Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. Look, seek and find our subscription collector and pay him. Mr. Roy A. Pierson of Greenfield. I am guest at the Bell home on Jefferies avenue. Its Zella E. White left Tuesday evening for Glacoe, Mont., where she will spend the winter. Rev. O, L. Coleman was appointed at Newton and Colfax circuit at the conference recently held at Milwaukee. Mr. Colley, a furrier from Lincoln,ebr, has come to our city to live. He has a position with Gero Hale, ladies furnishings. The A. M. E. Altar Guild met Thursday at the home of Mrs. H. Lee on 2nd street. Next meeting will be Thursday 28th at Mrs. McGuire on 11th St. NOTICE—Call Walnut 4860 and ask for "High Brown" service please, by Mr. C. C. Johnson, 825 13th street. Ten little girls met with Hortense Woods, 1074 11th and organized a club to be known as "The Blue Bells," and will give an entertainment Monday evening at St. Paul's A. M. E. church. Mrs. G. W. Brown and Mrs. Helen Henry and baby Wanda, of 1516 Illinois street will leave Saturday night for two weeks visit with relatives and friends in Kansas and Nebraska. Mr. Wesley Collier of Sioux City was the guest of Miss Lillian Dupee of Chicago at the residence of Mrs. Julia McGee, 1643 Walker street. Miss Dupee will leave for the west in about two weeks. The members of Maple Street Baptist church are progressing as well as can be expected in the erection of their new church. They would progress much faster, however, if they could secure men to clean the brick. The Rose Bud Sewing Circle of Maple Street Baptist church will meet at the church, East 9th and Maple, on Thursday the 28th at 10 o'clock. They are preparing to give an Old Folk's concert in the near future at Maple Street Baptist church. FOR RENT—A suit of unfurnished rooms, suitable for light housekeeping, on 1st floor, at 1002 W. 13th street. The Suffrage club will hold a big public meeting at Union Congregational church Monday evening Oct. 25, Miss Flora Dunlap, president of the State Suffrage League, will be the principal speaker. The Asbury Quartet will furnish music. Everybody is invited admission free. The High School Girls' club met in a very interesting meeting at the home of the vice president, Miss Beatrice Turner. The afternoon was spent in a discussion of the entire book of the Heir of Slaves, also a piano solo by Miss Turner. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Adams on Chester Avenue. Our city collector has begun his annual collection, and it does seem to be a peculiar thing that there are always some who are not prepared to pay their subscription, even though we have given them notice, and they have had one year to save up their subscription. Why not lay away the amount that you owe, so when he comes you wont turn him down, but pay up in full on the first demand. On Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thompson the Deborah Administrative Council gave a reception for her, which was attended by the council and a few friends. A splendid program was rendered and pleasant evening spent. Mrs. Berry will soon return to her home in the east. The Triple H. club met Oct. 19th at the residence of Mrs. Ewing; 1301 Day street, it being the regular Industrial Day. The club will meet the 26th with Mrs. H. E. Jacobs 1238 20th street. The program for the afternoon will be the review of the book of Ruth, led by Hair Cut - - - 25c Shave - - - 10c Bath and Shower - 25c I wish to say that my Bath Room and Barber Shop is cut off from the Billiard Room, and people with any fear that such is not the case only need to come to find out. Cigars, Tobacco and Candies Luther H. S. Brown 229 3rd Street For Chapped ands. Chapped skin whether on the hands or face may be cured in one night by applying Chamberlain's Salve. It is also unequaled for sore nipples, burns and scalds. For sale by all dealers. Mrs. James James, followed by the members of the club. Vocal solo by Mrs. Baker Dixon. The Eliza E. Peterson W. C. T. U. will hold their next meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles Carl, 919 18th street, Thursday Oct. 28th. Rev. and Mrs. S. L. Birt will talk before the A. M. E. Sunday, School at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Birt is a granddaughter of the Dr. I. N. Ross of Washington, D. C., now a candidate for Bishop before the General Conference. She was born in Kentucky and educated at Wilberforce. A halloween social given at the Maple Street Baptist church Tuesday evening, October 26th, by the Algee club captain, Mrs. Mary Findly. Every one is cordially invited to attend this social affair. On arrival at the door each person will be met by a ghost charging them one cent per foot for their height. Mrs. W. H. Birney delightfully entertained the members of the Athenian literary society Monday evening at her home. A short business session was held, roll call answered to with quotations from Dunbar. A three course buffett luncheon was servee. The members and friends departed at a late hour hoping the hostess would let them come again soon. A very interesting session of the Mary Church Terrell club was held Monday evening with almost a full membership present, at the home of Mrs. Alice Huston on Crocker street. The club has completed plans for a very unique entertainment of refinement and culture to be given by the members of the club at East High School on Wednesday evening, Nov. 3. The lesson was presided over by Mrs. V. L. Jones and an interesting paper read by Miss Mayrie I. Bell. After dainty refreshments club adjourned to meet Monday evening with Miss Gertrude Hyde. Atty. S. Joe Brown, Grand Custodian of Negro Masons for Iowa Jurisdiction held his District School of Instruction for the 2nd district at Cedar Rapids last Monday evening, at which practically all the officers and quite a few other members of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 17 of Cedar Rapids and St. John Lodge No. 35 of Waterloo and several visitors from sister jurisdictions were present and remained through a six hour continuous session The school for the 4th district including Council Bluffs, Sioux City, Clarinda and Omaha, Nebr. will be held at the hall of Twin City Lodge No. 32 at Council Bluffs on Thursday, Oct. 28th. For Rent or Sale 5 acre farm with improvements near city. Phone Drake 2847. Tabitha Mash. 1243 14th street. NOTICE To one and all, you are cordially invited to attend our services Sunday nights at Taber hall 8th and Mulberry Sermon will be taken from 2nd Isa 1-4 and Rev. 12-17. Elder Edward Pittman pastor. N. A. A. C. F. Dr. Thos. F. Duhigh, Sec., of the Polk County Medical Association, delivered an interesting and instructive lecture on air at the educational meeting of the Des Moines Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at Union Congregational church Wednesday, evening, at which time was assembled a good sized audience consisting chiefly of members of the Branch. Special music for the occasion was furnished by a male quartette, composed of Messrs. E T. Blagburn, G. Mason, L. J. Shelton and E. Knox. After the adjournment of the meeting the Executive Committee held a special session and elected to membership Messrs. Miles McMillen, L. E. Hanger, S. F. Heilman, white, Roscoe Stewart, Thos. Raleigh, all of Des Moines; W. P. Bell, Fred Anthony, and W. Rice of Boone, Ia., and F. E. Bell and Arthur Bell of Carroll, Ia. Illinois Conference The A. M. E church conference held at Decatur, Ill.. elected the following delegates to the General Conference to be held at Philadelphia: Rev. W. H. Sydes, P. E., Rev. G. W. Jones, P. E., Rev. Frederick Douglass of Spartia; Alternates, Rev. J. P. Jamerson, Rev. H. Stone, G. W. Brewer. The Missouri Conference elected to the General Conference our old friend and former pastor of the Des Moines A. M. E. church, Rev. W. Sampson Brooks, heads the delegation. He was endorsed by the Bishop. For Rent—First class modern furnished rooms for ladies or gentlemen. Call at 1306 W. 20th street or phone Drake 3716. Mrs. M. W. Alexander was called to her home in La Porte, Ind., on account of the serious illness of her father. DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1915. The many friends of Mrs. Luella Wilburn will be delighted to know of her return home. The Des Moines Negro Lyceum met last Tuesday with Miss Beatrice Turner, at which time Mrs. S. Joe Brown spoke on the "Origin and Progress of the Negro Women." The meeting next week will be at the home of Mrs. W. H. Warrick. The Dramatic Art club met Tuesday and finished the study of Utopia. Mrs. Bailey, hostess. Meet next Tuesday with Mrs. Cottoms and review Utopia. The following topics have been assigned: Outline of Book I. Description of Utopia, Occupation, Government, Religion, Warfare, Cities, Society, Customs, etc. Each member will give five quotations from each book. EDITOR'S OBSERVA Racial Progress and Educational As Noted by John L. Thompson, Iowa State Bystander Des Moines, Iowa Last week we left our readers in Macon, Mo. We only told about Prof. Garnett and his college, but back of Dr. Garnett is a strong faculty. Prof. G. T. Stock is a splendid teacher. He has been here for more than two years. The colored churches are doing well, two in number. Did not meet either of the pastors, as they were out of the city. Mr. Ancell's folks own a valuable home and other and one M. E. As away I cannot give A. M. E. church has very beautiful str about $10,000. churches are prac ings and each has tendance. Prof. Be though he teaches and is principal of one of the leading Winnipeg W. H. Warrick. Food and Population was the subject of a well prepared lecture given by Dr. A. J. Booker on last Friday p. m. before the Intellectual Improvement club. Mrs. L. R. Palmer-Berry of Jersey City, N. J., a member of the Northeastern Federation, was also present and addressed the club. The meeting will be held this p. m. with Mrs. J. L. Edwards. The Haitian situation will be discussed by Mrs. John L. Thompson. On last Monday evening at the spacious residence of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thompson the Deborah Administrative Council, with a few friends, entertained in honor of Mrs. L. R. Palmer-Berry. Toasts were given by the following members: Messrs. W. H. Humbard, past patron; J. H. Reynolds, E. T. Banks, John L. Thompson and Mesdames J. H. Reynolds, C. B. Woods, John L. Thompson, Jessie E. McClain and A. C. Clegggett. Mrs. Berry very fittingly responded to the various toasts. Mrs. Sue M. Brown acted as toast-mistress. THOMPSON HOTEL GUESTS. Mr. C. L. Abbott, Watertown, S. D., Dr. P. A. Dobson, Omaha, Neb., Chas. Carrall, city. H. B. S. R. C. COMPLIMENTS WORK The H. B. S. R. club met Monday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. B. Carr and complimented and endorsed the work of Mrs. J. B. Rush and the other members of the board of directors of the home for women and girls in purchasing the property for the home. The club further agreed to co-operate with the board and to give any available support to make the home a success. Mrs. L. R. Palmer Berry of Jersey City, N. J., a charter member of the club, was present and was pleased at the active part the club is taking in the home. She pledged her support and expressed her willingness to aid in whatever way she could. REV. S. L. BIRT. Last week we run a rather poor cut of Rev. S. L. Birt, the newly appointed minister of the A. M. E. church. The above cut looks more like him than the one run last week. Rev. Birt has been in the ministry for the past nineteen years. He is a graduate of the theological department of the Northwestern university at Evanston, Ill. He has pastored four large churches before coming here. He is a life member of the trustees at Wilberforce college and chairman of several committees. He has just launched a $11,000 rally in our city to be finished on Thanksgiving day and which will be reported at a dinner and concert to be given that evening. Rev. Birt is very active and from the push and energy he is putting forth it seems he will succeed, and we trust he will make good in Des Moines. The Bystander collector will be in your city in a few days. Please see and pay him your subscription. EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS Racial Progress and Educational Advancement as Noted by John L. Thompson, Editor Iowa State Bystander Des Moines, Iowa Last week we left our readers in Macon, Mo. We only told about Prof. Garnett and his college, but back of Dr. Garnett is a strong faculty. Prof. G. T. Stock is a splendid teacher. He has been here for more than two years. The colored churches are doing well, two in number. Did not meet either of the pastors, as they were out of the city. Mr. Ancell folks own a valuable home and other property. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Adams still live at their home. They own valuable property. Their daughter is married and has built a new house. My old school friend, Prof. Wm. Perkins, is still principal of the public school. This is his fifth year here. He is a master Mason and a successful teacher. Mrs. Hattie Nichols is an old citizen. H. B. Baker, Alex Bradley and S. W. Embree are some of the successful men, as is also H. C. Clark, W. C. Byrd and John Neff. Mr. Adams runs a grocery store. He is doing well. He owns valuable property. Our next stop was in Paris, a little town of about 500 colored population, a school building of four rooms, with three teachers. Prof. Chas. A. Donaldson is the principal. Miss M. E. Crump is one of the teachers here. Last year she took a post graduate course at Jefferson City in the Lincoln Institute. Mr. Geo. Berry, Sr., is one of the substantial and highly respected pioneers here. Wm. J. White is a contractor, painter and decorator and is doing well. Mrs. M. Snarks owns nice property. Our next stop was in Moberly, a town of about 10,000 people, of which about 3,000 are colored. This is a railroad division town in north central Missouri. It is a beautifully located town and the colored people, on the whole, are doing fairly well. Most of them have lived here several years. Among those who are reliable and substantial citizens are Prof. Vaughn, who has been principal of the school for many years, until about two years ago. He succeeded in having a beautiful new two-story brick school building erected. He is now retired and is doing real estate business. Most of the property he owns himself. He was succeeded as principal of the school by Prof. L. B. Quinn, a bright young man, who is a graduate of Lincoln institute, Jefferson City, Mo. Prof. Quinn has four teachers assisting him. All of them are doing well. The school is well attended. There are four churches here, viz. two Baptists, one A. M. E. 1929. July 10. IOWA WOWAN W...NG GOOD IN understand has more care treasury now than any of Mrs. L. R. Hunter Berry, formerly of Des Moines, Iowa, but now of Jersey City, N. J. Mrs. Berry is one of our ladies who has gone from Iowa and made good in church, club and secret society work. At present she is grand matron of the chapter of the Eastern Star in New Jersey, this being her third term. She entered the Eastern Star at Burlington, Iowa. Mrs. Berry has lived in our city for many years and was active in club work, having been one of the charter members of the Harriet Beecher Stowe club, which is the oldest organized women's club in Iowa, and I A NEW RINK. We are to be congratulated in adding one more Negro enterprise. Mr. McMiller, a young man of good appearance and energy, has begun the creation of a new skating rink near the northeast corner of Twelfth Street Place and Crocker street. The rink will cost when completed about $3,000. We are glad that this young man had foresight enough to open up a place of amusement for our young people, since so many of our city amusement places operated by white people have already partly closed the A NEW RINK. and one M. E. As the ministers were away I cannot give their names. The A. M. E. church has just completed a very beautiful structure which cost about $10,000. The two Baptist churches are practically new buildings and each has a fairly good attendance. Prof. Bolden lives here, although he teaches in Salisbury, Mo., and is principal of that school. He is one of the leading teachers of the state. His wife, Mrs. Etta Bolden, is the newly elected grand princess of the S. M. T. and as Mrs. Bolden is a very bright and interesting woman we hope and bespeak for her great success with that grand order and trust that we will be able to have her in our city before long. Mr. S. E. Boone is still working at the postoffice and he has been ordained minister of the A. M. E. church and has a church. His brother, who runs a tailor shop, was elected lay delegate to the general conference at Philadelphia. His brother is a successful man in business. He also owns a quarter section of land in Kansas. Mr. A. C. Black is still working at Levey's dry goods store. Mr. E. J. Alexander is still in the contract business. He has built a very beautiful seven-room completely modern home and is doing well. He is a relative of Price Alexander of Des Moines. There are two physicians here. Dr. J. S. Paey is the oldest physician here and has a large practice. He owns a business building and some other valuable property. The other physician, whose name I cannot recall, is a new man here, having just arrived a few months ago. However, he is doing well. Mr. and B. Thompson have moved out on Forest avenue. Mrs. A. B. Brooks still lives here. She is a representative of the Bartlett Industrial school, of which we will write next week. Mrs. Minnie Althouse is one of the substantial ladies of this city and owns a nice home. Mrs. Ralph Bass has opened a hotel, called Hotel Bass, at 212 N. Ault street and is doing well. Mr. R. W. Kirby has a nice home on Bedford street. Mr. Adelbury is one of the business men here. He runs a barber shop and bath room. He also own a hotel and several other pieces of property. He also owns a five-passenger Ford car. There are several of our men and women employed at the different hotels and at the union station. We next rested our weary feet in Mexico, Mo., and will stop here until next week. understand has more cash in their treasury now than any other club. It was through the suggestion of this club that the Home for Working Girls has been started here and Mrs. Berry is still an honored member of the club. She has always been active in church and Sunday school work, having been a teacher in our Sunday school in Des Moines for many years, and she is still a Sunday school teacher in Jersey City. Her husband, Mr. J. C. Berry, is a highly respected citizen and at present is the private clerk in the office of Edwin Gould, the son of J. Gould, the millionaire of New York. door or segregated the colored people in their places. The strange and peculiar thing was that a few so-called race leaders filed their protest and opposed this colored man opening his rink on the ground that it would become a nuisance or questionable place and yet some of those men who were fighting it have been conducting places and things far more questionable than this rink could ever be. My brother, first take the beam out of your own eye to see the mote in your brother, and ministers should not be so easy drawn into a fight before we know whether the rink will be a nuisance or not. Give everybody a chance, a fair trial to succeed. Our young colored men who desire to enter into business need encouragement, not knocks, from their own race leaders. RESOLUTIONS OF SUB-DISTRICT CONVENTION. To the presiding officers and members of the First sub-district convention of the Des Moines district in session at East Des Moines: We wish to express our hearty appreciation to the pastor, members and friends of B. H. Lee Mission for the royal welcome and hospitality shown us while in your midst. Be it resolved that we hereby express our appreciation for the splendid manner in which we have been entertained during this convention. We see in this splendid church property acquired during the administration of Rev. H. A. Perry the manifestation of the qualities in him that go to make up a leader in good things for the uplift of humanity. It seems to be like the transformation of a spot of the wilderness into an oasis of Edenic splendor created for our enjoyment and for God's glory. Be it further resolved that this convention strive to be as enthusiastic and successful in the future as it has been this year, and be it further resolved that the subject (Would it benefit the Sunday school to allow the children to carry the literature home) which was so deeply discussed in the convention be recommended to every superintendent in this sub-district to be put into action, and Be it further resolved that each school report its success or failure in the next sub-district convention. Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes and a copy be sent to the public press. Mr. C. B. Woods, Mr. Chester Frederick, Mrs. Bertha Walden, Committee. CLINTON, IOWA. Mrs. A. Boyd and granddaughter, Miss Bertha Bradley, of Moline, Ill., were over Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper on Second avenue. Sunday was Stewardess Day at the A. M. E. church. In the evening a program was rendered, in charge of the president, Mrs. Wm. Henderson. Rev. W. W. Williams and wife arrived in the city last week. Their household goods have arrived and they are busy getting settled in the parsonage. Mrs. F. J. Nott was reported on the sick list last week. Mr. John Robinson of Chicago is visiting with his mother and relatives in Lyons. Rev. W. W. Williams is greatly indisposed, having a very severe cold. The members of the V. N. C. of Davenport will wend their way t o Clinton on Wednesday, where they will be the guests of Mrs. Wm. Henderson on Maple avenue. The fall meeting of this organization is always held in this city with one of their members. Scott Robinson has returned from an enjoyable visit in Missouri towns. While away he met a number of his former acquaintances. In the absence of the pastor from the city the pulpit was filled by Mr. I. B. Easly. Reports from the hospital are that Mrs. Culberson is as well as could be expected. Her mother arrived from her home in Chicago a few days ago. ALBIA NEWS. Lawyer Geo. H. Woodson and James Spears have been attending court and business in Albia the past two weeks. Mrs. Chas. Washington entertained at dinner Sunday, October 10th, in honor of Mrs. Manly of Council Bluffs, about ten in number. Mesdames Nellie Estes and Manly have been entertained to dinner and lunch the following week at these homes: Mrs. Brown on Monday, Mrs. E. H. Butler on Wednesday evening, Mrs. Jameson entertained six couples at her home to 6 o'clock dinners, on Friday at the home of Mrs. Bessie Grayson in Hocking No. 3 mines and on Sunday, October 17th, Mrs. G. A. Davis entertained eight couples at a 12 o'clock lunch. Mr. Edward Butler was a business visitor at Buxton on Sunday. Many a sad face was at the skating rink on Thursday evening, when the manager told them the rink would be closed for this season. Two autos and two carriages of Buxton skaters were over. We assure you all will be proud of the opportunity again. On Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Hattie Bennings the Sewing Circle club, the A. M. E. Sunday school and the Mite Missionary soel- SAY BOYS! tbat old winter suit and O-coat needs cleaning, pressing or repairing. Call WALNUT 2314 and ask for Shelton or Brown and you will get prompt attention and the best of service. SHELTON & CO. 229 3rd Street ```markdown ``` Price Five Cents ety entertained Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Estes in farewell to their many kind helps in these different departments, wishing them success in business and social life in their new home. Rev. Neely of Lovilla preached at the A. M. E. church Sunday. The A. M. E. church will start their revivals at the church on Sunday evening. Mrs. Bessie Grayson of Hocking No. 3 mines spent Sunday in Albia. Mesdames H. Jones and R. B. Manly attended the United Presbyterian church Sunday evening. Mrs. M. F. Ward catered at the annual Presbyterian dinner at that church in October. She has filled this position for some years. MONMOUTH, ILL. Miss Florence Brown left Monday for Piney Woods school at Braxton, Miss., where she will teach again this year. The remains of Mr. Guy Williams were laid to rest in the Monmouth cemetery. The funeral was held Friday afternoon at the Calvary Baptist church. Rev. Forte officiated, assisted by the Rev. Eugene Thompson and Rev. P. H. Lewis. Those from out of the city who attended the funeral were Miss Hally Doolin of Frankfort, Mo., Mr. Norman and Miss Loraine Nelson and Miss Blanche Smalley of Galesburg, Mr. Hazel Wallace of Springfield, Mrs. Ida Knight Hammond of Omaha, Neb., and his grandmother, Mrs. M. McGaul of Davenport, Iowa. Mrs. Bessie Peterson and children, Miss Ruth and Master Frances, who have been visiting for the past two weeks with her father, Mr. Richard Wallace, left this week for their new home in Minneapolis Minn. Mesdames Eliza Smith, Jane Mason and E. N. Stanford were in Burlington on Monday. Mrs. Stanford returned to her home in Peoria the last of the week. Mrs. Dayse Lash entertained a small company of friends at dinner Sunday. The Rev. Eugene Thompson of Indianapolis, Ind, is the new pastor of the St. James A. M. E. church. He preached his first sermon Sabbath. His wife will be here soon. Mrs. Margaret Collins has gone to Missouri to visit her sister. Mr. C. B. Catlin of Kewanee spent the first of the week here visiting his wife. Dr. E. L. Scruggs of Jacksonville, Ill., was in the city for a few days this week. All subscribers please pay their subscriptions. YANKTON, S. D. Mr. Mance Askew of Sioux City returned home on the 3 a. m. train this morning, after an over Sunday visit. He was the guest of Mr. J. Hill. Rev. J. W. Dowden took up his pastorate of the A. M. E. church Sunday. He filled the pulpit both morning and evening. He preached two excellent sermons, which were well attended. He returned to Sioux City on the 3 a. m. train this morning, to continue his janitor work at the Y. M. C. A. building. The Ladies' Aid will meet at the home of Mrs. A. P. Morgan on Mulberry street of this city Friday evening, October 15. A nice time is expected. The engagement of Mrs. Flora Bently to Mr. Jordan Blakey has been announced. The date for the wedding has not as yet been set. Mrs. Woodward will give at her home on Ninth street an ice cream social on Saturday evening, October 23. Roy Kinney, the colored halfback of the Yankton high school, is receiving from a sprained ankle receivant when he was playing a game between the Y. H. S. and Y. C. We hope to see Roy at his old place on the team again soon. Mrs. Marion E. Arnett will give a Jack o' lantern social at her home, 912 Locust street, Saturday evening, October 30th. An exciting as well as an enjoyable evening is looked for. Mrs. E. W. Stokes has received news that her sister, Mrs. Marion, who left here three years ago to visit her daughter in Masonville, Arkansas, is very low and not expected to survive. The news was received with much soorrow, as Mrs. Marion has many warm friends here. Hot Cakes and Coffee at 6:30 Dinner from 12 to 2. Special Chicken dinner on Sunday from 12 to 3. GIVE MR A TRIAL Mrs. Nella Shelton Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson entertained at 6 o'clock dinner Sunday in honor of Miss Fuller of New York and Miss Hazel Wilson of Pontica, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. McDowell, Mr. Walter Johnson, Mr. James Edward of Davenport, Iowa, Miss Marie Bates, Mr. Thompson of Chicago, Ill., and Mr. D. Walker of Jersey City. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS As a result of the sixteenth convention of the National Negro Business league, which recently held its three-day session in Boston, where in 1900 the league was started by Dr. Booker T. Washington and a few like-minded, aristocratic colored men, the northern Negro will better understand his former brother, and the southern Negro will be even more than he has done, howbeyou the South offers him in the form of opportunity to do something worth while, and to become somebody in the life of his community. Out of this better understanding there must come to the race more respect for itself, a greater degree of confidence, a growing determination, especially on the part of young men and women, to begin at once to imitate economic condition by practicing greater will, push into new fields of business activity, and becoming more efficient in their everyday business operations. Seven hundred delegates came to together from thirty states, including the District of Columbia. Here were some of the most prosperous members of the Negro race. Yesterday many of them were not only poor in a worldly sense, but they were without any influence for progress in their home communities. Many of these same delegates were hopeless fifteen years ago, so far as thinking that they could succeed in business. The way to economic independence, however, was lighted for them by the National Negro Business league. As men without education and property, they exerted little constructive influence either on their black or white neighbors. Today how different is all this! The heart-throbbing stories of uphill climb through long years of sacrifice, work and faith, which were told with directness, simplicity and sincerity, under a fire of incisive questions from Doctor Washington and others, would make even the critical and hard-headed citizen marvel at the Negro's rare prograss during the fifty years of his freedom, and especially during the last ten or fifteen years, during which time the pace in business has quickened and competition has become keener. Surely a silent revolution has taken place among American Negroes. Some men in congress, years ago, honestly supposed that Negroes would always have to be fed, clothed and sheltered. They were not able to look beyond the days of reconstruction. Today, however, ex-slaves and their children, in many instances, are powerful landlords, rich merchants, level-headed community builders. Today the American is a real asset. Today the best white people of the South are thinking of the Negro as a man and are saying it out loud. They realize that education does help to improve the Negro. The National Negro Business league does not claim all the honor of bringing about the splendid transformation which means, for racial understanding and good will, much more to the white citizen of the nation than it does to the millions of colored people. The league has endeavored, however, to encourage Negroes to go into business, apply to their work the highest standards, and depend for patronage not on any color-line appeal but solely on merit. The league through its annual meetings has been a rare inspirational force. It has discovered human beings and has opened the way for the young, the discouraged or the inexperienced, to catch a vision of what real In a sermon that he preached nearly forty years ago in Plymouth church, Henry Ward Brecher declared that one of the influences that had most strangely shaped his life and character was that of an old colored man, Charles Smith, who worked as a hired man on his father's farm when he was a small boy, the Youth's Companion states. "He did not try to influence me; he did not know that he did it; I did not know it until a great while afterward. He used to lie on his humble bed (I slept in the same room with him) and read his Testament, unconscious that I was in the room, and he would talk about what he had read, and chuckle over it, in that peculiar, unctuous throat tone that belongs to his race. I never had heard the Bible really read me, but there I lay, he read it and talked about it to himself and to God. He turned the New Testament into living forms right before me. It was a revelation and an impulse to me." But for the little lad ten years old, who listened, first curiously, then At the twelfth annual meeting of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools emphasis was placed on the need for training the Negro vocationally. It was urged that this training should result in really skilled mechanics and well-prepared farmers. success in business means, and how money may be fully, if painfully, realized. The league's real work, however, is carried on silently and efficiently through its executive officers who help to organize local business leagues; keep alive the existing leagues, 600 in number; administer the necessary tonic for those leagues that seem ready to faint away; offer helpful suggestions to merchants for reaching available Negro customers and for securing better business methods, and keep, through the press, the best interests of the Negro in business before the American public. Doctor Washington summed up the progress of Negroes in business and indicated that hundreds of thousands of opportunities in business await Negroes who are ready to grasp and capitalize them. That the Negro in business must pay the price of success Doctor Washington frankly admits. That the South is clearly the field for the Negro to make his greatest gains is evident from the testimony of Negroes from the North and the South, as well as from such Southerners as the Rev. Dr. John E. White of Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. James Hardy Dillard of Charlottesville, Va., president of the Jeanes fund and director of the Slater fund. That Negroes in business, especially the women, are going-ahead with a tremendous stride and are meeting with the co-operation of the best white people everywhere should prove encouraging even to those who are inclined to be pessimistic over segregation legislation, lynching and other handicaps.-William Anthony Aery, in Chicago Daily, News. There live in Birmingham today many families of Negroes who have been our family friends always, and as we go to their homes we find pictures of "the old white folks" hung conspicuously on their walls, writes Mrs. J. B Reld in the Birmingham (Ala.) Age Herald. These remind us that the true type of Negro stands and the by white value that respect and that friendship as a token of justice one to the other. Wherever we can help each other we are only creating a better world, and that is what progress is working for today. The Negro is striving to make his share of it better like the rest of us. Their homes have a peculiar advantage, and they are availing themselves of the privilege. As they serve in the homes of the white people they catch the phase of life that teaches homemaking; they have the opportunity to study home arrangement, housekeeping economy and good cooking, and the ambitious class is taking these lessons home with them, and are making themselves more comfortable, more cleanly and more healthy, thus better citizens. The Negro teachers are preparing for better service among the parents and children of their race. Booker T. Washington, the leader of the race, is ever on the alert to give opportunity, and in so doing is conserving the interest of both races. The entire plant of a Pennsylvania asphalt block manufacturing concern is mounted on freight cars so that it can be taken wherever there is work for it to do. Unrequired love is one brand of heart failure. But it's never fatal. thoughtfully, to the poor old Negro's devout reading of the Bible, the name of Charles Smith would never have been mentioned beyond his narrow circle. It is probable that his moral religion was scorned and finally ridiculed by those who knew him. Had Charles Smith been told that he would bear an influential part in making one of the most famous of American preachers, that his name would be mentioned with reverence in one of the greatest of American churches, and be revived for praise and commendation after forty years, such a result would have seemed to his simple mind quite incredible. It is not unlikely, either, that some humble, unpretending Christian was cheered and encouraged by Mr. Beecher's recital of the incident that day, and that new impulses were started, quite as important and far-reaching as the original one. To many readers of these lines, too, the story will come from the simple faith of a plain, unlettered man may thus influence other lives that Charles Smith never could have dreamed of touching. Forestry experts have found that a plant growing luxuriously in the Philippines and heretofore regarded as a weed is used in other parts of the far East for the production of camphor. The ostrich has the distinction of laying the largest egg. The egg, which weighs about three pounds, is considered equal in contents to 24 hen eggs. An Oregon inventor refrigerator that dispenses with ice consists of a double-walled chest, salt being packed between the walls to protect its contents from surrounding air. Others are only two cities in the United States New York and Chicago. Another is New Jersey Area. UNDER WOOD UNDER WOOD Prince Leopold of Bavaria, the conqueror of Warsaw, and his staff watching his troops during the fight to take the Polish capital. Prince Leopold of Bavaria, the conqueror of Warsaw, and his staff watching his troops during the fight to take the Polish capital. DARING AIR FIGHT British Aeroplane Eludes Six German Machines. Where Seconds Spell Difference Between Success and Failure—Thrilling Episode Related by an Aeroplane observer in France. London.—This is an account of how a British aeroplane fought and clued six German machines. It is taken from the journal of an aeroplane observer at the front. The Kipper and the Mound, pilot and observer of "the old cow," caused some anxiety at the aerodrome by being late in returning from a reconnaissance. Here is the account of what actually happened, extracted from the Mound with considerable difficulty: "By the time we had gone ten miles into the hostile country three German machines began following us at almost our own height. We were so frightened because they had a good four miles to make up. "In a few minutes the Kipper shouted down the phone: 'Look out on your left. They are trying to head us off.' Far below us, but not far in front, two more machines were climbing towards us. "I watched the machines below while the Kipper kept those behind in the corner of his eye. in about twenty minutes we had reached the end t our course and had completed our observations. All five enemy machines were now fairly close together in a rectangular formation, but had not gained on us. "How we were to get back and outwit the enemy was now our problem. The Kipper swung 'the old cow' about twice to give the impression of heatation. The enemy, although still about two or three miles astern, turned north on the assumption that we must have diverted their course, we bore east again and gained a couple of miles while the enemy was determining what to do next. Keeping to their mass formation, they bore southeast, thinking they had us sure. "Things happen quickly in the air. A few seconds mean hundreds of yards and the difference between success and failure. The Kipper tilted 'the old cow's horns in the line the Germans were following. This lost us some ground. The Germans were so interested in this that they did not notice that we were edging off to the north, to the east, to the south, to us on our flank, about two minutes they were almost level, but well to the right. "The moment had come for a bold stroke. The Kipper leveled the machine, poised her at a terrific angle and made in a straight line for the nearest German. The whole five tipped in unison. We knew that they would take a good twenty seconds to get under way again. Like a flash the Kipper circled outwards and made off for the lines on a straight course. There was no noise. The Germans were out witted, but started in pursuit. That twenty seconds meant half a mile to us. "Suddenly above the roar of the engine there was the rattle of a machine gun close up, and a dull thudding tear as some shots found the planes. It was so misty it took us a few seconds to spot the new danger. It was an Albatross crossing us about 300 yards above. The Kipper keeled 'the old cow' out in an instant and we were soon on a level with the new enemy, who was laboring to pass our front again. We swung towards him and charged. The plot, who thought he' had us on the run, lost his nerve and went into a spinning dive and only came out 3,000 feet below. "We resumed our homeward course without further incident." Top Prefera Shovel. Logansport, ind. "They can talk all they need to job of a police man being a soft thing, but I'll take a pick and shovel for mine inside of wielding a mace and walking slow around a beat." This was the declaration of Joseph Peters after four months' experience in the local police department. During that time he lost twenty two pounds. Junction City, Kan—Ed Bickenhauser, a local barber, is mourning the death of his pet wild goose, which caught while on a hunting trip. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER AND HIS STAFF UNDER WOOD UNDER WOOD conqueror of Warsaw, and his staff to take the Polish capital. FUNERAL FOR PET PARROT Embalmed Bird, in Casket With Silver Plate, is Buried in Woman's Family Plot. San Rafael, Cal.—Funeral services over the body of the late "Little Boy Blue," a pet parrot of Mrs. T. L Crane, wife of a local garage owner, were held here and interment followed in the Crane family plot in Santa Rosa. "Little Boy Blue" died at the Crane home after a lingering illness. Coroner F. E. Sawyer was called in to take charge of the body, which, followed by an automobile load of mourners, was taken to the morgue and embalmed. A special casket was constructed, lined with silk and fitted with a silver memorial plate. The bird had been in the Crane family for nine years. Mrs. Crane is said to be ill as a result of its taking off. FORTUNE FALLS TO FIANCEE Pennsylvania Girl Inherits $2,400,000 After Marrying Another Man. Puxsutawney, Pa.—Mrs. Fred Smith of this city, formerly Miss Mary Hadden, has fallen heir to a fortune estimated at $2,400,000. It was bequeathed her, together with his home, by Harry Riams of Buffalo, who died April 26, 1914. Ralms and Mrs. Smith, then Miss Hadden, were engaged to be married. The wedding was set for May 30, 1914, but Riams was then dying. His will, which has just been made public, leaves the bulk of his estate to his former sweetheart, but she cannot get possession until she is twenty-three, three years from now. MARRY AFTER FORTY YEARS Old Sweethearts Meet in Indiana and in a Few Hours. Are Engaged. Evansville, Ind.—Joseph Parrott, age fifty, of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Penelope Riggs, age fifty, of this city, sweethearts forty years ago, were married at St. James M. E. church in the presence of a number of friends and relatives after a few days' courtship. Several days ago Parrott came here to visit his old friends after an absence of forty years. He met Mrs. Riggs and in a few hours they were engaged. After spending a few days here, Mr. and Mrs. Parrott will go to Wichita, where they will live. MRS. M. B. HUMPHREY THE FASHION WEEKLY Mrs. Humphrey is the wife of Licee tenant Humphrey of the United States marine corps, now on duty in Hattil. Mrs. Humphrey is a bride of a year, and makes her home in New York. Sun Cooked Her Eggs. Emma Idaho - A few days ago Mr. Willis, who lives near Fresnoout Hill, notice that several of her hens were laying on top of a small stack of hay near the when she gathered the eggs and enveloped to break them to use in some pastry she found they were well cooked, having been baked in the heat of the sun FATE'S QUEER TURNS Coincidences Which War Has Brought Forth. First Man South Sea Islander Speaks to in London Is Man He is Looking For—Other Interesting Cases. London.-While E. H. H. Janes, a prominent resident of Fulham, was at Charing Cross a few days ago he noticed a number of men clad in khaki getting out of the train. He learned they had just arrived from the far off Fli, where they had given up good situations to offer their services to the motherland in her hour of need. Mr. Janes asked if any of them were from Suya. “Sure,” replied one of the stalwart young fellows. “I come from Suya.” “Do you know Harry Janes?” inquired the man from Fulham. “I should think I do. He and I are overseers on the same plantation. I have a letter of introduction to his brother, E. H. H. Janes, of Fulham.” “You can hand it over,” said Mr. Janes, both with amazed to learn that the first man on the South Sea Island had spoken to on reaching London was the very man in all England he wished to see. This is but one of the extraordinary coincidences which the war has brought forth. A London hospital had another remarkable illustration: A young soldier was severely wounded in the fighting "somewhere in France." He lost consciousness, and when he regained it he was lying comfortably in a bed in a ward of a large hospital. His first words were—"Where am I?" The nurse told him that he was in London, that during the period of his unconsciousness he had been transported across the channel and that his wounds had been tended. He asked the name of the hospital, the number of the ward, the day of the week and the hour. The nurse told him. "I say, nurse, you might tell my dad I am here." The nurse looked at him, thinking the poor dad was in a delirium. "All right, nurse, my dad's in the next ward now. You know he is the surgeon there and this is his visiting day." And so it was. The father was in the next ward performing his work, thinking all the time that his son was in France. He did not even know that the boy was wounded, far less that he was being tended a few yards away. Writing from the front to friends at Llangollen, Private S. N. Jones of the motor transport A. S. C. relates a peculiar coincidence concerning himself. He was a driver on the Llangollen-Wrexham motor bus route and enlisted soon after the commencement of hostilities. In France, strange to say, he was drafted to the identical chassis of the motor he had been driving on the Donbishire route, it having been purchased, with many others, by the government. The manager of the road car company has written to Private Jones stating that, if it should be possible, they will repurchase the car after the war and place upon it a plate recording the circumstances related. David Henderson, a Bowill soldier belonging to the Black Watch, has a remarkable story to tell of how he was able to pay back on the field of battle the services of a man who saved his life in this country in the piping times of peace. About a year ago, when taking part in a regatta at Wemysh, his boat was capized and he was thrown into the water. He had been swimming towards the shore for some time when he was picked up in an exhausted condition by a passing boat belonging to Dysart. Strange to say, after a fierce day's fighting in France, Private Henderson saw a wounded soldier lying in front of the trenches, and on going to his assistance he was struck by something familiar about the wounded man. Henderson then asked his comrade if it was he who had saved "Davie" Henderson from a watery grave at Wemyss the previous summer. "It was," came the reply. "Then I am Davie Henderson," was the dramatic rejoinder. Henderson then took his wounded comrade by the arm and, under a heavy fire, led him to a place of safety. USE ABSINTHE IN EXPLOSIVE French Are Now Utilizing Barred Drink in Manufacture of Guncotton. Paris—Absinthe, placed under a ban for drinking purposes by the law passed early in the war, is being used in the manufacture of guncotton. A co-operative distillery at Pontoise, which has been extracting alcohol from beet roots for the use of the government munition factories, found the supply of beet root insufficient and is being held in warehouses. Government inspectors watch the transformation of the absinthe into alcohol. Girl of 19 Weds Man 89 Greenfield, Mo.—"Uncle Matt" McPherson, eighty-nine years old, and one of the pioneer citizens of Dade county, and Miss Clara Burns, nineteen years old, of Higginsville. Mo. were married at the courthouse here recently. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. William Shaw of this city. THREE GEESE-COSTS $100 Pocahontas, Ark.—A goose case has finally been disposed of in circuit court here. Mrs. Ledbetter, a widow, brought a replevin suit against a man named Starr for three gooses that she claimed belonged to her. The trial in the justice of the peace's court result in an appeal to the circuit court Eighteen witnesses were in attendance. Mrs. Ledbeuter was awarded the greea. NEVER MAKES ERROR "Electric Umpire" for Training Young Pitchers. Device Saves Catchers Much Work and Teaches the Budding Alexander How to Control the Ball He Delivers. What a leading western pitcher describes as a great device for players who are working on new curves, is known as an automatic umpire. It is of especial value for young pitcher who are trying to break into professional company, as they always wear out all the catchers on the club. It teaches control, and never makes mistakes on hardline decisions. The "umpire" is in reality an electrically registering target, which rings a bell when the ball strikes the space over the plate and within the limits between the knee and shoulder of the man at the bat. Though this field is not visible on the target, it is accurately defined, being a panel 3 feet 4 inches long by 17 inches wide, which is pivoted and wired to register strikes. The whole eight-foot square of planks is painted over with the figures in life size of a catcher and two batters. The idea of painting in two batters is to afford practice with either a right-hand or a left-hand man at the bat, and a canvas screen is drawn over the figure not in use, in order to avoid any possible chance for confusion. The pitcher who uses this device stands at the regulation distance of 65 feet and throws a regulation league ball. As the pitcher can tell where [Illustration of a man kneeling on a wooden floor, facing a large window with a view of a building in the background.] To Train the Pitcher. each ball goes, he is able to correct any errors in his play, and to master any particular curve he is practicing without tying up one of the club's catchers.-Illustrated World. Shotguns in War That shotguns should be largely utilized in modern warfare is the contention of a number of military experts. It is pointed out that such guns would be particularly useful to sentries at nighttime, as an intruder might more easily be crippled and captured by a spreading charge of heavy shot than by a single bullet. Moreover, a person moving quickly might be missed by a shot from a rifle, whereas a snapshot from a shotgun in semidarkness could hardly fall to find its object. In the trenches shotguns could be used with success. A shotgun loaded with about 8 grains of powder and one canhalf ounce of big shot, with about 25 pellets, would be much more value than the rifle, as during a night attack, either for attack or defense in semidarkness, a single charge would hardly fall to infiltrious wounds on one or more of the enemy. France No Longer Envails France No Longer Frivolous. If you have been in France when France was sunshine, you would not now recognize it; if you have coupled the word frivolity with France, you would only recognize it. The sunshine is only the literal sunshine from heaven; and as for frivolity, as after about ten days in France started by the sound of a girl's laughter; it does not seem right to laugh! I got to feel that I was almost doing a wrong to look, just as on might do an unkindness to stare at the scar from a great burn on a human being's face. And those women and children—there is nothing for them but nursing and waiting, nothing but hiding the tears and hiding the fears, and working from gray dawn through the gray twilight to long after midnight at the tasks of men; nursing and waiting—Christian Herald. Rich French Protectorate The French Protectorate of 'Anam an has an area of about 80,000 square miles and a population of 5,600,000. It is the least developed part of French Indo-China (except the unexplored protectorate of Laos), and its direct external commerce does not amount to more than 5 per cent of the total of French Indo-China. But Anam has an interest out of all proportion to its present economic importance, because of the variety of its products, the diversity of its resources, and its possibilities for future development. It occupies a strip of coast about 700 miles long, with a maximum width of 150 miles between the China sea and the Anamic Cordillera. Unusual Case. "He's very fond of the outdoor life." "I'll bet he's a bookkeeper." "No. Strange as it may seem, he really works outdoors." She—How sadly that tree moans and groans when the wind blows! He—No wonder. Just look how full it is of little green apples. Invention Seafaring Men Consider Important. Electric Oscillator, Within Ship's Hull, Will Announce the Proximity of Another Vessel, Locate Icebergs, and Send Messages. A marine signaling apparatus which it is believed will diminish sea disasters consists of an electric oscillator which announces the presence of an A Above, Metal Diaphragm; Below, Putting Apparatus Overboard. other vessel, locates icebergs, indicates sea depths and provides for the transmission of submarine telephone and telegraph messages, says the Chicago Herald. The device consists principally of a 24-inch metal diaphragm attached to a cylindrical case, within which is an electromagnet actuating a copper sounder. The oscillator when in permanent aboard is faced inside of the aboard's skin, beneath the water line, on both the water and starboard sides. Vibrations of the diaphragm amounting to a movement of one thousand part of an inch and repeated with great rapidity throw out sound waves under the water, which may be caught by the receiving apparatus on another vessel. Signals of this kind have been heard at a distance of 30 miles, while at shorter ranges numerous telegraph conversations have been carried on successfully. In one instance the experimenters actually talked between two ships. In locating icebergs it is the echo which gives warning of the presence of danger. With a stop watch it is possible to estimate quite accurately the distance of these barriers. Overcame the Drought Low water in the Columbia last spring and the lack of rain for the last six weeks has caused the disappearance of the large lakes and marshes on the west side, thus threatening the destruction of duck hunting for the present season, says a Kelso (Wash.) correspondent of the Portland Oregonian. Not to be denied this sport, E. E. Brown and Grover L. Thornton are pumping their hunting lake on the A. G. Huntington place full of water. A six-inch centrifugal pump, capable of pumping 1,000 gallons of water a minute, has been installed on the bank of the Columbia, and has been working for the last week creating a lake for hunting purposes. This is the first time that such a novel scheme has been employed here, and the work is attracting much attention. Men's Hair Grows Green Employees in the plant in the New York Air Brake company in this city who are engaged in work upon the company's munition contracts with the allies are becoming afflicted with green hair and mustaches. Acid in which the jackets of the shells are dipped to clean them is attributed as the cause of the phenomenon. The change has been slow in affecting several men, but it has proceeded surely, and a half dozen or more now have the green hair and mustaches. The green hair appears to be beautifully fast color, as several have attempted by means of shampoos and scrubbings to remove the color, but without avail—Watertown (N. Y.) Dispatch to Philadelphia Record. Scotch Fisheries Show Decline. The Scottish fishery board in its report dealing with conditions in 1914, states that the sea fish of all kinds landed within the year amounted to 7,440,221 hundredweight, of the value of $15,614,340. This is a decrease in value as compared with the preceding year of $3,840,549, and in quantity of 388,029 hundredweight. The result was obtained by 8,869 fishing vessels, manned by crews numbering 37,594. In 1913 there were 8,991 vessels, with crews numbering 38,262. "Slow but sure is the good old way. "That's right," replied Mr. Chuggins, "to have the whole road to yourself. You need any care, you want to leave your automobile at home and drive a haw wagon." "Have you read Shakespeare?" "No," replied Mrs. Cumrox. "I understand there is a great deal of doubt about those writings, and I make it a rule never, to pay any attention to anonymous communications." A Different Way. "Miss Flighty made all her money in letters." "She doesn't look literary." "She isn't. She won a breach of promise auit with em." A301 LITTER CARRIER TRACK LITTER ALLEY GUTTER STEEL COW STALLS & STANCHIONS MANGER BOX STALL 12'-0X 9'6" FEED CARRIER TRACK FIELD ALLEY MANGER STEEL COW STALLS & STANCHIONS GUTTER CALR-PEN 12'-0X 9'6" LITTER CARRIER TRACK LITTER ALLEY 54' - 0' COW STABLE WITH A MONITOR ROOF Style of Dairy Building That Is Especially Suitable for Hot Sections. Manure and Feed Carriers a Feature of the Design—Chaper and Easier to Care for Cattle When They Face Each By WILLIAM A. RADEFORD: Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice. FREE OEP materials are available, but for the subject of building work on the farm, for the readers of this paper, on account of the readers of this paper, on account of the Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest. All inquiries to William Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, Ill., and only include two cent stamp for reply. We read a great deal about the necessity of keeping the dairy herd warm and comfortable in winter, but no one seems to pay much attention to keeping the cows cool and comfortable in summer. The monitor roof style of dairy building is well liked in some sections, especially where the summer is long. A dairy barn of this type is shown in the accompanying illustrations, which give the perspective and floor plans. This stable is open to the roof, a design that just naturally ventilates itself when the windows are left open. The building L. 36 feet wide by 54 feet in length and it contains stalls to hold 20 cows, besides two box stalls to be used as hospital stalls, bull pen, calf pen, or for any other useful purpose. This plan is laid cut for and is intended to use manure carriers suspended from overhead tracks in the side allewaves behind the cows, also a ```markdown ``` feed carrier to run through the center feed alley, to carry silage from the silo, or mixed feed from the little feed room built in between the end of the stable and the silo. The same center car track and carrier will bring forage from a hayrack at the other end of the building. In using a stable in this way dairymen often prefer to cut certain crops in the field and haul the fodder to the stable to feed. This plan of feeding is not practiced to any extent in the North, but there are conditions of climate in some of our best dairy sections where feed crops grow late in the fall, and still others are sown in the fall to mature early in the spring, that may be fed to advantage as soiling crops. All milk crops and cereal crops handle, because they are fed green. It has always been a puzzle to dairymen how to handle such fodder without pulling their arms out of the sockets. A center feed alley built on this plan, with LITTER CARRIER LITTER ALL SQUARE STEEL CDW STALLS & STAN MANGER FEED CARRIER TRACK FEED ALLEY MANGER STEEL CDW STALLS & STAN SQUARE LITTER CARRIER LITTER A 34'-0" Floo an extra large feed carrier, comes about as near solving the problem as any system that has ever been tried. Thirty-six feet in width is recognized as being the most satisfactory cow stable when machinery is used to save hand labor. It gives room for the different stable carriers, for milking machines and for the necessary mechanical appliances to operate the different labor savers. In this stable the cows are headed in for the same reason. It is cheaper and easier to care for cattle when they face each other. Also the many windows of the building admit light where it is most needed. All of the window openings are fitted with sash that may be closed during cold or stormy weather. The monitor sash is hung with a patent bracket, so that each sash swings from the center in such a way as to easily open by means of connecting rods that come down within reach of the attendant. One advantage of hanging the sash from the center is that high winds are not likely to slam the sash, either open or shut. The foundation of this monitor-roof dairy barn is of concrete, the walls having footings wide enough to make them solid and deep enough to reach down to solid ground. These walls extend up two feet above grades. A profile of the dairy floor conforms to the most approved plan worked out by practical dairymen. The concrete standing floor has a fall of one inch between the front and back feet of the cows. This is to be clitrate drainage and for easy cleaning. The mangers are two feet in width, they are six inches deep at the back and 12 inches deep at the front or feed-alley side. The standing floor measures four feet ten inches from the back of the manger to the gutter. The gutter is 18 inches wide and drops six inches below the standing floor. The feed alley in the center is about seven feet in width and the alleys behind the cows are five feet six inches wide. The side alleys slope with a fall of one inch towards the gutter. This makes a stable floor that is permanent and satisfactory. The roof may be supported in two ways. It may be made self-supporting so there will be no posts in the way. This is done by running the rafters from the caves clear through to the monitor plates. They are crossed and bolted at the crossings, and the whole roof structure is made into a trussed roof by ties reaching across the building from one side plate to the other side plate. All monitor studding reaches down and is bolted to these cross ties and to the rafters, thus forming a very strong truss. The other plan supports the monitor studding or posts long enough to reach from the rear wall of the concrete mangers to the monitor plates. It is customary to place these posts two cows apart, and the monitor windows are the same width as the cows stall. This arrangement provides one monitor window for each two cows. The cow stalls may be two feet ten inches between stall partitions, or they may be three feet two inches, according to the size of the cows the stable is intended for. Generally there is no ceiling in a monitor-roof cow stable, for the reason that with a ceiling it is necessary to have a ceiling. There is there no excuse for the monitor. ONE OF THE SUREST SIGNS Get Lover to Talk About Himself, and You Have Him Hooked, is Opinion of Expert. And directly we feel a yearning to talk about ourselves, our hopes, our fears, we are weak and tractable. It is a sure sign. Brother, when you find yourself expanding conversationally to the young woman, and she shows a A.301x disposition to listen amiably, it is a dangerous symptom. We notice it ourselves. As sure as a young woman is interested in us, considers us with a certain amount of admiration, she invariably starts in to tell us the story of her life. We may feel bored but we can also fairly flat ter ourselves that she has cast a favorable eye upon us. "But how do you know he is interested in you?" asks mamma, when daughter makes a tentative condence. "Oh. he talked about himself the whole time," answers daughter artlessly—and mamma moda understandingly and puts him through Bradstreet. —Exchange. The Wolf and the Shepherd. A Wolf followed a flock of sheep for a long time, and did not attempt to injure one of them. The Shepherd at first stood on his guard against him. TRACK LEY BOX STALL 12'0X 9'6" ONS CALT PEN 12'0X 9'6" TRACK LEY Plan. as against an enemy, and kept strict watch over his movements. But when the Wolf, day after day, kept in the company of the sheep, and did not make the slightest effort to seize them, the Shepherd began to look upon him as a guardian of his flock rather than as a plotter of evil against it; and when occasion called him one day into the city, he left the sheep entirely in his charge. The Wolf, now that he had the opportunity, fell upon the sheep, and destroyed the greater part of the flock. The Shepherd on his return, finding his flock destroyed, exclaimed, "I have been rightly served; did I trust my sheep to a Wolf?"—From Aesop's Fables. Neglected Duty. There is one duty that human beings conspicuously neglect. It is a tremendously important duty. And it is also, for most human beings, the most attractive duty in the world. Nevertheless, in spite of its attractiveness and its importance, it is seldom spoken of. There are millions of people who don't recognize it as a duty. So they neglect to strive for it. Then they wonder why they have not achieved the duty. Sometimes they complain, bitterly. Occasionally, by a chance, they do achieve the duty without recognising it as a duty. Then they neglect it, and they suffer for the rest of their lives. Surely you know what the duty is. It is simply the duty of being happy—New York Telegram. THE FLOWER GARDEN A Lavishness of Bloom Scarcely Believable. GROW HARDY ROSES By ELIZABETH VAN BENTHUYSEN By ELIZABETH H VARBENTHUS The season of bloom of the "hybrid perpetual" can be greatly extended by intelligent cultivation and a proper soil. The sturdy bushes should carry their beautiful flowers way into the fall. We have come to think of roses in the fall as a delusion and a snare, excepting, of course, the hybrid teas, which have so long been regarded in America as the only everblooming roses. There are, however, a good dozen and a half that can be relied upon to give a second crop of bloom and a thing of beauty in August and September. The Frui Karl Druschki, one of the very best and most popular plants ever raised, has done more to redeem hardy rose culture than any other hybrid perpetual class. It adapts itself to almost any soil, and stands unique as a hardy white rose of its class. The very best of the long season bloomers in pink include the Mrs. John Lalu, a pale pink; Madame Gabriel Luzet, deep rosy pink with white at the base much like the Mrs. R. G. Sharman-Crawford. You certainly cannot afford to ignore when planting for second bloom, Pride of Waltham, delicate flesh colored shaded with bright rose; Anna de Diesbach, very large; Heinrich Schultheil, light rose, very fragrant; Mrs. F. W. Sanford, blush shading to white; Paul's Early Blush, pale pink, flowering all the summer right up to frost. These roses form a group of roses from which a selection may easily be made. The Paul Neyron will yield its best FERNS EASY TO RAISE B. Y. L. M. BENNINGTON. The ordinary way to propagate this class of plants is by dividing the plant, by the creeping rhizomes, by the little bulbules that form on the fronds and by the seeds or spores that appear on the underside of the leaves. The enterprising form lower will find it most interesting to propagate by spores and perchance produce a really valuable addition to these beautiful and graceful plants. Procure a seed pan or box with plenty of drainage holes, and cover the bottom with broken crockery. On A Good Example of Ordinary Wood in the A Good Example of Ordinary Wood Fern That Flourishes With Proper Care in the Home. Riches Await the Finding. There is a highway in South Africa built from the dust and dirt of the diamond mines near by. A man with sharper eyes than his neighbors purchased the right to work over this refuge and from it has produced a fortune in diamond dust. Every-day humanity ignores much in the life of the world around and beneath it—or at least fails to consider it as a factor in the discovery of truth. Gold can be mined wherever human hearts abound. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER BEAUTIFUL and Shrubbery and Cultivation roses three weeks later than the season of ordinary rose bloom, and is the largest, a most vigorous looking and sturdiest of the roses so often accused of being coarse on account of their enormous growth. The deepest colored latest flowering rose is Louis Van Houtte. This is one of the very best black-crimson, hardy roses for any time of the year. It has a competitor in Horace Vernet, a deep purplish red shaded with dark crimson. The careful cultivator must not sit down and expect plants to do their best with little attention. Eternal vigilance is the price of good roses. Plenty of good feeding, plenty of cultivation, early spring pruning and manuring will usually repay the amateur. Cut off the flowers as they fade in June and July. Cut back the flowering growth one-third, thus leaving about a foot of the season's growth. The side branches that develop will ordinarily give flowers in due season. It is quite possible to have a second bloom from some of the Wichuraina roses. The flowers need and need development. With a congenial soil these roses will give a pretty show of flowers the latter part of September and during October. I have seen Hiawatha, laden with flowers in the middle of November. Here are the varieties that are sure to bloom all the year: Madame Levaevasseur, Frau Karl Druschki, white; Burbank, pink; Gruss and Teplitz, red; all Bengals. For very deep red and crimson: Anna de Diesbach, Mrs. John Lalang, Anna de Diesbach, Mrs. R. G. Sharman-Crawford, Heinrich Schulthels and Rev. J. M. B. Camm. this place half-decayed sod and fill with carefully mixed and sifted leaf mold and sand. Make the surface of the soil perfectly smooth and level, and then scatter the spores on it and leave them without any covering, that is, of soil. However, they must be inclosed in glass by placing a pane of glass over the seed box or pan. Water by placing the seed pan it water, and keep it there until the water appears on the surface of the sr.1. Then remove at once, for too much water will destroy the spores. Keep the box in the light, but not in the sun, for ferns naturally grow in shady places. Follow nature's lead. Fern That Flourishes With Proper Care Home. When the best and happiest house keeper known to the writer was asked to tell the secret of her speed in housework, she replied: "I never iron with a cold iron, cut with a dull knife, or get to my kitchen to prepare a meal without a clean small hand towel plinned to my apron belt on one side and a similar dish towel plinned on the other. Try it and see how much time and how many extra steps you will sate." —Exchange ADD SALAD DISHES TO MENU People Today Eat Too Much Cooked Food That is Frequently Lacking in Nutritive Qualities. It has long boon a joke how cats and dogs, when out of sorts, fly to grass or some kind of green food for relief. The animal knows by instinct what only a few human beings are beginning to learn from experience—namely, that nature has provided vegetables of the leaf order, rich in mineral salts. These salts possess a double power—they not only combine with the acids and poisons in the body, rendering them powerless, but they also drive them out of the system altogether. It is not too much to say that no great mental, moral or physical progress can be made without an ample supply of this vegetable food. Salad is the one ingredient of our regular diet which we cannot afford to do without. Some people say salad is cold and indigestible, but cabbage, if eaten raw, needs only two and a half hours for digestion, as against five hours when boiled! The boiling of green foods destroys the original organic combination of the mineral salts. The blood of a healthy person should be alkaline—that is, the opposite of acid—and it is the alkaline salts in vegetables which bring about this healthy condition. Many thousands of men and women of all ages suffer from anemia, from having lived almost entirely on cooked food. To those long accustomed to highly flavored food, salads will at first seem tasteless, but a liking for them comes with use. Salad should be very carefully washed in several changes of clean water. This is essential. During washing the leaves should be well picked over and inspected. Leaves should be torn, not cut. When done, they can be allowed to soak for an hour, or overnight, but not longer in cold water, to which a little lemon juice has been added to increase the crispiness of the leaves. When done, they can be used flowers for salads. Chrysanthemums, stocks, violet, roses, nasturtiums and dandelions are especially good, as they possess strong antitoxic powers. PARSNIP NOT GIVEN ITS DUE With Proper Preparation the Vegetable Should Be One of the Greatest Table Favorites. Do you like parsnips? If you don't, why don't you? If they cost as much as French artichokes—which have far less flavor—wouldn't you like them? Perhaps the reason they have never appealed to you is because they are so common that they are fed to the cattle. Often our likes and dislikes for food are based on such reasoning. Of course, parsnips must be carefully cooked to be really worth the eating. Baked parsnips have a delicious flavor. To prepare them, wash them and parsnip them until them lengthwise. Then slice them lengthwise and put them in a baking dish, with butter and pepper and salt sprinkled over them. Bake them until brown in a moderate oven. Parsnip salad is made of parsnips that have been steamed until tender, sliced crosswise, dredged in flour and fried brown in butter. Chill them and put them on lettuce leaves and add a teaspoonful of chopped ham and one of hard-boiled egg chopped fine to each plate. Sprinkle a little chopped parsley over them and serve with mayonnaise. Parsnip fritters are made from mashed boiled parsnips. To a pint of it add a teaspoonful of four, a well-beaten egg and a sugar salt. Make frying oil. Fry brown. Scalloped parsnips: Mix two cups of cold, mashed parsnips with two tablespoonfuls of butter and cream enough to make smooth. Put in a pudding dish, sprinkle with buttered bread crumbs and bake until brown. White Brend. Into your bread mixer put one cupful of flour, one tablespoonful of salt, three tablespoonfuls of sugar and a heaping tablespoonful of lard. Then pour in one pint of boiling water, stir until smooth and allow to cool. Add one quart of lute-warm water and one-half a yeast cake dissolved in one cupful of lute-warm water. Then add flour enough to make a firm dough, knead until smooth. In the morning mold into leaves and allow to raise. Inake for one hour. This recipe makes three loaves. Italian Mold. Cook two tablespoonfuls of rice until tender in a pint of milk in a double saucepan, with the very thin rind of a lemon. Sweeten to taste, and three sheets of leaf gelatin and the yolks of three eggs. Let cook in a double saucepan a four minutes longer to cook. Add the yolks to the milk and en and two tablespoonfuls of cream. Pour into a wetted mould and turn out when stiff and set. Fine-Grained Cake One egg, one cupful sugar, one-half cupful of butter, one and one-half cupful flour, one and one-half teaspoonful baking powder, one-half cupful milk, flavor. Bake in round tins. Put together with jelly. Frost with a tablespoonful butter, one cupful of powdered sugar, little milk and flavor. Put this cake together with whipped cream. Cabbage and Fice. Boll one head of cabbage weighing about two pounds, in salted water until done. Boll in another pan, cupul of washed rice. Drain, when cooked, of all but a little water. Fry one onion in four slices of salt pork. Mix these all together and boll up for one minute. Season to taste. Original Molasses Cookies. One-half cupul sugar, two tablespoonful of butter and lard, cream together with sugar, one-half cupul molasses, one-half cupul sweet milk, one-half teaspoonful ginger, one teaspoonful soda in boiling water and bake in hot oven for the minutes. The KITCHEN CABINET It is not enough that women should be home-makers but they must make the world itself a large home. There is no defeat, no call for retreat can be blown from the bugle of right. PEPPERS AND PEPPER DISHES. Sweet garden peppers are such a favorite vegetable that one should Life is made of little "Ifs." Good, and bad together. It's just the "Ifs" that all through life Bring sun or stormy weather. DISHES FOR EVENING PARTIES. Often a light supper which does no tax the digestion will be found most agreeable. Dresden cysts. peppers such as a one that one should always have at least a dozen green plants in the supply to supply the needs of the table. A name commonly used for this vegetable when canned is pimento, which least a dozen plants in the garden to supply the needs of the table. A name commonly used for this vegetable when canned is pimento, which is incorrectly used, as pimento is alspice. The real name is "pimiento," giving another alspice. A chopped green pepper given to almost any salad, and especially a potato salad, improves it wonderfully. Care should be taken to carefully wash them, remove the white inner fiber, as well as the seeds, before using. Peppers chopped and pounded, then fixed with cream cheese make a most appetizing roll. Fried sweet peppers make a nice garnish to serve with lamb, mutton or pork chops. Stuffed Peppers—Bread crumbs with tomato or rice and a few nuts, corn beash, boiled rice with chicken, and many other combinations make fine stuffing for peppers. See that they are well washed, then cut off the best end to make a stable receptacle, remove the white fiber and seeds; fill the pepper, replacing the cap. Put them into a baking dish with a little stock or butter and water to keep them moist while baking. Steak Smothered in Sweet Peppers. —Spread over a round steak the following mixture: A cup of bread crumbs, one small onion, chopped; a little poultry dressing, a pint of tomatoes and peppers mixed; if canned they will not need chopping. Place the stuffing on steak, roll and tie and pour over the tomato and pepper mixture. Cook very slowly three hours. Add boiling water or tomato juice if the meat becomes dry. Canned meat should also be placed on the mayonnaise shelf, if they add much mayonnaise. Creamed eggs with a pepper or two added, either chopped or rubbed through a sleeve; serve on toast as usual and have an unusual relish. These eggs may be served with a border of seasoned boiled rice instead of toast. If desired. GOOD EATING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Yorkshire Buck's—Toast 12 slices of bread and on top of each place a square of cheese, and on top of the cheese a thin slice of bacon; sprinkle with paprika and place the toast in a dripping pan and pour over a little weakened vinegar, enough to moisten the toast. Place in the oven until the cheese is melted and serve hot. Apple Dumplings With Peanut Butter—Sift a pint of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a cupful of milk, half a cupful of peanut butter; moisten with food water as for pie crust. Roll out and cut in squares. Lay on each square a cored, peeled apple, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, wet the edges and pinch them together. Bake and serve with cream and sugar. Cuban Stew—Take four pounds of mutton, one cupful of oil, one oil, one can of tomatoes, eight medium sized onions, one can of peas, one can of mushrooms and eight potatoes; a tablespoonful of salt and a few dashes of pepper. Put olive oil into a kettle, add the onions, one can of tomatoes and meat, cut in pieces, with the salt and pepper. Cover closely and simmer three hours. Then add the potatoes, cut in halves, and when they are tender add the peas and mushrooms, drained from the cans. When well heated, thicken the gravy and serve hot. Simple Cake—Into a measuring cup holding half a pint an egg, a tablespoonful of melted lard, three tablespoonful of canned cream, then the onions, one can of mushrooms and one half cupful of flour, one cupful of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a pinch of salt. Add the liquid and beat hard for five minutes. Bake in layers in a loaf. Gyppy Stew.—Cook together young carrots cut in slices, green onions, peas and new potatoes. Fry a slice of diced salt pork, turn in the tender vegetables, add milk to it and seasonings, and serve very hot. GATHERED FACTS Spain has 3,500,000 acres of olives. New York leads the states in salt product. "Hold" is easy for "child." Hence the term kidnapping. Some Japanese spiders make webs so strong it requires a knife to cut them. Documents containing details of the vessel's cargo and the ports for which she is bound are called the ship's manifest. Weather records compiled for more than a quarter of a century indicate that the atmosphere of London is becoming less fogy, communication between Scandinavia and America, with an intermediate station in southern Greenland, has been proposed. The bloodbound figures rather prominently in fiction, but about all that can be said for it is that it sets less than a footfall. --- Life is made of little "ifa", Life is made of little "ifa" It's just the life that all through life It's just the life that all through life DISHES FOR EVENING PARTIES. Often a night supper or watch does not tax the diet will be found most Q Dresden Cysters. Chop two doran large oysters, mix with a table-spoonful of molted butter, an unbeaten egg, one third of the Bulk of bread crumbs, a table-spoonful of chopped sley and a little lemon juice Season with salt, and paprika. Form into balls and bake ten or fifteen minutes in a hot oven. Serve on server shells with parsley and parsley as a garnish/ Asparagus With Stuffed Eggs. Take canned asparagus, or if fresh, cook until tender in sated water and arrange on a platter in a border of buttered toast points and quartered, stuffed eggs. Pour over a hot sauce made as follows: Take two table-spoonfuls of butter and two and a half of flour; when well mixed add a plait of chicken stock, a small amount of chicken broth, or minced mushrooms. Stir and cook for fifteen minutes, then add a cupful of hot cream and the juice of lemon; strain and reheat. Chicken and Mushroom Patties. — Saute two cupfuls of mushrooms in two tablespoonfuls of butter five minutes; season well with salt and pepper. Remove from the fire, take out a scant cupful and chop the remainder fine with two and a half cupful of cooked chicken. Beat two eggs, add salt, pepper and the juice of half a lemon. Add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley and a pint of boiling milk; stirring until it thickens. Now add the mushroom and chicken mixture and when very hot fill poty shells and garnish the tops with whole mushrooms. Gingerbread with whipped cream and a cupful of hot coffee is well liked by many people who do not enjoy rich cake. Cold ham, boiled or fried, pur through the meat chopper, mixed with a little mustard or hard-boiled egg, is nice filling for sandwiches. GOOD THINGS FROM GRAPES. Grapes are at their best when eaten ripe and fresh from the vines gairn nushed with their own leaves. Grapes if placed overnight on ice, then served with a plate of cheese will have a frosty appearance which will give them an own leaves. Grapes if placed overnight on ice, then served with a leaf or on a plate will have a frosty appearance which will give them an added beauty and the cool fruit will be most grateful. Grape Juice.—To prepare—pick the stems from the fruit and cover with enough water to be seen between the grapes. Cook until the seeds are free and the skins look pink or have lost their color, then strain. Return the juice to the fire and add 20 minutes then to the quart and add a cuputer of sugar; in a cooler minutes longer and in a light bottles, dipping the corks in melted paraffin. Grape Juice Ice Cream.—To a cupful of grape juice add a pint of thin cream and sugar to sweeten, a tablespoonful of lemon juice, mix and freeze. Grape Jam.-Remove the skin from the pulp of well-washed grapes and put them in separate utensils; heat the pulp with a cupful of water and press through a sieve to remove the seeds; add the skins to the pulp and weigh. To each pound of fruit add three-fourths of a pound of sugar and just enough water to prevent burning. Cook until for 40 minutes. Grape Sherbet-Take three pounds of Concord grapes, three lemons, three pints of water and three cupfuls of sugar. Wash the grapes and put them in a granite pan, mash and squeeze out all the juice; measure and add an equal amount of water, the lemon juice and sugar. The sugar and water, if boiled to a shrup, will make a smoother sheerb. The amount of water should be allowed when measuring. Freeze as usual. A pretty novelty is crystallized grapes, large grapes in perfect bunches; wash carefully and dip in white of egg, then in pulverized sugar. Arrange on a platter on a bed of grape leaves. For grape jelly the grapes should be underripe. Prepare them as for grape juice, then add the sugar to the juice and cook until it thickens in a cold dish, when a teaspoonful is tried. Nellie Maxwell St. Paul's Cathedral, London, cost $7,500,000. Speaking of the 131-pound catfish caught in the Missouri river, if a thigh is valueless the supply is always ample. A "tinker's dam" is a wall of dough or of soft clay, raised around a spot which a plumber, in repairing, desires to flood with solder. The material of this dam can be used only once, and is thrown away after this very temporary period of usefulness. Hence the well-known proverb. Herring, great quantities of which are caught in Japan each year, are used chiefly to fertilize rice fields. What, by the way, became of the plan, inbedded by a New Hampshire statesman, to do away with the toothbrush? Eph Wiley says if it were left to him he'd rather be a hammer than a sword. Do not attempt impossibilities. Do not, as an instance, promise to make a woman happy. Tank Beverly says his notion of nothing to see in a lady club trying to play baseball. Mrs. J. C. Burdley is still on the list. Bank Island can now lay claim to having a printer, doubtless and doctor, that is the name of the new district. Dr. Still will open his office soon. A pleasant surprise was made Friday evening, October 15, on W. M. K. Campbell at the A. M. K. Church and his wife. Twenty-four friends called upon them with generous gifts, such as canned goods, vegetarian food, meat, coffee and flour. Doug Smith was brought to heat for many days. The staff was called "an old fashioned pound party." Dr. Dave gave an address in front of the citizens. Mrs. Charles Golden on behalf of the churches and local societies. The Rev. Campbell and his wife responded to these addresses. Mrs. B. R. Pearl's sister, Mrs. Laina B. Chaptin, has moved to our city, 1258 Fifth street. Mrs. Malcolm Brown, who has been on the sick list, is now able to see about. Many friends are glad to hear of her complete recovery. "The largest crowd of the season attested services at the A. M. E. Sunday night. The crowd was estimated at 100. Rev. Campbell preached in the morning from the text, "Be ye of a strong faith!" In the evening Rev. B. R. Pearl preached from the text, "Be ye not conformed to this world." The Booster club has improved the appearance of the McKinley Baptist church considerably. The Sewing Circle of the Baptist church and Thursday afternoon at the church. A fine time was reported. The colored football team of Rock Island defeated Davenport on Sunday 16 to 6. Ressell and A. Moore star- ted for the Islanders. Mr. Frank Jackson is the super- sport for the Cats. We would all take it and The Hystander also. All organizations and people who saw news in the paper write or read them to the Kevan Sextet. Don't be afraid if your church or club is migrated, for the writer can only write what is given him. Measures Linda Jones and Kariet at Voppe, Kauai, are in the city making their uncle, Mr. John Daugherty. NOTICE TO REMEDE FROM TAX SALE. To K. G. Hambleton, now Kenwyn, the person in whose name the real estate described below is taxed: You are hereby notified that at a regular tax sale held in and for Polk county, Iowa, on December 2, A. D. 1912, the following described real estate, town: Lot 14, block 2, lock- gift addition to Des Moines, Iowa, was sold to I. E. Gray for the payment of the taxes for the year 1912, thereon, not a certificate of purchase was issued to him by the treasurer of sale Polk county, Iowa, there- for, which certificate is now lawfully hold and owned by W. E. Marston. That the time for notification from sale will expire and a door for sale will be issued to him by the treasurer of sale Polk county, Iowa, unless redemption from sale be made within many days from the completed service of this notice. W. H. Meredith. By J. C. Meredith. His Agent and Attorney. NOTICE TO REREDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To B. G. Hambleston, now Kewanwah, the person in whose name the real estate described below is taxed: You are hereby notified that as a regular tax sale held in and for Polk county, Iowa, on December 2, A. D. 1918, the following described real estate, towit: Lot 15, block 2, Jack's glast addition to Des Moines, Iowa, was sold to W. L. Baugh for the payment of the taxes for the year 1911, therson, and a certificate of purchase was duly issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, therefor, which certificate is now lawfully held and owned by W. H. Meredith. That the time for redemption from said sale will expire and a dead lot will be issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, unless redemption from said sale be made within ninety days from the completed service of this notice. W. H. Meredith. By J. C. Meredith. His Agent and Attorney. NEWHOME "I'll get it for my wife" Younker Brothers Never was the ECONOMY BASEMENT quite so helpful in supplying the needs of women, men and children with good, dependable merchandise at lesser prices. Right now there is a splendid readiness in- --Suits, Coats and Dresses --Millinery --Footwear --Hosiery and Underwear --Blankets and Bedding and the hundred-and-one other things that the Fall and Winter seasons make necessary. Death of Mrs. Hampton Watson at the house of her daughter, Mrs. A. Cheenault of Sheridan, Wys. The body will be brought to Omaha for interment. The Zion Baptist church will hold its annual day October 22. Mrs. M. D. Marshall entertained the McDonald party with an automobile ride through the important parts of the city Thursday. Harold Tolson and Miss Alex J. Henry were married at the church of St. Philippe the Descent on Monday afternoon in the presence of the bride's mother, Mrs. M. Ball, and Mrs. Carroll. theson, and a certificate of pau- dity issued to him by the user of said Polk county, Iowa, for, which certificate is now held and owned by W. H. Merce. That the time for redemption said sale will expire and a do lot will be issued to him the transcriber of said Polk county, unless redemption from said a made within sixty days from completed service of this notice. Dated October 25, 1915. W. H. Merce By J. C. Meredith His Agent and Attn The funeral of Miss Elizabeth Davie, who died October 16, was held at St. John's A. M. E. church last Saturday afternoon. J. C. Tucker and Mrs. Sage of 2071 Z street, South Side, were married on Tuesday evening, October 17, by the Rev. J. C. Brown. Kev. W. B. Scott returned from Boston, Mass., with his bride last Friday and will conduct Morail Baptist church. The collector for the Bystander will be at your home next week. Please be ready. The rally of Sunday, October 17, was quite a success. Miss Mattea Childa won the watch for raising the largest amount of money. She raised $92. Miss Victoria Logan, younger daughter of the pastor, leaves soon to enter school at her home, Holly Summers. Miss Key, Talbert, pastor of our church in Lincoln, preached for us at morning and evening services Sunday. Amount raised at the A. M. V. rally was $195. CENTERVILLE NEWS. Sunday was a glorious day at the Second Baptist church Rev. J. P. Jackson of Mystic, Iowa, preached two excellent sermons morning and evening in the absence of our pastor, Rev. V. S. Cooper, who is assisting Rev. W. M. J. Northcross of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in a revival meeting. The Mission Circle was entertained at the home of Sister Helen Jeter on Thursday, October 14. All reported an enjoyable time. Dgt. Mattie Ridings entertained at her home the Daughters of Tabernacle on Saturday evening. A large number were present and all report a nice time. Sister Martha Thompson has been on the sick list all week, but is reported as being some better at this writing. The Ladies' Needle and Art club will give a masquerade party Saturday, October 22, at the home of Mrs. Anne Leav. The Mission Circle will be entertained at the church Thursday evening, October 31. Mrs. Alice Ewing is in the city again, after several weeks' absence (Last Week.) The social given by the Helping Hand on Saturday, October 9, for the benefit of the church was quite successful. The program in connection also. Two excellent sermons were preached Sunday both morning and evening by Rev. Cooper. Rev. Cooper left Tuesday for Cedar Rapids to assist Rev. Northcross in a meeting. Mrs. E. Story left for her home in Liberty, Missouri, Thursday, October 14, after visiting with her cousin, Mrs. A. L. Crittenden. Recommends Chamberlain's Cough Ramedy. "Last winter I used a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a had bronchial cough. I felt its beneficial effect immediately and before I had finished the bottle I was cured. I never tire of recommending this remedy to my friends," writes Mrs. William Bright, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Obtainable everywhere. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To R. G. Hambleton, now Renwans, the person in whose name the real estate described below is taxed: You are hereby notified that at a regular tax sale held in and for Polk county, Iowa, on December 2, A. D. 1912, the following described real estate, town: Let II, block B, Jack's plant addition to Des Moines, Iowa, was sold to L. E. Gray for the payment of the taxes for the year 1911. theson, and a certificate of purchase was duly issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, therefor, which certificate is now lawfully held and owned by W. H. Meredith. That the time for redemption from said sale will expire and a dues for said lot will be issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, unless redemption from said sale be made within ninety days from the completed service of this notice. Dateed October 15, 1915. W. H. Meredith. By J. C. Meredith. His Agent and Attorney. NOTICE TO REMEMBER FROM TAX SALE. To C. M. Laham, the person in whose name the real estate described below is taxed: You are hereby notified that at a regular tax sale held in and for Polk county, Iowa, on December 4, A. D. 1911, the following described real estate, town: Lot 29, block 2, Jax's plat addition to Des Moines, Iowa, was sold to E. J. Boynton for the payment of the taxes for the year 1919, thereto, and a certificate of purchase was duly issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, therefor, which certificate is now lawfully held and owned by W. H. Meredith. That time for redemption from said sale will expire and a deed for lot will be issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, unless redemption from said sale be made within ninety days from the completed service of this notice. W. H. Meredith. By J. C. Meredith. His Agent and Attorney NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To R. G. Hambleton, now Renwanz, the person in whose name the real estate described below is taxed: You are hereby notified that at a regular tax sale held in and for Polk county, Iowa, on December 2, A. D. 1912, the following described real estate, towit: Lot 17, block 2, Jack's plat addition to Des Moines, Iowa, was sold to R O. Bane for the payment of the taxes for the year 1911, thereon, and a certificate of purchase was duly issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, therefor, which certificate is now lawful held and owned by W. H. Meredith. That the time for redemption from said sale will expire and a dead for said lot will be issued to him by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, unless redemption from said sale be made within ninety days from the completed service of this notice. Dated October 22, 1915. W. H. Meredith. By J. C. Meredith, His Agent and Attorney. For Indigestion. Never take pepsin and preparations containing pepsin or other digestive ferments for indigestion, as the more you take the more you will have to take. What is needed is a tonic like Chamberlain's Tablets that will enable the stomach to perform its functions naturally. Obtainable everywhere. KIRKSVILLE, MO. It is reported that Mr. J. Coursey met with a serious accident last week, caused by his team running away. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dameron of Fayette, Mo., are visiting in our city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hookaday. While here Mr. Dameron will take osteopathic treatment. Mrs. Wm. Wilson entertained at 1 o'clock dinner Sunday. Those enjoying her hospitality were Mrs. Ball, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Frakes and Miss Lulu Edmond. Mr. Thomas Henderson of Edina, Mo., who has been in poor health for some time, came here for osteopathic treatments this week. Rev. M. T. Bird of Mason, Mo. passed near our city Monday. Mrs. O. F. Donnellly, Misa L. A. Adams, Misa Cora Nelson and Mr. Warren Adama were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Richards on Sunday evening. Just arrived Saturday morning, a daughter, Misa Wilene Geraldine, to visit in the home of Rev. and Mrs. T. R. Sayles. Mother and baby are IOWA STATE STANDER Business Man Praines Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy Successful Morristown After Investigation Found a Remedy That Re- solved His Health. "This is Thanksgiving day in the state of Pennsylvania, and I want to devote a part of it to writing a letter to the 26th day of November. I was attacked with the heart fragile. My difficulty called Angina Pectoria. I had from one to two attacks in 14 hours, as the letter par- scribed. 1920. I wrote to the It is in writing a letter to you. On the 26th day of November 10, I was attacked by a man. I was able to escape. My family physician called Angela Porteris. I had from one to five attacks in 26 hours. I was a victim of 27 attacks in December, 1910. I wrote to the Milner Medical Co. for information concerning my case, and in reply I received a very kind and instructive letter, which I handed to my family doctor, and he told me to use my medicine, and gave me so I did. I used five bottles of Dr. Milner Heart Remedy and seven bottles of Dr. Milner Nectine. I was convinced to the house for about four months. The action of my heart is now, and has been normal for the last year. Dr. Milner Nectine and Heart Remedy do what they are intended for. I used according to directions. I thank you kindly for your advice in answer to my monthly reports. 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Mr. and Mrs. Lynn and Mr. Tindell were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hocksday the 17th inst. WATERLOO NEWS. On Monday, October 18, a Masonic school of instruction was opened by the grand custodian, Atty. S. J. Joe Brown of Des Moines, Iowa, composing the Second Masonic district of Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. Marshalltown was absent, but St. John's, No. 35, of Waterloo sent up a full delegation and the Cedar Rapids brethren royally entertained us. It was said by old master Masons that it was the best school they had ever attended, and those who could not be present, we feel sure, missed the grandest treat of their lives, and if any other brethren throughout the district desire more light, call on Bro S. J. Brown, for he certainly has it. The Young Men's Sunday club opened Sunday, October 18, with a splendid program, which pleased the audience. Let us hope that every Sunday will be the same. We are glad to announce the forthcoming wedding of Mr. Minner Laurence and Mrs. Emma Jennings, and we wish them all the happiness this world affords. The first quarterly meeting of Bess Chapel A. M. E. church will be held Wednesday evening, October 20. Rev. S. B. Moore, presiding elder, of Galesburg, Ill., will be present and conduct the service. The stewardess will serve refreshments in the lecture room. The ladies of the O. E. S. will give a reception October 28th at their hall on Commercial street. Cards have gone forth and a grand time is expected. The A. C. E. League was organized Sunday evening at Bess Chapel A. M. E. church. The public will expect wonders of our press. Watch the Bystander for officers elected. Rev. W. L. Bresco, S. D. D. C. K. of P. with headquarters at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was in the city a few days the past week to organize a club. Rev. Bresco preached Sunday evening at Bess Chapel A. M. E. church to a large audience. 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