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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. State Capitol Blvd Historical Koom XXI No. 43 Mrs. Thorp of Macombe, Ill., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Perry, at 1118 N. Union. John S. Wilkinson, who was operated on at the hospital last week, is improving. He was taken home last Saturday night. Don't forget to call up Walnut 1231, the Public Grocery Co., for your groceries. Mr. G. W. Montague of Scandia, Iowa, a member of the state miners' board, was in our city last Thursday to meet with the state board in special session on important business. He called at the Bystander office. Mr. McCeehee of Colorado is visiting his cousin, Mrs. P. H. Hunter, also Mr. Coleman of Kansas City, one of her schoolmates, spent Saturday at her home. Mrs. Stella Roberts of Kansas City, Kans., who has been visiting in Chicago stopped over in our city for a few days visit, the guest of Mrs. Amos Adams. The Dramatic Art club will meet with Mrs. Armstead, 1450 Fremont street, next Tuesday p. m. All members are earnestly requested to be present. The Twentieth Century H. O. A. Art and Craft club met at residence of Mrs. Bertha Hanger on April 28th at 1716 E. Maple, street. Adjourned to meet at the residence of Mrs. Thomas at 3422 Grand avenue, Wednesday, May 5th, at 1 o'clock. The Corinthian Altar Guild met with Mrs. Nellie Davis, 1410 Crocker street, and elected officers for the year. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Garrett, 1223 crocker street. Lee A. M. E. mission has contracted for and is buying the church and the two houses due west of and adjoining the church property. Rev. H. A. Perry, the membership and friends are in harmony and are getting results. The Blue Ribbon club of Lee A. M. E. mission gave an entertainment at the church. Eight dollars and seventy cents was turned into the treasury as a result. Mrs. Druce Williams, captain. The Altar Guild of St. Paul's A. M. E. church met at the home of Mrs. John Smith on Fourteenth Street Place. Adjourned to meet at the home of Mrs. J. D. Moore, 1327 school street, at which time a paper will be read in "Manners" by Mrs. Thymton, discussed by Mrs. Thomas. The annual thanksgiving services of the Knights of Pythias will be held at Maple Street Baptist church next Sunday at 2:30 p. m. All members are requested to turn out and all friends are invited. Rev. Samuel Bates will preach the sermon. Our collector will be in Marshall-town, Iowa, May 3; Cedar Rapids, May 4 and 5; Iowa City, May 6; Clinton, May 7; Davenport, May 8, 9 and 10; Rock Island, Ill., May 11 and 12; Molice, Ill., May 13; Muscatine, May 14; Washington and Oskaloosa, May 15th. Mr. W. H. Humburd of 1047 West Fifth street, who has been confined to his room for the past ten days, was taken to Methodist hospital Monday, where an operation was performed Wednesday morning and at this writing he is reported as getting along nicely. Arrangements have been made by North Star lodge No. 8, K. of P. for the paying off of the endowment policy of the late Arthur Jones to his widow, Mrs. Mary Jones, by Grand Chancelor W. W. Williams of Clarinda. The policy will be paid at the Union Congregational church next Wednesday evening. May 5. The public is invited to come out. H. Gould, C. C. Rev. E J. Penney of Mason City, but not recently a teacher in the Piney Woods School at Braxton, Miss., spent Sunday in our city enroute from Braxton to Mason city. He preached at Union Congregational church Sunday night. He was supply pastor last year at Union church. His accomplished life accompanied him. They took dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Stewart and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thompson. Miss Catherine Windsor was united in a marriage to Mr. Sylvester Cornell in Sunday April 18th, at the beautiful home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Windsor, 1177 West 7th street. Rev. E. G Jackson performed the ceremony. Only a very few friends witnessed the ceremony. The groom is a young man who recently came from Kansas and has made many friends. The bride is one of our young Des Moines girls, a graduate from the West High School and a very loveable young girl, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Windsor. They have moved to Mitchison, Kansas, where they will take their future home. We wish for their happiness. member when you want to buy groceries go or call up the Pub lic Grocery Co., Walnut 1231. They will give you prompt and good service. The Rebecca court, No. 10, celebrated their seventh anniversary in their hall at Eighth and Mulberry on Monday evening, April 26. Address was given by Mr, A. L. Smith on the "Court." Mrs. Eva Owens delivered an address and short talks were given by other members. The East Side court was invited guest. Mrs. B. Carr acted as toastmistress. About forty guests were served to delightful refreshments. THE LYCEUM. The Des Moines Negro Lyceum will meet Tuesday evening with Miss Mildred Griffin at East Sixteenth and Capitol avenue and review the May issue of the Crisis, with the hostess as leader. MME. BROWN ENTERTAINS LARGE AUDIENCE. Mme. Jennie Watts Brown, the noted dramatic reader and character impersonator of.Chicago, Ill., delighted a large and appreciative audience at St. Paul's A. M. E. church on Tuesday evening, April 27th. Mme. Brown's selections embraced subjects that called for the portrayal of many human emotions and the strength and variety of her powers were indeed surprising. She costumed all of her impersonations and judging from the applause which followed her renditions she easily lived up to her reputation, being beyond all others. Mme. Brown is the house guest of Mrs. S. Joe Brown at 1058 Fifth street. OUR REPRESENTATIVE Our regular annual collector will begin his yearly collecting trip and we hope that all of our subscribers will please be prepared to pay up in full. Those of you who did not pay last year please be prepared to settle in full, as the Bystander has been very lenient with you and now it is up to you, dear subscriber, to do the right thing with us. When you work for a person and perform that work you want your pay. Thus it is with us. The editor, John L. Thompson, is going to take his valuable time this year and make most of the territory himself, so consider this article a notification to all who owe us and lay aside the money due us until we come, or send it into the office at once. UNKNOWN MAN KILLED A young man was killed in Proviso, ill., yards of the Northwestern He had nothing on his person to identify himself. Information can be given by Mrs. Sarah Warren of Melrose Park, Ill., R. F. D. No. 5. BISHOP THIRKIELD AT ST. PAULS. The pastor and officers of St. Paul's A. M. E. church are pleased to announce that they have secured the consent of Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield, formerly secretary of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Education society, and later president of Howard university at Washington, and who is in the city attending the council of the bishops of the Methodist church, to address the congregation at St. Paul's A. M. E. church Sunday evening, and it is hoped that he will be given even a larger ovation than was Dr. Virgil Finnel, who occupied the pulpit last Sunday evening. NOTICE The first regular quarterly membership meeting of the Des Moines branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be held at Union Congregational church, West Tenth and Park streets, Monday evening, May 3rd, at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend and all officers and committee chairmen will be prepared to make a brief report of their work during the past quarter. The public are also cordially invited. By order S. Joe Brown, President. Mrs. Jessye E. McClain. S KEOKUK NOTES Mrs. Minnie Scott and daughter, Mary, of Bowling Green, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Liddie Ross. Miss Iva McBride, who underwent an operation at one of the local hospitals, is improving rapidly. Mr. Amos Johnson left Tuesday for Oakdale, La., for medical treatment. The members and friends of the Young Men's club held a box social Tuesday evening at the African Baptist church. The Odd Fellows will hold their memorial services at the A. M. E. church May 9th. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Longley confirmed a class of four Sunday evening at St. Mary the Virgin. Mrs. Stanley Johnson entertained the Self-Culture club Friday afternoon. Mr. Selby Johnson is visiting in Chicago. The young set of high school girls and boys had a most delightful dancing party Friday evening at Association hall. As a healing salve for burns, sores, sore nipples and chapped hands Chamberlain's Salve in most excellent. It allays the pain of a burn almost instantly, and unless the injury is very severe, heals the parts without leav- PROCLAMATION Whereas the National Negro Business League has issued a proclamation for a national clean up week March 21-27, 1915, I have been authorized by the executive committee of the local branch to issue this proclamation for a clean up week beginning May 2-8, 1915. Every community and individual is requested to co-operate In this important movement. Without health and a lower death rate it will be impossible for us to have a permanent success in business, or show any evidence of progress. We further wish that the ministers of each church to observe Sunday as a day of prayer for better health and arrange appropriate services, which shall include discussions of health conditions. What To Do. Move out and burn up all unnecessary rubbish and all unused old clothing and waste. Move, dust and clean well all pictures, furniture drapery, carpeting, bedding, clothing, cooking utensils and household ware. As far as possible take all the household articles into the open air and sun them all day. Brush down the walls and ceilings of all the rooms. Clean thoroughly all floors and woodwork of the house. Give careful attention to front and back yards, as these menace the health of your family. Repair the stable, the barn and hen house. Whitewash them and see that nothing remains in which flies can breed. Avoid over crowded bed rooms; give your bed rooms plenty of ventilation. Forty-five per cent of the annual deaths among Negroes preventable. This means that forty-five out of every hundred dying each year ought to live. Help us save the forty-five. (Signed) H. C. Brown, President Local Branch. PROGRAM. Fourteenth annual session of the Iowa State Federation of Colored Woman's Clubs, to be held at Bethel A. M. E. church, Cedar Rapids, May 24, 25 and 26. Monday Evening, May 24—Citizens' Night. Song, Anthem by Bethel A. M. E. choir. Invocation, Rev. Cato. Instrumental, Mrs. Adelaide Flowers and Mrs. Mabel Horne. Welcome address on behalf of city, Mayor Both. Vocal, Mr. Fred H. Gresham. Welcome address on behalf of the church, Rev. R. H. Cato and Rev. J. Northcross. Quartette, Mrs. E. C. Thomas, Mrs. Minnie Gray, Mrs. Fannie Hawkins, and Mrs. Robt. McGee. Welcome address on behalf of the clubs, Mrs Amelia Jackson. Music, Miss Helen Roberts. Response to addresses, Mrs. Belle Watkins, second vice president. Music, piano selection, Miss Ruth La Vere Boyd. Address or oration, Mr. L. D. Lowery Instrumental, Mrs. Jessie Smith. Benediction, Rev. Northcross. Tuesday A. M. Song. Invocation, chaplain. Song. Roll call of district chairmen. Responded to by two minute talk of what she has done to build up the federation. Report of credentials committee. Committees appointed. Minutes of board meeting. Paper, "Hints on Parliamentary Usage," delegate Self-Culture, Buxton. Discussion, delegate W L. C., Clinton; I. B. W. Autumn Local, Davenport. Demonstration in millinery, Mrs. Jackson, modiste. Tuesday, 2 p. m.—Suffrage Meeting. Music. Invocation, chaplain. Roll call, quotations on woman's rights. Minutes. Instrumental. Address, "Suffrage Movement in This Country," by chairman of suffrage department, Mrs. F. P. Johnson. Music, suffrage song. Symposium, "Why Militancy Is Not Needed Here," Mrs. Culberson. "Women Lawyers," by Mrs. Jennie Johnson, Davenport. Results of Thirty-sixth general assembly, Mrs. James, Buxton. Paper, "Efficiency in Club Work," Mrs. S. White, Indianola. Demonstration in practical nursing, Miss Tabitha Mash, Des Moines, and Mrs. E. Gresham, Cedar Rapids, graduate nurses. Tuesday, 8 p. m. Music. Invocation. Roll call. Quotations from Negro women. Minutes. Demonstration in hair culture, Madam Mease-Scott. Plantation melodies, led by Mrs. Alice Thompson. Paper, "Folk Song and Folk Lore," Mrs. Gus Nichols. Music, Mrs. H. R. Graves, vocal solo. Original poem, Miss Marguerite Roberts. Annual address of president. Music, Mrs. S. H. Armistead, vocal solo. 9:30--Roll call. Quotations from the Bible. Minutes. Report of credentials committee. Paper, "Importance of Vocational Training for Children," Mrs. Anna Williams, Buxton. Discussion by delegates from Benevolent club, Ottumwa; E. L. D. club, Davenport, and Culture club, Cedar Rapids. Instrumental, Mrs. Fanny Sorrell. Report of officers. Report of clubs. Report of committees. Wednesday, 2 p. n. Music. Invocation, chaplain. Roll call. Quotations from. Minutes. Music, vocal solo, Mrs. Mattie Green, Ottumwa. Reading, Mrs. Morgan, Sioux City. Demonstration in dressmaking, Madam Watkins. Club reports. Paper, "Training For the Motherhood," by Mrs. L. M. Coats. Wednesday. 8 p. m. Music, band, Cedar Rapids. Invocation, chaplain. Roll call. Quotations, miscellaneous. Minutes. Final report of committees. Paper, Miss Mayrie I. Bell. Music, solo, W. W. A. Browne. Address, Dr. E. A. Carter, "A Consideration of Some Preventable Diseases," Buxton. Solo, Mrs. F. P. Johnson. Paper, "Sex Hygiene," Industrial club. Duet, Mrs. Chredan, Mrs. Hicks. Installation of officers. Adjuvment ST. PAUL BUDGETARIAN. A long and useful life was ended when Mrs. Theodiosa Charleston passed away at the home of her son, John H., 636 University avenue, on the 14th inst., surrounded by friends and her eight sons and one daughter, her husband having preceded her last fall. Mrs. Charleston lived to the ripe age of 75. She was a patient sufferer, having been sick for several months. She was a resident of St. Paul for thirty years. Her funeral occurred Sunday, April 18 from the home, under the auspices of the Ladies' G. A. R., O. E. S. chapter and the Benevolent association, all of which she was a member. Her eight sons acted as pall bearers, Rev. G. W. Camp officiating. May she rest in peace. Mrs. M. Mason of Sioux, Mich., is visiting Mrs. M. A. Johnson, 479 Thomas street. The many friends of Rev. E. H. McDonald were indeed glad to know he won his suit against Pilgrim Baptist church, of which he sued for three months' salary due him when they demanded his resignation without ninety days' notice, which is the law. The Rev. is now pastor of Memorial Baptist church of this city. "Out in the Streets," a drama, was very beautifully staged at Pilgrim Baptist church on the 22nd inst. under the direction of Mrs. M. Whitehead. The characters were very good. It was given under the auspices of the Literary and Social club. The H. Y. W. K. club of St. James A. M. E. church scored another success with their "baby show" at the church Tuesday evening, the 20th. About eight babies contested. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mills' baby was awarded first prize, bringing in $17.00. Mr. and Mrs. J. Blair's baby won second prize, an amount of $14.00. The other contestants were also awarded smaller prizes. Mrs. Ed Williams of Charles street is on the sick list again. The past week our city has been saddened by eight deaths, which was as follows, including Mrs. Theodosia Charleston, Mrs. B. Hobbs of Arundel street, Mrs. Scott Walker, who died in Cumberland, Wis., and was brought here to be buried; Mrs. M. Pryor of St. Albans street; Mrs. Harrington of Temperance, Mr. G. Peabody, a stranger; Mrs. Shaffer and Mrs. Grundy. Mrs. Bettie Jones left last week for Glencoe, Ill., to the sick bedside of a friend, Mrs. Baker. Master Alfred Lealtead returned this week from Braxton, Miss., where he has been attending the Piney Woods Industrial school. The girls are glad to have him back. St. James A. M. E. church was packed to the doors Monday evening when a testimonial benefit entertainment was given for Mrs. Addie Crawford Minor, director of the choir, under the direction of Mr. Chas. Miller, Mrs. Mary Hatcher and the choir. The program was superb. The ticket selling contest was an interesting one. Three girls contested, and the awarding of the prizes were as follows: The first prize, a beautiful gold watch bracelet, was awarded to Miss Opal Wade, who brought in $31. Second prize, a beautiful pearl set gold ring, to Miss Ruth Charleston, who reported $24.65. Miss Harriet Jeffry brought in $7.05. As a whole the affair was a success in every way. Mrs. Roscoe Jones cf Ottumwa, Iowa, who was called to our city to attend her sister, Mrs. S. Graves, who was ill with a severe case of tonsillitis, left Wednesday evening for her home, after a two weeks' stay, leaving her sister very much improved. MONMOUTH, ILL. Mr. Andy Johnson and niece, Ida Maupin, of Galesburg, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Maupin. Tom Brown of Kookuk is in the city. Miss Mary Brown entertained the Agnes Moody club Thursday afternoon at her home on Second avenue. Mr. Oliver Merriel of St. Louis. Mo., is visiting at the home of his uncle, Josh Merriel. Mr. and Mrs. Buidess of Paris, Mo., have returned home, after visiting with Mrs. Buidess' father, Mr. Maupin. Rev. Wilson Boone of the Industrial Institute at McLeod, Miss., addressed the students of Monmouth, college at chapel last week. He spoke on the race problem and its relation to the Negro schools. Harold Pruitt of Knoxville, Ill., s visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. T. Brown. FORT MADISON NOTES Mr. E. Prentice, who has been in Burlington for the past three months, is home again. Mr. Joseph Paton, who has been visiting with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. M. Paton, left for Minneapolis, Minn., last Saturday evening. The entertainment given at the A. M. E. church last Thursday was a success both socially and financially. Rev. L. H. Owens was a Keokuk visitor one day last week. Mr. J. Ewing left last week for Minneapolis, Minn., for an indefinite stay. Mrs. Laura Dunlap is able to be up again, after a two months' illness. Messrs. Frank and Berle Anderson of New Boston were Fort Madison visitors last week. Members of the Second Baptist church are preparing to give a social Thursday evening, April 29th. Mrs. D. A. King of Chicago, Ill., was the guest of Mrs. Geo. Harper on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Geo. Harper entertained informally at a 6 o'clock luncheon on Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. D. A. King of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. C. Davis of St. Louis were Fort Madison visitors one day last week. A series of meetings are now going on at the A. M. E. church. Mr. A. G. Clark of Oskaloosa, grand custodian of the grand lodge of Iowa, made his annual visit to McNeil lodge on Thursday night, April 22nd. While in the city he was the guest of Mr. M. O. Culberson. A social session was held prior to the evening session. At 8 o'clock a dinner was served in honor of the guest of honor by the ladies of the O. E. S. A number were present. Later Mr. Clark spoke very entertainingly to the ladies. His attention was then directed to the men in a lodge session. He left for Davenport on Friday, accompanied by Mr. Culberson. Rev. R. H. Cato, pastor of the A. M. E. church at Cedar Rapids preached at Bethel A. M. E. church Friday night. A large number were present. Clinton is in the midst of a six weeks' evangelistic campaign. Rev. C. R. Scowell and party in charge, at the Coliseum. Rev. I. N. Daniels, P. E., was in the city the past week in response to a petition relative to the removal of the Rev. G. W. Slater, pastor of Bethel A. M. E. church, by a number of the members. A change is promised as soon as matters can be arranged. HAIR GOODS Such as I have never shown in my 35 years in city F. W. Franz 705 Locust Street WATERLOO, IOWA. The Waterloo colored brass band will give a social in the A. M. E. church the 29th. The entertainment given by the Busy Bee club of the A. M. E. church was a grand success and all of their pretty needlework was disposed of. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Rhonenee of Parkersburg, who recently bought them a home in Waterloo, have moved into same, and we are glad to welcome all good people into our midst. Mrs. Elizabeth Bess, mother of Rev. I. W. Bess, is still on the sick list at his home. Mr. and Mrs. John Brock of Chicago have moved to Waterloo to reside. There is plenty of work in Waterloo for good colored people. Rev. Bess cannot fill the demand for colored help. Mrs. Sallie Harris of St. Louis is in Waterloo at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Bess. Waterloo now has a Masonic lodge of twenty-seven members, which is the only lodge in Waterloo. Mrs. Ruth B. Bright, W. G. M., of Davenport was in our city on the 21st, and assisted by John L. Brooks, W. G. P., and John L. Thompson, G. M., opened a chapter and initiated eighteen ladies and men into the order. The officers are. W. M., Kittie Richardson; W. P., I. W. Bess; associate M., Carrie Pettigrew; treasurer, Sadie Hopkins; secretary, Georgie B. Cheatham; conductt, Carrie Bright, and the following stations are filled as follows: Mollie Sims, Estella Haughton, Louise Mosby, Octavia Benton, Bessie Clayton, Aletha McLauren, Jessie H. Bess and Lillie Whitfield. All persons having news for this paper or wishing to subscribe for same may do so by calling phone No. 1421 Black, or seeing Miss Eva M. Smith, reporter. Rev. I. W. Bess left for Mason City on Tuesday morning to assist in setting up a new chapter lodge. Dr. J. P. Sims, pastor of the A. M. E. church of Davenport, was in Clinton the past week. Mr. F. P. Alkens is the proud possessor of a Haynes touring car, which he recently purchased for use in his taxi line. DAVENPORT NOTES. Rev. J. P. Sims preached a very good sermon at Bethel A. M. E. church Sunday morning and in the evening Rev. Pearce, a white minister from Pennsylvania, preached a beautiful sermon. Mr. Wm. Turner, who has been sick for some weeks, is able to be about again. Mr. Ward Howard is confined to his bed at this writing. Mr. Henry Burns remains quite ill. Mr. Boone is reported ill at this writing. The funeral service of Gertrude Irene Sheppard was held at Bethel A. M. E. church Thursday at 2 p.m. The pall bearers were Josh Roberts, Earnest McGaw, Webster Busey, Eugene Howard, Ross Hopkins and Marion Hall. Mr. Lyman Sheppard was in the city attending the funeral of his daughter, Irene, on Thursday. Mrs. Chas. Sheppard of Chicago was also in attendance. The high school pupils are giving a concert at the Third Baptist church for the purpose of helping to swell the building fund. Price Five Cents Mrs. Sarah Davis has been ill for the past week. Mr. Hampton, messenger for Judge Wade of the superior court, worshipped at Bethel A. M. E. church Sunday a. m. He has served four judges in succession. Clarence Gamble leaves for Fort Wayne, Ind., to join a ball team for the coming season. Mr. Doc Clark, grand custodian of the A. F. & A. M., was in our city last Friday and was tendered a banquet by Hiram lodge, which he was visiting. While here he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Johnson. SCANDIA IOWA Mr. Martin O. Russell, who has been traveling with Barnum & Bailey circus for several years, is going to remain with us this year. Mr. Russell is very popular in the musical circle, also a number 1 baseball player, formerly catcher for the Buxton Wonders. Sister J. E. Roberts of Des Moines, wife of our pastor, was a visitor during the week. Her visit among us was very much enjoyed. We hope to welcome her again in the near future. Bro. S. S. Sullivan of Oralabor preached for our pastor Sunday evening. Mr. Sullivan left Monday morning for Perry. Mr. John L. Thompson and Mr. Wright of Des Moines were in Scandia on business during the week. Mrs. Estella Overton, son and daughter left for Centerville to visit relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton have united with the Mt. Zion Baptist church, Bro. Hamilton being elected deacon. Miss Bertha Irvin of Chariton is visiting at the home of Mrs. G. W. Montague. Miss Irvin has taken an active part in the Sunday school, being appointed assistant superintendent. GALESBURG, ILL., ITEMS. The Modern Priscilla club met Friday afternoon at the usual hour with Mrs. Christburgh Hopkins on Mulberry street. After the regular routine of business light refreshments were served. Mr. A. Winston of Omaha, Neb., spent a few days in our city, the guest of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Tilford Gash who has been quite ill for two years past. The Autumn Leaf club met at the hour of Mrs. Susan Allen on Thursday afternoon on Mulberry street. Mr. Henry Wells is still slowly improving. Misses Blanche and Mildred Smallley were hostesses to a surprise party April 21 at their home on East South street, in honor of Mr. Rudolph Lyons' 17th birthday. Household of Ruth No. 380, held their regular meeting Monday afternoon, April 26, in the Odd Fellows hall. Mrs. Dr. Waring of Chicago will give a lecture in Allen's Chapel church Friday evening, April 30th. Grand united orders of Odd Fellows and Household of Ruth will meet in joint session Tuesday evening, April 27th, to make arrangements for their annual sermon, which will be held Sunday, May 2. FINAL NOTICE OF CANCELLED TION OF CONTRACT To George Davis and ..... Davis, his wire. Des Moines, Iowa You are hereby notified that you have failed to perform the contract and the agreements on your part contained in the contract entered into by you with C. R. Nuetzel of date 8th day of October, A. D. 1913, for the purchase from C. R. Nuetzel of the following described real estate situated in Polk county, Iowa, towit: South half (s 1-2) of lot two (2) of the official placl of w 1-4 of the northwest quarter (nw 1-4) of the southeast quarter (se 1-4) of section fifteen (15), in township seventy-sight (78), north, of range twenty-four (24), now included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, and because of your failure to perform the agreements and stipulations therein contained on your part, the Sacramento Suburban Fruit Lands Company, assignee of said contract, do now in accordance with the provisions of section 4299, title 21, chapter 8 of the code of 1897, cause the service upon you of this notice of their intention to cancel the said contract thirty (30) days after the completed service of this notice; unless within the said thirty days you perform all the obligations on your part now delinquent under said contract and make all payments of principal and interest and keep all the agreements now due and to become due within the said thirty days. Unless you perform all the obligations as above, your rights under the said contract and interest in and to the real estate therein described will be declared null and your rights shall cease and determine. Dated at Des Moines, Iowa, the 6th day of April, 1915. Sacramento Suburban Fruit Lands Company. By F. A. Bean, President. By Einor Hoidale, Secretary. Chance to Make Up **Chance to Make Up.** "Why so sorrowful, girl?" "We have parted forever. He writes me to send back the ring." "Tell him to call for it." advised the experienced friend—Louville. Our journal AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS "Gen. Bob" Smalls, who died recently at his home in Beaufort, S. C., was one of the richest and most noted Negroes of his time. Born in Beaufort in 1839, a slave, he spent his early boyhood on the river and was made pilot of the Confederate gunbant Planter, which was used as a dispatch boat to the best friend of Charleston. Under cover of darkness one night in 1863, when all the white officers of the boat were ashore, Smalla took her out under the Confederate guns and delivered her and her crew of eight men over to the Union authorities. He was well rewarded for this service and made a pilot in the navy. He was serving in that capacity on the monitor Keokuk when the vessel was attacked by a pirate on April 4, 1863, sinking the next morning just after the crew had been taken off. Another story of his coolness under fire is related of Smalls in connection with the Planter. He was on her deck on one occasion when she was running a gantlet of fire from the Confederate batteries, but another man was in charge of her as plot. Suddenly this man broke completely, and he left the wheel and hid in the coal bunkers. For a few moments the Planter was without a pilot. Then Smalls realized what had happened, rushed into the wheelhouse, and brought the boat through successfully. At the close of the war a bill was introduced into congress to make him a captain on the retired list, but the bill was tabled on the ground that no longer needed the retired list for services rendered, and that it would create a bad precedent. Although absolutely poor and illiterate when he first arrived in the Union lines, Smalls was both shew and courageous in facing big risks. His sudden wealth did not spoil him. He hoarded it until he saw a good chance for investment in buying up the rich farm lands which were going under the hammer to meet unpaid taxes. His title to these lands was challenged, but a decision of the supreme court proved his claim to them. Smalls soon entered politics. First he was in the state legislature, and then served several terms in congress. While there he once got into trouble, and it was a white senator from South Carolina, representing some of the bluest blood of the state, who helped him out of the difficulty. A state law in South Carolina made it a penal offense for a legislator to accept reward for voting in a censure way for any legislation. While a member of the legislature, Smalls was guilty of breaking this law in the case of one bill. His political enemies found it out and arrested him on the charge, and then just when he was going to take the charge, he represented from South Carolina. He secured ball, proceeded immediately to Washington, and then claimed exemption from the charge in the state courts on the ground that he was a member of the federal legislature. This claim was not allowed, however, and had it not been for the help of the South Carolina senator, who, by the way, held the convention of Negroes, Smalls' political career might have come to a sudden close. Although he never mentioned the incident in any of his autobiographical writings, it is said that he never de- In a state like New York from seven to nine years are required to complete a public school course of nine months in the year. Under present conditions, it will require 14 years for a Negro child to complete a public school course of nine months in the year in Virginia. In Florida 20 years would be required; in Alabama 24 years would be required; in Louisiana. For traffic on Lake Akanogan, British Columbia, the Canadian Pacific railway has launched a steamer 200 feet long and 40 feet wide, steam heated and electrically lighted, and with a passenger capacity of 400. When a politician is in the hands of his friends he isn't always particular where his friends' hands are. The man who marries a woman with an independent fortune also gets an independent wife. It is said that if the land of England and Wales were equally divided among the residents there would be a little more than one acre for each person. The sinews of the kangaroo are especially desirable for use in surgery in seaside grounds and binding broken bones together. The Mount Holyoke college authorities have gathered 1,000 bushels of apples from their own premises for use in the cellar. nled its truth. He finally failed to be re-elected when the *Democrats* regained control of this constituency in South Carolina. President McKinley appointed Smalla Collector of the Port of Beaufort, and this post he held under succeeding administrations until President Wilson displaced him in 1913. He was always a staunch Republican and was delegate to several national conventions. "General Bob" accented this title from his connection with his wife. In 1873 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel in the Third regiment and had risen to the rank of major-general of the Second division when he was legisla' out of the position in 1877. At New Orleans a short time ago the most notable gathering of Negroes in this country was held—the Bishop's Council of the African Methodist Episcopal church. These bishops came from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Wilberforce, Qhio, Atlanta, Little Rock, Detroit, Columbia, S. C. and Nashville, and represent more than six thousand churches scattered over the country and in foreign lands. Perhaps no organization of Negroes has a more interesting history than the African Methodist Episcopal church. February 14, the one hundred and fifty-fifth anniversary of the birth of its founder, Richard Allen, who was born a slave in Philadelphia, Pa., February 14, 1760, when slavery fouled in the North as well as the South. He was, however, an extraordinary man, even as a slave. He caused the conversion of his own master, who proposed to let him buy his freedom. He saved by working at old times, and about 1780, purchased his freedom and that of his brother for $2,000. He then went out as a preacher. In 1784 he was present as a spectator at the first Methodist general conference at Baltimore, Md. In 1786 he located in Philadelphia after preaching in New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. About this time the number of Negroes, or as they were called then "African," belonging to St. George's was very generous indeed, so great the trust thought it best to confine them to a certain portion of the church. Many of them, however, preferred to have their own church, so that in 1787 they withdrew from St. George's church and started an "African" Methodist church, in 1794, they purchased an old blacksmith shop and moved it upon a lot which they had purchased, and began worship there, "under their own vine and fig tree," in what they chose to call Bethel African Methodist church, in property cost less than $1,000. It is a small church and is worth today more than $100,000, and is the oldest piece of property owned by a large Negro organization. Allen was a great leader and soon had a flourishing church. Meanwhile in New York, New Jersey and Maryland, other independent Negro churches were established. He conceived the idea of getting these together into one compact general organization. After visiting them he extended an invitation to meet in Philadelphia in April, 1830 to form a Christian denominational body under the name of the "African Methodist Episcopal church." This was done, and Richard Allen was elected and ordained the first bishop of this church, and the first Negro bishop in America. At age 26 years would be required, and in South Carolina 31 years would be required. These figures give an insight into the work that they In Mississippi, for example, only 50 per cent of the Negro children are enrolled in the public schools; in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina only a little over 40 per cent of the Negro children are enrolled. In many of the counties of the South from ten to fifteen times more money is spent on the education than the white child in the public schools of the state, the education of the Negro child. These conditions must be changed in the interest of the Negro and in the interest of the white man, who cannot enjoy the highest degree of culture until a sense of justice controls him in the distribution of the public school funds.—Booker Washington. Oil lamps light the London streets in 1861 and onward, gas 'gas' came into use just over 100 years ago. Stationary steam, oil and gas engine plants of the United States are producing about 20,000,000 horsepower. The most leisurely parade is that given by the man who has caught a good-sized string of fish. Next to that the most leisurely parade is the one given by the fellow who made a home run with the bases full. Although most of the cities in Japan have good sidewalks, modern street paving is practically unknown in the empire. A loafer's favorite occupation is watching other men at work. In California there are 380,000 acres on which grape vines are growing; 170,000 planted to wine grapes, 11,000 to ralsin grapes and 50,000 to table grapes. More than 120,000,000 board feet of timber was given away by the government last year to settlers and miners living in or near the national forests. Many a man is too fond of his own voice to think of joining the society for the suppression of unnecessary ENGLAND IS A SOLEMN PLACE AND SHOWS IT Face and Face of Briton Indicates Effect of War on Mind of Populace. TENSENESS, BUT NO ALARM Edward B. Clark, Fresh From Ship Passage Through Mine-Strewn St. George's Channel, Gives His Impressions of Trip. Bv EDWARD B. CLARK BY EDWARD B. CLARK. London. The American ship Phildephila deplha made Liverpool—safe, to all the passengers. St. George's channel and the Irish sea may have as many submarines in them as they have fish, which is exceedingly doubtful, but they are pleasant places with a sufficient half-moon shining down upon their waters. Was there danger as the American line made its way through these salt seas toward Liverpool? Perhaps, but, if so, no passenger on board gave expression to it in word or face. There was a tenseness among the men and women on the ship, but it was an inward thing. No one with sense believed for a moment that a submarine would sink an American passenger on dwell on the bottom of the sea, but it seemed to be one which could come only as the offspring of an awful mistake. Other American ships unquestionably will continue to go through the channel and the lesser sea unenclosed. There was the spice of a sense of danger to make the trip exhilarating or depressing as spice affects the human frame and mind. No one spoke of danger save rarely, and then the speakers were men. The women said nothing. In times that seem to be those of emergency, even if they are not, women always are stronger than men, but few men there be willing to admit the patent fact. Show Up Vessel's Name. As soon as the lights of the South of Ireland, were sighted, and the Philadelphia entered what in truth is a war zone, the sailors rigged two great electric lamps and hung them over the sides of the vessel, where their concentrated beams fell on great white letters announcing the name of the ship. The fact that she was an American, "the dearest of the decking took a long distance, for it was high enough above the tumbling waters to stand in the line of vision, clear and beacon-like. Until the edge of the war zone outlying Ireland was reached no flag was shown by the Philadelphia. When the waters of so-called danger were ap proached the Stars and Stripes were broken out at the proper station. Originally the British flag would have been played forward as the ensign of the ship, but American captain was taking the chances with the British flag, either forward, aft or amidships. There were five natives of England to one native of America on the Philadelphia, and for once at least on the high seas the Stars and Stripes looked good to English eyes. At sunset the flag came down and the bright electric lights were turned on to the name and nation of the ship, within certain sea limits all men might read them. Man-of-War Asks for Information. Some forty miles beyond Daunt's rock the lights of a man-of-war appeared. The vessel was lying in the sea shadows, not more than three miles of a mile away. Nothing but the lights of the ship, but their distribution showed even the appropriate eye that the vessel displaying them was a warship of a greater type. Suddenly from the starboard side of the dreadnaught, predreadnaught or crusier, whatever she was, came a sharp flash of light, which was followed by successive twinkles. The Britlisher was signaling the Yankee, and the Yankee instantly paid heed. An answer was twinkled back from the bridge. "Where bound?" Back went the answer. If the response had not been given quickly and readily a shot would have come across the Philadelphia's bows. British guardships where St. George's channel meets the ocean are taking no chances, and this notwithstanding the German merchant and German war ships which have disappeared, from the waters. No Fear Felt by Americans. There may have been no submariner in the Irish sea when the Philadelphia made its way toward Liverpool. If there were, let it be said again that no American of seasoned sense on board thought for an instant that the ship was in danger of a torpedo from any German craft unless the missile were fired as the result of gross error. Some Americans in America may think differently about the matter. It would so seem to one who had to take leave of some friends more or less fearful. One American on board said to another when midway between Queensatown and Liverpool, the place of reputed greatest danger, that there was more worry on shore over the ship. London Hermit's Passion Caused Him to Abandon a Prosperous Business. London.—"Books have been my ruin," was one of the best things said by the late Charles Augustus Ward, who in his latter days was a curious old hermit of Walthamstow in Essex. His passion for books had led him to dispose of the prosperous wusb- View of a Hurgess Dunne aeropane having its official try-out under the supervision of agents of the Russian government, who have been buying a number of American aeroplanes. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER RUSSIA BUYS AMB View of a Burgess Dunne aeroplan supervision of agents of the Russian number of American aeroplanes. than there was on its deck. He told the truth. Only one boat was swung out on its davits by the crew of the Philadelphia, it could not have held by any chance more than a dozen or fifteen people; it was swung out a long time before the war zone was reached. Why? No one knew. It is as much of a puzzle today as it was the day that the crew swung the lifeboat over the water. It has been said of other voyages that passengers on ships passing through the Irish sea at night did not go to bed, or if they did, they turned in with their clothes on. There was only one passenger on the American liner who stayed up all night through the Irish sea, and he was a jolly, old retired naval officer who had served his time and who could not get over the habit of staying on watch. This old chap must be seventy-five years old, but he showed up at the breakfast table shining, rosier and more generally wide-awake than any companion passenger. The night before the Irish sea was entered an Englishman who was play ing bridge and side talking about the matter of stewards' tips said: "Perhaps the only steward we must be the one waiting on Davy Jones." England a Solemn Place. This word from the British was about the only one heard from a man suggestive of any dread possibilities from the sailing of the war-zone sea. The women, as I have said, kept off the subject of the war and of danger from start to finish. About an hour before turning-in time fifteen or twenty of the woman passengers gathered in a corner of the so-called social hall and conferred together. There was one woman in that throng of whom I had the presumed right to ask questions. I inquired concerning the nature of the conference, and my answer was, "No matter." I found out later, however, that the women in solemn conclave had agreed that it was able to go to bed and to turn in attired as they were ordinarily attired on sleep occasions, and "to pass the danger by," and with it all thought of anything except a safe landing on the morrow. One man I can say who was going to sleep with his trousers on and with his shoes exceedingly handy, turned in wearing the usual habiliments of the night, and tried, not altogether successfully, to banish thoughts of submarines and to woo sleep after the ordinary coaxing manner. Liverpool was reached early in the morning—the sea and its submarines were behind, but the war in its other aspects was in front, and one knew it was in the water. England is a solenm place, and shows it in the step and in the faces of the people. A solenm place—and so must be Germany and France and Russia. ADVOCATE OF FEMINISM Copyright. Underwood & Underwood Jules Bois, chevalier of the legion of honor and prophet of feminism in France, is now in this country to make an investigation of our food production and exportation. He will make a lecture tour of the United States and will study the methods of teaching French in the schools of California. He summarized his views of feminism thus: "Yee, women should have the vote, not that we may have more votes, but that a new moral element, the mother' element, may enter into the political world." Surprise for Hughes Elizabeth, N. J.-Andrew F. Hughes, aroused from sleep by an earthquake, as he supposed, found a big auto truck embedded in his house. ness at Mayfair he inherited from his father. One of his hobbies was cook books; at eighty-seven he was compiling one for his own use from ancient sources when death overtook him. He had just inherited a small fortune from his sister. His collection of 3,000 volumes has gone to the London library. He was often seen around London in a Holland smock, or a blue frock coat with brass buttons, and a Panama hat with yellow ribbon. Take It Carelessly Like Life on Volcano—Boyes All Expect to Fight and Are Not Uneasy Over Prospect. By GABRIEL DELAGARDE (Correspondent Chicago Daily News.) Amiens, France—In the last few days I have made inquiries among many persons to find out the state of mind of the civil population as regards the tradepeople, manufacturers, retired merchants, ordinary laborers, other employees—as many as possible of each. It is easy to enter upon a conversation; at the present time it is not necessary to rack one's brains to find a subject, and the subject is inexhaustible. People have grown wise. The fantastical reports which at the beginning of the war were invariably believed fall now on skeptical ears. Moreover, things are now in order. The other day, at a prominent hairdresser's shop in town, a man announced to those who would listen to the speech of Albert. An officer, who was being shaved, interfered, had the man arrested, and for his imprudence he passed eight days in prison. Who would imagine, while walking through the streets of Amiens, that the Germans were 30 kilometers (about twenty miles) from here, not more? The soldiers from the trenches do not come here, or if they do the officers and men are obliged to clean and in good style. Automobiles only have the right to be dirty. The population, it appears, must not see the war in an unfavorable light. So the people are gradually growing accustomed to this abnormal state of affairs, just as the inhabitants of a town near a smoking volcano go about their business without giving it a thought. As a friend of mine a literary man of these parts, said to me: "War? It's a matter of habit heart, soul, mind, all become daily hardened to it. We have adapted ourselves to our new life." And the remark is just. It applies to the people, especially to the men who have remained here. All the young men are alike; that is, the great majority. They realize that, if the war lasts, their turn will come to go to the front, and it causes them no uneasiness. There is the mental anguish which affects all without distinction, with terrible equality, from the minister to whom we are indebted for the three years' service law and who has just lost his son, to the poor little woman who chars to make a living, whose husband is a prisoner in Germany. This it is which makes war odious, which creates the fiercest hatreds both in the hearts of the soldiers and the civil population. One day I returned from Albert with a poor woman, who has no one at the front, but who has witnessed the ruin of a town by a bombardment. She stretched out her thin arms with the suppleness of a cat as she said: "Let the women have a hand. Deliver to me four 'boches' only, and I will undertake to put out the eyes of those highwaymen." The refugees suffer and have suffered materially. They are virtually the only ones. One may say that, far from increasing misery, the war has diminished it. Such a wave of official and private charity has swept over the country! Nearly all of the poorer classes receive from the state either an indemnity for their enforced idenity or relief because of the war. Am I to pity the manager of a large factory who told me he had lived on an income of 600,000 francs before the war, and now doesn't spend 10 francs a day? No, because he himself does not complain and accepts it in the proper spirit, even though, instead of having his automobile waiting for him at the station, he is obliged to walk, with an alpine sack on his back in place of a valise. He says that he has never felt better. Like others, he soon adapted himself to this new state of affairs. Tabby Adopta Wildcats Silver Lake, Ore.—A pair of baby bobcats, whose mother was killed by F. R. Bass, have been adopted by a big tabby cat on the Bass homestead, south of Arrow. When the tiny wild cats arrived at the Bass place the feline at once pigked them up, cat fashion, and carried them to her-bed. Mute Accused of Nagging. Milwaukee, Wis.—Answering his wife's suit for a divorce, Carl F. Scheel, a deaf mute, declared that she often lighted the gas at night and nagged him. Mrs. Scheel is also a mute. Wanted to Be a Hero. New York —"I wanted to be a beer and get a medal like the boy in the suit," said Samuel Balk, twelve, charged with starting a fire in his home. Animals Carefully Trained for the Service. Perfect Understanding Established Between Rider and Steed Before They Are Allowed to Enter Into Active Operations. The almost human instinct possessed by trained cavalry and artillery horses provides a striking illustration of equine intelligence. They understand the words of command quite as well as their drivers and drivers and will answer to the regular calls in the most perfect manner. One has only to watch cavalry executing a turning movement to realize how perfect the understanding is Between the horses and the men, and after a few lessons in charging the horses will prick up their ears the moment they bear the word and throw themselves into the wad as wholeheartedly as the riders. Of course the animals have to go through a strict course of training before they reach this pitch of perfection. As a rule, they are bought as raw colts, and after the preliminary breaking in—getting used to bit, saddle and rider—they are taught to jump and lie down. When this part of the training is satisfactorily accomplished the horse is taught to halt sharply at the word of command, to pull up in its own length, even when galloping, and to walk, trot and gallop in line. This last is a very essential part of his education, because when a charge is ordered in battle it is essential that all the horses should be kept in a mass. A very important part of the training is to teach a horse to stand fire. At first the horses are terrified when they hear the thunder of artillery and the crack of rifles. They get restless and "whimpy" with fright. After having been through the hands of the experts at the cavalry school, however, a horse will allow round after round to be fired over its body without moving. Naturally a perfectly trained army horse is greatly treasured. The British army veterinary corps has been so successful during the present war that it is estimated that out of 27,000 wounded or sick horses that have passed through the hands of the corps 10,000 have been returned for service at the front again, while a very large proportion of the remainder are making good progress at convalescent farms. The corps is now the largest organization of its kind attached to any army in the world. Many of the cases it has dealt with have been wonderful examples of surgical skill, and the lives of hundreds of animals have been saved, of which many would bither have been condemned as incurable, even in times of peace. ENJOY LIFE IN TREE TOPS Romantic Young Couple Have Chosen Abode in Which They Are Living in Contentment. The choice of moderate elevations for home sites proves to be justified by scientific experience. British medical men report that health and energy are most promoted by living at heights of 300 to 500 feet, where winds have a freew sweep than in the valleys and the blood of anemic persons gains a new abundance of red corpuscles. At greater altitudes, on the other hand, Professor Gaule of Zurich finds nervous disorders common. One solution of the altitude problem has been found by a romantic young couple living not far from San Francisco. They constructed a dove cote in a tree in order that they might not be molested, and, finding life in the tree tops delightful, made their permanent home there. Back From Cannibal Lands The Baron Erland Nordenskjold, the Swedish explorer, who has just returned from two years spent among cannibal tribes on the frontiers of Brazil and Bolivia, reports that he discovered important ruins there of stone civilization. He brings home with him some sixty chests of scientific material, notes and photographs. His Swedish companion in the expedition was murdered by the natives. But Baron Nordenskjold made the trip accompanied by his wife, without mishap to either. What Causes Tuberculosis. Dr. John North of Toledo, O., is working on the theory that tuberculosis may be due to a lack of lime in the system as he says that while tubercular germs are everywhere, they only thrive in ripe soil and just what is lacking in persons subject to tubercular trouble gives food for thought. They are less tubercular among people living in arid regions and plants in such places have more lime in their composition than those growing in humid regions. May Grow Enollah Nute Here Here. Horticulturists at the Pennsylvania State college have begun an investigation, of the possibilities of growing English walnuts commercially in that state. Every known tree of that variety in Pennsylvania will be studied by experts, and from data obtained by survey a report will be issued to hundred thousands now writing to the colleges for information on the subject. Irregularity of Date Line Accounts for the Paradox—Explanation Given by Scientist in the New York Sunday World. Three days can exist at the same time! It sounds impossible, but it is nevertheless a fact that when it is very late Sunday night at Attu island it is Monday noon at London and Tuesday morning at Cape Desneff, Siberian. If one travels westward, one loses a day in going round the world; if one travels eastward, one gains a day, writes Hereward Carrington in the Sunday New York World Magazine. Could one travel at the rate of 15 degrees a day, one would lose exactly one hour each day. In twenty-four days the circuit would be complete. Inasmuch as sun and earth are constantly revolving and day merging into night, Sunday passing into Monday, etc, it is obvious that at one point on the world's surface an arbitrary line must be set, to the east of which is one day, to the west of which is the MIDNIGHT 180° ATTU ISLANDS BROOKLYN MIDNIGHT ATTU ISLANDS BROOKLYN MIDNIGHT MOVY CHICAGO POND HARbor CALCUTTA YORK LONDON BOSTON MONDAY When It Is Noon Monday in London, 6 A. M. Monday in Chicago and 8 P. M. Monday in Calcutta, it Is Still Sunday at Attu Island and Is Already Tuesday at Cape Deshnef. When it is Noon Monday in London, 6 A. M. Monday in Chicago and 6 P. M. Monday in Calcutta, it is Still Sunday at Attu Island and is Already Tuesday at Cape Deshnef. next day. This immediate "jump" of a day regulates the calendar for one circumnavigating the globe. This "international date line," as it is called, passing north and south and dividing our world into two equal parts, is the 180th meridian and crosses the Pacific ocean—where fortunately there is very little land—taking a slight bulge outward to include Siberia, and one the other way to include Attu island, which belongs to Alaska geographically. The map will show this. West of this line is Monday and east of it is Sunday. When it is noon Monday it London, Tuesday has already begun at Cape Deshnef, Siberia, but Monday morning has not yet dawned at Attu island; nearly half an hour of Sunday will still be there. We are framed with the paradox of three days coexisting at the same time! We must remember that every day begins at midnight. If we could travel round the world at the same rate that it travels, beginning our flight at noon, it would be perpetually noon all the way round! Yet we should lose a day. While at any particular point on the surface of the earth a day is twenty-four hours long, every day, as a matter of fact, lasts forty-eight hours—sometimes even longer. This seems another contradiction. Yet it can be explained. Any given day, say Christmas, begins (as that day) immediately west of the 180th parallel. One hour later Christmas day begins 15 degrees west of the date line, two hours later 30 degrees west of the line, and so on round the globe. Those living just west of the date line have enjoyed two hours of Christmas from England, eighteen hours when it began in the United States and twenty-four hours (a whole day) when it began in Alaska. Already Christmas had existed twenty-four hours on this globe, but having just begun in Western Alaska, it will last there twenty-four hours longer. We have just seen that each day lasts for forty-eight hours. As a matter of fact, a day lasts in some places more than forty-nine hours. This is because of the irregularity of the date line previously mentioned. Let us begin an imaginary journey from Cape Deshnef, Silberla, at midnight. As midnight sweeps westward successive places see the beginning of the day. When the day begins in London it has been that same day at Cape Deshnef twelve hours and forty-five minutes. When this same day arrives at Attu island it has been twenty-five hours and twelve minutes since it began officially at Cape Deshnef. Since the day will then last twenty-four hours at Attu island, before it is spent forty-nine hours and twelve minutes will have elapsed from the beginning of that day until the time it closes. Thus three days can exist at one time, as before explained. Duase Refuses to Help The New York World's correspondent at Rome writes to that paper that Eleanora Duse, "who sits in a corner and feels lonely white women of her age are making huge successes on the stage," refused to take part in charity performances in aid of earthquake sufferers. "Why should I exhibit my voice, tired with emotion, and my face, lined with care, to well-dressed women in stalls and boxes?" she asked. "Let them give the price of their beautiful jewels and gowns for the poor." And she wrote to the earthquake committee to that effect, too. Sailed Many Miles on Calison. The most remarkable ocean voyage ever taken has been completed by a lone sailor who rode on a giant catson gate from San Francisco to the Panama canal. The trip of the gate, which was towed from San Francisco, consumed forty-three days. Rough weather made the towing so difficult that the crew deserted and left a lone companion to report his progress on a dangerous perch on the top of the catson. EEPING A SECRET By FRANK FILSON "If we can hold out another twelve month, we win, Miss Marston," said John Clay, turning to his stenographer. "You see, reports from all our traveling men tell us that the superiority of the Clay filament has been thoroughly demonstrated. The question is, can we manipulate our capital to keep on manufacturing, with Rea & Co. threatening to sue for their bill, and the other creditors pressing us?" Miss Marston was silent. There was a flush on her face as she bent over her notebook. She had come to John Clay ten months before, with the highest recommendations. Tactful, quick, well educated, and with a personality that commanded recognition, she had made herself indispensable to her employer. The Clay company and Philip MacIntyre & Co. were rivals in the manufacture of the new filament, an improvement upon a patent recently taken out by a bankrupt concern. Owing to technicalities the improvement could not be patented. Clay and MacIntyre had each put a product upon the market, and it was a fight to the death between them. John Clay knew that his invention was superior to his rivals'. But they had money, and he was at his wits' ends for it. If he could hold out he would win. But his creditors were pushing him hard. At the worst he would have to sell our MacIntyre, the few thousands that he could offer him, and go into retirement. The thought of defeat was bitter to him. He was straining every nerve. And, what harassed him in addition to his business troubles was the knowledge that MacIntyre was dogging him with spies. Only the week before he had to dismiss his trusted foreman just when the man was upon the point of discovering the secret process. Clay A "I Don't Know What I Should Do without You, Miss Marston." had to guard each part of the manufacture with scruppulous care. The final process, the carbonizing, was in the hands of three men, who received large wages and could be trusted. But the sense of constant explonage was the hardest thing that Clay had to face. "I don't know what I should do without you, Miss Marston," he said to the girl. "You have helped me wonderfully. And it means a great deal to me to feel that if I were incapacitated I could leave affairs in your hands." John Clay was a young man. He was barely thirty, and he knew that upon this venture hung all the future. He saw himself a rich man if he could weather the storms of the coming year. The trouble was that MacIntyre was not without influence in the banking world, and more than once he suspected the man's hand in preventing a loan just when negotiations appeared upon the point of success. For three or four months longer this state of affairs continued. Sometimes a way out of the increasing difficulties appeared; then the gap closed. Clay and Miss Marston became intimate. She had introduced him to her mother, with whom she lived, in a modest apartment, upon Clay. Clay learned that the girl's father had been with the man, but had died in poverty when a bankruptcy. He wondered how she could obtain the means to support her mother on the limited salary that he could afford to pay. He began to feel, too, that once the storm was weathered, he would be justified in asking her to become his Thomas Doughty of United States Navy Made Use of it on Red River Expedition. It is stated by some writers that the periscope, the eye of the submarine was invented by the French. The first device of this kind to be used in naval warfare was invented by Thomas Doughty in 1864. He was at that time acting chief engineer in the United States navy. During Bank's Red River expedition Doughty was on the turreted monitor Ossage. The gunboats were annoyed by bushwhackers and Confederate cavalry picking off their men. Dungoys rigged up a sheet iron tube extending from a few feet above the deck to the engine room below, with openings near the top and bottom, and a document of mirrors he could see on shore. When attacked, he would signal the gunners to turn loose, and the enemy soon learned to give the Ossage a wide berth. He little realised that his in- wife. The intimacy between them was the stronger because no word of love had ever been spoken. Six months after Clay's twelve-month had begun the end in sight. "It's all up with us, Miss Maraton," said John. "We've done our best, but Rea & Co. are going to sue us. Now we'll have to get out as best we can. Will you please take a letter from dictation?" And he dictated a letter which went sorely against the grain. He offered MacIntyre the secret and the entire right to manufacture the product of his factory for ten thousand dollars. "See that it goes off by tonight's mail, Miss Maraton, please," he said. He watched the girl stamp and seal the missive and place it in her basket. And the knowledge that all was stronger than his sorrow. "Miss Marston, what would you say to a little jaint in an auto tomorrow?" he asked. "We might celebrate the end of my fortunes by taking a run out to Newbury and lunching there." "Very well," said Miss Marston, raising her head and looking him in the face. Clay was amazed to see tears in her eyes. Did she care so much, then? It was a very quiet drive the following morning, through hedgerows gay with spring flowers. They found a little, old-fashioned inn, where they ate lunch, and afterward they sat under the shade of a big tree upon a little rustic seat. "Miss Marston, you know what this has meant to me?" She nodded without answering him. "I want to tell you," he continued, taking her hand, that I have felt for a long time that I wanted you for my wife. It was my intention to ask you after the year. But now, as a failure, I do not know that I am justified in asking you; for that ten thousand and what I have left will only cover my indebtedness. I am a beggar." Suddenly he perceived that the girl was shaking with sobs. She drew her into his arms and let her rest her face against his shoulder. "For me I will have done nothing, till I am justified in asking you, dear?" he asked. She sprang out of his arms and faced him. "Listen, John," she began. "I am wholly unworthy of you. If you only knew what I have tried to gather courage to tell you for so long. I came to you with forged recommendations. I was hired by MacIntyre to find out your secret. I did it because I wanted my mother to have the comforts to which she had been accustomed in her old age." "But you didn't betray the secret," said John quietly. "No! A thousand times no. I told MacIntyre that I would repay him the five hundred dollars he had advanced me. I couldn't betray you after I had realized what a dreadful scheme I had undertaken. But now I can make amends by telling you he has been ill in the capital, too. He has spent everything he has, and if you hold out one month longer he will be at your mercy. And so I—I didn't post that letter, because I meant to tell you today. Now let me go!" But John Clay held her tightly and raised her head and looked into her eyes. "Hilda," he said, "I have the more faith in you because you tried to do what was foreign to your nature, and failed. You spoke just now of making amends. You could only make them in one way. I want you to do it in that way. Will you dear?" She nodded mutely, and he kissed away her tears. Scorned His Pot Companions Colonel Culpepper of Virginia was a thoroughly democratic body when mellow, but quite the reverse in his natural state. He was known to foregather with strangers and in their company pass a rousingly happy night with the flowing bowl. One morning after such a joyous occasion he was accosted by a young man, to whom he paid not the slightest attention. The other persisted, however, and said, "I am sure you recall that I was out with you all last night." "What, what of it?" roared the colonel. "Am I obliged to recognize every damned fool who goes on a spree with me?" Ancient Ideas Concerning World. Ages on ages of the growth of human reason lapsed before there was the least glimmering among the wisest of mankind of the rotundity of earth. Other ages were submerged in the unmeasured past before there came the crudest of scientific assertion of this rotundity. The greatest of philosophers of antiquity not so far distant believed the earth was flat; that it had this or that for a foundation; that foundation having this or that monster animal for its foundation, or that the whole rested on the sea. vention would be utilized in the world's greatest war. On the Indiana Doughty ran the batteries at Vicksburg, and his vessel was sunk in the fight near Grand Gulf and he was captured. After his exchange he was assigned to the Osage, which was blockading the mouth of the Red river. While on this duty he took twenty men and captured two large Confederate transports, for which he was complimented by Admiral Porter. He distinguished himself in the Red River expedition, and subsequently at Mobile. He died in St. Louis in 1896. —Scientific American. Equilibrium In the Kitchen Have you ever had your patience tried and the sweet serenity of your spirit ruffled by the wobbling and tipping of saucepans on gas stove burners which were too large? Keep a jar of baking soda and, to place over the burner when using very small cooking vessels and you will have successfully solved this problem—Good Housekeeping Magazine. NOT A FRUIT THIEF It Is Also Denied That Bluebird Preys Upon Crop. IS A HARBINGER OF SPRING In Selection of Food Bird is Governed More by Abundance Than by Choice —Insects Form Important Part of Its Diet. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Although the bluebird frequent our orchards and gardens and builds its nests in cavities of trees, there seems to be no evidence that it is a fruit thief. Neither does the bird seem to prey upon crops. The eastern bluebird, one of the most familiar and welcome of our feathered visitors, is a common inhabitant of all the states east of the Rocky Mountains from the Gulf of Mexico to southern Canada. In the Mississippi valley in eastern Illinois, and in the East as far as Pennsylvania. It is one of the earliest northern migrants, and everywhere is halled as a harbinger of spring. It is evident that in the selection of its food the bluebird is governed more by abundance than by choice. Predaceous beetles are eaten in spring, as they are among the first insects to appear; but in early summer caterpillars form an important part of the diet, and these are later replaced Bluebird—Above Azure Blue, Throat and Breast, Cinnamon, Belly White. by grasshoppers. Beetles are eaten at all times, except when grasshoppers are more easily obtained. So far as its vegetable food is concerned, the bluebird is positively harmless. The only trace of any useful product in the stomachs consisted of a few blackberry seeds, and even these probably belonged to wild rather than cultivated varieties. Following is a list of the various seeds which were found: Blackberry, chokeberry, juniper perry, partridgeberry, greenbrier, Virginia creeper, bittersweet, hotly, strawberry bush, false spikenard, wild sarsaparilla, sumac (several species) rose hawthorn, ragreed, grass and sapergera. This list shows how little the bird depends upon the farm or garden to supply its needs and how easily, by encouraging the growth of some of these plants, many of which are highly ornamental, the bird may be induced to make his home on the premises. Two species of bluebirds inhabit the western states—the mountain bluebird and the western bluebird. In their food habits they are even more to be commended than their eastern relatives. Their insect food is obtainable at all times of the year, and the general diet varies only in the fall, when some fruit, principally elderberries, is eaten, though an occasional blackberry or grape is also relied. Grasshoppers, when they can be obtained, are eaten freely during the whole season. Beetles are eaten and comprise most of the food provided. The new Farmers' Bulletin (No. 630) of the United States department of agriculture describes this and other American birds useful to the farmer. It may be had by dropping a post card to the Editor Division of Publications, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. CHOLERA IS GERM DISEASE Domestic Animals, Such as Dogs and Cats, and Also Birds Are Frequent Carriers of Infection. Hog cholera generally is recognized as a very contagious, infectious, germ disease. It is caused by an organism described as small enough to pass through any kind of filter and still retain its disease producing power. No one has been able to identify the germ which is the specific cause of the disease. It is contained in the blood of sick animals, and is given off in the urine; thus contaminating the yards and pens in which such animals are kept. It may be carried by streams, on the shoes of persons who ener the yards or pens, or by horses or cattle from one farm to another. Dogs, cats, rabbits and birds also are frequent carriers of the infection. Value of Agricultural Crops According to government reports, the value of agricultural crops of Iowa for 1914 was $55,000,000; Illinois was second with $319,000,000; Texas had $288,000,000; Kansas, $287,000,000; Nebraska came next. Pretty good for the Mississippi valley, when three of the five highest producing states are in that section. Of course Texas gets into this class on account of its size. Sluga In Home Garden Slugs are always more or less of a nuisance in the home garden. The poison bran mash for cutworms is a good remedy, or cabbage leaves can be dipped in dripping fat to which is added one teaspoonful of lead arsenate, and scatter about the garden. Sacks, boards, etc., are hiding places for these slugs, where they may be trapped and destroyed. Planting Tender Vegetables Don't plant the tender vegetables until all the danger of front is over. If however, frost does get the early signs, don't waste time reprimas — IOWA STATE BYSTANDER OWN REGISTERED LIVE STOCK Practical Knowledge of Business Should be Obtained Before Starting With Pure-Breds. The desire to own registered stock is praiseworthy, but until a man is well fitted by experience and inclination to handle registered stock he will find it better to go cautiously until he has gained a practical knowledge of the business. There is no mystery regarding the breeding and management of purebred stock, still they require materially different treatment than is usually afforded the common scrub stock. These improved animals do not require pampering or babying but they require good care and enough to eat and that they cannot obtain when wintered around straw stacks and fence corners. The farmer who has made good success with a grade herd or flock will not find the transition to pure breds very difficult. If a man knows absolutely nothing about breeding registered stock he will do well to gain the necessary experience by grading up his scrub animals before he invests in pure-bred stock. At least he should gain the actual experience in some way before he makes the plunge. There are many men who buy pure-bred stock who should never be in the business and the result that their stock is not only disgrace to the same pure-bred. Some men have jumped suddenly into fame by breeding improved live stock, but usually we will find that these men gained a practical knowledge of the science of breeding while handling their grade animals, that made their success possible. CELERY FOR SMALL GARDENS As a Rule It Is Only Moderately Profit- able Crop—One of Most Deli- cious of Vegetables. (By J. M. BENNINGTON.) Celery is a fairly good market crop, but there are many other crops that pay better. In the famous Kalamazoo district in Michigan, where the crop is grown exclusively on hundreds of acres by experts, it is stated that the average profit after rental of land, growing and marketing expenses are paid does not exceed $100 per acre. Occasionally we hear of a phenomenal crop, but as a rule celery is only moderately profitable. It is a fine crop for every farmer to grow because it is one of the most delicious vegetables produced. It is not difficult to grow celery. It requires exceedingly rich land, some commercial fertilizer and great care in cultivation and bleaching. In the Kalamazoo district, where very fine celery is grown, the soil is a very black, rich, spongy sort of loam, but good celery is grown on sandy land and on clay loam. The ground must, however, be put into thorough cultivation and very ```markdown ``` Excellent Crop of Celery. heavily manured; in fact, it ought to be well fertilized for at least two years before being planted to celery. To prepare the ground for celery, rows should be made about four feet apart, and a light application of wellrotted stale manure and nitrate of potash placed in the furrows. The plants taken from the seed bed should be set about eight inches apart in the row and great care should be observed in placing the roots in their natural position without crushing and doubling them up. The soil then must be drawn firmly about the plants and all weeds must be kept down. Insect Pests and Diseases. To know the habits of the common insect pests and diseases and some useful remedies or preventives is necessary for the gardener if he would have maximum crops. Radishes, turnips and onions are damaged a good deal with small white maggots that are difficult for the commercial man to hit, but are easier for the small gardener. Powdered tobacco at the time when the seedlings are beginning to show through the ground is recommended, also kerosene one pint and sand three gallons, applying a small handful along the rows early in the season. Drill In the Seed. Do not broadcast small grain. If done a large portion of the seeds are not covered or are likely to be covered only slightly. More seed will be required and the chances for a good stand will not be good. In the seed. The medium up to drill in your seed. You can't afford not to drill in your seed, for economy's sake and a larger yield at harvest time. Indicates Poor Driver Do you know that jerkling the bit or yelling or slashing annoys a team and indicates an incompetent driver? Good drivers are quiet, patient and kind and have little use for the whip. No horse should ever be struck unless he knows why and never unless clearly necessary. july. IN PRAISE OF THE LOAFER Master of inactivity Usually Invites Confidence and the Friendship of His Fellows. As a profession, of course, loafing is not to be thought of, for the loafer then becomes an object of contempt and there is something wrong with the man who courts contempt. But loafing as an avocation is another thing; and the successful loafer in that sense is a person of parts, a source of wonder and an example for beginners. Loafing should not be confused with apathetic inactivity. Your true loafer is honest with himself and the world, loafing deliberately and openly, never apologizing for his averaged labor although he never deserved below devising new schemes for pleasant loafing. The loafer who merely sits inert is a loiterer and will bear watch, but the loafer who is alive to what is going on about him and takes a healthy interest in life and affairs seldom arouses distrust or suspicion. On the contrary, he usually invites confidence and the friendship of those less abundantly gifted. The social qualities are his particular hobby. He applies himself to the business of being useful to those who do not naturally claim attention; he cultivates a pleasant view of life which makes his smile sincere and his handclasp cheering. Above all, he never exceeds the limitations of his natural endowments. If he is not possessed of an inherent nimbleness of wit he contents himself with making the most of his heavy wit. Affectation he dislikes, but he is never guilty, except by example, of condemning it in others. OZONE JAG IS THE LATEST Bracing Air of the Mountains is Now Carried In Stuffy Offices and Factories. An ozone jag! One of the newest things, I assure you, and right on the heels of the departing jag that came by way of a morning bracer on an evening cocktail. The ozone jag is meant to carry the air of a mountain top to your stuffy office or your still stuffer factory and workroom. Instead of having to sneak out when nobody is watching, to get your accustomed eye-opener over the bar, this ozone stimulant is handed around gratis by the boss himself. Wherever introduced, everybody, from the office boy and typewriter to the head of the establishment, indulges in this new air beverage, which is warranted to make the palest cheek glow like a Gloucester fisherman's and create an appetite that will carry distress to the heart of the stoutest boarding-house mistress. The ozone is turned loose where all may breathe it. "What is the actual effect?" I inquired of a Philadelphia manufacturer who has really, witnessed the results of wholesale ozone jags. "Makes all hands work faster and yet grow fat," was the reply. The latter result will make it unpopular in spots, but ought to encourage its sale to persons of the Connell Mack type. Factories in this town are really trying this plan to introduce more ozone by artificial means. Physicians tell me that even in large quantities it will do no harm, but will make the blood tingle as if a mild alcoholic stimulant had been administered—Philadelphia Ledger. He Got the Apples. "Once upon a time," began the teacher, "two little brothers started to Sunday school on Sunday morning. Their way led past a fine orchard, where the trees were bending down with ripe, luscious apples. One of the brothers proposed going into the orchard and getting some fruit, but the other refused and sped away, leaving his companion greedily devouring the apples. Now, it happened that the owner of the orchard saw them, and the next day rewarded the good boy who refused to steal his apples by giving him a shilling. He got a prize for his honesty, and what do you suppose the other boy got for his dishonesty? "He got the apples!" yelled every "He got the apples!" yelled every member of the class. Deep Snow In Scotland. Snow fell last winter to a depth of over three feet in the upland districts of Athol and Strathay, and on several sheep-grazing holdings it was impossible to gather the sheep herds. In one case a shepherd's dog successfully located a sheep which got enveloped in a large wreath. The dog scraped away the snow, disclosing the presence of the sheep, which was none the worse for its confinement. For some time hand feeding of hill herds and high-lying grazing stocks had to be resorted to. While hay is fairly plentiful this season the stock of roots available is somewhat small. Draftless Huts. A new type of hut for soldiers which, it is claimed, will allow of a saving of at least 25 per cent on present expenditure, was exhibited recently at the College of Ambulance, London. The hut is pyramidal in shape and designed to secure a maximum of fresh air with an absence of drafts no matter what the direction of the wind. Seventeen huts of this type, known as the Pritchard principle, will accommodate, its inventors claim, a battalion in greater comfort than they are now securing in 34 huts. Lost Art They had been sitting around the table at the club all evening as usual talking about the war—always the war. There fell a little silence at last and then Jones spoke. "Is there any person present," said he, "who can tell me what it was we used to talk about before the war?" British Colonial Taxes. England's colonies do not pay direct taxes. That principle was established in the American war for independence. Just now the colonies are under the same jurisdiction, establishing the principle that they can only be petitioned for free gifts. The KITCHEN CABINET He that bath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.—Benjamin Franklin. SOME SOUPS WITHOUT MEAT. The purpose of a soup at the beginning of a meal is mainly to prepare with sauce as follows: Two tablespoonfuls of flour added to two cups bubbling hot butter, add the juice of one lemon and enough water to make a thick sauce, sweeten to taste. This will serve eight guests. I will make the day worth while, I the stomach for the heavier foods which will follow by warming it and stimulating the flow of gastric juice. There is food in the place of the food, taking the other dishes, it should be prepared with that end in view. A cream soup is one of heavier foods which will follow by warming it and stimulating the flow of gastric juices. When soup is given as a food, taking the place of other dishes, it should be prepared with that end in view. A team of these—a meal with bread and butter, a purée of beans or peas is another satisfying soup. Asparagus Soup.—Take a bundle of asparagus, cut off the heads and put them aside for a more delicate dish or to be used as a garnish for the soup. Cover the shoots, after cutting in small pieces, with a quart of water; boll up and drain off the water, throwing this away. Cover with boiling salted water and cook until the asparagus is tender. Rub through a colander, add to this the liquor in which it was cooked and with a pint of milk put on to heat. Cook together two tablespoonfuls of flour and butter, add to the heated soup and cook for five minutes. Serve very hot with croutons. When you have boiled cabbage for dinner, save the water in which it was cooked for Celery Soup.—Put two tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan, and when bubbling hot add a slice of onion; cook until brown, then add the cabbage water (a pint) and four good-sized carrots, put through the meat grinder (fine). Stew gently for an hour in a tightly covered kettle, then add two tablespoonfuls of butter; put the puree through a sleeve, reheat, season with a dash of lemon juice and salt, and serve ploping hot. Cream of Celery Soup.—This, perhaps is the soup which is the best liked of all the cream soups. Take three bunches of celery, cut into small pieces, cook slowly, and pour through a colander, using as much of the celery as can be pushed through. Put this into a double boiler with a quart of milk. Cook together three tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour and add to the purse. Cook until smooth; add seasoning of salt and dash of paprika. Men who look on nature and their fellow men, and cry and tremble, are the light; but the somber colors are reflections from their own haunded eyes and hearts— APPETIZING DISHES FOR SUNDAY MEALS The meals for Sunday are best prepared largely the day before when possible, so that the day may be a day of rest. If a roast is to be served it may be cooked on Saturday and reheated. It may be prepared, all else possible, so that the day may be a day of rest. If a roast is to be served it on Saturday day and reheated. The salad may be prepared, all except putting together. A dessert is often better to serve if made the day before, especially gelatin desserts. Veal With Sour Cream.-Take a loin of veal for roasting and lard with strips of fat salt salt, lay some in the pan before putting in the meat. Brown in a hot oven or sear over in a hot pan on top of the stove, dredge with flour and season and baste freely with sour cream the first half hour, then cook slowly. The cream the gravy sufficiently and it may be served either poured around the roast or in a sauceboat. Cherry and Grapefruit Salad—Cut the chilled fruit in halves. Take out the pulp with a spoon and dress with French dressing. The juice of the grapefruit may be used in the place of French dressing. Serve on lettuce leaves or return to the skin from which the pulp was removed. Take half a cupful of canned cherries or maraschino cherries and add to the grapefruit. Italian Potatoes—Cut potatoes in cubes and cook in boiling, salt water. Drain and arrange in layers with white sauce and a generous sprinkling of cheese. Bake until the buttered crumbs over the top are brown. Grape-Nuts Pudding—One cupful of grape-nuts, one quart of milk, two eggs beaten until light, half a cupful of sugar and half a cupful of raisins. Bake slowly in a moderate oven. Serve Elk In Farmer's Barn. A farm hand out at the Copeland ranch, two miles from Globeville, a Denver suburb, went out to get some feed for his horse and found a big bull, elk eating breakfast in a box stall. He slammed the door and made Mr. Elk a prisoner. As he left the barn he saw another elk, also a bull, streaking toward the barn. The animal the farm hand saw and the one he captured were honest-to-goodness elk. They were a pair that escaped from a car at the Denver Ghost Waited Too Long. Joseph Barker was killed in battle at Marietta, Ga., in the Civil war. His sister, Mrs. Adeline Cravens, succeeded to the ownership of his farm. More than forty years after the soldier's death his ghost is alleged to have appeared to Mrs. Cravens' son Jasper and informed him that a bequeathment had been made to the possession of a neighbor who had been the soldier's comrade. Sure enough the neighbor had the long-for-gotten will, which was produced in with sauce as follows: Two table- spoonfuls of flour added to two of bubbling hot butter, add the juice of one lemon and enough water to make a thick sauce, sweeten to taste. This will serve eight guests. I will make the day worth while, I will play the game today with a warm heart and a cool head. I will smile when I feel like frowning. I will be patient when I feel tempted to scold. I will take personal command of my- self. GOOD THINGS FOR THE TABLE. The pea soup is not as often served as its merits demand, as there is no and, as there is no more tasty, dainty soup than this if well prepared. M Cream of Pea Soup—Drain and rinse a can of peas, and a teaspoonful of sugar, two slices of onion and cold water to cover (one pint), slimmer 15 minutes, rub through a sieve, heat, add two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour rubbed together, add two cupfuls of milk and a half cupful of cream, whipped, and seasoning to taste. A yolk of egg beaten and added to the cream adds both to the taste and nutrition of the soup. Parisian Potatoes—Wash, pare and soak in cold water a half hour eight potatoes. Boil in salted water 15 minutes. Drain and place in a deep pan, basting three times with a third of a cupful of melted butter. Serve with broiled steak. Soak bread crumbs in the milk half an hour, add soda, salt, and melted butter, flour and beaten eggs. Fry on a hot greased griddle. Serve immediately with hot maple syrup, or butter and sugar. Braised Liver With String Beans.—Wash calf's liver and lard with fat bacon. Roll in four, season with salt, pepper and celery salt. Cook liver in a hot pan with a little hot fat, tried out of bacon. Turn until the surface is well seared, then add five slices of carrot, one half an onion, two sprigs of parsley, bit of bay leaf, one clove twelve pepper corns and two cupfuls of brown stock or water. Cover closely and bake in a moderate oven and a half hours, basting five times during the cooking. Remove the liver, strain the stock and reduce by slow cooking. Add two tablespoonfuls of orange juice, pour over liver. Serve surrounded with seasoned, hot string beans. Celery and Cheese Salad—Mix a half cupful of very finely chopped celery with one of cream cheese, moisten with thick cream, season with salt and paprika and form into balls. Arrange on lettuce leaves and garnish with radishes cut in tulips. TEMPTING DISHES. Bread crumbs are invaluable in many dishes. A crust or crumb should A crust or crumb should never be thrown away. When stale bread is too hard for other use, put in the oven until dry enough to roll or pound, then sift and keep in a glass jar. These crumbs may be used for escaloped dishes, croquettes, cutlets and in puddings, if soaked long enough. When stale bread is too hard for other use, put in the oven until dry enough to roll or pound, then slift and keep in a glass jar. These crumbs may be used for scalloped dishes, croquettes, cutlets and in puddings, if soaked long enough. Bread Crumb Pancakes—Mix together two well beaten eggs, one half tablespoonful of melted butter, one quarter of a bowl of flour, one pint of sour milk, one cupful of bread crumbs, one half teaspoonful of salt, and the same of soda. Kings' Pudding--Take two cups of bread crumbs, soaked in half cupful of water a half hour, squeeze dry and add a half cupful of suet, one half cupful of molasses, one egg, one cupful of milk, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, salt and half a teaspoonful of soda, a cupful of raisins and half a teaspoonful of cloves. If after mixing it seems too thin add a small amount of flour. Steam three hours and serve with a hard sauce. When you have a peach or two with a left from a can and a cupful of the juice, use them for a pudding sauce. Rub the peaches through a lemon, add to the juice with a bit of lemon juice and a tablespoonful each of butter and flour that have been cooked together. Serve this sauce hot on steamed sage cupule, cut in squares. These are leftovers, but the fact need never be mentioned and will never occur to the one who is enjoying the dish. Nellie Maxwell. stockyards. There are 50 more of them there. They are being transferred from Yellowstone park to government reservations at Estes park and Aspen, Colo.-Denver (Colo.) Dispatch to Los Angeles Times. The Economical Swat Surgeon General Blue estimates that the cost of support the fly population of the country is $157,800,000 a year, so you see that every time you swat a fly you are really doing something to reduce the cost of living. court. The jury upheld Jasper's title but the supreme court reversed the lower court, holding that the ghost had waited too long and that under the statute of limitations Cravens had lost his right to recover. In France farmers are experimenting with a prolific potato from Uruguay, which perpetuates with roots left in the soil. New Jersey has $5,000 widows and nearly as many bachelors. : sen area mentas =f 7 re LENA PTRNG NEEL Cos sei vs i ry a as gue meres r * ec The Negru a Challenge to ‘American Democracy and Christianity it meey ie with, oh the Mars. A h Obi ‘the eve! Bit ithe Pils. music 1 Sat day. nights 1 sermon at 8 Rev. Hi. mes Bit | re conf es with Btepher oo) are aM ee oe Jot at passed | pian tt nents. the a Y. m turl ft Mri rowd:| dlined, BF! ‘Hiatt tone aor yo at tchu Not ; was tub oo chad rte ot) 1 to rine re. 8. eo ~ y ba obs | oo tt | Mi. | a Sat ace | tho. ho | whic” hol ve het im protection; and for the last fift years, if protected, she has been pr tected sometimes at the cost and a ‘wayy at the peril of the life of th male member of her household, 1 there a record anywhere else in hu man history that wife, sister, mothe bore such a burden borne so wel and lost no more? Endowed with al the affections of her race and denie all the tenderness of ner sex, for th first two hundred and fifty years he life was one incessant travail. Bu out of her original vitality of woman hood and motherhood she has fo fifty years of partial freedom cheer fully supplied the sinews of the war ‘The physical and moral well being o ‘the race are largely within her keep ing. Virtue is a thing that is triec ‘and proven, not a thing that is pro tected and innocent. Therefore the most virtuous creature in the Unitet States of America is the virtuous ‘Negro woman, Her resisting and en- during powers are of the highest or- der. In this she is a prototype and prophecy of what her race is to be if it will overcome. Her character is often assailed in fact and her repu- tation more often assailed in slander. But those of us who know the Ne- gro race know that the virtuous col- ored woman's name is legion and that her ranks are increasing. It seems almost absurd to feel the ne- cessity of saying so, but the bold- ness of the slander elicits the de- fence, This woman has honoresd her sex by proving the virtue of woman- hood as few groups of women in the history of the world have ever had the privilege of proving it. The worst elements of both races have been her pursuing enemy; and she has run the gauntlet of the double fire nd delivered the destinies of a race. Heredity and environment are the actors of destiny. Heredity is the aultiplicand and environment the saultiplier. ‘The Negro is a factor of American destiny; the nearrer zero any factor is, the nearer zero will the product be. Justice cannot be corrupted for black men and remain pure for white men. Government cannot be tyranny to the weak and democracy to the strong. American civilization will be what it is to the Negro. The effect of segregation is felt in the Negro’s education, public and private. There has been much effort to find a type of education which would fit the Negro for the status which the weight of American. senti- ment aimed to give him. If the aim is right, the educational principle is all right; if the Negro is to have a special place, he should have special preparation for that place. But if he is to be only an American citizen, he needs only such education as oth- er American citizens. Now the Ne- gro is not only good natured, but ften very cunning, and some of his saders aifect to have accepted these mitations for the sake of present wrofits, These men are shrewd, not ronest. ‘They believe, as they. pri- yately acknowiedye, | that the only way to manage a white man is to al- ow him to be quietly, peaceably, | comfortably and compictely fooled. tell you, white men, whenever you ear any of us saying directly or in- rectly that our race does not want quality of status in all particulars vith all other races in this country, ve are simply lying to gain soma emporary advantage. I know more lack men than you, and I have never eard one contradict that statement, n private. If white men will inves- igate they will find that we never eknowledge the contrary except for he peace and comfort of white peo- le. Now as to politics; our first im- ulse is to wonder that nine-tenths f a democratic state could be so op- osed to the voting power of one- enth. Is Reconstruction the cause? jut the intelligent, Negro of today is ot the ignorant Negro of reconstruc- im days. Besides, it was psycholo- ically impossible earlier and now just remain forever impossible to iow the truth about reconstruction. can only judge off what must ve been the distortions of recon- ruction history by analogy with the stortions of present day Negro his- sry; and we know that now, nearly fty years after Reconstruction, with early fifty ‘years more of civiliza- on, Christianity and “free speech,” ot one American newspaper out of hundred dares to tell the truth bout the Negro. How, then, can we | ver hope tp have the truth handed own from a society that was domi- ated by the Ku Klux Klan? The legro’s argument for citizenship is ased, not on the doubtful past, but | i the eternal and demonstrable | resent. Is it a question of ignor- | nce and. unfitness in the Negro? | he Negro can boast that he never | us, does not and never will ask to | enrolled as a voter on any test ore lenient than the test given hite’men. He will let the white an “set the pace” in the matter of fainable qualification. Is it a de-{ the white man into the belief that | Negroes are not interested in politics; | that they regard balloting as a mere |empty formality which might just as well be left to the leisure-loving and deluded white race, if only the long- headed Negro is granted such useful blessings as education, property and police protection. Let us see. First, as to education: this trifling pastime of voting elects the educational officials, and the states which have disfranchised tho Negro have relatively cut down his educational appropriation, in many cases shortening his school term and lowering his school grade, The same prejudice which pushed him away from the polls tends to push him out of the school, And now as to prop- erty right, have votes any bearing on that? Will money-getting per se im- prove the condition of the disfran- chised or will it endanger his life by making him a richer prey for the mobocrat? Votes elect the taxers and decide the taxes. ‘The power that can take one per cent of a man’s property without his consent can take fifty per cent of it, and then the other fifty. The power to tax is the power to confiscate, But what about police protection, protection of civil rights, and fair treatment in public places? If the Negro will only give [up his vote and his annoying insist- ‘ence upon political equality, will not fe officers elected by the votes of white people be so obligated to the Nexro that they will be zealous in i interest, while the halls of legis- lature will fairly ring with enthusi- asm for these admirable “wards of the nation?” That is a flat contra- diction of human nature; elective of- ficers are obligated to those who elect them; legislators look after the interests of those by whom they are sent; sheriffs respect. the influence of those who .can vote in the next elec- tion, Where the Negro is disfran- chised, the white officers who have impulses to do him justice are hand- ieapped; they must constantly choose between justice to the Negro gand their own personal interests, a fev gerous dilemma for human nature, As a result, in the very ie where the Negro is disfranchisg@, he re- ceives the least protectiod and incurs the most virulent attagis from the successful politician. ,To get the Ne- gro question out of folitics, give the Negre a fair ballot’ and he will vote it out, for if both races vote, no can- didate who-’needs the votes’ of both will drag the race question into his | campaign. ‘4 (To Be Continued.) NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To C. A. Knutson, Jr, the person in whose’ name the teal estate de- | seribed below is taxed: | You are hereby notified that at a | regular tax sale held in and for Polk county, Towa, on December 2, A. D. 1907, the following described real es- j tate, towit: Lots eighty-two and | eighty-three (82 and 83), Charter Oak | addition, which is now in and form- ing a part of the city of Des Moines, Towa, was sold to H. D. Bellamy for | the payment of the taxes for the year 1906, thereon, and a certificate of pur- chase 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 22nd day of April, 1915 W. 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Whe» you have need of such a remedy piv Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a trias and yon will understand why it has become so popular for coughs, cols and croup. Obtainable everywhere. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE ON SPECIAL EXECUTION. State of Iowa, Polk county, ss. District court of Polk county, Iowa Chase & West vs, F._0, Evans Piano Co. By virtue of a special execution to me directed, issued by the clerk of the district court of Polk county, Towa, sn favor of Chase & West, and against F. 0. Evans Piano Co. en a judgment rendered by said court on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1918, wherein it was ordered, adjudged and decreed that the following de- seribed property be sold to satisfy said judgment, towit: One Hamp- ton Cabinet Grand Piano No, 2920, one Artist's Model Piano, No. 3056, also known as No, 2685; one Artist’s Model Piano, No, 2161, also known as No, 44439; one Artist’s Model Player Piano, No. 16152, Now, therefore, public notice is hereby’ given that unless the said de- fendants appear at my office in Des Moines on or before the 29th day of April, A. D. 1915, at ten o'clock a. m. of sald day, at which time said above described property is hereby advertised to be sold, and pay off the amount of said execution, with in- terest and’ costs, I will sell said property, or sufficient thereof to sat- isfy said execution, with inter- est and costs, at public outery, to the highest bidder, at Chase & West's, 912-314-816 Eighth street, in Des Moines, Towa, for eash in hand to pay off said execution, J. F, Griffin, Sheriff of Polk County, Iowa. * By J. 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