Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. A party of 12 men spent an enjoyable evening at the residence of Mr. Lou hanger, in honor his 40th birthday. The Eliza E. Petdrson W. C. T. U. will meet Thursday Jan. 6th, at the home of Mrs. Green, 1210 Center. Mrs. Al Moss entertained with her family Mr. and Mrs J. W. McDowell and family to dinner Christmas day. Mr. Geo. H. Taylor, an old citizen, who was a soldier in the late Spanish-American war, is sick at his home, 706 S. E. Seventh street. The board of directors of North Star Masonic Temple Association will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday evening at North Star Hall. Mr. ond Mrs. Ed Butler and son of Albia, Iowa spent Xmas and over Sunday in homes of Mr. C. B. Woods and Rachel Jefferson. The D. Y. W. Y. K. will meet at the home of Mrs. Gater on 771 W. 13th Tuesday evening. All members are urged to be present. I kindly thank Rev. Birt, Rev. Alexander, the Masons and other friends who so kindly assisted me in the burial of my dear son. Mrs. James James had a few of the old acquaintances of Mrs. H. H. Hooker to spend the day with her Wednesday, at her home, 3230 8th street. The Negro Business League will meet Monday night Jan. 3rd at Union Congregational church. Annual report and election of officers. All business men and members please come out. Executive Committee. PERSONAL—Wanted to correspond with a light complexion, respectable, intelligent business woman with ample means for a business partner. Prefer an unincumbered middle-aged maiden lady or widow. Only those who mean business need answer this add. Address Golden Rule, care Bystander. FOR SALE My Billiard Hall, Barber Shop and Cigar Store, if taken at once. L. H. S. Brown, 229 3rd street. WANTED—First class barber at once. Four chair shop. L. J. Shelton 509 Mulberry NOTICE We have a few small cottages for rent, 4 and 5 rooms, partly modern. Just phone Drake 3882. REMEMBER THE Palace Sweet Cafe UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Is the best place to go for Good Home Cooking Everything Frst Class Red I367 1012 Center Street Mr. and Mra. J. R. Erickson, Props Life of Booker Washington FOR SALE Cloth Binding $1.00 Library Binding $1.50 Every Home Should Have One Address ENOLA V. THOMPSON Care Bystander Office Mrs. Harrison Gould was taken very suddenly and dangerously sick last week, but at this writing is improving. Her husband, Mr. Gould, is still a very sick man, but better now. Among the familiar faces of out of town guests seen at the Christmas ball at the Elks hall was Mrs. Marguerite Fields Lee of Minneapolis, Edna Alexander Buford of Denver and Adah Hyde of Madison, Ind., and Iva McClain of Iowa City. rs. J. W. Fields will entertain a large number of the younger set at a dancing party Thursday evening at her residence on West Eleventh street in honor of her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Lee, of Minneapolis. Plymouth Congregational church (white) will hold a Booker T. Washington memorial service Sunday evening at 4:30, at which time Atty. James B. Weaver, Jr., (son of General Weaver), a colored quartet and the Plymouth large choral choir will sing. A special invitation is extended to everybody, and especially to the colored people. Miss Adah Hyde, who has been spending the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Hyde, will leave Friday no to resume her duties as teacher in the high school at Madison, Ind. En route she will attend the Kappa Alpha Psi dance at Iowa City and spend one day in Chicago with her cousin. Mrs. Gus Watkins, who is one of the patronesses at the Kappa Alpha Psi dance at Iowa City given by the national chapter, will chaperone the following young ladies, who will leave for Iowa City Friday noon: Misses Adah and Gertrude Hydne, Maude McFadden, Magnolia and Peggy Sears, Johanna Redman, Adela Carr and Miss Julia Bailey of Marble Rock, Iowa. The Triple "H" club met at the residence of Mrs. L. A. Avery, 764 Eleventh street, Tuesday afternoon, December 27. The discussion for the afternoon was "Our Ideals For 1916," by the members present. Many suggestions were brought out for a better and broader work along all lines. Miss Martha Leffler, teacher of domestic science of the school of St. Joseph, Mo., and a member of the club, was a guest. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Ewing, 880 Tenth street. Mrs. Frank P. Johnson entertained the ladies of the Intellectual Improvement club and a few other friends last Friday afternoon. The occasion was Mrs. Johnson's birthday. A short program, consisting of a reading by Mrs. R. E. Patten, an original poem by Mrs. H. W. Hughes and a group of songs by the hostess, was rendered. The house was beautifully decorated in the Xmas colors, while a miniature Xmas tree illuminated with candles graced the dining room table. A set of cups and saucers were presented Mrs. Johnson by the club. The birthday cake was given by Mrs. John Wilkinson. Many other useful presents were also received. The hostess then served a three-course lunch, assisted by Mrs. J. H. McClain, Mrs. John Wilkinson and Mrs. S. Joe Brown. The guests departed, wishing Mrs. Johnson many more happy birthdays. FOR SALE My Billiard Hall, Barber Shop and Cigar Store, if taken at once. L. H. S. Brown. 293rd street. WINDSOR-HYDE NUPTIALS. On Christmas evening at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Windsor, 1177 West Seventh street, occurred the marriage of Miss Estelle Mae Windsor to Mr. Branham N. Hyde, the Rev. S. L. Birt officiating, using the ring service. Only the relatives were present. The bride, who is a beautiful young girl, formerly of Macon, Mo., and who attended Lincoln Institute at Jefferson City, Mo., was attired in maize colored crepe de chene and carried bride's roses. The groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Hyde and has resided here all his life. He was educated in the public schools of this city, graduated from West High and attended college at Ames, Iowa. He is now employed here as mail carrier. We wish the happy young couple much success for the future. DRAMATIC ART CLUB The Dramatic Art club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. N. C. Marshall. Meet next Tuesday with Mrs. Wm. Hammit. Review the tragedy of Richard III. The next study will be King Henry VIII. B. T. W. S. S. The B. T. W. S. S. will meet Monday afternoon at the Roadside Settlement model cottage. Topic for discussion, "Church Decorum," led by Emma Caldwell. My Billiard Hall, Barber Shop and Cigar Store, if taken at once. L H. S. Brown, 229 3rd street Let us all subscribe and pay for The Iowa State Bystander and stop hor- rowing your neighbor's paper. DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1915. EDITORIALS FROM 1915 TO 1916. This evening as we pass from the old to the new year each of us must feel a consciousness of having passed another milestone along the pathway of human life. As we bid adieu to the old year with her pleasures, sorrows and troubles we know and have received what it has brought to us and take a glance back and see the many obstacles that you have surmounted or the many things that we could and should have done, but neglected to do. The many kind acts or good deeds that was our duty to perform. Let us forget the past year with our unperformed duty and enter into the new year with more determination to bravely do our full duty and to heroically meet the crisis and obstacles that may be in store for us. Let us sternly and resolutely set our faces to the task before us, praying for divine strength to surmount what may befall us, wishing you all a Happy, Happy New Year and prosperity. NOTED MAN DIED IN 1915. This year of 1915 will go down in American history that more of the really great, able race leaders and notable Negro men have died than in any other one year. It is indeed very unfortunate for our young race to lose so many of their national leaders in one year. Below is a partial list: Bishop Henry M. Turner of Atlanta, Georgia, the nester of the A. M. E. denomination; M. C. B. Mason, financial secretary of the Freedman Aid association of the Methodist Episcopal church of Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the most eloquent and influential scholars of the race; Hon. J. Milton Turner of St. Louis, Mo, a great politician, orator and a Mason of high rank. He was the first diplomat sent by this government to a foreign country: John J. Evans, P. G. M. of Michigan, the organizer of the Michigan grand lodge fifty years ago and Masonic authority in the northwest, and last but not least Dr. Booker T. Washington, the grant oak of the forest, the master builder and educator, the greatest leader that our race has yet produced. They are all gone, but their good deeds will live and grow. MASONS HONOR ST. JOHN AND BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BOOKER T. WASHINGTON In compliance with the edict of the Grand Master the members of the two Masonic lodges of the city held a joint memorial program at the North Star temple Monday evening, December 27th, in honor of St. John the Evangelist, one of the patron saints of Masonry, and Booker T. Washington, who at the time of his recent death was a member and lover of the order. Grand Custodian S. Joe Brown presided and addresses were delivered by Past Grand Master J. H. Shepard, Grand Master John L. Thompson, Grand Reviewer C. B. Woods, Gus Watkins, master of North Star, and C. C. Johnson, acting master of Doric lodge. Musical numbers were rendered by Bros, J. H. Reynolds and C. F. Goggins, while Past Deputy Grand Master E. L. Shaw presided at the victoria. After the program the brethren enjoyed a social evening together, which will long be remembered by all who were present. NEGRO COLLEGE FRATERNITY. The national grand chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, a college fraternity composed of students and graduates of northern colleges, convened in its annual session at the chapter house of Gamma chapter at the State University of Iowa at Iowa City yesterday and will close with a grand banquet this evening. Atty. S. Joe Brown, and Messrs. W. H. McCree and A. A. Alexander of this city, members of the fraternity, with their wives and a number of Des Moines young ladies, chaperoned by Mrs. Effe Watkins, are expected to be in attendance before the close of the session. A full account of the meeting will be published next week. OBITUARY. Last week we announced the death of Fred D. Hooker of Chicago, Ill., formerly of this city. He was born February 16, 1873, in Lawrence, Kanas, and with his parents came to Des Moines when but a lad of 10 years, where he grew up to manhood. He went to Chicago to about twelve years ago and was the shipping clerk at Rothchild's great dry goods store. He was a member of the institutional A. M. E., church, from where the funeral was held, conducted by Dr. A. J. Carey. Western Star Masonic lodge had charge of the body, as he was a member of that lodge. His remains were brought to our city last Saturday and were laid to res out in Waveland Park cemetery last Sunday, December 28th. He had only been sick a few day. He had a hemorrhage. He was a single man and the only child of Mrs. H. H. Hooker. He leaves his loving aged mother, who was living with him, and a host of friends to mourn his loss. His body was laid by the side of his father by Master Masons as pall bearers. We extend our condolence. To Fastenuse it is within the reach of all. Use clothespins, cords a quarter. Obtainable over the dish in where. ing. It is much more trying to hold it. OMAHA, NEB. URAHA, NEE. Mr. Davis had the sad misfortune to lose two valuable mules when his barn burned down Saturday night. There was a banquet given at the Odd Fellows hall Wednesday evening. It was a five-course service. Some of the leading ministers spoke, such as Rev. Botta, Rev. Logan, Rev. Scott and Rev. Osborne. Mrs. Jessie Moss, bookkeeper of the North End Coal Co., treated the employees to an Xmas tree, off of which useful presents were received. Miss Muriel Brown entertained a few of her friends to a three-course lunch Saturday evening. The guests departed and extended many happy greetings. Mrs. Artie Hazel departed Tuesday for her home in Galesburg, after spending Xmas with her sister, Mrs. Delia Lockman. Miss Anna Lee gave a cantata Saturday night at Zion Baptist church. The house was crowded. ST. PAUL BUDGETARIAN. A Happy New Year 'o all. Everything is very quiet during the holidays. Not much good news stirring. All the churches rendered special music last Sunday. At St. James a cantata was rendered, under the direction of Madie Addie Minor. At Pilgrim the choir, under the direction of Mrs. Hattie Hall, presented several special selections. Miss Alberta Bell of St. James assisted. Mrs. Isabel Grissom of Iglehart avenue is recovering from a recent operation at St. Joseph's hospital and will be brought home soon. There seems to be quite a bit of sickness among our people at this time. Mrs. Lydia Burnaugh, who formerly lived in Mt. Pleasant and Des Moines, Iowa, passed away last week at her home on Rondo street, after several weeks of illness of heart trouble. Her funeral occurred from the residence Sunday afternoon, conducted by Revs. F. J. Peterson of Minneapolis and J. P. Sims. A husband and daughter, Mrs Stella Buller, survive her. The Christmas tree, together with the showing of Pilgrim's Progress, under the auspices of the Sunday school, was held at Pilgrim Baptist church Saturday (Xmas) night. The St. James A. M. E. Sunday school held their Xmas tree and exercise Monday evening. The young people gave a matinee dance Xmas afternoon at Union hall. A large crowd attended and a most enjoyable time was spent. An O. E. S. club has been organized among Queen of Sheba, No. 70, and St. Paul, No. 2 chapters, Illinois jurisdiction, with the following officers: President, Mrs. Kittle Terril; vice president, Mrs. Ella Cannon; secretary, Mrs. Mattie R. Hicks; treasurer, Mrs. Emma Roper; critic, Mrs. Ella Glass. Meetings are held first and third Tuesdays of each month. The members made up an Xmas box and sent to the inmates of the Old Folks and Orphans at Rock Island. Mrs. W. L. Wheeldin of Rondo street is very sick at her home and the Drs. do not seem to be able to diagnose her case. The State Federation will hold a board meeting the first Friday in January at the home of Mrs. Mamie Donavan, 2018 James avenue N., Minneapolis. Those indebted to The Bystander will greatly confer a favor on the agent by settling in up full so the company may be able to straighten up their books for the beginning of the year. Please do this and oblige. For Eczema, etter and Salt' Rheum. The intense itching characteristic of these sillions is almost instantly allayed by Chamberlain's salve. Many severe cases have been cured by it. For sale by all dealers. The Bystander holiday rates are now open—$1.00 for one year. BUXTON, IOWA. Now that the new year is here, cultivate a feeling of good will toward the rest of your fellowmen, that you may know happiness. The majority of the Buxton school teachers spent the Xmas holidays at their homes. Mrs. Abe Wright died at her home Tuesday at 11 o'clock. She was buried Thursday. The citizens relief committee work proved to make many hearts happy Xmas day. Miss Susie Roberts spent the Xmas holidays in Des Moines with her sisters and friends. Linssey Garnet, Chimmie Carr and Garnett Cheatham spent their Xmas in Des Moines. Sylvester Carter of Minneapolis, Minn., is visiting his parents. Mr. Clifford Miles, who lately lied heir to his extra rib, spent the holidays with parents. Don't miss the opera play Monday, January 3rd, entitled "The Good Samaritan." Magnolla Sears spent Xmas in Buxton. Grandma Black, Mrs. T. A. Coleman's mother, passed away peacefully Sunday morning about 9 o'clock Interment at Okaloosa cemetery. Dr. C. G. Robinson spent the hollow ```markdown ``` Mrs. Brooks of ing her daughter. The "Y" exe Xmas day last Saturday. Henry Steele of Enterprise, Iowa, is visiting Mother Steele. Talmage Carey is spending Xmas with his mother in Minneapolis, Minn. Don't forget the Y. M. C. A. watch meeting Friday night, boys. Miss Lucy Rhodes is down from Macon college spending the holidays with her parents. Grandchildren of Grandma Black and here to attend the funeral services. Large attendance at roller skating rink Xmas day. Mrs. Sampson Johnson delightfully entertained a few friends at her beautiful home out at Miami to a 5 o'clock luncheon in honor of Mrs. John Lobbins of Chicago and Mrs. Mattie Brooks of De Moines. Covers were laid for twenty-five. The evening was spent with games and music. Her daughter, Mrs. O. F. Donnellly, assisted in serving. At a late hour the guests departed, declaring Mrs. Johnson a charming hostess. ROCK ISLAND, ILL. Mrs. Agnes Pennington entertained the Progressive Art club last Wednesday evening. The hostess served a delicious turkey lunch to the club members, with all the trimmings. Mrs. Celia Morrison entertained Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sr., and Mrs. Holbs at dinner Sunday. Aunt Celia served one of her old fashioned Kentucky dinners. The Baptist church held an entertainment and tree on last Friday evening. The tree was laden with presents for the little tots. Rev. Sanders was presented with a sack of flurry, turkey and several other baskets of provisions. The members of Bethel A. M. E. church donated Mr. and Mrs. Lambert with a nice turkey for their Xmas dinner. The Second Baptist church held a memorial service for the late Booker T. Washington last month. The choir rendered the following selections, suitable for the occasion: "Lead Kindly Light," "Abide With Me" and "Keep Inching Along," one of Dr. Washington's favorite selections. Resolutions upon his death were read from the Progressive Art club by Mrs. Lizzie Golden. Mr. D. Bailey, our colored grocery-man, is quite sick with the grip. Mrs. Chas. Windsor is quite poor. Mrs. Ladies' Progressive Art club will give their annual Xmas tree and benefit, entertainment for all the colored children at the Second Baptist church Thursday, December 30, 1915. DUBUQUE, IOWA. (Special to the Bystander). On Monday evening, December 27, Dubuque lodge, No. 29, A. F. & A. M., observed St. John's day in a manner suitable to the occasion. In compliance with a request from the grand master of Masons of Iowa, a part of the evening was devoted to memorial services to eulogize our departed leader, Dr. Booker T. Washington, and to commemorate his good deeds and useful life. An interesting sketch on the life and work of Dr. Washington was read. A three-course lunchon was served, during which time, with Mr. Harry W. Rose, W. M., presiding as toastmaster, interesting addresses and remarks on the life and work of Dr. Washington were given by Mr. Thurston Kilbrow, a former student of Tuskegee institute; Mr. Henry Martin, Mr. Wiley Johnson, Mr. John Wells, Mr. A. L. McGregor and Mr. Henry Rose. On January 3, 1916, Ruth chapter, O. E. S., will hold an entertainment at Masonic hall. rs. Mabel Rose, who has had a severe attack of the lapipe, is well on the road to recovery. The families of Mr. Henry Martin and Mr. Edward Martin, who have been suffering more or less, are also able to be about again. Mr. James Rhodes of the Julien hotel force has gone to Des Moines to spend the holidays with his family. Christmas exercises were held by the Sunday school of the A. M. E. church in an appropriate manner on Xmas eve. Mrs. Annie Green, widow of the late John Green, was united in marriage recently to Mr. William Harvey, the ceremony being performed by Rev. I. H. Kinney of St. Peter's A. M. E. church. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons and Mr. and Mrs. Freeland have gone to Chicago for an indefinite period. Ms. James Brooks of East Dubuque is also on the sick list. The infant daughter, Vivian, of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin was recently christened by Rev. I. H. Kinney. The large crew of colored waiters employed at the New Julien Dubuque hotel is still upholding the high standard of efficiency set forth by Mr. W. E. Royland, the head waiter. Why You Should Use Chamberlain's Cough remedy. Because it has an established reputation, wow by its good works. tion won by the good Because it is most esteemed by those who have used it for many years, as occasion required, and are best acquainted with its good qualities. Because it loosens and relieves a cold and aids air in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Because it does not contain optum ALBIA NEWS. The A. M. E. Sunday school exercises and Xmas tree on December 24 were very nice and they had a few visitors. On Christmas eve night after the exercises at the church Mrs. Jameson entertained a company of young people at her home. Mrs. Jones of Ottumwa, the daughter of Mr. John Hayes, is visiting in Albia. Mrs. George Hollingworth fell on the ice and badly hurt her arm. Mr. and Mrs. McMullen are rejoicing over a baby girl at their home. in over and over baby girl at their home. Mr. Earl Bowman and his sister, Miss Mattle, are visiting at the parental home. Master Fay Gravely visited in Ottumwa on Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Butler and son, Lawrence Butler, are visiting their many friends in Des Moines this week. Mr. Banks of Des Moines, a relative of Mrs. George Hollingworth, is visiting at her home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bennings and children, Mr. and Mrs Roy Grayson and children, Mr. and Mrs Nellie Estes and Miss Margaret are visiting at the home of their mother, Mrs. Jeffers, in Des Moines this week. Mr. Fred Bennings of Salt Lake, Utah, has been visiting his uncle, William Bennings, in Albia the past week. Mrs. Andrew Smith entertained at dinner Sunday Mrs. Joe Robinson and Miss Ada Davis and Mrs. McBraddy. Mrs. Chas. Washington entertained Rev. Morgan to dinner Sunday. Mrs. Joe Robinson of Hocking entertained at dinner Christmas day Mrs. Oscar Roper, Mrs. John Allen and Mrs. Willis Lewis, Mrs. Ada McCraven of Oskaloosa and Mrs. McCraven. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith were Ottumwa visitors Christmas day. Miss Viola Young of Hocking attended morning services at the A. M. e. church. A number have been suffering with la gripe the past week. Albia has been visited the past week with sleet and ice. The different germs which are responsible for specific diseases depend upon climatic and individual changes for their activities, especially when these activities are of a mild or severe character. It is a well known fact, even to the ordinary observer, that some weather conditions are more favorable for certain liases and epidemics than others. You hear people talking about regular "pneumonia weather," regular "grip weather," or unhealthy weather. We discover great scientific and practical truths by the observation of ordinary phenomena. It has been found out that regular "grip weather," we discover great scientific and practical truths by the observation of ordinary phenomena. It has been found out that colds, and other infectious diseases are due quite as much to the condition of the individual as to the presence of germs. Over indulgence in food or alcoholies, late hours, mental worry; that is, anxiety, reverses, disappointments, undue exposure, as well as hunger, predispose one to infection. By experiments scientists have proven that one set of animals which are inoculated with a given germ and kept up in good circumstances are not as liable to succumb as another set, inoculated in the same manner, but chilled, or exposed to devitilized air, or worried. These experiments are valuable to human beings as guides to keeping well. Eat moderately, sleep normally, drink no alcohol, worry never and love the fresh air and sunshine. The epidemic of true influenza which is now in our midst can in a large manner be checked by observing some of the rules stated above and avoiding crowds, especially where people are careless about sneezing and spitting. The person who is up to par and leads a temperate life often escapes; of this, course, excludes babies and aged people, who as a rule are less resistant than the vigorous. The germ of influenza has for its primary lodging place the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract, then the toxines it secretes plays havoc with the nervous system and produces great prostration. The presence of other germs often adds to the toxic effect of the influenza germ and we have all sorts of complications. The heart muscles are particularly liable to suffer in these toxic states. Usually people wait until they can do nothing more before they send for a doctor, which is their own business, but the same thing to do is to go to bed when the chill and sneezing begin. It is better to stay in bed a few days without a physician than to stumble around until one is exhausted. The taking of hot drinks is fine if the person will stay indoors the next day. It is better to not take things to produce perspiration unless one can guard against draughts and sudden changes. There is no specific remedy for this affliction. Every person and doctor has his favorite, but there is no place like the bed for the afflicted. The weakened affect and the consequences of neglect often lead to to a condition 2 Price Five Cents which makes tuberculosis an easy secondary complication. Keep away from it, keep the bodily resistance up as well as possible and do not let the situation get beyond aid before you go to bed or call for assistance. KEOKUK ITEMS. Mr. George Kelles is ill with typhoid fever at his home, 1017 Fulton street. Mrs. Lee Holt of Des Moines, Iowa, visited relatives in this city. Mrs. W. A. Frye entertained the Autumn Leaf club Friday, December 19th. Mr. John W. Bland is ill with a gripe at his home, 1604 Fulton street. Modern dancing lessons will be given every Monday evening by Joan Johnson at the People's Institute. Mr. Johnson has dancing classes in Palmyra, Columbia and Hamnbel, Me. Quinley, Ill., and Keokuk, Iowa. A patriotic service was held Sunday afternoon, December 19, at the Bethel A. M. E. church. Rev. Joplin is ill at one of the local hospitals. We are glad to announce the marriage of Miss V. Olive Bailey of New Boston, Iowa, and Dr. Thomas M. Phillips. The ceremony was was formed at the residence of Dr. Phillips at 1802 Palan street by Rev. E. Butler, pastor of the Bethel A. M. E. church. Dr. and Mrs. Phillips will be at home to their many friends after January 1. MACON, MO., NEWS. The Xmas tree and short program given by the children of the Vine and Broadway Sunday school was very good. Mr. J. B. Harris of Quincy, IL. will arrive in our city today to spend New Year's. Mr. Fred Hoskins has returned to his home in Rock Island, Ill. Mr. Moses McKinney, who has been making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Braxton, died Saturday last at the county infirmary house and was buried Wednesday. Born, to Rev. and Mrs. St. Mark Jones, an eight pound girl. Mother and daughter are doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. C. Carter of Omaha, Neb., are visiting relatives in our city. Miss Hattie Young is visiting out of the city. Mr. Willard Carter is visiting out of the city. of the city. Mr. Jesse Carter of Clinton, Iowa, is visiting friends and relatives in our city. Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver of St. Paul, Minn., were called to our city by the death of Mr. Oliver's father. At the doll contest which was given by the Sunday school on Xmas eve the first prize was won by Hortense Carter, the second by August Fisher, and the third prize by little Wattel Harris, being a doll house, which she was very much pleased over. Miss Thelma Shelton has returned to her home in Buxton, Iowa, after a visit with relatives. Mrs. Susan Brown is visiting in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Martha Waid died Saturday last at her home in Ardmore, Mo., after a long spell of sickness. Mrs. Molly Hayley, who formerly lived in Macon, inquired of her aunt, Mrs. Mira Bell, Mrs. Bell lived in Clinton, Iowa, with her son, Mr. George Guy. Miss Lucille Harris is slightly indisposed. Mrs. Ada Cross remains very ill at her home. Mrs. Dishmond, the matron over the young ladies at Western college, remains very sick at the college. Lawrence Carter is visiting his sister in Bunston, Mo. The G. O. F. will give a musical Thursday evening. Darlington Austin spent Xmas in Moberly. The following are home from school to spend the Xmas holiday: Miss Ruth Perkins, Floyd Ancell and Adolphus Brown. Adolphus Brown. Subscribe for The Bystander and get the Macon News. Erma Mitchell of Calio is the guest of Edith Harris. WATERLOO NEWS. The ladies of the A. M. E. church met on Tuesday evening, December 12th, at the home of Mrs. Carrie Bright on Iowa street and organized themselves into a Helping Hand society and the following officers were elected: Mrs. M. Smith, president; Mrs. Ida Brock, vice president; Mrs. William D. Shields, secretary, and Mrs. Minnie West, treasurer. Twenty enrolled as members. Refreshments were served and a pleasant evening was had. The society will meet at the parsonage on the 21st. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Rhonnel of Pt. Dodge, Iowa, spent Sunday in Waterloo, returning home Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren from Huron, South Dakota, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cooper. Miss Myrtle evening for C Xmas with her Those on the Mr. and Mrs. and daughter, Eva Smith, Rev. I. W. Bess, Mr. M. Benton, wife and daughter, Mr. H. G. Smith and Mary. Mary Jones. son left Tuesday on Iowa, to spend her. list this week are held, Mrs. U. G. and daughter, Eva Smith, Rev. I. W. Bess, Mr. M. Benton, wife and daughter, Mr. H. G. Smith and Mary. Miss Florence Hughes left for Wor- valley on Tuesday evening to spend a Sai cada” Hl iia cae aa aa eae ai os ™ i i i i ss a ioe a ia ye in ea SR Sere va a i Parsons interested in the education ‘ef the colored. youth in Washington Tomy ‘had an opportunity to see 8 oo ‘showing what ts done in the way of training ‘ealored ‘boys and girls, The fourfold ‘exhibit was at the Miner on wehoel, Avenue and Bucl free, vortwest" "he. greater or ‘Won of it was work déae on ‘the play- ao during the summer; added to were showing dairy, water ply, hovakeopng aoe ot? et ‘eds, sanitary and insanitary. The re- fBuloe two phases wore ts ono sento an exhibit of @ formal nature, be- tag only the regular arrangement of tgeteria) for study. by. students at the mormal school ‘and included the courses in domestic and other scl- ances; quch as botany, tology and ‘paychology. Interested persons were made welcome at the schoo! and shown the exhibits and school equip- ment. ‘No group of the exhibjt was more Aateresting, probably, than the display ‘t playground work. ‘This represent. ef all of the industrial activities of the five colored school grounds under ‘Miss Anita J.:Turner, “Service” is the motto for all work tumed out— that fs, {t must be of a character and strocture that allows tts use. For instance, on display were all sorts of baskets, well made and at- tractively colored; pocketbooks, trocheted sacks aiid bootecs, aprons, Uttle dresses, collars, doilies, hate, mapkin rings and hammocks, Several girls attending the play centers brought their dolls and dressed them. Play sprons for children were made by the youngsters and decorated witn | subjects dear to the hearts of little ones—tho three bears, the cow that jumped over the moon, rabbits, birds, camels, elephants and’ Mother Goose. One especially attractive display was for table use. It included a coy, terpiece adapted for the joint use of flowers and fruit; doilies, reed nap- kin rings and coasters. Because of the lack of money for material, work of this sort is limited. It fs hoped that congress will appro- priate a sum for carrying {t on, so that: the maintenance money no longer will have to bo raised through enter- tainments and other similar means. ~ Mra. Busan Gillies, a Negro wom- ‘an, who, according to the claim of her ‘relatives, was born a slave, on a plan- tation in Virginia: 116 years ago, died at her home, 671 Classon avenue, Brooklyn. The aged Negress lived ‘qith her Gaughter, Mrs. Julia Thom- ‘5, eighty-four years of age, and her Ee pe Mra, Ella. Ab- Sbott. © Five generations of Mrs. Gil- ‘Mee’ family attended her funeral. ‘Mrs. ‘Thomias was very positive as to the age of her mother. She de- Mes ee etoagi ve. os ooee ‘at. Peterborough, Va., on the Pe- tefeon plantation, and lived in servi tudo with the Peterson fam{ty until 1863.' Mrs. Thomas declared that her ‘mother often told her of visits paid to the plantation by James Monroe ‘before and after his terms as presi- ‘ent of the United States. Mrs. Thom- ‘a8 was born on the same plantation fend she also lived in slavery until 1863. ‘Theré_are about_12,000 cremations each year in the United States. The first crematory was cstablished in ‘1876 and ‘during the eight succeeding years only 28 human bodies were areniaind In ® communication to the New Nork World A. J, Casserly of Jersey ity, N. J, writes as follows: 1 read with considerable interest ‘your editorial “Some Native Sons.” In these days of criticiam of byphen- ted ‘citizens your reference to a class ‘of eltiseng which fs content to be plain,’ pare, siciple Americans, fur amishes some food for serious thought. You have rightly sald that “one of the strongest of their racial character- faties ‘a devotion to country and Home.” This virtue has been man!- fest long prior to and since the days ‘of Jethro of the land of Midian. His- tory reports the view that the black mian has always proven true to home ‘and country. God forbid that the great mass of ‘American Negroes should boast un- ‘seemly of our forefathers’ devotion ‘and worth, or of thelr own. Pro-emt- ‘neatly, on the pages of history is em: Hissoned the fact that in no crisis has ‘the black man been found wanting tn “devotion to right or in sooking out fod supporting the truth as it was given’ to him 'to know it, T Apropos ot this alacuasion, ft may eee erence - © Ybverpool bas the world’s largest “xy doce; 1020 feet Jong and 165 wide (at the water line, the only one in the ‘world large. enough to rocetve 50,000 fog Users, > Aeworican manufacturers of leat yous ow hay> the business of the tar Kast practically to themselves. || _ Au electrically operated tremolo at- ‘tachment for stringed instruments has een Invented which produces the do- sired effects when buttons are pressed. iat east 25 per cent of 'the:tarch Simber over terse “ta eastern ‘Oregod hay ‘been ‘flied, br: weakened ‘aad ‘the forest service fo taking stopa to combat the post gy Cee Fore ace ou steer > Cliingehalr service {s op jerstiag: between JVenice and Ocean iyi al, /The-ebalr is the shape of peabietepack pote and holds tenor Sibetaleeedtea’ Order of. G aiatoatod i New Toor REGIE SS), abe | If he (Booker, Washington) seemed to underemphasise the dificulties ‘growing out of external political and social restriction, ft was rather due to ie unceasing cry that the kingdom ‘of power and wealth and dignity can Fest fizally only on spiritual achieve- ment, self-control, foresight, thritt, the ractice of thé common virtues, No breaking out of the outer bonds can ‘alone free the spiritual slave... No one could hear him with an open mind, however, and fail to realize that his message was equally applicable to the white race. No one could fall to Feallzo that he saw the weakness of his white neighbors and folt the bit- fertions-ot/the political and poctal te- strictions enforced by the whites, Booker T. Washington was, how: ‘ever, always more than a Negro— nobly human within his race—and be- cause of this, the simple people-of his ‘own race, the honestshearted @f both races, heard and followed. He had ‘many great human qualities of leader. ship, of organtzing capacity, of ora- torical power, and of {magination. But is contribution 1s richer because of gifts pecullar to hls people. That rare humor, the exquisite sense of anoth- er’s feeling that is tho basis of social Dower, rich vocabulary, high emotion- al appeal! American life would be 80 enormously enriched if we thought In terms of what colored people can do instead of what they must be prevent: ed from trying todo! . . . ‘And 80 his contribution to the think- ing of the white South has not always been clear. ‘Though the least thought- ful realized that he was nét a “com mon Nigger” to be called “Booker they did not always arrive at the point of recognizing the dignity of the man by calling him “mister;" but they could find a middle path by calling him “professor.” For thousands ot white persons that short step 1s the frst advanco in_the direction of tree- ing thelr own spirits. For, of course, the race or caste feeling is a band tight about the spirits of the white South, to many of whom Booker . Washington gave the frat glimmering sense of thelr own bondage. For these, his service is incaleulablo, one never to be measured, and to be recognized only gradually and by rela tively few. And yet, as the nation could not live halt bond and halt free in the days of political slavery, so in the days to come the spiritual bonds of prejudice are to be broken from the white South, as those to which he called alientionare to be stricken from the black South. Only when both are removed will elther he wholly freé.— Sophonisba P. Breckinridge in the Survey, ‘There are about 427 Negro schools in the United States, other than ele- mentary public schools and public high Schools, or those in any sense under government and stato control. Of these, 67 are put down as colleges and ‘universities. All but three of the fitty- seven are avowedly denominational. Of the 16 institutions for Negro women only all but three aro accredited to Some denomination. Of the 354 nor- mal, industrial and private schools all ‘but 80 are reported as denominational. ‘The first president born in the Unl- ted States of America after the sign: ing ot the Declaration of, Independ- ence and the establishment af natlon- al unity was Martin Van Buren, who was born in the state ot New York fn 1782, Aa Rot be amiss to refer to the agitation of @ few years ago, begun by loyal American Negroes, for participation tn the National Guard service of the country. I submit that no just rea- son may be advanced why there should not ‘be in evory state of this Union colored regiments or battal- fons connected with the National Guard system. To such « program the rank and file of American Negroes would, {gnoring past rebuffs, uncondl- tlonally subscribe, Finishing of the new Canadian gov- ernment grain elevator at Calgary marks the completion of the chain of government elevators between the Great Lakes and the Rocky moun- tains, those at Saskatoon and Moose- Jaw being in operation now. A specially designed reflector en- ables a now projecting lantern to pro duce about 500,000 candlepower by using a 1,000-watt, nitrogen-flled. tn- candescent lamp. Villa “dollars” bring one cent each tn New York. pe erates Ste ‘The bark of a cactus growing wild in western Mexico has been found to contalti enough resin after the death of the plant to make’ ita utilization practicable. ‘The flag pole on top of a tower on & New York hotel has been #0 mount- ed_that it can be lowered into a tubu- lar casing for painting or repairing. Italy exports trom. $3,000,000 to $4; 900,000 worth of human hair aanu- ally, “Fifteen years ago the total annuai ‘cost of the British army was only a te’ more ttinn $26,000,000. ‘The pres- ent war in costing Great Britain $15 (900,000 a: day, Selentlets fs Germany are trying to find some way to: utilize the great: ‘amount of fuel contained tn 600 square, ‘miles ot peat. boty | $n southern Ba Farm TR MGI oe re Sabra GONba AA Dice’ cil Hates pe gh chase eos ates een " - — - e ne FADS < - * Publio Heare Little of tt, But ‘Achievements Figure Large in Archives. CATCH MANY FOREIGN SPIES England Swarmed With Spies In Ger- man Pay—In Some Cases They Were British Citizens for! Whove Loyalty Their 3 Me laess Vomahiai: +. Neighbors Vouched. nee . London.—A correspondent ot the New York World has just bad an op portunity .ot learning soniething 0 what the British secret service has |necomplished trom one who, thougk not an official, has beer. in the way of knowing something about ft. Onc has heard very littie of the British se cret service ai any time, indeed there are thos who belleved that it wa nonexiaient before tho war and had tc be tmprovised, like Kitchener's army From what the World's informant aay this seems to have been another grea delusion, It seoms, indeed, to have had one very good attribute of a secret service—it worked without being sus ected of being at work, Some time ago, when the demand fon the more rapid Internment or re patriation of Germans bocame insls tent in parliament, a committee was ereated, with the widest possible pow: tre under statute, to Investigate all demands for internment or repatria- Mog. or appeals for release by those Already interned. ‘The proceedings of this committee have, of course, been secret, but It has, nevertheless, dealt ‘with many thousands of cases—about 35,000 probably—and it must have sat twelve to fourteen hours a day to get through them, ‘The secret service proposes, for In- stance, that a cortain German—or Austrian, a8 the case may be—shall be Interned. ‘The individual is brought hefore, the committes, hears the rea: tons given for his Internment, says whatever he can against the proposal and the committee gives its decision. Oftentimes tho interned person finds some new reason why he or she should [bo released, and this reason is taken into account by the committee on ap- eal. There 1s no other appeal; the ‘committee's decisions are superior to the jurisdiction of all the courts of the realm, Its powers, therefore, are of a very extraordinary kind, nothing Ike {t since the star chamber. Such are tho products of war emergency. ‘Army Captain Suspected, “Needless to say, this tribunal nas had some extraordinary cases before it. For example, there was the ap- peal for the confinement of a British army captain, with near relatives high in the service, and coming of an old English emily. It m in such cases ‘hat the cleverness and completeness of the British secret service comes in, Failure to satisfy the committee in a caso of that kind would spell die- credit and increased difficulty in get- ting internment orders in other cases. In this particular instance all the Influence that might be expected was brought to bear to show that the suspicion alleged against tle captain was groundless—and not only that but preposterous. But tt was shown that he had been In correspondence with suspfelous individuals in Ger many, and particularly with’ a. beau: (iful German lady with whom he was infatuated and who was known to be one of the units inthe kalser's widely extended spy system. It was not al Jeged that he, was giving away secrets, Dut his desperate infatuation for this Jady ond the fact that he bad found means of corresponding with her since the war made {t desirable that he should be put in a place of security and he was. This victim of the tn- ternment committes's activities was @ British subject; but no matter whose subject you may be you are equally amenable to Its furidtetion, Distoyalty That Amazed, ‘Thero 16 talk here of another strtk ng example of the thoroughness with which the British secret service has been doing tts work. in peace time. A German of title, for over twenty ‘years naturalized, who lived,th a very stand way in an English county, was brought up for interament.” He had ‘been one of the most prominent men ‘im bis district in public affair, « volu ble adwirer of the Unton Jack, bad de. nounced Prusoian dastgns against the peace of Europe, entertained on a lav. sh scale, and was an exceedingly popular as well as influential person fn bis locality. When the demand was made for his internment he appealed to bis influential county friends, More than anything else {t hurt him that {t should be thought possible that he could have been false to the English frlends who bad become s0 dear to him. They were all up in arms in hig favor, and the committee got protests from most of the representative per: ‘sons and bodies In the county. denouag, ing the action of the authorities in casting thie slur on a gentleman. for whose loyalty ‘and trustworthiness they would vouch as for thelr own, He ‘had given innumerable evidences of his genuine love of England, and had actually taken @ very active part in (Bec Hae ower pretn ‘bi eKve NIVARTE ENN Atuce ‘@uspicious Wife Rescues tnoriminat- . Ing Post Card Front the. 4 Stove. ‘Bacramento; Cal.—Because her hos. band recefved 8 postalcard, signed “Dali,” seeking to make ® lunche nest x mi a ara tri his wife ts to louger‘og-.' bos es Lille sla meal tthe ai \isterloentory. tecrde (OP 16 ss abeioewory ests, of RAVINE OF DEATH IOWA STATE BYSTANDER promoting the territorial army aystens fa the, county. | ; Ce Sine It looked as ft the secret service had ‘made a bad blunder, But it hadn't ‘They showed y: direct evidence that this man during his whole residence in thie country bad been in regular ‘communteation with the German gov ‘ernment, and that thore was no doubt whatever that bis British naturalize tion ways calculated fraud to cover ‘ite work on ‘hehalf of his native coun try, ‘Tho Britiah secret service knew everything that had pasted between this German nobleman and the Ger man government at a timo when ‘was supposed to be asleep, If not non existent. He was simply interned, al though bin infuriated dupes thought he should be tried and dealt with as @ spy. 3ut he had soomingly been Guleacent alnge tho. war Bees, ‘Thos, it ts sald, are only. examples of a great number of cases where aus pects, having bean drought up for tn: tornment, indignantly contested the demand on the ground of thelr loyalty, and who, when they pushed the so- cret service to disclosing Its case, were thundorstricken to discover that thelr \underhand activities had been known and watched for years. There Is goed reason for stating that within forty-eight hours of the declaration of war every German apy regarded by the authorities a8 in the lenst dangerous was put away: others were kept under observation as being useful ae decoys fer the spies sent here since the war. Lenient With Woman “Spy. Anent the killing of Miss Cavell by the Germans when she was not even charged with espionage, the British government has under lock and key here now, under © sentence of merely ten years’ penal sepvitude, tho Ger- man woman whose accomplice was one of those shot In the Tower as a spy. This woman was known to:be one of the mést dangerous and most highly trusted spies In the pay of the German secret, service, She was full of daring, could adopt all manner of Megulses, and often made up like a man without ever being detected— except by the secret service agents, who were allowing her to ,run Wer ether. She lind control over several male sples who accepted their orders rom her. Sho had always planned fo commit suicide if arrested, but she was snared in a way that frustratéd hat purpose. She had determined to aKé her own life because she expect od to be shot or hanged if caught. She cnew that under all the rules of the yamo she deserved it. ‘The most ingenious and daring tn- rentors of spy stories are left puftng snd panting with exhausted imagina- fon compared to the schemes, devices snd sacrifices that th spy of real ife is known to havo made in further- ance of the designs of tho Fatherland, ‘An Englishman's German Wife. ‘One hears of the caso of the Ger- an wife of a very prosperous pro- essfonal man up country. She is a ingularly handsome woman, a clever alker, very good amateur musician snd_singer, and wn. adept in all the wiles of fascination, Being married 0 an Englishman, sho ts of British nationality. She too had been long in the books. of the secrot service. she was a kind of person who was pound to be talked about anyway, be- sause hero. was a Teutonic ostenta- on bout her and a flushness of cash hat attracted attention. Karly this year she came up to London, set up n @ handsome apartment, ‘frequented he best night clubs and other places where officers were to be found, and joon had a train of thom after her. she entertalned lavishly ‘and her par Where Fearful Battles Were Fought on Gallipoli. More French Blood Was Spilled In Valley of Kereves-Dere Than at ‘Any Other Spot in the Dardanelles. Berne, Switzerland.—A French cor- respondent in the Revue Militaire Suisse, describes the fearful battles which were fought in the early days ot October on the peninsula of Gal poll between the allied troops and the Turks, Ono of the chapters of the gruesome report 1s devoted to the Valley of Kereves-Dere, the “Ravine of Death,” where more French blood has been spilled than on any other spot at the Dardanelles. “We passed a dreary, dull day and sat in our holes, watching the Turkish trenches," the correspondent writes “At last the ovening-came and dark ness followed quickly. Then the moon rose and cast ber silvery light over the landscape. This light. was so bright and clear that we could dis tinguish the color of objects at some distance. “The Turks kept very quiet and the night promised to be even. more dull than the day had been. Towards mid: night an officer Invited me to, accom: pany him on a little scouting ‘expedl- tion, Cautiously we crept through some, Dilssrable shrubbery, Every. where we saw dead bodies, singly and In: heaps. At last we reached thé orest of the height and we wore with: In gunshot distance from the Turkish position on the opposite hills. “Between the two heights there was a large black hole, Kereyes-Dere, the ‘Ravine of Death.” 1 looked down into the valley and thuddered. There, in the bluish light of the moon, [ saw engineer, by Superior Judge Busick. ‘The wite testified abe noticed her husband throwing the postal card: in the stove, She dug it, out’ of: the ashes and read tt, “Lulu” suggestels it Dusilay “cared Yor another 1uméh” that he make “the game old wignal””; miadiitign, Mrs, Danley testided, » ed, Tiiproosived ‘at Her home hl i succes, ReePes fs 8 wom: i" hoa maces peed Rida nie tles were very fest and ferious, This ‘was all done for the Fatherland. Her money resources were extensive, and sho {s even suspected of getting tm pecunious young officers tnto her tolls by assisting them out of their dimedl- tles. She bad just moved into» stil more elegant fiat when her career was suddenly cut short. She {s now hibernating with an assortment of dowdy frauleins, spy-governessos and such lke, in the quiet of an intera- ment establishment for women. It Is anid that she had nearly $500,000 tn different banks, It all came from Germany. Will Be Changed London. ‘The police are not confining thelr exertions to dealing with actual sptes ke this Delitah. They are steadily clearing out the foreign demi-monde, which was very generously repre- sented in London, Batches of these women, who havo haunts in every dix trict In the vast area of London, but who are seen at their gaudiest in the neighborhood of Lelcoster square and Coventry street, are belng sent away dally. London will be changed in many respects before this war is over, but in nothing more strangely than in the cleaning up of ite streets, which, especially In the heart of the West end, have long been a good deal of a ecandal, But that 1s only the work of the “Journeyman” policeman; the really valuable war work 1s bolog done by the secret service branch, 1S CHARMING HOSTESS | a ee oS _ Pee awe — Senory de Ewing, wife of Maj. Al tredo Ewing, military attache of the Chilean ambassy, will be one of the most popular hostesses of Washing- ton’s official circles. during the coming winter season, Senora de Ewing \s shown with Baby Elsa and her older daughter, Nina, Reward of Industry. Columbus, Ind.—The industrious. ambit{ous young man with high aims in Ife should take heart from. this story: Louis Hoeltke of this city, who has clerked in one grocery here for 24 years without being absent a single hour from his employment, and who was always on time In the morn: Ing and never watched the clock, has Just bought the store. the bodies of thousands of French sol- diers lying on the gray sand, men of the Foreign Legion, colonials and zouaves, ““They were all heroes, the officer, my guide, said as he pointed down into the ravine, ‘Frem this spot they went Into’ the gorge under » fearful artillery and miachine gun fire, Dozens, hundreds of them fell, but like demons they began to storm the positions of the Turks, Bloeding, wild-eyed and roaring with rage they climbed up- ward until the fire of twenty machine guns greeted them-and mowed them down. “In ten minutes more than one-hall of the heroes were dead or wounded. When the survivors fell back into the ravine the Turks counterattacked and on the sand on the bottom of the gorge the most awful battle of the war was fought. “The Turks atfacked with knives and our heroes even used thelr teeth on the enemy. Neither side gave quarters; {t was a combat to the death and the slaughter kept up until night ‘came and the darkness made it impos- aible to distinguish friend from foe. “Under a heavy shell fre we) final: ly managed to withdraw the remnants of our troops from the ravine and the Turks returned to thelr trenches In the heights. The next morning ws tried to save our wounded, but most of them fad to be left to their tato, as the Turks would not consent to an armistice and shelled our ambulance corps. ~ “‘Let us salute the dead heroes down there. They were our bravest men and have sacrificed themselves to save the rest of our army from ann: hilation. ‘Their berolsm will forever live in the memory of the. grateful French nation and future generations will mention them in the same breath with the famous Chassour d'Afrique of Sedan’” ‘Man Cured by Hiccough, Yoru FuOne ofthe thotesads ot subosions caren wich have Boot ed in upon George ‘Sentt of Spring Grove, whose strength had for weeks been wearing away under the strain ‘of continual. hiccougtis, appears to have cured him. Benth wes about. U6 subi to ea operation when ® letter came from a Baltimore” ‘sympathizer, ‘suggesting SOP SOR I eG a fea aant thie Ripeodatne ateasens: <= ppg See a =< , 4 ae TT ‘ | Py ae TE ea || WP Ce a ; a a ee Cer Ro Building That -Is of Vital Impor- tance in the Interests of Real Economy. INCLUDES A MACHINE SHOP Farmer Who Keeps Hie Working tm iplementa in Trim Is the One Who Succeeds, and With Such an ‘Arrangement as This He ‘Gan Do It. i Eten eCPM: qgustont ans “vendcee FREE OF ais aitadeatprtnng' is See, Chante at sable ling etn etsy He aden ht Rha” Ata a Racers ets AN BE SRL it feet SAS aia ocoaa oan oe ihe 2 shed. to bold form snplements mnty hot look iportant as tome ofthe ethr bling, bt ttf ecu cae ol nrovent wast, Tho depret ion hr the valve of farm imple tots snd machinery fe about 10 pe tent por year unr gol care, When the machines aro Tf 9 weather and rust in the rain and wind the loss itm raaous afore anachinry I fomujed on farms tan formerly, an fein hot auction wether tomer Can afd machine shed or ot te only protien isto a ott tow t Bata and how large to blll Te Tn the fa. pace the Implement shed shutl be ie enough fo hol al farm tots and {sould be welt bl thd Ushtonoueh to tee out te win ih sua inal. icing chen ‘he ran sown beronte ie 18 feet un wraand 8 tort tn Teng he wit Is al ih for any length sho. iin be but sorter andthe length Content any time Tesoro Tom fe'nootet. | The doorways’ provid Headroom afte or the. Rhos mchine, and tho width of the widen Sreningaten the doable ore ar penn wi toe ate come are is nearly 20 feet, which is suficient for a binder in field condition oF for ‘4 twohhorse spring tooth horse rake. One end of the bullding is intended for a machine shop, to be partitioned off by enclosing the first bent. This gives a shop 16 fect square for a black- smith shop and general repair work ‘The machine shop part of the build: Ing will be arranged according to the mechanical inclination of the farmer. A real, genuine, sure-enough farm re- palr shop ls a rather elaborate me- chanical proposition. ‘There is good brick ehimney to carry off the smoke and gases from the blacksmith fre, and the chimney should have a sepa: rate flue for a heating stove. Farm repair work ig done mostly during the winter months, when a fire in the shop Is necessary for comfort and eff cleney. "A person cannot work to ad- Yantago with ‘cold singers. Palnt re- quires moderate heat to work to ad. vantage. Painting farm implements ts a Very Important part of repair work, ‘A good shop arrangement is to have an fron work bench across the end, ighted by a wide window, bulit in shop fashion, In the far corner against the back wall {s a good place for a woodworking bench. It 18 too mussy to have the blacksmith work and the carpenter work mixed up. Also different styles of -vises are needed. A high, heavy iron vise for Dlackemith work and a low-down vise that Is lush with the top of the bench for carpenter work. Besides the forge and anvil, the farmer needs a good rill press. ‘The upright pattern that bolts to a post te most satistactory. Room is needed In the front and at the right and letthand aldes of the aril, with the post at the back. It often happens that a farmer wants to Grill holes through a long plece of fon, and this arrangement permite Passing it through from end to end, Quite a number of hand biackamith tools aro needed. 4 partial list would {include about four pairs of tongs of different shapes und sizes, a black- smith hammer, one lighter riveting ‘hammer with @ fiat peen, a sledge hammer, an anvil hardy, one pair of horseshoe niypers, and a small assort ment each of drills, cold. chisel, ‘punches and files, This outMt would Rot be expensive and it is suMlctent to do a great many jobs of repair work. It may be added to at any time ‘when other tools are really needed. ‘The farm carpenter tool outtt may bo less expensivo, because fewer tools sre needed. A good crosscut hand aw, having nine teeth to the inch, ‘will’ be found useful for tarm work. ‘A good hand rip saw is more neces sary on a farm than in town, because Dower woodworking machinery is within reagh of the town workmen, A tarmes needs two or three nal hammers, torethor with the hard and fast rule that one belongs exclusively fm the shop and must be left there. ‘The farm shop should also he sup: piled with @ good brace and a not of bits 6-16ths to Linch, Pod bits ‘better up to and including % inch A Spar aa ‘a draw shave, with ssomie amaller odd toots, will complete ‘he ocersry carpenter outa to na a eee eR ot ted paint: and two me Oruahes of different sizes are necessary to complete @ repair job on ‘a farm implement or machine. ‘There {is only one kind of red paint for a farmer to buy, and thet is pure red ead. It penotrates better when mixed with pure-raw Iaseed ofl, but bolted ofl ts better for some purposes. ‘The ‘word “pure” in this connection means 2 good deal tom farmer, Brick dust resembles red lead very closely, but brick dust 1s not much good to protect clther wood oF tron from rusting. Cot- tonseed oll resembles linseed oll, but {won't ‘make good paint. ‘A farm implement shed, bullt and equipped in this way, 48 @ strong in- ducement to keep the tools and ma. ehinery in good working order. It means a great deal at seeding time in the spring, when every minute should count, to have the tools all ‘ready to hitch on to and to have them in condition to do thelr very best work. A farmer’s time in. winter ts well spent by getting things ready for the busy season in the spring, Farming 1s largely mechanical. A ‘farmer, to bo successful, must under. ‘stand bis machines and have mechant- cal ingenulty enough to keep them in ‘good proper condition to do their work ts the manufacturer intended. ‘The illustration shows how the shea ig bull of ug tbere with platy of large doors to get the machinery in and out easily. ‘A word of caution in regard to the front of the building may Be neces sary, When & front fs all doors, there fs little room for bracing. It is a food plan to make the door posts three or four feet longer than the f- lustratlon indlcates, and to extend them down into the ground. This should be done by digging holes larger than the posts, then sot the posts with concrete to make them solld and to preserve them from rotting. It takes tho place of sills. ‘This makes a very poll! bullding and one Chat wil land plumb and square for a great many years, LIVE ON ALFONSO’S PENSION ‘Spanish King Remembered an tre terned Hungarian Musician in a Most Practical Way. ‘The King of Spain has a way of re- membering people when they are ‘in trouble. The celebrated Hungarian gypey violinist and orchestra conductor Boldi, who played daily and nightly at the Ritz, Meurice and Cafe de la Paix in Paris for some thirty years, was, sent to & concentration iy BPMBs French authorities at the opening of ‘the war. Boldi had brought up a large family in Paris, but he had never thought of getting naturalized. 0 when the war came the whole family, along with the score or more of Hun- garlan musicians in the orchestra, were bundied off to a camp, The property which Boldl had acquired out of his years of savings was put under sequester and tho family found itself in straits. : Now the king of Spain 1s passionate: ly fond of Hungarian muste and used to give really royal tips to Bold! every time he went to Paris for many years, Boldi’s son even went to play in a fash- fonable restaurant at Madrid on recom- ‘mendations given by tho king. When the king heard from Hungarians at Madrid that the Bold! family was tn aificulties he had his secretary send them a monthly allowance of 300 francs ($60), which has gone to the camp every month since the outbreak of the war. There is Httle need for ‘money at the camp, so the whole fam fy {a quite comfortable on King AF fonso's allowance. ° H ade ens men o the jen sel 2 clu fn for ‘Ant is ale rho en sol “Hel ing y in you frlin re he fi x ove Rog iver: “Tor Chuckawalla Is Her Pet. With a hideous chuckawalla for « pet, Miss Bernice Youngblood 1s the eynosure for all eyes as sho strolls along the ocean front walk of Venice or with her pet takes a dip in the ocean, ‘Miss Youngblood arrived at Venice from Albuquerque and brought her queer, cold-blooded pet along with her. “Chuck? that's the name of my pet, and I'raised bim from a wee lit- te fellow and he knows me. well,” sald Miss Youngblood. “They say he has no brains, but I know better, for he knows when I call him and he will follow me around the house just as ® Kitten follows a child. Ho 1s five years old and I have had him all the time."—Los “Angeles “Dispatch New York Sun, Nation’s Wealth. ‘The nation’s wealth in 1912 (the latest year considered in the report), was $187,739,071,000, Of this amount $2,008,613,122 is invested in privately owned central electric lighting and Power plants, $4,596,563,262 in street Fallways, $223,252,616 in telegraph systems/ and $1,081,438,227 in tele- phone systems, making a total of #1 999,868,187 in electric utility proper thes. Couk ot band tiv Rade s+ C. Mohler, secretary of the Kan sas stato board of agriculture, has estimated the cost of Kansan seed for field crops at more than $14,000,000 & year, whéat leading with $9,458,433, followed by forage sorghum at $1,206, 814, and oats slightly less. Corn is fourth, » Explanation, ‘Wilis—"The last time 1 was here you you were puzzled.over a peculiar mark which you found: on ‘the wall. Did you solve itt” Gillis—“Yes, “It in Rae rea Lasrgd ser posers rH) coming fet root meets. the water which {s\ leaking op from. the etart Satie nn TURNING A NEW LEAF By De Lysle FerreeCass OGER FEATHERSTONE rose late on New Year's morning with the barest suggestion of a headache. That was the aftermath of the previous night's celebration, which were scattered all about the apartment in a ROGER FEATHERSTONE rose late on New Year's morning with the barest suggestion of a headache. That was the aftermath of the previous night's celebration, memorabilia of which were scattered all about the apartment in a weirdly incongruous way. Roger's coat was still brightly speckled with red, yellow and blue confetti; there was a battered tin horn protruding from one pocket, and a particolored tool's cap made of tissue paper was set rakishly askew on the bronze bust of Beetoven on the piano. In the hazily-recalled grotesquerle of last night's homecoming, Roger had denuded himself progressively, beginning with his shoes at the door, his hat and waistcoat beside the dresser; trousers and linen at the foot of the bed and, last of all, his scart tied in a beautifully neat bow beneath the nob of the bedpost. Roger sat up regarding all this whimsically for some time and wondering duly how it is that morning daylight always imparts such a hagged aspect to the rosy visions of the night before. He yawned and stretched prodigiously; then made a bound for the washbowl and immersed his head in gratefully cold and refreshing water from the tap. "Heigh-ho! New Year's morning and my forlenth birthday all in one! The good Lord knows that that I don't feel that old, but these periodic 'parties' sure are beginning to pall upon me. If I were to do the conventional thing now, I begin the new year by making some amazingly moral changes after all, why not? I will make a resolution and not break it, either! I'm forty years old today and as comfortable a bachelor as any I know. Hereby I do solemnly aow a placid life of celibacy. No wedding bells for me!" Roger dressed leisurely, not a little pleased with the positive formulation of the idea that really had been in the back of his head for months past, he liked and admired girls, of course what real man doesn't. But it was THE LADY AND THE MAN She Hadn't Forgotten About Their Old Day. In a detached, impersonal sort of way. He enjoyed their chatty conversations as mentally restful after weight business conferences at the office all day long; he liked vivacious femininity across the table when he dined out on the evening. But as for actually burdening himself with one woman for life—as for jumarly domesticating the house, taking the wing with the club, and dressed automatizing his life into a humdour routine—no, not for Roger Featherstone! Ah! there went the telephone bell! His sister Madge undoubtedly—Madge who had married Phil Barnes and taken out of the merry whirl of things as jolly a chap as ever— "Hello! hello! Yes, this is Roger talking. Oh, it itch it might be you, is. Why, no-o-o! I've no particular appointment for tonight. For dinner at your house? Yes, I'll come, thank you Eh? You? Yes, I don't say. Betty durling going to be there with you, so? Well, well, of course I remember her! We used to be sweethearts back in kid days. When did she get back in town? Must be four or five years since we've met. All right, I'll be over." Roger sighed as he hung up the r-ver; then grinned. Occasion When Whole Country is Painted Red—Time When All Debts Must Be Settled. New Year is the national payday in China. All accounts must be squared up at that time, and the man who can't raise money enough to pay his debts has to go into bankruptcy. The news are such that the creditor can enlarge the debtor's house and take what he pleases if there is no settlement. We prevent such action families club owner and make all sorts of compromises to keep up the business reputation of the New Year is a great day for the paynbrokers; their cups are crowded with people who want to redeem their best clothes before the New Year. There are crowds, also, who want to pawn other things in order to get money to pay their interest, in which they are protected by the government. The Chinese paint the whole country red, sarcastically speaking on New them about my New Year's resolution." The cozy little dinner party was over. Sister Madge and Phil-"Hub" she patronizingly called him—wrote somewhere out in the back of the house. They had left Roger and his old chum Betty alone tete-a-tete in the dinky l仆 parlor. How that girl had grown and "improved" during these five years the Roger hadn't seen her! Why, she had developed into a positive little pach! What a sensation she would mats at one of the club dances! She hadn't forgotten about their old days together, either—cracked lots of little childish intimaries that had slipped even Roger's memory. Why the hofy little teadris of hair curling at the hanger of her neck were positively adorable! Yes, and liquid, mischievous eyes of her! Duce take it! what was that elusive scent she used? Did it come from that fuzzy hair, or the gown— Roger was in the midst of telling her about his resolution to eternal bachelorhood. He had intended to do it humorously, epigrammatically. But the warm, physical proximity of the girl was an indubitably permeating thing—went to one's head—and that little-pink-nail, soft hand lying passive so near to his was— "So when I got up and remembered that today is New Year's and my fortieth birthday, I said to myself—" "Yes, Roger," — oh, the subtle, amused, encouragement of that infection. It plumed him strangely. "I said to myself that—" "Yes, Roger—" The man stared at her confusedly and all at once was accusingly conscious that, somehow or other, that soft, warm little hand of her was not comfortable within his own tremulous grip. "You were saying, Roger, that you told yourself that—?" "That I've been needing you for ever so long, dear," mumbled the man, red-faced. And she: "Oh, Roger! What a perfectly lovely New Year's resolution!" NEW YEAR'S DAY IN OLD WALES New Year's day in old Wales was not marked with such celebrations as were some of the other days during the Christmas season, but there were two customs observed which are rather interesting. The first was the visit of the male members of the house to the homes of their neighbors on New Year's morning. It was considered unlucky for a female to enter the house first on New Year's day, but should this happen by accident, it was supposed to be a sign of death in the family during the coming year. So firmly rooted is this old superstition in the minds of the peasantry that some of the old folk will engage men or boys to visit their home on the early morning of New Year's day. I was thus hired when a boy on more than one occasion, and took great delight in entering certain homes as the first male visitor on that day, for which I received a few nence. The second custom was the visit, of the "waits" on New Year's morning with the "New Year's Water." The "waits" were supposed to be an established institution of professional musicians wearing arms, but now the name is used to designate companies of people who go around caroling during the Christmas season. On New Year's morning these "waits" would journey throughout the community. Arriving at the door of a home, they would sing the following verse: Get up on New Year's morning. The cocks are all a crowing. And if you think it is too soon, And you look at the stars and moon. After this they would knock loudly and repeat slowly the following lines: The roads are very dirty. Our boots are very thin. With all that a "Happy New Year," And please to turn us in. When the door was opened a member of the party who was styled the "Sprinkler," carrying in his hand a cup of clear water and a bunch of the box tree, would sprinkle the members of the household with the New Year's water, repeating while doing so the following lines: Here we bring you water from the well so clear. For to worship God with us this "Happy New Year." Sing Levy Dew, sing Levy Dew, the water and the wine. —J. S. Ladd Thomas. The guardian angel of life sometimes flies so high that we cannot see him; but he is always looking down upon us, and will soon hover nearer to us.—Richter. A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will, or against his will, he draws his portrait to the eye of his companions by every word. —Emerson. Year's day, in more senses than one. Red is the color which with them denotes good luck and prosperity, and all the New Year cards and invitations are on paper of that color. Every child gets its New Year's present wrapped in red paper, and red inscriptions are pasted over the doors of the houses. These inscriptions bear characters praying for good fortune, wealth and happiness, and they are posted on each side of the outer door of the houses. New pictures of Chinese generals are put on the front doors and the houses are scoured and made clean—Philadelphia Inquirer. Where They Lived The Dominican republic has been the home of a great many of Spain's explorers and conquerors. At Azua, in the southern part, about sixty miles from the capital founded by Diego Velasquez, the settler of Cuba, there were many conquerors, the celebrated conqueror of Mexico; Balcon, who discovered the Pacific ocean, and Pizarro, famed for the conquest of Paru. Questions for the New Year... I asked the New Year for some motto sweet, Some rule of life by which to guide my feet; I asked and paused—It answered soft and low— "God's will to know." "Will knowledge then suffice, New Year?" I cried; But ere the question into silence died The answer came—"Nay, this remember, too— "God's will to do." Once more I asked—"Is there still more to tell?" And once again the answer sweetly fell— "Yea, this one thing, all other things above— "God's will to love." A New Year Message By William S. Jerome PERHAPS no better motto for the new year can be found than that which Longfellow prefixed to his popular work, "Hyperion." He says he found a tablet in the churchyard of St. Gligen, in the Tyrol, bearing this singular inscription: "Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear, and with a manly heart." Here we have a motto and message for the three divisions of time which mark the New Year. The Past—it is natural to look "mournfully into the past." The look backward recalls so many mistakes and failures that the result is always depressing. What we have accomplished seems small in proportion to what was desired and attempted. This perspective of time enables us to see that we can learn from what we could at the time. It is not a bad idea at the New Year to "take account of stock," review the past, and seek to learn its lessons. Yet there may be too much introspection and retrospection. We may not neglect the past or fail to learn from it, and there is a profound philosophy in the apostle's injunction to "forget the things that are behind." Whether they are evil or good, the advice is wise. If the review of an evil past leads us to discouragement and depression, the thought of a good past may lead to self-satisfaction and content, and thus prove an obstacle to further progress. We can make no real advancement if we "drag at each remorse a lengthening chain," even if that chain be of roses, and the remembrance of happy days and good deeds. Cultivate, therefore, a good "forgettery." Do not let the failures and mistakes of the days gone by prove stumbling blocks, but not the failures that past good deeds prevent no nobler efforts and grander achievements. Whatever the past, it has gone forever. Neither prayer nor tears can bring it back. Let it go; therefore, unload its memories, that we may better run the race that is still set before us. The Future.—The "shadowy future," our motto calls it. The word is well chosen, for a vell lies over the days to come, which is not lifted till we reach them. We naturally shrink from the unknown, and not knowing what may be on the morrow, we therefore fear the morrow. But fear is not the same as wise forthought. Because we do not know what the morrow will bring forth we are not to boast ourselves of tomorrow or recklessly waste the days granted us. But of fear of the future we weaken us for life's struggles, and is unworthy of one who believes that—"God's in his heaven: all's right with "God's in his heaven; all's right with the world." The true attitude toward the future is that of encouragement and faith. The fearless, "manly heart" does not mean rashness or bravado, or insensibility to life's seriousness and meaning. It means the triumph of faith over fear, of courage over cowardice. It expresses exactly the right spirit in which to face the unknown. "Trust no future, however pleasant," fear no future, no matter how dark and mysterious. For the future is made up of just such days as we have already known. The Present—this is thine. Therefore it is to be wisely improved. It is literally and really all we have—the present moment—"the inch before the saw." Yesterday, like last year, is gone forever. Tomorrow may never come. How urgent the call of the New Year, to spend no time in vain regrets or future forebodings, but to give our selves diligently to the work of the day! At this season we often say, "A new year has dawned." But, really, only one more day has come. We have 1915, but 1916 is not yet here, and when it too, is gone it will be too late to do anything in it. The recurrence of New Year's day does not really alter the ordinary conditions of life. We are prone to think that, with the new date and new year, things will be in some way different—duty will be easier and less distasteful. One who has wasted the past year is very apt to think that, by some magical influence the new year will bring new and more favorable conditions. But to think so is to deceive ourselves. Whatever new experiences may come to us, we know very well that the ordinary laws of morals or mathematics will not be changed by the change of date. In 1916, as in the past, two and two will make four; the law of gravity will operate irrevocably and certainly; and "whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." Now is the time, therefore, says Norman Hagood, "to pitch in and achieve--now, now!" Remember, my friends, the present is the future from which you hoped so much. "Unless we 'wisely improve the present' we shall find ourselves, at the year, regretting our past, just as today we are mourning over mistakes and resolving to do better in the days to come. So the modern journalist puts into homelier phrase the teachings of Longtellow's famous motto: *Yesterday is dead; forget it.* *Tomorrow isn't hard; worry.* *Today is here; use it.* And the New England poet adds his word of encouragement and cheer: *Life is a list of paper white.* Wherever each one of us may write His word or two-and-then then comes night. But for a line, But that sublime! Not failure, but low aim is crime! —Detroit Free Press. 1916 O bright New Year! Hast thou in store Health, happiness, success, complete Or sorrow, sadness and defeat. With petty trials by the score? Grant us a faith to tide us o'er the street, and may our hearts be more replete With sympathy than heretofore. Nor New York, Nor New Caroline Louise Summer. The Old Year's Happiness. Our past is sufficient assurance of a happy New Year. Writing a New Year's greeting to a friend, a Christian man well on in life said: "When I think about it, it seems to me that all our years are happy. Surely the dark days are few and the whole of each year is full of showers of grace, so full that we ought not to notice what only seems, but is not, dark." Sometimes it takes steadfast trust and confidence in our Lord to say that; and in many lives never more so than at the close of this war-day. In the years before this event of this year God is reigning; his steady grace is greater than all that opposes it. May we gratefully remember the happiness that is past, and confidently count upon our Lord for infinitely more to come. Helping Your Child. Let them do all they can for themselves—carry their own water, fill their own jugs, wash up, arrange their own rooms, clean their boots and clothes, lay the table. Believe me, that unimportant as these things may seem, they are a hundred times more important than a knowledge of French or of history. These things train the children to simplicity, to work and to self dependence. If you can add work on the land, if it be but a kitchen garden, that will be well. Believe me, that without that condition there is no possibility of a moral education, a Christian education or a consciousness of the fact that men are not naturally divided into the classes of masters and slaves, but that they are all brothers and equals—Leo Tolstoy. These Embarrassing Moments "John, I'm afraid it's going to be very embarrassing for us at this dinner tonight." "What's the matter, my dear?" "I've just been in the dining room and peeked at the place cards, and they've got us right next to old John Bronson, the landlord we used to squabble with so much." All Aboard! All aboard for the water wagon. Climb onto the seats so high. Avoid the rush, and the midnight crush when the old year says "Good-by! EXTRA LINEN SUPPLY EXTRA LINEN SUPPLY MATTER THAT IS THE DESIRE OF EVERY HOUSEWIFE. No housekeeper can ever have enough attractive linen for her table and her bedrooms. She may have enough for actual service, but it is to keep just a little ahead of the actual need in extra towels for guestroom and bathroom. It is also advisable to keep just a little ahead in the supply of linen for the table. Every set of napkins and each tablecloth should have the housewife's surname initial or her monogram embroidered upon it. There is a question as to the proper place to put the initial or monogram, but the majority prefer the letter on tablecloth to be in the corner, where they will come just off the rounded edge. Napkins should be the initials in the corner, where the middle on one side they will be on the top when the napkins are folded. Tea napkins are the only ones on which a wreath can appropriately be placed. It is quite permissible to place an initial within the wreath or other decorative motif. Tea napkins can also be finished with hemstitched or scalloped edges. Some women may argue that they haven't time to put fancy work on household linen. This is a poor argument, for almost every woman has a few moments during the day when she sits down to chat with a neighbor or when she is waiting for the homecoming of her husband or to his evening meal, because these odd moments that a great deal can be accomplished, especially in the way of fancy work. Pick-up work is good for the nerves. Mexican Meat Loaf. Mix thoroughly a pound and a half of chopped beef, half a pound of finely chopped veal and a quarter of a pound of chopped salt pork, a tablespoonful of finely minced parsley, half a chopped onion and a tablespoonful of minced green pepper, also a teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper. Cut a long, narrow strip from a canned pimento and arrange a layer of the meat mix in a bowl and a previously wet with cold water. Then lay the pimento strip lengthwise on the meat and cover with the remainder of the meat. Pack in well and bake three-quarters of an hour in a quick oven. Make a gravy of the drippings, adding a little tomato juice and chopped green pepper. Pennsylvania Plum Pudding. One cupful milk, two eggs, one cupful molasses, one half teaspoonful nutmeg, one half teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonful baking powder, one cupful bread crumbs, one half cupful cornmeal, one cupful chopped beef suet, one-quarter cupful finely minced citron, one cupful seeded raisins, one half cupful currants; flour to make a stiff batter. Steam fully three hours, turn from the mold and strew chopped almonds over top. Serve pulverized hot, and then in a bowl, together one cupful of pulverized sugar, scant one half cupful of butter, beat whites of two eggs in, one at a time, and one teaspoonful of lemon flavoring; stand on ice a short time before serving. Serve sauce very cold. To Beat an Egg Quickly Break the egg into an ordinary glass tumbler. Place a piece of clean tissue paper on the top. Hold it firmly down all around to keep out the air. Place the other hand on the top of the paper and shake the tumbler vigorously two or three times. The egg is in use because it will help effort, and is well-beaten as if whipped for ten minutes. Oatmeal Muffins. Put two cupfuls of uncooked oatmeal in bowl, pour over one and one half cupfuls sour milk, cover and let stand over night. In the morning add one-third cupful sugar, one-fourth cupful melted butter, one egg, well beaten, one teaspoon salt and one cupful flour. Beat thoroughly, place in buttered iron iron pans; bake in a hot oven 20 minutes. Creamed Chicken—Gallery Melt 2½ tablespoonfuls of butter, add three tablespoonfuls of flour and pour on gradually one cupful of milk; season with half teaspoonful of salt, one-eighth teaspoonful of celery salt and a few grains of pepper then add one tablespoonful of sugar in cubes and one-third cupful celery cut in small pieces. Value of Garnishing. Garnishning is a feature of cookery not to be despised, as under its gentle influence a family will yield to economy when curtain lectures and a fat purse fail to convince. Fresh parsley, celery leaves, sliced lemon and triangles of golden-brown toast are dependable garnishes. To Serve Potatoes. Potatoes should always be served in an uncovered dish. If it is necessary for them to stand for a few minutes before being served, cover them with a cloth, not a lid, in order that the steam as it condenses may be absorbed by the cloth and not returned to the potatoes to make them soggy. Anna Potatoes. Wash and pear medium-sized potatoes, cut lengthwise in one-quarter-inch slices, fasten with skewers (toothpicks), parboil ten minutes, place in dripping pan and bake about twenty minutes in a hot oven, basting often with butter or some other fat. To Fasten Strainer. Use clothespins to pin the cloth over the dish in which you are straining. It is much more convenient than trying to hold it. The HOME BEAUTIFUL Flowers and Shrubbery Their Care and Cultivation J. C. H. The Largest Chrysanthemum in the World. THE CHRYSANTHEMUM No flower can boast of a more aristocratic ancestry than the chrysanthemum. There is reason for its haughty demeanor and often insolent expression. For the golden faring yellow beauty is able to trace its lineage back to the royal gardens of some forgotten mikado, who admired its forefathers many centuries ago. The origin of the flower as the pet of royalty is lost in the early twilight of eastern history; it was probably cultivated in the early days of Confucius, and has certainly been treasured in the Orient from time immemorial. The emblem and crest of the mikado of Japan are the leaf and flower of the chrysanthemum. The first appearance of the flower in England probably in 1764, when specimens found their way to the botanical gardens in old Chelsea, England. These were only small yellow things and did not arouse much enthusiasm. Not very much was done with the chrysanthemum in England until about 1835. Method of chrysanthemum culture given by a leading horticulturist is as follows: To produce the best results, the young shoots should be planted in three-inch pots early in the spring, and in six weeks transferred to five-inch pots. As soon as the plants have attained a height of nine or ten inches they should be "pinched back," that is an inch or so of the center of the plant should be pinched off. This causes the plants to become "bushy," as it checks the tendency of an upward, spindly growth. If fine plants are desired this pinching back process should be repeated every two weeks until August. The plants will by that time have attained a height of about two feet. By October they will have increased another foot in height and each plant will have from fifteen to thirty shoots. BEST FERN FOR LIVING ROOM Bv. J. T. GRAINGER. The best fern for the living room depends on the temperature of your living room. If your room is heated with hot water you can grow ferns in it that would soon die if kept in a room heated by steam, or hot air, or a wood fire. For such a room I would advise Whitman's, one of the most beautiful varieties of recent introduction. It is a sprout from the old Boston fern. It has shorter fronds than that variety, but they are broader, and the leaflets on them are developed into miniature fronds, thus making it a most graceful plant, when well grown. Its fronds have a plumose feathery tip, and a specimen of one of the most ornamental of decorative plants. Give it a soil of leaf-mold, or turf matter, keep it well watered and out of the sunshine, and it will do well in rooms where the heat is not intense or dry. I would not advise trying to grow it under other conditions. SOME NOTES IN SEASON Better spend a little money for garden tools and keep a box or two handy where you can keep odds and ends of bolts, burrs, staples, scraplion, etc. Little helps that save money and a trip to town. If you want good neighbors be one should be procured. Apparatus for applying them should be studied, made or purchased. Markets and marketing should be carefully considered and the whole business gone over from various points of view. THE yourself. One of the best ways to show neighborliness is to keep your chickens and stock at home and look after your part of the line fence. There is no secret about the success of a man who adopts the best methods and works for them. Mixing compost rough for flower pots means without sifting it. Romat hyacinths are best for late spring blooms and bloom much earlier than the Dutch varieties. Each bulb 'thumbs up several flower spikes. Fall planting is best for peonies. Don't be too severe on your plants in summer, but at the same time let V A Little Money Spent for Tools and Time Employed During the Cold Weather Toward Making Beauty Spots for Summer is Time Well Spent. them understand you hold the reins and they cannot run riot. The queen of bedding plants is the Phlox Drummond. Sow where they are to grow, in fine rich soil, and the tall ones so that they stand about ten inches apart, and the dwarfs six inches apart. Give them rich soil, plenty of water and watch the results. FIRESIDE GARDENING Each year should add something to the wisdom of the gardener. To succeed, the planting must be the outcome of continued thought. In the leisure of the winter days the various bulletins and reports from the many organizations should be as tools to the ambitious gardener. The mere facts they contain are not so valuable as the suggestions and enthousiasms for which they are responsible, as no sensible person can read these pamphlets by practical men without wishing to emulate their successes or avoid their failures. The year's gardening should be mapped out and planned by the winter fireside. Formulas for insecticides and fungicides should be familiarized and the material for their compounding should be procured. Apparatus for applying them should be made, made or purchased. Marketing and marketing should be carefully considered and the whole business gone over from various points of view. ```markdown ``` IMI Rep. T for co- lic ties ting the fun- tities all poor T er, co- cuit hon- son line of a to kind the May M Ohio choe to co- nse tied poor It wat- s Am- er pal elec- tion Ka T Pry and port 800 of last (Optional by telephone) Mrs. Orr on this writing is very low and has been for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Reynolds entertained Rev. and Mrs. Stansberry to a three-hour dinner Monday. A memorable day for the late Booker T. Washington at Bethel A. M. E. church. Rev. Stansberry gave a short talk on his life and sang a very beautiful solo entitled "Flee As a Bird." She also read a set of resolutions, which were to be read by Mrs. Lon Reynolds, whose sister, Mrs. Orr, is quite ill. Mrs. Lucile Hamilton read a paper, Mr. Washington, a child of Slavery. She also sang a pretty song, entitled "Some Sweet Day." The Bethel Business club was entertained by Mrs. Jessie Hughes. A two-course lunch was served. The club will meet next Friday at Mrs. Lissie Bally's. Mrs. M. Joiner has been quite ill, but is some better at this writing. The masquerade social given by the members of the Bethel Business club Tuesday was a success. Mrs. Britton received the prize for the best masked lady and Mr. Lou Smith received one for the best masked gentleman. The A. M. E. Sunday school will have their cantata during the holidays. Notice will appear later of the date. The choir is preparing to give a very beautiful sacred cantata, entitled In Quest of the King, on Sunday evening, December 26. Rev. Stanswery was called to Galva last week. In the announcement of the Sunday officers Mrs. Lo Reynolds' name was left out. She was elected treasurer of the said body. Last Wednesday night the church held their trustee election. Those that were elected were Mr. Louis Reynolds, Mr. Chas. Humphrey and Mrs. Laura Watts. For That Url Feeling After Eating I have used Chamberlain's Tablets for some time, and can testify that they have done me more good than any tablets I have ever used. My trouble was a heavy dull feeling after eating—David Freeman, Kempt, Nova Scotia. These tablets strengthen the stomach and improve the digestion They also regulate the liver and bowels. They are far superior to pills but cost no more. For sale by all dealers. CENTERVILLE, IOWA. I accepted in the Centerville correspondence, an article stating that some of the well known and respected citizens of Centerville were implicated in the stealing and selling of Milton Pemison's household goods. I would just like to say that article was dictated by a white man, the second hand man who bought the goods, and we, the better class of citizens, deny the assertion and want the readers of the Bystander to know that we resent it most bitterly. Respectfully yours, Edna M. Hicks. SIOUX CITY, IOWA. Bishop B. F. Lee, D. D., of the Fourth Episcopal district, arrived in the city Saturday evening and was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Garrison the 18th, 19th and 20th inst. An informal reception was held Saturday evening for the officers of the church. Sunday afternoon the bishop conducted dedicatory service and in the evening he preached. During the day $700 was realized. A banquet was tendered Monday evening in honor of the bishop. A special local program was rendered. Mrs. J. H. Garrison entertained at Christmas dinner Saturday Mr. and Mrs. L. Maxey, Mr. and Mrs. M. Askew and Ms. John Williams. Watch service will be held Friday evening at the A. M. E. church, service beginning at 9 o'clock to be led by the Sunday school, at 10 p. m. by the A. C. E. League and at 11 p. m. sermon by the Rev. J. H. Garrison. Decatur lodge, No. 14, A. F. & A. M. observed St. John's day at the a. M. E. church at 3 o'clock. A splendid service was enjoyed. The order presented Mr. M. Askew, W. M. with a beautiful charm. J. W. Buril Norris spoke on the life and character of Booker T. Washington. Mr. J. Wilbur Norris is filling the pulpit at the Mt. Zion Baptist church Sunday mornings. The Rev. Jas. Hollis, who has been filling the pulpit in the evenings, was asphyxiated by gas Saturday evening at his home, 814 W. Eighth street. The body is being held at Wescott's morgue awaiting word fro mrs relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. 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