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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. State Capitol Bldg Hist local KOON XXII No. 29 Mrs. H. E. Jacobs has been quite sick the past week. Mrs. Martha Bass has been sick the past week but is better. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Edwards had an attack of la gripe this week. Mr. Harrison Gould is able to be up and around again. His wife is still confined to her room. We have a few small cottages for rent, 4 and 5 rooms, partly modern. Just phone Drake 3882. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Young spent New Year up at Webster City with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Comley. The A. M. E. church Altar Guild will meet with Mrs. Verne Simmons on Chester avenue Jan. 13th. Mrs. H. H. Hooker of Chicago, who came here to bury her son Fred, left last week for her home. The Des Moines suffrage club will meet Monday evening at the office of Atty. J. B. Rush, 317 Locust street. Mrs. Gibbs L. Johnson will be the principal speaker. Campaign reports will be received. Music by the Asbury quartet. The B. T. W. S. S. will meet at the Roadside Settlement Thursday afternoon. Topic for discussion "Polite Society for Girls." Mr. and Mrs. John Miller of 1311 Buchanan street entertained at a six course dinner on New Year's evening in honor of her sister. Credit H. T. Mars of Kansas City, Kansas. AGENTS WANTED—Life Booker T. Washington. Big Book 50 per cent discount retail price only $1.00; send 10c as postage on free outfit. Credit given. Willmore Book Company, Chicago, Ill. The Dramatic Art club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Wm. Hammitt and reviewed the tragedy of Richard Ill. Meet next Tuesday with C. H. Rogers. Lesson Act I of King Henry VIII. Mr. Theadore English of Sioux Falls, S. D. passed through here Tuesday enroute from Oglethorpe, Ga., his old home, where he had been to spend the holidays. He is foreman of a large barber shop, also interested in the organization of a new Masonic lodge. The Callahan club met last Wednesday with Mrs. H. W. on Center St. Out of town guest was Mrs. M. Brown of Warrenburg, Mo. It will meet next Wednesday with Mrs. Thornton Adam Wednesday with Mrs. Thornton Adams. Bible lesson 13th chapter of Luke. Those who attended Mrs. Henry Banks funeral at Colfax from Des Moines were Rev. Bates, Mr. Clarence Brown, Miss Lucy Jones, Miss Hale, Mrs. Mattie McDonald, Mrs. Anna Cabbell, Mrs. Early, Mrs. Lollis, Mrs. Jake Smith, Miss Pittman, Mrs. Anthony Burrough, Mr. Wesley Burrough. THOMPSON HOTEL BURGESTS. Miss Nellie Leveles, Omaha, Nebr.; L. B. Jackman, Sedalia, Mo.; Clarene Bowen, New York City; Shelton Brooks, New York City; Theo. English, Sloux Falls, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Crouch, city. Action Misunderstood. An English "Tommy," while stationed in a Flemish village, wanted to buy a toothbrush. Being unable to speak either French or Flemish he could not manage to make the people understand what he wanted. After several unsuccessful attempts, he hit on a brilliant idea and, entering a little shop, he proceeded to imitate the action of brushing his teeth. At first the old dame shook her head, then her face suddenly lit up with a smile. Placing a ladder against the wall, she searched several minutes in some cardboard boxes on a top shelf. She at last found what she wanted and triumphantly handed him, not a toothbrush, but a jew's-harp! Palace Sweet Cafe UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Is the best place to go for Good Home Cooking Everything First Class Red 1367 1012 Center Street Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Erickson, Proprs. Life of Booker Washington FOR SALE Cloth Binding $1.00 Library Binding $1.50 Every Home Should Have One Address Address ENOLA V. THOMPSON, ENOLA V. THOMPSON, Care Bystander Office Care Bystander Office Stomach Trouble Cured. If you have any trouble with your stomach you should take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, Mr. J, P. Klote of Eding, Mo., says: "I have used a great many different medicines for stomach trouble, but find Chamberlain's Tablets more beneficial than any other remedy I ever breed." For sale by all dealers. PERSONAL—Wanted to correspond with a light complexion, respectable, intelligent business woman withample means for a business partner. Preter an unincumbered middle-aged malden lady or widow. Only those who mean business need answer this add. Address Golden Rule, care Bystander. Little Master Nelson Brooks is quite sick with a cold the past week. His mother is Mrs. A. F. Brooks, 1325 Day street, who is recovering from an attack of the la gippe. Mr. Morris Mills, who was injured last week by an automobile, is able to be out again, although his face is still bruised. Mrs. Kilbert entertained on New Year's day to a luncheon Mr. and Mrs. Hines, Mr. and Mrs. Finley, Mr. and Mrs. Potts in honor of her cousin, Mr. W. H. Harrington, of Clifton, Mo. Settings were blue and gold. All returned thanks to host and hostess and bid them a happy New Year and left, reporting Mrs. Kilbert a royal entertainer. Mrs. Geo. C. Young will be hostess to the Richard Allen Aid society at her new home on Sixteenth and School streets next Thursday evening, at which time the ladies will engage in a round table on "The Part 1 Might Play in the Betterment of Our Community." The Mary Church Terrell club met Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. Pearl Thompson. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Colleen Jones; vice president, Miss Joburness Redmond; secretary, Mrs. Jessie Davis; assistant secretary, Mrs. Stella Hyde; treasurer, Miss Tabitha Nash; critic, Miss Gertrude Hyde; parliamentarian, Mrs. J. H. Perkins; reporter, Mrs. Arthur Alexander; chaplain, Mrs. McCree. Mrs. Edna Alexander Buford was a guest. Refreshments were served and the club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Colleen Jones. On last Saturday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. A. M. Rivers the ladies of the Mothers Congress met and listened to an interesting address on "Starting the New Year Right," by the state president, Mrs. S. Joe Brown. This was followed by the members in the form of a round table. The congress was their favored with a beautiful vocal selection by Mrs. Margurite Field-Lee, formerly of this city, but now of Minneapolis, Minn. The little Greene sisters very pleasingly entertained the ladies with a duet. Mrs. Frank Flummer of Indianola, Mrs. S. L. Birt and Mrs. Meadows were present and were enrolled as members. The next meeting will be held the first Saturday in February at the home of Mrs. Brown, 1058 Fifth street. The Triple "H" club met at the home of Mrs. R. N. Patten, 820 Tenth street, Tuesday, January 4, with Mrs. Sam Ewing as hostess. After the business part of the meeting was carried out the election of officers for the ensuing year was taken up, which was as follows: For president, Mrs. J. H. McDowell; for vice president, Mrs. R. N. Natter; for secretary, Mrs. Wade McCree; for assistant secretary, Mrs. Henry Smith; treasurer, Mrs. Louis Avery; critic, Mrs. Anderson White. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Agnes Jacobs, 1218 Twentieth street. Installation of officers will take place. NEGRO COLLEGE FRATERNITY ELECT OFFICERS. Archie A. Alexander, S. Joe Brown, Mrs. Gus Watkins and the Misses Julia Bailey, Ardella Carr, Joburness Redmon, Maud McFadden, Magnolia and Vascilla Sears, and Adah and Gertrude Hyde, delegates and visitors to the fifth annual meeting of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, returned Friday night from Iowa City, where the convention was held. Those returning report a largely attended and successful meeting of this organization composed of Negro college men. Six chapters were represented, as follows: Alpha, University of Indiana; Beta, University of Illinois; Gamma, University of Iowa; Delta, Wilberforce university of Ohio; Epsilon, University of Ohio, and Zeta, Lincoln university of Pennsylvania. At the concluding business session held Friday afternoon E. W. Diggs of Indiana, founder of the order, was re-elected grand polemarch. Other officers chosen were: Vice polemarch, George C. Ellis, Illinois; keeper of records, W. H. Lowery, Iowa; exchequer, Irving Armstrong, Indiana; grand strategus, M. E. Jackson, Wilberforce university; lieutenant strategus, Frank H. Colbert, Ohio university, and directors, G. V. Cook, Illinois university; M. S. Fields, Iowa university; W. B. Johnson, Wilberforce university, and P. F. Nolte, Lincoln university. FT. MADISON NOTES. Miss Naomi Harper, who has been spending the holidays at home, returned to college Monday morning. Mrs. M. Moore is very sick at the Sacred Heart hospital. Sarah Floyd Hospital Mr. Floyd White of Hamilton, Ill. spent New Year's day in the city. Mr. Henry Tolliver of La Harpe Ill. was visiting friends and relatives in the city last week. auspices of the Bethel A. M. E. literary was a success both socially and financially. Much credit is due the president, Miss Jennie Harper. Miss Madge Goodwin is on the sick list. Mrs. Rhoda Harper is on the sick list. Mr. Berle Anderson of New Boston, Iowa, was a Fort Madison fisitor last week. Mr. and Mrs. F. Anderson spent the noidays in New Boston visiting at the home of the former's mother. 'The Ladies' Aid and Helping Hand society of the A. M. E. church presented Rev. Augustus and wife a clothes basket of eatables on New Year's morning. Mr. E. Marshall is sick with la gripe. Mrs. A. Jackson is very sick at her home, 310 N. Fifth street. Miss J. O. Harper will entertain the members of the Bethel literary on Friday evening at her home on N. Fifth street. Fe hospital. Mr. C. Ivory is sick at the Santa KEQKUK ITEMS. The Self-Culture club will meet at the home of Mrs. W. A. Frye on Monday, January 10. The Phyllis Wheatley Rescue club met Tuesday, January 4, at the Phyllis Memorial hall. Miss Blanche Kebo is ill at her home, 1217 Morgan street. Mrs. T. Jefferson is ill at her home, 818 Timea street. Mrs. James Adams is very ill at her home, 1628 Palion street. Miss Elizabeth Gross returned to Iowa City, after spending the holidays with her parents. She was accompanied by Miss Marie Lewis, who attended the fraternity banquet December 31, 1915. Mr. Hutchinson of Rock Island was a Keokuk visitor last week. In connection with the soda fountain the members of the Peerless Ice Cream Parlor are now conducting a regular restaurant and short order business, making a specialty of Sunday dinners from 12:30 to 2:30 and from 6 to 8. Mrs. Mary Brown is ill at her home, 909 Bank street. Mrs. Mary Bowns is in the home, 909 Bank street. Miss Maude Jefferson returned and Mrs. T. Jefferson. Mrs. Jennie Freeman is now back again in the restaurant business and is located at 411 N. Twelfth street. Mrs. Cole Lear and son returned to their home in Canton, Mo., after spending the holidays with relatives. KEWANEE, ILL. Mrs. Orr, a sister of Mrs. Lou Reynolds, is still very sick. Vern Ellsworth is very low at this writing. Mr. Robert Watts is down with the la gripe. Mrs. Chas. Humphrey has been quite ill, but is better. The Sunday school gave their cantata Tuesday, December 28. It was a success financially. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Hughes accepted an invitation to visit Ottawa, Ill., to spend Xmas. Mr. and Mrs. E. Watts were among the Xmas visitors in our city. They were the guests of their mothers, Mrs. Watts and Mrs. Adams. Mrs. Shield was agreeably surprised in having her father up for the holidays. The Bethel Business club tendered a farewell informal reception to Mrs. Lizzie Baily on Monday, December 27, 1915, at her husband's mother's home. They had a delightful program. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Smith and children spent their Xmas in Galesburg, the guests of Mrs. Smith's parents. Mrs. Burdwell paid a flying visit to her daughter and grandchildren in Ottawa on New Year's day. Mr. Arthur Watts, Sr., visited in Galesburg to eat his Xmas dinner with his daughter. Miss Cleota Guther, with a few others, attended the Xmas ball at Galesburg. She reports having a splendid time. One of the first of the New Year's festivities was an informal reception given by Rev. and Mrs. Stansbery at Bethel A. A. M. E. church Saturday evening from 5 to 10 p. m. The church had the Xmas decorations throughout. Miss Beatrice Roman played several instrumental solos, also Miss Laura Watts. Misses Lewis, Guther and Hamilton and Mrs. Iola Baily sang very beautiful solos. All parted at 10:30 p. m. wishing the host and hostess a happy and prosperous new year. 6UXTON, IOWA. A man may become weary of daily toil, but it is not so depressing as daily idleness. The Y. M. C. a night school began Monday night and will continue three nights in every week. Fellows, this means opportunity. So who will grasp its forelock? It will help you through the years of tomorrow. The Ladies' Industrial club held their annual New Year dinner last Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Baker. In spite of the untravorable condition of the weather fourteen members, accompanied by their husbands, were present. This club is looking after the welfare of Uncle Douglas Bates for the past several months. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Grace McDowell on January 6. Pure Water, Health and A Happy New Year PURE water, fresh air and substantial food, these are the essentials to good health and of happiness. You are assured of the purest in DES MOINES CITY WATER. No steps have been neglected to make it positively the best ---Thoroughly Filtered through Subterranean Chambers----Free from Every Kind of Harmful Bacteria. When you have your home in readiness for DES MOINES CITY WATER you are assured of the best possible service. The purest and most efficient water system is maintained constantly, every effort being made to give patrons a satisfactory service in every respect. A Happy New Year To All Des Moines Water Company Talmage Carey brings back favorable greetings from Minneapolis. He says the Buxton boys, Chauncey Monroe, Harry Grevor, L. C. Curry and the Kay boys are all doing fine and send their regards. Clark Wilson received a bad injury by mushing his hand between a chunk of coal and the car. The "Good Samaritan" proved to be a wonderful play. Remember the date of the next attraction, January 10. A dazzling comedy in three acts, entitled "Bringing Up a Husband." It is worth the price of the show to come out and hear the Sunset orchestra Morris, the trap drummer, imitates everything from a bumble bee to a steamboat. And Wheels, the trombone man, is two or three generations ahead of time. He is simply marvelous. Miss Mary Horn of Cedar Rapida is visiting her sister, Mrs. Grace McDowell. Thos. Hurst received an injury by letting a lump of coal fall on his foot. Mrs. Phoebe Cook is in the city again. Mr. W. A. Brown spent the holidays with his wife. CLINTON, IOWA. The epidemic which has spread over the country the past several weeks has been greatly in evidence in Clinton. Everyone seems to be affected. Business has been denormalized, church services and meetings have been on the verge of suspension. The Xmas season passed off pleasantly considering the hindrance of so much illness. On Christmas eve the members of Hether A M E Sunday school assembled for In the early evening a supper was spread under the auspices of one of the classes, with the members of the school as guests. The exercises of songs and recitations followed, which were very interesting. Santa Claus was present in the person of Scott Robinson, who assisted in making merry in the distribution of the presents from a well laden tree presided over by the teachers. The annual election of Sunday school officers will take place Wednesday night. Trustees will be elected on Thursday night. Mrs. Lizzie Wilder of Galesburg is a guest at the home of Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Williams, arriving in the city Christmas day for an indefinite visit. The members of Bethel A. M. E. church were the hosts to the right reverend bishop, I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. at a council held in this city on December 16th. Those present with the presiding officers were Presiding Elders W. D. Cook S. B. Moore, Jas. Higgins and I. N. Daniels. At noon dinner was served by the stewardess. In the evening the Ladies' Sewing Circle presided in like manner, serving a most appetizing meal. A program in charge of Rev. I. N. Daniels, which was ably rendered, consisting of music and addresses by the guests of honor, was given. All in all an enjoyable time was spent. We feel justly proud, as this is the first council held west of the Mississippi river. Advices from Galesburg tells of the serious illness of Rev. S. B. Moore, his many friends hope he will soon be himself again. A committee of colored citizens waited on the mayor on Monday, reconstructing against the production of "A Birth of a Nation," to be shown here in February. Mr. Geo. Johnson is entertaining his cousin, Adam Johnson, of Gravity, Iowa. Miss Murda Beason spent the holiday season with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Richardson. MONMOUTH, ILL. Mr. Clarence Catlin is out of the city on business. Miss Viola Diggs has returned home, after visiting at the home of Dr. Scruggs at Jacksonville. The P. L. D. club spent an enjoyable time at a watch party Friday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elgia Wallace. Mrs. Sandy Clarke and children and Mrs. Francis Holly of Galesburg pent a few days here with relatives. Miss Ida Wallace left Sunday morning for her school in Jerseyville, Ill. Misses Nadine Doolin and Edna Williams have returned, after spending the holidays in Streator, Ill. Misses Phillips and Humble have returned to their home in East St. Louis, after visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Wallace. Mr. an dMrs. Grandville Cooper entertained at New Year's dinner Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wallace, Mrs. Lavetta Clarke and Mrs. Francis Holly of Galesburg. Misses Humble and Phillips of East St. Louis and Miss Ida Wallace of Jerseyville, Ill. Mr. Robert Catlin is visiting friends at Chicago. COLFAX. IOWA. Sunday was Covenant day at the B. B. church. The pastor, Rev. J. W. Morton, delivered an interesting and inspiring sermon both morning and evening. Communion was administered at night. There was a large and appreciative attendance during the day. The B. Y. P. U. was well attended last Sunday eevnihg. The president requests all members to be present next Sunday evening at 6:30 for the election of officers for this ensuing year. Mrs. C. D. Ashford, who, has been seriously ill indefinitely, is improving very rapidly at this writing. Mrs. J. H. Brodus, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Viola, were visitors in Oralabal last week. The marriage of Miss Cecil Oliver, daughter of Mrs. Lillie Denby, to Mr. Percy Williams was solemnized at 8 o'clock Thursday night at the home of the bride. The Rev. Mr. Morton, pastor of the B. B. church, performed the ceremony in the presence of immediate relatives. Mrs. B. F. Cooper, who has been visiting in Chicago with her sister, Miss Ethel Terrel, was called home on account of the death o f her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Banks. Mrs. Percy Williams is seriously ill at her home at this writing. Messrs. T. W. Hughes of Newton and R. Spencer of Mason City were Spring City visitors Monday. Mr. F. B. Brown of Des Moines is a guest at the Battle house this week. Mr. Reuben Gaines of Buxton, Iowa, is in the city visiting his lady friend, Miss Bertha Strather. The Household of Ruth No. 1929, and the Odd Fellows will give a public installation Saturday night, January 16. Public cordially invited. Quite a number of visitors were in town Sunday attending the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Banks. They were Mesdames Sonnie Early, Cary Law, Smith, Mary Brooks, Mrs. Burrel of Carney, Lottie Lomas, Annie Cabell, Lucy Jones, Mrs. Hale, Lonnie Brooks of Des Moines, Messrs. Burrel, mother and daughter, Vivian Jones of Des Moines, W. D. Miller of Enterprise and Oscar Hinds of Des Moines. Obituary of Mrs. Henry Banks. Mrs. Elizabeth Banks was born in Albermarle county, Virginia, in 1854. She was married to Henry Banks in July, 1871. To this union there were born twelve children, seven boys and five girls. Two girls are dead and three boys are dead. Four boys and three girls survive her. Two brothers, Randall and G. O. Terrel, and sixteen grandchildren a husband and a hot of friends also survive. She died December 30, 1915, about 10 o'clock p.m. She professed a hope in Christ in Virginia some years ago. Deceased was 61 years old, a faithful member of the B. B. church about eighteen years. The church will miss her and her hearty hand- DARK WITH LUNATIC SOLDIERS American Auto Ambulance Driver Dodges Vehicles on Congested French Road While Trench-Crazed Man Grabs at Steering Wheel When Not Fighting Mate—"Thank You Very Much for the Ride," Says Maniac at the End of the Journey. Paris—A correspondent of the New York Sun has received the following letter from a member of the American ambulance corps at the front: "I was on duty last Sunday at S—a typical French front town just behind the woods in which most of the fighting of the section is carried on. There the two ambulances on the watch were lined up in the usual place at the telephone bureau along the side of the road most protected against sudden shrapnel bombardments. Shrapnel shells exploding into the street usually land their contents into the side of the street facing the German lines. road came close to collision with the trawl ambulance. Sometimes a driver, far in front, contrary to rules, lighted a match and the thing flared over the country like an arc light. In order to drive all it was necessary to blow the horn constantly and hug the right side of the road as closely as safety allowed. Madman Becomes Restless. "At the village of H—, half way to the hospital, the madman on the seat grew restless. He began to add to my troubles by grabbing the wheel at unexpected intervals, turning the car from its course. After each occasion he gave a gurple of approval and "All was quiet in the trenches; only an occasional crack of a rifle, the sharp detonation of a grenade now and then and a constant far away booming denoting an attack in a distant 'specteur.'" "Darkness had settled without any wounded being brought in. This was unusual. The 'pote secours' of the various regiments along the street were empty save for a few sick soldiers being held over until the light of the early morning. An ugly rain had set in, making difficult the run of eleven kilometers in total blackness without even the guidance of a feeble oil lamp among the never ending wagons and contrivances of the road. It appeared unnecessarily long to the men in the vehicles, who were those not needing attention at the hospitals back. Stealing a Little Sleep. "We turned into the telephone bureau to get what sleep we could, using stretches from our cars. The blanket rolls unfolded over these, making beds not half bad. Before retiring the men take off their shoes, leggings and coats. "The incessant rumble of wagon wheels and the rattle and clink of chains outside were beginning to blend with the distant booming in the other 'secteur' as I drowned when I was awakened by the telephone bell. 'Brandardiers' at B—, a dressing station about a kilometer on the other side of town at the edge of the woods, were calling for an ambulance. "C'est urgent," said the operator, and then rang off. "It was pressing. "After a quarter of an hour's driving I went to the post. It was necessary to go exceedingly slow and stop frequently to avoid running into something in the blackness. At the post two 'brandardiers' came out to meet me. "A door opened on the side away from the trenches, throwing enough light on the road to turn the car round. I walked toward the door to see if the wounded man was down, as often the case. Before I had gone far the attendants came up and solemnly placed their fingers over their lips. Surprised by the "Wounded." "They replied yes, and pointed through the door. Inside were two soldiers sitting on a bench facing us. That was all. As we came in one of the soldier said 'bon soir' and smiled. "The brancardiers' then told me the men were violently insane and they were under orders to send them to the rear immediately. They had been rendered mad by the fire of the day, they said, and not to be trusted to be in the same party with wounded. "Make them lie inside the car," they said, and they'll be all right for you. "However, not wishing a mixup on the eight-inch stretch back, I thought they to have one fellow lie on a stretcher inside and the other one ride on the seat with me. The soldier who had bidden me a good evening got inside willingly and, lay down. We got the other soldier on the seat after several minutes of inducing. He seemed to have an idea he was about to be taken prisoner. "The two 'brancardiers,' and a couple of others I had not seen before gave me their best wishes as I left. Later, I concluded that they shook hands among themselves when I disappeared in the darkness. "The run back to — — was made the wait to return. The soldiers remained quiet. Then began the tedious run to the hospital at F — —, eight miles back. The night was exceptionally dark and it was difficult to see my hands on the steering wheel. Road Clogged by Vehicles. Road Clogging The 'ravitalisation' was still on the road up. Wagons of every description, some drawn by six or eight horses, jogged by on the other side of the road, one upon the other. Sometimes there was a break of several feet in the line, and at times transports rushed by with a sickening clanking of chains and rumbling of massive wheels, running with more than average rate to catch up to those in front. Occasionally a heavy transport laden with ammunition, en route to some battery in the woods and driven by as many as ten powerful steeds, thundered past in the middle of the road or on the left side to pass the slower moving vehicles. San Francisco Pupils Give Pledge to Foreign Secret Societies in the Future. San Francisco—As a precaution against the revival of sororities and fraternities in the public schools of this city, the board of education has adopted a rule, it was announced, whereby every high school pupil, before entering school, must sign a pledge against becoming a member of BRITISH PREPARED FOR COLD WEATHER The men and officers in the British trenches are well prepared for their two enemies, King Frett and exploding German shells. The picture shows a group of British officers wearing their new steel helmets and their winter for coats. The men and officers in the British trenches are well prepared for their two enemies, King Frett and exploding German shells. The picture shows a group of British officers wearing their new steel helmets and their winter for coats. road came close to collision with the frail ambulance. Sometimes a driver, far in front, contrary to rules, lighted a match and the thing flared over the country like an are light. In order to blow it up, as necessary to blow it to horn constant, the side of the road as closely as safety allowed. Madman Becomes Restless. "At the village of H—, half way to the hospital, the madman on the seat greet restless. He began to add to my troubles by grabbing the wheel at unexpected intervals, turning the车 from its course. After each occasion he gave a gurgle of approval and muttered something in a dialect I did not understand, but evidently getting more amusement out of it than I. He was a little fellow and I did not fear him physically. "After several sudden lurches, when grabbing the wheel seemed to be becoming a habit with him, I began to pat him on the back and look anxiously in the direction of the hospital, about three miles away. I was afraid the fellow inside might make trouble. "Once, on losing the sense of direction, after being turned from my course, I stopped and dismounted to find the right of the road. Several feet in advance of the car I walked into something hard. I discovered a wagon stationary on the road a short distance in front on a load of long rallike burs projecting over the rear end. "Suddenly there was a big blaze of light from the back. I stopped looking what had happened. Looking back through a window in the canvas body of the car I saw the soldier inside crouching on the stretcher holding about half a box of lighted matches in his hands. He was trying to light a cigarette. "With his face toward the floor of the car he raised the score or so of burning matches to his mouth. Instantly there was a sizzle of mustache a loud cough and grunt, and the luna-frantically threw the flaming sticks over the car. Lunatic Lit His Cigarette "I jumped off and ran back to prevent the flames from spreading. When I got around the passenger inside was puffing nonchallantly at a cigarette as though nothing had happened. "But the other fellow was gone. After a few minutes search I was about to give up when I heard a confusion of voices within the ambulance. Hastening to the back again I saw that my friend had made his way into the car without my noticing it and the two were now arguing in dangerous voices on different subjects. After agreeing to many things I finally got the fellow back on the seat with me and "The two remained quiet until with in a quarter mile of the hospital. At this point the road branches off up a long winding hill. Taking the road the car lurched sharply over a gutter. Probably the soldier inside had been looking out of the little window in the canvas at the front of the car for as the car lurched I felt him brush roughly against our backs to the side. "I immediately he seemed to have an idea that his companion was at fault, and instantly drove his flat into the canvas, catching the soldier on the seat in the back. The rest of the trip was lively enough; while the maniac in front alternately tried to jump off and sink his elbow into the canvas at his companion the latter pounded a hole through the canvas to reach him. "Busy With the Maniac. "On the road near the point we had reached a sentinel is stationed day BRITISH PREPARED The men and officers in the British two enemies, King Frost and exploding group of British officers wearing their fur coats. any forbidden society. Parents and guardians also must sign a card pledges co-operation with the school board. More than 100 pupils in the San Fran cisco high schools were suspended be cause of their membership in secret societies. A state law forbids the ex- istence of school secret societies. Sam is Glad He is Back. Marion, Kan—Sam Shreve came home recently. He had been nearly forty years prospecting for gold in the far West. Sam was penniless. M. Miss Harlow is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harlow of Washington. She is one of the latest additions to the society of the capital. and night to guard the country beyond the hill, which again leads to the lines. Directly before reaching him a road branches sharply to the left. It leads to the back of the hospital, where the ambulances go to discharge their loads. "The sky had cleared a little, showing enough road in advance to make better speed. I lost little time in covering the last stretch. The sentinel was evidently new to our ambulances, for as the car rushed up without slackening pace he fixed his bayonet and danced over the road, thinking I was about to rush by, and wildly commanding me to halt. I disregarded him, absorbed with struggling manacles, and skidded into the side road within a few feet of his bayonet. Later, I wondered that he did not shoot. "As I pulled into the hospital yard I noticed the madmen's fighting had ceased and I breathed a sigh of relief. The soldier on the seat dismounted, took his pack and stood waiting without saying a word, while I explained to the brancardiers." "When I went to the back of the car to help the other soldier out he was gone. Looking around the yard, he was nowhere in sight. I found him chattering to a wild-eyed sentel who was still wondering what had happened. How he escaped uninjured I do not know I led my late acquaintance over to the yard, docle once more. "Thank you very much for the ride. Good night!" he called after me as I left on the return." BLEACHED BONES ARE FOUND Remaina of Indiana Man Who Disappeared Some Months Ago, Are They Still Alive? Elwood, Ind.—"I have the stuff to put myself out of the way. It's no use for you to look for me, for you won't find me." This note David Davis, fifty-one, left for his children when he disappeared from his home in Elwood on August 7. Recently, while James S. Edgell, tenant on the Washington McCoy farm, just west of the city, was husking corn in a field an eight of a mile west of the old McClay glass works, he found the bleached bones and weather-beaten clothing of the long-missing man. Exposed to the elements and to the attacks of feathered and fur-covered scavengers, every particle of flesh had disappeared from the bones, and identification was possible only through the clothing. FOR COLD WEATHER sh trenches are well prepared for their ing German shells. The picture shows a ir new steel helmets and their winter But there was an old cow pasture which Sam had almost forgotten. Sam didn't think much of it in his youth. But that pasture today is the site of this town residential section. So Sam should worry—he's $20,000 richer, or will be, when the residents pay him his legal dues. And Sam is glad he's back. In the order named, quinine, calomel, castor oil, tincture of iron, opium and brandy are the medicines most used in the tropics. A.308× LITTER CARRIER TRACK SINGLE STALLS COW STALLS 4 STANCHIONS MANGER FEED ALLEY DUTCH DOORS SILO HANGER DOUBLE BOX STALLS STEEL COW STALLS LITTER CARRIER TRACK TO HANGER DIT. Ground Floor of Horse and Cow Barn Design. Size. 44 by 34 Feet. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER GENERAL BARN FOR SMALL FARM Design Such That Dairy Herd and Horses May Be Handled Under One Roof. ABSOLUTELY NO WASTE SPACE *Trussed Roof Provides for Utilization of Entire Upper Part of the Structure—Doors of Modern Build—Ventilation and Feeding Arrangements Perfect. By WILLIAM A. BADEFORD. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF charge at the building on the farm, for the readers of this paper. On account of the subject of building work on the farm, for the readers of this paper, on account of the Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authoriaries to William A. Radford. No. 187. Prairie avenue. Chicago, Ill., and only include two cent stamp for reply. There are thousands of farms all over the country that are not large enough to support a complete set of barns of all the various kinds that are in use, so the solution of their problem lies in the combination barn. The combination barn is designed to handle a dairy herd and the horses that are in use, under the same roof. A heavy door separates the two parts of the barn. Combination barns are made in many different sizes, but as a general rule only the smaller sizes are built. If a large combination barn is to be built it is better to arrange the plans A 308 and divide the animals so that the horses and the dairy cattle come under separate roofs. This is especially true if the owner intends to handle quite a few horses. There are, of course, no real objections to combination designs as long as the two parts of the barn are kept separate by the walls. The combination barn shown here is about the right size for a 40-acre farm. Space is provided for 12 or 14 cows and from 5 to 7 horses. The roof is of the self-supporting type. The lower rafter or gambrel roof is 6 inches by 6 inches by 14 feet long, while the upper rafter is 6 by 6 by 12 feet long. The bracing is taken care of by the timbers 1 inch by 8 inches. Two of these braces are used by each of the upper rafters and one for each of the lower rafters. The lookout rafters are 12 by 12 by 8 inches. The trussed roof for barns has one of the greatest factors for utilizing all the space in the barn for various pur- LITTER CARRIER SINGLE STALLS COW STALLS 4 HANGER FED ALLEY HANGER DOUBLE or BOX STALLS STEEL COW S LITTER CARRIER TRACK Ground Floor of Horse and Cow poses. The braced gambrel roof, such as is shown in the illustration, is the commonest type, but round barns are frequently built with a braced roof. Either type leaves the entire upper part of the barn entirely free from all obstructions, so that it can be most readily utilized as a haymow. The unobstructed space also allows the installation of the hay track in the peak of the roof. The track is fastened to a collar beam, which is a short beam placed between the upper rafters, and serves the double purpose of supporting the track and bracing the rafters. Many manufacturers of the equipment use furnish special hanging irons that are designed to support the track and which support the track down below. If this style of equipment is used it will save considerable time and trouble to have the collar beams all even and true. The collar beams are set as high as possible so as to bring the track well up into the peak. The change in the appearance of barn doors is a feature of modern barns as compared with the old sheds that formerly served as barns. Anything would do for a door in the old days. The sliding doors always had at least one roller off the track and hung down with a mournful droop. The hinged doors were broken so that the doors could slide across the side of the barn in the wind. The excuse was often made that the doors didn't fit very well, but the cracks around them helped in ventilating the barn. Now that we have a regular ventilating system, broken-down doors have no reason for existing. The doors shown in this barn are all of the most modern construction. Double sliding doors are used in the gable for placing hay in the mow. These doors are placed on slanting tracks close up under the eaves, where they will be protected. Being on the outside of the barn they are never in the way and do not take up valuable space in the mow. All the other doors into the stable are Dutch doors. The upper and the lower half open separately. The advantage of this type of door is more pronounced in the summer than in the winter. In the summer the upper door can be left open so as to insure a good circulation of air through the barn, and the cattle or horses can be kept inside without tying them up or placing them in the stained glass. The ventilation in the stained glass for a barn that is arranged with the dairy cattle facing in intake flues for the fresh air are brought in with openings above and in front of the cows. In back of each row of cattle is an outtake flue that passes up the wall and along under the roof to the ventilator. A litter carrier track is placed back of each row of cows, and the track for this passes out through the back of the barn to a manure pit. The entire door of the cow stable is of concrete, but often the horse part is made with a wood block or cork floor in the stalls where the horses have to stand. Either type of floor is easy to clean, as it can be washed with a horse after the cattle have gone out. The feeding arrangement in this barn is compact and easily handled. The silo is placed up close to the back part of the barn and has a chute which empties the silage directly into the feeding alley. From here the roadway is placed in the manger, which concrete the same as the floor itself. The horse stable is separated from the dairy barn part by a wall with three doors placed in it. Two of the x doors are in the litter alleys and the other is in the feed alley. Three single stalls are placed on one side in this part of the barn, and across from these are two wide stalls that can be used either for two horses or can be finished off as box stalls. The entire arrangement of this barn presents an attractive design for the man who wants a compact barn for some dairy cattle, with room for the horses that are used around the farm. Russia Hiding Gold in Siberia In the American Magazine a well-known American banker writes an article entitled, "The Money Side of the War," in which he presents many inside facts about the financial situation of the nations at war. In the following extract he tells where Russia is hiding some of her gold: "Curiously enough, the Russians have placed one of their gold mints at Irkutsk, in the heart of Siberia, where a hostile army invading from either BACK STANCHIONS FALLUS DUTCH DOORS SILO TO MANUFACTURE DUT. Barn Design. Size, 44 by 34 Feet. the west or the east would have to travel about two thousand miles over the Russian steppes to get at that gold." American Woman's Good Work Woman as an inventor has not come before the public very often, but in the last year Miss Grace Gassette has made her inventions invaluable to the American hospital in Neuilly. Miss Gassette's home was in Chicago before she went to Paris, where she was for years a painter and sculptor. At the beginning of the war she offered her services to the American hospital at Neuilly and soon her work became indispensable. Here she found use for her knowledge of anatomy in inventing apparatus for dressing wounds. Her work in the hospital wounded is brought to the hospital the doctor sends for Miss Gassette, who makes a detailed sketch of the kind of instrument needed. From this the workmen construct the delicate apparatus suited to each peculiar wound. Couldn't Break Himself Rivers—The fellow across the street always dodges me. Bridges—Why? Rivers—Force of habit, I suppose. He once owed me $2 for nearly five years.—Judge. Still Possible. Because a man walks along the street without his overcoat it does not necessarily follow that you are right about what he has put it in back—hollers. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Tuskegee institute was developed by Booker T. Washington, and it is fitting that the trustees of the institution should seek to perpetuate his name. Their idea is to solicit a $2,000,000 endowment, to be known as the "Washington memorial." Almost one quarter of this amount has already been subscribed, a part, however, contingent on other contributions. The Trustees look to Negroes for at least $20,000. This is not a large sum to ask from the colored race, inasmuch as Tuskegee typifies the best that is being done for them. In Indianapolis there are enough prosperous Negroes to provide no small portion of the minimum expected. When Doctor Washington took charge of Tuskegee it owned many Classes were housed in shanties, and the future held out no great hopes. The perseverance with which he kept at his work, his remarkable ability and his sterling character attracted the necessary support. Today Tuskegee is a valuable property, even from a physical standpoint. Yet its work is so largely philanthropic that there is always a gap between income and outgo. During Doctor Washington's lifetime this deficit was easily met. His acquaintance was wide, and included persons of wealth. In asking help now the trustees of the institute possibly look not so much to wealthy philanthropists as to persons who are willing to give a little in order that a good cause may be promoted. "Tuskegee institute," reads the announcement, "is Booker T. Washington's monument, and his most fitting memorial is the perpetuation of its great work for the benefit of the colored people and for the promotion of helpful relations between the races. The gap at present existing between the ordinary income of the institute and its annual outgo is approximately $150,000. All that is desired is to raise a trust fund of such proportions as will reduce this annual charge to "manageable proportions." It is hoped that enough will be contributed by Nees to meet not only our needs but also provide sufficient money to erect a tablet or other memorial in the grounds of the institute. At present there is only one such institution; there should be many. It is therefore important that Tuskegee institute be preserved and enlarged as an example in the education of the colored people of this country. The heat of the sultry day had made the kitchen stove about the most unbearable thing one could possibly conjure up. The whole kitchen was steamy and uninviting. Outside the sun baked down, and the vacation days made the restless children unhappy and cross; a slovenly, unkempt colored girl was rocking a crying baby; an older colored woman was getting a breath of air at the door. The baby didn't stop crying, the dinner was getting overdone, and the poor tired mother, almost distracted, wondered where was the trouble. Somehow, a seldom girl got into a dress and tried to get around at the root of things, writes Mrs. Sidney M. Ullman of the Service Department, in the Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. This mother, like most of us, saw only in her troubles the inefficiency in her own servants. She was paying for poorly cooked meals and badly trained children; little boys and girls of impressionable age, associating with ignorant Negro nurses; The following letter will show some of the practical workings of the pupils of the industrial high school at Birmingham, Ala: "My dear Mrs. Ullman: I had the pleasure a few days ago of being a guest at luncheon of the negro industrial high school, together with Dr. J. H. Phillips, Mrs. Ben M. Jacobs, Mrs. Echols, Mrs. B. J. Gibson, Mr. C. B. Glenn, Mrs. Bruce, Mr. S. J. Bowie, Judge A. O. Lane and Doctor Curren of North Carolina. We were impressed with the splendid, practical work done in every department of the cooking class, and demonstration of the cooking class appealed to me, for one very obvious reason, the hour was one o'clock. Besides all, all persons who have made any kind of study of social problems know that we cannot expect health, work, efficiency and happiness without food that has been properly selected and properly prepared. "The luncheon served us was prepared by a group of girls from this class of 41. They were selected not because of their superior proficiency, because all were equally capable, so Statistics show that in the early days of American colleges about one-half the graduates adopted the ministry as a profession. At the present time only about 5 per cent of the college graduates become ministers. Chinese chambers of commerce exist in New York, San Francisco and Manila. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has the abominable habit of smothering himself with strong perfumes. The school commissioner of Caldwell, N. J., caused so much comment by leaving an open umbrella on his front lawn for many days that he finally had to explain that he was protection for his strong-minded hen, who was sitting out there, and not at all amenable to suggestions that she move. In recognition of his work in promoting industrial training in the schools of Japan, Edmund Weld, Jr. of Brookfield, Conn., has been conferred the rank and title of Sonin by the emperor of Japan. in spite of the school and the home environment, they were picking up bad English. Who is to blame for the incompetence and ignorance of the Negro servants? The illiteracy of the Negro is bringing down the fair state of Alabama to the very bottom of the ladder in education. Some overcrowded, poorly equipped schools are doing wonderful work. These are seldom encouraged by a visit from the white neighbor. We ease our conscience with the knowledge that there is something being done and that is all-sufficient. The whole system under which we allow the race to exist is wrong. From an essay read at the Industrial High school commencement by a young Negro boy, we quote the following: "The Negro in embryo, is surrounded by the shell of ignorance and poverty. Outside conditions must be favorable if he is to come out of his shell prepared to be an asset and not a liability to the community. The most filiterate class of people should have the largest opportunity for getting the rudiments of an education in order that they may not lower the standard of living in their city. Whether they go to school should not be left to the whim of this class—but they should be compelled to go. The state must protect itself from the ignorance of its masses by forcing them into schools." The progress of the Negro during the last 50 years has been marked by a wholesome and steady growth, with no tendency toward a lape into the state of bewilderment which characterized the business, agricultural and commercial activities of the race immediately after the war. Between 1900 and 1915, for instance, farm property owned by Negroes has increased 177 per cent in value—from $177,404,588 to $492,821,218. The Negro Business league has recently published some statistics which show that since 1900 the number of Negro business enterprises in this country has increased from 20,000 to 45,000; the number of Negro banks from two to 51; the number of drug stores, from 250 to 695, and the number of general retail stores from 10,000 to 25,000. These figures show that education and a more comprehensive knowledge of the possibilities of freedom are helping the Negro to do for himself that which no one can do for him. And it is altogether fitting that leaders of the race should agree that it is time to bring to public attention the achievements of the race. Theodore Leschettiky, who died at Dresden recently, aged eighty-five, was the principal master of Paderweski. Leschettiky made his debut in Vienna in 1845, and for several years taught at St. Petersburg conservatory. Among the titles of the sultan of Turkey are sultan of sultans, king of kings, bestower of crown upon the princes of the world, emperor and sovereign of the two seas, and shadow god upon earth. Frozen meat from South America is sold in large quantities in the Netherlands, but those who can afford it buy the unfrozen inland meat, which costs one-third more, but has more flavor. Fifty women take an active part in the municipal governments of Swedish cities. Seven of them are busy in Stockholm. those were chosen who had been best in attendance. "From the lamb roast to the last crumb of iceing on Mr. Jacob's slice of cake both science and care were employed in the selection and preparation. "We were agreed that none of us had ever eaten a more perfectly prepared meal. It reflected credit on the teacher, who besides being efficient, is very practical. "The work of the entire institution reflects credit on A. H. Parker, the principal, whose remarkable ability and understanding eminently fits him for the position he holds. He is contributing a large share to the solution of some of our social problems and deserves the interest, assistance and commendation of every man and woman in Birmingham. "The industrial high school has not come into being in a day, but has been evolved with our entire school system, then the wonderful personality and consecrated service of him, who, for 33 years has been at the helm. "MRS. DUPONT THOMPSON." President Wilson is the third chief executive to marry while occupying the chief magistracy of the United States. The others were John Tyler and Grover Cleveland. The gems, ornaments and precious stones belonging to the shah of Persia are estimated to be worth about $35,000,000. In a year 4,472 hours of sunshine are possible, but few places ever experience the maximum. Lead pencils, of which the world produces 2,000,000,000 a year, are a great tax on certain varieties of wood, of which the best for this purpose are Rocky mountain cedar, sequoia, Pt Orford cedar, redwood and alligator juniper. Many tropical plants possess light giving qualities, their blossoms and stems being luminous and their juices also being phosphorescent. Wheat is profitably grown in lower California. REFORM IN SURGERY Matter of Slow Growth Throughout the Centuries. Practitioners Were Slow to Abandon the Barbarous Methods Which Had Been So Long In Use—Some Queer Remedies. In 1538 a great reform in the treatment of gunshot wounds was made by Ambroise Pale, the father of French surgery. For some inscrutable reason such wounds had previously been regarded as infected and therefore in need of canterization with boiling oil or water. Once, in the absence of these antiseptics, Pale simply dressed some wounds without canterizing them, and on the following day he was agreeably surprised to find them in better conditions than wounds that had been treated with boiling oil, Thenceforth he abandoned and opined against this practice. Soon afterwards he developed the ligature of arteries as a substitute for canterization after the amputation of limbs. Bold and successful methods of treating wounds of the head and brain lesions were adopted by Berenger de Carpi a little later. The advancement of the healing art, however, was slow, and many queen remedies were employed, such as broths made of vipers and frogs, which are mentioned in a medical treatise published in 1778. General Marbot has described the heroic treatment applied to his foot, in which gangrene had developed after it had been frozen on the battlefield of Eylau. He was held by four men while the surgeon cut out the gangrened parts as if he were removing decayed portions of an apple. The surgeon then mounted a chair, saturated a sponge with hot, sweetened wine and let the liquid fall, drop by drop, into the hole which he had excavated. The pain was excruciating, and the general had to endure it every morning and night for a week, but his leg was saved. In the Crimean war 75,000 of the French army of 300,000 men died of anthrax, scurvy, typhus and hospital infection. Death followed 91 per cent of amputations of the thigh and 55 per cent of amputations of the arm. The physicians and surgeons did their best, but they were too few, and the organization and equipment were defective. In May, 1855, there were only 78 ambulance and field hospital surgeons for an army of 108,000 men. Similar conditions prevailed in the Italian campaign (1859-1860). At Magenta each ambulance surgeon had 175 wounded men to care for. At Solferino each surgeon had 500 patients, so that even if he were able to work 20 hours continuously, he could not give three minutes to each patient. The Crimean and Italian campaigns proved the necessity of a radical change in military surgery. This transformation has gradually been accomplished, both in the administrative and in the medical and surgical fields. Cauterizing Implements Used by Pare. The railway and the automobile have facilitated the transport of the wounded and ameliorated its attendant conditions. Antiseptic methods have greatly diminished mortality and hastened cure. In large armies, however, the wounded may still, at times, be too numerous to be properly treated. Important progress has been made during the present war, but still further improvement is required. The ratio of dead to wounded has been reduced from one-third to one-fifth, when it presents a capital, a value, a sacrifice. His death or illness is a loss for the whole nation. For these as well as for humanitarian reasons it is imperative to neglect no means of restoring to health the citizen who has risked his life in defense of his country. "We want to keep business out of politics," said the reformer. "Well," replied Senator Sorghum, "you've taken all the pleasure out of it. If you take all the business out of it, too, I don't see what's going to be left." Taking No Chances. "What would you call a policewoman? A 'coppess' or a 'opetite'?" "I wouldn't risk calling one anything. A chap called one 'dearie' the other day and she arrested him for firing." Real Situation. Count—I can't live without you, Miss Monne. Miss Monne—Don't you mean, count, that you cannot live as you'd like to without me? Had an Unpleasant Sound. Daughter—Father, can I take a post-graduate course in biology? Her Dad—Dubiously—I don't know, daughter. I'm afraid you'll be wanting to buy too many things. Mrs. Diggs—I feel so sorry for poor Mr. Smith. NEWROCKET CAMERA Photographic Apparatus of Immense Military Value. Germans Get Topographical Data in Form That May Be Studied at Leisure—Modus Operandi Simple and Ingenious. The resourceful Germans have found a way to photograph the enemy's terrain, without recourse to man-guided aircraft, as the term is generally understood. Not only that, but the cunning Teutons get their photographic data in photographic form when the doing of it is scarcely suspected and quite beyond the chance of interference. The camera is carried aloft by the impulse of a rocket, the latter soaring skyward like an ordinary rocket. The head of the projectile consists of a thin metal shell containing a camera, while the section below holds a camera, which parachute, the release of which is effected by means of a time fuse, which can be set to go off at any desired altitude within the climbing limits of the rocket. the proper time the parachute is released and spreads, and is of sufficient area to hold the suspended cam HOOD SHELL CAMERA LENS AND SHUTTER TIME FUSE PARACHUTE PARACHUTE ROCKET ROCKET STICK Construction of Parachute Camera. era aloft fdr a considerable period. In order to keep the objective lens pointed steadily in the right direction, a small gyroscope is provided. It is said that the maximum turning movement is so nicely checked by the gyro that the swing does not exceed an arc of one degree. Plates seven inches square can be handled by the camera, and pictures can be taken from a height of nearly 1,700 feet, with a field or arc of vision of quite 50 degrees. The modus operandi is both simple and ingenious. On the march the whole outfit, weighing about 880 pounds, is borne by a special carriage. Part of the equipment is a launching frame, which guides the rocket at the time of its flight from the ground. The vehicle is equipped with a range finder. Arriving at the point of operations the range finder determines the direction and the angle at which the rocket is to be started on its journey. The gyroscope is set spinning by means of a weighted cord, which is unwound from the shaft of that device. With this little wheel spinning the rocket is ready for its trip slott. The rocket is ignited electrically by means of a light cable from a distance of 300 feet. The initial discharge cuts loose the heavy weight, which sets the gyro spinning. The second electrical impulse ignites the rocket charge and starts the missile skyward. In about eight seconds an altitude of 1,600 feet is reached. Shortly before the maximum elevation is attained an electro-pneumatic contact at the top of the hood-shell operates the shutter and simultaneously frees the parachute. As soon as the parachute expands the rocket parts—the three sections of which the apparatus is composed being connected by a line thirty-odd feet long. Immediately under the parachute, as it floats in the air, is suspended the hood-shell containing the camera, and at the end of the line are hung the body of the rocket and the vaneed guide-rod. As the whole equipment settles earthward the guide-rod strikes the ground first, and by thus lightening the load on the parachute the camera descends slowly so that it can be either caught or brought to rest on the earth without jar. The whole affair presents but a very small target; it reaches its maximum altitude in far too brief a span to be interfered with by gunfire; and even for the time of its downward drift is too short for effective practice on the part of the enemy's marksmans. All that is necessary is to wait until the breezo or wind blows from the foe's direction so that the rocket-camera will be brought back to its friends. "What's that?" asked his neighbor. "That womenfolk aren't afflicted with the after-dinner speech making habit." Good Listener. "I saw you in an argument with Twobble yesterday." "Wrong again." "But you were—" "Standing in front of Twobble while he argued. I had no share in the proceedings." Triumphal Knowledge. "I'll bet, Jim, you can't tell me what a polyclinic is." "I'll bet you I can." "What is it, then?" "Why, it's a hospital for parrots, of course, stupid." Thankless. Mrs. Bruggs—Mrs. Van Perkins complains that her portraits don't look like her. Photographer--Complains, does she? She ought to be grateful. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE Austrian troops building a position along the side of a mountain in the Tyrol to give them a new line for attack. SWARMS WITH SPIES Ratic Ports Crowded With Agents of Many Nations. Heroes, Too, Smugglers, Exchange Gamblers and Fugitives Are There —Many Women in Thrones of Secret Workers. Stockholm.—Just now the Baltic is the sea of adventure. Normally it is a dull, insipid sea. After war began the Baltic woke up a little, but its livelihood is limited by Grand Admiral Thirpitz's command of the sea. Now about ten British submarines, backed by some Russian submarines, have awakened the ordinarily quiet waters. All Baltic ports are nests of espionage, adventure, patriotic heroism and roguery, chiefly the last named. Stockholm ignores the war, but it is full of Russian and German jobbers who gamble in exchange. Copenhagen is the chief center of German espionage. The saloons and fourth-rate hotels are thronged with German agents, Libau, since Von Hindenburg captured it last summer, is the headquarters of a German motorbike corps escorted in Riga gulf Herrnano, where the small Swedish eastern ports are the homes of scores of marooned German merchant captains whose ships have been torpedoed or bottled up. The liveliest places are Haparanda and Tornae, frontier townlets on the Tornea Elf river, which divides Sweden from Russian Finland. These townlets, 30 miles from the Arctic circle, are crowded with spies, contraband smugglers and fugitive prisoners. The Russian gendarme Colonel Abassov discovered two German spies in Tornae recently. With six German spies, the Russian Karungi, further up the river, and besieged them in a house. After a two hour battle the two Germans and four Russians lay dead. In coming here from Copenhagen, via Malmo, one has to cross the sound, the entrance gate of the British submarines. The sound is an international waterway, but it is also territorial, being less than three miles across at the narrowest point. The Swedes own the east side and the Danes the west. The other entrances, which are entirely owned by Denmark, are minded against submarines in October, 1914. Danes and Swedes could not agree about mining the sound. The Swedes regret this, for the submarines have disturbed the halcyon calm of the Baltic and injured Sweden's trade with Germany. After England had got at least four submarines through, Germany mined the sound. Mines were planted in a big triangular patch in the south and German patrol boats were set to watch it. At least two English submarines have got between or under the mines and more may come any day. From the Malmo steamer could be seen the Malmo's tremendous measures against submarines. South of the mine field, on the horizon, is a forest of masts and funnels belonging to the big flotilla of cruisers, gunboats, trawlers and motor patrol boats. Their business is to watch for and destroy submarines that get past the mines. Abac of the flotilla flew a hydroplane. The Malmo steamer captain said that when he had sailed a boat south a few days before he had counted about fifty German craft of different kinds on the look-out. From the sound down to the bride water between Sweden and Rugen island every mile of sea has a small German warship on the watch. At Copenhagen the police brought CARLOAD OF HAY FOR 50 CTS. Mistake In Telegraphic Message Coat German Farmer Large Sum of Money. Hamburg.—Through a most unusual legal ruling, which, in many quarters, is attacked as incorrect, a farmer has been obliged to sell a carload of hay for two marks (50 cents). He had telegraphed to his would-be customer that the price would be 200 marks, and some employee of the telegraph IOWA STATE BYSTANDER IN THE TYROL INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE aboard for transit to Russia an alleged spy. In the Baltic ports are swarms of purely military and naval spies who serve belligerent governments, many "trade spies," and large numbers of spies of the neutral Baltic powers whose work is to spy on spies. The trade spies, all British, haunt commercial ports. Their function is to collect facts about Scandinavian firms' trade with Germany, which firms trade, what they sell and to whom. London takes care that oversea goods consigned to Scandinavian firms which trade with Germany do not reach the firms. The trade spies pose as language teachers or drummers. Many have been expelled. Mile. Assanovitch, a handsome black-eyed Russian girl, posing as a guest of the great king was expelled recently. The spies who spy on spies are mostly Swedish. They watch all foreigners, particularly those who speak English. Two days after an Englishman reached Stockholm he visited a dentist. Half an hour later an agent telephoned to the dentist to ask who his patient was. Copenhagen is the center of the false passport business. Danes point to the Cosmopolite hotel and say: "There can be had passports of any nationality." The false passport business was started in order to save Russians from capture by German cruisers. BEAUTIFUL WAR WIDOW INTERNATIONAL KINESIAVICE A new portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Lynd hurst Bruce, whose husband, the eldest son and heir of Lord Aberdare, was killed in action some time ago. Mrs. Bruce spends much time in collecting and sending comforts to the men at the front. There are 12 kings, three emperors, three presidents and one sultan of independent countries in Europe. office lost the two ciphers in handling the message. The astonished customer lost no time in accepting the "M" mark offer. When the customer declined to pay 200, the case went in court. The supreme court decided that the imperial telegraph office cannot be held responsible for the mistake and that the sale must stand. Rear Admiral Strauss, chief of the bureau of ordinance in Uncle Sam's navy, is the only Hebrew to hold sage rank in any of the world's navies. --- HIS LIFE EXCITING Famous "Prisoner of the Mahdi" Visits Meding. Man Held in Chains for Twelve Years by the Mahdi and Freed by Kitchener Has Had Most Romantic Career. Constantinople—Bronzed like a native son of the desert and in dices speech and manners an Aria, the only white man who ever openly visited Medina, the holy city of the Mohammadans, recently returned here. The pilgrim was Dr. Karl Neufeld, the fatmost "prisoner of the Mahdi," who was Iberated by Lord Kitchener in the Sudan many years ago. Few men have had a more romantic and exciting career than this celebrated traveler. As a physician, teacher, merchant and contractor he went to the Sudan in 1886. When the uprising of the natives began he was taken prisoner by the Mahdil and kept in chains for twelve years. Freed by Kitchener, he returned to Germany, but after a lecturing tour he made his way back to the Sudan. Shortly after the outbreak of the present war he had to leave his adopted country again, as he was expelled by the British authorities. After his return to Germany he was sent to Constantinople, where he placed himself at the disposal of the Turkish government. He was used as an emissary to the Arabian tribes and for this work probably no man is better qualified. As he speaks the dialects of all the Bedouin tribes, knows their customs and has embraced the Mohammedan faith, he wins confidence wherever he appears in the world of Islam. After organizing the Arabian tribes on the Peninsula of Sinai for an invasion of Egypt this strange man went to Damascus and decided to visit Medina. Accompanied by four Arabs he left Damascus in June. After his train went to Hama, the Turkish officers with whom he traveled distractful and they even kept aloof from him when they saw him say his prayers like every plious Monhammedan. When he reached Medina, the Ramadan, the great Mohammed festival, had just begun. He placed himself under the protection of a prominent native who has charge of the pilgrims from the Sudan and his host conducted him to the Haram-ess-Sherifa, the temple where Mohammed was buried with his favorite daughter Fatima and his son-in-law. When he stood before the crypt of the Mohammed traveler was surrounded by an angry mob. His position became quite critical until two Arabians made their way through the crowd and declared: "We know him; he is the effendi of Omdurman and Assuan, a good man and true Mohammedan." Even this did not entirely satisfy the mob and Doctor Neufeld was only permitted to stay in the temple after he affirmed his faith with a solemn oath. For two or three weeks he was continually watched by natives who were not convinced by his religious professions and by Egyptian spies in the service of England. The latter tried in every way to inflame the natives against him by calling him an infidel and "Christian dog." At a meeting of the scribes and shelters from the city came from and there was great excitement when he calmly said: "From Germany." The priests and chiefs were satisfied, however, when he related how he was converted to Mohammedanism by a pious sheik in the Sudan. Doctor Neufeld remained in Medina nearly two months in continual intercourse with the sheiks, ulemas and prominent pilgrims from Tripolitania, Tunis, Morocco, Persia, Afghanistan and India. He obtained much valuable information. From the pilgrims he learned that the Jehad (holy war) movement is fast becoming general. ♂ All Mohammedan countries. He found that the Arabs are especially bitter against the British, because the English government has closed the Red sea and stopped the great annual marriages to Mozambique, Egypt and Morocco and Medina. Still more bitter were the Mohammedans over the fact that the English have proclaimed the new ruler of Egypt appointed by them "sultan of the two holy places," because all of the faithful insist that this title only belongs to the caliph at Constantinople. "By their attempt to establish an Egyptian caliphate the British have made one of their greatest mistakes." Doctor Neufeld on his return to Constantinople. "The Arabs will never forgive them this interference with their religious affairs, and the blockade of the Red sea. "The population of the whole western part of Yemen is in uprising against the British. In this part of Arabia only the sheik Ebsi is in the way of the English and he possesses little power and influence." All Arabs are fervent admirers of Germany, he said, and every one of them knows the name of Field Marshal von Hindenburg. When the telegraph brought the news of the fall of Warsaw to Medina there was a great celebration. The whole population assembled before the house of Doctor Neufeld to express its joy. An old priest, who mildly protested and expressed doubts in regard to the righteousness of the sultan's alliance with the German infidels, was howled down by the mob. Swiaa Insure Art Objects Basel, Switzerland.—A million and a quarter dollars' insurance against damage to artistic treasures as the result of air raids has been taken out by the Swiss government and citizens of Basel. A great many valuable paintings, tapestries and art objects have been taken from museums and private houses and placed in cellars since the dropping of bombs at Chaux-de-Fonds by German aviators who had gone astray. The passage of French or German aviators near Basel is now almost a daily occurrence. The KITCHEN CABINET There are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters. We are either the sower that sows and corrupts, or the light that splendidly it laminates, and the salt that slowly operates; but being dead or alive, every man speaks. CAKES FOR FESTIVE OCCASIONS For light refreshments for an after noon or an evening entertainment the small cakes are so much more attractive, that DISHES FOR OYSTER LOVER. Oysters raw, or if properly cooked, are very easy of digestion. They are if properly cooked, ingestion. They are not especially valu- able as food, but are priceless as to appetites and who are food of them. Oysters are sometimes carriers of typhoid germs. uable as food, but are priceless as to appetizing flavor for those who are fond of them. Oysters are sometimes carriers of typhoid gorms, and especial care must be exercised in their use when uncooked. The green matter they frequently contain has often caused a perfectly good oyster to be refused admittance into good oyster. The green tint is caused usually from the vegetable matter on which the oyster is fed and is not at all objectionable. Oyster and Carrot Stew.—This is an economical dish. Cook carrots and potatoes until tender; season with salt and pepper, add milk and as many oysters as desired, with plenty of butter to add richness to the stew. The vegetables should be cut in dice. Oyster Pie.—Put the liquor from a quart of oyster in a double boiler with two cupfuls of milk; season with salt and pepper, and two tablespoonfuls of butter; thicken with bread crumbs until creamy; add the oysters. Warm, add the beaten yolks of two eggs to the mixture. Make a rich pie crust. Line a dish with it and lay a piece of buttered paper between the two crusts. Bake until a light brown; take off the upper crust, pour into the shell the prepared oysters, replace the crust and put into a hot oven for ten minutes. Serve at once. Oysters a is Poulette.—Make a rich cream sauce of a cupful of milk; add to the other seasonings a teaspoonful of onion juice, and the same of chopped parsley. Take a half cupful of mushrooms, fresh, when obtainable, simmer in the white sauce for ten minutes, then five minutes before serving turn in a pint of well-drained oysters. When the oysters curl, the dish is done. This is nice for Sunday night supper, prepared in the chafing dish. ECONOMY FOR THE TRADE. It is hardly necessary to repeat such trite advice as the following and vice as the following and yet housewives either do not know, do not care or are deliberately willing to allow expenses to mount without any regard to saving: Begin a meal with a hearty soup made from vegetables or with milk and some vegetable for flavoring. The family will eat far less yet housewives either do not know, do not care or are deliberately willing to allow expenses to mount without any regard to saving: Begin a meal with a hearty soup made from vegetable or with milk and some vegetable for flavoring. The family will eat far less of meat and dessert which will be a large saving when counted up at the end of the month. Vegetable soups of course are the cheapest, then comes those made of bones and meat and the soup made of milk and other things. A good potato cream soup to begin the meal that has for its main dish croquettes or a fish dish is a well balanced meal with some simple dessert. Milk soups are made with a pint of water and a cupful of any sort of vegetable, cooked together; the milk is added when the water is reduced somewhat, then a thickening of flour and butter is added to bind it, the seasoning added and it is ready to serve. Cream Pea Soup—Drain and wash a can of green peas; place them in a small saucepan, adding a sprig of mint, a little onion juice, a pinch of sugar, salt and a dash of cayenne. Cover with a pint of cold water and cook until the peas may be easily mashed. Press through a sieve, return to the fire and stir in gradually a half-pint of cream and a small cupful of milk. Then add tablespoonful each of butter and flour cooked together and serve with bread sticks. Croquettes may be tasty, appetizing bits of food or if carelessly made not at all appetizing. The chopped seasoned meat should be mixed with a thick white sauce that has been allowed to stand until cold, then the croquettes should be molded and rolled in fine sifted crumbs, then in egg, then in crumbs again and let them stand until slightly dry. Fry two or three at a time in a wire basket baked in hot fat; more fried. at a time will not be well cooked. Drain on brown paper and place in the oven until ready to serve. GATHERED FACTS Brazil produced sugar commercially as early as the sixteenth century. Spain is building the fourth largest concrete dam in the world to supply hydroelectric power to Barcelona. A new telephone meter automatically cuts off the instrument to which it is attached when a set time expires. An English golf enthusiast has patented a club in the head of which is a device to measure the force of strokes. An inventor has patented a peculiarly shaped tooth brush that reaches both surfaces of the teeth at the same time. San Francisco is experimenting with street signs set into the corners of curbs and illuminated at night by electricity. A method for making coke dust briquettes for use in braziers, heating stoves and gas producers has been invented in Japan. A baby's crib has been invented that can be attached to a bedstead and rocked by an occupant of the lat- ```markdown ``` CAKES FOR FESTIVE OCCASIONS. For light refreshments for an afternoon or an evening entertainment the small cakes are so much more attractive than those cut in pieces, although the idea may be carried out perhaps as easy in preparing a three cake, then cutting in different shapes and cover with frosting. Cylinder shape pieces are especially pretty: many cakes are so much more attractive than the cut in pieces, although the idea may be carried out particularly easy in preparing a sheet of cake, then cutting in different shapes and cover with frosting. Cylinder shape pieces are especially pretty; they may be dipped in melted fondant, then rolled in chopped nuts and they will look just like roquettes. The most successful frosting and the easiest to handle is fondant made by boiling sugar and water together with a pinch of cream of tartar until it makes sort of ball when dropped in cold water, when cool is attired until white and water then softened, then a little at a time is melted over the water and poured over the cakes. This fondant may be kept in a dish covered with paper and kept from the air in a cold place, for weeks. If pink, green or yellow cakes are wanted, in fact any color, the fondant may be tinted the desired shade. For chocolate a little is melted and stirred into the fondant. Cup Cakes.—Take a cupful each of molasses and sour milk, a half cupful of brown sugar, three tablespoonfuls of soft butter, one teaspoonful each of salt and flour to a drop a butter. Bake in a moderate oven in small gem pans. So many people enjoy cream puffs and find them difficult to make and bake. The real secret of the making is in the baking. Let a half cupful of water come to the boiling point, add four tablespoons of butter and when boiling stir in three-fourths of a cupful of flour all at once, cook and stir until it leaves the sides of the mixture to remove from the heat and cool; add another egg and at time, heating between each egg, Drop from a spoon on a baking sheet, leaving space to puff, and bake until the puffs feel light when lifted from the pan. Cool, cut and remove the pastry center before filling. HONEY SWEETS. Honey is reasonable in price and plentiful in many places and should nable in price and places, and should be considered in more combinations. If sugar goes scaring again we may be glad to substitute honey in many of our dishes. Cake is warm. be considered in more combinations. If sugar goes soaring again we may be glad to substitute honey in many of our dishes. In Heaven Cake. Warm a half cupful of butter, add three-quarters of a cupful of honey, a third of a cupful of apple jelly, remove from the heat; add two well-beaten eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, a half teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, all fitted with four cupfuls of flour, except the soda, which is dissolved in a table-spoonful of water; add a half cupful of cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of raisins and chopped orange peel, a quarter of a cupful of warm water and a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt. Bake in a moderate oven. Honey Gingerbread—Sift four cups of flour with a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of baking powder, add a half cupful of Sultana raisins, a quarter of a cupful of chopped citron, a half cupful of preserved cherries, cut in halves; then melt a half cupful of butter, add three-quarters of a quarter of a honey, two eggs and a quarter of a cupful of milk. Beat well and turn into a well-buttered tin and bake. Honey Blanc Mange—Moisten six tablespoonfuls of cornstarch with a quarter of a cupful of milk; add two cupsfuls of boiling milk and cook eight minutes; then add a dash of salt, and a half cupful of honey. Mold in cups and when ready to serve sprinkle with chopped nuts and serve with sugar and cream. Honey Nut Sandwiches—Mix a cupful of honey and with two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice, then stir in enough finely chopped nut meats to make a thick paste. Honey Candy.—To a quart of honey take six tablespoonfuls of butter, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar and boil until it hardens when dropped in water. Flavor with two teaspoonfuls of lemon extract and a half teaspoonful of soda. Pour into buttered pans to cool. Mark off in squares before too hard. Nellie Maxwell A factory in the Azores will manufacture alcohol from sweet potatoes. Two German scientists have invented an electric furnace in which heat is applied to metals to be melted by a tungsten tube. Dumping apparatus for wagons has been invented that spreads crushed stone or other materials evenly on the surface of roads. According to German electricians snow never collects on transmission lines that carry 100,000 or more volts, even when they are not charged. Pine timber valued at $250,000 on the Bad River reservation in Wisconsin will be divided between 547 Indians, according to an announcement from the secretary of the interior. They will also get the land, averaging 80 acres each. Death decreased the government's Civil war pension roll nearly ten percent during the last fiscal year. A total of $36,370 Union veterans remained on the roll July 1, or $3,255 less than a year ago. Payments to Civil war pensioners during the year totaled $1516,668,791, compared with $1724,417,658 in 1914. the ye A he be ve the be the an for me no lo look all ev pe his po an of ev na col for ve pol dr th un ar air tw me ed he ch to co w for for " for are oth Th A tist clo vol on the hat by the we kee " cat sk we for me not we he we not the be our con T era cou into hon som line of to kin the May Chicles to son " poso " it is way Am " pal else and Ke T Pyli and port 000 of last I m tic iden 80 of ams The very grow price M.T. PLEASANT IOWA The P. E. G. society met Saturday, January 1, 1916, with Mrs. Rev. Hubbard. After business was discussed, light refreshments were served by the hostess. Mr. Howard M. Lewi of Ottumwa was a visitor here Thursday. The opusm dinner served at the St. John's A. M. E. church December 30th was a grand success financially. They cleared the next sum of $20.70. Mrs. Myrtle Reed has returned home, after a visit with relatives and friends in Keosauqua and Keokuk. Mr. and Mrs. H. Stewart of Fairfield, Iowa, were visiting relatives and friends here. Miss Naomi Harper, who attends Iowa Weasleyan, is spending her Xmas vacation at her home in Fort Madison. The King's Daughters met last Friday with Mrs. John Greenup. After business was discussed and the installation of officers for the ensuing year, refreshments were served by the hostess. The P. E. G. society is planning on having an excellent program January 27th. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burnaugh are the proud parents of twin boys. Mother and twins are getting along nicely. Several of our people are suffering with a gripe. Mrs. Wm. Keith has returned from a visit with her parents in Monroe City, Missouri. Mr. Wm. Burnaugh has returned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Greenway of Muscatine. The Kensington met Saturday, January 1, with Mrs. Rev. Eaves. Miss Grace Harris returned Saturday to her school work in Buxton, after spending her Xmas vacation with relatives and friends. Mr. Harley Palmer of Washington is visiting relatives and friends for a few days. Mr. Harry Burnaugh was a Burlington visitor Tuesday. ALBIA NEWS. Mrs. John Thomas, living at 414 Second avenue East, entertained at her home at 12 o'clock dinner in five courses the following persons: Rev. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones, Rev. and Mrs. C. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. B. Thomas, Mrs. Luella Miller and other relatives. Mr. Walter Bennings left Albia for Des Moines on Friday to see his wife, Mrs. Bennings, who is sick at the home of her mother, Mrs. Jeffers. The K. P. kept open doors on January 1, 1916, at their hall and a supper and general reception in the evening. Visitors from Hocking, Hiteman and Buxton. Miss Edith Harris won first prize. Mrs. Smith and sister, Mrs. Stuart, from Buxton visited over Sunday in Hiteman. Mrs. Willis Lewis of Oskaloosa took little William Lewis to Oskaloosa to live. William will be missed by his little friends in Albia. A number of Albia people are suffering from la gripe and colds the past week. Fever Sores. Fever sores and old chronic sores should not be healed entirely, but should be kept in healthy condition. This can be done by applying Chamberlain's Salve. This salve has no superior for this purpose. It is also most excellent for chapped hands sore nipples, burns and diseases of the skin. For sale by all dealers. BEDFORD, IOWA, NEWS Miss Gertrude Lucas, teacher in the Duxton school, is at home spending the holidays. Miss Lulu Franklin is suffering with rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs. Letcher spent Christmas in Red Oak with Mrs. Letcher's sister. Miss Mabel Johnson of Gravity is very sick with appendicitis. Misses Helen and Gertrude Lucas spent Christmas at the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson. Mr. William Crawford of Omaha, Neb., spent several days visiting Miss Mabel Johnson, who was very sick, but is now improving slowly. Fred Johnson and mother drove over in their auto to dinner with Mrs. Green Lucas and daughters. Miss Gertrude Lucas leaves Saturday noon to resume her duties in the Duxton school. Mr. Wood Robinson took the evening train for Missouri to visit his parents. DAYENPORT ITEMS. There were several persons baptized at the Third Baptist church last Sunday morning by Rev. F. K. Nicholson, the pastor. Mr. Archey Scott of Iowa City visited here Christmas, the guest of Mrs. Allie Norris. Mrs. Anna Culberson of Clinton was an Xmas house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Major Culberson, 329 1-2 Eleventh street. Mr. George King of Burlington gave a piano recital at Bethel A. M. E. church last week that was highly entertaining. Mrs. Wm. Baker is in Buxton at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Belle Ward. Revival meetings will begin at Bethel A. M. E. church watch meeting night. Rev. Jones, evangelist, of service in charge. Chicago Mr. and Mn. Major Culberon entertained several friends at dinner Xmas complimentary to Miss Anna Culberon of Clinton and Mr. Archey Scott of Iowa City. Scott Mr. Wm. Baker was called to Chicago last week by the illness of his mother and sister. He reports them as slowly improving. Mr. Hazel Stokes of Kirksville, Ms. visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown a few days last week. Those on the sick list are Mr. and Mrs. Major Green, Mrs. Alice Bickman, Mrs. Eugene Perkins, Mrs. J. E. Christena, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bynum and Mrs. Wm. Brooks. Mrs. John Gordon has been quarantined with the smallpox, but is well and out again. ST JOSEPH NOTES. Mr. J. J. Allen of Kansas City, district manager for the Clover Leaf Casualty Insurance company of Jacksonville, Ill., was in this city a few days last week securing business for his company. Prof. A. T. Walker, one of the instructors at the Bartlett Industrial school at Dalton, spent the holidays with his family in this city. The Misses Louise and Genevieve ercombs of Newton, Kansas, was the guest of their cousins, Miss Myrleil Johnson and Mrs. F. N. Goodson, part of last and this week. They were the guests of honor at several parties while here. Miss Ruth Endicott left last Saturday for Marshall, having been selected as one of the teachers in the city schools. Mr. Carl Bundy, a student at Lincoln Institute, who spent the holidays with his parents, returned Monday to resume his studies. Mrs. F. N. Goodson, who attended the interstate meeting at Hutchinson, Kans., last week, and spent a few days with relatives and friends at Great Bend, Kans., returned home lat Tuesday. Dr. Bruce of Kansas City was the guest of Dr. Strawn a few days the past week. The dancing party given by the Bachelor Boys' club on the 29th ult. was attended by more than sixty guests. A dainty luncheon was served by Mrs. Watkins, the cateress. Miss Mabel Grisson, a student at Lincoln Institute, who was among the visitors during the holidays, returned yesterday to Jefferson City. Mr. Robert Hundley, after an absence of about a year in California, has returned. Miss Martha Leffler, the domestic science teacher at Bartlett high school, returned Sunday from Des Moines, Iowa, where she spent the holidays. Prof J. R. E. Lee, principal of Lincoln high school, delivered an excellent address at the emancipation celebration last Saturday night at the Francis Street Baptist church, under the auspices of the Business Men's League. Mr. Fred Johnson of Gravity, Iowa, returned to his home last Monday, after spending several days in our city. Mr. Johnson has been a rural mail carrier for several years. Mr. Sam Brewer returned yesterday from Seneca, Kans., having taken the remains of his grandfather, Mr. Butts, there for burial. MOTHERS DEPARTMENT OF N. A. C. W. BRINGS XMAS CHEER. 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The committee is grateful to the various stores for their generous gifts, also to many citizens for donations of clothing and money. The Corinthian Baptist Sunday school furnished the presents for eighteen colored girls at the Mitchellville Industrial school. The B. Y. P. U. gave a liberal financial offering to help in the work. The members of the local committee consist of twenty-seven women of our city. The committee has been instrumental in having several girls released from the police court and county jail. Paderewski has cancelled his concert tours until the war is over. It may be that he cannot play again ever, so profoundly affected is he over the condition of Poland. I saw a young Polish girl in the Luxumberg gardens in Paris a few years ago. In talking with her I asked her why she never smiled. She told me that no Polish men and women of any thought and consequent worth ever smiled, because the history of Poland was so sad and the future did not look very bright. Here was a bright young woman, a student of the Sorborne, France's greatest university, who was sad for Poland. One ought to read the history of Poland and of Bohemia (these two especially) and of Hungary. Tyranny, oppression and all that goes to make life unbearable ever make great and lasting impressions. This sadness is portrayed in their political life, in their music in their art and finally in the lives of the people. In the ranks of suffering Israel is perhaps foremost. And yet all these people love their country, their history and their nationality. With most of the above named it is only a matter of swearing a little allegiance, of kissing the hand of the oppressor and all is forgiven and to them there is no more terror, nor hardship—only the haunting memory of having been coward and of deserting in a fight. A real man is willing to die if necessary, but his manhood will not permit him to trade blood for comfort. All the world loves a patriot. 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The Sunday school program which was given Christmas eve by the Sunday school scholars was very good. Instead of an Xmas tree as the usual way we had an Xmas log cabin instead. It being something new, it was enjoyed by all. Mrs. Susie Williams and Mrs. Ben Baker visited in Buxton, Iowa, a few days. Mrs. Jesse Hill spent a few days in the city visiting her father, Mr. C. H. Watson. She left for Springfield, Ill., Thursday evening. Mrs. Anna Lacy left for Minneapolis, Minn., where she joined her husband, Mr. Earl Lacy, and they expect to make it their home. Mr. Robert Terrell spent Christmas in Des Moines visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Joe Wise left for Chicago, Ill., to visit his sister. Miss Viola Edmunds and Lloyd Edmunds spent Christmas in the city visiting friends. Mr. Gilbert Overton is back in the city, after a few years' absence. Miss Ida Connelly and Mrs. Blanche Connelly of Jerome, Iowa, spent Christmas in the city visiting relatives and friends. Rev. 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Obtainable everywhere. MACON, MO. NEWS. Macon is enjoying fair weather since the snow has left. The students of Western college have returned from their various homes after spending such a delightful Xmas. The musical recital which was given at the M. E. church Friday night last by the G. O. F. was quite a success, both financially and in attendance. Mr. Bradley and George Taylor have returned to their homes in Sedalia, Mo. Aleata Pleasant is visiting in St. Louis. Quite a number of Brookfield people attended the ball which was given December 27 by the young men of our city. Sunday was Covenant meeting at the Vine and Broadway church. A glorious meeting was enjoyed by all present. In the evening Dr. J. H. Garnett administered the Lord's supper. Miss R. B. Johnson has returned from a visit to her home in Palmyra, Mo. Miss Devolna Johnson has returned from a pleasant visit wit her parents in Meadville, Mo. Mr. J. B. 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