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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XXI NO. 36 CITY NEWS Mrs. W. L. Lee who has been quite for the past 4 weeks is able to be up. Mrs. J. R. Erickson of 1602 Des Moines street is confined to her bed with bronchitis. Atty. S. Joe Brown was attending to real business in Iowa City last Wednesday and reports the Negro Students in "iowa" all well and doing good work in the various departments of the University. The W W. club of Asbury M. E. sat at the residence of Mrs. Anna Canan. 751 W 11th street Monday evening at 8 o'clock. A short business session was held after which each member was busily engaged in embroidery, daily luncheon was served by the matress. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Sophia Hill, 115 W. 1st St. March 16th. Miss Helen Eugenia Hagan of New Haven, Conn., spent a few days in our city. She is our great pianist. Dr. C. M. Wilson returned from Leukin, Iowa, where he had been called to attend the funeral of his aged mother last week. Mr. S. M. Davies of 127 Jefferson Avenue is improving very well at the mercy hospital since the operation. Mr. E. J. Baldwin of Creston, who underwent an operation at the Merry hospital a few weeks ago, is much improved, so that he is able to be up and out this week. Frank P. Johnson, who has been very sick for several weeks, is able to be up and went to his work this week. Mr. Nelson Watkins, who is very sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John L. Thompson, remains about the same. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Spencer of Grinnell attended the Hagan piano recital last Monday. While here they weer the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Shelton. All present and past natrons and patrons of the Order of the Eastern Star in good standing are cordially invited to be present and assist in the perfection of the permanent organization of a past officers' council at the residence of the undersigned, 1058 Fifth street, Monday evening, March 15th.—By order of Mrs. S. Joe Brown, Temporary President. All clubs in the city who expect to be represented at the Inter-State Literary association at Hutchinson, Kans., next December are requested to send their delegates to the meeting to be held at 1058 Fifth street Tuesday evening, March 16th, for the purpose of organizing the Des Moines City Literary convention for 1915. The Corinthian Baptist church extends an invitation to their services. Morning subject, "Triumph of the Church." Sunday school after services. B: Y. P. U. at 6:30. Evening subject, "The Smoking Flax." Choir will render good music. Official Visit. The Grand Master of Masons, John L. Thompson, will make his official visit to North Star Lodge No 2. Dea Moines, Thursday March 18th and with Doric Lodge No. 30 Thursday April 15. GUESTS AT THOMPSON HOTEL. Messrs. Sam Gordon and Clarence Dodson of New York City, playing at the Empress Theater, Wilson Story at the Empress, Peter Russell, Ft. Dodge Keene and Johnson of Chicago, Miss Lulu Coats, Chicago, all playing at Empress Theater. V. L. Jackman of St. Louis, Moe, M. E. J. Baldwin, Creston, Ia, Miss Helen E. Hagan, New Haven, Conn. CARD OF THANKS. We the undersigned wish to express our heartfelt thanks for the kindness shown during the illness and death of our mother and sister. We wish to thank you also for the floral offerings. Dr. C. M. Wilson, Mrs. J. W. Wilson, Mrs Ida Bely, Selby Johnson THE LYCEUM. At the meeting of the Des Moines Negro Lyceum Association Tuesday evening Mr. Jessie A. Graves led the review of the March Crisis. Mrs. J. H. McDowell was a visitor and made an interesting address. The meeting next week will be with Wiss Milred Griffin at East 17th and Capital avenue on Tuesday March 16th, the meeting of next week being abandoned on account of the City convention, at which time Miss Beatrice Turner will sing and Atty. S. Joe Brown will review the Commission Form of Government for the State of Iowa, proposed by the Retrenchment and Reform Committee of the State Legislature. State Capitol Blg Historical Room EDITORIALS SUNDAY IS GO TO CHURCH DAY. Sunday, March 14, is go to church Sunday. Then it is expected that everybody who is well would go to church. We hope that the colored people, especially those of you who heretofore have not been attending any church, would go next Sunday, turn over a new leaf, make up in your own mind which church you want to go to, then just go. It is a duty you owe to your neighbor, your community, yourself and your children. Set a good example, live right and people will respect you. All our churches will welcome you there. BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE The regular local meeting of the Negro Business League will be hold next Tuesday evening, March 16th, at Union Congregational church to install the newly elected officers. Every member o the league is urged to be persent. A program will be rendered. CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE WORKER HERI Mrs. Peterson of Texas, national organizer of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will be in our city next week to organize a temperance union among our people. The announcements will be made Sunday at the different churches. A NEW CLUB ORGANIZED The great question at la.t. has been solved where to go on Sundays. It is at the Y. M. Sunday club, which meets at 4:30 p. m. at Asbury church, 777 West Eleventh Street. Subject for discussion, "How To Become a Real Man." Every man and boy is invited. It is our hope that the colored people will push this organization and make it a success. MISS HAGAN RECITAL The great pianist, Miss Helen Eugenia Hagan, of New Haven, Connecticut, who is a graduate from Yale university and won first prize scholarship from said university, appeared in our city last Monday night to a packed house at Union Congregational church. It was *the greatest musical recital ever given in Iowa and the largest and most refined and cultured musical loving people of Des Moines of both white and colored. Miss Hagan was truly a master in her art. She held that great audience in rapped attention throughout the entire evening. Her technique, her range her manipulation and her wonderful power to bring out the most difficult parts with modesty, self-control and ease won the Des Moines people as never before. She is not only a credit to the Negro race but a credit to any race or class of people. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' CLUB During the past month among the delightful courtesies shown the High School Girls' club was the reception on Sunday afternoon, February 28th, tendered by Mrs. Adam Dixon, assisted by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Alpha B. Dixon. The lives and accomplishments of noted Negro women were discussed by the girls. On last Sundav the girls had as their guest Miss Helen Eugenia Hagan, the noted pianist, who made a brief address. Other guests present were Miss Georgia Blackburn, principal of the public schools of Buxton, Iowa; Carrie Watson, the Misses Magnolia and Priscilla Sears, Miss Mayre I. Bell, Miss Margurite Roberts, Mr. Chas. Howard, Misses Tatahina Mash, Jobbion Redman, Rachel Elliott, Anna Collins and Zelia White, Messrs. John L. Thompson, J. A. Spencer, Jesse A. Graves, S. Joe Brown and Mrs. Elbert R Hall, each making interesting remarks. Next Sunday afternoon a business session will be held, at which time there will be held the election of officers. BOYS' SOCIAL CENTER. On last Sunday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. S. Joe Brown a number of grade and high school boys met for the purpose of being organized into a club to be known as the Boys' Social Center. Mr. John L. Thompson, proprietor of the Thompson hotel, was present and extended the hospitality of a room for the purpose of holding their meetings every Sunday afternoon, which proposition was very graciously accepted. The temporary organization resulted in Russell Jackson of West High being chosen chairman; Athurl Wilson, secretary; committee on constitution and by-laws, Norman Blagburn of North High school, Charlie Woods and Seymour Morrison. MARY CHURCH TERRELL The board of directors for the Iowa Federation Home for Women and Girls are making elaborate preparations for the coming of Mrs. Mary Church Terrell to the city March 31. Mrs. Terrell has an international reputation as a lecturer, having lectured in the largest cities both of America and Europe. Mrs. Terrell was the first president of the National Association and is one of the most widely known and most active club women in America. She will speak at Co-initiated Baptist church Wednesday, March 31. Let me will subscribe and pay for The Iowa State Stbystander DES MOINES IOWA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1915, APPROPRIATION PASSES THE HOUSE. House file No. 68, a bill asking for $5,000 appropriation to celebrate the semi-centennial celebration of the Negro emancipation, to be held in Chicago, Ill., in August, passed the house last Saturday by a vote of 65 to 25, after the bill had been recommended by the appropriation committee, to which it was referred to for indefinite postponement. Representative S. Garton of Polk county, who was a member of a committee, made a minority report, which was substituted for the majority report, and after an amendment had been made reducing the amount from $5,000 to $3,000 it passed. Great credit is due Representative Garton, assisted by Representative Brammer of Polk county. The Iowa legislative committee consisted of John L. Thompson, S. Joe Brown, R. N. Hyde and Mrs. J. B. Rush, with Mr. Al Walker, who went before the legislature in behalf of the bill. We only hope the senate will pass it. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY. ST. JOSEPH. MO. The best piano recital that has ever been given in this city by a member of our race was the one given by Miss Helen E. Hagan of New Haven, Conn., last Friday night at the Francis Street Baptist church, under the auspices of New Hope lodge, No. 206, of U. B. F., and Father Webb Temple of S. M. T., as stated in our previous notes that Miss Hagan was the "prize student" of the musical department of Yale university. After receiving her degree she continued her musical studies at Paris and Berlin. In fact she was in Paris last fall when war had been declared, and she, like many other Americans, had difficulty in securing passports and getting transportation for New York. In speaking of her playing she can only say, as all those who heard her say, "She is an artist." As the weather was so very bad that night the attendance was not large, but she promised to give another recital in this city some time in April if she can so arrange her itinerary. Hence all are awaiting for a return engagement. Mr. Chas. Stewart, also known as "J. O. Midnight," the well known newspaper correspondent, spent part of last Friday in our city. He is as witty and jovial as ever. It is said that he has delivered more lectures and sermons in different cities in the United States than any other Afro-American, so if you have the "blues" don't fail to hear him speak, for he will sure make you laugh and feel cheerful. Mrs. obinson of Bedford, Iowa, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. O. T. Duncan, of South Fifteenth street. Miss Anna Lewis gave a luncheon last Friday afternoon, complimentary to Miss Helen Hagan. Only a few persons were invited. Mrs. F. N. Goodson, who has been at Great Bend, Kans., for several weeks assisting in caring for her cousin, Miss Myrtle Johnson, is expected home next week. Mr. Geo. Walker of 609 North Third street, who has been very sick for the past two weeks, is convalescent and Dr. Strawn, the attending physician, says he expects him to be in his normal health ere this week his passed. As we have not received a copy of The National Protest or The Appeal for several weeks, we wonder if they have suspended publication temporarily or permanently. The February Bulletin issued by the colored Y. M. C. A. is very concise and should be of assistance in increasing the interest and membership in that association. The officers are: President, Elmer Woodson; secretary, W. O. Reynolds; directors, Messrs. J. B. Franklin, Wm. McGee, Sam Mayes, Andrew Baker, L. F. Ramey, Albert Hicks and C. W. Hairgroer. WATERLOO NEWS. Hon. John L. Thompson, G. M., paid Waterloo a visit last week and addressed the Masonic club, which will be set up next month. Mr. Alpheus Diggs, who has been S. & K. M. OFFER Swift Premium H Armour Star Ham Iowa Pride Hams Select Hams Old Homestead H Iowa Prime Bacon Pork Roasts Smoked Picnic H Fresh Fish and O Fresh dressed Ch Lard Moxleys Specials 219 West Walnu S. & K. MARKET CO. --- ```markdown ``` Another McDoug We are now completing an another of our McDougall Cabine six months ago. Men berslip car of this club is to enable a limited the Celebrated McDoug on Pay ONE DOLLAR The McDougall is as good in cuts your work in half-saves. It has more features of their funne device. We are now completing arrangements for the organizations of another of our McDougall Cabinet Clubs such as proved so popular six months ago. Membership campaign starts Friday. The object of this club is to enable a limited number of women to secure one of the Celebrated McDougall Kitchen Cabinets on Payments of ONE DOLLAR PER WEEK The McDougall is as good as another woman in your kitchen. In cuts your work in half saves you hundreds of steps every day. It has more features of helpfulness and convenience than any similar device. Chase & West ```markdown ``` ment next month. on the sick list for some time, is improving. Mrs. Ruth B. Bright, D. G. M., was in Waterloo on March 4th and addressed a club of ladies, who she will make bright Stars next month. Mrs. Elizabeth Bess, mother of Rev. I. Bess, who has been sick with pneumonia, is recovering nicely. Miss Myrtie Beason of Clinton, Iowa, who has been visiting Miss Vivian Smith on Mullan avenue, has returned to Clinton. Those on the sick list this week are Mr. and Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. M. Jones, Mrs. Evelyn Boyd and Wm. Pearson. Rev. S. B. Moore, P. E., was in Waterloo by request and preached the funeral of Rev. G. H. Burks on Friday afternoon. Mrs. J. Ernestine Wyatt of Kentucky is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Climieh Smith. Mme. Jennie Watts Brown has made a return engagement to Waterloo and will appear in r "a" in Bess Chapel A. M. E. church March 26th. Mr. S. C. Scheers is away on his vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sanders on East Fourth street are the proud parents of a baby girl. Rev. Dr. G. H. Burks, formerly of Paducah, Ky., died in Jola, Kans., on March 2nd, where he had gone to assist his brother, Rev. T. W. Green, in a special meeting. His death was very sudden and was a great shock to his many friends. Dr. Burks was brought to Waterloo on the 3rd for burial and those who came from out of town to attend his funeral were Rev. and Mrs. T. W. Green, his brother, of Iola, Kans., and Mr. Llewilyn Burks, his son, of Paducah, Ky. He leaves to mourn his widow his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Georgia Burks Cheatham of Waterloo, one son, Mr. Llewilyn N. Burks of Paducah, Ky., and many relatives and friends. The funeral was held in Bess Chapel A. M. E. church with Rev. I. W. bcharge in charge and Rev. S. B. Moore, P. MARKET CO. IS YOU bams - 14c ams - 14c - - 14c - - 14c bams - 14c m - 14c - - 9c bams - 9c oysters every day ckens. - - 12¼c butter - 19c t Des Moines Ia. al abin t Club arrangements for the organizations of Clubs such as proved so popular campaign starts Friday. The object number of women to secure one of All Kitchen Cabinets ments of PER PER WEEK is another woman in your kitchen. you hundreds of steps every day. and convenience than any similar --- E, preaching the sermon. The Grand Army post turned out and paid him due honor as a soldier. Servant of God well done, Rest from thy loved employ, The battle is fought, The victory is won, enter thy Master's joy. The founders of this government recognized that, although every man had rights and the right to participate in the government, it would be impossible for every individual to get up in meeting and express his sentiments. We have a representative government for that reason. It is your right to leave him you desire to represent you. But it is not reasonable to suppose that every express his sentiments. We have a representative government for that reason. It is your right to select whom you desire to represent you. But it is not reasonable to suppose that every one will be satisfied after the accounts is made. Those of us who have the spirit of fairness in us try to be fair with the fellow who wins, and if he does s not make good we try to get him next time. Nor does the good sport wear brass knucks and take unfair advantage. The sooner we learn that we must put up some one or two individuals, tell them what we want and let them go forth and tell us what success they had the faster will we accomplish things. The private may be just as good as the general, may be in many respects his superior, but some one has to do the work of the general, and usually one is sufficient. If he is not competent the results will tell; if he betrays us and we are not shrewd enough to detect it we deserve to be sold out. But by all means let us learn the great lesson of group fighting. The leader, after all, has the meanest job, if there is any big job to be done. His are the shoulders upon which the blame will fall; his is the brain that must worry about the results; his are the eyes that must not close till you are in dreamland—the soldiers sleep more than the general. And as sure as day follows night he must finally give way, for life is short. No sensible man who leads will try to hog it all; he must thare as he progresses, whether it be money or honor. No man will get so big that he can crowd out all the little fellows. There is no danger, save an imagination on the part of the crook, who does not want the true situation and right conduct to be the order of the day. Representative government and unity, these things only will solve not only our local problems, but our national ones as well. Watch that crook that is always telling you how dangerous the other fellow; it is not his interest in you, but fear of the other man that worries him. The local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People deserves your moral and financial support. It is well in any new order of things to observe charity. This organization will usurp no organization's place; it will perform no miracles, but if the people of Des Moines will let the grow work a new and better era will dawn and all of us will be better off. If people who do not suffer as we are anxious to help us we can at least assist. We can ater sustain those who are its active members or get those of our liking, remembering always the fact that the longer men stay in positions the better qualified they are to work. There is a fine band of disorganizers running loose in these parts. Listen 'or them and ask what we have done for the country save knock and gobble up everything in sight. MONMOUTH. ILL. The Calvary Baptist missionary society met last Friday at the home of Mrs. Charlie Burdett. On Wednesday evening they held prayer meeting at the home of Mrs. Floyd who is quite poorly. Mr and Mrs. Jerry Wallace and family left Friday evening for San Diago, Cal., where they will remain until they permanently locate in California. Mr. Wallace will go into business at San Diago with Mr. Will Ingram formerly of Mormouth. Rev. E. L. Scruggs and daughter Herence left Wednesday for Jacksonville. The Agness Moody club met last week with Mrs Ham Stokes and this week with Mrs Dayse Lash. Mr. Andrew Watson and family have moved from six avenue to East 5th avenue. Mrs. Watson is quite sick at the home of her mother, Mrs Neil and is unable to be taken home. Mr. and Mrs. James Harden, Misses Eda Williams, Bessie Goodloe and Anna Knight, Edsars Payne Guy Williams and Charles Chambers attended the dance in Galesburg last Wednesday evening. Rev. Forte and family are moving here from Carson, Mo. They will make their residence on East 6th Ave. A Pleasant Physic. When you want a pleasant physic give Chamberlain's Table a trial. They are mild and gentle in their action and always produce a pleasant cathartic effect. For sale by all dealers. W. on, led R. 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On Friday March 5th occurred the death of Mrs. Maria Wilson at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Byrd 1231 Morgan street after an illness of about two weeks, from a severe attack of the gripe. She is survived by three sons, Mat Wilson of Mississippi, Dr. C. M. Wilson of Des Moines and John Wilson of Keokau and one daughter Mrs Ida Byrd. She is also survived by five grand children, one brother, Selby Johnson of Keokau and two sisters, one in Mississippi and one in Tennessee. Miss Carrie Russell of Toledo. Ohio has arrived in our city and expects to make this her home. Mr. John Walker of Terra Haute will arrive in Keokau in a few days to make his home. The revival service held at Pilgrim Rest Baptist church are being splendidly attended. Sunshine club will give a supper March 17th at A. M. E. church. SNOUX CITY ITEMS. The N. A. A. C. P. club met last Sunday at the Mt. Zion Baptist church. Dr. W. W. People of Omaha was present and addressed the body and was elected honorary member of the organization. The evening of March 22nd the club proposes to hold a mass meeting at the A. M. E. church. A special program will be rendered and it is their aim to make this a brilliant affair. Madame Jennie Wattie Brown, reader and impersonator, will appear in a recital at the A. M. E. church, Friday evening March 19th. Mrs. J. B. Rush of Des Moines, President of the I. C. W. F. C., will deliver a lecture at the A. M. E. church Thursday evening. She comes under the auniplex of the A. I. P. club. An old fashioned spelling bee and masquerade social will be given at the Mt. Zion Baptist church Wednesday evening Mar. 10. Prizes will be given to the best speller and best mask person. Grandmaster John L. Thompson paid his official visit to Decatur Lodge No. 14, A. F. & A. M. last Tuesday evening. Mrs. A. J. Hogg and children and Mrs. J. W. Hudson departed Monday for Chicago, the former to make her future home there. For the Stomach and Liver For the Student Worker, N. Y., Stuart, W. Webster, N. Y., writing it, we used Chamberlain's Tablets for disorders of the stomach and liver off and on for the past five years, and it affords me pleasure to state that I have found them to be just as represented. They are mild in their action and the results have been satisfactory. I value them highly." For sale by all dealers. ITEMS FROM QUINCY, ILL. Mrs. Mary Tate was called to Woodland, Mo., last week on account of the death of her nephew. Mrs. Olive Wilson was slightly indisposed this past week. The massmeeting for the World's Forward Movement held at 8th and Elm Street church Sunday afternoon was largely attended and the talks by Prof. Sellers of Chicago on Man and Missions, Dr. J. Y. Aitchison on "operation for World Conquest" and the last speaker Dr. Edwin H. Richards on "Why the Black Man is Black," were interspersed by selections from the Culture club choir and a solo by Prof. Seller. The Teacher-Parent meeting at the Lincoln school was well attended Monday night and Dr. M. K. German addressed the assembly on "Preventions are better than Cures" Mrs. I. L. Gordon is president and Miss Anna Smith is secretary. Mrs. Martha S. Johnson was called to Washington, D. C. on account of the death of her husband, Mr. Geo. Johnson. BUSHNELL, ILL. (Special to Bystander). Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald of this city was very agreeably surprised on Tuesday, March 2 when a number of her relatives and friends tended her a birthday surprise party. The surprise was complete, for so well had everything been planned by her child that not an inkling of the happy event was suspected. Mrs. McDonald received presents, presents of food and esteem. A sumptuous 'clock dinner was served, being laid for sixteen. The table was beautifully decorated, white and pink roses being used in the scheme of decoration. After dinner the older folk spent the time in conversation and the younger members passed the evening with dancing and playing whist. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS The bestowal of the First Spingar medal—an admirably planned prize, to be awarded annually to the colored man or woman who has rendered the greatest service to the colored race—upon Prof. Ernest E. Just, a young scientist and professor is the Howard university medical school, attracted widespread attention. The committee did not find the choice an easy one, there being a number of possibilities from whom to select. That the recipient should be a scientist rather than an inventor, or a leader in farming or banking, will doubtless surprise many people, as it will put to their trumps those who continue to maintain that the Negro is incapable of the higher education. Professor Just, be it noted, is but thirty-one years of age; yet he has been a scientist and a scientist of repute, no less a one than Prof. Jacques Loeb endorsing his original work in physiology, biology and zoology in these terms: "His knowledge of biology and his critical ability are of an unusually high and lofty order. In the work that he devotes to Howard university he is actuated by very high motives, since the remuneration he receives is only a fraction of his nominal salary. He could easily increase his income by giving up his position. Professor Just has sacrificed a good deal for the advancement of medical schools for colored people, and he will do a good deal more if he is given a chance, as I hope he may be." Plainly, this is just the type of man the Spingarn medal ought to distinguish—a colored man who is proving the capability of the race; and is also ready to make sacrifices for the benefit of his people. It has been a distinct weakness of the race in its struggle upward from slavery that it has often lacked solidarity and a readiness to contribute to the welfare of the whole. That this is now a rapidly passing condition there are plenty of instances besides this one of Professor Just-to prove. Indeed, the support given to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in whose hands Professor Spingarn has placed the award of the medal, is a remarkable case in point. That organization has taken radical and unpopular ground; timeservers in both hands Professor Spingarn have something worthy of a purely and straightforward effort to preserve to the colored people their civil and political rights as guaranteed by the constitution. Yet the association has flourished, spread over the country, and made a reputation for itself as a guardian of the colored people's liberties, largely as a result of the efforts and financial sacrifices of the Negroes themselves. Commercially, elephants in India come under two classes—the one of pageantry, the other of utility. Every native prince of nobleman of distinction in India keeps elephants to swell his retinue, while, on the other hand, government officials and private persons, such as timber contractors, etc., require them for work. The quaint city of Berne has been the capital of the Swiss republic since 1848. It is one of the most interesting towns of Zahringen, and by 1288 it was strong enough to ward off two sieges by Rudolph of Hapsburg, the ancestor of the present emperor of Austria. With Julius Rosenwald of Chicago at its head, a party of business men, philanthropists and social workers from that city visited the various schools of the Tuskegee, Ala., institute operated by Booker T. Washington and took part in a meeting of the board of trustees. Several rural schools which Mr. Rosenwald has aided in Montgomery were visited. Near Basel-August, in Switzerland, is the site of the old Roman colony of Augusta Rauracorum, with remains of a theater, and at the nearby town of Rheinfelden are wall and towers partly preserved, for this was one of the outposts of the Holy Roman empire. It has only belonged to Switzerland since 1802, and is picturesque, like the majority of the towns on the Rhine. More than four hundred patents have been issued by the United States for devices intended to harness the power of sea waves. It has been computed that at the time of the arrival of Columbus there were 25,000,000 Indians in North and South America. Schemes for the construction of a 3,000-mile railway through Central Africa, at a cost roughly estimated at $50,000,000 have been revived by the termination of the war between Italy and Turkey. The post office in England intends to try the motorcycle for rural service. Orders have been placed for experimental machines. The life of the domestic horse is about twenty-eight years, while that of the wild one is thirty-eight years. Iron can be made rust proof by heating it red hot and brushing it with lined oil. An electric flashlight contained in a watch case has been patented in Germany. Manassas is the only school of its kind in the entire five surrounding counties, the only place where any sort of an industrial training is given. The children come principally from this section of Virginia, where they have often gone no further than the fourth grade in the rural schools. In nearly all cases this means the scantest possible training—the bare, binnings of the three R's. However, there are things more fundamental than even these which must be taught many of these pupils, who come from homes where the use of water for cleaning purposes has never been known, and where the simple everyday care of their bodies is another no less to learn. It is variable how much they can realize the value of this lesson, and the pride with which daily soap-scrubbed faces shine once they knew the added feeling of self-respect gained by the simple medium of soap and water. The pupil must be fourteen to enter the school—and may be forty. There are usually about an equal number of boys and girls in attendance. Most of these children are too poor to pay for their tuition and board, for which a very nominal price is asked, but this difficulty is arranged for by a system of crediting the child for daily jobs done in connection with the trade he is pursuing, or any necessary work to be done about the building, in the kitchen, laundry, or about the grounds. The trades offered the boys are carpentry, cobbligs, wheelwrighting, blacksmithing, upholstering, and, most important of all for boys of that section, farming. The girls have cooking, sewing, laundering, dairying, and light farming. As early as 1798 a night school for Negroes was started in Philadelphia. In 1844 an industrial school was proposed, and in 1856 the first Negro university in the new world was started, named Wilberforce university, and now one of the largest Negro institutions of higher learning in the country. There are operated under the auspices of this church the following institutions, each one named for one of its deceased bishops: Allen university, Columbia, S. C.; Morris Brown university, Atlanta, Ga.; Payne college, Cuthert, Ga.; Edward Waters college, Jacksonville, Fla. Payne university, Selma, Ala.; Lampeter college, Jackson, Miss.; Lampeter college, Harrodsburg, Ky.; Payne Theological college, Wilberforce, O. There are also the Shafer High school in Liberia, West Africa; Turner seminary, Shelbyville, Tenn, and Kittrell college in North Carolina, and institutions in Capetown, South Africa, and Georgetown, South America. The members of this church have raised more than $3,000,000 to support their schools, and their graduates are scattered all over, the world—where Negroes are. Some are teaching the Filipinos; some are organizing and training the militia of Liberia, the Negro republic of West Africa, and they are in every state in the Union in almost every honorable occupation of labor. A hundred African students have been trained in these schools for the purpose of going back to their homes to help raise their people. The watchword of the church is "self-respect and self-help." Corks, steeped in vaseline make excellent substitutes for glass stoppers. Buffalo is to purify its drinking water with chlorine gas, and hopes that the unpleasant taste caused by the more common method of using hypochloride will not appear. The process will kill germs, but not clarify the water. If Buffalo wants its water to sparkle it will have to install a filtration system as in Cleveland, where the plant cost $2,000,000. More than 29 per cent of the timber in the Philippines is owned by the government and is worked through concessions and licenses, as no land more valuable for timber than for agriculture can be bought. The valuable trees of the same species are often scattered through the forests instead of being grouped, and this makes lumbering more expensive. A camera operated by electricity has been invented for lowering in oil wells to photograph the conditions surrounding broken tools. A gun has been discovered in large quantities in the Malay Peninsula that yields from 10 to 20 per cent pure rubber. To drain Lake Marlotis, in the Nile delta ten pumps have been installed each with a capacity of 100,000 gallons daily, and it is believed that eight more will be required. The Pacific Steam Navigation company has decided to extend its Straits mail service from Callao to Panama, in view of the opening of the Panama canal. In the Alps there is a letter box 10,000 feet above the sea level, from which daily collections are made. It is expected that the dredging of the Sues canal to a depth of 39 feet will be completed early next year. Cuba is to seek additional American markets for sugar, tobacco leaf and cigars, bee products and hides. Tackle has been invented by a Californian to make a tree pull out its roots when cut down. For the last five years this country has used from 63 to 67 per cent of the copper it produced. ASPIC JELLY BY OLD METHOD Flavor Universally Acknowledged as Far Superior to That Made in the Easier Way. Old-fashioned housekeepers cling to the old way of making apic, claling that its flavor is far superior to the easier made produce. In indeed exalted climate it is cold weather keeps its form quite as well as where gelatin is used to stiffen. Get from the butcher a knuckle bone of ham, a calf's foot and a knuckle of veal. Put into two quarts of cold water, and set over the fire where it will come slowly to a boll. Add one onion with four cloves stuck into it, a large carrot, a bunch of soup herbs and a carrot. Cook 6 hours or 8 hours until the water is reduced about one-half. Strain and set aside, to cool. When cold remove every suspicion of fat and return the thickened jelly to a clean saucepan with the crushed shells and beaten whites of two eggs, a tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar, and lemon juice or wine as preferred, season. Salt and pepper mash, and keep stirring the vinegar as the boiling point and a thick scum has formed. Remove that, then draw to one side of the fire and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Set back covered, until the jelly settles, then strain through a jelly bag two or three times until quite clear. Pour into a mold that has been soaked in cold wather, then pack in a pan of snow or broken ice until the jelly is pretty red, add sufficient sugar to color at the same time and add the lemon or wine. RECIPE IS AN ANCIENT ONE Noel Cake for Many Years a Favorite Both in Country and in England. To three cupfuls of sugar add two and one-half cupfuls of softened butter and whip to a light, white cream. Add ten eggs, two at a time, beating for about five minutes. To this mixture add four well sifted cupfuls of flour to which one teaspoonful of baking powder has been added; mix the whole well and add one-half cupful of shredded citron, four cupfuls of washed and dried currants, one teaspoonful each of nutmeg and cloves and one-half cupful of fruit juice. Mix well and pour into a paper-lined tin, which is also well protected with paper on the outside. Bake in a preheated oven. The should be made at tastе a week before serving it. When ready to serve, wrap each slice in white paraffin paper, tied with a red ribbon and a sprig of fir tucked under the ribbon.—The Mother's Magazine. Beef Used in Salad. Although beef is not at all an ideal salad meat, surprisingly good meat salad may be made from a small piece of boiled beef (bouillir). A half cup of such meat cut in small pieces and mixed with dainty cooked vegetables and a mayonnaise dressing may be very tasty and will make an unexpected large salad. The vinagrette of beef, a popular way with the French of using left over boiled beef, is practically the same thing as a beef salad. Cooked but let it a pretext that the cut out is a pretext that as possible and allowed to lie in the dressing for a time before it is served. This is what is called marinating the beef. It is good for lunchoon with hot vegetables. Vinalgrette of Beef. Cut in thin slices some left over boiled beef and let it lie an hour in a marinating mixture made as follows. Thin one scant teaspoonful of mustard with enough oil and vinegar to soak the meat in. Use half and half oil and vinegar, or three times as much oil as vinegar, according to taste. Add the vinegar to the meat and rub it to taste. A little chopped onion may be used and the dish in which the meat is marinated may be rubbed with a clove of garlic. Dexll's Food Three cupfuls of sugar, creamed with half cupful of butter, yolks of seven eggs, two cupfuls of milk, half cupful of cream, two teaspoonful all-slice, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg. One teaspoonful vanilla and three cupfuls of flour. Bake in a moderate oven two and a half hours. Frosting.—Beat whites of seven eggs to a stiff froth, flavor with vanilla, sweeten to taste, and add shredded coconut. Bice and Bacon Boll one cupful of rice in plenty of boiling salted water until done. Put in a colander and wash several times in cold water or hold under faucet and let plenty of water run over it. Then place in a round casserole with one-fourth cupful hot water. Sprinkle the top with paprika and cover with very thin slices of bacon. Cover and bake 30 minutes in a slow oven. Uncover and brown the bacon and serve at once. Spinach With Eggs. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter; when bubbling blend in one table- spoonful of flour, then add one quart of finely chopped spinach and cook and stir five minutes. Add half cupful of cream, season with pepper and salt; cook and stir three minutes longer and arrange in a mound on a heated dish. Garlic with aloes of hard-boiled eggs and serve at once. **Fish Stuffed With Rice.** One cupful of rice, one cupful of bread crust, one cupful cold chopped meat. Mix and season with salt, chopped mango, onion and celery, one teaspoonful each. Clean a whitefish, fill with this preparation and bake as usual. Serve with tomato sauce. **Coupe Saint Jaques.** Pineapple, apple, orange and pears sliced and mixed with sugar to taste, toast in a pan with cinnamon and kirsh, fill to three-fourths a cherry tomato cup, this macedoine of fruits, then cover half and half with orange water ice and lemon water ice. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER TO PREPARE AND USE VEGETABLES AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT EXPER PERTS GIVE RESULTS OF STUDY AND EXPERIMENT. Fresh Vegetables an Essential Part of Man's Diet- How Waste Can Be Avoided in the Compounding of Salads. (prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Fresh green vegetables are generally relished and form a part of man's diet whenever they can be obtained. Such vegetables may be called salad plants though it is difficult to classify plants according to the uses to which they are put, for almost all are used for many different purposes. Lettuce, for example, a vegetable which in this country is most often eaten raw, in Europe is often cooked, and thus it becomes a potato as well as a salad plant. Water cress, though often used as a salad, is sometimes used simply as a condiment. Peas, beans, potatoes and vegetables such as spinach, which are most commonly served as a "vegetable," are often put into salads. In spite of these difficulties in the way of classification, we may include under salad plants those whose leaves and stems are usually eaten raw with a sour dressing, and define a salad as a dish consisting in whole or in part of vegetables, either raw or cooked, mixed with a sour dressing. Salad dressing usually contains a fat as well as an acid. Housekeepers often claim to know and care little about salads, but those who dig wild Jerusalem artichokes in the spring or start the early peppergrass or radish to serve as relishes at the table are providing salads for their families; or again, those who prepare the cold vegetables left at noon, such as "greens," with a dressing even of salt and vinegar for supper, make salads. Fresh cucumbers with vinegar or other dressing are salads just as much as are the more elaborate dishes. Salad: a Food To Be Eaten With Salt. The derivation of the word salad shows it to mean a food to be eaten with salt. It would be better to keep near to this original meaning rather than to go to the extreme of some housekeepers who, in their search for novelties for their tables, build up salads from strange combinations in ornate forms. The distinctive salad plants are very succulent; that is, they consist mainly of water. Hence, they are aspecially refreshing in warm weather. As a separate course they are a pleasant contrast to the heavier dishes of a formal meal. They also serve a great concentration of food, and thus aid in the digestive process. Upon the valuable saline properties of these raw plants we are just beginning to place a definite value, though evidently these were recognized by the instinct of the people of the far past. Why Dressings Are Used. Why Dressings Are Used. Fat is a compact food and, weight for weight, is about two and a quarter times as valuable as protein or carbohydrate. A tablespoonful of oil would go farther toward supplying energy for keeping the human machinery running than a large head of lettuce. Over all the world people have instinctively added a condensed dressing consisting mainly of oil, bacon fat, or cream to the salad plants bulky with cellular tissue and water, and have eaten such salads with meat and bread supplying protein and carbohydrate, and thus have secured a fairly balanced ration. Modern study of bacteriology indicates that pagan and religious ceremonies of purification by fire and water had definite value for healthful life in this world. Water cleanses to some extent, but only through intense or long-continued heat is complete sterilization and freedom from bacteria and parasites secured. Therefore great care is needed in the selection and maintenance of plants, which should be subjected to heat. Cress, lettuce, and other salad plants, carelessly cultivated and handled in the market and half cleaned in the kitchen, may transmit disease, as may milk, raw oysters and other animal foods. The fashion of cutting across a head of lettuce, or celery, though it may give each person a fair share of the choice and less tender portions, cannot be recommended, because it is practically impossible to cleanse the axils of the leaves, the grooves where they, join the stem. All such plants should be separated in their natural state, in more than one water, individual to be given to hollows in stalks or leaves. Sand is unpleasant, but less harmful than other things that may be left behind after washing; its presence, however, justifies the suspicion that the washing was not thorough or carefully done. Vegetables such as spinach, which are difficult to free from grit, should be washed in a number of waters, and lifted out of the pan each time in loose handfills before the leaves has been drained out. In this way the grit has an opportunity to sink to the pan, while if the vegetables are left in it, part of the sand at least is again distributed over the washed leaves. Green vegetables should always be looked over carefully to make sure that any inferior portions, insooth, or other things which are undesirable are removed. The quality of vegetables may be greatly injured by insect pests and plant diseases. If the plant suffers very severely from such enemies, it cannot make normal growth, and so it must be it may be inferior. For instance, it may be beans from vines badly attacked by or by some fungicide disease do not attain full perfection. Obviously, leaves used as greens are of inferior quality if worm-ten. Insect pests and plant diseases can often be controlled by the use of insecticide at 1 in similar ways. If such things are used there is all the more reason for washing vegetables thoroughly before preparing them for the table, to remove any hellorebe, copper salts, or other substance used in treating the plant, which may adhere to it. Salt in the water will aid in drawing out parasites if they happen to be present. There is distinct advantage in washing all salad plants in running water, especially for the removal of insects from lettuce. After washing several times and removing imperfection salad plants may be kept in a cool place like a cellar or a refrigerator for some hours or even a day before use. Wash the leaves off the last water, wrap the leaves or stalks in a cloth or put in a clean paper bag; this is more effective than in keeping them in water. During the cleaning process it is advisable to sort out the coarsest portions to add to soup materials; the next best may not be attractive to serve by themselves, but can be cut or shredded for combination with other materials, while the best of all—the heart of the cabbage, celery lettuce—should be served in the least way with salt or a simple dressing. Save Waste in Making Salads. No plan for serving salads should be encouraged which leads to a waste of food material. If it is desired to use the outer portion of a cabbage for a salad bowl, any adhering dressing may afterwards be washed off and the cabbage used for a scallop or soup. The outer leaves may be cooked for greens or soup. Many materials may be combined with the cabbage, celery, and apples, radishes, or even canned fruit, if pears are cut in slices or cubes. Lettuce is generally recognized in this country as the main dependence for salad by itself and in combination with other foods. There are many varieties, adapted to different conditions, but all may be classed under two general heads—the cabbage lettuce, where the leaves are long and loose and less delicate than those of the other type. Romaine is an example of cos lettuce. There are also varieties with blanched centers and curly varieties with dark-tinged leaves. Chicory may be cultivated for salad, and is more desirable when blanched. Endive, which is nearly related to chicory, is another useful salad plant. The corn salad or lamb's lettuce is a small plant often found in city markets. Soil, wild and cultivated, some young and tender seaweeds, and many mild-flavored plants or weeds may be used as raw salads. Others are better for partial cooking, even if served cold as salads. Celery in its wild state is an unpromising if not harmful vegetable; by cultivation, and especially by blanching its leafstalks, it has been made a pepular salad plant, and has been thought to have certain medicinal virtues. The fibrous outer stalks and larger white leaves of a bunch of lettuce should be reserved for soup making. Some of the larger stalks, too stringy to serve whole, may be used in salads if cut in quarter-inch slices, or if too tough for that, may be cooked after cutting and added to soups or served with white sauce or toast. The tender inner stalks should be served plain to eat with salt. Sometimes the groove in the stalk is filled with a thick layer of gelatin, the root is a delicate morsel. Leaves and root may be dried to flavor future soups. Well Recommended. A young country Scotchman and his sweetheart went to Glasgow for a day's outing. After spending the morning looking round the big shops and the center of the city, the young man suggested that as it was near one o'clock they should look out for a suitable eating-house to get something to eat. Having spotted a likely place, they entered and took their seats at a small table, and when the waitress came for their order the young man asked for a sixpenny meat-pie. This was brought in due course, and he started eating it with evident relish. The girl waited a little time wondering very much where she came in. At last, in sheer desperation, she said to her companion: "Is the pie good, Jock?" "Good?" replied Jock, "I should think it is; it's ripping! You should get one." Looked That Way. Lord Mersey, head of the Empress of Ireland-Storatid investigation board, sald to a New York reporter the other day: "Much is still left to be desired, but ships are safer than they used to be." With a smile the veteran jurist added: "We no longer hear of skippers offering such excuses for slow passages as the one offered by the skipper of the collier who said: "Well, gentlemen, no wonder we're late. We pumped the whole Atlantic three times through that ship coming across."—Washington Star. Robins in West Virginia Hundreds of thousands of robins have descended upon an old rookery in a dense pine woods near Berkley, W. Va., and have evidently determined to spend the remainder of the winter there. It is unqual for robins to winter as far north as this. Every afternoon near nudum great flocks of the birds arrive at the rookery from all direction. The birds are so closely packed in the roosting trees that many are killed nightly by breaking limbs. In School Days When, Walter Scott was a boy his teacher asked him to give the part of speech of the word "with." "It's a noun," said young Scott. "You are very stupid," said the teacher. "How came you to say such a thing?" it lit from the Bible, sir," said the future novelist, stoutly. "There's a verse that says they bound Sampson with withs." Ballad of the Dread Australian Desert. The Locked-For Tank Hard and Dry—"it's a Terrible Thing to Die of Thirst in the Scrub, Ou' The old year went, and the new returned, in the withering weeks of drought; The check was spent that the shearers earned and the sheds were all out The saloon man's words were short and few, and the saloon man's looks were black. And the time had come, as the shearer knew, to carry his swag Out Back. For time means food, and tramp you must, where scrubs and plains are wide. With seldom a track that a man can trust, or a mountain peak to guide: All of the heat—when summer is on the track— With stinted stomachs and blistered feet, they carry their swags Out Back. He tramped away from the shanty there, when the days were long and hot. With never a soul to know or care if he was the poor of the city have friends in woe, no matter how much they lack. But only God and the swagmen know how a poor man fares Out Back. He begged his way on the parched Paroo and the Warragong tracks once more. And the saloon man does, till the western stations shore; But men were many, and sheds were full, for work in the town was slack— The traveler never got hands in wool, though he tramped for a year Out Back. In stifling noons when his back was wrung by its load, and the air seemed dead. And the latter armed In the bag that hung to his aching arms like load. He plowed in mud to his trembling knees, and paid for his sins Out Back. He blamed himself in the year "Too Late"- in the heaviest hours of life-"Twas little he dreamed that a shearing was there. There are times when wrong from your kindred come and treacherous tongues atick, When he left away from home, and dead to the world, Out Back. And dirty and caroless and old he wore, as his lamp of grew dim; He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself to him. As a balloon drags in the sandy ruts, he With never a thought but to reach the huts when the sun went down Out Back. It chanced one day, when the north wind blew in his face like a furnace he lay in the track for a tank—he knew 'twas a short cut to his death—For the bed of the tank was hard and dry, and crossed with many a crack. And, when a terrible thing to die of thirst in the scrub, Out Back. A drover came, but the fringe of law was eastward many a mule; He never reported the thing he saw, for It was not worth his while. The man was dead. The tanks are full and the grass is high in the mulga off the track. Where the bleaching bones of a white man lie by his moldering swag Out Back. For time means food and tramp they must, where the plains and scrubs are wide. With seldom a track that a man can trust, or a mountain peak to guide; All day long in the files and heat the men of the outside track. With stinted stomachs and blistered feet must carry their swags Out Back. Seek Native Supply. The adoption of oil fuel by the British admiralty in its fastest battleship, the Queen Elizabeth, may be said to mark a definite epoch in maritime industry, and the problem now arises as to the possibility of the home protection of oil in sufficient quantities for naval requirements. It is manifestly unsatisfactory and possibly a dangerous position for any country to be depended on overseas supplies for the motive force with which to drive battleships. attention is, therefore, being turned in many directions to the provision of a native supply of this prime necessity of modern engineering practice. Independent Women Mrs. Havelock Ellis was the first person to come out with the public statement that the happiness of women depends upon their economic independence. She is not so much in need of suffrage as in work for all women. President Taft has said the same thing in newspaper interview. He believes that every girl should be trained in some competition which, if followed, would make her independent of marriage as a means of support. American farmers will have to yield the palm to the small countries of Europe, such as Holland and Denmark. The results there are almost incredible. People can hardly com form what intensive farming amounts to until they visit those countries, or at least read the reports of men like Rider Haggard, who went there in as official way. 1. Orchid Long a Puzzle to Horti-culturists. Beautiful But Strange Flower Requires Expert Handling and a Knowledge of Surroundings in Which It is Grown. Probably there is no flower in the whole plant world which is admired more and understood less today than the orchid, the development and cultivation of which are discussed by J. Constantin in a paper of the Smithsonian annual report. Upon a house filled with orchids one is literally amazed by the blizzard display, the brilliance of color and the peculiar forms of leaves, petals and roots. The number of known species is greater than that of any of the related families, even not excepting the grasses, totaling 6,000 species, included in 400 genera. This great number is, no doubt, due very largely to the diligent search which has been made for these plants, on account of their beauty and very great popularity. They have otherwise very little economic value, excepting a few members, such as the vanilla plant. Some of the orchids are terrestrial; that is, they grow with their roots in the ground. In the humidity, however, including most tropical species, are those "air plants"—which grow on trees and shrubs, but receive no nourishment from them. This peculiarity was chiefly responsible for 'he difficulty which was experienced in successfully growing many species upon their introduction into Europe from Asia and Malaysia in the eighteenth century. For most epiphythes the scheme was devised of fastening the roots to a piece of wood, together with a little moss or absorbent peaty substance, by means of copper wire. Plants thus prepared were hung in very warm greenhouses and kept constantly moist by frequent drenching. It was supposed that tropical plants required an invariably hot humid atmosphere; and it was not foreseen that mountain species of tropical regions could be treated essentially like tropical plants that are accustomed to elevated temperatures. There are in fact many orchids, and some of these very beautiful, which grow in the neighborhood of snow. The error of associating plants from widely different surroundings is usually recognized and naturally more realistic methods of cultivation developed, leading to the usual separation of orchids in three kinds of greenhouses, according to temperatures maintained in them—hot houses, temperate houses and cold houses. Many of the finest orchids are found in the last. Some artificially produced hybrids are extremely beautiful, as well as peculiar, and the difficulty of their production is such that they command extraordinary prices, as high as $1,500 per pate in a single instance. Once created, hybrids can be propagated indefinitely by dividing the root stock as it grows. HAS WINGS LIKE A BIRD Inventor's New Idea is Machine That is a Combination of Dirigible and Aeroplane. This airship is a combination of dirigible and aeroplane, and is propelled and partially supported by the movement of the swinging wings at New Idea in Arabia the center of the craft. The end planes are fixed rigidly to the frame, which also supports the cockpit. The swinging wings are hinged to the frame of the cockpit and are swung vertically like wings by the engine. Hinged sections in the wings open on the upward stroke and close on the downward stroke. This, combined with the shape of the wings, gives both a lifting and propelling effect. Popular Mechanics. The Rumpled Joffre General Joffre's uniform, in a recent photograph taken by a snaphorter, front, "looks as if he had slept in it." Probably he had. He is understood to be his motor car, just as the great Napoleon slept in his carriage—when he slept at night. Napoleon said that a general should never sleep, and he kicked Marshal Lunes when he found him asleep in his atour o'clock in the morning: But Genel Joffre, being not exactly a Napoleon but a reasonable man, probably curls up in his motor car and often takes maps on the road when flying from one point to another. Aobber. Joffre left King George to a sub- ordinate. Joffre is not only a republican, but he is very much "on the job." Razora for Fighting. I, see, Sam, that the English government has placed with two New York firms an order for 500,000 razors," said the storekeeper to his colored servant. Well, boss, dat looks as if dere was to be some more powerful fighting over there," replied Sam. Nothing New. Subbubs (arriving home) — Well, dear, anything new happened today? Mrs. Subbubs — The cook's gone. Subbubs — I asked you if there was anything new happenin ; ——a — a ATH Fundamental Principles of Healthea~5 —— Censtipation or chronic ‘ntestina stasis, a8 itis now officially desig nated, with its attendant puisone state of the blood from time imme morlal has been held responsible fo ‘most of ils humanity is heir to, ‘the past constipated. patient vere piled with pill and powder, ols falls, waters and other Inxative com pounds, both natural and manufac tured. One after the other invari ably they all failed in the end anc he doctor had to be again consulted Generally he only varied the dose oI this. or that or’ prescribed. anothe drug, without any attempt. at thorough investigation, and generally too, without even ao much as a cur tory examination. ‘Finally the publ caught the idea and ceased golng t the doctor for such a minor ailment tnd experimented with varlous pills powders and. waters, such ae the in enulty of the manufacturer could devise or the druggist could sus rest. ‘Aided and abetted by the artistic Ithographer and the circus bill post- er, an educational campalga. for In: struetlon on how every man may be come hie own phyalclan now forms 1 highly suggestive background (0 the feneral landscape throughost the Country. As the result of clever ad: vertising campaigns the carrying of a box of laxative tablets, pills or candy tn the pocket in order to fll: tate the regular dally dose of the remedy ‘bas become habitual with a largo percentage of our people Constipation. unfortvaately is not an insigaificant local affair that may caslly be overcome by some simple remedy but, on the contrary, It is gen- erally a symptom of a slowly develop Ing constitutional condition, the spe eifle name of ‘whieh will appear in the death certificate of the vletim. Tes only of late years that we really have begun fo understand the relations existing between constipation and the Feat of the body; to comprehend that functional inactivity. in. the gastric tract {s perhaps but a part of a gen tral fonetional. derangement. certaln to end disastrously if not corrected by a compretensive readjustment of individual babite and relations By tar the most Important factor {n the maintenance of health is focd. To the ‘average. individual food means something edible and palatable, which Will eatisty the demands of bunger tnd thirst and enable him to maintain normal strength of body and. mind. Up to.a very recent time textbooks on physiology taught that the three chief foods of men were protelds, fats and carbobydrates, Tucked away io an obscure corner, if indeed they were at all mentioned, under the name of ash the mineral aalte received a bare mention, the author usually explaining that tte or nothing was known of thelr action in. physlology. Recently we have come to under- stand that not only are there many protelds and that some proteids do Pot alone suflice to eustain human Ife, but we have come to understand also that protelda, fate and carboby- Grates. are not the threo chief foods of man. Going back through millions of. yeara to the single cel, to tho ameba state of existence, wo find that the primary food elements were, and stil are, alr, water and mineral salts. Com: fg up the long I8dder of progressive animal evolution, we fnally come to a period where protelds, fats and car- pohydrates, in fixed defaiteness and proportion, became necessary to us fe vertebrates; and, while these three lasses of foods are absolutely vital o our existence as higher animals. we are begiéning to comprehend that hey are still subsidiary to the frst bree—exactly as our more recently jeduired, brain, superimposed on to uF primitive aympathetlc eyatem, has cently been demonstrated t0 be sub- lary to the ductloss. gland system omprisiug ur primordial nervous yatem. ‘The individual workers of the body, he cells composing our bodies, are jourlshed by the Blood stream, and ho most valuable components of that wonderful fuld are known to bo the miporal salts, and thete aro absolctely ecessary to maintain the normal com: oriton and activity of the ‘ndividual ell; henes the same must bo true 3 the complete organiam, because the rguaiom. fa constructed out. of the ood stream. IN A. CLASS. BY. HIMSELF Lunatic's Caustic Comment on Clergy: man Who Had Ageeed With Him to. Humor Him, ‘A certain clergyman pald a visit to an:{osane asylum fn the south.of Eng- land. Getting into conversation with ‘one of. the patients he humored bim by agreeing with everything he said. ‘The following conversation resulted: “Don't you think’ it “dreadful,” re- marked ‘the patient, “that Mrs. Pank- burst. should "murder the- premier tn ‘order to advance the cause-of wornan's suffrage?” ed “Yes,” replied the cleric, “most re- srettable.” “And o Mary Langtry getting as big congregations at Farm street as Fa ther Vaughan since se was offered the pulpit?” “Yes; in fact they are perceptibly increasing.” “and King George; has he recov: ered from his puglilatic encounter ‘with John Ward?” “phe latest accounts speak of bis Any blood whieh te formed from im- Drover food, or trom proper tond. ttm Properly propared or badly cooked, te chemleally of a poor quality and can Not furnish the right material for the Upbullding and normal tunetioning of tho individual, Conatipation 19. post Live evidence of detective metabolism resulting ‘rom Inadequate .o0d ele ments, and only will te corrected by the correction of one's persanal food intake and general habita’ The habit: ual use of laxatives is useless. aud dangerous CAUSES OF CONSTIPATION. because It appeared to be vastly eas. buy physiological activity instead of ture at her own game. It is quick sults, one or more of the 60 odd tra~ mended, or perhaps & supposed rem- evi or roy sien ae human machine. In this connection a sro ond ot ert yeas et eee sn cos er baat ei cl ve an sunny ch eal oa sa onstipation, there {s another cause spn, tr ste cee et grea ner Pen sult there follows a contraction of the entral nervous system, which creates estines, produce a movement of the nfluence through the intervention of monet ea syria waters ar, iar of th fon on ft, Hay end seme ree en ae ne gh on Pu ‘What is: required: more than all else’ a at mre hn sretenl 260e very, 008, 8, miaek 36; ly. ‘The lunatic stopped and eyed the minister. “You're a parson, ain't you, and know the Bible through and through?” ‘The clergyman acquiesced. “Well,” exclaimed the weakmninded one with a grin,’“all I've got to say is ‘that you can give Ananiaa 20 years start and—win easily!" = Only Fossllized Fles. ‘The ihistory of the fea would’ seem to go back many centuries, but the only fossil remains Of a féa*that have, #0 far, been discovered aro.a single’ lieeep tn a plece of Baltle amber. The fea, according to Mr. Russell, {s admirably preserved by its semitranaparent sur Toundings, and 1s in the collection of Professor Klebs. “When we consid- er." says Mr. Russell, “how remote fare the chances that a flea stould get {mbedded in amber and should subse- quently Le detceted and described by a hattrallet, we may well understand that the owner has coked (but without sue cess) £1,200 for it” Lauradean Libbev's [Cori bs scan None ol THE GIRL WHO WAIT® TOO LONG. 1 asi Soe ge See re ee wet er ate ‘The glel who has plenty ot beaux 1 tne one you tak wit not femain ea McLee Bul ob Baga) Sho bos a suber 7.3] of young men to I | Choos Strom Pere giiteE| often unable to eich win a. propoeal EM) om say” one of ; thew, "Tom at HF mires her, but {8 | I feast txt ane wat may be encourag- a BH ing bim to lead »e ae ager) adores her, but Peres 5) fears be is not Fx stp. ck) ctever enough to Ew 2 FES! Sota her attection ae for a time. George bic fs infatuated with (BES her, yet tmagines ei ou ~~ Hoh ea Seer would not be content to settle down and accept cheerfully the few pleas: tures which his purse would allow him to bestow upon her. Jim could love her, he thinks, but—well, what's the use! If her other beauz, all better looking and cleverer than he, feared to propose, what chance would he have of gaining the prize? Like moths they hover around the bright flame, careful not to approach too near. Four or five years slip by before the popular girl realizes it. She sees this chum and that one brides at the altar, but finds that there is no good ‘prospect for her. Her suitors at first came singly to call upon her. After awhile she en- tertained them without _ partiality, amused when the quartet took leave together. In that way, not one of them had an opportunity to whisper love words at parting. When they de- parted in a group, how could she show partiality by inviting one to call soon without giving an equally cordial in- vitation to the rest? At length, from constant companionship in meeting #0 often in her home, the young men be- come excellent friends—in fact, boon companions, It becomes so at last that {if she offends one in any'way she may lose all. ‘There are popular girls who fitter away the best, popular years in their lives by being amlable to many sult- ors when they should fn duty to them. selves, as well as the others, choose the one they care most for and let the others know of it that they may drop gracefully out of the love race. The young man thus selected will be so gratified over her preference that he will press his suit with ardor. She will soon be able to name the wedding day. A year, under ordinary circum. stances, is quite long enough for a girl to decide regarding one or many who would a-courting come. Delays’are dangerous. Being fearful of losing her hold upon any one o! them she clings firmly to them all and {g sweetheart to none. Gradually, the visits of each drop off. She finds this to be a disastrous state of affairs. The last lover, looking upon the matter from his own viewpoint, 1s not quite sure that he-wants her. It was quite ifferent when he had plenty of rivals for her hand and he was by no means sure of.her. The popular girl who marries the last beau on her list may find she has chosen the most undesira ble one of the lot. Girls who have no beaux sigh to be popular with the young men. They are better off if they but knew it, to get one only and that one the right one ‘The girl who has ‘many beaux has a good time of It in the beginning, but tt ie ysually a setback to matrimony. WHEN PEOPLE ARE SINGLE. Here's to thy health, my bonnie lass! BENS aA ont Be! weet SEE bo aor Ope NS BEES People who aro happlly mazred re wont to fel a tecet py for thw Who are ingle. "Shay re gut sur that their ives mun be lonely aad valuable tine fe Siting by It these people but knew it, those who are single are happy as the day ielong When they ae heart whole thay ae cae free. ‘he lamp of Bop is always burning brightly in their bosoms. Unlike some disappointed married folks, their future holds prom- ieeof happincs yet to tome From the-time they rise:in the-morning un- til they go)to bed at night expectancy is hele of meeting thelr mate? f wo knows what «Gay may rig forth? ‘When people are single, there 8 an inpeling power wes. draws. them hither and, thither among friends to dunce and make merry. There they tov and ar sen singe women hav no spendthrift husbands to ri over, tnd ingle men 20 loa of Houtehel Die to stagger under Tuey now nothing of tntrionial cars.” There ie noting tout thet tempers om edge and to sour their dispositions, ‘When a girl it single her lover does everything in ‘his power to please and win-her, After she's his: wife, well— er—that's another story. It’s the ‘sia gle people who rule homes, dances and most every form of amusement. When a'women 4s single, she can coquette ‘ih a doten bens ant pete thi it's “cute” of her. If the young ma- tron mien behind her fan A an time friend, and enjoys a few dances with hmm he din ther Gaye the tongues of the gossips are set wag- ging and, unless her husband is a man Sr'sonse und endotaade the, tue tion, she may find a sult for divorce upon her hands. Single people in a household are the ones who have all \_INWA STATE BYSTANDER ————————————— the partiality showa them. ‘The man ried daughter, with a "husband "and baby, cannot ‘monopolize the parlor evenings. That ts given over to her sister Susle, to recelve her company. All evenings are hers tor the possible beau who might drop in. ‘The married aister has to new for her and feels tt her duty to make her a present of her prettiest ornaments, and spend all her pin monoy on her. She advises with her when'abe has a tif with this bean or that ono, giving her the benefit of hér own experience with would-be ov. ere. The old folks are drawn out of their shell to accompany her here-and there whether they would or no, Be ing single, they-know she must have her fling of pleasure. - It's quite the same with the young man, Everything is done to make his home ‘pleasant. He won't be with them always. ‘They never’ know what day he will run across a dearle to love and wed. Sin- gle people live in a romantic world ot thelr own. A ONE-TIME ADMIRER. ‘Time found our tired love sleeping, "ia an eae rat Bak saat peaa ONE meee MEL eraraane Pont tithe ny / Because’a man may fancy a girl at once iat f anas'aey flog tet ae fete tor her wi be-lagdng’ He em re wiiests to ber wits ie niet see ee ore Bal at taal arond Sat Rio ardor wi sot Be ae uae tua hae orpetios seo’ of then Toto epleodee In he fe doe claim he seoey it ritenhot and cling fondiy to tho belle that he tl leks aches bomacarinbert be saay te rhe heart of mn tr changeable. when tie later partir wom Br aler out at fu toe oad of fe 80 Fee ant i stastea te Ms arotons eer oc a ton ne ie iea.as tine Derails gene is Gar Sealog ree Be pate “Wee tion ce onesie be eis ee in afte yous, le Wolase Punts gun shore Puse ttc os aeial tele oe See teat cate mote end Man int bor ever ohne capesione Merohe hatrecteamt bwert area Not so a woman. The mention of et sseiine Statens nate tri Rer'blings tue ciency i reat tat, MIRE cates aut ite bale A aut use now tha cddine biett wee tut holes te abedioe toe Se ee te eects tar an Seo ny et hare coved ovomsneh to Ba at ance Was Gime’ bas allowed we Shctioaa ner sopredain Min seieddatsatse evel har ths Nae aertame pic Nad alt Ged hae Soul ts wee eo GF ‘terms lsloua of her ge rect” Gra though ake Ia wetted toot Pee tieattn tancre ber aoe eee anutee repre lorag ber le Se aie Sey wens Ass on il aiogle? It ke anewere "No Hist eStbtmed with serene 0 be oi" Svtnaa was tae tad See et ctaan etac Ws bn tei het of he sar love aia sod ae ae asteel ein ar conpres tai as ae ne Welt at Pose tn sotnd temas coos alse Choe See reel hvlan kiswiny tee eel cee te i etl Save reset age ghe deows Tar tstata pesaten bor sastin Sits alle ernpeand to ooo eee tor wot ia ine sen see sands atscaire eek Biventiies ae ue aceiaal sata hele snweddet. Hav bestand loot we rar aras er nonae oa Ser as casiige ainires. dea batt "Not abit of Ie He kacws th eee See oe air eas bo oe sates to atop Uibesdaees ort eet ho wen ttlearent toes San te urvthoes the onsnn a fpand' tbe: Universal Fairy Tale. “The Sleeping Beauty” may be called one of the stories of the whole world: for there Is hardly a people which has not {ts tale of magic slumber and awak- ening. It has been conjectured with some plausibility that the origin of these starles 1s to be sought in hyp notismi, Certainly It fe a striking point that wands, pins, rings or similar ob- fects that would assist In the hyp- notist’s suggestions commonly figure In them. In many eastern versions the girl goes to sleep, or dies; when a magic rod is lald near her head; she rises from sleep or death when an- ther Is placed at her feet. In Grimm’s “Briar Rose” the heroine pricks herself with her spindle. In Scandinavian and Celtic versions it 1s a sleep thorn. Moth-Proof Box. A most excellent moth-proof box for storing clothing can be made at home, it a cedar chest 1s impossible because of cost. Muke a wooden box four feet deep, two feet wide, and two feet deep, having a lid with three pairs of hinges which vean‘ be: hooked down firmly when closed. Inside, on the bottom, sides, and. ld, tatpaper should” be tacked: carefully. Over: this; put un- bleached cotton, so that no garment will come in contact with the tarpe- per. Ervéry' article should be well brushed and’ aired before: beng put away, to make sure that ho moths are in it, or other precautions are useless. Weak.on Geooraphy: Geography floors most of us occa- sionally, and Dean Hole ‘has recorded an) instance when even a bishop nodded. Hole and Dean Spence were staying with Dean Pigou at Chiches ter, and thelr host began to talk about Korea. Suspecting some’ !gnorance. he asked if they knew where It. was. Hole sald: he thought you booked for Charing Cross, and fipence that you got out’ at Baker street.’ There wan 1dughs ter, and & bishop who had been listen- Ing moked in- perplexity" wherelo. lay the Joke!—London Chronicle. One Thing: He: Was Sure Of. “Ag a matter of fact,” sald the law: yer for the defendant, trying to be sarcastic, “you were scared halt to doath, and don't know whether ft was + motorcar or something resembltag ‘a motorcar that bit you.” “It re sembled one all right,” the plaintlt snade answer, “I was foro(bly. struck tie the ceueenblicnbect?s: ia wall ieee | ah alam a i, RY ee Zz vf THINGS WORTH TRYING ALL GooD AND JUST A LITTLE “DIFFERENT.” EMettive Touches That Will Not Add to the Coat of the Dishes but Will Ada Materlally to seals Finer: ‘Oh, you housekeepers who banker after something a little different that will not add to the: “cost’ of Itving.” have you ever tried: ‘Tiny red peppers to garnish your salad plates and give the touch of de- sired calor, when tomatoes are not to be had, or are prohibitive in pricet ‘A center of yellow cheese for the tomato salad that Is arranged to rep- Tesent a poinsettia? Halves of canned pears, piled up with white grapes and nuts for a salad {in the pale-yellow tones? Or asparagus tips on white lettuce eaves if to get that special coloring you prefer not to use frult? Ringe'of green peppers on greenisa lettueé, with a garnishing of French peas. when an all-green salad ts de- sired? Roquefort cheese, grated, or chopped onton in your French dressing? ‘Cheese balls molded from a paste made of cream, chopped nuts and pars- ley, and seasoned with salt, pepper, a dash of paprika and Worcestershire sauce? Or this same paste used as a filing tor sandwiches? Thin bread and but: ter sandwiches of brown bread to be served with your salad In place of the ‘more orthodox wafers? ‘A sprinkling of paprika on top of the regulation stuffed potatoes? ‘Small white heads of cabbage, bolted and adorned with a cream dressing, Instead of the more aristocratic and costly cauliflower? Cabbage or turnips au gratin in place of potatoes cooked in the same fashion? ‘A shuerkraut stuffing for goose or duck if you have any hankering after “Dutch” dishes? ‘A dolled dressing made with cream Instead of oll and seasoned with a double quantity of mustard with your Duteh suppers? ‘Tripe with a very highly seasoned cream gravy, or chicken livers broiled with bacon, when you are at your wits’ end for something new and not too ex- pensive tn the way of meats? Ripe bananas peeled, laid in earthen dish, water to cover, sprinkled with brown sugar and a few drops of lemon Juice and baked slowly for about half ‘an hour? if a few chopped nuts or dot of apple jelly are added to each por- tion the effect is prettier. Use Mild Soap. No strong washing powdors or kitchen soaps should be used on linole- um, as they slowly fade the pattern, destroy the dressing, and so make the linoleum look old and grimy, says a Country Gentleman writer. Clear water may. be used and mild soaps which are really mild enough to be used as tollet soaps ‘Wiping up the linoleum with milk has more disadvantages than advan- tages. The sugar and the fat in the milk seem to glaze the linoleum, but the stickiness of tt will in time make the linoleum hold more dirt and in the end give a grimy appearance. ‘A thin coating of the-best varnish twiee a year will do much toward keeping the Itnoleum bright and shiny and preventing wear. ‘New Luncheon Dish. Poach an egg carefully in boiling water to which a squeeze of lemon Jule has been added, trim it neatly ‘with a round cutter, mask it with some thick, nfeely flavored white sauce, which {s still warm, and put {t aside to ‘get cold, Dust the egg, lightly with flour, brush it over with beaten egg, cover thickly with dried bread crumbs, seasoned with salt and pepper, and fry it quickly ‘(one and a half ‘minutes should be sufficient) in a bath of boll- ing fat. Serve the egg on a round of Duttered toast and: garnish the plate with watercress. Mis hea Put two cupfuls of finely chopped veal in a saucepan, add two table. ‘spoonfuls of fine bread crumbs, one teaspoontuls of butter, the beaten yolks of two eggs, one teaspoonful of onfon Julce, quarter teaspoonful of salt, fone saltspoonful paprika and a speck of mace. Stir the mixture over the fire until thoroughly heated, then set ‘aside to cool. Shape into croquettes, dip in beaten egg, roll in fine crumbs, let stand one or more hours, and fry until well browned. Serve with toma- toisauce. Beans Spanish. Soak overnight (wo cupfuls of pink beans, then bail them until: tender. Boll’ three sweet ‘red peppers and put them through:a sieve; Fry three slices of: bacon until brown, then add the pepper’ pulp. and one. green pepper that'shas- been minced fine and one shredded onion.’ Then put in the beans, adding plenty of Juice, a little salt and some. grated cheese. Cook to: gether thoroughly. ‘paimeedih < mabianabiai estdh'ctitin. Butter slices of white bread and put over onehalf a lettuce teat, then thta alleen of eold bolled mutton. Mix to ether'balt-a pint of peas that have Beon seasoned with salt, pepper and a Nee butter; theh's spoonful of salad dressing, another leat of lettuce, then another sllee of buttered bread. | sees Spinach the New Way. - Ween the spinach thoroughly, but do not grain too dry. Put into tho Kettle and‘cover: “Do not add any: water, as the'water left from cleansing will gen: erate steam enough to cook the vege table; and th this way you will find ft much Improved in favor. Lacing the Fow!. Jnntead of sewing up turkey, duck, to, after stuffing, run some’ tooth: picks across the opening and lace up with string. When the fowl is done, frat pull the toothpleke out ard the port omaha Oh HITS. FROM SHARP WITS Some people alm to attract atten- Hon; others to get something done— Pittsburgh Sun. Neutrality ts all right if tt does noth- ing more than keep men who can’t ‘sing from trying—Toledo Bade. Red eyes are a sign that a man ‘ought to have glasses or that ho has had too many of ‘em—Columbla Btate. Some men, when they are not per- mitted to be as mean as they please, think they are being robbed of thelr freedom, A clover man can make his silence ‘appear dignified even when it's be cause Me is at a loss for something to say—Albany Journal. Men talk about what they will do tomorrow, but not a word about what they are going to say tomorrow. Most talk is unpremeditated. Some people surely make a bad guess when they judge the width of the world by the size of their own back yard.—Philadelphla Telegraph. “The fellow who doesn’t believe in the Influence of environment,” re- marjp the man on the car, “never lived close to a glue tactory.”—Toledo Blade, Halt the time the man you praise for being silent {s only waiting for some calamity to touch the spring that controls his voeabulary.—Hous- ton Post. You may have noticed that thero are only a few people who take a ‘chance on spraining their arm in lend- Ing a helping hand—Philadelphia ‘Telegraph. A nearphilosopher says It Is better to be good-natured and imposed upon than be a grouch, which may be all right, generally speaking,. but better for whom?—Philadelphia Inquirer. INFORMATION Rubbing with unsalted butter, followed by bleaching in the sun, ‘will cleanse tvory ormaments. A Spanish syndicate is consid- ering building a raliroad across northern Africa 1,864 miles long. To teach ‘rifle shooting a Japa- nose has tnvented a cross. bow with rifle stock, trigger and sights. Massachusetts has the largest Portuguese population of any state, Rhode Island ranking next. ‘Machanism operated by lever from the driver's seat has been tn- vented for opening automobile doors, Sclentists have estimated that more than 15 per cent of the arth’s crust Is composed of aluminum, In normal times the,splce islands of Zanzibar produce about 90 per cent of tho world’s supply of cloves, an average crop approx! mating 16,000,000 pounds. CONDENSATIONS ‘The Gighthour movement in the United States began in 1868, ‘The German merchant marine, in 1913, had a tonnage of 4,576,355. Chicago will spend $400,000 in im- provement at Grant park. Los Angeles {s canning Lima beans with much success. The enterprise was inftlated last year, According: toan Exiglish eclentist the light of the sun exerts a pressure of 70,000 tons on the earth, California products, consisting of canned fruit, dried fruit, wine, ete. are now arriving in the eastern mar- Kets via the Panama canal, ‘The municipal board of health of Mantla has passed an ordinance re- quiring that all buildings erected in future tn'the elty must be fireproof. Government figures recently com- piled show that the salt production of the United States last year reached tho record-breaking total of 4,815,902 short tons, Kukut nut oll {8 « valuable Hawal- fan product and is in demand in the paint and varnish trade. It has been shipped to the United States from varlous Paetfic islands for the last 25 years, IN-SHOOTS ‘The kitchen girl frequently has favs of the old cat We may tell our troubles, but we can never loan them. Platonic love and the soul Kiss never travel in the same company. Natural cussedness makes criminals of some men; others run for office. Ability to escape from the fool-killer has often put a man in the hero class. ‘We often suspect that many of these convenient headuches are-due’to last Reet. It the married woman does not suc ceed in reforming her husband, she can at leant punish him, The man who suffers in alilence sometimes bears more pain than. the fellow who bellows, But not often. te tigre would coure ws © uaage cause us to . in a lot of ground and loftty tumbifng. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Fish are wise, ‘They begin business on @ small scale, Gonstp is a deadly gas that is often fatal to friendships, 4 ‘A man’s wisdom {sn't as interesting as a woman's intuition, It the world doesn't understand a man it calla him a crank, Any girl who thinks as-muchiot a. man'as she does of herself will do to tle to. Even after a man sees where he made a mistake .be keeps right on making more. After a girl gives her hand in man riage she may discover later that she ut her foot in it ‘These ultra modern skirts are ev dently Dullt for deep ‘snows, as they fare about knee deep, When a man tells joke to balt = dozen women and they all laugh but one that one fs his wife, Most people would rather blame a ‘man for what he doesn't do than give Bim credit for what he does. ‘A woman may not accept a proposal of marriage, but she always admires tho good judgment of the man who made it. It is always more o less of @ shock to a woman when she discovers later in the game that her husband really did know what he was talking about + ‘Chicago News. | ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN | Pennsylvania sutfragists wil receive a donation of $10,000 provided that: they ean ralvo 490,000. ‘The Montana legislature has reject- ‘ed the petition asking that women em- Sloyeus ofthe sate bave chaperoan |! Women are now eligible to appoint- ment to the faculty of the College of ‘Arts and’ Selences et Cornell univer ity. : eS Miro, La Mercer fea. candidate for mayor ts Centrala, i, baving re. ceived the indorsement of the “dry” force | Win shi te not andytng'saksteh ‘or a new song, Grace Tyson, the: actress, passes” her time. cutting cameos. Women have been refused thelr re- quest that one of their sex be appoint- ato the Paterson (N. 2) board of cate Mrs. Margaret B. Laird, the wife of a Newar (N. 3) drugelat, bas been appointed a member of the board of Heetth fa that ety FEMIGRAMS Virtue—Something we ask of oth- ere. Fatted Calt—Food for the prodigal son, ‘A bird in the hand fs bad table man- ners, ‘The egotist can only see himself through his own I's, It resolutions could not be broken, few would be made. Matrimony 1s frequently the “net” results of a hammock. Cold Shoulder—What's handed to the prodigal daughter. It 4s easter to grumble than ft 1s to lugh—but harder to stop. } Life fs ‘getting tobe progressive: changing parthers after ‘every ‘ittls ‘matrimonial game—Geraldine Ames, In the New York Mall » ARMENIAN PROVERBS Armenian proverbs are very shrewd and all have'a flavor of thelr own. A few of them follow: Bo learned, but be taken for a fool. Tho fox'e last hole is the furrier’s shop. ‘The sermon of a poor priest Is not’ heard. 2 Everyone’ places wood under hia own pot. ‘The day can dawn without’ the cork’s crowing. Dine with thy friend, but do no: business with him. It you cannot become rich become ‘the neighbor of @ rich man, What can the rose do in the sea ‘and the violet before the fire? ‘The mother who has a daughter al- ways has @ hand in her purse. Of a grumbler: Everyone's grain grows straight; mine grows crooked. Of an impatient man: He feeds the: hen with one hand and with the other he looks for her exes. ‘When you are in town, if-you ob serve that people wear the hat on one side, wear yours likewise, Choose your consort with the eyes of an old man and choose your horse" with the eyes of « young man. When he rides a horse he forgets God} when he comes. down from the horte he forgets the horas, i One day tho ass bogan to bray. They» vatd to btn, “What a Deadtiful voloe!™: ```markdown ``` BUXTON.; IOWA. Mrs. Easle May Watson Boles died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Watson on February 21, 1915, near Miami Junction. Mrs. Boles was born at Hartshorn, Okla., May 17, 1896, and was married to Mr. Henry Boles, Jr., at Buxton, Iowa, May 28, 1913. She was an affectionate daughter and a loving wife. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband, father, mother, one sister, grandmother, one uncle and one aunt and a host of friends. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness during the illness and death of our beloved wife and loving daughter, and especially Dr. S. A. Carter, Mrs. Mollie Tolson, Mrs. Susie Walker, also thank Mr. Geo. H. Woodson, Mrs. Larry Ashby, Mrs. Welsh and Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton of Scandia, Iowa, for their beautiful flower offering. Henry Beles. C. H. Watson. Lola Watson. ALBIA NEWS. Sunday was quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church. Presiding Elder S. B. Moore assisted Rev. Morgan with his quarterly services. A number from Hocking attended services in Albia on Sunday. Social at the A. M. E. church on Monday evening. Mr. Robert McMullen, who was hurt by being kicked by a mule, is improving. Rev. Morgan and a number of others have been ill with a glove for the past week. A basket dinner was held at the A. M. E. church on Sunday afternoon by the ladies and friends of the church. Lawyer Geo. H. Woodson and James Spears of Buxton were in Albia on court business this week. The Sewing Circle club met at the home of Mrs. Laura Benning on Monday afternoon. After business, lunch was served by the hostess. Mrs. Burns of Hocking attended the meeting. These who attended quarterly services from Hocking at the A. M. E. church on Sunday were Mrs. Virgie Burns, Misses Viola and Ida Young, Mrs. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Burns. Mr. and Mrs. Corthon of Hiteman attended quarterly services at the A. M. E. church Sunday. March has made a change in the weather in this vicinity. It has snowed three days of this week. "My daughter used Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation with good results and I can recommend them highly," writes Paul B. Babin, Brushly, La. For sale by all dealers. ENTERPRISE, IOWA. Mrs. Phil Sorrel has been on the sick list for two weeks, but is somewhat better at this writing. The Household of Ruth was set up by the Household of Ruth of Colafax last Saturday, March 6, 1915. The Progressive club was entertained by Mrs. William Battles last week. The Progressive club gave a public installation at the church on Monday and was proud of the attendance. Mrs. Ada White of Buxton and daughter are still in our city on account of the sickness of her mother. We had good church services all day Sunday. Miss Ada Brown and Mrs. Hazel Winsey were in Des Moines Monday. Mrs. Mattie Brooks of Des Moines was in our city last Wednesday. Mrs. Frank Brown is not much better at this writing. Mrs. Mamie Bates and family left our city Monday for Buxton. Her many friends were sorry to see her go. Mrs. Joe Wellington is somewhat better at this writing. Mr. Lee Stanton, who was hurt in the mines last week, is improving at this writing. Mr. Harry Clayborn was hurt in No. one mine Monday. MACON, MO., NEWS. Rev. G. W. Cross preached two excellent sermons Sunday morning and evening. Miss Della Williams remains very ill at her home. Dr. J. H. Garnett spent a few days in Chicago. The musical which was given at the Vine and Broadway church Wednesday was a success. Miss Ella Carter is on the sick list. The program which was rendered by Mrs. A. C. Crews for the benefit of the sister of the Household of Ruth was quite a success. Little Harris Xenophon Crew remains very ill at his home with mescales. The students of Western college celebrated Washington's, Lincoln's, Douglass' and Dunbar's birthday Friday afternoon. An excellent program was rendered. The Sewing Circle met at the residence of Mrs. Sam Jackson. A delicious two-course lunch was served. Captain G. W. Thompson and wife spent a few days in Macon on business. Miss Arloe Donley spent Saturday in Macon, the guest of Miss Lugille, Harry. The Vine and Broadway Sunday school have offered the following prizes: First, a round trip to Chicago; III; second, a round trip ticket to St. Louis, Mo., and third, two dollars in gold. Little Cephus McElroy remains ill with measles. Mr. John Grant of Palmyra, Mo., spent Sunday in our city, the guest of his niece, Miss P. Monrow. Mrs. B. Henderson remains the master of this P. Monrow. at a dance which was given at the Brown residence. Both men were at their home in Sixty-one, Mo., a mining camp. Miss Helen Eugenia Hagan, a prize student of the musical department of Yale university and a concert pianist, gave a recital Wednesday evening at Western college for the benefit of the students. An excellent program was rendered. All those present enjoyed a treat. Miss Pearl Russell, the instructor of music department at Western college, gave an excellent recital at Fayette, Mo., accompanied by her brother, Mr. Lemuel Russell, of Kansas City, Mo., and Miss Alera Dandridge of Miami, Mo. Aunt Caroline Croaket is on the sick list. CLARINDA, IOWA. Mr. Clyde Finley, accompanied by Mr. J. Greene of Sioux City, are at present spending a few days with friends in our city. The ladies of the O. E. S. gave a supper at Masonic Hall Thursday. Mrs. Georgia Walker's childern have the measles. As soon as children are able they will move on a farm owned by our colored veterinary, Dr. Wm. Gipson. Mr. Albert Cason will move from his farm to town Monday. The Ladies' Sewing Circle met with Mrs. J. Arnett. Study was from the Bible, after which a two-course luncheon was served. The Ladies' Study club will be entertained at Mrs. E. B. Cook's by Mrs. Lottie Williams. Mrs. Lucy Finley is disabled somewhat this week. John L. Thompson, G. W. M., made his annual visit to Keystone, No. 33, Monday. After the regular meeting he was accompanied by master and wardens to R. T. Lane's restaurant, met there by sisters of the O. E. S. and sat down to a luncheon. Remarks by G. W. M., responded to by W. M. of the O. E. S. and others. They all retired to their homes at a late hour. BOONE, IOWA Sunday, February 21, was quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church, Rev. S. B. Moore, P. E., was present and preached an inspiring sermon. He preached also another excellent sermon Monday just before quarterly conference. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hamilton gave their baby to the Lord by baptism. The young people of the Sunday school celebrated Lincoln's birthday February 2. Owing to the bad weather only a very few were out. Miss Wooa Bell of Carroll, Iowa, is visiting at Miss Alice Stark's. January 27 the members and friends of the A. M. E. church gave their second mid-winter dinner at the B. of R. T. hall. Quite a neat sum was realized and the trustees and stewards were able to pay something on their debts. Mrs. Emily Terry entertained Revs. Moore and Stansberry on Sunday evening at supper. Miss Woodie Bell was called home to Carroll on Sunday evening owing to the serious illness of her father. Mr. Jesse Bell departed this life Monday, February 22, at 3 a.m. at his son's home in Carroll, Iowa. The young matron and a few of the young ladies organized a fancy club, which they have named the Ideal Improvement club, with Mrs. Fred Anthony as president. The one beautiful feature of the club is they don't think themselves above having the older ladies as active members of the club. Mrs. Annie Laurence entertained Revs. Moore and Stansberry at dinner Monday. The I. I. cub entertained their husbands and a few outside friends at a Valentine social Monday evening, February 15, at Mrs. Geo. Taylor's on Green and Seventh streets. Miss Alice Stark went to Carroll on Wednesday morning to attend the funeral of Mr. Jesse Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harding gave a two-course breakfast Tuesday morning at 10 a. m. for Revs. Moore and Stansberry and family. Mr. Joe Rucker entertained the Ideal Improvement club and a few other friends to a three-course game dinner Monday, February 22. Rev. S. W. Stansberry has been suffering with a severe cold for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harding are enjoying a visit from their son, Charley, of Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Mary Clay is still confined to her home with a broken rib, which she sustained a year ago this winter, when she slipped and fell on an icy pavement. Miss Sadie White had to miss school for a couple of weeks on account of having the lax gripe, but he is out again and in school. Lucian Ashby, another nigh school pupil, has been confined to his home on account of sickness. Recommends Chamberlain Cough Remedy "I take pleasure in recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my customers because I have confidence in it. I find that they are pleased with it and call for it when again in need of such a medicine," writes J. W. Sexson, Montevallo, Mo. For sale by all dealers. OTTUMWA, IOWA. Mr. Henry Elliott has returned from Omaha, where he was called by the death of his mother. Mrs. Q. B. Taylor died Sunday morning at her home, 325 N. Moore street, after an illness of two years. She was a patient sufferer and often old her friends she was waiting on the Lord. Funeral services Tuesday afternoon at the A. M. E. church Services conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. A. Heasley. Body will be taken on October 11 for burial. Mr. Luther Williams and sons Dennis and Preston are on the Mrs. Harry Owens is sick with a severe attack of la gripe. The young men's W. C. L. met Sunday afternoon and had a rousing good meeting. The Faithful Few met with Mrs. J Weeks. The president being absent, Mrs. A. Rose presided. A lovely program was rendered and a delicious lunc hwas served by the hostess. Roy and Pard Johnson gave a party at their home and an enjoyable time was had in singing music and games. A four-course luncheon was served. The boys are ideal entertainers. Mrs. Anna Jackson entertained at dinner Sunday. The table was laid for ten in honor of Mrs. Nellie, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Fowler. MT. PLEASANT NOTE Rev. Wm. Lesley filled the pulpit Sunday at the A. M. E. church owing to the absence of Rev. W. W. Williams, who was called to Burlington to preach the funeral of Mr. Folks. The Mission Circle of the Second Baptist church met at the home of Mrs. Harriet Smith on Monday afternoon. (This Week's News.) The Mite Missionary society of the A. M. E. church met Friday afternoon at the A. M. E. church. A paper on "The Life of a Christian" was read by Mrs. Ethel Williams. A pie social was given in the basement of the Second Baptist church on Friday evening. It was quite a success. The King's Daughters society met at the home of Mesdames Amanda Bartlett and R. F. Burnaught Friday afternoon. After regular business light refreshments were served by the hostess. All present report a pleasant time. The death of Mr. Phillip R. Brown occurred Sunday morning at 12 o'clock at his home on E street. Mr. Brown has been a faithful deacon of the Second Baptist church for a number of years and will be greatly missed. Mrs. Martha Baugh is on the sick list. Mrs. Matilda Atkins is on the sick list. Mrs. Harry Owens left for her home in Ottumwa on Monday afternoon. IOWA CITY NOTES. Friday, February 19, Mrs. Moore at an all student affair. Saturday evening, February 27, the Kappa Alpha Nu fraternity entertained at dancing. The Messrs. Swan, who intend to enter the university next fall, were visitors. The G. L. U. I. held one of the most inspiring meetings of the year at the home of Miss McClain on March 7. The president of the fraternity, M. F. Fields, gave an exhortation to the members, which was fittingly responded to b- the persident. Will anyone kindly give in the names of any senior high school girls whom they may know. Address any member of the club at the State University of Iowa. Christian Endeavor was led by Mr. Wesley Thompson on Sunday evening, March 7th, Topic, 'A Happier World." Next Sunday Nora Keesby will lead. Miss Winus entertained at cards last week. Candy making was one of the interesting features of the evening. Mrs. W. H. Howry stopped in town with her husband for the week-end. She had a number of callers at the fraternity Saturday evening. Miss Minerva Graves, superintendent of the Sunday school, is elected to attend the Sunday school convention to be held at Waterloo. OTTUMWA, IOWA. Mrs. Harry Green is sick with a bad attack of la gripe. Mrs. M. Green of Oakaloosa visited her son, Harry Green, and wife for a few days last week. Aline Johnson was hostess to the Young Girls' Embroidery club Saturday afternoon. The third quarterly meeting will be held Sunday. The presiding elder, Rev. S. B. Moore, will be with us. The Faithful Few met with Mrs. Barquett. A nice program was ren- A Nervous Woman Finds Relief From Suffering. Women who suffer from extreme nervousness, often endure much suffering before finding any relief. 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Baugh, and that certificates of sale were duly issued by said treasurer to said purchaser, pursuant to said sale; that said certificates of sale are now owned by the undersigned, that the right of redemption from said sale will expire and a tax deed be made by said treasurer to Samuel Gordon for said real estate, pursuant to said sale, unless redemption is made within ninety (90) days from the completed service of this notice. Messrs. Williams and Woods, who have recently moved their families from Lee county to this city, have purchased the Murray properties on D avenue West and are now occupying them as their homes. Mrs. W. H. Cook of Buxton was a guest of the Robt. Johnson home while transacting business in the city. The A. M. E. church arranged and carried out a very successful trustee rally at the church Sunday. Mrs. Ethel Fields is visiting friends in Buxton this week. Mrs. J. P. Barquette has returned from Minneapolis, Minn., where she was called on account of the serious illness of her two grandchildren. She left them much improved and on the way to recovery. Samuel Gerdan, Owner of Certificate of Purchase Rev. H. C. Moorman has returned from Marion, Ind., where he had been called to the bedside of his sick wife. On Thursday evening, March 4th, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Colman entertained a company of friends at their home on B avenue West in honor of their daughter, Miss Mabel. Refreshments were served. WASHINGTON, IOWA, NOTES. Mrs. Laura Lewis of Des Moines is a guest at the N. L. Black home. Mrs. Eva Gwinn is about well again. Mrs. L. F. Phillips continues to improve slowly. Mrs. Thos. Lewis is convalescing. Mr. Robert Greaver does not improve in health as his friends would like. The Second Baptist church gave another of their enjoyable socials at the church Friday evening. This little church is in a flourishing condition, under the leadership of Rev. O. B. Smith. At the close of a recent revival there were about twenty-three new members added to the church roll. Mrs. F. D. Motts has returned from a two months' visit with her sister, Mrs. Zack Badgett, at La Junta, Colo. Mrs. Chea, Backstreet. Mr. Chas. Berkley is home from a little jaunt to Excelsior springs, Mo. The resignation of Mr. H. R. Crayson as superintendent of the A. M. E. Sunday school was quite a shock to all concerned, when it was received at the Sunday school board meeting on last Friday night. The Mothers' club met last Thursday with Mrs. Ida Henderson on D avenue West. The Lda's Social club with Mrs. Eugenia Wheeler on D avenue West, and the Ladies' Progressive League with Mrs. Paul Brown on North B street. All the clubs are doing good work. Miss Marie Whaley was elected delegate to represent the Sunday school at the convention to be held at Waterloo in June. Mrs. Fred Poindexter was in Buxton last week on business. On Tuesday evening, March 2, the G A. R. post and W. R. C. corps in Washington and Lincoln enteri- Mrs. Mary Wright of Boston was in the city this week in the interest H ```markdown ``` FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1915. JOHN I. THOMPSON, MAYOR ment and Rev. H. C. Loyd of the A. M. E. church talked on "Lincoln." He gave one of the best addresses of the evening and was showered with many enconiums. Remember, subscribers, the time is fast approaching when the collector will be around after his money. Some who have been delinquent will be expected to come up, as the paper cannot be run without money, as some think. Get prepared early. The trustee rally at the A. M. E. church on last Sunday was quite a success. Quarterly meeting will be held on March 21st and it is the desire of all the auxiliaries of the church to make their reports as good as possible. Miss Dozier of Chicago is a newcomer to the city for an indefinite stay. Henry Campbell received a letter from his mother in North Carolina saying she was in good health for one of her age, being 101 years old, and can read and thread a needle without the aid of glasses. Married—Saturday, March 6, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dock Deatherage, at Richmond, Kentucky, Mr. John Monday and Miss Lillian Deatherage. The happy couple arrived here Monday a. m. to make their home and Monday night were given a nice reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Howard, the brother of the groom. Mr. Monday is an industrious farmer and has lived in this community eleven years and has all the qualifications for making an ideal husband, and Mrs. Monday is an accomplished young lad. We welcome this young couple to our city, to our church and homes and wish them many years of happiness and prosperity. Mrs. Estell, mother of Mrs. Aaron Howard, of Kentucky, who has been spending the winter here, is preparing to leave for her home. 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Cheek, the person in whose name the real estate described below is taxed: You are hereby notified that at a regular tax sale held in and for Polk county, Iowa, on the December 6, A. D. 1910, the following described real estate, toit: Lot fourteen (14), in block sixteen (16), Brown's official plat of the northeast one-fourth of section 36, township 79, range 24, was sold to Des Moines Trust Co. for the payment of the taxes for the year 1909, thereon, and a certificate of purchase was duly issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, therefor, which certificate is now lawfully held and owned by W. H. Meredith. That the time for redemption from said sale will expire and a deed for said lot will be issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, unless redemption from said sale be made within ninety days from the completed service of this notice. Dated this 24th day of February, 1915. W. H. Meredith. By J. C. Meredith, His Agent.