOTES The union services at Bethel A. M. E. church were well attended. Rev. Nicholson of the Third Baptist church preached a most eloquent sermon. The choirs of both churches furnished good music. Dinner was served at both churches after services. The Trustee Aid, under the leadership of Mrs. Della Marsialh, gave a Feast in the Wilderness the 17th and 18th of November, which was very unique, clearing $40.85. Mrs. Sarah Davis entertained the Violet club. Mrs. W. S. Brooks entertained the T. L. O. club Wednesday. Mrs. W. S. Brooks and Mrs. E. Perkins called on Mr. Lambert of South Rock Island last Sunday. Mrs. Katie Green at her residence, 316 W. Fifth street, very pleasantly entertained twenty days' visit afternoon in honor of Mrs. Hunter of Virginia. Mrs. Hunter left for her home Sunday, after twenty weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. Enzer Green. Mrs. Mary Dreyfus died at her home on W. Tenth street Sunday night at 11 c'clock. Rev. Sim conducted short services over the remains at Harrigan's undertaking chapel, and her son took the body to Ottawa Ill. for burial. Ward Howard is very sick at 936 Gaines街. Mrs. Alice Richardson was called to Rock Island last evening on account of the serious illness of her niece, Mrs. Agnes Burris. bnee; Sunday was quarterly meeting in Rock Island. Reim. Sims of Davenport Bethol A. M. E. church preached the Sacramental sermon. The meeting was the grandest ever held in Rock Island. Rock Island. Rev. Fisher, the evangelist, will be at Bethel A. M. E. church Wednesday night. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy—The Mothers' Favorite. "I give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my children when they have colds or coughs," writes Mrs. Verne Shaffer, Vandergrift, Pa. It always helps them and is far superior to any other cough medicine I have used. I advise anyone in need of such a medicine to give it a trial." For sale by all dealers. CLARINDA, IOWA CLIMBING Rev. W. Mitchell, Sr., preached two very able sermons in Bedford Sunday. Mrs. Nancy Campbell is very ill at her daughter's, Mrs. Cheatwood Everything In Home Furni-ings 110.50 $13.50 BOONE. IOWA. BUXTON REVIEW. 600 Citizens of Buxton Hear Mrs. T. Woolenberg Dr. F. A. Carter Lectures. The Banquet. The spacious auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. was filled long before the hour for the program to begin and more than 150 persons were refused admittance because of the law recently enforced by the "Safety First Movement." At 8 o'clock the Buxton concert began pleasing forth beautiful swirls. Amid loud applause Mrs. Washington was then conducted to the stage. After the rendition of a few selections by the band Hon. Geo. H. Woodson, as master of ceremonies, called the house to order. The following musical numbers were rendered very much to the credit of the participants and to the delight of the large and enthusiastic audience, many of whom had gathered an hour or more before the speaker of the evening arrived: Selection, Buxton Concert Band. Invocation, Rev. Barbourer of the M. E. church. Welcome chorus, Mrs. Burn's doul equartet. Vocal solo, Miss Shepherd of Buxton Savings bank. Quartet, Mrs. W. Blaney, Miss Gussie Mardis, Mr. B. Madison, Mr. W. Wheels. Song, Apollo quartet, Messrs, Cary, Wheels, Hurst and Madison. Vocal solo, Mrs. J. F. Guy. Mrs. Washington was next introduced by Hone, Geo. H. Woodson. She spoke of the work of the club women, of the necessity of good, true Christian workers. Among many other helpful things Mrs. Washington told her nearers that "the real club woman was not one who was always so busy that she neglected the property of her home from property, but by virtue of the fact that the work of the clubs treated upon the proper care and attention of just such things, the club woman becomes a better wife, a more careful, loving and sympathetic mother, a better housekeeper, neighbor and citizen." Mrs. Washington was taken Thursday morning in Dr. Carter's private car to Albia, en route to Chicago. She said she had enjoyed he riviest in Buxton and citizens expressed themselves as having been greatly entertained and benefited by her lecture and visit. WASHINGTON, IOWA. NOTES. Henry Green visited friends in Osaklaosa on Thanksgiving. Mrs. G. W. Black has returned from a visit with relatives in Osaklaosa. Mr. Crutchfield and his mother of Ottumwa spent Thanksgiving at the Frank Walker and Fred Turner homes. Mrs. Theo. Turner has returned from a visit with relatives at Ottumwa and Osaklaosa. The Blind Boone Concert Co. will give an entertainment at the opera house on December 15. Quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church on Wednesday evening. December 16th. Rev. S. B. Moore will be present and administer the sacrament. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Barnett entertained Rev. and Mrs. Boyd at dinner Thanksgiving, and Miss Helen Motts entertained on November 26 at dinner a company of little folks. On Saturday, November 28, occurred the death of a pioneer resident of Washington, Mr. Daniel Haynes, after a lingering illness of about fifteen years' duration. He was about 90 years of age. He was a member of the A. M. E. church, from where the funeral was held on Monday, conducted by the Rev. Boyd. Music by the church choir. Interment in city cemetery. His wife was unable to attend the funeral, being in a hospital at Iowa City for an operation for cataract. Mr. Howard of Kansas City visited at the Harry Sims home the first of the week. The sick: Mrs. Rev. Boyd is well again, after a siege with neuralgia, Mrs. L. F. Phillips has not been so well during the past week, but her friends hope for a change for the better soon. Mrs. T. L. Burnett was ill last week, but is convalescing. Beebe Gwin, who has been sick with tennitis, is getting better. Walter Williams is having a hard tussel with neuralgia. CENTERVILLE, IOWA, NEWS. The Literary society is progressing nicely and can still boost of some grand programs. The older people are taking quite an active part, of which the young people are quite glad, for they realize, all wise young people should they need the support of all. The merry wedding bells are soon to ring. Wait and see. The Ladies' Mission society will meet this week at the home of Mrs. Thomas Riding. The Daughters of Tabor gave a social at the home of Mrs. Frank Mum was realized. The older Christian people should realize that their future church will be just what they make it and should support the young people in every Christian event. Rev. V. F. Jackson returned home from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he preached to a large audience last Sunday. Rev. V. S. Copper has been on the sick list for several days, but is still able to preach those soul-stirring sermons that holds his congregation snellbound. The Church Aid society gave a taffy pulling Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. Lizie D. Price. Mrs. John Hicks and daughter. Edna. left Wednesday morning for Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to visit her sister-in-law, Mrs. Cutler Robinson, who is very ill. At this writing Mother Nature is spreading a beautiful sheet of snow. Mrs. A. L. Crittenden is on the sink let this week. ROCK ISLAND, ILL. (Special to the Bystander.) Rev. Cottrell, pastor of Wayman Chapel, visited in Rock Island among friends last week and preached at his former church, Wayman Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. John Garland are the proud parents of a fine baby ooY. Mrs. Charles Powers of Milan, who was operated on two weeks ago at Dr. C. Davis', is getting along nicely. Miss Stella Windsor of Des Moina is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Martha Windsor. Mrs. Lizzie Neff returned to her home in Maroon, M.o., after attending the funeral of her father, Mr. James Windsor. The first quarterly meeting of this conference year was held at Wayman Chapel on Sunday. Alarge number attended the service. It was one of the best meetings had been very sick. ber of years. Mrs. E. Bassett has been very ick. Mr. Sol Butler was appointed on the state football team of Illinois. Sol is one of the best halfbacks in the University. Ade chapter, No. 10, O. E. S., held their annual election or officers at the Masonic hall Tuesday evening, December 1. W. P., John Gordon; W. M., Mrs. C. H. Marshall; A. M., Mrs. Regina Huston; Cond, Mrs. Eva Gordon; A. C., Mrs. Marie Golden; secretary, Mrs. Alice Burris; treasurer, Mrs. Addie Johnson; Ada, Mrs. Elizabeth Golden; Ruth, Mrs. Eliza Walkup; Martha, Mrs. Bell Harris; Electa, Mrs. Synthia Moore; warmer, Mrs. Jane Taylor; sentinel, Mr. George Johnson. After the election of officers the chapter presented Mrs. Marshall with a neat purse of money, this being her third term in service. The Eastern Star will entertain the Masons and K. T. in a joint installation at the hall Friday, December 17. OBITUARY Laulia Brown, daughter of the late James and Nancy Yancy, passed away at the Ottumwa hospital November 27, 1914. She had been an invalid and patient sufferer for many years. In 1871 she was united in marriage to John Smith. To this union two children were born, one dying in infancy. Mr. Smith passed away a few years later. She was then united in marriage to Robert Brown. To this union six children were born, two dying in infancy. Those surviving Wm. Smith of Keokuk, Iowa, Edward Brown of Delano, Iowa, Ralph Galloway of Wash, Arthur Brown of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and Nora Brown of Portland, Oregon. Two women survive her, Mrs. Anna Poet of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Nora Poindexter of Milwaukee, Wis. The deceased united with the Congregational church many years ago and was quite an active member until her health failed. She is gone, but the memory of her is dear to those that remain. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the friends for their kindness and sympathy in our recent bereavement in the loss of our mother. Nora Brown, Portland, Ore. Wm. Smith, Keokau, Iowa. All the churches are busy preparing for Christmas. Rev. B. N. Murrel, formerly of Pooria, ill., has been called to the pastorate of Pilgrim Baptist church and entered upon his duties Sunday the 6th. So far he is very well liked. Mrs. J. F. Smith left Sunday evening for Omaha, Neb., to join her husband and to reside permanently. Mrs. W. C. Echols of Thomas street entertained the members of the Self-Culture club Wednesday evening at her home. A most delightful time was enjoyed playing whist after the business session. The Jacob Mite Missionary society will give a necktie social at the residence of Mesdames Crawford and Black or Rondo street. The executive board of the State Federation met on the 4th at the Attacks Home and carried donations groceries for the inmates. The amount of $10 also donated to the Home by Federation. A large number attended. number Carleton C. Bolden, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bolden of 566 University avenue, died Sunday morning last, after a brief illness of pneumonia. His funeral occurred Tuesday afternoon from Pilgrim Baptist church. Interment at Forest cemetery. The King's Daughters Charity club met on the 7th inst. with Mrs Geo. W. Duckett of St. Anthony avenue. A large number of members refreshments followed the meeting session. business baker Goper lodge of St. Paul and Ames lodge of Minneapolis, Order of the Elks, held n joint lodge of sorrow n st. James A. M. E. church Sunday rev. Evh. R. H. P. Jones prescheduled the sermon. Madame Addie Crawd ford Minor sang "The Tux City." About sixteen ladies spent all last Tuesday at St. James A.E. church sewing on new robes for the choir. They finished two-four and turned them over to the (Dearie) Mrs. Adam the stewardess board, who superintended work. The ladies brought lunch and spent the day quite pleasantly. The agent would be glad to close up the year with all paid up subscriptions from those who are in arrears. Please, hear this in mind. ```markdown ``` Price Five Cents The H. Y. W. K. club presented the St. James church with $25 Sunday morning, also Mrs. Julia Billups with a cut glass bowl for having raised the largest amount of money over $6.00 from the progressive impact. This club is doing a commendable work. FT. MADISON NOTES Bishop B. F. Lee stopped in the city a few hours Tuesday afternoon. Miss Holbert, of Kookup, Iowa, assisted by Mr. Wm. Handly, basso, will appear in a piano rectal at the A. M. e Church Thursday evening, December 10th. Mr. Floyd White of Hamilton, Ill., was a Ft. Madison visitor last Sunday. Mrs. G. Harper is on the sick list. The A. M. E. Sunday school is preparing to give a drill Christmas eve. The Allen Christian League was led by Mrs. Lucy King last Sunday. Mr. Silas Hubbard is on the sick list. We are very sorry to learn that Mrs. L. H. Owens, who went to Chicago to receive medical treatment, is improving very slowly. The members and friends of the Second Baptist church very pleasantly surprised Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Bowles last Tuesday evening with W. Ambrez Jackson and sent Mrs. L. Kittrell as a forerunner to map out the way to get in, making it a surprise indeed. The W. R. C. met Thursday afternoon in their regular meeting, with Mrs. Charles Henry. After the transacting of business the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Cora Redd; vice president, Mrs. Clara Murphy; secretary, Mrs. J. W. Bowles; treasurer, Mrs. G. Mack; chaplain, Mrs. Francis Saunders The hostess, assisted by Mrs. G. Mack, served a three-course supper. The next meeting will be with Mrs. L. King. Mrs. A. Jackson has been on the sick list for a few days. Her many friends are glad to see her up again. We are proud to learn that Miss Agnes Burt, organist of the Secured Baptist church, is playing for the high school glee club again this year. The W. R. C. club donated the Second Baptist church with a beautiful organ last week and also put a telephone in their parsonage. Let the good work go on. Mrs. C. Matthews spent Thanksgiving in Caeton visiting relatives. Mrs. Eliza Marshall, with the aid of a few friends, presented Rev. J. W. Bowles with a beautiful new hat last Sunday. @m. Washington Portrait. a rare and curious mozzot portrait of George Washington in the library of the late Lafayette S. Richardson of Lowell, Mass., was auctioned off last year in Boston. Washington, late president of the United States of America, eta., was published March 14, 1801, by Hinton Linden. It is a small folio and is colored by hand. It looks as much like George III. as it joes the Father of His Country, Baker, who wrote the "Engraved Portrait of Washington in the Library of the late mozzot" he came under the notice of the writer. It was in neither the Clarkson nor the Carson sale of Washington portraits insist on Yellow Flour. Charles Christadorde, an expert on flour and grains, sounds the keynote of the new situation brought about by the bleached flour decision when he says in a communication to the editor commenting on the bleached flour choice. Classmates of his niece will now in yellow tinted or creamy flour, and will learn to realize that a natural flour very white can in no manner compare with the creamy or yellow flour in no far as glues and muscle building values are concerned. "As from 85 to 90 per cent of the large flour we were bleaching process the decision is far-reaching." - National Food Magazine --- PLEA POR SELF-REL Charles G. Dawes' Good Advice to Young Men in Business It always has been and always will be. There are many good and generous men in it. There are many who will lead a helping hand to you in your vexity, but in the future they will find them among the men who tried to get you to embark on speculation with your little surplus, and to sell you something which would help you to "easy money." Be self-reliant. Make your own investment into investments. When you cannot, put your money in a good savings bank. Distrust the financial demagogues as you distrust the political demagogue. Keep your on your pocketbook. Keep your life level in proportion to your means to those who are poor; second, to hold from those who would take through force or fright what you need for yourself and you. You will then, writes Mr. Dawes, in the Saturday Evening Post, have your hand where most of the other fellows may only have their eyes. In this alone you will have the advantage of them. For Eczema, Tetter and Salt Rheum. The intense irritation characteristic of these ailments is almost instantly allayed by Chamberlain's Salve. Many severe cases have been cured by it. For sale by all dealers. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Negroes in Muskogee county, according to the city superintendent of schools, own and control 50,000 acres of valuable agricultural and oil land; they own city real estate in Muskogee that is worth $1,500,000. Their business concerns in Muskogee have a strong emphasis on one clothing store for men, one drygoods store, one ice company, one plumbing and plumbing supplies shop, six contractors and builders, 12 bar shops, three concrete contractors, 50 groceries, four drug stores, one harness shop, 20 restaurants, eight blacksmith shops, 12 shoe shops, 12 tailor shops, one dairy, 12 lce cream stores, ten coal dealers, two undertakers, six real estate brokers, stables, 12 real estate brokers, four cab lines, one moving picture theater, one bottling works. Muskogee has four fine schools for its Negro children. The lives in the Manual Training High school did all the carpentry work last year, on a strictly modern, six-room cottage, 41 by 47 feet, worth $2,000 and renting for $2 a month when times are hard in Muskogee. The aggregate value of the Negro schools is $80,000 and 36 Negro teachers are employed in the public schools. That a prominent white Muskogee, public official, should know these facts from Negroes in business and other pursuits is in itself important, because it is a common occurrence to find that many, many of the best white people of the South do not know, and, therefore, cannot possibly understand, what the better Negroes are doing to reflect credit on themselves, their race and their community. "I firmly believe that there is a big field for the development of Negro music in America," writes Jesse Rees Europe, Negro music composer, of New York, "we already have a number of composers of great ability, the two foremost being Harry Burleigh and Will Marion Cook. Mr. Burleigh is remarkable for his development of Negro themes and Mr. Cook is a true creative artist. Then, of course, there was Coleridge Taylor, the greatest composer of the Negro race, although much of his music is not Negro in character. What the Negro needs is technical education, and this he is handicapped in acquiring. I myself have had to pick up my knowledge of music here and there, and the same holds true of my fellow composers. I do not believe that the Negro at present should attempt music distinctively Caucasian in type. The symphony of the Negro feels like a white musician would feel it. I believe it is in the creation of an entirely new school of music a school developed from the basic Negro rhythms and melodies. The Negro is essentially a melodist, and his creation must be in the beauty fying and enriching of the melodifier which have become his. "The Negro's songs are the expression of the hopes and joys and fears of his race; were before the war the only method he possessed of answering back his boss. Into his songs he poured his heart, and, while the boss did not understand, the Negro's soul was calmed. These songs in the folk music of America possesses, and, folk music being the basis of so much that, is most beautiful in the world, there is indeed hope for the art product of our race." A thrush has built its nest, laid three eggs, and in the natural course of events will, if undisturbed, rear its young on a scaffold pole at the secondary school for girls. England. The nest of poles. There are between 50 and 60 men working on the building, but the bird takes not the slightest notice of them. The National Women's Trades Union league is at the head of a movement to establish a national training school for women organizers, the object being to place trained organisers in the field to organize the women workers in all trades and occupations. The industrial commission of Ohio has issued its final report. It deals with the question of wages and hours of labor of women and girls employed in mercantile establishments in Ohio last year. A Russian publication has just put out its one hundredth issue after many difficulties. Twenty-five of the previous issues were confiscated for seditious articles. A Californian takes issue with the statement that the South station in Boston is the busiest railroad terminal and shows that the distinction belongs to the Union ferry, at San Francisco, with 29,955,673 passing through it annually. If Oklahoma has bumper crops this year it will be due in considerable measure to the direct aid rendered the farmers by the schools. Through out the state the teachers and pupils have been systematically testing seeds for the planters. The natives of western Australia, according to a current writer, "after gorging themselves on the flesh of the kangaroo, throw the bones over their shoulders to their gins (i. e. wives), who pass them on to the children." It is calculated that ten thousand tons of carbon, most of it in the form of coal, is the average yearly amount burned in large cities. The skins of more than a hundred thousand animals are required to bind the Oxford Bibles. The men who are working for the education of the Negroes in the South always come North with a cheering word of the results. Of course there are two sides to every problem. It would be possible to point out all sorts of discouraging things about the situation of the Negroes. But men like Negroes often seem to be for somebody else to talk about. They point out the wonderful achievements of the race in its comparatively brief opportunity—the number of land owners, the amount of savings, the conspicuous instances of Negroes who have won for themselves a respected place in the community. Such a man as J. M. Metcalf, president of the Talladega college for Negroes at Talladega, Ala., who was in Kansas City last week. Ask Mr. Metcalf what results his school has achieved and he can point to plenty of specific instances of graduates who have become successful citizens, as to the large number of white some homes that have been established. He can tell of the farms that have shown the effect of work done on the school farm, of the spread of alfalfa cultivation, of better methods in all the region. He can refer to graduates who have gone into business and have proved successful merchants; of the students who have attained savings bank and have invented a new saving and of the shift among the people. He can find cheer for the Negroes even in the political situation in the South in the fact that Negroes of standing in Southern communities find no obstacles put in the way of their voting. This side of the problem is one that is often lost sight of. It needs to be emphasized for the cheer of the good Negro citizens who in all parts of the country are working for the advancement of their people—Kansas City Star. --- There have been many Negro poets in America, but none having a strange and pathetic story which could in any way parallel that of Phyllis Wheatley, born in Senegal, Africa, November 19, 1751, though the day of the month may be doubted, if not the year. She was a child of Africa in a period when slave ships were supposed to be engaged in the slave trade, and many of the people to those colonies that long after became states which abolished slavery and led in the anti-slavery movement which was really the incipience of secession and the Civil war. Phyllis Wheatley was stolen from her parents and tribe, or sold by one or both of them, and was brought to America in 1761 and sold to Mrs. John Wheatley, wife of a Boston merchant. Her mistress soon discovered the little girl she was remarkably bright in her facial features in English and Latin; and she could hardly more than read and write before she gave utterance to her imaginations in rhyme, doing so with ease and fluency. She went to London with a son of Mrs. Wheatley and there was published a volume of "Poems" dedicated to the countess of Huntington. Sparks, in his "Life of Washington, said it could not be doubted that the poems "exhibit the most available evidence of need of the African intellect for improvement." On the death of her master and mistress, she married 2 colori' man, Doctor Peters, who "proved unworthy," and she died in great poverty in 1784. William Houston, a colored man, saved the lives of four Brunswick women when, seeing the peril of the automobile party, he rushed up to the machine and shoved it across the railroad track just as a fast moving freight train swept past. In crossing the railroad track the machine was slowed down, and just as it mounted the rails the engine went "dead." The freight train was only about one hundred yards distant. The engineer signaled with the whistle, but the machine remained on the track. It was too close for the engineer to stop the train before reaching the machine. Houston, who was standing near by, rushed to the car, gave it one hard shove and it crossed the track by only a few inches as the train came by—Brunswick (Ga.) Dispatch to New York Tribune. Among the defenses of the Panama canal there will be several batteries of 16 and 12-inch rifles, all of which will be concealed in such manner that, with the use of smokeless powder, it will be impossible for an enemy to locate them. Forty thousand dollars were spent in England on the production of a single moving picture film. Chile has spent $5,657,500 for 823 bridges on government railroads. Missouri's 94,461 trade unionists last year drew $85,019,855 in wages. France last year exported pleasure autos valued at $41,978,850. Musk costs $3.50 for one-eighth of an ounce in Manchuria. Argentina in January shipped 900,000 bushels of corn to the United States. The United States in 1913 produced 92,697,131 barrels of cement. Tokyo has 800 public baths, in which 300,000 persons bathe daily. Oakland, Cal. is to have a new thea- ter to cost $350,000. Boston's exports in 1913 were valued at $70,928,421. How a 'perfectly Sane Girl Was Taken to a Sanatorium. By MICHAEL J. PORTER. (Copyright, 1914, by the McClure Newspa- ture Company.) **per syllable.** Doctor Emmanuel before his desk with a telephone receiver at his ear. The voice that came over the wire was the impatient one of a busy man. "I will send her to your office in a taxicab. I have told her that you are a real estate agent in Westchester. I told you she had a mania for buying real estate, and I can't interest her in anything else. She is so suspicious that I have had to concoct this scheme in order that you may take her to Doctor Widdle's for observation. Once there, I presume, she can be easily persuaded to remain." "It seems rather a clummy method of getting your ward to the sanatorium, but if that is the arrangement you made with Doctor Gray, I must carry it out. I am sorry that his serious illness prevents him from taking care of this matter himself. Also Pritchle has been under his care and she would be in him in than in a perfect stranger. Still, I will do as you request, and we will telephone you arrange for her to be here at three o'clock." "Three o'clock. Remember to look for a green taxicab at your door. Just run down the steps, tell her you are Mr. Eastman, the real estate agent, and use the letter I have sent you for the purpose. It is a delicate mission, and I'm placing entire confidence in you, Doctor Eastman. "I will do my best, Mr. Smith," said the doctor as he hung up the receiver, and wiped off a straw hat and went down the steps to the sidewalk where a green taxicab waited at the curb. With a word to the chauffeur, Doctor Eastman opened the door, stepped inside and seated himself beside a young woman who was gazing intently out of the opposite window. She did not turn her head until the ear started and then it was to say carelessly: "You've been a long while, Tom." sorry, said the surprised physician apologetically, and at the sound of his voice she turned great brown eyes upon him and uttered a cry of alarm. "Oh, who are you?" she asked indignantly. "What are you doing here?" She lifted the speaking tube and spoke to the chauffeur. "Stop the car!" she ordered. The man on the seat outside did not turn his head but drove steadily on; if anything, their speed increased. The girl turned to the physician with blazing eyes. "You coward!" she exclaimed. "Miss Trimble," he said, gently; "pray don't excite yourself. I am Mr. Eastman, the real estate agent your guardian recommended. You may remember now I am to show you a house in Westchester." "You have made an aburd mistake," said the girl coldly. "I am not Miss Trimble—I do not know what you are talking about." The doctor repeated his words pattently. "You may remember," he added, "that you particularly wished to see a place in Westchester county—an old colonial mansion which is for sale. Mr. Smith wished me to show it to you." "Who is Mr. Smith?" she asked curiously. "Jonas Smith, the banker." "I have heard of him," she said slowly. "I was positive you would recollect the circumstances, Miss Trimble," said the doctor, wiping his perspiring body. "How long will it take you to inspect the place and return?" she asked after a while. "I have an engagement at six o'clock." "It is not a long ride," evaded the physician. "I have directed the chauffeur to lose no time. Perhaps you would like to look over the photographs of the house now. It is a very attractive property." "Thank you," she said the girl denurally, as she took the papers that Jonas Smith had sent to him for the purpose. "It seems a beautiful estate, but as I am as poor as a church mouse I am afraid you are wasting your time. I could not possibly buy it." The physician was silent. It was a very embarrassing situation for him, this kidnapping of a beautiful young lady, who appeared to be as sane as himself. Her denial of her own identity convinced him that she was deranged, as her guardian had testified. Also her remarks concerning her poverty were indications of insanity. If he could interest her until they reached Doctor Widdie's sanitarium he would turn her over to the kindly care of that great specialist with unqualified relief. The whole situation was due to him. Gradually the girl titled back her head and laughed. "I wouldn't miss seeing that place for anything," she gurgled. "There can't be another like it in the world, Mr. Eastman!" "There isn't," he said, gloomily, and cooled by her mirth at his expense he sunk into dignified silence. Presently the girl allowed the photographs to slip to the floor, while she turned to the window and looked dreamily out at the fleeting scenery. If she was familiar with the roads hereabouts she might wonder at the route they were taking, but she said nothing, and Doctor Eastman saw with relief that they were nearing the gates of the sanatorium. "You have deceived me," she said contemptuously. "Why are you bringing me here?" Please, please calm / yourself, Miss Trimble, began the young doctor, and calm, please you," she retorted. "Remember, please, that I am not Miss Trimble. I never heard of Miss Trimble, and the instant we IOWA STATE BYSTANDER are within the doors yorder I shall turn you over to the proper authorities. "I hope you will," groaned the unhappy doctor. The taxiibr rolled under the porchcoach. The chauffeur opened the door, the bootbill man stepped out, and diedlasing his offered hand, his companion slipped hastily past him and ran into the house. He was so close at her heels that Doctor Widdle, who had been apprised of their arrival and was coming down the corridor to meet them, saw them standing together. "Well, well, well, my bonny Jean!" cried the grizzled doctor, as he took Miss Trimble into his ample embrace. "Thought you come and see your old man," he said. "Uncle?" muttered the distracted Eastman; the man's carrying the farce too far!" He stunned forward. "Why, hello there, Eastman!" greeted the specialist. "I was expecting you, but—where is Miss Trimble?" "Here," replied the young doctor, feebly. The girl turned a pink face from Doctor Widdle's shoulder. "Oh, Uncle Doctor Ivie's dear best time! This—this man entered my taxi while I was waiting for Tom, and under pretense of being a real estate agent he has driven me here—of all places in the world where I would be safest! He's as insane as he can be!" Doctor Widdle looked from the doctor's handsome indignant countenance to the disturbed lovely one on his shoulder. Then a deep rumbling roar of laughter echoed through the long corridor of the sanatorium. "So he meant you my Margaret Trimble! Bless your soul, but that is a good joke!" It was some time before Doctor Eastman really understood what had happened, and how he, through a stupid mistake, had entered the taxcab of Miss Jean Wildle, niece of the great specialist, who was waiting for her brother Tom, who was in a shop farther down the street. "Then what has become of Miss Margaret Trimble?" asked Doctor Eastman. Before Doctor Wildle could frame a reply a nurse came in and reported that Jonas Smith wanted to talk to the specialist. "He telephones that his ward, Miss Trimble, sailed for this house. He has just discovered her flight." Doctor Eastman was left alone with Jean Wildle. Both stared out of the window; then, as if aware that more agreeable views might be within the room, as by one accord their eyes turned until they met in a long gaze. "I hope you will forgive me," plead. ed the doctor, penitently. "Yes," said Jean, gently. "Of course, it was not your fault, and—really, Doctor Eastman, I thought it was locked up with a lunatic! When you were describing—that—house—really thought you had lost your reason!" She laughed delicately. Doctor Eastman joined the mith but he would have more that later he would tell her that, although he had not lost his reason, he had lost his heart. Oatmeal Vindicated Investigations conducted at Harvard into the food values of common articles prove that oatmeal gives the highest nutritiment of them all for the price. You can't question the impartiality of a verdict rendered in the classic suburb of Boston that gives baked beans only second place. Really it's good news to have an old friend thus approved. Oatmeal wits its spurs in the home long ago, and, liberally drenched with cream, it is as good to the taste as anything we know. In these days of the more easily prepared rolled oats even restaurant oatmeal is edible. And now we may turn ourselves loose on it without fear that we are being starved for oats, which last coronation without recalling the old story of the Englishman who slightly described oatmeal as "in England food for horses, in Scotland food for men!" and the keener retort of the Scot who heard him: "And where will ye find such horses, and where will ye find such men?" More Than the Landlord Not long ago a couple of working men, who had years before been neighbors in a southern town, rather unexceededly met in the North Country. Of course, they had a chat about old times in the South, and one of them remarked: "About that garden, Bill. When I left that part of the country, you'd just taken it over. Did it pay?" "Well," responded Bill, "I didn't go to grumble at it." "I was on the other, 'I'm ratha surprised. If you remember, I a ratha poor opinion about that garden. In fact, I told you before you had it that you would never get your own back." "But I did!" said Bill. "I made more out of that bit o' garden than the landlord did." "You don't say so?" "Oh, yes," went on Bill, calmly. "I got the rent out of it, an" that's what the landlord never got! War'a Allies. Somehow, when I picture war as a personality, I always see him attended by two figures, a lean skeleton in a black cowel, with a scythe in his hand, and a bent, emaciated woman's form, with hollow eyes and sunken cheeks. One is called Death and the other is called Famine. It is Death who walks by the side of the coffin, having hands with merciful speed, but it is Famine who steals, stealthily, like a gray shadow, through the loosely swinging cottage door. And the death that comes with Famine is neither swift nor merciful. It is a death that stands ever at your elbow, insistent; a death that follows always at your heels, a death that peers down on you, furtively, as you sleep—Christian Herald. Good Reason. "Why have you selected a goat for you moccot?" "Because I want a mascot that can butt in." TO MAKE GOOD SOUPS MATTER THAT IS WORTHY OF CAREFUL ATTENTION. Important Article of Food, and Really No More Trouble to Prepare Than Other Things-Directions for Two Stocks. Someone has said that soup is to the dinner what the overture is to the opera, and most assuredly a good hot plate of soup is not only grateful but appetizing, putting us in good humor for the rest of the dinner. Soup is not really a troublesome food to prepare and is certainly an economy, as it makes a profitable use of bits and scraps that might otherwise find their way to the garbage can. There are five or six hundred varieties of soup which can be classified as purees, thick soups, broths and clear soups; the foundation of all being either fish or meat stock. For the making of stock we should regularly set aside bones of meat, poultry, game or fish, but this latter must be put in a separate dish: bits of grisel, sinew, raw or cooked meat, necks hearts and gizzards of game or poultry; rinds and trimmings of salt meat and the liquor in which meat or fowl has been boiled. We must, however, be careful not to put in fat, potatoes or cabbage. The stock is used for pures broths and thick soups, but for consomme you must use fresh, uncooked juicy meat and fresh vegetables in making the stock. For a quart of consomme or clear soup you will require: Beef, fresh shin, two pounds; onion, one medium Improvised Strainer. size; carrot, one medium size; turnip one small; water, three pints; celery half stick; parsnip, one slice; herbs (parsley, thyme and bay leaf); pepper corns, one dozen; salt, one teaspoon ful. Cut up the meat into small pieces, add the salt and cold water and allow to stand for at least half an hour to draw out the juices of the meat. Bring slowly to the boil, and when the scum begins to rise add a table spoonful of cold water; skim carefully and allow to boil gently for five minutes. Cut the onions, carrot and turpin in halves and add them to the liquid, first drawing the saucepan to one side, so as to keep the contents simmering, not boiling. After simmering for five hours strain off and allow to get cold. Tamale Ple. Take one pound of hamburg steak or left-over meat, cut fine and add one level cupful of seeded raisins, one dozen stoned olives, salt, pepper and red pepper to taste. Stew until tender and thicken with one tablespoonful of cornmeal. Stir one and one-half cupfuls of cornmeal into boiling water, add one tablespoonful of shortening and cook until the mixture is thick. Line a buttered baking dish with about two-thirds of this mixture, pour in the meat and cover with the remaining mixture, and bake for one half hour. This makes a fine meat pie, and is even better next day warmed over. Rice Waffles. Sift together one quart hour, half a teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of sugar and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Add next a cup of hot boiled rice. If it has been boiled the day before and is cold, warm it in a cupful of milk. Add also a pint of cold sweet milk, a heaping tablespoonful of butter melted and the well beaten whites and yolks of two eggs. Bake carefully in a hot waffle iron as these waffles are especially delicate. Cheese Soup. Boil an onion for fifteen minutes in a plait of veal stock, then strain it out and return the stock to the fire. Heat a plait of milk to scalding; thicken with two tablespoons of flour rubbed into one of butter; season with white pepper and add to the veal stock. Stir in slowly the beaten yolks of two eggs, then four tablespoons of grated cream cheese, and serve. Good Hand Cleanser Keroseme will cleanse 'your hands better than anything else after blackening a range or stove. Pour a little in the water, wash your hands in it, then wash them in tepid water and finally wash them in hot water. Brush in hot water. Finish up by rubbing the hands with lemon juice, rosewater or glycerin. Banana Trifle Arrange in a glass dish alternate layers of sliced bananas and cubes of stale sponge cake. Sprinkle in half a cupful of fruit juice. Make a custard as directed above, flavor with lemon and pour over the bananas and cake. Cover with a meringue and decorate with bananas. Serve very cold. To Test Flows To test four rub a little between the thumb and first finger and see if it has a slightly granular feeling. It is not better, it is better, but rather of a creamy texture, and a good sorbs more moisture than one of inferior quality. --- Fundamental Principles of Health By ALBERT S. GRAY, M.D. (Copyright, 1914, by A. S. Gray) SUNLIGHT AND INFECTIONS. The daily newspapers recently published the following paragraph: "At a conference of the Association for the Prevention of Consumption at Leeds, England, Sir William Osler of Oxford, formerly of Johns Hopkins university, startled the audience by the announcement that 90 per cent of all people probably have a small focus or area of tuberculosis." The audience was "startled" by the assertion only because we habitually give very little heed to any matter that does not immediately concern us individually, or that is not forced upon us by circumstances that compel our concentrated attention. The statement has been made by Oaler and by many other authorities in substantially the most, wore again and again in the most, but it did not "stall" us in our desire solely for the fact that few happened to be in a receptive mood. It is an undeniable fact that unless one is in a receptive mood the most obvious and sublime truth falls on unheeding ears, and in this fact we have a most instructive illustration of the beginning of tubercular disease in our bodies, the principle involved being identical in either case. For just as the mind must be receptive to be able to receive, to hold and to understand a truth, must our receptive in order to receive, hold and develop tubercle bacteria, or any other bacteria. No life can possibly develop in an unfavorable environment. It is perfectly well known among the medical profession that whatever may have been the cause of death, postmortem examinations usually show a small area where tuberculosis has existed, but that has been "cured" by nature's method of fencing about and imprisoning any invading matter she is strong enough to overwhelm. Any invading bacteria are either devoured by the white corpuscles or are fenced about and "encysted" if the organism has sufficient vitality to fight; but if there is not sufficient vitality then the individual has one of the 150,000 that die annually in this country from some form of tuberculosis. We have noted that white sunlight not only develop plants life, but that also exerts an inhibitory or restraining effect well. This is clearly proved the fact that certain plants are found to grow faster and taller under red and blue light than they do under white light, and that they are stunted or even killed under green or violet light. We do not know why plants react in this way, but we have positive proof that they do. And it is equally certain that bacteria generally are either quickly killed or profusely modified by the rays at the violet end of the spectrum. It should require no great strength of the imagination, then, to understand why we have epidemic breaks of phlox in the garden, sapphire, *diceros*, the measles, scarlet fever, "colds" and the like following any profound disturbance in meteorological conditions that tend to interfere with the normal amount of pure sunlight reaching us. Because it matters not what it may be, whether it is smoke, dust from volcanoes, excess moisture condensing into cloud, colored glass, or brick walls and the roofs, anything, any living and the sun must mate to modify that life. Its vitality is in direct ratio to the amount of energy received through its normal line of connection with the sun. We prove this with plants by growing them in dark rooms, or under colored glass, which is only a simple means for shutting out such parts of the spectrum as we desire, and also it is proved by the extent to which large areas of growing crops are infested with disease during long continued cloudiness. It has been conclusively proved that the work of the work executed by the animal, and of the heat which it gives out, is exactly equivalent to the chemical potential energy taken in with its food, and this we know. can be equal only to the kinetic energy of the sunlight stored up during the production of the plant. And today our individual energy is derived quite directly from the same source. Four factors are necessary to produce crops—seed, soil, moisture and direct sunlight; and the absence of any one of the last three Incident in the Work of the Anti-Suicide Department of the Salvation Army. The Lighthouse has been battling with the problem of a vast army of the sightless. Derelicts from the alley have poured into it. The life stories of some of these are tragic. One twilight a young foreigner sat trembling in the lamp room of the Lighthouse. His coat collar was turned up to hide his collarless, frayed shirt. He was an Englishman and a man of education. An emissary of the Lighthouse had found him in a back tenement in his last struggle, preparing for the unknown. "You can't keep me from it," he said. "You might this time or next or next, but you can't keep me from it. I use lassels, and I don't want to live." --- factors will inevitably result either in a total failure of the seed to germinate or in some abnormal development. Seed and a favorable environment result in a plant growth; and a germ, which is only a very small plant, in an organism—our bodies, for instance—is under conditions where there must result a growth which we have come to call "infection." For the development of an infection either the germ must be very virulent, malignant or aggressive, or the organism very much enfeebled. We are fast coming to believe that the latter is generally the case. The success of heliotherapy on tubercular invaders in the Alps and in France very much some action through the skin we do need, yet fully understand, and it is encouraging to note that the matter is being taken up in this country. Loss of appetite, loss of ambition and energy; all sorts of dyspepsia variously diagnosed as "hyperacidity" "atony," etc., may be the first indication that a tubercular focus is becoming active somewhere. FRESH AIR AND TUBERCULOSIS. That there was any tuberculosis among the human race in the prehistoric days when men lived wild and rugged lives without fixed habitation in the mild climate where the species first developed is highly improbable. The disease undoubtedly made its first appearance only after men began to herd together and live a communal life; the evidence seems to prove that it tends constantly to increase progressively with our advance in material wealth and culture as the individual is more and more removed from the fundamental source of energy. In the writings of Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who lived 460 to 359 B. C., are directions for the care of a case suggestively familiar to us, for he describes something suspiuclously like modern tuberculosis, correctly interpreting it as a fever and recommending for it fresh air, change of climate and hygienic living. From the fact that Celus, a Roman medical writer who lived in the first century A. D., and Claudius Galen, a Greek physician and medical writer (A. D. 131 to 200), approve Hippocrates' advice in their writings, it is reasonable to assume that the prayers and incantations customary among the priests and people generally from the dawn of history were still depended on in that day to combat the disease. Galen in his writings recognized tuberculosis to be contagious. In general from the birth of the tribe down through the centuries when the physician was half magician and half priest, and to doubt his skill was an act of impiety, the demand has been for pure magic, and, of course, strengthous efforts to overcome the disease. This effort will continue until an enlightened people cease to ask the impossible. Invalids have been bled to death and doomed with poisonous elixirs of life to no avail, but the people have held steadfastly to their faith in magic. Fresh air and hygienic living are the key which modern science holds out for the release of humanity from the bondage of tuberculosis. Just recently I have been asked by the mother of a delicate girl if night air was safe for her to breathe. The results secured among the snow. covered peaks of the Alps in cases of surgical tuberculosis of the bones marrow or to this position of unable tuberculosis have been carried to the point of treatment because the invalid was too weak to walk, and helotherapy has been tried as the last resort before the amputation that had been recommended by competent authority. In the course of a few months the victim, with the skin from head to foot tanned to the color of a piece of rare mahogany, has recovered sufficient vitality to enjoy going out in the cold, crisp air arrayed in nothing but a breechcloth and playing games in the snow. For fresh air and general tone accustomed from coming close to nature are what is responsible for the wonderful results secured in those institutions. Very obviously the lesson to the rest of us should be that it is our individual duty to our family and the community to make such good use of this knowledge of nature's workings that we shall not become infirm and a burden. No one is immune unless he lives a rationale that he may none is so strong that he may not be weak. It is in these periods of weakness that infection may seize us, to be subdued only through the regaining of vitality. But the trouble is not "cured." it is simply latent and ready to flare up again the instant we permit our vital powers to drop below a certain point. Loss of ambition and energy, a capricious appetite, dyspepsia of all sorts is to be viewed with suspicion and a careful examination of the patient to locate any tubercular focus one may have tucked away in some corner. "What's that you have in your hand?" She spoke carelessly, as if absorbed by the other's problem. "What's that little thing I've just handed you?" "Why, it's got four legs and a trunk—why, it's an elephant, of course." The man smiled. Comedy thrust her face through the black mask of tragedy. "Why you want to tell me you're blind when you can tell an elephant as quickly as all that?" Miss Holt spoke slowly. "Why, man, you've got ten eyes, in place of two. Come, give us a chance to show you how to use them." Today that man is earning a happy comfortable living as an efficient switchboard operator in a telephone exchange.—The Century. These to Be Enabled Those are most to be cared who soesten learn to expect nothing for which they have not worked hard and who never acquire the habit of pitying themselves overmuch, when they learn to work is仁—lord Macquarie. THE LITERARY SOCIETY. Brief Mention of Bome Organizations Which Are Doing Excellent Work. The success of the literary organizations maintained in the various sections of the country by Afro-Americans shows that the race is giving considerable time to the cultivation of the intellectual side of life. Meetings for the discussion of the current topics of the day as they relate to subjects of home, state or nation are always profitable if rightly conducted. The literary society should fill a large place in every community and should be so conducted as to hold the attention of the public in its special line, just as the church, social club or secret society touches the personal interest of its members. The selection of speakers and topics should always be given careful consideration. In the opinion of those who have had years of experience in literary organization work home talent should be given a large place both on programs for public meetings and in the work assigned to the several committees. Persons of prominence who have made a success in business or professional life should also be given an opportunity to contribute their quota of thought and experience to literary organizations. The Sunday Forum in Portland, Ore. has arranged a special program for a public meeting to be held on Thursday, March 26 and has invited President WALTER K. TAYLOR. William T. Vernon of Campbell college, Jackson. Miss., to deliver the principal address. Among other organizations which are doing a similar work are the Des Molnes (Ia.) lyeum, Athenian literary, Memphis, Teen.; the Christian Endeavor lyeum, Jersey City, N. J.; the St. Mark's lyeum, New York; the Bethel Literary and Historical society, Washington, and numerous others not named in this article scattered throughout the country. The Concord literary circle in Brooklyn, of which Mr. Walter K. Taylor is the president, held its annual musical and social at its last meeting in February. This annual function of the circle was largely attended by persons in and out of the city. The organization is doing a good work, and by the high character of its programs has won public favor. At the March meeting, held on the 12th, Mrs. M. C. Lawton, the only woman reporter of our race on a daily paper in Greater New York, delivered a most timely address on the subject, "What of Tomorrow?" Mr. Walter K. Tayler, president of the Concord literary circle, is a native of Montgomery, Ala. He is well equipped for the position, both by education and experience. Besides his public school training, Mr. Taylor is a graduate of the Agricultural and Mechanical college in Alabama, of which the late William L. Councill was president. Mr. Taylor since becoming a resident of Brooklyn has taken a special course of study at Pratt institute. He is a student of books and is one of the most useful young men in the community. MRS. TERRELL ON LYNCHING. Outlook For Our People Not So Bright, She Says. 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