Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. CITY NEWS Homer Jones of Kookuk is in our day after a position in the legislature. P. S. Eryn of Cedar Rapids was in by the past week. Fred Wright of Davenport is in our day this week. Miss Letha Johnson entertained with kids Thursday evening in honor of my, T. W. Wilson of Kansas City, Mo. Silver Leaf Lodge will meet at their all next Tuesday evening and all members are requested to be present. Mr. Raymond Dysart has again taken large of the Palace Sweet Restaurant. Center street and will be glad to see his old and new friends. Miss Helen E. Hagen of Boston, the newest colored pianist in America, will give one evening recital in our city this spring. Look and watch for the announcement. Mrs. W. Hieronymus is home from the Methodist hospital, where she has been the past week taking treatment or stomach. She is improving nicely this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Townsend, on physical director in the Buxton, M. C. A. has come to our city to make their future home. They are aady fine family, coming from the best family of the New England states. We are glad to have them among us. Miss Leota James, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James James was operated at the Mothodist hospital today, the mother Mrs. Clara will go to the capital to be operated on. While party parties are not so sick now, but becomes absolutely necessary to be operated on before they get worse. It the hope of their friends that they ill soon recover. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Rhodes, who lived here last year, but moved to Virginia, have returned here last week to be indefinitely. He is employed in Johnson barber shop. We are glad have Mr. Rhodes return, for we now that there is no place like untiful Iowa. RAND MASTER'S OFFICIAL VISIT Monday January 15th, Maple Grove, Paloas. Tuesday January 19th, Cedar Grove, Bronx. Wednesday January 20th Golden Star Sumwa. Thursday January 21st, Summer, Bur- ington. Friday January 22nd Union Keokuk. R. S.-Some of the above may be object to change. The N. W. club of Asbury M. E. church was entertained by Mrs. Alpha Hill Monday evening at the evidence of Mrs. Joe Murry, 1154 first street. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Chas. Banks, president; Mrs. Fred Berry, vice president; Miss Bernedia Lee, secretary; Mrs. Wilson, treasurer; Mrs. Sweet, chapain; Mrs. W. L. Lee, reporter. Lunch was served and adjourned to meet with Mrs. W. L. Lee, 939 W. Twelfth street, January 18th. The Callanan club met at the home of Mrs. S. Joe Brown on Wednesday afternoon, at which meeting the election of officers took place. The following were elected: Mrs. Gus Nichols, president; Mrs. J. A. Jefferson, vice president; Mrs. Amo Adams, assistant secretary; Mrs. A. M. Adams, treasurer; Mrs. R. N. Hyde, reporter, and Mrs. E. T. Banks, chapain; Mrs. J. Joe Brown, critic; Mrs. Thornton Adams, chairman of sick committee; Mrs. Chas, Carl, chairman of program committee. After the selection of officers Mrs. Katherine Johnson of Kansas City, Mo., lectured to the club, after which they adjourned to meet at the home of Mrs. R. N. Hyde on February 3rd. Hawkeye lodge, No. 160, gave one of its very popular smokers and banquets January 18 at their hall. Covers, were laid for sixty-two, thirty-one being guests of the evening. At a given hour L. J. L. Shelton, E. R., called order and all marched out to the forty-foot table to the sweet strains of music played by M. Mrs Taylor. All being seated, Bro. Ed Morton, L. K., tostmaster of the evening presented L. J. Shelton, who delivered an address. The program follower penned lecture, C. W. Williams. I. instrumenta isolo. A. Riviera: address by Nat. Grand Officer R. 1920 GOVERNOR GEORGE W. CLARKE. Governor-elect Geo. W. Clarke was naugured governor of Iowa yesterday for his second term. Governor Clarke has made one of the broadest and best governors that the grand old state has yet produced. In his annual message to the legislature Tuesday among the many things that he recommended was an appropriation for the half century celebration of Negro freedom. This is what he says: "There it is to be held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, during this year an exposition celebrating the Half-Century Anniversary of Negro Freedom. The state of Illinois at the last session of its legislature made an appropriation of $25,000 in behalf of this exposition which it was then supposed, as I am advised, would be confined simply to that state. Since then it has been decided to make it national in its scope for the purpose of showing the progress the race has made in this country since its emancipation. Iowa and many other states have appointed commissions to cooperate with the Illinois commission in making this celebration general and a success. Not in all the history of the world has any other people under circumstances at all to be compared with the conditions of the Negro in America fifty years ago made the progress he has made in that time. Emerging from slavery almost helpless, penniless, homeless, ignorant, they now, N. Hyde; song by P. E. Wing and lodge; address by Rufus Smith, T. of 160; piano solo, R. Dyer; short talks by Andy Fulton, Miles Taylor, Capt. Fletcher and others; a speech, Chas. Comley of Webster City; piano solo, the R. T. C. Rag, Ed Merton, L. K.; an address, C. W. Smith, by proxy R. N. Hyde, was well received. The guests departed, voting Hawkeye lodge, No. 160 a bunch of live entertainers. YOUNNE The After-Inventory Mark-Downs of Coats Suits Dress Sk Prices were never before so low. You can choose from perhaps five hundred garments--all in this season's styles, and of nearly a dozen different kinds of materials, as well as in sizes to fit most every woman or miss Just think of buying splendid quality, right style coats for as little as 3.50, $5, 7.50--worth twice as much. And so on through the entire Basement Ready-to-Wear Section. about ten millions of them, are taxed on a billion dollars worth of property, thousands of them have good homes, illiteracy is reduced from a total to thirty-five per cent, many of them are succeeding in very many lines of business, professional and otherwise, and large numbers of them are excellent citizens. The Negro in the United States wants to take note of the progress he has made, to show what he has done, in the only years he has ever had a chance and to take counsel and encouragement for the future. The record is a proud one and he ought to be encouraged. There are fifteen thousand Negro residents of Iowa, I am told. They will ask a small appropriation for the purpose named. If you find there is a proper organization for a proper and judicious expenditure of the money I think you ought to give it. Iowa can afford to be thus helpful to a race only so recently held under the bondage of slavery and ignorance?" We are indeed proud of such a fearless friend as Governor Clarke. The Iowa commissioners as appointed by Governor Clarke last February at the request of Governor Dunn of Illinois are: John L. Thompson, Des Moines; A. L. Walker, Marshalltown; R. N. Hyde, Des Mines; Mrs. Ruth B. Bright, Davenport; Mrs. J. B. Rush, Des Moines; S. Joe Brown, Des Moines; W. H. Milligan, Cedar Rapids; Mrs. Joseph Fowler, Ottumwa; J. A. Spencer, Grinnell; Geo. H. Woodson, Buxton. IOWA ELECTIONS IN HISSEMER The Thirty-seventh general assembly of Iowa opened in the biennial election. Representative Wm. I. Attkinson of Butterly county speaker of the house. In the senate the following colored employees were elected: Chief janitor, Jefferson Logan of Des Moines, Homer Jones of Keoku, Fred Wright of Davenport, and Wm. Thompson of Ottumwa. Those employed in the house are: Chief janitor, R. N. Hyde, of Des Moines, Henry McCravens of Des Moines, F. H. Hackley of Sioux City, Harry L. Burnugh of Mt. Pleasant, and Ed Burke of Council Bluffs. TO LECTURE HERE. Miss Catherine M. Johnson, of Kansas City, Mo., formerly a teacher there, but now general field agent for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, arrived in our city Tuesday to assist the local committee to make ready for the lecture to be given here next Wednesday evening by Dr. J. E. Springer of New York and to organize a local branch of the national association in our city. Miss Johnson is a very pleasing lady of refinement and culture and speaks very enthusiastically over her success in the middle west in organizing associations. She just organized one in St. Joseph, Mo., and will hold a public meeting next Monday evening at 8 o'clock at Union Congregational church to organize an association in Iowa. OBITUARY Mrs. Johnson Dead. The death of Mrs. Thomas Johnson occurred Saturday night at Provident hospital, Chicago. She was formerly of this city, but several years ago moved with her family to Indianapolis. Some months ago she moved from there to Chicago. She will be remembered as the sister of Thomas E. Barton, now of Washington, D. C., and the mother of Dr. E. F. Johnson, a graduate of Drake Medical college of Des Moines. Mrs. Martha Johnson, widow of the late Rev. Thos. Johnson, and sister of Mr. Thos. E. Barton, formerly of Des Moines, Iowa, died in Chicago Saturday, January 9th, at 7:45 p.m. b. Some years ago Mrs. Johnson left Des Moines and went to Indianapolis, Ind., where she has lived until a few months ago, when she moved to Chicago and lived with her children, Dr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson. Mrs Johnson was confined to her bed three weeks with a general breakdown, following an attack of typhoid fever which she suffered last time. All who knew her will be reminded of her noble character that she has been received, the plaudit "Well done then good and faithful servant, enter into the joys of thy Lord. A FORMER IOWA LADY MRS. Los Angeles; Cal.-The California Eagle of January 2 publishes the following account: Mrs. Mary Shakeford Passes Away. On last Monday, after an illness of more than five years, which had confined her to her bed, in answer to the call of the grim reaper, Mary Shackleford passed into the great beyond surrounded by the members of her family, who had in the many years of her illness with tender hands and cheering words done all that could be to alleviate her suffering, which she herself had borne with remarkable fortitude. Funeral services were held from the family residence, 780 E. 41st street, and with simple ceremonies conducted by Rev. N. P. Gregg, assisted by Rev. J. L. McCoy. The funeral offerings were profuse and beautiful. The interment was at Rosselea. She leaves to mourn her loss, besides her husband, S. Shackleford, three children, J. H. Shackleford, W. H. Shackleford, Martha E. Shackleford, two sisters, and a host of friends. The Eagle extends condolence to the family in this their hour of sorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shackleford formerly lived in Taylor county, where he owned a very fine farm of a quarter section. They first moved to Oklahoma, then to California. Ye editor is personally acquainted with the whole family and extends condolence to the bereaved family. HENRY E. BURRIS HIGHLY HONORED. Local Mail Carrier Guest of Honor at Banquet Saturday Night—Presented With Bag—Complexes Twenty-five Years of Service at the Local Postoffice. Henry E. Burris, colored, mail carrier at the local postoffice, was the guest of honor at a banquet held at the Y. M. C. A. Saturday night by the mail carriers of the Rock Island postoffice. Mr. Burris, who has just completed twenty-five years of continuous service on a mail carrier, was presented with a leather traveling bag as a gift from his fellow workmen in remembrance of the occasion. Dinner was served at 7 o'clock, Postmaster H. P. Simpson and Assistant Postmaster O. P. Olson also being present as the guests of the carriers. Chris Koch acted a stoastmaster of the evening and short talks were made by Messrs. Simpson, Olson and Koch. During the twenty-five years of service spent in the service of the local postoffice it is estimated that over 1,000,000 pieces of mail have been delivered by Mr. Burria. These figures were prepared by Assistant Postmaster Olson recently and ad base upon the average pieces of mail distributed by the carriers daily. Mr. Burris will receive an emblem in the form of a silver star, which he will wear upon each coat sleeve, and will be the first carrier honored in a like manner at the Rock Island postoffice. Carrier Chris Koch read an original poem at the banquet last night dedicated to Mr. Burries—Rock Island Daily Times, Sunday, Jan. 3. DAVENPORT NOTES. The Third Baptist church held their Christmas Eve exercises, which were very pleasing to all. Rev. Nicholson and family were very kindly remembered by their many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Fuqua entertained Rev. and Mrs. Nicholson at Xmas dinner. Mrs. C. B. Lewis and daughter, Miss Naomi, are spending the holidays in our city. Mr. Allan Bean is home from Wilberforce, where he is attending school, to spend the holidays. Mrs. Emma Cain had her many friends in to her annual Xmas breakfast, which is always greatly enjoyed by all. The E. L. D. club entertained Mrs. Sykes, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and daughter, Hazel, of Fairfield, who were visiting Mrs. Cecil Carter and other relatives. The reception was held at the residence of the president, Mrs. Jennie Johnson. They departed for their homes Monday evening after the reception. The T. L. O. club prepared dinner and the members carried baskets to all the sick and aged of the city on Xmas day. Mrs. Minnie Samuels entertained Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hopkins at a family Xmas dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Munroe had Mr. and John. John Harris Sunday for dinner. We have on our sick list Mrs. Flora Mitchell, Mrs. John Bradford and Mr. Ward Howard. GALESBURG, ILL. Mrs. Eliza Richardson of Peoria, Ill., spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. M. Richardson, of 1217 E. Mulberry street. Mr. James Williams has been home for a week with pneumonia, but is much improved at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Lewis on Christmas day entertained relatives to a tree, and dinner at their beautiful home, 889 W. Knox street. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. E. Crawford, Master Horace Crawford, Miss Arvense Crawford, and Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Booker Jackson, Miss Fern and Master Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Creagie, Miss Helen Wilson, Mr. Sandy Mitchell of Davamport, Mr. and Mrs. James Williams and Mr. Lewis of Rock Island. Mrs. J. O. Washington of 1268 E. Motherville street has pneumonia, but is better at present. The A. M. E. church missionary society has planned a mock conference for the latter part of this month. The A. M. E. Sunday school had a feast on Christmas eve instead of a tree. The scholars enjoyed it immensely. Mr. and Mrs. E. Crawford of 885 W. Berrien street entertained on the 28th of December at dinner the following relatives: Mr. Matthew Mitchell, Sandy Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Benj, Mitchell, Phillip Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. James Williams and Mrs. M. Barber. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kidd of 1015 E. South street entertained Mr. and Mrs. James Williams to supper on Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. James Williams will be at home to friends after January 16 at 418 E. Berrie street. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley of Marcellus, Mich, with their daughter, Mrs. Maggie Grant, of Chicago, Ill, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Eva Carter Bradley of Moline, Ill, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Carter of 186 W. South street. The different auxiliaries of the Second Baptist church are having their four days' entertainments, which commenced the 5th. They have made a combined effort. May success be theirs. Cough Medicine For Children Never give a child a cough medicine that contains opium in any form. When opium is given other and more serious diseases may follow. Long experience has demonstrated that there is no better or safer medicine for coughs, colds and croup in children than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It is equally valuable for adults. Try it. It contains no opium or other harmful drug. For sale by all dealers. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Minneapolis is here again, though it has been some time since we have been heard from. The fact is the correspondent has had to play nurse. Her little girl was taken sick in November with pneumonia and as she became convalescent the father was taken sick with typhoid fever and is just now able to be out again. We hope to be more fortunate for the rest of the year. Miss Cora Neal, who has been visiting in Indianapolis, Ind., for some months, returned home New Year's day. The Christmas tree and entertainment given by the Elks on Christmas day was a commendable affair. Much credit is due them. This was their first attempt to do something for their own children to remember them. We hope they continue. Watch meeting was well attended at St. Peter's. A. M. E. church New Year's eve. Some of the members brought sandwiches, the stewardess furnished coffee and coffee, so breakfast was served at the close of the meeting. Next Sunday will be quarterly meeting at St. James' A. M. Fauchach Rev. T. B. Stovall will presch the sacramental sermon. Miss Victoria Napier Kemp, a graduate of the Central High school last June, died after a short illness January 1st at 1 p. m. She was an unusually intelligent young woman. It seems sad to have to give her up. But God knows best. She is the author of the State Bystander is desirous that the subscribers settle up so, as to begin the year right. Please let the agent know when she can collect. Telephone Col-fax 242. SIOUX CITY IOWA The Mt. Zion Baptist church tendered a call to Rev. J. D. Herben of Atlantic City, N. J. He accepted and arrived in the city last Thursday, to enter upon the duties of his pastorate. Miss Arable Dowdy returned from Chicago on Sunday, where she spent several weeks, with her sister, Miss Birdie Dowdy, who has been ill. Among those who are indisposed and on the sick list at this writing are Rev. J. H. Garrison, Rev. J. D. Herben, Mrs. J. W. Hudson, Mrs. T. H. Sturges, Mrs. O. Washington Mrs. T. J. Ellis, Mr. Percy Lounner and little Lester Wilkinson. BUXTON REVIEW. Misa Leona Ewing is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Lucy Ewing is somewhat better at this writing. Mr. J. Clark is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Wm. King has been suffering with the tonsilitis, but is somewhat better at this writing. The funeral of Miss Williams of Omaha, the sister of Mrs. Charles Ross, was held at Mr. Zion Baptist church Monday morning. The Self-Culture club met at the home of Mrs. West this week. Mt. Zion. The Sunday school was well attended Sunday morning. The new officers were installed. Rev. R. Anderson, superintendent; Mrs. J. H. McGrew, assistant superintendent; Mr. Seaman Smith, secretary; Miss Marie Duey, assistant secretary; Mr. G. W. Cheatham, treasurer. Mrs. D. Mae Lee Lees arrived in the city last Tuesday from a tour through southern Illinois. En route she stopped over several days in St. Louis, Mo. While there she was the guest of W. W. Sageon Brooks. Hey, F. B. Wendell preached an excellent sermon Sunday morning. He preached from Isaiah 57, 20th verse. Claba. The F. B. W. club met with Mrs. J. H. McGrew Wednesday afternoon of this week. The Self-Culture club met at the home of Mrs. West this week. St. John's A. M. E. Rev. J. H. Ferribe preached a soul-stirring sermon Sunday morning. There was a large attendance. Sunday school is improving. They will install the newly elected officers Sunday. The Endeavor is improving. Y. M. C. A. Secretary J. H. McGrew has gone to Rome, Ga., on account of the illness and death of his grandmother. The Bible class was well attended Sunday afternoon. Rev. Barber gave an excellent talk. Subject, "Opportunity." The Y. has lately purchased a victrola. Come out. boys, next Sunday and hear it. SALISBURY, MO. Sunday was quarterly meeting at the A. M. e. Church. Rev. B. R. Monroe presided in presiding elder's stead as Presiding Elder Dr. P. W. Crews could not be here. The meeting was a spiritual and financial success. The Baptist church is without a pastor. Rev. J. H. Williams, to the regret of the Salisburians, resigned. His resignation went into effect the 29th of November. Quie a good deal of sickness in this vicinity. Doctors busy day and night. Mrs. Frank Gooch is critically ill. Rev. Bell, pastor of the Second Christian church, filled his stand last Sunday. Qsite a good deal of sickness in this the funerals of Mrs. Hacp Tettets and Mr. Lother Robinson of Huntsville, Mo., Sunday afternoon, January 10. Married at her home, 708 Grand avenue, Mrs. L. L. Hairgrow to Mr. Isaiah McHair, January 8, 1915, at 2 o'clock p. m. Only a few witnessed the marriage. It was indeed a surprise to all. Mr. McHard is to be congratulated upon winning a great prize. Mrs. McHard is a fine business lady, fitted for a helpmate of any man. She stands high in the business circle and others. Her white and colored friends are legion. Bro. McHard is a fine type of manhood, an old bachelor and farmer. They received many nice presents. Here's wishing them a long, happy and prosperous life. Rev. W. H. Davis of Moberly, Mo., is a business visitor in our city. Mr. Frank Roberts of Moberly is also a visitor. A Mr. Roberts of St. Louis is repre- sentant. Ohio toilet article firm in our city. Prof. A. B. Bolden and Miss B. F. McAdams, teachers of our public school, are doing some fine work in the school. Both are able teachers. Subscribe for The Bystander. Get all the latest business news. Wishing the staff a happy and prosperous New Year. ALBIA NEWS. Price Five Cents home of Mrs. Allie Bowman on Monday afternoon, Social hour and lunch served by Mrs. Bowman. The Missionary society met at the home of Mrs. Oscar Roper on Thursday afternoon. First lesson on their topic, Moses for three months' study discussed. Lunch served by hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Teddy and Toy Gravely returned from their visit in Danville, Ill., this 'week. Little Dorcia Nellie Bell of Burlington spent a week in Albia at the home of Mrs. Nellie Estes. Choir practice on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Headspaeth and Miss Viola Young, Miss Robinson and Mr. Robinson of Hocking were in Albia Sunday morning to services. Mr. Roy Grayson and family of Hocking were in Albia on Saturday. A number of strangers in Albia the past week. On Sunday evening the S. B. Moore Mite Missionary society gave their usual monthly program, with Mrs. Allie Bowman, president, who secured Mrs. Carrie Thomas Griffith and Mr. Malcolm Griffith to assist in the evening program. Mrs. Griffith lectured on "Why Be a Missionary". To print and let all read for themselves the lecture could not tell how she filled her audience with many good thoughts and sent them home to think of the great work. Mr. Malcolm Griffith sang the song "Helping Somebody To Save". He holds his own as being a heart-stirring singer and they appreciated his help with that of Mrs. C. S. Griffith, Mrs. Griffith leaves Albia for Hitenam and then for her home in Des Moines. Biliousness and Constipation Care! If you are ever troubled with bili- iousness or constipation you will be interested in the statement of B. E- rwin, Peru, Ind. A year after the winter, he mistreated of indigestion followed biliousness and constipation. Seeing Chamberlain's Tables, so highly recommended, I bought a bottle of them and helped me right away." For sale by all dealers. CLARINDA, IOWA. Mrs. Campbell and Aunt Jane Jack- son both continue ill. Mrs. Lewis Blythe has been on the slick list. M. L. W. Williams, grand chancellor, made a trip to Des Moines, installing officers. He reports a time at the Capital City. Mr. Dick Johnson made a business trip to Clarinda on Tuesday. Rev. D. W. Brown and wife of Clarinda, Mr. Dick Johnson, wife and baby, Mrs. Fred Johnson and Miss Mabel Johnson of Gravity attended a dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Marshall's at Sharps. In naming the elected officers of the O. E. S., No. 16, we neglected naming Mr. Wm. Headley, W. P. Mr. George Jones was called to Kirksville to the bedside of his brother. Mrs. Mattie Renfro has been visiting her sister, Miss Lottie Williams. Mrs. M. Cooke has been laid up with the sciatic rheumatism. Mr. Elmer Carter has returned from Oskaloosa. The foreign and home missionary society met at Mrs. D. Black's residence. The Mite Missionary met at Mrs. Rogers' residence. Mr. William Black spent a few days with Mr. R. D. Black. Roy Palmer of Maryville visited friends in Clarinda. Mr. George Able went to Savannah, Mo. to see a friend who was very ill. Revival services started at the A. M. E. church Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Johnson gave a 7 o'clock dinner New Year's evening in honor of Miss Dorothy Palmer of Maryville, Mo., who is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. A. Mitchell, Jr. Covers were laid for Miss Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mitchell, Jr., Miss Frances Mitchell, Mr. Fred Jones and the host and hostess, Miss Palmer leaves for her home Tuesday morning. MONMOUTH. ILL. Prof. McDaniels of Chicago was the city in the interest of his industrial school at Chicago. Mrs. Florence Parmer, who underwent an operation at Mommouth hospital, is doing quite nicely and will soon be removed home. Mr. Ham Stokes is able to be about again. Rev. H. L. Foote of Carson, Mo. filled the pulit at Calvary Baptist church Sunday. Rev. Foote is a candidate for this charge and comes here highly recommended, having been a graduate of Atlanta Baptist seminary, Atlanta, Ga., and receiving a B. L. degree from Shurtliff college at Alton and was a post graduate from the University of Chicago. He has pastured at Alton, Jerseyville, Ill., and Paris, Mo. He has taught at Western college, Macon and Arkansas Baptist college, Little Rock. Mrs. E. L. Scruggs was quite again Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Mose Marshall is verp low at this writing. The Agrees Moody club met last week at the home of Mrs. James Hardin. There will be an open meeting this week at the home of Mrs. Susie McWilliams. All members are urged to be present. Mr. Jim Johnson is also on the sick eel oe Ca a oe in Te a Aa eal any pier priest | AFHU-ANERCAN CULLINGS nae med roy are, af yo hd. a = a = be opel oe me dectex. w Ye a a a a ~ideadl i =e vant) % a this n'a | trem — cl = rvilie. | — s ead on R rine ) ands e you Jad ister | » folle PAD | tan comer LM winter s nigh = i S| 0. ft ind = ii et xa - We mat = = ra as, ne i Mi pd Mr sad and 9 a Dt ae ‘The present war will have « serious ‘on more than ten million whit {and Negro farmers who grow cotton Ja te dont, according toa sateen by, Dr. Booker T. Washington {the noted Negro educator, when seer at the capital on bis arrival from Fuatnene Ala. Doctor Washing the depressed: price of cotton ould hamper the farmers in paying their debts, purchasing foods and otb- vér necessities and the ralsing of the ext crop. He was much pleased, he ald, with the remarka of President ‘Wilson in outlining bie attitude toward he Negro when he told the University ‘Commission on Southern Race Ques Hlons that “our object is to know tho needs of the Nogro and sympathetic ally Belp him in every way that 8 poe ible tor bis good and our good.” “Brery thoughtful man North and ‘Routh, he went on, “will agreo with the president, I think his statement ‘epresonta a growing liberal sontiment ‘on the part of an increasingly large group of Southern white people.” Tn regard to his suggestion made re ‘cently that each Negro family ralse ‘one or more additional pigs this year, to help bring about more prosperity !a the South, Doctor Washington sald: "T have been surprised to note how ‘wall this suggestion hus been received fand how many are following it. One church” pastor in Uniontown, Als. ‘went wo far as to organize a pig club ‘among the members of his congres- lon. “Now I want to make one other #u5- gestion that n. my opinion is of still seater and more practical importance. For months the great cry all through the Bouth has been to atop the grow: {ng of cotton or to reduce the acreage. Chambers of commerce, business Yengues, stato legislatures and other Dodion have adopted resolutions with: ‘out end urging that we In the South atop growing so much cotton. To stop growing cotton is very easy; in fact {te always easy to stop work. But merely to stop growing cotton te & ‘mere negative proposition and will not, T fear, leave the South much better off than At present. If we destroy or erfp- ple a great Industry we should be very sure to have one or a number equally asad te mak ta tte pleee”. ‘Miss Belvs Lockwood made a: ad dress before, a mass meeting of. col ‘ored people at the Cosmopolitan Bap tist choch at Washington. The moot tng was beld in celebration of the a rari a tis the thir ‘amendment to.the constitation. ‘Rav, Bimoa F, Drew presided... Rey ‘Fesentative Willis of Ohio, governor lect of that state, and Representative Folevner of Washington, spoke. Oth ‘ges who took part"were Dr. Harvey Falconer of Washington, spoke. Oth: ‘ist church; Miss Hattle P. Ivy of Howard university: Prof. James ‘Wright, Prof. Joba T. Layton and Rev. F. W, Dixon of Berean Baptist church ‘Swo thousand Negroes assembled fn the Bethel A. M, B. church at Chi cago to hear the fifth annual essay ‘contest held under the auspices of the Bothel Literary club on “The Best Solution of tho Race Problem in the United States.” Those who read es says on this subject were Frank W. Henry, Carey B. Lewis, Joseph Mar shall, Leonora’. Curtice, and Irene McCoy Ganes. The prize winners were Lewis and Miss Ganes. Each was pre ‘peated ‘with » diamond ring. ‘The Delaware state board of educa tion has received = communication from the Negro teachers in the district south of Wilmington in which it ts ‘Gseerted that the condition in the Ne {sro schools is deplorable. Tt Ua alloged that teachers are om ployed who are not properly qualited: that the clerks in many districts die puree the taxes without accounting to the district; that in many instances the state dividend is not siflcient tc pay the teachers’ salaries and in such Canes St Is necessary for the teacher to sive entertainments to raise the necessary amounts, all of which tenda to be detrimental to the schools " They suggest that conditions would ‘be improved if county commissions o1 superintendents are empowered to f the tax for double the amount of duplt cates; the provision of w state super wisor of Negro schools; enforcement of laws with reference to Negro com missioners, increased . salaries fo teachérs and an eight-month instead of K aaveeaicath: echool your. : ro " lé “< “a i ca t rail . i a 4 ise ‘Wife suing because husband treated Sher st & cook apparently doesn't know ‘when ahe is belng well treated. ‘The Deutsches Theater in Berlin ‘opened its season August 28, The owners and the managers of the the: ter haye’announced that ten per cont ‘Of thelr groas returns of every per formianics will be given to the Red ross, and at they are wing to carry ‘and forego any profit. © he tusks of an ordinary olepbant ‘weigh 120 pounds and are worth $200 At requires 12,000 elephants to supply 650/tons of Ivory to the English mar Kot. SheMeld takes one-third, One of the moat curious names over ‘given a 1208 horve la Potooo00000. The Fe eceatibat's borer ben tended ¢ tthe stable ‘boy, forgetting how to spell the name, rote: “Pot” sad finished with elght We This so amused the. earl of a Fremont that be 20 named the borse. eas oem aes reeree te ot soe eae tah erie 8 erealion Wash: Seti ot th Sie! tht. hay had oe at thomas oa eating. aa aa : tnvaatigntion prpved tha theory’ cor. ‘The American'Negro and the Amer fean Indian have really been succeed ing in farming, in teaching, and in bust. nets during the recent years, and Hampton, therefore, has a valid public ‘appeal to make, not only for its con tinued support by rich and generous men and women, but also for the spread of its educational aims, meth: ods, and ideals, which have received the hearty indorsement of leading American and forélgn educators, Hampton's lateral influence 1s pub- oly recognized by men like Dr. Wal- lace Butterick, and Dr. Wickliffe Rowe. Distinguished foreigners, in cluding Sir Horace Plunkett and: Al exander Fraser, declare that Hampton 4a an Important factor in the solution of perplexing problems of race adjust: ment through education, ‘These tributes to Hampton need no words .of explanation, “If a man {s looking for a sure way to benefit tho ‘Negro race or the Indian race in the United States, let him send money to Hampton institute, making n0 re strictions concerning its use. He will surely get a large return in benef ‘clence."—Charles W. Eliot. “Hampton 1g perhaps doing more for the future peace and prosperity of this country than any other Institution in 1t."—Rob- ert C. Ogden. "I have always loved Hampton and I love her more and ‘more because she is not only giving the Negro knowledge, but 1s seeing and reaching the needs of the race as 1no other Institution is doing."—Booker 7. Washington, who 1s Hampton's most distinguished graduate. ““Hamp- ton atands for dignity of labor and for the self-respect which is Justified in any man when he has learned to do one thing weljz-Fancls G. Peabody. “There 's nothing that offers such an opportunity for the wealthy man of this country as the cause of Negro Industrial education in the South. Hampton Is the solution of the Negro problem."—William H, Taft. A three days session of the board of Airectors of the Negro Baptist General State convention was held at Waco, ‘Tex. ‘The chief work of the board was the formulation of plans for the mis sfonary and educational work of the Negroes during the coming year, The work of the ‘convention is done through eight boards, each of which is under thé’ supervision of @ financial secretary. ‘Two hundred and sixteei’ thousand dollars has beni ralsed during the past year for the:convéntional work, ‘The ‘convention 1s supporting. three ‘educational tristitutions in Texas, for ‘the -teataing’ot* the” Negro youth —+ Boyd's Institute at Oakiwod, Cential ‘Texas college at Waco and Guadalupe college near Seguin: “Another big ib: ‘atitution fostered by the “Negtoss’.ts St. John’s Institute,and Orphans hoe near Austin. It {6 sald to be the larg: est Negro orphanage in the world. The plant Is valued at $200,000, The following secretaries were pres ent: Church extension, W. R, Tollver. Calvert; educational, 'W. H. Fuller, Austin; ministers relief, 8. T. Floyd, Sherman; endowment, A.W.’ Early Palestine; state missions, J. @. Gath: ings, Goliad; foreign mission, James Kelly, Waco; publication, ‘Mf. M. Haynes, Austin; orphans home, A. ‘Moore, Austin, . Shanghal recently saw the’ opening of the first street-ear system financed, constructed and operated solely by ‘Chinbae Kindergartens for colored children are being adopted in diferent parts of the South as one of the agencies for improving social conditions that have troubled two generations. Richmond, Va., has lately opened an experimental kindergarten which has already cre- ated auch interest among Negro pe: rents and the school authorities that {t is expected it will soon be made per- manent. The Richmond kindergarten was opened by the National “inder garten association of New York at the Fequest of Richmond people who knew of the success of the demonstration tiven among colored children at Chat- tanooga, Tenn., where the local associ. tion assumed the care and support. of the school. Kindergartens for: white children in the South bave also been started by the atsoclation and Inter carried on locally. so Sabullite is the name of a new high power explosive, testo of which have Jately been made fa British Columbia, tcan be handled without danger, and is cheaper than dynamite, which has only, about one-third of Its destructive fleet. It Is used for blasting purposes only. ‘The areas of the nine Canadian provinces {n square miles are: Quebec, 708.884; Ontarlo, 407,262; British Co- Tumble, 287,600; ‘Alberta, 263,540; Sax katchowan, 250,650; Manitoba, 251,882; New Brunswick, 27,985; Nova Scotta, 21408, and: Prince Réward islands, 2.184, There is serious work in progress to ‘educate the Negro along sensible lines #0 as to increase his offlelency, ‘is sense of reaponstbility and ble useful neta.as a cltizen, and. gratifying re sults. are belay achieved. { According to) an Itallan, mathaggatt- clan’ every person: in the world could san comfortably tn” an aren of 608 square, miles, while a graveyard abont the slse of Colorado: would bury’ all ot therm. 7 } Now York Genteal ablects to paying for atate eggs. het the consumer do It, ‘Threatened shortage in raga: doesn't 'apply.to thoes of the “glad” variety, + pai foal soar prodased, 608 me pala taal soar produced 0 motte ‘APPLE DESSERTS. OF MERIT es era ‘and Young... ‘Apple Dumpling Ple——Fill deep pie pan heaping full of good tart apples, pared and quartered, put in .« little ‘water, cover closely, set-on range te cook ‘while ineking crust. Make crust of one rounded cup flour, two teaspoonfula baking powder, one dee sertspoonful lard, salt, one-half cup- ful water, Mix lightly with a spoon, roll about one-talf inch thick, cutting places for steam to eacape, Cover ‘apples with it, pressing dough down around the edges of the tin. Bake ta rather quick oven. Serve with the following: Dressing for Ple-One cuptu! suger, fone tablespoontul butter; add a little ‘cream; séason with nutmeg. Stir to fa cream, To serve, cut in pleces as ple, turning crust bottom side 0p. ‘Take apples out with » spoon, ‘cover crust with apples, then cover apples it ensing, Hote! Way to. Rae -Apolea Peel and core apples and put in’ bak- {ing dlsh, filling each apple with sugar. Cover with hot water and stew gently, laying a few pleces of stick cinnamon and lemon peel on the top. When about half done sprinkle with'a heaping tablespoonful of gelatin and place in oven until done. Serve cold with cream. é Old-Time Apple _Ple—Silce ' tart apples, lay them on a lower crust, cover them with maple strap and very thin sllees of salt pork; add a shake of red pepper. Cover with perforated upper crust and bake until apples are soft and sirupy. The pork melts and disappears. FOR VARIATION IN THE MENU ‘There Are Days When Fish Will Be ‘Appreciated, and Baked Cod Can ‘Be Recommended. Here 1s a good way of baking cod: Have the fish skinned and backbone removed. Lay on an earthenware plat ter, open. Sprinkle with salt and pep- per, dip oysters separately in melted butter, then fn crumbs and fay off éne- ‘half of fish. When covered fold other ‘side over, brush with beaten egg, mois- ten the crumbs with the butter. There will be some oyster liquor in the but- ter from dipping, but use it. Cover the flab with the crumbs so prepared. Do not put any water on the fab. Bet pan of water under the platter to keop platter from cracking and have’ oven hot. A fourpound fish will require ‘ohe-half pint oysters, one-half pint crumbs and one-quarter cupful of but ter, Bake about forty minutes. Serve on the platter it {s baked tn. If you ‘wish to bake the fish with the ekin and bone on put plenty of strips of tat pork over tt and baste withthe ‘rippings. Never uso water for baked) fish. Do not bake too long. Whee the fakes separate it in done. Wheat baked’ on @ platter, without the atin, Mt Fequires dO °bantldg. © | 40:0 Con tebe | tate ‘etiga Mecel Ome! + Ae eeies comic aahackeueat lee and decorate, witb freee note and lite candies tt mock angel cake, Sift together four or five times one cupful of sugar snd ‘one cupful of flour with three level:tew spoonfuls of baling powder; mix with ‘one. cupful of hot milk and one tex spoonful of vanille, and finally ad@ the stimly beaten whites of two eggs and bake in an ungreased pan for 40 min- utes, or divide and bake In two layers ‘The crust of thls will have a flavor Ike the real angel cake if half a ton spoonful of vanilla and about as much of almond extract {6 used. This may be feed witha. white frosting or is good with ctioestate. Cold Catchup. Cut four quarts of tomatoes “fine add one cuptul of chopped onions, éne cupful of nasturtium seeds that have been cut fine, one eupful of freshly ssrated horseradish, three large stalks ‘of celery chopped, one cupful of whole mustard seed, one-half cupful of salt, ‘one rounding tablespoontul each of black peper, cloves and cinnamon, a level tablespoonful: of mace, one-halt cupful of sugar and four quarts of vinegar. Mix all well together and pat: into Jara or bottle, It needs no cooking but ust stand several weeks to ripen, / ‘Shika: ea an From some cooked meat remove fat and gristle and put through the’chop- per. Seagon. wel apdinolsten, with IMttle good gravy. Make a good, rich biscuit dough, roll out thin and cut into four or fiveinch squares, apread ‘each plese With some of the meat mix. ture and roll up a8 tightly as possible. Place close together in a greased pan, brush the tops with milk and bake in ‘a quick oven. Serve with ® good ray. Bolled Heart With Ralsin Sauce. Clean, wasti and skewer an ox heart Put {u & stowpen, cover with cold wa: ter, bring quickly to the bolling point and let simmor until tender, by which time the liquor should be reduced to two cuptuls, Remove to a hot serv. ing dish, pour raisin saice around tt and garnish with paraley. Salmon Grab, One can salmon, ‘one-half, cupful rallk, two eggs, one-half cuptul cracker crambe, salt and pepper. Beat yolks of eggs and then add the other tx credient he: beaten, whiten aroutielt hour. Blice cold ‘and serve’ withisé without mayonnaise Greeting, (0 4 % . weetbrende, Put; two or ‘more pounds. of sweet ‘breads tn tuliewarm water for an hoer, ‘then bol! them for another hour, drais ‘hem. well and)-when cold bake them fg'& bot oven, basting them with the Mquor which comes from them until they are nicely. browned all-over. Nice gael A Te. Hs ae after oe ie ee sed aera ft and “ och, Place. the ean on : STATE BYSTANDEE ——eeeE * f i Dr. Marden’s }/: aes Uplift Talks })' SSS ; By ORION SWETT MARDEN. cosa pagencmegcnmgernenga MAKING OF CONVERSATION alt “Talk, talk. It does not mattes much ‘What you say, but chatter away Nightly and gayly. Nothing embar Mee, ahd ores the average man a much as # girl who has to be enter tained.” ‘Thudvs noted society leader, whc bod.™Dédmr vers successful in the launching of debutantes, was recently Mavistagioce of her peotesce I know of no other one acccmplish ‘ment which ‘vill do so much to ad vance wgirl socially as to reat ruperd,‘conversetionalist, Jt ts, SNe of intelligence edveaton, good breeding and culture. It‘will make girl popular in spite of plain features Fret ta no her one tually Wale will give a girl such power over oth- She Nulon Silt ake nor a0, polar srorbe able to fascinate people Wit her conversation. The good conver satinalat Is always tho center of a tractja any company. fe ene fas talk wal, woo bas cue At of puting things in an frosting wae who. can itorest ol ‘ers immiédiately by her- gift of speech, bas a very great advantage over one ho may dow: more than eu who cannot express herself with ease oe gagieaneee stuore is no other one thing which eaabiod on to siako 00 Eood an Say sree, eavectaly upon thceo, who Tovnot iknow us. thoroughly, a» the Bait ta converse well ‘To be «600 Soaverastonalot nblo to. terest Seoples'to vivet thelr attention, Brae them (9 you natural: bythe ery superiority of your conversion SP olute n't be ihe poseesor of Tuy sree gocomplaumeet, ong whl +48 gupetfor te éllothers. It not, oly Nolbeou to ako © geod tpi Toor eeaagor: Halse belpe you t Take and’ keep trlenda, It open Sok dad softens hearts, It mabe you interpetiog nll sorta of com any, beige you to get on In the ord, Te helpe You lato the est 80 clety, even though you may be poor, ‘Tho ay to Teara to tll 0 al ‘The temptation for young people who are-unaccustomed to society, and who feel difident, is to say nothing them selven amdrlinten to what othe 87 but goo@,telkers- are always sought after, jdiverybody. wants to invite Mis’ soandSo to, dlanere be recep tlons because sie is such a good talk: cr, She ,yentertaing, She.;may dave many_-defects,. but people enjoy ber sontiy bapnety che can tn, well ‘cater, ous. power: devel ‘Sper: Dah jalkiog without thinking without ab $0. express onesel Tit cnt ches ‘clenoy, mere chattering or goasip, the vavrdbe octet tate, wt have get hold of the best thing’ in.a ‘girl Tt les tho. deep for. such superficial effort. | 2m Nothing else will develop a girl's brain anf character moro than th constant’ éffort to talk well, intellt gently, interestingly, upon all sorts of topics. There 1s a splendid disciplin. in the constant effort to express one's {boughs clearly and in au Intret inp stieee We pometiton moet bet Seigie tis ont onoice socrersen Gato Ge. yeeilcre ean ee they bave not had the advantages. o the higher schools.’ Many a. collég nareuate Tas ‘beeh _silehced. sind’. pul Se ncased br ecole have. aera Sree book Hc high schood, bat wh five, calvated. the ‘an ot sates pression. ry dad Wien weet real ar tisk 1h conversations dot iets bua treat ang ‘delight that we wonder ‘why the majority of us should be such bunglers ‘in our expression, why we howd mak uch t boleh ot the mo Ua of goratieniction between’ he man beings, when it is capahle'of ‘be ‘Ing made the art of arts iointior bow axpert You mayb Piigleg vathpaelie gible nde Folitaun we’ sour (pentoner a Tercuadiereyet ies aa rou const SATE AAU SrerT Wa NtS 86 MAN WHO'CAN DO THINGS 18 IN DEMAND, When Mayor Mitchel of Kew York was discussing Colonel Goethals, who has won wotld-wide renown for bis ‘iiastely ‘construction of the Panama cansl for the’ head of the police de- partient, he sald he wanted the big: Gest man in America for the Job, ‘The ‘man who fs In most demand everywhere today is the man who can do things, the man with a vigorous lnftiative and the quality of fine lead: Arship, thé min who can create some- thing; ‘the’‘man’ with redourceruiness, the. man ‘of productive power. ‘There are plenty of men who can do, routine work, who can follow pre- scribed lines, carry out in detall a program which others make, but the man of otfginal foree, of constructive ‘energy. Who can get out of the beaten ‘track and blaze away for others Is as raye.qa/ho ts valuable, ‘There is, always a big premium on the man.jot ‘original (deas,, progres ‘sive methods, the man of productive forge, the, thinker... Thero is .an -ad. at: UP at: the door of every Touays Soman’ abidenyoe.toranen: a mans AW concerns are ‘couring tor'men pf, this (> 8 Uombilnal <2 salar 286 erat ait foaght’on «is plain. 1 se two arniles clash, ‘Thousands fall'to rite 119 more The ground ts drepehed with bidod Horribie!’ Hortiute!”™ “Oontrol'yourselt. All 1'see ts an us. saualy ron of wheat” PTA a ‘The-sultan wae sifgbtly peeved clam Rs vecrable Babs ai eioanty.” explained /1Né “grand -visier, Scuaaunthart wie pay stamp; large combinations are look ing for them as leaders. Merchants need them, inaurance companies. are ease them; they, are wanted ore inthe bpsinoss world, 1 sa es B ‘The World wants lers, men wi gréat executive, ability, men. with ‘stamina, men who have an abundance of fron in their blood and lime in thelr backbone. It noeds agsressive ‘men, men Whose blood is full of post tive force, men of grit and stamins— these are the men who make tbjngs move. ‘The man who is wanted everywhere today J & born winner, the mad whe Js victory organized, the man who bas the habit of victory. These natural winners have grest self-confidence a1 ‘well as determination. They have co Nonsal selttath tn thelr ability to over come obstacles. ‘These great positive, forceful char acters are optimistic. Their ability Is not weskened by doubts and fears snd hesitations; they do not worry; they are not able to do the things they undertake. These are the sort of men that accomplish: the great things or the” world, the Blanta” that tir neither to the right nor to the left, who do not go over, around or unde obstacles, but through them, and are always equal to the occasion. It you are ambitious to be some thing more than an average individ ual, if you expect to step out of the crowd and stand for something 4 particular, you must not do things as everybody else does them; you mus Inject superiority into everything you do; you must be original, inventive renor reef It yo! “pect to become an import ant Og... In the world of commerce & captain of Industry, inatead of a.com mon soldier in the field of labor, you ‘must put your shoulder to the wheel ‘Some of the best people ever knows —g00d companions, splendid trlends and extremely agreeable—have never accomplished anything worthy of thel ability, simply because they had ne stamina, or grit. They were tame commonplace; they lacked the’ fre force, the originality and the push that accomplish things. People whose blood ts full of pos tive force are the leaders, the asgrés sive men who get to the frogt. They do not lag and loiter behind, walting to be attacked. They take the initl ative and push ahead, regardless of obstacles. They go through ilfe tak {ng it for granted that they shall con trol thelr surroundings; they are convinced that there is but one pow: er in the’universe, and that they are a part of that power. ‘They act aa i they had thelr trolley poJe upon the ‘great trolley wire of inflate. power ‘and that they are equal to any task pap acredl ps? yah ag +. As Others See Us ‘The genial professor atood di the hotel veranda, the center of a group of young people, when. the office door ppened andthe business.:man. from Boston burried down the: stepé for hig nsuab moroing.watke:/! |. ‘of Abs g008) morning!» beamed the professor... “Glorious morning ’for’'s walk, tan't it?” : eo “Oh, yee, certainly—very: nice, Yas, pecok ‘Pépiied: the other,” absently. a, stopping: suaddedly,’ aa’ If arrest ed by the compelling warmth of the greeting, he called out, “Oh, ‘by the ‘way, professor, here's may Trangcript— thought you might. Ilke to look at it you know! Never mind returaing 1 when you're through, for I've finished it. Ob, that's all right. You're quite welcome, I'm sure. Say, read that editorial’ on the tari) it’s got the whole situation in a nutshell, Well good morning! It 1s nice day, isn't 1" The spectators’ watched with amuse ment as the professor carefully folded the paper abit” put it’ If te pocket beside its exact counterpart, “L couldn't explain: to’ him that | already bed one,” he. remarked thoughtfully. “It would have deprived him of so. much: pleasure, and.” he added, as if to bimself, “he has eo Uttle."—Youth's Companion, Beate Taken ‘by Bleharmen. While herring fishing about fifteen miles from Filey, Yorkshire, England, a few days ago, the'crew of one of the boats observed a large bird approach Ing, which, after hovering a short time, alighted upon the maathead. One of the lads on board, fminediately com. monced climbing the mast, thinking to secure a prize, but on the lad approach- ing {t took wing. He had not descend. ed far, however, before the bird re turned to its previous position, appar’ ently mueliexhauated, (Tho. ind,agatn sprang up the mast, and’on reacting the top attempted to grasp the bird, but‘his majesty was’ not te be taken without a struggle, for he’ btuck bis talons deep into the boy's ‘and, mak- ing the blood flow most tively. The boy, clinging tightly to the mast with his ‘legs, threw out the ¢ther batd, selzed the bird by the throat, and suc ceeded, after a little flapping of the ‘wlog and attempting to bite, in strang. ng him. “He then'tlet hin round his feck, and came down, © Bloody. vie tor, to the deck The bird was an eagle of a darkish brown color, speckled with white, of beautiful plumage, but excessively lean, about two feet long, measuring trom tip te tip of wing @ little more than ‘fve feot. ‘Too Reminiecent. ‘Miss Jennle did .not seem to like my song ut all.” "No wonder, when she has «tele phono Job.” tat bas Ber J00-to do wien my ainsi : “Very: much, when you selected, ‘1 Hear YouCalling Me'”* their debts, from the highest to. the lowest” “By the beard of the seophet!” ‘thundered the sultan, "Be ts too gosh durned personal” Whereupon the eee. Pert eos ‘gated all, scraps’ of: paper, Een ag tepeiet, ae i Cormeen » Hi—What course is Sarah’ studying at that boarding school? | engl acakt Temember. but t thins ‘Australian Sheepdogs Are Mar- vels’ at Their Work. Have Been Brought to a High Degree ‘of Intelligence—Work of Sheep Station Impossible Without Pee | Sheepdog trials may be considered & national pastime {f not-a national sport (n Australia. There is an annual Agricultural show in every town and village in, the pastoral parts, There ‘are general competitions on the Hines ‘of the American county and state fairs. ‘There are horse races, buck jumping, shearing, log chopping, and other atrenuous competitions. But not one of these excites more interest than the sheepdog trials; .and in these tests ‘Australians havo set’ the example of certain of the most serious tasks that ja: maw ané «dog: may'be asked td ac complish with three strange sheep— sheep that had never previously met ntil they had a moment before been turned out from three separate pens to de packed or gathered together by the dog, It was the Australians who first Dut forward, and they still maintain {t, the maltese cross test., The elght six-foot burdles are set in the shape of a maltese cross. The passages are of a width that will permit only one sheep to pass through ata time. ‘The animals have to be driven. north and south and east and west, all the passes deing open at the time. "The skill and patience of the dog are here tried to the utmost, and there can be: little wonder there ts gasp of satisfaction and’a cheer of Joy when the sheep have been successfully driven through these narrow ways. The Australian sheepdogs are the smallest In use In the world, but are quick and lively in their work. It is no wonder that the Australian gives much thought for his Cogs, for It goes without saying that the work of the sheep station could ‘not be accomplished without them. In ordinary, oases it Js, reckoned.that ‘one dog’ éan do the work of halt a dozen men; In many Instances a dog ls superlor to 50 humans; and where there are such vast flocks of nimble ‘sheep, such as the merinos in Aus tralla ‘are, it would be tmpossible to round them up so that they may be examined, counted, and’ duly looked over without the dogs. USED IN SUBMERGED VESSELS Aemarkable tnvaniion That Will Be of tneetimaie Value tn Work proc ‘This invention provides a floating device equipped with «signal or sig: nals operable from a station within a submerged vessel; provides megne for Uberating at will sald device; provides a.yarlety of, signals carried by. sald = == AFA > Cee aia device and operable from within the hull of the submerged vessel; _pro- vides suttable devices for establishing communtcation with ‘the inmates of the submerged vessel; provides means for supplying a submerged vessel with atmospheric air,-and provides means for elevating a submerged vessel or for assisting in the elevation thereof. “Bclentific American. Plant Pathology. Among the “young sciences” now being developed stands plant path ology, which fs intended“to be for plants what imedical science ig for ‘man, Few people:;realise, ways Dr. B, 8. Reynolds, the large loss of money caused every year by plant diseases, and fewer yet know that much “has already been done to dinitnish: this loss. ‘A’ conservative estlmate of ‘the annual loss through the bitter rot of apples in this country is $10,00¢,000. ‘By proper spraying methods 90 per cent of the loss from peach yellows has been saved. Oat smut has nearly Tost its terrors. Curlous facts -have been! developed, suck an this! The ‘common -grain ‘rust, although ident} cal in form and appearance on wheat, oats and rye, capnot be taken. from any one of the thrée hosts and grown on elther of the others.—Youth’s Com. panion. ‘Conbiiattan. Two Frenchmen were talking in s cate in Paris, “Scandalous,” sald one. It's been two whole days now since ‘there's been an extra with news of a -wlctory.” “That's all right,” replied the other. aera sere Hee Acc to Aft the victory tetnatid wo've'al ‘RAG,’ there can't be Many” Prissiane poh : z pessoa os : “Ona Effect of: Playgrounde, 4 Pablie playgrounds in LaCross, Wis, ‘are estimated to have decreased juve: ‘ilé delinquency at least 50°per cent uritg the three years they haye beet in operation. This is, the optnién of the county’ tadge defore whom: youth- ‘et ottenderd ate caren, % ~ Oi Lamps jn London atreete, , OiMlampalighted ie fant satrepts 4 468) and. onward, whUR. gan came i ntp.ue9 Joe over ‘one hundred yearn TWO NOVEL CROWNS Tribute of Nature to Genius and Beauty. Great Italian Traglo Actress the Vio. Tim of Attentlona She Would Have Avolded—Miee Gunning and ‘the Roee.. Eleonora Duse, the great Italisa tragic actress, was once walking through the private garden of a great ceatate to which, on certain days, the public were admitted. She had gone 0 early that she was reasonably sure of avolding other vialtors, says the French journalist who relates the anco- dote, for she dislikes extremely to at- tract notice off the stage, and desired | to enjoy the lovely tawns and Sowers undisturbed by stares, whispers, or intrusive admiration. For a happy half-hour she was suc ‘ockeful;, thety»-tamming a‘ corner ‘sud- denly, she found herself’ close to : party’ of approaching ‘tourists. She trled to avold them by stepping through an opening in. bigh hedge of laurel, but her flight was checked by ‘a twig that caught in her hair, At the Samo moment one of the approaching tourists perceived her, and stepped for- ward to release her. ‘Then he saw her face, and stepping back again, ho bowed low, and exclaimed dramatical- ly: “The great Duse, the queen of trag- edy! It fs she! Behold, my friends, the incomparable Duse! ‘Accept, mad: ame, our united homage, which we offer as by righ, strangers as we are. Since nature herselt has seen ft to bestow her laurels upon that brow in our presence, it ia surely permitted that wo offer tribute. Allow me, madame, to present my wife—my daughter—my niece—my son-inlaw—" ‘Not until the entire party had been presented and paid thelr compliments, was the captive queen of tragedy dis- entangled from her unwelcome laurels, and permitted to escape. ‘A somewhat similar, but more agree- able anecdote is related of one of the “hres beautiful Miss Gunnings.” ‘They were, in thelr day—which was after the middle of the elghteenth cen- tury—such famous beauties that the London crowd often followed their car- rages on the street, and fairly mobbed any shop they were known to have ‘entered in the effort to get a sight of them. The handeomest of the trio, ‘worn out by the activities of the Lon- don season, stayed for a time in the country, near a market town. It was mown’ in the neighborhood that she ‘wished to pats unnoticed; ahd wad not well; and her wish was ‘respected. But on the day of-hetdéparture from the town there was ar unusual number ff speople- at hand’ te oée ‘the coach start. “As the lovely lady stepped from'the thin doot ‘to the step of the couck, ‘thd’ beatich of & elimbing rose ‘gatight for a moment 1a: het hal Stdntly « Yolee calfedtFeit the crowd: “NG tained; my leds, a ho" staring, ‘uit: three’ cheers for: the” Queen Béanty ‘that thie roses crown of thel ebvee!” ‘They werd given with a will, and ‘won the response of a radiant face at the coach window, and a gracious hand ‘waving farewell.-Youth’: Companion. ‘VEST POCKET’ WATER CYCLE Small Contrivance That Can Be Used With ood Results, and te Enally Carried. ‘This girl in knickezbockers is using "vest pocket” watereycle, the’ inven tion of her father, who folds {t up ‘ad carries it when it s not in use on th ‘water, OF course, it cannot be ca ried in the pocket of # waistcoat, eve Itt were the garment of the’ large “human behemoth” ever exhibited i the circus sideshow, but it can be fol: ed and transported’ without, Inconel fence, It-welghe only 23 pounds, It is a catamaran fitted with a prd poller and mechanism for driving th q g cf t : aa ee Laer tee sig eK aa f Propeller by hand. The two pontocns ‘are made -of rubber and waterproof duck, and may be inflated with a com ‘mon bleycle pump. They are connect. ed by a light metal framework, which ‘catrles the seat and supports the driv ing mechanism, , By means of. step-up gearing be- tween the ‘hand cranks and the pre: Deller the latter may be driven at high speed. The boat is steered with the feat, which Is connected with. the rudder, Servia's Monuments, - Servis is ‘becoming :a..edintey of monuments, Among. ihe, peasants a }eustom prevails of honoring relatives slain in. battle by the erection of « Block. of wood, in which is rudely ‘carved ‘a basrellet of the departed, ‘These monimente are. erected’ neat the soldier's bome, when. it ts. tm ‘bonsible. to place them ‘on the feld -where be fell: As the Servian heroes }now falling in the enemy's terri- on the monuments are ‘necessarily Tilsed {n their homes, and Very few farm are to be found today in whlch ‘at least ‘one ‘of those crude, carvings te ridt to be seen. "They Ase seve Pane or tua aan ase. Above the Bead of the woode tesre ian scription ‘giving the soldier's nate, LauraJeanLibbeu's Talks on Heart Topics IF MARRIAGE GOES AWRY. She heaven! were man but constant, ne were perfect. That one error fits him with faults. Makes him run through sins. Inconstancy falls off 'ere it begins. Many a man shows one kind of disposition before marriage and introduces quite anther to his wife as soon as the knot is tied. He lets her think that she could wind him round her little finger in those courting days, because it did not suit his purpose to undeceive her then. ```markdown ``` After wedding him, she finds she is married to a man whose will would neither bend, nor break; she finds that there are two heads of the house if she attempts to rule. If the wife is highly mistrustful mastic clashes are the inevitable result. Would each but try to conclude the other, there would be fewer cases of going back to mother. There are two sides to matrimonial grievances. A woman may, and undoubtedly does, marry for love, but that does not say that love will continue to smile if the husband does his best to checkmate her affection. It’s a good thing for a man to recollect that the woman he has wedded needs attention paid to her wants. Because she is the man, so why she should have to sit home all the time, just to save money, or because he does not want to go here and there. The trouble is they do not study each other's moods. It should be a pleasure for him to give her her own way just as often as he can. Many a sacrifice a wife makes for her husband and never thinks of boasting that he imagines she is in duty bound to do it. If her beauty falls through illness, it is most unkind of him to let her know that he has discovered it. Men who make the most success of wedded life are the ones who continue to compliment their wives. Let a wife believe she is appreciated, and she can make home life a joy to a man. If found fault with it, she can nag up to the queen's taste in return—and keep up the dispute as long as he can. It's the men who say: "You're I'm working for, dear! All I have is yours; I am contented when I see you happy," who find home, a heaven, and their wives agreeable companions. It takes diplomacy nowadays for a man to be contented though married. Wise is he who studies his little book carefully, not only before he enters the matrimonial state, but continuously, as he goes along, less he forget some of the obligations he has incurred. By so doing marriage cannot go awry. The wife needs her little book, too. It isn't conducive to the joy of living for her to let her husband know that she is jealous of him, or that: she fears this woman or that one, might be more attractive in his eyes; that she is considered, as scarcely more, than a machine to make money. Wherever there is unhappiness in a household neither husband nor wife should consider that the other is wholly to blame. It's a case of each one too stubborn to jolly the other. That's the oil that makes the household machinery run smooth. The whole machine run smooth. The whole happiness is for each to constantly make love to the other. That don't mean getting down on your knees; wives don't expect that. QUARRFLING BEFORE THE CHILD DREN. Of all the insults that harass the distress,⁴ Sure the most bitter is a sorrowful哭泣. Fate sounds more deep the gener- one heart. Then when a blockhead's insults point the dart. No matter what a wife's grievance against her husband may be, it's a poor policy to upbraid him before his children. Above all else, let him enjoy a quiet, peaceful dimmer. Once a wife has to say a disquieting subject should be uttered in the privacy of their own room, where no one to see the angry looks that dart between them or to hear the bitter words of recrimination. I have just received a most interesting letter on this subject, which should be of world-wide interest to those who have marital troubles to complain of. Mrs. H. writes: "I have a plan to make unhappy house bearable. I have tried it out and know its value. I married it when I was elegante. Three children came to me before I knew my husband to be a worthless scamp. By that time my eldest boy was twelve and my youngest girl six. I had a long and terrible communion with my own heart. After carefully weighing the awful discovery I made, children that for the first time made it was wisest and best that they should know their father that had bledgled our home. We all met at the breakfast table I wore a smiling face and had cheerful word for him as passed out. Our dinner table was always life a happy reunion. The children's hearts were kept light and because they knew nothing of the bitterness which existed between my husband and myself. They grew to manhood and womanhood and were happily married, ere the secret I had kept so long and so faithfully kept out, not from my lips, but because of his finally clearing out of one who had charmed him away from me for years and married an ascendance ever him. The children came about me, with tears in their eyes, asking why I had borne my burden alone and in silence "That you might have a happy home life." I answered simply and truthfully. Their gratitude was unspeakable. It is a lesson which each has ever since carried out in his or her domestic life—never to have controversies or quarrels before their children, no matter what the provocation was. When our children go out in the world, they should carry with them the memory of, an uncleared childhood and a happy home life to look back upon. wife's letter speaks volumes. It would be good if wives would but head. No wiser result can be obtained by quarrelling before one's little ones. Boys and girls are sure to take side with one parent or the other, right or wrong. They usually pity the one who is entitled to the most blame. Even the worst of husbands will appreciate the wife who treats him well before his sons and daughters. KEEPING THE MARRIAGE: A SECRET. My true love hath my heart, and I have his, by just exchange one to the other given I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss. There ever was a better bargain driven. My true love hath my heart and I have his. The neighborhoods of large cities and country towns are pretty much alike after all. If a girl catches a beau, a score or more of Mrs. Grundy, peeping from behind closed blinds, watch how often he calls. They begin to speculate forthwith as to how long it will be are they make a match. Should he call for a year, or longer, and there's no sign of the engagement being announced, some of the Mrs. Grundy declare she is unable to land him. If he goes to her home to board, the gossips nod to each other, declaring it to be the end of the affair. Seeing her when she's not tidied up and about her work in the morning will disenchant him. The know-it-alls will at last grow bolder and ask the girl outlight when she's going to give them a wedding? If she evades the question, they settle the matter in their own minds that it's a case of wasting her time on a man who is content to court, but marriage is far and away from his intentions. Love affairs generally turn out quite the opposite from people' s prediction. If he moves his trunk out, they throw up their hands, wink knowingly to each other declaring they knew well how it would end. They are surprised that she still signs as blithely as a bird about the house. The girl knows of the gossip of the neighbors, but holds her peace. It is only when the Mrs. Grundy becomes too inquisitive in pinyin; into her affairs that the girl dons her wedding ring and laughs amusedly in their faces, declaring that she has been told that she does not know it was any-body's business, but her own and her husband's. She adds amusedly that he will give them any information they desire when he returns from his business trip. There's often a brood and sufficient reason why secret marriages are not all to be censured. If the young people are quite popular and have dear five hundred friends, any one of whom it would not do to slight, they think it wiest to be united while they are off summering. He may have a crochet, aged uncle, who forwears the friendship of women, because he was filted in his youth. He has vowed that if his favorite nephew weds he will make a new will, cutting him off without a dollar. Love, laughs, at locksmiths, as it does at threats and wits. The young man would declare his marriage openly and at once. But his bride prevails upon him to keep their marriage a secret and give a chance to her to win the uncle's heart; then spring the news upon him. His home folks may have different plans for him, and he concludes not to inform them of his marriage until they find it out for themselves. As long as the girl's folks make no objection to the secret marriage, no one else need concern himself. The marriage bell will ring just as happily for them as though the whole world were invited to help them celebrate. "All is well that ends well." Rubens' Masterpiece. Antwerp cathedral's greatest treasure is Rubens "Descent From the Cross," said to have had its birth in the desire of the painter to avoid a lawsuit. At the command of Albert and isabella he had consented to make Antwerp his home, and built himself a house which unfortunately trenched on the ground of the Honorable Company of Arqueubuals. Rather than pay compensation in monies of fered to paint the plaster a picture of St. John the bearer of Christ patron saint of the guild. The magnificent work was done and placed in position in the cathedral in 1612. There is a legend that the head and neck of the riotous students in Rubens' studio, Van Dyck was selected by the culpits to repair the damage, which was done so well that the master forgave the sons of Bellal. Located. "What," asked the Curious Individual, "do you suppose has become of that old-fashioned girl who used to tie her stocking around her throat when she had konsilitis!" "Say," returned the Walking Encyclopedia, "she is upstairs in her little room—and she doesn't call it her boudot—pressing a rose in a book. And believe me, she's got it all over the modern dispity gibbet who thinks of nothing else but tangoes and tiaras!" Awful Thought A little girl receiving her first religious teaching was much impressed by the unique character and omnipotence of the Almighty. Saying her prayers at night, she added a peculiar and earnest petition: "And O Lord, please take good care of yourself, for if anything happens to you: O Lord, what are the rest of us going to do?" Fundamental Principles of Health By ALBERT S. GRAY, M.D. If all men and women had sufficient work, mental and physical, to give them healthy appetites and the means to gratify them with simple foods, the greatest happiness of the greater number would be established on a thoroughly sound basis. We only expect pleasure and comfort to be experienced when ancestral habit through long ages of use has established a sensory track to a center and where that sensory center is permitted to function freely within the scale of its development. Happiness comes out of the normal use and normal use of our functions and any restraint in the normal use of those functions must inevitably lead to unhappiness and ill health. Life itself is very tenacious and resistant and if the changes are not too abrupt, any given species will quite easily adapt itself to practically any condition. Under insanitary conditions, of course, the deterioration of a strain is marked and quite abrupt; but even under the worst states imaginable, normal incubation being permitted, chickens will survive, the line quickly and simply adapting to the environment. This is true of the human species. It is stated that the last annual report of the Commission of the Finchshire district, London, England, just published, shows that in Finchshire district, the most congested of the London borough, where 6,000 families live and sleep in 6,000 rooms, babies are immune to the fld diseases. "Some of these babies," says the report, "as soon as, or even before, they are able to crawl, are placed on the sidewalks early in the day, to be watched or nursed by a girl of four or five years of age. They are true gutter children. Sometimes the immature nurse falls asleep weared by her task, and the baby crawls to the road, to be fed. Both are filthy and gutted stained. But they seem to live. In fact, the stock from which they have sprung superior to the ordinary diseases of childhood." The problem of humanity in general is largely a matter of quality rather than of quantity and to stock this requires thought on all sides. Expert breeders of children and of other lower organisms, both animal and vegetable, appear to have learned to solution, to use and to principles productive of highly desirable results, while humanity as a direct inflexible weeks a life solution by means of "eugenics," or some other equally vague method. We have noted that wheat begins to germinate at 41 degrees Fahrenheit, and that each stage in the development of the plant coincides with a definite heat absorption, the plant going forward to complete maturity under a mean temperature of about 60 degrees. Chickens require a mean temperature of 103 degrees for 21 days and man a temperature of 98.6 degrees for about forty weeks. The more complex 'the species the greater the temperature of heat or energy required to be absorbed to develop it, the more complex the food or fuel required to maintain the organism in efficient condition, and the more serious any disturbance in the life cycle is certain to be. A properly fed organism is always an efficient organism. If chickens, dogs, horses, cows or men are proply fed they are efficient machines and if they are not properly fed nothing else can make them efficient. With chickens the ration and work determine the quantity and the vitality of the eggs, and once hatched or born, as with all other organisms, individual success becomes a matter of food-building material. A deficient diet with chickens produces many peculiar results. Of course, the hen does not know, as we do—or as we can and should—that carbonic acid, water, ammonia and salts from the inorganic world are manufactured into complicated proteins, starches, gums, fats, salines and water combinations suitable for animal consumption. Neither, probably, does she know that the animal world, including herself, takes in these proteins, amylaceous matters, fats salts and water of vegetable construction, and, extracting the energy from those, particular combinations for individual use, converts them back into carbonic acid, water, ammonia and Radium Business Disturbed. The European war has for the present, at least, totally closed the European market to American radium ores. As is well known, that the ores are sold exclusively their radium content, so likewise being known for the uranium that the ores cannot be sold for their content of that element. The closure of the European market leaves but one known buyer, so that while the war lasts and probably for some time afterward the market will be restricted and without the benefit of competition. Had the bills introduced in congress been passed, the United States government would probably also have been in the market as a buyer, and the miner might have had at least the choice between two purchasers—Science. Occupied With Other Matters. "Which way do the sympathies of your citizens lean, as indicated by their discussion of the European war?" inquired the man from the city. "Can you help me in the case of IOWA-STATE BYSTANDER saita all readily available for plant food again. The hen does not know these things as we do, but the writer knows from personal observation that the average hen will make a vastly harder struggle to correct a deficient diet than will the average human being. The hen doesn't bother about the color of food, but if she feels badly she seems to know instinctively that something is missing and hunts it up. Deficiency in our prepared foods is at the bottom of the greater part of our troubles. BABY FOOD& Of all the species that inhabit this earth the human appears to be the only one not able completely to meet the obligations and fulfill all the functions of parenthood. It is notorious and regrettable fact that a very large and constantly increasing percentage of infants have to be artificially fed solely because of the delivery of milk either in shiftered quality or quantity to supply the nutritive needs of the child. Women of hardy country stock and women of savage tribes. are rarely if ever troubled by inability properly to nourish their babies at their breasts, but in our towns and cities the trouble grows apace and has come to constitute the chief peril of infancy. How great this peril actually is may perhaps best be comprehended by noting certain evidence obtainable from the published statistics of the city of Berlin, where all foodstuffs and, in fact, everything pertaining to the physical welfare of the people are objects of rigid scrutiny and are subjected to the most comprehensive and thorough modern scientific supervision, by the duly constituted authorities. According to the Berlin official death returns for a given year, this evidence shows that, while the mortality among breast fed infants was 7.8 per cent, it rose to 48.1 per cent among the bottle fed babies. Germany leads the world in chemistry, in science and in scientific methods in general, and inasmuch as the government is more or less paternal and because it considers every healthy child a national and military asset, it is very reasonable to assume that the prepared foods, modified cow's milk and any and all other substitutes for the human milk were undoubtedly as pure and wholesome as it would be possible for human agency to make them. Hence the difference between 7.6 per cent and 48.1 per cent represents an approximate minimum death forfeit incident to artificial feeding—what may reasonably be considered an irreducible minimum penalty levied as nature's protest against human stupidity. Cow's milk is the basis of practically all human milk substitutes. That it is a woody defective basis is proved by the fact that man is adjusted to a scale requiring a doubling of the body weight within approximately five inches or 185 days after birth, while the cow doubles its body weight within 47 days after birth. In view of what we know about the absolute correspondence among things everywhere throughout the universe the following statements by Bunge are highly significant in this connection: "In one woman during the first month after birth the milk contained 15 per mille protid, whereas in the tenth month the amount had dropped to nine mille, the proportions of sash having likewise decreased." The diminution of protid in the milk as lactation proceeds has also been observed and tabulated by other authors for man and animals. If not even a wet nurse can "completely replace the mother unless her infant has been born on the same day as her foster child," is it reasonable to expect that a cow may be a fit subject? Obviously it is futile to hope that any chemist will ever evolve a formula for the successful modification of cow's milk for the human baby needed by baby dependent on the cow and a bottle will ever be handcapped to the same extent as the chick having a kerosene lamp for a foster mother—approximately 40 per cent. plus. In the broad sense of the term the secret of healthy plants and abundant crops is known to depend on adequate nutrition, and the key to healthy animal life is the same. Funk's recent demonstration of the vitamins, those complex proteins, minute quantities of which are absolutely necessary to life, throws quite a new light on the footwear of modern man in the consideration of tabled meals forever impossible. The logical line of progress is not in devising substitutes, but in building up the natural supply. Less time given to wrangling over the respective merits of pasteurized, sterilized or raw cow's milk, of patent baby foods and refrigeration, and more thought given to the mother at the right time, is a problem. An adequate supply of artificial mother's milk gives the best heritage any baby can have. that there's been almost no war talk going on here lately. You see, last week the representatives of a well-known eastern publishing house succeeded in short changing the ticket seller of a circus that visited us, and the ticket seller in turn succeeded in getting away without subscribing for the valuable literary work which the agent was bringing to the attention of the few, prominent citizens of each community where he worked, to excelsse it. Naturally that finished us with enough to discuss and ponder over right here at home without bothering about such news as escaped the censors in some unpronounceable places away of yonder."—Khanas City Star. It seems to be the case that the German Krupps are at present the most formidable big guns, but what Germany has done is outward national ought to be able to do, and the chances are that if universal peace does not come soon the Krupps will find another single among the artillery of the nations. PROPER WAY TO BREW TEA Matter That Housewives Do Not Seem to Understand as Well as They Should. It is unquestionably true that housekeepers would make better tea if they kn w more about the tea plant itself. The brief explanation below reveals the cause of sleeplessness, headaches, etc. Tea drinking is said to be on the increase, and when properly made, tea forms a wholesome and refreshing beverage, but when made in that hap-hazard fashion so often demonstrated in the average home, it results in the discomfort of headaches, sleeplessness and nerve troubles of various kinds. Where, then, is the science in tea-making, you will ask. There are as many as 20 different ingredients found in tea, those which are the alkaloid, tannin and an aromatic oil. The lime is the brain stimulant which causes the action of tea in our system. Strong tea contains a large percentage of theine and can be taken by few in consequence. Tannin is the ingredient which gives the bitter, astringent quality, which, if taken in excess, proves harmful. The aromatic oil, of course, gives the flavor and pleasant aroma which to a large extent determines the value of the tea. The one fact that must be borne in mind is that tannin will not dissolve in hot water as quickly as thethee, so that after an infusion of from four to six minutes most of the aromatic oil and thethee will have been drawn out. This is what is wanted to produce a drink that is wholesome and soothing. If allowed to brew longer than six minutes far too much tannin is extracted, and thepartaker will suffer in some way, either with indigestion or some such indisposition. SAUSAGES AT THEIR BEST At This Season, When They Are Most Popular, They Are Worth Much Time and Attention. Take a tablespoonful of seasoned mashed potato and form into shells; then press uncooked sausage in each; brush with the beaten yolk of egg and set on a greased pan in a hot oven to cook; by the time the potato is heated through and browned the sausage will be cooked. Garnish the dish on which the shells are served with parsley or watercress. The sausage and drain free from the fat; then let become cold. Shred crisp cabbage and season with celery salt and mayonnaise and arrange the sausage in a circle, placing a tablespoonful of the maxonnaise in the center. Brown the sausages and arrange on a hot dish. Drain off part of the fat from the pan and add gradually enough boiling water to make a rich brown gravy, stirring all of the time to loosen the browned sediment from the bottom of the pan. Be careful that only enough water is added to have the gravy rich and diluted so as to be watery. Pepper can be added to suit the individual taste. Canned Corn Chowder. Cut in small bits and try out a piece of pork one and a half inches square; add one sliced onion and cook for five minutes, stirring often that the onion may not burn. Strain the fat into a stewpan. Parbrow for five minutes in boiling water to cover, four cups of potatoes cut in quarter-inch slices; drain, and add two cups of boiling water. Cook until the potatoes are soft, then add one can of corn and a couple of cloves of breaded potatoes to boiling point. Season with salt and pepper, add three tablespoonfuls butter, and eight common crackers soaked in milk enough to soften them. Remove crackers, turn chowder into a tureen, and put the crackers on top. Eggs (Piedmont Style). Chop four anchovies and dissolve them (free from bones and skin) in one-half pint of good stock; add the yolks of six eggs and the beaten white of two. Stir over the fire until the mixture has thickened which have been laid in a dish, sprinkle some grated cheese over all and bake ten minutes in a hot oven. Jacobin's Pottage. Chop the meat of cold turkey fine; add two ounces of grated parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Make four or five slices of toast, put them in the bottom of a dish and add one ounce of the cheese the chopper and a sprinkling of breadcrumbs. Bake one hour, add lemon juice on top. To Iron Linen. An excellent way to iron table linen is first to dry it thoroughly in the air. Then dip it into boiling water and put it through the wringer. Each article is then folded in a dry cloth and allowed to remain there for at least a couple of hours. Irons must be hot, but not scorching, and the linen ironed perfectly dry. Shrimp Bileque Soup. Stir one heaping tablespoonful flour with enough milk or cream to make a paste; put into the saucepan one-half pint milk; good measure—the yolk of one ear well beaten, a tablespoonful bitter, salt and pepper to taste, add one-half cupful chopped shrimps the last thing. Serve hot. Cleaning Enameled Dishes. Salt moistened with vinegar will remove burnt marks from enameled saucepan and dishes, but don't forget that they should be soaked in cold water for a few hours first to loosen the water. To Soften Sugar. Brown sugar that has become lumpy from being kept any length of time may be softened in the following manner: Fill the teekettle with boiling water and pour sugar in a pan pleasing it when the water has been boiled. The KITCHEN CABINET Blest be the tongue that speaks no ill, Whose words are always true, That keeps the law of kindness still Whatever others do. Blest be the hands that toll to aid The great world's ceaseless need. The hands that never are afraid To do a kindly deed. SOME, DISHES NEW AND OLD. Rabbits are cheap if easily obtained and plentiful and in many sections are once with strips of bacon and fried onions as a luncheon dish. Venison Steak With. Chestnuts—Take a venison steak and stuff with boiled chestnuts which have been mashed and seasoned well, roll up lard with salt pork, and roast. Serve with cauliflower or brussels sprouts. A FEW COMPANY DISHES. When one is entertaining it is nice are common food. Here are a few ways of preparing them: Grapes Lardad Rabbit Baked in Milk— One rabbit will serve five or six people. Spread over the dressed rabbit thin slices of fat salt pork. Set in the oven and baste with the fat in the pan, then when well browned lower the heat, add milk and baste with the milk, dredging with flour after each basting. Cook for an hour longer. The rabbit may be browned in fat on the top of the rows and then put into the oven with the milk and cooked until perfectly tender. For the gravy take some of the fat or butter, mix when hot with an equal part of flour and add the milk from the pan. Dredge the milk on the pot or pour over it. Serve with rice croquettes, each holding a small spoonful of currant jelly. Rabbit may be parcelled and then fried as one does chicken, serving a gravy made from the fat in the pan. Rabbit Hasenpeffer Style—Divide the forelegs and the body into pieces, wash all, including the heart and liver. Try out some fat salt pork and add two sliced onions to the fat; when yellow and two tablespoonfuls of flour, a quart of veal broth, a teaspoonful of salt, a bit of bay leaf, half a teaspoon of sugar, and the rabbit. Cover and let simmer until the rabbit is tender. Add a generous tablespoonful of butter, half a cupful of fruit juice or orange juice, and two lumps of sugar. The sauce should be spicy, sweet and sour, not too thick. Chicken Sandwiches—Chop separately, cooked chicken and ham or tongue. For each three-fourths of a cup of chicken take a fourth of a cup of the other meat. For each cup of meat chop fine one canned pimento, or its equivalent in bulk or olives stuffed with pimentos. Mix with mayonnaise to spread well and put on well-buttered bread. An evil example in a few things far outweighs a good example in many things. We need to be on our guard that the example we set to others may be all good. Health, cheerfulness and activity are best conducive to prosperity and contentment. The following is a change from the ordinary ways of serving chicken. Separate the chicken in pieces at the joints; set into a buttered baking pan, dusting with salt and add a few bits of butter, pour oureo boiling water, cover closely and water, cover closely and set in a hot oven. Separate the chicken in pieces at the joints; set into a buttered baking pan, dusting with salt and add a few bits of butter, pour over boiling hot veal broth or water, cover closely, season with a hot sauce. Let cook an hour and a half; baste twice and turn the chicken over when half cooked. When done remove to a platter and surround with spoonfuls of savory rice and serve with the sauce in a separate dish. Sauce: Melt three tablespoonfuls of batter, in cook three tablespoonfuls of flour, add a half teaspoonful of salt, and a dash of pepper; when smooth, and bubbling, add three-fourths of a cupful of cream and the froth from the pan, a cupful at least. Cook until smooth and strain into a bowl. Savory Rice—Cook together a cupful of rice and a cupful and a half each of tomato purée and broth (using either chicken or veal), season with an onion, cut in halves with two cloves pressed into each half, a teaspoonful of salt, a chili pepper (without seeds), chopped fine, and a dash of paprika. Cook until the rice is tender; add one-fourth of a cupful of butter and let stand until melted, then serve as above. Burbank Sausage—Select rather large potatoes of uniform size, cut out an opening through them with an apple corer after they are peeled. Put into salted boiling water and cook eight minutes, now drain and insert into each opening one of the small Deerfoot sausages, previously prepped with a fork. Put the potatoes into the oven and bake until tender. Serve at Magnetic Crane. Successful handling of bar-iron rods by an electric crane equipped with magnetic lift has been accomplished at a New Jersey iron works by the simple expedient of having the bars wired together, before shipment, in bundles containing a dozen or more rods. in an attempt to do a more efficient slow and expensive, the plan of lifting the loops rods from the cars with the magnetic lift was tried. This proved unaffective, as it was impossible to pick Silenced the Outlies. The dentists who have been specially sent to the front to deal with toothache in the trenches will proceed in less rough-and-ready fashion, no doubt, than the dental surgeons in camp on the Patomac of whom Mark Twain tells. They were annoyed by the hown of anguished smiles by patients in the dental suite, so he even went to the dentist's office, where they admitted about five hundred soldiers who stood second, and as soon as the dentist's master once with strips of bacon and fried onions as a luncheon dish. Venison Steak With. Chestnuts—Take a venison steak and stuff with boiled chestnuts which have been mashed and seasoned well, roll up, lard with salt pork, and roast. serve with cauliflower or brussels sprouts. A FEW COMPANY DISHES. When one is entertaining it is nice to serve some dishes which are especially dalty to look at, as well as appetising. We all like to be original and thing new, and the way to do this is to experiment with combinations, and cally look at, appetizi like to and h thing ne way to to exper combina give the world a new dish. Chestnut Purée for Peppers—Boll the nuts, put through a ricer when tender. To a cupful and a half of the riced chestnut nuts add three tablespoonfuls of butter, two tablespoonfuls of chopped pimentos (canned red peppers), a tablespoonful of grated onion, half a teaspoonful of salt, and a cupful of rich milk. Parboil the peppers and fill with this purée. Serve around broiled steak or as a vegetable with almost any meat combination. Have the stems and white portion as well as the seeds removed from the peppers before parbrowling. Mix the peppers in sugar and water with a half cupful more or less of currant jelly. When cold set on oblong pieces or rounds of sponge cake, cover with the thickened stirup and a spoonful of whipped cream. Sprinkle with chopped almonds or shredded in strips. Apple, Date and Celery Salad.—To serve four salad plates, pare one large apple, core and cut in small cubes. Pour over the apple a tablespoonful of lemon juice and mix occasionally to well cover. Cut five tender stalks of white celery in bits. Pour boiling water over a half-pound of firm dates. Dry and then remove the stones. Cut each date in quarters lengthly, mix with the apple and add a half-cupful of boiled dressing, or better, a half-cupful of mayonnaise, mix again and serve well chilled. Scotch Short Bread.—Cream a cupful of butter, add a half-cupful of light brown sugar and four cupfuls of sour a little warmed. Form the mixture into a flat cake and prick well all over with a fork. Sprinkle the top with caraway candies or bits of citron in flower design with the candies and bake in a moderate oven. To secure a happy home, be happy yourself. The person who wants life made happy by outside means and outside happenings. The custom of serving tea to one's friends in the late afternoon is such a pleasant and hospitable way of spending a few social moments with congenial spirits that it would not count courageed rather than to allow the rush of things to deprive us of such simple pleasures. pleasant and "hospitals way of spending a few good hours with congenial spirits that it should be a custom encouraged rather than to allow the rush of things to deprive us of such simple pleasures. One need not have an elaborate tea service to give this attention; many who wait for those things never enjoy doing nice things for friends. Anyone may have a pretty pot or pitcher and for it it is not the display of silver and plate that expresses hospitality, but the spirit behind the service. When one has a pretty tea hall the making of tea is a pretty sight to look at, and a pretty service adds to the pleasure of one's guests. Tea may be tied in small pieces of muslin enough for a pot of tea, these small bags kept in a tight can or jar for months and will always be ready for the quick cup of tea with no "grounds for complaint." For some it is a prerequisite establishment of one all imaginative to leave the grounds in the pot so that each may have a few in the cup and have the fortune told from the grounds. The custom of having the tea table in the room alway set, ready for service, is not desirable, for one likes to feel that the service is fresh and free from all dust and germs. The tea cart is a great convenience, for all the service may be brought in at once. Small cakes, crackers and cookies are served with a cup of tea. The English custom of serving sandwiches and marmalade is observed by some. up a clean load. When a load was lifted in this way many of the rods would come up hanging by one end. With the rods wired in bundles, the crane lifts a clean load consisting of several bundles. Needs a Little Salt. "She is compelled to take Mr. Geezer cum grano sallis," went on Miss Callowhill, pursuing the subject. "That is quite true," assented Miss Winebiddle. "He certainly is exceptionally fresh."—Philadelphia Ledger. ment touched the patient's teeth, clapped their hands to their laws, hopped about, and howled for all they were worth. Not one of the real sufferers ever cried after that, and often the patient was compelled to laugh. KEOKUK, IOWA. Miss Laura Nichols of Louisiana. Me, spent the holidays with Miss Ella Scott. Mrs. Maymie Bryant is in Quincy, Ill., visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. T. L. Smith. Mrs. T. L. Smith. Mr. Perry Harris and Miss Lucile Morgan cuttured their friends a few weeks age by going to Carthage, Ill., and being quietly married at the home of Miss Morgan's brother. Many friends extend congratulations and acknowledge the clearness of the contracting parties. The marriage of Miss Hazel Singleton and Mr. Harvey Hunter of Palmyra occurred December 24. They left immediately for Palmyra. Mrs. Mattie Cash of Seattle, Wash., is visiting her father, Mr. Selby Johnson. Madame N. P. Jones of Kansas City is the guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Twine. Mrs. S. F. Kellis of Upton, Wyoming, arrived here December 31. A large number attended the Hanubal orchestra's dance at Gibbons opera house December 30. Before dancing the band gave a concert. The out of town visitors were Miss McBride, Mr. Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. James Harden of Monmouth, Ill., and Mr. Charles King of Burlington, Ia. Mr. Hornce Craig spent Saturday and Sunday in Ottumwa, Iowa. Mrs. Maria Green is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harris, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Relatives in the city received the sad news of the death of Mrs. James Yieser in Canyon City, Colorado. The burial taking place in that city December 31. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dixon entertained Mr. and Mrs. Sam Brown and son, George, on New Year's day at a three-course dinner. Miss Ionia Hawkins entertained the younger set at a sleighing party on New Year's night. After an enjoyable ride over the city the young people were taken to the home of Miss Hawkins, where refreshments were served. Dancing was the pleasure of the evening. NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE TO CONVENE IN BOSTON. Tuskegee, Ala., January 1—At the meeting of the National Negro Business League held last August in Muskogee, Oklahoma, invitations to hold the next meeting were received from and through the local Negro Business Leagues of Boston, Massachusetts, Kansas City, Mo., and Chicago, Ill. The executive committee decided to leave the matter of the final decision to a committee composed of Dr. Booker T. Washington, president; Hon. J. C. Napier, chairman of the executive committee, and Emmett J. Scott, secretary. All these invitations were most cordial, but after weighing all matters carefully, it has been decided to hold the next meeting in-Boston, Massachusetts. The National Negro Business League was organized in Boston, August, 1900, and so the fifteenth anniversary of the organization will be celebrated in connection with the coming meeting to be held there Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 18th, 19th and 20th, 1915. The local Negro Business League of Boston is more united than ever before, and all the forces are working together to make the coming meeting a memorable one. NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS. Furnished by the National Negro Business League. It is reported that S. H. Dudley, the famous comedian and theatrical booking agent, will put a mammoth tent show next season which will employ over a hundred colored people. The New York Medical Journal recently awarded the first prize, $25.00 in gold, to Dr. S. C. Dowling, a graduate of the Howard Medical school, for the best essay on "The Treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis of the Liver." The Cook County Bar association is the name of a recent organization, composed of Chicago's leading colored lawyers. George W. Ellis is at the head of the movement. Charles H. Watkins, a young colored man, is said to be one of the best salesmen employed by the Story and Clark Piano company of St. Louis. His sales for this year will exceed $80,000 and entitle him to the annual bonus of $150.00 offered by his company. A Christmas fund of $20,000 was drawn out by nearly 1,000 depositors of the Brown Savings bank of Norfolk, Virginia. The bank is managed by colored men. The Clof club of New York City has donated $75.00 to charitable organizations in Philadelphia. The colored Odd Fellows are erecting a $75,000 building in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Ira T. Bryant has been elected president of the Nashville Board of Trade. 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Miss Merle Basfield, who was called here on account of the death of her sister, Mrs. Bessie Brown, returned to her home in Rock Island Ill., last Saturday evening. Miss Anna, Jennie, Loules and Badges Regalia Books Naomi Harper attended a party New Year's night at the home of Mr. Reed Lamb in New Boston, Iowa. The young ladies report an enjoyable time. Mr. Edward Prentice left last Saturday evening for Rock Island, Ill., where he has accepted a position. Mrs. Day and two sons, Bennie and George, left this week for Keokuk, Iowa, where they expect to reside permanently. (This Week.) Mr. Clarence White of Hamilton, Ill., was a Fort Madison visitor Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wedley and Mrs. Rose Thomas, mother of the latter, left Monday for St. Louis, Mo., where they intend to make their future home. T. M. T. Campbell of Topeka, Kansas, arrived in this city this week and intends to reside here permanently. Mr. Campbell is an undertaker and expects to go into business in a short while. Mr. Silas Hubbard passed away at his home at 812 Sixth street Sunday evening at 9:15 o'clock. He was a man the century mark and death was due to his advanced age. The deceased The Public is Invited, Banners Furniture was born in slavery and remained in slavery until the war of the rebellion in 1842, which freed him of its bonds. After his release from slavery Mr. Hubbard came north and settled down near Summitsville, Iowa. While living here he was married and to this union were born six children, all of whom are deceased except one son, Charles, who at present is in Mt. Pleasant at the state asylum. Thirty-five years ago the deceased moved from Summitsville to this city, where he has resided ever since. He was the oldest resident of the race in the city both in point of age and in residence. He saw the city of Fort Madison progress from a little hamlet to the city of today. He was a convert to the Roman Catholic faith and a member of the St. Joseph's church of this city. 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JONES Funeral Director Johns Cafe The Old Reliable Place to get your meals PHONE NRD 318 W. 3rd St 3027 Booming House at 216-318 3rd St James Bennett, D. M.; George F. Hulf, secretary; Nathan Mitchell, assistant secretary; John Henderson, chapain; Eph. Broach, inside sentinel; Jessie Mathew, outside sentinel. Those that were installed by the S. M. T. are as follows: Anna Marion, W. P.; Lulu Marion, V. P.; Susie Holmes, secretary; Emma Teabeau, assistant secretary. On Tuesday morning occurred the death of Mr. Wm. Bennett. He is survived by his wife and two children. Hester and James. On Monday afternoon occurred the death of Mrs. Spates. She is survived by her husband, several children and four grandchildren. On January 6th the annual Epiphany party was held at the People's Institute, the party being given by Miss Beulah Anderson. Next year it will be at the home of Miss Ruth Bland. Rev. J. C. Sage entertained the members of St. Mary's Episcopal church on January 8th at a chicken pie supper. The Misses Marie Whaley and Luba Gwinn of Washington, Iowa, visited Miss Artisha E. Fields. Mrs. W. W. Gross underwent an operation at a local hospital and is improving rapidly. Mrs. Alonzo Draine entertained the Self-Culture club at her home, 1308 Morgan street, on Monday afternoon. IOWA GIRL IN THE SOUTHWEST. "Echoes from Bishop College," by Letta E. Cary, B. A., head of the department of German. It may be of interest to the readers of the Bystander to know just how the students and faculty of Bishop college celebrated New Year's day. It was commemorated very appropriately by having as invited guests the older people in and about Marshall. At about 12 o'clock our venerable guests began to arrive on foot, in wagons, buggies and on mules. After viewing the grounds, inspecting the dormitories and amusing themselves generally, the old folks were conducted to the dining hall, where, much to their enjoyment, they were bountifully fed at two long tables which extended the width of the room. The dining hall and tables were appropriately decorated in holly, mistleace and Xmas bells, while the walls were adorned with the Stars and Stripes, quite in keeping with the significance of the day. At the sight of this emblem of freedom one of the older ladies was so deeply moved that her feelings gave expression to the utterance of shouts of praise. So for a time the students had a feeling that they were entering a real "Holy Ghost meeting" instead of a dining hall. After dinner our guests, along with the student body and other friends, repaired to the chapel, where the remainder of the day was fittingly celebrated with the singing of jubilee songs by the choir, and the deliverance of various talks. The main address was delivered by Prof. Paul Bledsoe of the Prairie View State Normal, who spoke very forcefully and intelligently upon the financial, intellectual and economical progress made by the Negro since his deliverance from bondage. At the conclusion of Prof. Bledsoe's address a number of the ex-slaves were allowed to express themselves in their own way. Indeed some of their experiences as they related them were mirtful as well as pathetic. Every thoughtful person who heard these old people express in their crude way their experiences and their longings will agree that every sentiment carried with it an inspiration for those who listened. It made all appreciate more keenly the sacrificial spirit which is being exhibited at this critical time by some of these old noble-minded people who are keeping their children in school. To the average boy and girl living in the north the present war means nothing other than the reading of the thrilling accounts in the newspapers. But to the boys and girls of our race in the southland, who depend upon such schools as Bishop college for their education, then it means that the commercial difficulties existing in Europe at the present time are so critical that the parents of these poor Negro boys and girls have no sale for their cotton, thus depriving them of the opportunity of attending schools this year. And as was said, the majority who are here in school are attending only at a great sacrifice of their old fathers and mothers. So then to listen to the experiences of some of these old people, many of whom, though bent with age, are striving zealously each day of their lives to keep their boys and girls here, one could not refrain from branding them as heroes and benefactors of the present generation. And the lessons which they gave to us by their precepts on that day will long be remembered. 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