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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. XXI No. 51 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hayes, 2626 Chester avenue, a fine baby boy. Miss Minnie Mills of Buxton is visiting in Des Moines, the guest of Miss Mary Jane Reeves. The board of directors of North Star Masonic Temple Association will meet Monday night, June 14th at 1010 Center street to organize. Mr and Mrs. J. H. Shepard entertained at dinner last Friday Mrs. Mae Ruff Johnson af Chicago and Mrs. M. Earnest. The Wednesday Bridge club was entertained by Mrs Alice Hueston. The usual game of bridge was played and refreshment were served. The Twentieth Century Arts and Crafts club will meet at the home of Mrs. Drew, 255 Sheridan street, Wednesday, June 16th. The condition of Mr Price Alexander is such that he was removed to Mercy hospital Monday, June 7th, undergoing treatment. Miss Lillian Colston, who is head of the commercial department of Lincoln Heights school of Washington, D. C., has arrived in the city to spend her vacation with her mother, Mrs. Courtney, of 1010 Crocker street. The next monthly meeting of Des Moines business League will be held Monday evening, June 14th, at Union Congregational church. Program, "The Woman in business" by Mrs. J. B. Rush; Vocal Solo Mr Lee E. Holt; Address; "Reciprocity in business" Atty, S. Joe Brown. Ladies invited: Asbury M. E. church will hold their first quarterly meeting for the Conference year June 13th. Rev. W. H. Wheeler. District Superinfendent of the Kansas City District, will be present and conduct the services during the day. The Sacramental service will be held at three o'clock, at which time all the members and friends of the church are expected to be present. The annual meeting of the stockholders of North Star Masonic Temple Association was held last Tuesday evening in the lecture room of Union Congregational church. Quite a few of the stockholders were present. The following were elected on the directory board for the ensuing year: John L. Thompson, H. E. Jacobs, W. T. Bucknrr, Gus Watkins, Lee E. Holt, James B. Mitchell, J. L. Edwards, Mack Calister. Rev. W. L. Lee The Mary Church-Terrell club was entertained Monday evening by Miss Marie Bell. The lesson was Life of Booker T. Washington, after which refreshments were served. The following officers were elected: President, Miss Gertrude Hyde; Vice President, Mrs Audry Alexander; Secretary, Mrs Coleen Jones; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Alice Hueston; Treasurer, Miss Tabitha Mash; Critic, Miss Marie Bell; Journalist, Mrs Pearl Thompson; Chplain, Mrs LuL McCree; Constitutional Advisor, Mrs J. H. Perkins. Club will meet with Mrs. Alice Hueston. At a meeting of the Intellectual Improvement club held last Friday afternoon the following officers were elected President, Mrs. H. W. Hughes; Vice Prea, Mrs J. L. Edwards, Secretary, Mrs John L. Thompson; Assistant Sec. Mrs A. L. Winn; Treas, Mrs Maude M. Wilkinson; Critic, Mrs Jesse E. McClain; Assistant Critic, Mrs R. E Pattens; Journalist, Mrs J. B. Rush; Reporter, Mrs S. Joe Brown; Chairman of Executive Committee, Mrs Frank P. Johnson, Mrs J. L. Edwards, the delegate to the State Federation made a splendid report. NOTICE The City Convention of Literary clubs will hold their June meeting Friday evening the 18th at the residence of Mr. Harrison Gould. 955 16th street. All delegates are expect to be present. By order of the chairman, Mrs. S. Joe Brown. You Can't get better service or find a more sanitary and up-to-date barber shop in the city. Hot towels are free with every shave. Come and see new sanitary drinking cups, just installed, also new electric weld hot water tank, 30 gallon capacity. I keep a full line of Cigars and Tobaccos. Five Billiard Tables are at your service. LUTHER H. S. BROWN, 229 3rd Street The Triple H club met Tuesday, June 3, with Mr. Wm. McGruder, 1629 Carpenter avenue. Reviewed the lecture of Mrs. Mary Church Torrell by means of club letters from Crisis read by Mrs. R. . Patten. On Thursday at 2:30 p. m. the B. H. club invited a number of friends to a demonstration by Mr. W. W. Stanfield. Twenty-six ladies were ```markdown ``` State Capitol Blvd Historical Room present to witness the demonstration. Asparagus, beans, spinach, strawberries, mustard, greens and pineapples were canned. All felt the evening well spent. The club will meet June 14 with Mrs. P. E. Patten' at 830 Tenth street. Miss Adah Hyde'en route home from Madison, Ind., where she is a teacher in the high school there, after visiting several places in Indiana and Ohio, is now visiting in Chicago. She will remain there until the 14th, when she will leave for Iowa City to attend the commencement, arriving home the last of next week. At 7:30 p. m. last Monday evening at the Methodist hospital occurred the death of Mrs. Isiah Shelton from pulmonary embolism. Deceased was a member of Corinthian Baptist church, where the funeral was preached Thursday p. m., presided over by Rev. Griffith. Interment in Glendale. She leaves a husband, daughter and other relatives and friends. The Bystander extends sympathy to the bereaved family. Complimentary to ten young men, who showed up with laurels in the grammar grade field meet and baseball, Dr. A. J. Booker gave a banquet at Dysart's cafe Friday at 5 o'clock. These young men are the future track men and athletes of the city and deserve all the encouragement to continue school and participation in all school activities. The young men voted Dr. Booker a hearty thanks for his interest and entertainment. THE LYCEUM. The Des Moines Negro Lycme held a social session Tuesday evening at the home of Atty, and Mrs. S. Joe Brown in honor of Miss Carrie Watson, one of its members, who graduated from the teachers' course at the Des Moines college last week with the degree of bachelor of didactics. Congratulatory remarks were made by Miss Georgia Blagburn, principal of one of the public schools at Buxton; Rev. E. G. Jackson, Dr. J. A. Jefferson, Atty. S. Joe Brown and Mrs. J. B. Rush, the latter of whom herself finished a course from the Des Moines college last year. Musical numbers were rendered by Misses Mildred Griffin of East high, Vivian Warricks of West high and Beatrice Turner of North high. Mesdames R. N. Hyde, J. A. Jefferson and G. G. Nichols and Miss Margaret Roberts were visitors, who also made short addresses. On next Tuesday evening the semi-annual election will be held at the residence of Miss Mildred Griffin, 1529 East Capitol avenue. N. A. A. C. P. At the meeting of the executive committee of the Des Moines branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Monday evening the opinion of the city solicitor was read to the effect that the city council had no authority to pass an ordinance against segregation in the local theaters, as requested by the Des Moines branch N. A. A. C. P., for the reason that the state statute covered the same subject and provided a greater penalty than was within the power of the city council to impose, and the matter was again referred to the legal redress committee. Rev. H. A. Perry and Messrs. Crumpton, H. A. Lee, A. R. B. Thompson and Arthur Wright were elected to membership. The next meeting of the executive committee will be held on the first Monday in July, with Mrs. J. P. Hamilton at 706 E. Walker street. MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL MARY RHS MOINTS VISITS DIE On Friday, June 4th, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell of Washington, D.C. the noted lecturer and club woman, made her first visit to Des Moines. She came in response to an invitation from Mrs. J. B. Rush, president of the board of directors for the Home for Women and Girls. Mrs. Terrell lectured to a well filled house. Her subject was "The Progress and Problem of the Colored Man and Woman." She charmed the audience with her eloquence and her strong personality. At the conclusion of the lecture Attorney Geo. H. Woodson sent to the platform an exquisite bouquet for Mrs. Terrell, which she accepted gracefully. Mrs. Terrell came to Des Moines in the interest of the home for working girls and aged women. Friday afternoon as a compliment to Mrs. Terrell, Mrs. J. P. Hamilton entertained the following ladies at a dinner party: Mesdames J. B. Rush, a J. Booker, Walter Birney, E. R. Hall, Albert Gaiter, Young and C. B. Lewis Saturday afternoon Dr. A. J. Booker took Mrs. Terrell and Mrs. Rush for a spin in his new car. As a courtesy to Mrs. Terrell the federated clubs entertained at a beautiful reception Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Hamilton was chairman of the reception committee and many compliments were heaped upon her for the beauty and order of the affair. As a special favor the Mary Church Terrell club rendered a splendid program. The club also benefited Mrs. Terrell with a beautiful bouquet of American Beauty. While in the city the Terrell was the guest of Mrs. I. B. Rush. She left Saturdays for Los Angeles, where she will speak before the International Congress of Women. DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1915. SIOUX CITY, IOWA. (Special to the Register) MONMOUTH, ILL. Mr. Thomas Holly went to Galer- Wednesday evi- list church fo (Special to the Rystander). The Mt. Zion Baptist church of Sioux City will have a mortgage burning Friday evening, June 11th. Through the uniting effort of Mrs. C. E. Stubblebler the First Congregational, the First Baptist and the First Presbyterian churches (white) of Sioux City became interested in the welfare of the Mt. Zion Baptist church and through their united in succession in raising the last $600 that was owed on the property. And although they received $4,400, this church incurred debt $1,400, it stands freed of debt today. Mrs. Stubblebler has been the means of raising for this church over $600 in the past few years. Sioux City, and Mt. Zion in particular, has good reason to be proud of her. At the mortgage burning many prominent citizens will speak, Mayor Smith, Mr. Ben Davidson, Mr. Wm McKercher, Mr. W. M. P. Manley, Mr. F. A. McCornack and others. Much credit is due Rev. J. W. Dowden, who gave his services for six months at a time when the church was much in need and thus made it possible for them to accomplish much. Rev. J. D. Herben of Atlantic City, N. J., is pastor. He is an able minister and an evangelist, and Sioux Cityans, both colored and white, look for a great future among the Negro Baptist church under his leadership. ALBIA NEWS Mr. Edward Butler was representative for the A. M. E. church of Albia at the electoral congress in Galesburg on Wednesday of this week. He also made a short visit at the home of Mrs. Dolly Perry in Knoxville, Ill. The ladies and friends of Mrs. H. Jones gave her a pleasant surprise at her home on Monday evening, and the friends say Mrs. Jones is quite a hostess. Mrs. G. A. Davis was at her daughter's, Mrs. Bessie Grayson, at Hocking No. 3 on Wednesday, the children of Mrs. Grayson being sick. Mrs. Charles Washington entertained at her home on Thursday evening with a birthday party. The presiding elder, S. B Moore, was present, and with a few others gave Mrs. Washington some very fine after dinner toasts. Mrs. Andrew Smith has her niece visiting with her the past week. Miss May F. Davis visited Mrs. Bessie Grayson at Hocking No. 3 on Sunday afternoon. Sunday afternoon. Presiding Elder S. B. Moore spent a greater part of this week in Alba with Rev. Morgan on church business. He reports this the best quarterly for the church for some time. The M. C. Nutt theatrical company played in Albia the past week. SCANDIA NEWS. Our Sunday school is still progressing under the leadership of Mrs. Stella Overton, superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Logan are the proud parents of a fine baby girl. Mother and infant are doing nicely. Mrs. I. A. English was called to Perry, Iowa, or account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. Anna Miller. Mrs. Foulton has been sick for several days, but is convalescent. Mrs. Foulton is Moines is visiting at the home of Mrs. James Hamilton. Miss Bradley has taken an active part in the Sunday school. CLINTON, IOWA. The trustees of Bethel A. M. E. church met in regular monthly session on Monday night. Eschar Day was fittingly observed on Sunday at 2 p. m. at Bethel A. M. E. church by the Order of Eastern Star. The worthy matron, Mrs. E. S. Heron, presiding. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Mr. Nott, pastor of the Second Baptist church, assisted by Rev. Mr. Lowery of Bethel church. The music was rendered by the choir of Bethel church. We noticed the absence of the Clinton items last week. Why, we do not know, as they were sent in in plenty of time. The social given for the benefit of the paving debt Saturday night was a financial success. The correspondent returned home Thursday from attendance at the electoral college held in Galesburg, Ill. He reports a very interesting session attended by an unusually large delegation. Children's day next Sunday will be fittingly observed at the A. M. E. church by the Sunday school. Sunday, June 20th, will be the third quarterly meeting of the year, with Rev. Daniels present. In a class of 120 who will graduate this week from the junior high school is one of our race, Olive Juda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Judon, who has the best wishes of many friends. The class of 1916 which will leave the high school will have three representatives of our people, Fred Slater, Curtis C. Bush and Miss Ester Culbertson, who expect to carry off graduation honors. Bilious Attacks. When you have a billious attack your liver fails to perform its functions. You become constipated. The food you eat ferments in your stomach instead of digesting. This infames the stomach and causes nausea, vomiting and a terrible headache. Take Chamberlain's Tablets. They will tone up your liver, clean out your stomach and you will soon be as well as ever. They only cost a quarter. Obtainable everywhere. MONMOUTH, ILL. Mr. Thomas Holly went to Galesburg on Saturday on account of the illness of his daughter, Miss Esther Holly. Last Thursday evening some twenty young folks gathered at the A. M. E. parsonage to attend a surprise part given by Rev. P. H. Lewis to celebrate the twentieth birthday of his son, Aaron D. Games were played and refreshments served. Continued enjoyment was kept up until a late hour, when everyone departed, wishing the young man many more happy birthdays. Mr. Charles McGinnis of Aledo and Robert Gallin of this place spent over Sunday in Burlington. At the commencement exercises Wednesday and Thursday evenings Mr. Carl McWilliams received a diploma graduating him from the high school, and the Misses Gladys McWilliams, Gertrude Shannon and Edythe Saunders received diplomas from the grammar schools. Mrs. Ida Corn of Galesburg was in the city Saturday. Mr. Grandville Cooper went up to Galesburg on Sunday to visit his niece, Miss Esther Holly. The Agnes Moody club met on Thursday with open meeting at the home of Mrs. James Hardin. Rev. P. H. Lewis was in Davenport on business Saturday. ROCK ISLAND, ILL. The third quarterly conference of this conference year was held at the A. M. E. church Monday, June 7th. The Rock Island A. M. E. church is a member of the Keokuk district of the Chicago conference. Rev. I. N. Daniels is presiding elder of this district, and Bishop B. F. Lea, D. D., L. D. L., presiding bishop of this conference. The third quarterly meeting of this conference year was held Sunday at the A. M. E. church. Rev. Simms of Davenport preached an able sermon. The Illinois Baptist state convention will convene in Rock Island at the McKinley Baptist church June 9, 10 and 11. A very interesting session is being anticipated. Solomon Butler, Rock Island's high school track star, is admitted to be the greatest all around prep athlete in the world. Next Saturday Butler journeys to Chicago to take part in the Stagg meet, in which over 400 athletes are entered. Butler won individual honors last year at this meet. He will return to East Island after the meet Saturday and probably then visit his parents in Hutchinson, Kansas. Later on he will journey to the exposition at San Francisco, where he will compete against the fastest sprinters in the United States. He will run the great Howard V. Drew (colored). The Baptist church has undergone great repairs. A concrete floor has been put in the basement and the ceiling has been entirely covered with a new covering. A furnace will be installed soon. Opal Carter, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carter, was baptized Sunday at the A. M. E. church. The Negro graduates of the Rock Island high school received their diplomas Friday. The happy recipients of these sheepskins were Margaret Terry, Solomon Butler, Benjamin Ioakim, and Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch have moved to 720 Fourteenth Place. The junior choir of the A. M. E. church sang Sunday evening at quarter meeting. The people are more than pleased with the young folks' singing. They are improving rapidly under the leadership of Mrs. O. Penn. The King's Daughters gave a social Monday evening at the A. M. E. church. Quite a large sum of money was realized. The stowardesses of the A. M. E. church will give a program Sunday night. Lillian Burris is still very ill. The agent for the Bystander will call next week on the subscribers who are in arrears with their subscriptions. Please be ready. SIOUX CITY, IOWA. Miss Cynthia Z. Ford, an instructor in the schools of Union City, Tenn., is in the city spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ford. Mr. Arthur.Webb is proprietor of a first class cafe located at 420 West Seventh street. They are now open ready for business and we trust that he will receive the support and patronage of all the people here. An event of special interest taking place at the Mr. Zion Baptist church Friday evening, June 11, will be that of their first mortgage burning. A debt of $1,500 is being lifted from the structure. A notable feature of the occasion will be a splendid program. Among those appearing will be a number of prominent white citizens and officials of the city, namely, Mayor A. A. Smith, F. the M. Pelleier, David Davison, Wm. McKercher and F. A. McCornack. In respect of the church will be made by the pastor, Rev. J. D. Herben. Mrs. A. R. Morgan and family departed for Yankton, S. D., last week to make their future home and to join Mr. Morgan, who has been employed there for the past several months. The family is an old and highly respected one here and have been prominent in affairs of the Mr. Zion Baptist church and social activities of the city and will be greatly missed from our midst. A benefit social was given last Wednesday evening at Mt. Zion Baptist church for the benefit of Rev. J. W. Dowd, as a token of their appreciation and gratitude for the service he rendered them during intervals when the church was without a pastor. A splendid concert and dinner was given by the finance committee of the M. E. m Church Tuesday, June 7th. Those contributing commendable numbers on the program were: Instrumental selection, Mrs. Priscilla Mack; dramatic readings, Mrs. C. E. Stubblefield and Miss Elizabeth Coleman; vocal solo, Mrs. Edward Asken, accompanied by Miss Jessie Phagan and a select reading by Mrs. M. H. Spencer. The affair was under the management of Mrs. J. W. Hudson. KEQSAUQUA, IOWA. Mrs. Lizzie Wicks and two children of Eldon are visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. Josh Johnson entertained last evening in honor of her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Wicks. Rev. Burton preached at the Baptist church last Wednesday evening. Mr. Harry Johnson left this morning to work near Stockport. The Baptist Sunday school will give a social in the near future for the purpose of representing them at the convention which convenes in Otumwa. Presiding Elder S. B. Moore will hold quarterly meeting here June 9th. Mrs. Jane Howard is still under the doctor's care. CENTERVILLE, IOWA Sunday was a glorious day at the Second Baptist church. It was Covenant day and the services were largely attended. The grandmothers of the church presented the church with a beautiful individual aluminum communion service. Everybody was glad to see Rev. J. E. Smith out, as he has been confined at his home since the first Sunday in January. Rev. J. Minor of Gallatin, Mo., preached an acceptable sermon Monday, June 7. Mrs. S. Stewart of Oskaloosa, Iowa, is visiting here with her son, Mr. Leonard Lewis. Mrs. Lucy Bell is quite ill at this writing. The first anniversary of the pastors settlement, Rev. V. S. Cooper, will be held the Second Baptist church. There will be an entertainment given at the church Saturday, June 12. Mrs. A. L. Crittenden, chairman. The church elected officers Friday night. Bro. J. W. Martin, superintendent; Bro. P. Jeter, assistant superintendent; Sister Cora M. Crittenden, secretary; first Bible class teacher, Bro. F. M. Mayfield; second Bible class teacher, Sister Eden Hicks; third Bible class teacher, Sister G. Hicks; treasurer, Bro. J. P. Gooding; librarian, Carl Jeter. Rev. Jackson, pastor of the First Baptist church at Mystic, Iowa, reports good services Sunday. Mrs. Lulu Best is improving nicely. CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Perkins entertained at a family supper in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Perkins of Minneapolis, Minn, and Mrs. Clyde Washington of Burlington. Mr. Carter has returned home, Mt. Pleasant. She reports a good after a week's visit with relatives in time. Mrs. Daisy Lemme of Iowa City spent Sunday in the city. Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson were taken to a local hospital, both suffering with typhoid fever. We hope their conditions are not as serious as reported. Mr. Walker Robinson is much improved, after a long illness. Mrs. Clyde Washington has returned to her home in Burlington, after a very pleasant visit with relatives. Mrs. Carrie Watson entertained Mrs. Knowling of Des Moines last week. Mrs. Flc Lavell is not any better at this writing. Her many friends will be sorry to learn of it. Mrs. Jessie Smith is on the sick list. Miss Eleanor Lavell was shopping on the East Side Thursday. DAVENPORT ITEMS. Mr. Raymond Hughes, formerly of Davenport, but now of Chicago, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Green last week. $ ^{5}$ Mr. Wm. Oney and Miss Willemay Pitts were married last week, Rev. J. P. Simms officiating. Mrs. Eugene Perkins entertained ten ladies last Thursday afternoon, complimentary to Mrs. C. B. Lewis of Farbury, Neb., and Mrs. Martha Cregg White of Kentucky. The Odd Fellows have planned a series of dances, the first of which was given last Friday night and attended by a large select crowd. Watch for the announcement of the next one. Mr. Eugene Green was elected delegate to the general conference of the A. M. E. church, which meets in Philadelphia in 1916. This is the third time Mr. Green has been thus honored. June 13th is quarterly meeting at Bethel A. M. E. church. Rev. Daniel, P. E., will be present all day. Mrs. Hazel Stokes of Kirkville, Mo., is in the city visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown. The rally at the Third Baptist church last Sunday was a success. Rev. M. A. Burton, state missionary, was in attendance. OSKALOOSA, IOWA Woody Thomas, Winston Coleman and others sick and afflicted are doing nicely. Our agent, our agent and collector, will call Saturday. Be ready. Mesdanes Robt. Johnson and Cora Jones spent Wednesday in Ottumwa, the guests of Mrs. Chas. Wilson. Rev. S. B. Moore was here Sunday. Wednesday afternoon the W. C. T. U. will meet in special session at the city's library. Mr. Spencer of Grimell has come to the city, to spend the summer. to the city to spend the day. Miss Edna Jones and Mr. Rupert Frasier, who have been students in the Warden university, are home. The Mothers club met in regular session Thursday, June 3, at the home of Mrs. Cora Joice. Officers for the ensuing year were elected. Cora Jones, president; Eugenia Wheeler, secretary. Mrs. Susan Allen left Thursday for a few days' visit with friends in Hedrick. Chas. Wilson and wife were Sunday visitors in the city. Dr. M. C. Connor of Delta spent several days in the city. ST. PAUL BUDGETARIAN . The King's Daughters Charity club met Monday afternoon with Mrs. Jas. Black, 525 Rondo street. A large number of the members were present. Plans were completed for the entertainment of the State Federation meeting and the following delegates were elected: Mesdames A. Bellecuse, Mamie Graves, Estella Green, L. A. Porter, M. Williams and Dorothy Waters. Mrs. Q Hicks of 415 Thomas street was hostess for the Self-Culture club last Wednesday. The entire membership were present. The ladies arranged for the entertainment of the State Federation. The following named persons were elected delegates: Mesdames B. N. Murrel, N. Thompson, Mamie Durant and Jas. Wilson. Jr. At the close of the meeting refreshments were served by the hostess. Quite a few weddings the last week. Mrs. J. Ratsom and Miss Olitha Lyles, Mr. N. Brown and Miss Gladys Wright, and also Miss Edna Lawrence. All fell victims to Cupid's darts and floated out on the sea of matrimony. Richard B. Harrison of Chicago will appear in a recital at St. James. M. A. e church on the 14th inst., under the auspices of Jacob Mite Missionary society. Mrs. Geo. Duckett met with an accident last Thursday met. While coming down out of her lodge hall she slipped and fell, thus spraining her ankle, which has caused her to be laid up in bed ever since. The funeral of Mr. Shedd Lawrence, who passed away after a brief illness, was held from Lyles undertaking parlors last Wednesday afternoon, being largely attended. Rev. Jones officiated. Mrs. Cora Pritchard passed away Saturday at the city and county hospital, after a continued illness of several weeks. The D. Y. W. K. club had a success with their minstrel at Tachida hall on the 4th inst. Mrs. H. I. Williams, who underwent a serious operation at the hospital, is home and able to be around the house. Gov. W. S. Hammond will address the Women's State Federation at the old state capitol. The public is especially invited to be present. Greatly Benefited by Chamberlain's Liniment. ..... "I have used Chamberlain's Liniment for sprains, bruises and rheumatic pains, and the great benefit I have received justifies my recommending it in the highest terms," writes Mrs. Florence Slife, Wabash, Ind. If you are troubled with rheumatic pains you will certainly be pleased with the prompt relief which Chamberlain's Liniment affords. Obtainable everywhere. MASON CITY, IOWA. (Special to Bystander.) Mrs. Walter Davis entertained Mr. and Mrs. Taylor at a three-course dinner in honor of Mrs. Cellar and daughter from Everly. All report a fine time. Mrs. Bernice Eaton left this week for Moberly, Mo., to visit relatives and friends. MARSHALLTOWN NOTES. Mrs. Thos. Harris left Saturday for Des Moines to visit on Tuesday. Mrs. Harry Wolder left for Mason City to visit her grandmother, Mrs. Suter, who is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cottoms were in this city visiting over Monday. Mrs. Mary Redrick was in this city visiting friends. The revival meetings going on last week were very successful. Rev. Roman was assisted by Rev. B. S. Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wolder are the proud parents of a fine baby girl, born last Thursday night. Mother and child are doing well. Mrs. Henry Flippings is able to be out again, which we are glad to hear. Mr. Harry Warn is doing nicely. Miss Gertrude Darling of Texas is in this city visiting friends. Price Five Cents TENANT FARMERS AND LANDLORDS Both Classes Face Awkward Situation In South. PERILOUS TIMES PREDICTED Undue Persistence in Cotton Growing at the Expense of Other Products Creates Monopoly For Money Lenders—W. J. Cummings Relies Story of His Trip Through Texas. Before the end of 1015 we will see "night riding" in the south that will make the Kentucky tobacco war look like a church social, is the prediction of W. J. Cummings of Detroit, Mich. While on a business trip to Texas and Mexico Mr. Cummings wrote a letter to his business partner, F. C. Norris, which appeared in a recent issue of the Cleveland (0,4) Gazette. He thinks that the south will experience grave troubles before the clearing of the acute situation forced upon the cotton planters by the war which is now going on in Europe. According to Mr. Cummings, the responsibility for the trouble rests between the tenant farmer, who does not know how to grow anything but cotton, and the Texas banker, who, it is alleged, has built up a system of usury to bleed the cotton grower through loans of 12 to 20 per cent. Mr. Cummings makes the following statement in his letter to Mr. Norris: "Among the farmers in Texas 54 per cent are tenant farmers, very largely of the nomadic, wandering type. This forces the landlord to play safe, and as it is hard to steal the cotton crop he will insist upon cotton being grown. He will 100 acre leases they will have nine acres of cotton and ten acres of corn—no space for pasture, no garden patch, no plugs. The renter has no money, and, not growing any food, he buys everything on credit. Money loans at 12 to 20 per cent and credit supplies at 100 per cent. A very large percentage of the tenant's efforts to pay usury. Both landlord and tenant suffer by the system. "The farmers absolutely refuse to listen to advice, but blindly continue to grow cotton. The agricultural department has been telling farmers for the last fifteen years to grow other crops. Their talk went unheeded. You will understand how grave the situation is when I tell you that there are more dogs than hogs in Texas; that out of a butter consumption of $12,000,000 in Texas she produces only about $3,000,000 herself. "I was in Athens, Tex. a few weeks ago. This would make an ideal dairy country. This town is about 4,000. Yet the restaurant keeper could buy only two pounds of butter in a whole week. This black belt valley land is absolutely the most fertile land in the world, and yet if a hog tight fence were built around this Brazos valley every person in here would starve to death in sixty days. The Texas legislature has refused to pass any forcing the reduction of taxes. Other towns follow Texas lead because this state produces 35 per cent of the United States crop. "Cotton reduction will now become a private enterprise, and before the end of 1915 we will see 'night riding' in the south that will make the Kentucky tobacco war look like a church social. We have many fancy plans proposed. Some of them are pure fancy. Take the plan of Mr. Henry that the United Issue $20,000,000 of money or something that looks like money to valorize cotton at 10 cents a pound. Did you ever hear such tommyrot? "The next agency is the bank. That term in Texas is a misnomer. The bulk of the fraternity are not bans. They are pawnbrokers in disguise. For twenty-five years they have educated the Texan to pay 10, 12, 15 and even 20 cents a system. You have a system to a money. You for a moment that they are going to let the people down here know that there is such a thing as 5 or 0 per cent money in the whole world." "Of course the bankers down there are loaning money on cotton. They have to do so. They will make a loan of $10 on a 500 pound bale, charging 12 to 18 per cent and taking it off in advance. We are safe in assuming that no real help will come from the southern banker. The war forced the closing of 90,000,000 cotton spindles, practically two-thirds of the world's entire cotton capacity. If 15 per cent of the English mills should be able to open, the spindles will still leave about half of the world's spinning capacity idle. The present fighting is in the very heart of the French and Belgian spinning districts. "If we assume that the United States and Canada will consume during the next twelve months 7,000,000 bales, Great Britain 2,000,000 bales and allow 1,800,000 bales for the balance of the countries using American cotton we get an estimated total consumption of 10,800,000 bales for the season of 1914-15. To this add an estimated demand for 4,000,000 bales produced in foreign countries, and we have an estimated consumption of 14,800,000 bales as against an average normal world consumption of 21,000,000 bales." AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS In the fall of 1879, when a little group of colored folk were seeking a place for themselves to worship, it was the very kind and good Doctor Locks of Grace church who helped them get a hall in which to begin the work of an unorganized mission. In this humble way the first congregation of colored our church in Chicago began. In 1881 Rev. James Thompson was appointed as their first colored priest in charge. In 1883, largely through the munificence of Mr. and Mrs. Tolman Wheeler, St. Thomas' church was built on South Dearborn near Thirtieth street. Mr. Thompson was a man of rare good judgment and affability when he retired, in 1989, when succeeded. Mr. Leatlid did faithful work for nine years, and when he left in 1905 there were three hundred communicants in St. Thomas'. The present priest in charge, Rev. J. B. Massiah, priested in charge, Rev. J. Massiah's first plan, which Bishop Anderson heartily endorsed, was to the its quarters on Dearborn street. Massiah's first plan, which Bishop Anderson heartily endorsed, was to the its quarters on Dearborn street. Just a year after Mr. Massiah's coming the present church building at Wabash avenue and Thirty-eighth street was bought from the Calvary Baptist congregation for $20,000. Since then the gains made by this congregation of colored people, all of whom are poor, have been remarkable. Very large confirmation classes have been presented during the last eight years, the aggregate being 631 persons, or an average of nearly 80 persons a year. The number confirmed by Bishop Massiah was 101. The communicants have increased to 900; the Sunday school has an enrollment of 205; the guild has 150 members in its different departments. Few churches have a larger contributing list in proportion to the size of the congregation than this church. The current demands are promptly met, the church is kept in splendid condition, and generous contributions made to missions. There are 70,000 colored persons in Chicago, and St. Thomas' is the only church of our communion to minister to this large and ever growing number. The total present indebtedness on the church property is $9,500, and this sum must be raised by May 1. The Church League for Colored Work in the diocese is acting as the agent for the work. We are also a fund aid for the work. In commending the work of the league to the public Bishop Anderson refers to the needs of the colored people, and of the efforts being made at St. Thomas' to meet, and says: "It will be seen that this church is not only a beneficiary of missionary enterprise, but also a contributor towards it. They have done well. Let us help those who have chosen to help themselves." Contributions may be sent to the treasurer, Mr. E. P. Bailey, Chicago Savings bank; or to Rev. J. B. Massiah 3187 Wabash avenue. The American sewing machine, oil and tobacco companies that have successfully entered the Chinese market have agents all through the interior. The sewing machine company has even established schools in which Chinese women are taught to embroider on machines. The Negroes are making progress, probably faster than is realized by themselves or their white fellow citizens. A bulletin recently issued by the United States census bureau shows notable advance in many ways. The bulletin itself is the work of Negroes. The Negro population in 1790 was 757,208, or 19.3 per cent of the total population of the nation. In 1910 the Negro population was 9,827,763, or 19.7 per cent of the total. The increase has not kept pace, in proportion, with the white growth, for the reason that so many millions of the latter races have come in by immigration. There has been gratifying growth in religious organization and profession. In 1906 there were 36,770 negro church organizations with 8,688,097 communicants or members. Between 1890 and 1906 the number of Negro church organizations increased by 56.7 per cent and the number of communicants or members by 37.8 per cent, the increase in Negro population during the same period being 26.1 per cent. As a rule gray horses live the longest and roams next. About sixty-five per cent of the Swiss Federal railways rest on steel tires. In the fiscal year ending March 14, 1914, Canada welcomed 400,000 new settlers. About one-third of the textile goods made in France is the product of female labor. More than 1,600 motorcycles have just been ordered by the Russian army from England. Macachussette has the largest Portuguese population of any state, Rhode Island ranking next. The city of Peking will be encircled by a railroad which will hug the historic walls. For the exceptional man there must always be the opportunity to rise just as far as his genius will carry him; in the second place, if a great mass of people is to be uplifted, they must have leaders of their own fitted to command because of their intellectual powers and their specially advanced training. They must have intelligent and well-taught clergymen, teachers, physicians and lawyers, to say nothing of the other professions and of the need of skilled insurance company managers, bankers, etc. These are not often to be obtained if these schools are mere pretenses, not schools, as are so many in the southern states. This need has recently been well expressed in the first report of the general education board, where it is pointed out that if "primary and secondary Negro schools are to have good teachers, principals and supervisors, provision must be made for the higher training of these instructors and supervisors." At the same time the report points out that the "mere attempt to deliver the traditional college curriculum to the Negro does not constitute a higher education," and argues the establishment of college curricula which shall be adapted from time to time to the needs, environment, and capacity of the Negro student, in fact jointly agreed, and in so far as the opposition to the higher education of the Negro is based on a belief that subjects are taught him which can have no practical value for him, this program would properly meet the objection. For the exceptional man of Professor Just's type no one ought, however, to fence in any field of learning. He should be free to roam wherever he will in our choicest educational pastures. Anything else would spell folly and, what is worse, a gross national injustice which would merely have to be stated to carry its own condemnation. Whenever opposition to throwing open the doors of our educational institutions is based merely on color prejudice and a belief in another person's alleged inferiority, it most be attacked without a moment's delay. Professor Just and his peers of his race are the most effective answer to those who would go back to the educational dark ages.—New York Evening Post. E. B. Baldwin gave a formal dinner here to eleven of his father's former slaves, according to a Marshallville (Ga.) dispatch to the New York World. He himself remembers the closing days of the Confederacy. He and his brother, W. P. Baldwin, wore aprons and served as butlers. The guests, six old "mammies" and five Negro men, were ushered into the large dining room and seated at tables. The dinner had been directed by the best cook in South Georgia. He was a prairie man, thanksgiving that brought tears to the eyes of all. One of the oldest "mammies" delivered a temperance lecture, and when she sat down the sister sitting next to her said: "Shaw! I drink whisky when ebber I gits it. I went to Miss Johnson's recently and her for a drink and she gibs me a tumbler full. If it hadn't been for manners I'd ast her amur herd." He goodly did by the oldest of the men expressed the sentiments of the guests: "Et I allus felt as good ez I do now, I nebber want to go ter heben." "We Negroes are under a great handicap," recently declared Jesse Rees Europe, a musical composer of note. "For The Castle Lame Duck I receive only one cent a copy royalty and the phonograph royalties in like proportion. A white man would receive from six to twelve times the royalty I receive, and compositions far less popular than mine, but written by white men, gain for their composers vastly greater rewards. I have done my best to put a stop to this discrimination, but I have found that it was no use. The music world is controlled by a trust, and the Negro must submit to its demands or fall to have his compositions produced. I am not bitter about it. It is, after all, but a slight portion of the price my race must pay in its at times almost hopeless fight for a place in the sun. Some day it will be different and justice will prevail." California is unusual among the salt-producing states in that the great bulk of her salt comes from sea water, being obtained by solar evaporation on San Francisco bay, near Long Beach and near San Diego. Many of the Arabian peasant population of Palestine have emigrated to North and South America, and the Mohammedan population from the environs of Jerusalem is beginning to emigrate. The lack of suitable employment is the cause of this exodus. The noted Order of the Golden Fleece is a military one instituted by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, in 1429, on the occasion of his marriage with the Portuguese princess Isabella. The order now belongs to both Spain and Austria. Floating mines, under various names, have figured in naval warfare for nearly 350 years, but they were first used with really deadly effect in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5. Sweden's waterfalls are estimated to contain about 6,000,000 horsepower, of which only about sixteen per cent is being utilized. A kite scaring out of sight can still distinguish lilies and field mice on the ground and can often swoop down in time to catch them. TELLS OF A TRIP THROUGH DESOLATED AND DEVASTATED VILLAGES OF FRANCE Edward B. Clark Gives a Simple and Uncolored Story of Conditions As He Found Them—Responsibility for the Destruction of Many Fair Places of France One of the Things to Be Considered When Final Day of Reckoning Comes. TREASURES OF THE WESTERN WESTERN WESTERN By EDWARD B. C. CLARK. (S staff Correspondent Western newspaper Sommelies, France.—As I make a few notes in this place which once was ence which once was a village the ground, is shaken by the transmitted tremor imparted to the earth by the shock of the great guns which are bellowing all along the battle front from St. Mihiel to the forest of Argonne. Sommelles is beyond the present indicated range of the big rifles, but an elevation of an inch or two to the muzzles of the siege pieces would result in a rain of shells falling on ground. is shaken by the trans- mitted tremor im- parted to the earth by the shock of the great guns which are bellowing all along the battle front from St. Mibiel to the forest of Argonne. Sommelles is beyond the present tide of the big rifles, but an elevation of an inch or two to the muzzles of the siege pieces would result in a rain of shells falling on a village, or at least the remnants of a village which already has had not a rain but a deluge of fire. There is little chance that any gun will be elevated, for the cannonners are too much occupied with the multitude of human targets and with the sod and beam-covered trenches immediately at their front to be willing to waste shots at the well-nigh invisible. I am here with a French army officer, Capt. Gerard de Ganay, who stands six feet three in his military boots and who looks and is a soldier. If the enemy in the trenches, battering away over the hill and the valley at our base, is coming up for the service with a shell, I doubt if it could see him, even if their range finding experts were possessed of triple-powered field glasses. The captain is arrayed in what they call "horizon blue," a color which so melts into the skyline that it becomes a part of it. Ruins Where Army Passed. To this place I have come after a trip of two days' duration in a high-powered military motor through about twenty of the desolated and devastated villages of France which lay in the line of advance and of retreat of a great war. In the days to come, when there is a final reckoning to fix responsibility for the destruction of these fair places of France and for the killing of more than a few noncombatants, there will be a controversy as bitter as that which has marked the battling from the Marne, the high point of the German advance, to the Aisne, where the German now is entrenched, with the Frenchman on the offensive and striking daily and boldly at his front. Included technically within the field of war operations today is a large part of France. Virtually all the scene of the battle of the Marne is forbidden ground to all persons except those who go with proper credentials. It is my intention to take my readers through some of these desciated places of France; to tell a simple and uncolored story of their condition today as my eyes saw them, and to repeat occasionally the words of men and of women who saw the acts of destruction and who have formed their own opinion as to the reasons therefor. One day the truth underlying all this rage will be known. The world probably will continue to withhold its judgment, but the fact remains that a score or more of thriving French villages have perished from the earth after a manner that seemingly will not admit of the excuse or the explanation it is simply the result of the acts of ordinary and so-called civilized warfare. Was Fired by Incendiaries. From Vitry-le-Francois, where I left the train and took a military motor, I went first to Hurion, or rather to the place where Hurion once stood. The French declare that this place was burned by German incendiaries. They New York Tourist Has Surprises and Barely Escapes Death at Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, Cal—When Frank Hamer, New York tourist, poked his ear on to what he thought was a slimy black rock protruding above the waves in the channel, he turned loose a geyser, and rowed for his life to escape from what for a time looked to him like certain death. It prove* to be IOWA STATE BYSTANDER BROUGH DESOLATED VILLAGES OF FRANCE and Uncolored Story of Conditions sibility for the Destruction of the One of the Things to Be Day of Reckoning Comes. hold that the absence of shell holes in the walls and the roofs of houses standing aloof, and whose interiors are scorched and blackened ruins, proves beyond cavil that the fires were set by hand. The Germans say that at this place some of the inhabitants were caught with firearms in their hands. This plea will probably enter later when all these acts are brought to the bar of his adjudication. A it is, Hulion virtually has disappeared from the face of the earth. This village was proud of its Gothic Catholic church of St. Martin, which has stood here for centuries. The church is not beyond repair, but to day it is literally riddled with shot and shell. Within is an undamaged shrine of Mary the Virgin, and before it women were praying for the success of the arms of France. Not far from Huron stands the village of Glennes, or, again let me say what once was Glennes. This village was destroyed utterly by shell fire, except in the cases of a few of the larger buildings. The church is badly damaged, but, like the sanctuary at Huron, it can be restored. I went into the churchyard at Glennes, drawn thither I think by a somewhat shadowed form of curiosity. The shells had fallen thick and fast into this place where the villagers for centuries have buried their dead. The church and cemetery are pictures of gray and black desolation. Images and monuments are shattered almost to dust. Barely one of the smaller tombstones in the cemetery is left untouched. Here, however one sees the frequent freak of war. A great tomb stands almost in the terrace of the cemetery. It measures 11 feet. All about it trees and headstones and footstones have been splintered and smashed, and yet the great tomb stands unmarred. Its escape is one of the mysteries of the chances of war. Within the tomb, as the inscription tells us, rests the family of Jesson Bolleau. Jesson and his family still sleep undisturbed. After leaving Glennes, the country is nothing but a great graveyard. Soldiers' sepulchrs are everywhere. Single graves are the exception. Ger- by War. mans and Frenchmen alike rest under the new spring May flowers in these fields of the republic. Nature is celebrating its own memorial day and is decorating the resting places of the brave with dandelions and dandelons, violets, forget-me-nots and the white valley lilies. Cour-de-Manges is a village not far from Glennes. In it only a few houses escaped fire or shot. Into the desolation of this place the people are beginning to enter. They scattered to the four parts of France when the storm broke, but this was their home, and here few by few they are coming back and are seeking the means to build again their houses as they already, in the retreat of the enemy, have built again their hopes. The mayor of Cour-de-Manges dwell in a handsome house with outlying grounds closed in by an iron fence of fine' workmanship. Today, there is nothing left of the official home but its foundation stones. Shell and fire took their toll. The outlying garden, however, seemingly knew nothing of the ravage of battle. It had been untened since last autumn, but nature, the restorer, today is making it to blossom with spring's rare coloring. War showed, no' favoritism' at Cour-de-Manges. The houses of the poor and the house of the rich alike were given to swift destruction. It is in few miles from Cour-de-Manges to Frémount, but the journey is from Desolation to Desolation. All the way between villages, however, there is a land of beauty. The peasants, following on the path of the French army in its forward movement, are cultivating every possible patch of ground/leaving untouched nothing but the graves of friend and foe. The grace of enjoyment is not to an immense whale, and Hamer barely got beyond range in time to escape the powerful lashing of the monster's tall as it dived into the deeps of the channel. The waterspout thrown up soaked Hamer to the skin and water-logged his boat. He was rescued by fishermen who caught his frantic signals for help. A hollow wooden ball, six feet in diameter, which is moved by the flow of the sewage, is used to remove obstructions from sewers in Paris. be found among ruined homes, but confessedly there is momentary forgetfulness of the stricken villages when one looks on the beauty of the fields which lie between the houses of desolation. Friginicourt has been swept from its place on the plains. Not one stone rests upon another here. Was there justification for this laying waste or was it sheer wantonness? Time perhaps will disclose the truth. I wanted to determine for myself whether or not the constants always told of incendiarism were true or untrue. I began to observe closely and I hit upon a means of test which I have found that already the Frenchmen have applied. Farement is not far from Frigin-court, and it was destroyed only in part by artillery fire. A fine highway runs through the heart of the village, and it was along this highway that the invading army passed. The houses on either side of the road and immediately confronting it have all been destroyed while the houses back of them are intact. Gunfire from a distance makes no such fine distinctions. The houses along the street were set on fire by hand. The old church of the village of Farement is still standing. There is a shell hole in its tower, and more breaches in the wall below. The church was built through Favrresses, Blesme and Manrupt-le-Monty. There is little left of any one of these places to give it the right to be called a village. At Blesme there are some curious contrasts. The lowly homes of the villagers all were destroyed, but close to them an old and beautiful chateau stands unarmed amidst its trees. As If by Miracle. At Mauruptie-Montoy the lombardment caused heavy damage to the village church and churchyard. In the latter, where the shells had fallen thick, there is a stone cross bearing upon its marble front a representation of Saint Veronica's handkerchief, upon which, according to the Catholic belief, was imprinted the face of the Christ. In curious workmanship, upon the marble handkerchief in this cemetery, the face of the Savior was inlaid. Almost alone, this cross and this Christ stand uninformed in this shell-shattered acre of God. Frequently stress has been laid upon the escape from injury by shell fire of representations of the Savior and the Virgin, his mother. I know, however, that these escapes are only accidental, and while it may be pleasant for the family to believe that immunity came to the mind the hold is secure. It only the part of truth to say that I have seen the same destruction visited upon crucifix and on shrine that fell upon other images and other sanctuaries of which Christians take less account. At Vauebecourt such walls as still rear themselves from the ruins are shaken daily and nightly by the thunder of pounding guns. At least one half of the Vauebecourt villagers have returned to their blasted dwellings ready again to take up life where their forefathers lived for centuries. These villagers give no heed to the trembling of their feet. The cannon shot does their feet. The cannon dreams. Hell came here last fall. There was terrific fighting at Vauebecourt and in the country all about it and there is still terrific fighting near at hand. The village has been battered from its foundations by shell and shot. When the time comes for answering the question of responsibility, it is probable that no fine interrogations will be raised as to whether this place was swept from the face of the city by bombardment or deliberate incendion without concern itself with the right of the invader to put to death summarily three French soldiers whom they found in the village. Were Shot as Spies. The cure of Vaubeacourt, a priest who stayed loyalty at his post, told me that the French soldiers were in uniform and in advance of the enemy's lines and that therefore they could not have been spies. The Germans, however, have said that these soldiers were spies and it was on this ground they shot them. The priest of Vaubeacourt has gathered a part of his flock together once more. He is *Abbel Farebner*. He was sentenced to be shot by the order of the commanding officer of the invade army. He added that this officer was good and it brute but that his immediate junior in command was a soldier and a gentleman. The junior he said, secured his' release. One hears the stories and so one may or may not pass judgment as he will. As things are, however, the village of Vaubeacourt as a village of homes and houses is no more, but the people are coming back to find the May sun shining on the ruins and showing forth the ravages of a storm that has passed on a little way and which now vexes priest and priest only with its noise, Much more has been heard in America of the destruction of the villages of Belgium than of those of France. I had no conception of the ruin that had been wrought by artillery and by fire in this part of the French republic which lies under the shape of the Argonne forest and not only within sound but within range of some of the heavy guns as they play hourly today along the banks of the Alse, the Meuse and the Orne. I visited a dozen places other than those of which I have written and the story of the desolation upon the same. It is a hard sight to look upon and a hard story to write. I tried the last blackened picture while the roost of the distant guns reminds me that these scenes elsewhere, if fate so will, may be re-created in all their horrs. Hibbing, Mimm.-M. Garber, cattle buyer here, who is the owner of the Hibbing cow which set a new record by giving birth to a 185-ton calf, announced that one of his cows gave birth to twin calves. The twins are white and brown, with colorings mixed in such a way that their coats differ from those of other calves. So many imitation affairs are coming in style; jewelries, engagements and matrimonial happiness. Diagram Shows How System Works Out-Allows Special Parts of Field to Be Brought Under Accurate Observation. While the periscope of the submarine is developing in the direction of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 greater optical perfection and elaboration, therap has been a return to the simplest and earliest types of periscope for use in land warfare, writes S. D. Chalmers in Nature. These are little more than two mirrors with their reflecting surfaces parallel to each other and inclined at an angle of 45 degrees to the direction of the incident light. These mirrors are mounted in tubes or on long rods. The periscopes of submarines are more elaborate. They consist in principle of two or three telescopes mounted end to end. That illustrated herewith is made from information supplied by Messrs. Goerz of Berlin. An outer tube has a spherical glass cover. In the inner tube is the optical system, which can be rotated to face in any direction, the eye, however, remains fixed. The optical system, which follows in its general principles Sir Howard Grubb's original design, consists of: (1) A reversed telescope, giving a reduction of about one-quarter. (2) A telescope, giving a magnification of about two. (3) An erecting prism which can be rotated so that the image given by the system is correctly oriented. (4) A telescope giving a magnification of about three. This telescope includes a fixed eyepiece and prism, so arranged that the observer looks horizontally at the object. At the focus of the eyepiece are placed a scale and pointer to show the bearing of the object sighted, and a ruling to allow the distance to be estimated when the size of the object is known. By the aid of the subsidiary system special parts of the field can be further magnified to allow of objects being examined in more detail. Trenches Continent Long. If all the trenches dig in Europe during the last eight months were put end to end they would reach from Washington to San Francisco and then back again. If all the men who have lost their lives in those same trenches during the same space of time were the army and the naval, these entire United States, America would be without all of these more than necessities. And not half the men who have given up their lives for Fatherland, Mother country, the Little Father, Le Roi Albert or the memory of Napoleon died in the trenches. From Switzerland to the North sea are hundreds of miles of trenches, for each of the opposing forces built their trenches opposite each other in lines or trenches, the way one or the other forced their way forward during the late fall, before winter set in and real fighting ended for months. Demonstrated The very young minister, on trial for his first charge, was well satisfied with his sample sermon. Fully expecting a compliment, he asked one of the elders for a criticism. The old gentleman replied that "they wigey fine words, but a bit heady for common foul." The young man disagreed volubly, whereupon the elder proceeded to justify his opinion. "You told me at the last to 'draw an inference, ye ken. You at this no. Aw, Sandy!" beckoning to an old fellow member over the way. "Sandy, div ye think ye could draw an inference the day?" Sandy gnawed his finger a full minute in silence. "Aweel," he submitted cautiously. "I amna aae strang an I wis syne, but if it witna the Sawbath, I have a pair 'o steers out yan that can fair draw the weight o' the meetin'house!" Copenhagen Advancing Copenhagen has shown its capability of maintaining the title of the "London of Scandinavia." It has the only free harbor in the north of Europe, and the city has a sufficiency of banks, and the merchants who formerly had agents in the office in other large ports on the continent are beginning to move there. Comedy In One Brief Act Courtney in One Brief Act. Great excitement. Voices of "I'm killed, I'm killed," rent the air. Whole police force summoned. Building surrounded. Answer: Amateur theatricals being rehearsed for a church entertainment. Curtain. Good night.—Salem News. A Journalistic Color Scheme. The great editor sat in a brown study, being a bit blue. "Why is it that these papers are redrawn? Why are these papers redrawn?" - Philadelphia, Leighton Invention Designed to Foil Burglar's Activities. From Description It Would Seem to Be Admirably Adapted for the Purpose—Operates From the Outside. A lock that is virtually unpleakable and proof against burglar's jimmy, besides being simple in construction and inexpensive to make, has just been patented by Julius Grossmann of New York. The Inventor got his idea when dropping a bar over a store door on closing one night. It occurred to him that if a bar such as could be dropped inside the door by the more turning of a key outside, it would furnish greater security than any other method of locking. This is just what his lock does. The diagram that accompanies this is of the lock as seen from the inside of the door. On the outside it is the ordinary Yale lock. In this 1 is the bolt that drops into the slots 6 and 7. It is pivoted at 2 and raised or lowered by the tumblers 4 and 5, which revolve on the bolt 3. This bolt is the inside of the main bolt of the lock and is turned from the outside by the key; from the inside it may be turned by the small handle upon it. At 8 is shown a knob by which the mechanism may be disconnected from the ordinary latch if desired. With this lock on a door one, goes out, closes the door and turns the key. This not only locks the latch as usual, but drops the bolt over the hasp on door and jamb. This cannot be lifted with a jimmy, nor can it be raised by anything but the key. Laying Submarine Cables England makes most of the submarine telegraph cable nowadays, but some are manufactured in Germany. Cables are made in two-mile lengths, and as each such section is completed, its electrical resistance is tested by a special machine, and carefully noted. When a cable is made it is put on board the cable ship which is to submerge it. There are now over forty such steamers employed, not wholly for laying cables, of course, but for repairing them when injury occurs. By determining the resistance of the effective portion of a damaged cable, it is possible to put a repairing steamer within a mile or and of where the break occurs, and repairs are some times more specially made, though on other occasions the use of leather or other causes, were often copied in this work. An Atlantic cable is usually laid in little over a week. The last Atlantic cable was laid from Penzance, Cornwall, England, to Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, in 13 days, by the Colonia, the biggest cable-laying ship in the world.-American Review of Reviews. He's Champion Mean Thief Babies in the vicinity of the Violet street playground were not weighed recently. The new champion "meanest man" crept into the welfare station conducted by the city health department at the playgrounds and scaled the scales. To the welfare station came 20 mothers with their babies, but they could not get any orders for milk at the supply station because no one could tell how much the babies weighed. Twenty mothers were disappointed and 20 babies hungry, but those who came later in the day were accommodated upon a borrowed set of scales. The welfare station is maintained in the interest of underfed and scantily nourished babies. — Los Angeles Times. Father of Thirty-one Quite recently Anastasio Chellotti, a newsletter of Savona, in Italy, celebrated the birth of his thirty-first child, on whom he bestowed the name of Candido. Chellotti, who is just turned sixty, remarked at the christening, "At twenty-one years of age I married a girl of nineteen, who made me an annual parent of a male child for nineteen years running. Then she added Bebes to my fortieth year I married again and my second wife, added another dozen to the family. I have nineteen, some, living, all healthy and strong. The twentieth fellighting in the Libyan desert with the words "Viva Savolà" on his lips. Eight of my boys are married and have married children of their own." "Batmen" In Military Service. The County Palatine engineers ask, among other things, for 291 drivers and batmen. What is a batman? The term seems to be only a military one. It apparently means the driver or manager of packhorses. A bat horse is a packhorse which carries officers' luggage. "Bat" is a pack saddle, and, like so many military words, it is French. There is a common French proverb, "C'est la que le bat le bless"—or "That is where the saddle hurts", or, as we say, "where the shoe pinches."—Manchester Guardian. Federated Malay States. A recent estimate shows that the Federated Malay States have a population of 1,117,000. The chief industrial enterprises are the cultivation of rubber and the mining of tin. Vast territories are still wild and open to exploitation by capital. 6619 X SMALL COTTAGE OF GOOD DESIGN Basement Facilities One of the Most Important Parts of the Plan Outlined. Much Attention Given to the Proper Foundations of Structure That Is Sure to Give Every Satisfaction to the Occupants of the House. By WILLIAM H. RADFORD. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE on topics he teaches in his subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he has built many buildings on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, Ill., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. An-English-style cottage with hip roof and basement makes a very satisfactory small house for certain level locations where it is impractical to excavate deep enough for a regular cellar. There are many towns in prairie sections of the country where the fall is not sufficient to put in deep sewers. In the more southern sections, it is also down into the ground to avoid frost. It is cheaper and more satisfactory to lay near the surface. On such building sites basement houses are quite common, and this medium-sized cottage, with its cool, roomy basement, is well liked. The basement, being principally above ground, is supplied with windows almost as large as ordinary house windows. The idea is to make the basement into a splendid workroom. It is naturally cool in summer, warm in winter and comfortable to work in during all seasons. It is the proper place for the laundry and storeroom, besides providing conveniences for doing a great many household chores. Hip roofs are common in some communities. They are well liked because they are neat and attractive in appearance, and because everybody is accustomed to seeing a hip roof, or cottage roof, as it is often called, so that such roofs are local favorites, and they become fixed as a permanent fashion. The pitch of the roofs varies in different sections, according to the amount of rainfall. Also, the material for covering roofs varies in the different parts of the country, owing to local fashions or customs, and to the fact that certain roofing materials are cheaper in some places, and consequently more expensive. The foundation of a house like this usually is made of concrete or stone. 6619 X The foundation walls may reach up to the main house floor, or they may stop at or a little above the lot grade line. It may be cheaper to build a superstructure of wood from the ground level up. This is done by placing the sill on the foundation wall, then either build a superstructure of 2 by 6 uprights to support the house sill, or the joists are made long enough to reach from the foundation wall to the plates. With this construction a 2-inch strip is gained into the studding to support the outer ends of the floor joists. The floor joists also are spiked into the studding, so that the building is all tied together with the house floor. A very pleasing effect is secured by building the porch partially into the house proper and extending it a few feet out below the house in the man-made room in the perspective. because the veranda floor is built 6 or 7 feet above grade the front steps are necessarily longer, and they are built wide to reduce the long effect. For the same reason the ramparts are built at the sides of the steps in two divisions, as shown in the perspective. The main floor is high enough from the ground to satisfy certain timid people who object to living or sleeping close down to the ground. Low-down bedroom windows seem so easy of access from the outside. This probably is one reason why houses of this design are so popular in certain sections of the country. A large number of people have a horror of night prowlers, very often unnecessarily so. At the same time, they have their likes and dislikes, all of which affect the selection of certain house designs. All the living rooms and bedrooms are high enough from the ground to be safe from ground moisture, which is another consideration when building a one-story house in this way. The plan shows three living rooms on one side of the house and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the other side. The living rooms usually are laid out for the sunny side, and the bedrooms on the north or east. It is easy to reverse a floor plan to bring the rooms on the right side of the house. In building cottage or bungalows it has been found that a partition through the center of the house. dividing the living rooms from the sleeping rooms, is the most satisfactory arrangement. The bathroom naturally belongs between the two bedrooms, as shown on this plan. The exposed interior woodwork all through this little house is plain and neat, being selected because the design is smooth and straight, with square corners. These strips of plain straight wood have taken the place of old-fashioned moldings that often were recessed. People building these dotties faces like to see considerable interior woodwork, that millwork factories are turning, out patterns especially suitable for such artistic houses. The one particular pattern that may be chosen is carried through all the rooms on the main floor, so that they all correspond in workmanship and interior finish. All modern houses are well lighted. It is the fashion to put in double or triple windows wherever wall space will permit. It is easy to shut out the light with a dark green shade, but if you want to see the light, the keeper is helpless on dark days. So large windows and plenty of them add very much to the appearance of a PORCH 5'-6"x7'-6" BED ROOM 11'-6"x10' KITCHEN 13'x12' BATH 7'x6' HALL DINING ROOM 13'x12' BED ROOM 13'-6"x10' DINING ROOM 13'x12' BEC HALL 11'-6"x6' LIVING ROOM 13'x14' PORCH 14'x8' Floor Plan of Cottage. house from the outside. It is a fashion that looks well both inside and outside. The basement of this house may be well furnished and made pleasing in appearance as well as comfort. If the walls are plastered or covered with wall board and painted, a very neat interior may be made at little extra expense. Some of these houses are arranged for storage in the front part of the basement. This is naturally the coolest end of the house. The furnace and heating apparatus occupy a large portion of the back end, where it is customary to have an outside entrance. At the rear is a double outside stairway with a grade entrance. There are 9 or 10 steps up to the porch, and 2 or 3 steps down the other way to the basement. This makes the basement easy of access from the garden, which will be appreciated on wash days and at other times when moving articles in or out of the basement storage room. How He Caught Cold. A young British officer home on short leave from the front attended a dinner party with a very bad cold. "I expect you caught it in those terrible trenches," murmured his sympathetic hostess. "No," was the reply. "It's due to my coming home. I never used to catch cold in the trenches." "Isn't that singular?" exclaimed the lady. "Not at all," replied the officer. "Ive very imprudently taken baths since leaving France." Collars for Convicts One of the latest reform schemes at Sing Sing is that of letting prisoners dress up on Sunday. "One of the men was wearing the first white collar he had worn in ten years," Assistant Warden Johnson is quoted as saying. "And he spent the whole of Easter morning telling how good it felt." It is said that now, if the men can afford it, they may on Sunday go as far as they like, even to silk underwear and fur overcovers. Have to Tempt 'Em Perhaps the newspapers throughout the country which have been printing a story about a Boston dog that eats beans will be interested to know that there is a Boston cat that will eat beans if turkey gravy is put on them.—Boston Globe. Cause of His Pessimism. 'Orator—"On the surface things are often right, but it is when we explore the depths of things that we see the deceptions of our fellow creature. One of the Crowd—"Guvnor, you've been buying a barrel of apples, haven't you?"—Tit-Bits. VEGETABLES TOO OLD VEGETABLES TOO OLD FAULT WITH MOST OF THEM MARKETED IN THIS COUNTRY. Within the Power of Housewives to Bring About Proper Conditions—Frequently Cooks Will Boll Them Too Long. Nine-tenth of the vegetables sold in the markets are too old; they are past the period of best flavor. This is especially true of peas and beans, both string and lima. Many a traveler returning from France and Italy has complained that the peas and beans in those countries are so superior to ours. As a matter of fact, we can and do grow vegetables equally good, but we pick them too late and cook them too long. A majority of farmers are more concerned about the size of their vegetables than about their flavor, and where a farmer or a merchant who knows tries to market his produce at the perfect stage he is apt to be criticized by the ignorant for selling small vegetables. Several years ago a farm was started on the farm-to-family-hamper idea. The owners of this farm knew how things should be grown, and when they should be harvested. Their stock was of the best, and every vegetable was picked at the proper stage. Their hampers were a delight to coisseurs; the vegetables were young, fresh and of a perfect flavor. But from the persons who now manage tasted really young vegetables came back complaints. "The skins of the potatoes are more thin than they are hard to peel." "The peas and beans are not as large as we can get in the market" etc. This was before the vegetables had been tasted; afterward there were no complaints. The point is obvious; but it serves to show the difficulties in the way of procuring vegetables at their best. We never will get them until housewives learn to demand them—to refuse the large, mealy peas and beans and accept only the young and succulent. In preparing vegetables, the average cook boils them too long. As a matter of fact, many vegetables are better steamed than boiled, as steaming preserves better their flavor; but the difference is hardly worth the extra bit of effort. The extra trouble due to watching the boiling vegetables and taking them out when they are cooked to perfection is well worth while. A majority of cooks let their vegetables bolt from ten to twenty minutes longer than is necessary, while they prepare or serve other dishes. Such cooks should be taught that the flavor of boiled vegetables is destroyed by overcooking, as just as surely as is the flavor of meat or other dishes. In cooking, it is often much more difficult to much an art as any other culinary brunch. They cannot, as many appear to believe, be treated as carelessly as a pot of plain boiling water. Cream Sponge Cake. This is a delicious cream sponge cake: Put two eggs and two-thirds cup of sugar into a mixing bowl and beat with the egg beater until very light; add five tablespoonfuls of boiling water and beat again; mix one cupful of sifted flour with two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a pinch of salt; stir this into the eggs quickly, add one teaspoonful of lemon, mix well and turn into well-greased jelly cake pans and bake about twelve minutes in a quick oven. Whip one cup of thick cream until stiff, adding powdered sugar until moderately sweetened, then flavor with vanilla, put a little between the layers; put the remainder of the cream in a pastry bag and force through the tube into fancy designs. Dandelion Wine. Get four quarts of the yellow petals of 'the dandelion and pour over them into a tub one gallon of warm water that has previously been boiled. Stir it well around and cover with a blanket, to stand three days, during which time it should be stirred frequently. Strain off the flowers from the liquid and boll it for half an hour with the rind of a lemon, the rind of an orange, a little ginger and three and a half pounds of lump sugar to each gallon; add the sugar and lemons, from which the rind was removed, in slices, to the boiling liquor, and when cool ferment with yeast on a toast. When it has stood a day or two put it into a cask and in two months bottle. Veal Soup. Put a knuckle of veal into three quarts of cold water, with a small quantity of salt, add one small table-spoonful of uncooked rice; boil slowly, hardly above simmering, four hours; when the liquor should be reduced to half the usual quantity; remove from the fire, into the tureen put the yolk of one egg and stir well into a teacup of cream, or, in hot weather, new milk; add a piece of butter the size of a bickory nut; on this strain the boiling hot, stirring all the time; in the last beat it well for a minute Steeped Prunes. Take required amount of prunes. Wash thoroughly and sterilize them by pouring boiling water over them and let stand for two or three minutes. Drain, cover with cold water and set aside to soak for 24 hours, at which time they will be perfectly tender. No sugar is required. They are ready to use in any recipe calling for stewed prunes. Any kind of dried fruit may be prepared the same way, and is more palatable this way. Cooking develops a disagreeable acid in dried fruits that sugar cannot cover. To Clean Sweaters. White sweaters or chinchilla coats may be easily and inexpensively cleaned by placing them in a pillow slip and sprinkling them with ten cents' worth of plaster of paris. Shake well until the garments look white, then remove, hang out of doors, and beat the remainder of the powder cut. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER The AWAKEN of CH The AWAKENING of CHINA BRONZE LION AT PEKING GATE ONE of the most striking illustrations, to the stranger, of the awakening of China is seen in the contrast between the fine new buildings of the University of Nanking and the old examination halls, in ruins. For many generations these halls represented to the Chinese their highest culture. They are located in the old part of the city and cover a large space. They were built in the fourteenth century, by the petrus emperor Homo sapiens petrus learning. He codified the laws, and established schools in all the cities and towns, write Dr. Vachel T. and Catherine F. Lindsay in the Illinois State Register. These halls, in general appearance made us think of stalls for animals on some county fair grounds, only there were more of them. They were in long brick sheds, the cells separated by partitions, and about five feet square, the slanting roofs being made of tile. They were intended to accommodate about thirty thousand students. Each line of cells was open to the south. A narrow board on the floor of the cell, answered for a bed at night, two boards across at proper heights for seat and desk, niches in the wall for foot and back of the candle. Exactly what was expected to prepare an essay on the books of Conclusus, Mencius and their disciples and commentators. No original ideas or personal experiences were to be introduced. There is a high tower near the center of this inclosure from which the long lines of tile shed roots are seen, many of them in ruins, all overgrown with high weeds, wild vines and moss. In looking through "A Guide to Nanking" we found one mention of these honored halls in the descriptions of "Most Noted Places," formerly the equivalent in China of all the universities in our East combined. On the same page of the catalogue there were mentioned 48 modern schools for all purposes one could well think of—military, commercial, surveying, drawing, naval, police, policetechnic, prison reform, law, normal, language, slikery, and many other special studies with many that indicated special studies and industries for girls. Most of these are established in good modern buildings in parklike incosures, with lawn grass, trees and flowers, and rooms equipped and set apart for their especial work. The Chinese are given to vocational training. They have an elaborate system of division of labor. They do not believe in a "man of all work." Confucianism and Idols. We hear a great deal about the superstition and idolatry of the Chinese. We were astonished, to find in Nanking, and indeed everywhere we went, the Buddhaist temples either grown up in weeds, the idols in many places covered with dust and broken, or the idols thrown away and the buildings transformed into modern schoolhouses. Idolatry in China is largely a growth through centuries that has gradually developed from Buddhism, just as we see all manner of religious practices in modern Confucianism is not idol worship. In its principles it is purely a code of ethical laws. Its 'fundamental laws are strikingly similar to the laws of Moses. Consequently a person may be a Confucianist in a general sense, and at the same time a Christian. It is quite worth while just here to attention to the fact that Confucius lived about five hundred years before Christ; more than a century after the Fishe Which Carry Lights. Flames When Carry Lights. Certainly among the most remarkable of fishes are those of which are known by the names of their own and which swim around the dark recesses of the bottom of the deep ocean where no ray of natural light from above can penetrate. A model of one of these fish, notable for their phosphorescent organs, is on exhibition in the United States National museum. The sides of the fish are regularly dotted with luminous spots, while, in addition, there is a large luminous area, like a lantern, on the top of the head. This extraordinary creature must present a singular appearance when swimming in the dark abysses of the ocean. In the model the luminous spots on the sides are represented by buttons of glass, connected with the interior by tubes. Fire Lasted Five Years. Perhaps the most remarkable beginning and ending to a mine near Stirling, Scotland, belonging to the Sculley Collery company. The first shaft they seek was abandoned in favor of an Israelites of the ten northern tribes were carried as slaves to Assyria. We saw Assyrian art of that same period in the "Forbidden City," the part of Peking reserved for the rulers. Inclosed by a strong wall, the city was not allowed to enter. We had a special permit and guides from the American embassy. These art treasures must have been brought by caravans, necessarily conveyed by slaves under overseers. These slaves must have been Israelites. The Confucian temples in Nanking are preserved, often repaired. They contain no idols. There is a large upright tablet, inscribed with the "Laws of Confucius," standing on the back of a "turtle, symbolizing calmness, strength and longevity. On certain days, set apart for this purpose, incense is burned on a table in front of this tablet, in somewhat the same spirit, among intelligent Chinese, as we on anniversary days place foral offerings on the tomb of Lincoln, or the graves of our honored dead. Tomb of Tai Dau. To most visitors in Nanking, the place of greatest historical interest in the tomb of the Ming emperor, Tai Daw, a greatly honored ruler on account of his forceful character and the many reforms he inaugurated for the benefit of the masses of the common people. Nanking was his capital. This great Ming tomb is situated at the foot of Purple mountain. It is outside the city wall, perhaps a mile. It is surrounded by red-painted walls which inclose an area of about five hundred square feet. The visitor passes through three gates of peculiar Chinese architecture before coming to the tomb. After passing through the second gate he comes to a templelike building, highly ornamental, in which a large table inscribed with a record of Tai Dzui and his achievements, an inscription comparing him with his most distinguished predecessors. This tablet was erected by one of his greatest of Chinese rulers, Kang HsI, when he visited Nanking, some time near the close of the seventeenth century. He caused the entire surroundings to be made magnificent. Up to the time of the Tai-Ping rebellion these handsome buildings and beautiful parks remained, but the Tai-Ping vandals destroyed almost the entire tomb. Recently the viceroy of Nanking made some repairs, yet only a few traces remain of the former grandeur. After the visitor has passed through the third gate he sees a large structure with one opening in the middle, the tomb which now covered by a hill of deep soil on which is a thick growth of trees. The ascent is steep. From the summit is a fine view of the city and surrounding country. Among the accessories to this tomb the most interesting gill remaining are five pairs of stone statues of animals, standing on either side of the great road leading from the entrance gate of the park, perhaps twenty feet in height; pairs of elephants, camels, lions, soldiers and priests, as the last pair of guards. Near the gate is a temple or tower with four openings, situated on a low hill. Within is a stone tablet, erected upright, on the ground. It is covered with inscriptions of the great deeds of this emperor, Tai Dau. It is said in Chinese history, "This tablet was erected there as a sign of reverence to one of the greatest emperors that China ever produced." other in a better position. The disused shaft became the secret headquarters of a gang of illicit whisky distillers. In the abandoned mine works they set up their still, and turned out thousands of "drops of Scotch" that had never paid duty. One day, however, the fire from their furnace set the coal seam ablaze and they had to fly for their lives. In a very short time flames were pouring from the cracks and the ground lighting up the whole countryside. The fire was loaded with mud. It took five years to build this wall, at a cost of $50,000, and then it was useless. Finally they sealed up the mine, pumped carbonic acid gas into it and the fire that had taken five years to fight was put out. "Very gratifying!" said a young and conceited novellist. "A gentleman writes me that: he took a copy of my last work to read during a railway trip. He was covered in dust, covered he had gone 20 miles beyond his destination." "Dear me!" commented the young author's friend "sleeping in trains is a bad habit!" Tomb of Tal Dzu. The KITCHEN CABINET Think not upon the past; it is gone. Wiseely improve the present; it is yours. Go forth to meet the future with brave and manly heart. Love keeps the cold out better than a clak. It serves for food and ralment. ONE PORTION DESSERTS. For the children who cannot have the heavy rich desserts that the older people enjoy, the following simple dishes will be FOR THE DAILY MEAL. While strawberries are still high priced they may be served in small quantities with gratifying results. Beat the white of an egg, add a half cupful of sugar and a cupful of washed serves adding the at a time until all are beaten in. Use this on ordinary shortcake and see how good a straw berry shortcake it will quainties with growing results. Beat the white of an egg, add a half cupful of sugar and a cupful of crushed berries, adding them a little at a time until all are beaten in. Use this in ordinary shortcake and see how good a strawberry shortcake it will be. Try it while the season lasts. Stuffed Bermuda Onions—Peel the onions, cover with boiling water and let cook a half hour. Drain, rinse in cold water and drain again. Remove the centers from the onions, reserving them to serve another day. Chop fine some cooked veal, add bread crumbs, seasoning, salt and pepper and butter. Fill the onions with this mixture, turn in half a cupful of broth and bake in a moderate oven. At the last add a little kitchen bouquet. Fruit Salad—Lay half a banana on a crisp lettuce leaf, pour over it a little lemon juice then slice a few strawberries on that. Lay long this strips of pineapple over this, dust with powdered sugar and place a spoonful of boiled dressing and whipped cream equal parts beaten together, on top. A very pretty dessert is: Peel the onions, arrange on opposite sides of an oblong bowl, now add a generous ball of vanilla ice cream, sprinkle with chopped pecans and serve with a little lemon sirup over all. Cocoanut Buns—Add a half cupful of shortening to a pint of flour, one-half cupful of sugar, two teaspoonful of baking powder, one egg, one-half teaspoonful of salt, and a half cupful of chopped cocoa nut. Rub in the shortening, add the other ingredients and milk enough to make a dough to roll. Brush with milk after cutting and sprinkle with cocoanut and sugar. Fish Pudding—A pound of uncooked bread crumbs. Half a cupful of stale bread crumbs. The same of chopped suet, salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste. A cupful of milk and two eggs. Mix well and steam or bake for an hour. LITTLE ECONOMIES Many of the little savings which seem too trivial to mention and much little savings which mention and much beneath the average maid's attention would, if carried out, make a large difference to the buying of food. It is well to remember that if you save a cent age maid's attention would, if cared out, make a vast difference in the buying of food. It is well to remember that if you save a cent on a purchase of five cents you are saving not only a cent but 20 per cent, which seems to make the saving more worth while. When using a dozen eggs, as it does happen in some families often and in others on occasions try scraping out the egg shells with a spoon. This will give you the amount of an egg and is well worth saving, especially when eggs are two cents apiece. Now that eggs are cheap, they should be put down for winter. Packed in water glass, they are just as good for any form of baking and will keep a year if carefully done. A quart of water glass added to 12 quarts of boiled and cooled water, put into large stone crocks after the eggs are placed, will keep them perfectly. The eggs should, of course, be perfectly fresh and great care taken not to crack them. Cover the jar and keep in a cool place. One of the common wastes in most homes is the unscraped mixing bowl. Spatulas may now be bought on the ten-cent counter and a few turns of the wrist with a spatula will scrape out the dish, often saving the amount of an individual cake or gem or biscuit. If round-bottomed mixing bowls are used for dough mixtures, the scraping process will be much shortened, as the spatula, being flexible, will take up every bit of the dough. When apples are used, if the parings are saved and boiled with a little water, then the water added to equal quantities of sugar and boiled, a glass of jelly or two which will be fresh and inviting will be ready for your table. New Electric Bell. An original electric bell combination is in use at Paris which is designed to get rid of all trouble caused by the question of batteries, for these are now lodged within the apparatus itself. The usual box bell shape is retained, but the arrangement of the parts is different in this case. All the magnet parts are now lodged under the gong itself, while the box, being now left free, serves to contain a set of three dry battery cells which will last for several years. In this way there are **Seems to Be Lacking in Sincerity.** A Wichita boy went to his father the other day and said: "I don't like General Grant. 'You don't hate'." "I don't father," Well, he told me. "I don't think he was sincerer." "How's that?" said his father. "Well, here," said his father. "I've been reading his memoirs and when he sent word to that Confederate general at Fort Pillow that he was going to blow him into sixthemeres if he didn't surrender, Grant signed the letter, Your obedient servant, U. S. Grant." ONE PORTION DESSERTS. For the children who cannot have the heavy rich desserts that the older people enjoy, the following simple: dishes will be easy to prepare and most whole- some. Any fruit is prepared by adding sugar and fruit following enjoy following dishes will be easy to prepare and most wholesome. Any fruit fuff which is prepared by adding sugar and fruit pulp to the white of an egg and beating well, is a dessert usually attractive to children. Prepare the fruit pulp if an apple by grating or scraping, if a banana by rubbing through a sleeve. Snow Pudding—Dissolve two teaspoons of gelatin in half a cupful of hot water, add three tablespoonfuls of sugar and one and a half tablespoonfuls of lemon juice; stir until the sugar is dissolved. When it is cool enough to be well set, add a little to a time to a well-beaten white of egg, beating until the whole is stiff. Turn into a wet mold and serve with cream. Baked Caramel Custard—Put two tablespoonfuls of sugar in a small saucepan, place over the heat and stir constantly until the sugar is melted and a light brown in color; add two thirds of a cupful of saled milk and pour the mixture over a slightly beaten egg; stir in a few drops of any flavoring, add a dash of salt, strain in to a custard cup and place in a pan of hot water to bake in a slow oven until firm. Orange Trifle.—Soften a teaspoonful of granulated gelatin in a tablespoonful of cold water, then stand over hot water until melted; add a half cupful of orange juice and a quarter of a cupful of sugar; pour the mixture on the well-beaten white of an egg and beat thoroughly; cool and beat until spongy; place in a small mold and serve with cream and sugar. Stuff the hollow of an apple which has been coated with dates, figs of nuts and raisins, and bake as usual. The little people find this a most enjoyable dessert, and it is especially wholesome. Serve with cream or plain. A slice of bread with the crusts removed, soaked in any fruit juice and served with cream and sugar is to prepare the dessert to serve to the little people. LEFT-OVER MEATS Many times the left-over meats are as high in food value as at the first cooking, often some of the flavor is lost, but that may be supplied in in many ways, by sauces, seasonings or vegetables and herbs. One of the things that any food needs to guard against is overdoring the seasoning. Too many or too much spoils an otherwise cooking, often some of the flavor is lost, but that may be supplied in in many ways, by sauces, seasonings of vegetables and herbs. One of the things that any cook needs to guard against is overdrying the seasoning. Too many or too much spoils an otherwise tasty dish. When there is a portion of meat left which will slice in trim good looking slices, that is one way of serving it which is generally well liked; but usually the pieces are scrappy and unsightly and the best way is to cut them in uniform pieces and serve them in some kind of a sauce. The meat should be simply reheated in the gravy, as high temperature toughens it. Small pieces may be used for meat plie or shepherd's plie. For the meat plie, put the sliced or diced meat into a baking dish and cover with a thin gravy prepared from meat stock, or a thin white sauce may be used, a few carrots and a bit of grated onion is often added and then over the top spread a layer of biscuit dough rolled thin. Bake in a hot oven. For the shepherd's plie a layer of seasoned mashed potato is placed over the top instead of the biscuit dough. Meat which is too messy for dicing or slicing may be put through the meat chopper and if mixed with potatoes, well seasoned and cooked makes a most tasty hash. Do not stir while cooking as that makes the hash pastry. Croquettes of various kinds, omeats are another attractive method of serving left-over meats. Another meat pie which is well liked, is prepared as follows: Roll out biscuit dough quite thin, cut out a large, biscuit, place some-minced meat and gravy in the center, pinch the edge, together and bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven. If there is but little meat, peach, chopped cooked carrots or other vegetables may be added to piece it out. Nellie Maxwell no connections to be made between the battery and bell and the wires and push button are the only pieces which need to be attended to. Practice Veraus Preachment. Zeno was laying down the precepts of stoicism. "I'm afraid that I couldn't bear pain and trouble without complaint," ven- tured a displeid. "Nobody expects you to," retorted the great teacher; "that's merely our platform." Church—Didn't somebody claim that we had no army in this country? Gotham—Well, a very small one. "Why this paper says this country's 'traveling public' last year was an army of 1.004,081,346." *Necessity for Colin.* "There are things more valuable than money. There is the philosopher. 'Sure,' retorted the philosocrat, 'that's the reason I need money to buy them.'* Mrs. M. O. Culberson and son visited in Clinton last week, returning to their home in Davenport on Sunday. The ladies of the O. E. S. will observe Esther day Sunday afternoon at Bethel A. M. E. church. Rev. F. J. Nott, pastor of the Second Baptist church, will deliver the sermon. Bethel choir will render the music. Never was there a stronger evidence of the high regard in which a man was held than at the last rites paid to the late B. F. Cooper. Frank, as he was better known, had friends by the score, who mourn his death, and who were present to view his remains for the last time at Bethel A. M. E. church, where Rev. S. B. Moore, P. E., spoke words of condolence, delivering a beautiful sermon; eulogies by associate members of the orders with which he was affiliated. Peace be to his ashes. Mrs. M. O. Culberson visited her sister in St. Paul recently, returning in time to attend the Federation meeting in Cedar Rapids, then leaving Monday for Gary, Ind., where she will remain indefinitely. Mr. Roberta of Fulton was in Chicago the past week in attendance at the graduation of his sister, Mrs. C. E. Haley, from the Moody Bible Institute in the theological department. Children's Day will be observed in a fitting manner according to the plans of the A. M. E. Sunday school. A meeting of the A. M. E. choir was held on Monday night, with election of officers. Notwithstanding the inclement weather a large number were present at the supper given under the auspices of the Masons on Friday night. A social was given Monday night at Bethel church to raise money to defray the delegate expense to the electoral college. Miss Anna Culberson will represent the A. M. E. Sunday school at the district convention in June at Galesburg. A. A. Bush leaves for Galesburg on Wednesday morning to represent the A. M. E. church in the electoral college. Sore Nipples. Any mother who has had experience with this distressing ailment will be pleased to know that a cure may be effected by applying Chamberlain's Salve as soon as the child is done nursing. Wipe it of with a soft cloth before allowing the labe to nurse. Many trained nurses use this salve with best results. For sale by all dealers. ALBIA NEWS On Monday evening, May 24th, quite a number of friends were invited to the home of Mr. G. A. Davis for a surprise on her daughter, Miss Joe Delia Davis. After the crowd had gathered and a merry time had for several hours, Mrs. G. A. Davis, assisted by Misses Ada and May Davis and Mrs. A. Smith and Mrs. Bessie Grayson, served a very nice 10 o'clock lunch. Albia high school closed Friday of this week. Editor John L. Thompson of the Iowa State Bystander was in Albia on business Wednesday. The presiding elder, S. B. Moore, and Rev. Morgan held quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church on Sunday, May 30th. A number of friends and members took their baskets and they served lunch at the parsonage for dinner and supper. A number of people were in Albia on Decoration day from surrounding towns. Mrs. Engie Burns of Hocking was in Albia on Monday on business. Mr. Roy Grayson and family of Hocking No. 3 mines was in Albia on Sunday and Monday. About fifteen or twenty persons from Hocking attended quarterly meeting in Albia on Sunday. Mr. Andrew Smith left Albia on Wednesday for a trip out of town. Miss Craig of Missouri, who has been in Albia for the past six months, left for hom elast week. CLARINDA, IOWA. Mrs. Carrie Robinson of Sioux City is visiting her sister, Mrs. Gertrude Cason. Mrs. Martha Oldham has been seriously ill at Mrs. Etta Gipson's. Mrs. Lillian Lane returned from Minneapolis and reports a fine time at the O. E. S. annual session and speaks well of the hospitality shown the delegates by Pride of the West chapter. Married, Miss Sallie Able and Mr. Alphonso Stewart of Blair, Neb. Congratulations to the newly married couple. Ceremony performed by Rev. D. W. Brown. Ether Day will be observed at the A. M. E. church Sunday, the 6th. Preaching by Rev. D. W. Brown. A short program will be given by the chapter. Mr. Fred Johnson of Gravity and Mr. R. McFadden of Oregon, Mo., passed through Clarinda motoring, en route for Omaha. Mrs. Florence Henderson and daughter, Mrs. Sarah Baldwin, and son are present visiting their brother, Mr. K. D. Black. Mr. Ceo. Able has been indisposed this week. W. M. Headley was unable to be at his work a few days this week. We neglected to mention that Miss Mabel Johnson of Rose of Sharon order of Clarinda was also among the number at Minneapolis. Mr. Robt Banks of Cedar Rapids was a business caller in Clarinda. Paul Raker of Buxton, Iowa,, is visiting relatives here. Mr. Goo. Jones was called to Kirksville, Mo. by the illness of his brother. Later his demise. All who know themselves indebted will please call and settle at the correspondent's, as the collector will soon be here. Gans, Zanesville, Ohio. "I lost weight and felt so weak that I almost gave up hope of being cured. A friend told me about Chamberlain's Tablets, and since using two bottles of them I have been a well woman." Obtainable everywhere. ENTERPRISE IOWA. Mrs. E. Patton of Des Moines was visiting here Sunday. Mrs. Hazel Wimsey and Miss Ada Brown were in Des Moines to see Buxton play ball. The Progressive club met at Mrs. W. D. Miller's last Wednesday. Luncheon was served. Enterprise Wonders baseball team have new baseball suits and a fast team is expected this year. Henry Steel, secretary. Sunday, June 13, is rally day. We would like to see all members and friends present and to help as much as they can. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Spivie was in the Capital City on Saturday and Sunday. We had good church services all day Sunday. Enterprise school had their commencement Wednesday, June 2, in which one of our girls, Miss Pearl Clayborn, was a graduate. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. This is a remedy that every family should be provided with, and especially during the summer months. Think of the pain and suffering that must be endured when medicine must be sent for or before relief can be obtained. This remedy is thoroughly reliable. Ask anyone who has used it. Obtainable everywhere. CLARINDA, IOWA The O. E. S, had their annual sermon Sunday. A short program was given. Preaching by Rev. D. W. Brown, member of Keystone, No. 33, Clarinda, Iowa. Prayer by W. P., Wm. Headley, Paper on O. E. S., Lillian Lane, W. M. Poem, Mabel Johnson, Cond, of Gravity. Mrs. Sara Baldwin of Creston and Mrs. Florence Henderson of Lansing, Okla., were entertained with a host of relatives and friends at Mrs. T. G. Jones' and visited friends in Coin and College Springs, and Monday Mrs. Henderson left for Atchison, Kansas, to visit a sister, while Mrs Baldwin returned to her Creston home. Mrs. Rev. Mitchell is in Kansas City visiting her mother, who will return to this place with her for an indefinite visit. The rally Sunday at the A. M. E. church for Rev. D. W. Brown was a decided success. Mrs. Laura Jones and Tillie Lee gave a 1 o'clock lunchon the atter's residence Thursday. Covers were laid for twenty-six. A three-course lunch was served. It was indeed an elaborate affair. After luncheon all departed, declaring the host and hostess royal entertainers. Mrs. Reeada was also entertained by Mrs. W. M. Headley. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Gravity drove over in an auto and attended Esther day services. The Keystone lodge held their election on Monday night on their regular meeting night. The following were elected: Wm. Headley, W. M.; Geo. Montgomery, S. W.; Robt. Lane, J. W.; David Black, treasurer; Jim Banks, secretary; Joe Jones, tilier Rev. D. W. Brown passed to fellow craft degree. Mr. Alphonso Stewart continues ill at his sister's home. Mrs. Jones. WATERLOO NEWS Miss Carrie Bugg of Martin, Minn., is visiting relatives here. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Digg, a girl. Mother and child are getting on very well. Mr. Alfred Whitfield is sick at his home this week. Mr. Louis Mosby, who has been sick for the past week, has recovered. Mr. C. A. Garrett has left this city for his home in Chicago. Rev. I. W. Bess has returned from Indianapolis, where he attended the interment of his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Bess. Miss Josie Wyatt, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. S. C. Smith, has left the city for her home in Fulton, Kentucky. 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