Iowa State Bystander

ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER The Best and only medium that reaches the colored people of the middle west. XXII No. 33 Mrs. Julia Taylor at 706 S. E. Seventh street is reported sick this week. Mrs. Lee Holt is spending the week in Keohak with relative and friends. Mrs. Jeff Davis of Chicago is in our city visiting old friend and her husband. Malcolm K. Griffith will give a Recital at the Corinthian Baptist church Tuesday, Feb. 8th; 8:15 p. m. Miss Frida Graves and Miss Cora Mux who spent a month in Nowata, Okla. returned home last week reporting a splendid visit. The Altar Guild will give a leap year party next Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Emma Pyree at 1046 Enos avenue. Don't forget the Helen E. Hagan piano recital Monday evening, February 14th, at Union CnnIregational church. Mr. and Mrs Wm. Hampton of Red Oak. Iowa have moved to our city to make this their home. Mr. Hampton is court bailiff under Judge Wade. We welcome them to our city. Sunday is quarterly conference at Ashbury church, Rev. W. H. Wheeler, district superintendent of Kansas City, will be here and preach at all the services. Everybody invited. Sunday morning Rev. Griffith's subject will be "Baptism the Anti-type of the Flood." Evening, communion. Sermon, "Taking of the Lord's Supper and Fellowship To New Members." Mrs. W. H. McCree was hostess to the Triple H club Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Booker gave an interesting lecture on twilight sleep. Mrs. Edna Brooks and Mrs. Hazel Dixon were club guests. The next meeting will be with Mrs. J. H. McDowell, 909 8th street. On account of the cold weather the B. Y. W. Y. K. Art club did not meet last Tuesday evening but will meet next Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Henry Toliver, Sixteenth and Walker streets. The Callanan club will meet with Mrs. L. M. Mason, 1601 23rd street next week. The president urges that all come early, as it will be installation of officers. The A. M. E. Church Altar Guild met with Mrs. Pyrece on last Thursday and elected the following officers: President, Mrs. E. Pyrece, for third year; Mrs. Nora McGuire, vice president; Mrs. Theo. Pemberton, secretary; Mrs. John Smith, treasurer. A sleighing party was given this week complimentary to the younger set of girls, after enjoying the evening the party went to the home of Miss Magnolia Sears at 16th and School street, where a fine lunch was served after which all repaired to their various homes in taxicabs. The Members and Deacons Union of the various Baptist churches in our city and vicinity, was recently organized at Maple Street Baptist church. The Union will meet on the first Monday each week at 1 o'clock p. m. During the month of February the meetings will be held with the Corinthian Baptist church Rev. T. L. Griffith will present a paper, "The Work of the Preacher." The Part I Might Play in Starting the New Year Right" was the subject of a round table before the Richard Allen Aid society at a recent meeting at the home of Mrs. Geo. C. Young. At this meeting the names of Miss Sadie Saunders and Mrs. Idee Wilson-Coleman were added to the membership roll. The next meeting will be held Thursday evening, February 10th, at the home REMEMBER THE Palace Sweet Cafe UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Is the best place to go for Good Home Cooking Good Home Cooking Everything First Class Red 1867 1012 Center Street Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Erickson, Props. Life of Booker Washington FOR SALE Cloth Binding $1.00 Library Binding $1.50 Every Home Should Have One Address ENOLA V. THOMPSON, Casa Bystander Office THE BYSTANDER of the president, Mrs S. Joe Brown, at which time the biography of Bishop Richard Allen will be reviewed by Mrs. J. H. Brown, while Mrs. S. L. Birt will talk on "Allen As ap Emancipator and Benefactor of His Race." Maple Street Baptist church has closed the protracted meeting with an addition of thirty-three new members, of which seventy are for baptism, which will be held at the church Sunday at 2 p. m. The church will now take up the raising of funds to complete their new church. Mrs. Crouchfield, living at the home of Mrs. W. White, 762 Tenth street, on Monday, the 10th, organized a club by the name of "The Volunteers of 1916." Eleven girls were present and the following officers were elected: Miss Orea Bundy, president; Ruth Coads, vice president; Mary Stanton, secretary; Bertha Roane, assistant secretary; Marie Watkins, treasurer; Mary White, orianist; Marge Hurette. Haze assistant organist; Stella Hundley, chaplain; Nazarita Roane, critic; Octavia Roane, reporter. Girls from 12 to 16 are invited to join. The members and friends of St. Paul's A. M. E. church will doubtless be pleased to learn that the trustees have finally succeeded in securing a satisfactory adjustment of the loss with the insurance companies and that the work of temporarily repairing the building has already been started, under the direction of Mr. C. C. Johnson, who so successfully superintended the repairing done the past summer, and it is hoped that the building will again be ready for occupancy by Sunday February 20th, which is the date of the next quarterly meeting. Intellectual Improvement to Hold Open Suffrage Meeting At the recent meeting of the Intellectual Improvement club at the home of Mrs. Hally, 758 11th street, plans were completed for the open suffrage meeting to be held next Friday evening at 8 o'clock at Union Congregational church. Mrs. E. E. Higley and Mr. G. A. Wrightman, two of the most prominent suffrage workers in the state will be the speakers. All of the clubs of the city have been invited to co-operate in this movement. The public cordially invited. There will be no admission fee. The regular meeting will be held this afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. Brown, at which time Mrs. John L. Thompson will have charge of the program. THOMPSON HOTEL GUESTS. Bert Grant; Chicago; E. Blackwell, Minneapolis; J. C. Swanian; Kansas City; Riley Rogers, Kansas City; Miss Ethel May Gibson; city; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rhodes; city; HIGH SCHSOL GIRLS' CLUB. On last Sunday afternoon the High School Girls' club met at the social center, 1058 Fifth street. Mrs. S. Joe Brown gave an interesting account of the work of Miss N. H. Burroughs, foumer of the National Training School for girls in Lincoln Heights, Washington, D. C. There was also a duet by Misses Oceola Jones and Naomi Carey, Miss Vascilla Sears of West High was added to the membership. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. Below we give a list of new student that entered, this year: Alden Blackburn, Phillip McGuire, Donald Allen, Grace Frederick and Curtis Morton at North High. Anna May Griffith, Lillian Florence Jacobs and Russell Lee at West High. Phyll Jones and Irene Lafayette at East High. TO THE PUBLIC This is to let you know that there is no more union gospel church on the corner of Fifth and Raccoon streets. Have changed to the A. M. E. Zion church. With the leadership of Rev. J. W. Perry we can't fall. Rev. J. W Perry is a strong minister and a sweet singer and in fact he is an all round man. Rev. Lucindia Floyd, Pastor. THE Typewriter Exchange Underwood No. 4 visible .. $35.00 Underwood No. 5 visible .. 45.00 Oliver No. 3, visible .. 25.00 Oliver No. 5, visible .. 35.00 Monarch No. 2, visible .. 35.00 L. C. Smith No. 2, visible .. 35.00 Smith Premier No. 10 " .. 35.00 Remington No. 10 " .. 40.00 Royal No.1 " .. 30.00 Smith Premier No. 2 " .. 17.00 Remington No. 6 " .. 17.00 HIPPER BUILDING ORE HOMES UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Tenth and Park Streets Morning service at 10:45 o'clock Sunday school at 12 o'clock Evening service at 7:30 o'clock OUR CHURCHES. Where To Worship. Asbury M. E. church, 777 West Elevent street. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Evening services at 7:30 o'clock. Epworth League at 6:30 o'clock. Rev. W. L. Lee, Pastor. St. Paul's A. M. E., corner Second and Center. Morning service at 10:45 o'clock. Sunday school at 1:15 o'clock. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 o'clock. EveninI service at 8 o'clock. Rev. S. L. Birt, Pastr. Corinthian Baptist, 15th and Linden streets. Morning service at 10:80 o'clock. Sunday school at 12:30 o'clock. B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 o'clock. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Rev. T. L. Griffith, Pastor. Maple Street Baptist church. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 1:30 o'clock. B. Y. P. U. at 5 o'clock. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Rev. S. Bates, Pastor. Union Congregational, corner 10th and Park Morning school at 10:45 o'clock Sunday school at 12 o'clock Evening school at 7:30 o'clock Rev. M. W. Alexander. Pastor. N.A.A.C.P. The Des Moines branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold their fourth quarterly meeting Saturday evening, February 12, at the Union Congregational church, at which time the anniversaryes of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas will be celebrated. J. Owen Redmon of Colafx, a prize winner in a recent oratorical contest in Grinnell college, will elogize the life of Douglass, while the Rev. Dr. J. Edward Kirby, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church, will speak on the life of Lincoln. The famous male quartette composed of the following, Messrs. Wilson, Banta, Knox and Shackelford, together with a piano selection by Miss Mildred Griffin, will furnish music for the occasion. The public are cordially invited, as there will be no admission fee. By order of Mrs. S. Joe Brown, Chairman Meetings Committee. N. A. A. C. P. The regular monthly meeting of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be held at 1058 Fifth street Monday evening, February 7th. All officers urged to attend. By order of S. Joe Brown, Chairman. OSKALOOSA, IOWA: The board of directors for the Federation home for women and girls was held in this city Friday, January 28th, at the home of Mrs. J. P. Hamilton. The meeting was well attended. It is the hope of the board that at the next meeting of the Federation, which is in May, that their work will be confirmed. Mrs. J. B. Rush, President of the Board. Mrs. A. G. Clark, Clerk of the Board. EDITORIALS A WORD TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN. After we have passed from our graded schools into our various high schools there is a certain behavior decorum and civility while at school and in public, in fact wherever we may go that we must observe and adhere to, even though our parents have neglected to tell us or admonish us to behave ourselves, and not wait for our teacher or professor to tell or remind us of our duty. I have been informed that here in one of our high schools (and what is true of Des Moines may be true of other high schools where there are many attending) that the colored children congregated together become bolder, noisy, with loud talking and laughing and acting ridiculous. This should be stopped. You high school children should not segregate yourselves off and become ludicrous for your fellow white schoolmate. Be young men and girls of a genteel high ideal, mixing with every other student, thereby reflecting credit and character on our race. Parents, speak to your children and caution them about those things. ABOUT CHARITY. Many are in need, because of sickness, and some of our charity workers are giving relief. Let us not quarrel as to "who does it?" but rather do our share to relieve the needy. We know that some people are dishonest and there will always be such among any people. Let us recognize the work of the charitable club, and pay less attention to these over-night reformers, who have recently transferred their financial activities from thieving in the underworld, to misappropriating the proceeds of suppers, church collections and other revenues intended for charity; who parade among the needy in their purple and fine linen, and thrive for a while on their ill-fitted gains. These gay decoders would not dare den the simple garb of the humble worker worker, or Sister of Charity. Mary Magdalene is a worthy example of refrm, because she obeyed the injunction, "Go in peace and shn no more." But we accept spasmic and unreliable reformers, and place them on a pinnacle of prominence in our churches as emblems of purity (7) when there has been no actual reform. Once recognized they represent themselves as leaders, (and drive away some of the older members) when they should be humble followers until they have stood the proper test. In spite of this, these who are doing good will reap their reward and the hustlers will also reap what they have sown—Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. M. SAWYER FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE Public offices, and especially the judiciary, are for the public good and not for the advancement or private gain of individuals. It is the duty of every citizen to work and vote for those candidates whom he believes to be best fitted for the office, and any one who asks or gives support for any other reason is neither patriotic nor loyal. Therefore I offer myself as a candidate for municipal judge. I am not so concerned about being elected as I am that the best available men be chosen. I want no one to vote for me unless he believes that I am one of those best fitted to fill the office. I could not and would not buy the office; whatever time and money I spend will be to arouse the people to choose discriminately the best among the candidates more than for my own election. If, after investigation, the people of Des Moines feel that I can serve them as municipal judge, I promise to do my conscientious best. COLFAX, IOWA On account of inclement weather services were not largely attended Sunday. The Sunday morning service was devoted to prayer for Rev. G. O. Terrell, who underwent an operation Sunday morning at the Porter sanitarium. The B. Y. P. U. held an interesting meeting Sunday evening. Lesson topic for the evening was "The Light in Africa," which was thoroughly discussed by the members. The Woman's Home Foreign Missoin society will meet with Mrs. L. W. Strother on Thursday, February 10. Time, 2:30. All members and friends are cordially invited to attend. Rev. G. O. Terrel, who underwent an operation Sunday, is somewhat improved at this writing. Rev. J. W. Morton spent a few days in the Capital City. Miss Ethel Terrel and Mrs. Beatrice Crank arrived Sunday morning from Chicago on account of the illness so their father, Rev. G. O. Terrel. Mrs. J. W. Holmes is reported some better at this writing. Mr. C. W. Ashford is somewhat improved at this writing. Mrs. China McKeep departed last Friday morning to Buxton on account of the serious illness of her daughter, Mrs. Mattie Buttram. Miss Gertrude Brodus is indisposed this week. Misses Mary Colston, Breta Perno and Mr. Wester Gross of Des Moines spent Sunday in the spring city Mr. R. W. Spencer of Grinnell scent. Sunday in the spring city. spent Sunday the spring Mrs Lou Morris, who has been very sick, is reported some better at this writing. Miss Minnie Alexander is on the sick list this week. CENTERVILLE NEWS. (Last Week.) Our pulpit was vacant last Sunday, as Rev. Cooper was assisting Rev. Rev. of Council Bluffs in a revival meeting. The entertainment given by the junior committee Saturday, January 23, under the chairmanship of Sister State Capitol Bldg Historical A. L. Crittenden, proved to be a successful one. They cleared the sum of $20. The Mission Circle was entertained by Sister E. Martin on Thursday evening. Owing to the inclement weather a small attendance was realised. The president, Sister E. Hicks, has been on the sick list. Miss Edna Hicks has been quite ill, but is better at this writing. (This Week.) Rev. V. S. Cooper has arrived from Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he has been assisting Rev. Jackson in a revival meeting, and filled the pulpit morning and evening for the last time. Rev. Cooper has been called to another field in Fayette, Mo. The entertainment given by the Willing Workers club Saturday evening was very well attended. Sister Hannah Oliver, chairman. The Knights of Tabor will give a social at the home of Sir Albert Jackson. Miss Dessie Johnson has been on the sick list. Mr. Cary E. Bell has been sick with a l grippe for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. John Allen of Leavenworth, Kansas, is here visiting at the parental home, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wright. Mrs. Mattie Riding is still on the sick list. Mrs. Estella Nash is still on the sick list. Mrs. Davenport is still on the sick list. Mrs. Laura Towels, who has been quite poorly for some time, is reported much worse. Services at the Baptist church Sunday were very much enjoyed by all Rev. T. R. Sayles was assisted by Rev. C. B. Johnson. Mrs. Mary Hockaday, who has been confined to her bed for about six months, suffered a relapse last week and is not doing so well at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Burris, who have been living on S. Franklin street, have moved in the residence with Mr. Burris' parents. Mr. Wm. Herald is reported to be quite sick at his home on Wabash avenue. Mrs. Henry Jones was called home from Utica, Mo., by the serious illness of her mother. It is reported that Miss Edith Randolph, the lady evangelist, who has been assisting Richardson, was called home to Hannibal, Mo., by the illness of her mother. Miss Cora Nelson was the guest of Miss Lucile Ferman on Friday evening to a 6 o'clock dinner. The Baptist Ladies' Mission circle will meet at the home of Mrs. Earl Richards on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Frank Tanner, who has been suffering with an attack of the lappie, is well again. Mrs. and Mrs. Edward Dawson have moved from S. Baird street to the residence of Mrs. Lucile Messy. Come to the Baptist church Sunday, February 13th, and enjoy a good program. Mrs. Ball, Mrs. Sherman Lynn, Miss Cora Nelson and Mr. A. B. Sanders were called to the home of Mrs. H. M. Hockaday on Monday afternoon. Word has been received here of the marriage of Mr. Vernett Rid of Jefferson City, Mo. Mr. Reid was a former Kirkville and Edina boy and his many friends extend congratulations. Mr. H. E. Burris, our veteran mail carrier, is numbered among the sick. The Aid society of the Second Baptist church held an afternoon coffee at the residence of Mrs. Cilia Morrison last Thursday afternoon. A neat sum of money was made. The Ladies' Progressive Art club will give an entertainment at the Second Baptist church February 12th. A program pertaining to Abraham Lincoln will be rendered by the club ladies. Rev. Sanders was unable to fill his pulpit Sunday owing to illness in the family. He was greatly missed by his congregation. Mrs. Agnes Pennington, daughter of the late Mrs. Agnes Burris, is quite poorly with the grip. Mrs. Geo. Johnson entertained the Progressive Art club ladies on last Wednesday afternoon. The club is doing a great deal of charity work this winter, helping the widows and orphans. Miss Zella Green has the sympathy of all of her friends in the loss of her only brother, Willard Green. Mr. Richmond Terrell is numbered among the sick in Rock Island. Mrs. John Foy and daughter, Laura, and Mrs. H. Brittan of Moline were callers at the Lambert home last Tuesday afternoon. For That Terrible itching. Eczema, tetter and salt rheum keep their victims in perpetual torment. The application of Chamberlain's Salve will instantly alay this itching, and many cases have been cured by its use. For sale by all dealers. NOTICE We have a few small cottages for rent 4 and 5 rooms, partly medes. Just phone Dade 3852. : KIRKSVILLE MO. ITEMS ROCK ISLAND, ILL. (Special to the Bystander) The First Five Rules of Making KEOKUK ITEMS. Miss Nellie Kallis is home from Lincoln, Nebraska, and is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kallis The Phyllis Wheley Rescue club met on Tuesday of this week at the People's Institute. Mrs. Marc Johnson entertained the Autumn Leaf club on Friday of this week. We are glad to announce that the celebrated pianist, Miss Helen Nagan, will appear in our city February 17th at the Bethel A. M. E. church. Mr. Lewis of Albia, Iowa, visited Keokun on Saturday and Sunday of last week. Every one attend the St. Valentine's dance at Cameron's hall February 14th. Mr. George Kellis, who underwent an operation at one of the local hospitals, is rapidly improving. A benefit for Rev. Jephil will be given at the Bethel A. M. E. church Monday, February 7, under the auspices of the Phyllis Wheley Rescue club. One of the grand balls of the season was the ball given by Professor J. Johnson, an instructor of dancing. The grand march started at 9:30. After the grand march five exhibition dances were given by the professor. COUNCIL BLUFFS ITEMS Sunday, February 5th, will be quarterly meeting. Rev. Nichols of South Omaha will deliver the sacramental sermon. Presiding Elder S. B. Monre will be with us and will preach at night. Mr. J. W. Kogar of Minneapolis was a visitor of Rev. and Mrs. Edwards for a few hours Sunday. The revival meeting which has been going on at the Tauceracha Baptist church has been the means of many precious scals coming to Christ, despite the weather. Mr. Joe Stacker entertained the W. W. club at the parsonage Monday night. Mr. Stacker is there when it comes to entertaining. Everything served was prepared by his own hands. We are very proud of the young men of our club. Rev. and Mrs. Edwards were the guests of Mrs. Ellen Rose on Thursday. ALBIA NEWS. Mr. John Lewis and Luther Brown were Keokuk visitors over Sunday. Mrs. Robinson was in Albia from Hocking on business two days of this week. A surprise by the members of the A. M. E. church on Rev. Morgan on Friday evening. Miss Georgia Blackburn and others in Albia from Buxton on business the first of the week. Mr. Roy Grayson of Hocking was in Albia. Lawyer Geo. H. Woodson and James Spears have been in Albia the past week in court. This has been a week of sleet and snow in Albia. There are still a number sick with la gripe and colds. Has Used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for 20 Years. "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been used in my household for the past twenty years. I began giving it to my children when they were small. As a quick relief for croup, whooping cough, and ordinary colds, it has no equal. Being free from opium and other harmful drugs, I never felt afraid to give it to the children. I have recommended it to a large number of friends and neighbors, who have used it and speak highly of it," writes Mary Minke, Shortsville, N. Y. Obtainable everywhere. IOWA CITY, IOWA Mrs. Mary Perkins was confined to the hospital last week with a la gripe. Mrs. Scott and Miss Elizabeth Bell are inmates of the hospital this week. Miss Gretta McDavis is at home and doing exceptionally well, after her serious attack of appendicitis. Miss Elizabeth Gross was hostess to the G. S. U. I last Saturday night. A very profitable business meeting was held, at which time a leap year party was arranged. The remainder of the evening was spent at progressive whist. Mrs. Moore, chaperone. Mr. Campbell and Miss Wheeler tied on the high scores. Mr. Duke received the booby, a neat package of onions, apples and two black walnuts. Breath of an after exam, party is about which will be given by the fraternity. The new officers will probably be introduced. Mr. W. H. Lowrey has finished all of his requirements in the dental college two weeks before the end of the semester. Examinations are on with greatest vengeance. Next semester the "cutting" system in the college will be abolished. Any one missing a class will lose one-tenth of a semester credit unless the absence is excused by the professor and by the head of the department, when such work must be made up. This will be a great hardship upon professors whose classes number a hundred or more. The girls will endeavor to get a group picture as soon as possible. Doctor Carter of Buxton stopped over in Iowa City a few hours Friday night. Rev Cate of Cedar Rapids will be in Iowa City on January 30 to as Price Five Cents list Rev. Wharton with quarterly conference services. DAVENPORT ITEMS. Among the recent graduates from the high school were Miss Marie Wilkerson and Mr. Lewis Henry. They have done splendid work and every race loving person should be proud of them. Bethel A. M. E. church seems to have taken on new life and the pastor, Rev. T. W. Lewis, is presiding excellent sermons. On Thursday evening, January 27, Constellation temple, No. 80, S. M. T., installed the following officers: Mrs. Maggie Rice, W. P.; Mrs. Emma Brooks, V. P.; Mrs. Emma Shepard, W. S.; Mrs. Carrie Baker, treasurer; Mrs. Clara Martin, chaplain; Mr. Frank Brown, Caleb; Mr. Wm Brooks, Joshua. After the installation a banquet was served in honor of the outgoing W. P. Mrs. Marie Bishop of Moline. The benefit concert given for the Third Baptist church was largely attended and success in every way. There was baptizing at the Third Baptist church last Sunday afternoon. The cantata given by the Sunday school drew a very small crowd on account of the inclement weather. Miss Alexia Wilson received the prize for having collected the most money. Rev. T. W. Lewis succeeded last Sunday in organizing the Men's Forum. Mr. Robert Samuel, president; Mr. C. P. Jones, secretary. They meet every Sunday at 9:15. Everybody is welcome. The Willing Workers, under the direction of Mrs. Wm. Brooks, will put on a play and other selections at Bethel A. M. E. church Friday evening, February 11th. BUXTON, IOWA. Real happiness results from being content with what you haven't got. Mrs Josie Daniels of New York city is the guest of Mrs. Hattie Watkins. The young boys' band began their regular practice last Saturday night under the instructions of Herandon Reabey. Miss Helen Hagan, the greatest colored pianist of today and a graduate of the best conservatory of Europe and the United States, will appear at Burton some time soon. Watch for date. Mrs. Anna Humbles entertained the Organ club last Thursday. A dainty two-course lunch was served. Mr. Miller is very sick. Jas. Wheels, Sr. left this week for Des Moines hospital, where he will take treatments for his eye, which was injured a few days ago and he is about to lose it. It is reported from reliable sources that wedding bells will soon ring on West Third street. Lincoln's birthday will be celebrated at the A. M. E. church. Rev. Feribee, pastor. Rev. Brasco conducted a very successful revival at the Tabernacle Baptist church. The Ladies' Industrial club met at the home of Mrs. Ross on January 19th An interesting paper on "Religious Training of a Child in the Home" was read by Mrs. Ada Mills. Every mother should have heard this interesting paper. Question box was by Mrs. Eva Brookings. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Mary Peterson on February 2. KEOKUK. IOWA. February 1, 1916. Iowa State Bystander: I notice in your last week's issue that Attorney Rush is making the race for one of the judges of your city and I see the editor of The Bystander speaks of him as a qualified jurist. That's enough for me. But Mr. Editor he has a fine chance for election if our people of Des Moines lay down a little race prejudice and elect him by giving him their entire support as a race. He must look for breakers, for you know that if he's a Methodist he must expect some stones from the Baptists, and if he is a Baptist he must expect it to come from the other way, and if he is something else, look out for fur to fly, unless the churches lay down their prejudices and the leaders come out publicly for him and show up his good qualities. The other fellow will hunt for the bad. The Negro vote of Des Moines can elect or defeat either one of the other fellows by sticking together by letting Rush be first. They hold the balance of power. But the things that concern me most are will their leaders come up to the standard. Every minister, doctor, lawyer, Mason, Knight of Tabor, United Brothers and K. P. must show the spirit of Damion and Pythias. Enlist the better class of good women, for the counsel of good women is worth something in this race. For you know, Mr. Editor, that defeat denotes weakness, and I expect to see through the columns of your paper the nomination of Rush. Would Been So. Creation is the rich know how the earth half lives. Cash-haw—After taking their moneys from them they must be able to sort them out. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS ```markdown ``` Nearly everybody has heard of Mound Bayou. Miss, the only exclusive "Negro city" in the United States, it has attracted public attention to an extent only second to Tuskegee as an effort to help lead the Negro to the problem industry. All of the industrial life, the postmaster, railroad agent, and everybody else is a Negro. And all the property is owned by Negroes. Now comes word that this community is threatened with grave embarrassment due to financial difficulties. Well-known men, North and South, are named as patrons of a plan to aid the founder of the city, whose services to both the black and white race are freely admitted by the leading newspapers of that section. Among the patrons of the plan, which is, briefly, a bond issue on the founder's behalf, is Senator Larry Pence, Bishop Theodore Bratton of the Episcopal church, Charles Scott, formerly president of the Mississippi River Levee association; C. P. J. Mooney, editor of the Commercial Appeal, Memphis; J. A. Hayes of Colorado, son-in-law of Jefferson Davis, and others almost as well known. Isaiah T. Montgomery's remarkable character and services are at the back of these spontaneous tributes to the leading spirit of the Mound Bayou community. He was a slave of the Davis family and was the lifelong friend of Jefferson Davis, president of the confederacy. Immediately after the war he came to be the master of the estate on which he was once a slave, but only for a brief period, for the property was soon restored to the Davis family. Not as a slave, but as leader of his race he gained his recognition. He has stood during his entire life for the principle of good relations between the white and black races. He has constantly urged his people to be honest, thrifty, and, above all, law-abiding. He has especially emphasized the great advance which the race could achieve through earnest industry and economy. He has the distinction of having been the only Negro member of the Mississippi constitutional convention of 1890—the body which adopted the literacy test for voting. He was a member of the committee on the franchise. And when the plan had been adopted he accepted it as not taking away the franchise from his race but putting that great birthright of American citizens on the highest plane. His speech in the convention showed him to be an orator of no mean rank and electrified not only the members but attracted national attention. The present financial difficulties are due in the main to the stress of last year, with its short crop in his section, and extremely low prices for products—Exchange. The memory of Booker T. Washington, educator, will be perpetuated in Chicago by a practical memorial building to be named in his honor March 1, when the building of the Kehlath Anshe Mayriy Reformed Jewish congregation, East Thirty-third street and Indiana avenue, is purchased at a cost of $85,000. The building will be renamed the Booker T. Washington memorial and when refitted will be used as a social center and industrial training school for Negro children of Chicago. It will care for 1,000 to 1,500 children and will solve for hundreds of parents the problem of how to keep That the Negro race in America will serve the United States faithfully and patriotically, was asserted by Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard university, in an address at a meeting of the Bethel Literary and Historical association at Metropolitan A. M. E. church, Washington. Having for his subject "How University Facing the Future," Professor Miller said, in part: "The Afro-American is sometimes used as a hyphenated designation of the Negro race. But there is no hyphen that separates his patriotism from that of the American people. He is as good a citizen as the American people will allow him to be. Howard University absolutely repudiates the hyphen, and, with Mr. Roosevelt, would relegate it to the region where it belongs. in the midst of feverish haste for national preparedness, no one is wise enough to predict what patriotic demand may be made upon this nation in the near, or even in the immediate, future, or when the next come, if come it must, the Negro will, for the time, swallow his just grievances, and respond to his country's call as enthusiastically as he did when the na- Unless you can play it pretty well, to own a saddle is a sign of shiftlessness. But the most marked indication of shiftlessness is to own a fox hound. During the last two years United British forest officers have killed nearly 9,000 predatory animals, more than three-fourths of which were coyotes. Veterans has 80,000 residents, and the fence is built on 70 or 80 inlets. The total length of the world's tallest is estimated at 500,000 miles. their children off the streets and out of bad company while they themselves are at work. A popular subscription to raise the sum necessary to purchase the building and grounds has been started by colored and white friends of the late Doctor Washington and a committee of directors of the subscription fund has been appointed. The Chicago Title and Trust company has been named as treasurer and deputy for all subscription funds for the memorial. The officers of the Lincoln-Lee institute of North Chicago, which will have charge of the memorial after it is purchased and turned into a social center and school. "The white and colored friends of Booker T. Washington wished to perpetuate his memory in Chicago and decided upon the purchase of a suitable building for training the mind of the young colored man," said Dr. William A. Venerable, colored, principal of the Lincoln-Lee Institute. "The members of the Jewish congregation interested in this movement offered the ground and building, which cost $138,000, for $5,000. We hope to raise the money by March 1." "The directors of the subscription fund are: John D. Shoop, superintendent, of schools. John J. Arnold, vice-president of the First National bank. Jesse Binga, banker. Edward O. Brown. Henry Stuckart, county treasurer. David C. Dunbar. Edward P. Smith. Dr. Mia Herschler, president of the board of trustees of the Lincoln Lee institute. Graduates of the coured high schools of Washington received their diplomas at the joint commencement exercises of the five leading colored high schools of the district on Convention hall, reports the Washington Star. There were addresses by E. L. Thurston, superintendent of schools: Charles F. Nesbitt, commissioner of insurance, besides several leaders of the colored race in Washington, including Archibald H. Grimke, formerly the United States representative at Santo Domingo. There were 119 graduates altogether, the locations School held 22, while 30 came from the O Street Vocational School. There were 54 graduates of the Armstrong Manual Training school and 100 from the M Street High school. In the department of business practice of the M Street High school there were thirteen graduates. Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent of education, awarded the scholarships and prizes. The award of diplomas was made by Dr. Charles H. Marshall for the M Street High school; Armstrong, g school, by Dr. Creed W. Childs, and for the Cardoza and O Street Vocational schools, Mrs. Coralie F. Cook, Archibald H. Grimke, president of the Washington Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Women, for the address to the graduates, Commissioner Nesbitt, in awarding the prizes for the essays on fire protection, gave some interesting figures on the damage done through ignorance of the proper precautions against fire. Superintendent Thurston speaking to the graduates to whom he was about to award the scholarships and prizes, declared that they were the coming men of their race. tion's life was imperiled a generation ago. Howard university, as the national university of this race, is proud to contribute its share in inspiring and perpetuating this patriotic spirit in the American youth committed to its care. Howard university faces the future with assurance that it can rely upon the philanthropy and patriotism of the American people, to whom it contributes more than it derives." Earlier in his talk he referred to the objects of the institution, saying: "The chief aim of Howard university is to produce an educated and efficient leadership. The function of the Negro college is to prepare choice youth of this race to stand in the high places of intellectual, moral and spiritual authority among their less fortunate fellows. The blind cannot lead the blind, last they both fall in the ditch. For want of vision the people perish as well as for want of provision." Prospectors for gold, who have been locating claims in the Rice Lake district, 100 miles north of Winnipeg, report that the territory is rich in minerals. A complete steam fire engine, mounted on two wheels and light- enough to be handled by two men, has been invented in England for suburban and private use. Advice to women: If you love a man, do not scrutinize him too closely when he is eating. Watching a man cat is the heaviest cross love has to bear. Women in England are barred from practicing either as lawyers or barristers. More than 80 per cent of the female population of Germany are wage earners. There are 540,000 girls under fifteen years of age in the textile industry in Germany. One-third of all the persons employed in the textile industry in China are women and children. AMERICAN STEEL FOR THE ALLIES Two hundred thousand tons of steel billets and bloom steel being unloaded from 4,000 freight cars in South Brooklyn, whence it was to be shipped to France to made into war munitions. FOES START SCHOOL Lieutenant Hellig Writes of Interesting Experience—Remarkable Progress Made by Pupils After Discipline is Established. Berlin—Lieutenant Hellig, who was a schoolteacher in Nassau before the war broke out, writes to the Algeines Schulbalt, an educational monthly published at Wiesbaden: "We are stationed in a small town east of Warsaw and have very little to do, as we are far behind our front. Recently I received orders to organize a school for the children of the town. After several conferences with the local authorities I started my work, using the vacant residence of a wealthy lumber dealer who had failed to the Inca house. I in a storage house I found a number of benches, which formerly had done duty in a Jewish private school, and I also procured a blackboard and a few other necessary things. "The children of the town, most of whom never had been inside of a schoolhouse, were notified by the police that they would have to present themselves for instruction. About two hundred boys and girls between the ages of six and fourteen years appeared and they were a sorry looking lot. "With dirty faces and unkempt hair the boys notily rushed into my improvised hall of learning. Most of them wore fur caps that had been left behind by Cossacks and their principal garments were large fur coats. "Athough the ground was frozen many of the boys were no shoes, while the footwear of the others consisted of old knee boots that once belonged to father or mother. "The girls, at least a few of them, were not quite so dirty. Some even had combed their hair, but their dress consisted of all kinds of old, cast-off garments of adults and only a few wore stockings. Only the Jewish girls were really tidy and their intelligent faces and neat appearance distinguished them favorably from the rest of the crowd. "It was almost impossible to keep the children quiet, but I finally succeeded in getting their attention and started to divide them into classes with the aid of a sergeant who speaks Polish. Most of the Jewish children understood at least some German and I organized them into a special class which I am instructing myself. About forty Polish and Russian boys and girls who have received some instruction in private schools were taken in charge by Leutenant Harbeck, who is trying to educate them with the help of our Polish-speaking sergeant. "The rest of the children, about one hundred, were turned over to a Polish woman teacher who has been engaged COSTA RICAN BEAUTY C. M. L. L. Miss Maria de la Guardia, daughter of the Costa Rican minister to Great Britain, recently came to the United States to escape the war. She will remain in New York until the war is ended. Pickerel Catches Butt Which Excited Angler Dropped and Return it. Port Jervis, N. Y.—John Veracious Avery has just reported the discovery of the retriever pickerel. Avery was smoking and fishing this afternoon, when, seeing a pickerel darting toward her, Avery scratched and dripped his cigar through the hole in the ice. The pickerel leaped for the THE BYSTANDER AIL FOR THE ALLIES steel billets and bloom steel being un- South Brooklyn, whence it was to be unitiona. by us. These youngsters have practically grown up wild and they can only be given kindergarten instruction at present, although many of them are twelve and fourteen years old. In a few months, after a little discipline has been drilled into them, we will teach them to read and write. With the results obtained so far I am more than satisfied. The Jewish children are model pupils and make automating progress. Many of the Polish and Russian boys are also gifted in automating their studies and they are now learning to keep themselves clean. Not one of them comes to school unwashed or unkempt, and all are very much attached to their teacher. By next summer I hope to have an excellent school if I am not ordered to the front again." HOLD BEAR HUNT IN PARK Fireman Finally Kills Bad-Tempered Pet Which Had Been City Zoo Attraction. Elkhart, Ind.—A real bear hunt in Willowdale park followed the escape of a two-year-old bear owned by Frank Brumbaugh. The animal had been sent to Mr. Brumbaugh when a cub by a friend in northern Michigan. It recently developed a bad temper and the owner decided to have it killed. Brumbaugh and his brother, Charles, led Babe, as the bear was known, out of a barn. The animal broke away and resisted capture so strenuously that both men suffered tooth and claw wounds on their hands. They then permitted the fugitive to trot to the nearby park. Frank Little, a city fireman, who is known as a good markman, was summoned with his rifle. His first shot only wounded the bear, which then climbed to the top of a high oak, roaring defiance. Little's second shot brought down the animal, the bail piercing its brain. The bear was one of the attractions in the city park zoo during the summer. DOG SAVES WOUNDED HUNTER Bringa Ald to Master Who Almost Bleeds to Death in the Woods. Alton, Ill.—Edmund Weis, eighteen son of a wealthy farmer living near Freeburg, Ill., owes his life to his hunting dog, which saved him from bleeding to death, after he had been shot by another hunter. Weis was in some timber near his home, and as he came into a small clearing, another hunter whom Weis saw, but did not recognize, fired. The charge struck Weis in the legs and rendered him helpless. When the other man saw the effect of his wild shot, he ran. Weis fainted from loss of blood. A passing farmer heard the howling and barking of a dog and traced it. He found the dog near his unconscious master. Weis was taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital in Belleville, where it is stated that his condition is critical. He lost a large amount of blood and would have bled to death but for the aid summoned by the dog, according to hospital physicians. PREACHER WINS IN COTTON Cleans Up $30,000 Which He Will Put Atlanta.—As a result of investment of $100 in cotton when the staple was down to seven cents the Rev. Stephen D. Creamen, pastor of Mount Vernon Southern Methodist church in Atlanta has $30,000. When the bottom fell out Mr. Creaman put his $100 in cotton, borrowed all he could on the staple and bought more. When the cotton began climbing the pastor kept on "pyramidling" as heavily as he could until he held $30,000 worth of the staple. The minister now is disposing of his holdings and proposes to put the money in a trade school for poor children. "I have always wanted to give poor children a chance by teaching them a trade," he says, "and now I am able to do it." Paid $2,000 in Beunties. Salem, Ore.—For 20,000 gopher and mole scals, which were brought into the office of Clerk Gehlhar, residents of Marion county received $2,000. bait, capturing it and the cigar. Avery drew forth the "tapping fish, which graciously retained the smoking cigar in its mouth. It should be but a simple matter, Avery believes, to train a retriever to work in leash, diving for oysters, clams or lost property. Turtle Eats With Two Heads. Mullins, S. C.—Eugene Smith captured a small turtle in the Pee-Dee swamps which has two distinct heads. The turtle sets with both heads. GET DEFENSE DATA Experts Will Comb Country for Information. Plan Perfected to Enroll and Classify All the Industries in the United States—Approved by the New York—The naval consulting board has perfected a plan for the enrolment and classification of all industries in the United States. In this way the government will come into possession of accurate information respecting every description of industrial need at a time of emergency and will be able at the shortest possible notice to turn this country into a comprehensive war machine. Announcement of the plan was made by W. L. Sanders, president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and vice chairman of the naval consulting board. It is proposed to use the members of the five great industrial societies of the country, all of them experts in their departments, to gather and classify the required information. These societies are the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Chemical society. The four societies together have a membership of some 38,000 men. They have branches and numerous representatives in every state of the Union. In gathering the material the work will be allotted by states, the factories and industrial capabilities of each state being enumerated by its respective branch of the national organization. In this way it is proposed to discover all of the plants capable of manufacturing munitions, automobiles and everything, in short, which the government in time of war would need. It is expected that with the 38,000 experts available for gathering the information the work can be done in a comparatively short time. Mr. Saunders produced a letter from President Wilson in which he formally instructed Mr. Saunders to proceed with the organization necessary. The letter was as follows: "The work which the American Institute of Mining Engineers has done through its members on the naval consulting board is a patriotic service which is deeply appreciated. It has been so valuable that I am tempted to ask that you request the institute to enlarge its usefulness to the government still further by nominating for the approval of the secretary of the navy a representative from its membership for each state in the Union to act in conjunction with representatives from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the "American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the American Chemical society, for the purpose of assisting the naval consulting board in the work of collecting data for use in organizing the manufacturing resources of the country for the public service in case of emergency. I am sure that I may count upon your cordial co-operation. Cordially yours." "WOODROW WILSON." GUARDIAN OF THE DUGOUT A CATCHES RAT BIG AS CAT Kentucky Man Thinks a Large Rodent Devoured Two Smaller Ones in Trap. Hazard, Ky.—John Sexton tells a rat story. He says he baited his rat trau one night and the next morning he found that, two of the rodents had become ensnared, so he thought he would just let them remain in the trap over the next night. On the second morning John again inspected his trap and found—only one rat, but he, as John described him, was as large as the rodent he found. The previous night were of ordinary size—f full grown." John said. There was a mystery. "What became of the first two rats you caught?" was asked, and John solemnly declared that "the big rat had eaten up the other two, cleaning 'em up as slick as a button—not leave hide nor hair." Paducah, Ky.—A colt with five legs, absolutely normal in other respects, eight months old and sound as a dollar, is in the possession of Joseph Woody, 502 Boyd street. Mr. Woody has nursed his unusual pet from the infant stage, and says it is as good a colt as ever was born. He is con templating the sale of the animal as soon as he receives a good offer. Female dogs are the safest from madness. A hundred male dogs go to 10 female animals. The KITCHEN CABINET Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he is well dressed. If I was very ragged and very jolly, then I should begin to feel I had caressed a point.-Dickens. EGGLESS DISHES. With eggs soaring higher and higher these days we must of necessity cu HELPFUL HINTS. If the range is too low raise it on a zinc-covered platform. A low stove is a back-breaking addition to an already burdened one. A rubber mat placed before the sink is a great help to tired feet, as it A rubber mat placed before the sink is a great help to tired feet, as it lessens fattie tue. When standing on concrete floors have, if a rubber mat is not to be procured, a small rack of strips of board on which to stand. There is sufficient spring in the device to case the feet. Doors and window casings, moldings and baseboards should be smooth so that to afford a place for dust in cracks and ledges. Whenever possible the wood or coal should be filled from the outside into a box near the stove with a cover to keep out the dust. Dustless mop cloth, and dusters are easily prepared at home. Old woolen or flannelette underwear for mops and cheesecloth dusters are prepared as follows: Put a quarter of a cupful of kerosene into a cleaning pail, add two quarts of quite warm water, put in the cloth and make sure that they are well saturated. Wring out, dry and the cloths are ready for use. Keep in metal receptacles or in an airy place as they are inflammable. The best sanitary covering for the floor is linoleum. Varnished once or twice a year, it lasts for years. It should be well fitted with waterproof joints. The method used is to lay the cloth and use it until it is well flattened and stretched before tacking it on. A painted floor if kept well painted, may be easily cleaned. Use the same color of paint from year to year, then the worn spots may be recoupled without being too noticeable. A zinc-covered table of the right height for the person to use is an indispensable kitchen adjunct. A hinged shelf placed conveniently is another help in serving and dishwashing. A wire tray to fit into a deep pan may be used for the drained dishes. Scald with very hot water and let dry, saving the process of wiping. TASTY CHEAP MEATS. Those who would serve meats that take long, slow cooking must plan their meals some time be- ```markdown ``` All meats should be immediately removed from their paper wrappings, as much of the juice soaks into the paper. The paper itself often impaarts an unpleasant flavor to meat. Keep meat near ice or in a cold place and wipe it with a damp cloth before putting it on to cook. Red meats are easier of digestion, if properly cooked, than the white meat of pork and veal. Far more meats are spoiled by too intense heat than by too little. The liquor in which fresh meat has been boiled makes good foundation for sauces and broths. It would be put into cold water to cook, changing the water if the meat is very salt. This liquor is good to make bean or pea soup. Never throw a bit of meat liquor, for there is any number of ways of using it in gravies, sauces and for flavor in vegetable dishes. Twenty minutes to the pound is considered good time to cook meat well done, usually not counting the time until after the first twenty minutes, as it takes that time for meat to become heated. In cooking meats one of two things must be decided by the housekeeper, or money, which to you is the most costly, but foods and steaks are quickly prepared, but are expensive. We must remember that the most costly meat is not the most nourishing, as much of the best flavor and nutrient is found in the cuts taken from the part of the animal where the muscles are most active. This meat is the lowest in price. In steaming meat there is less loss; in stewing it, about a fourth of the muscle is lost in cooking. When steaming 30 minutes to the pound should be allowed in the cooking. In the amount of meat will favor a dish of vegetables, cooking together in the oven. BITS OF INFORMATION Cape Cod was once an island An Austrian countess has contributed 5,000 cork legs to wounded soldiers. Jean de Reske, the famous tenor, has given 50,000 cigarettes to the wounded allies. Wine tasters, employed in their professional duties, never swallow the wine they taste. They merely hold a sip of the beverage in the mouth for a few moments and breathe through the nostrils. Only 64,977 karats of diamonds were exported from British South Africa during the first four months of 1915, whereas, in January-April, 1914, there were 1,524,649 karats exported, and 1,803,126 karats in the like period of 1913. One of the most recent examples of German thrift is the use of sunflower oil as a substitute for the olive extract, many people devoting large tracts of land to the Kansas emblem for the sake of its food content in the liquid-form. Electrical drills have been invented on the basis of Electric drill have been invented for operations on the skills. EGGLE88 DISHE8. With eggs soaring higher and higher these days we must of necessity curtail their use, and yet the family must have the sweet things and be capable of making a dessert. A most delicious pudding, which needs long, slow baking, is this: EASTER Rice Pudding.—Take a fourth of a cupful of rice, a half cupful of sugar and two cups of rich milk with a half cupful of raisins or a few sliced sweet apples, put into a baking dish and set into the oven. Stir often for the first hour or two, then let it brown. Bake for three hours. This is delicious without sauce, but a hard sauce flavored with nutmeg makes it a dessert liked especially by the children and is a most wholesome one for them. Molasses Cookies—Take a cupful of shortening, a cupful of molasses and a cupful of brown sugar. Heat in a saucepan until well mixed, then add ginger or other apices to taste, a half teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in a little hot water and flour enough to roll out. If the mixture is cooled well before rolling it will handle better. Apple Sauce Cake—Take a cupful of brown sugar, a half cupful of shortening, a cupful of unsweetened apple sauce, made from cooking apples, a cupful of raisins, chopped, two teaspoonfuls of cocoa, a teaspoonful of cinnamon, a half teaspoonful each of cloves and nutmeg, two cupfuls of flour, sifted with a half teaspoonful of soda, and one teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake forty minutes in a shallow pan. This makes a good dessert served with a lemon sauce or any desired flavor. Winter Shortcake—Prepare a rich baking-powder biscuit dough; make two cakes, rolling thin, spread one with butter and place the other on top, then when baked they are easily split without making them heavy. Use canned peaches, sliced oranges, or bananas or any fruit desired. Serve with cream and sugar. This same biscuit dough rolled thin, sprinkled with brown sugar and nuts, rolled, then cut like cinnamon rolls and baked are delicious little cakes for tea. VARIATIONS IN DRESSINGS. The simple French dressing made with three tablespoonfuls of oil to one of sharp vinegar, a dash of cayenne and powdered sugar and a 'tea-spoonful of salt may be added to anfinish by a few finely chopped stuffed olives. one of sharp vinegar egg, a dash of cayenne and powdered sugar and a 'tea-spoonful of salt may be added to as to flavor by a few finely chopped stuffed olives. For cucumber salad a hard cooked egg, minced fine, added to the French salad dressing is especially good. Chopped chives and dressing served on cottage cheese is another good combination. Chill sauce, tabasco. Worcestershire, catchup of various kinds are all good in French dressing. Pineapple Dressing—Mix all of the following ingredients in a double boiler and cook until thick: two egg yolks, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one-half of flour, and one-half cupful of pineapple juice. When serving with a fruit salad thin with cream or condensed milk. Boiled salad dressing is very good on cottage cheese. Chill Dressing—Make an ordinary French dressing as above, add a few drops of onion juice, get this by scraping with a spoon the cut side of an onion. When ready to serve, add finely chopped green peppers and enough chili sauce to color the dressing a rich red. Shred cabbage very fine and mix with the dressing. Thousand isle Dressing—There seems to be as many varieties of this dressing as there are islands. To a mayonnaise dressing add whipped cream, chopped parsley, stuffed olives, hard cooked eggs and chives. Pour over head lettuce. Some mashed roquefort cheese with seasonings added to French dressing on head lettuce. For mayonnaise the chief success in its making is that dishes and ingredients are well chilled with ice, otherwise the dressing separates. Mustard is liked with meats and vegetables, but is not used in fruit salad dressings. Many other combinations will occur to the cook who is thinking about attractive dishes. Neele Maxwell There has been organized in Yucatan an association of silk hemp producers along the lines of the California Fruit Growers' association, its purpose being to enable each hemp producer to obtain a fair price for his product at all times, regardless of speculation. Tyler Parker, aged seventy-seven, who laid down his type stick at Montgomery, Mo., recently, after serving 62 years at the "case," is supposed to hold the American record for length of service in typographical pursuits. The Ningpo end of the Chinese railway which is to connect that port with Hangzhou and Shanghai was formally opened at the end of 1912. The lines have only been laid as yet, however, to a distance of 20 or 30 km (10 or 15 miles). Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, the author of Esperanto, and his wife, who has been missing for several months, are reported safe and well in Hangzhou. Through the Harvard students employment bureau $59 undergraduates added 200,000 to their income last year in vocations which did not interfere with their studies. TWELVE FIGHTS IN ONE NIGHT FOR TREE STUMP Hartmannsweller-Kopf in the Vosges Is Scene of Constant Fighting. TRENCHES FIVE YARDS APART Character of Warfare That Has Engaged Armies in Alsace for Seventeen Months—Capture of Cemetery Costs More Dead Than Were Ever Buried in it. London.—The following is published in the London Daily Express from its correspondent in Paris: "When the snow-laden wind comes roaring over the Alsatian hills, its ice blast chilling the body to the bone, the 'pollus,' huddled together, many feet below the ground, draw their blankets closer around them, for the blizzard creeps down every nook and cranny, and the men, now experiencing their second winter campaign in the Vogges, mumur: 'How cold the Boches must feel!' "This note of cheerfulness prevails throughout the French lines, and no where more than in this sector of the front. I have chatted with Turcos, who now see snow for the first time, and with men whose extremities were frost bitten last winter, but everyone is happy with the idea that, no matter how much he feels the cold, the plight of the Germans must be much worse. "Here we are in German territory; there is no gainssaying that aid to cheerfulness. How far we have progressed I am forbidden to state, but I can affirm that no fewer than twenty Alsatian towns are now within the penny postal rate of France. Every yard gained is a step near the Rhine, but for every foot of ground conceded by the enemy there is bloody fighting. Hartmannweil-Kopf has become a symbol of the conflict in Alsace; in no other sector of the front, so the French general staff say, has the fighting been so severe, but the importance of its loss or gain must not be exaggerated. "The summit, it is true, commands a great portion of the plains of Alsace, but ever since the French first reached the foot of the hill the whole been wholly in the possession of either French or German. Warfare In Black and White. "Here is warfare in black and white. The black uniforms of the Chasseurs Alpins are silhouetted against a background of snow. From an observation post one sees columns of sure-footed mules carrying parts of guns, and companies of men, like myrids of ants, crawling through the mountain passes; or again, patches of black, vague snudges, whirling over the snow. More Chasseurs Alpins rushing on skis over hill and陡, stopping, twisting, firing and rushing on agile little men who are the terror of the Germans' lives in this sector. "Tales of their daring are legion. It is not so long ago that a handful of them crawled through the German lines and backed back a munitain tide it was in the valley. The writer's train. They found the train with steam up; the engine was started, the enemy was taken completely by surprise, and the train was brought to a spot near enough to the French lines for the men to remove the munitions and destroy the train. "The Chasseurs, or 'blue devils' as they are called, were concerned in the taking of Sudel farm, which opened up the road to the Reinbach valley. After some skirmishings between outposts the French established themselves on the River Sutz. The snow was falling thickly when the French began their advance in the teeth of a hurricane of shells that came from the German batteries on the hills behind Cernay, but nothing daunted the "devils," although they were two days in the way, sleeping on the dawn on third day the French outpoured and the sound of firing. It was caused by the skiers, who had been out all night looking for the enemy. They returned, bringing back with them two wounded German officers and six men. "The ruins of the Chateau Freundstein concealed the guns, and massed in neighboring valleys were the Germans. Enemy airmen had been hovering over the column since it set out, and undoubtedly the enemy was trying to draw the French into a trap, but Teuton slyness went astray. Soon the enemy found he had no chance of ambushing the French, and he changed his tactics and sent out one company from a Bavarian regiment to wipe out the 'blue devils'. The speed of the on skis was too great, however for a heavy-footed regiment and they were well-resistant. A French battery of heavy artillery received a telephone message giving them the approximate range, and after a period of bombardment the guns in the ruins of the chateau were silenced. Storming Sudel Farm. "Then came the opportunity sought by the devils; they began their attack against the center of the German position, advanced under cover to within about FALLS IN LOVE WITH PHOTO Then Man Meets Girl When She Goes West on Visit and She Stays. Denver—A photograph of a pretty girl displayed on the mantlepiece in the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Sewell at Chame, N. M., a year ago, resulted in the marriage here of Miss Blanche Kaufman of, echanicsburg, Pa. and Miguel A Gonzalez, a wealthy cattleman of Abiquiu, M. M. three hundred yards of the position they had to storm, but the last stretch was across open ground. "After a brief but sanctuary action the position was carried, enabling the Chasseurs to open a murderous fire on their front and right. "Without the expected support of their artillery in the chateau, the Germans were powerless against the human waves that swept over them, and they withdrew, in but good order, fighting a rear-guard action until the 'blue devil's' charged with the bayonet. The action terminated in a complete rout of the enemy and about 300 unwounded prisoners remained in the hands of the French. "A recent German communique spoke of a repulse of a French attack 'near Metzeral,' but omitted to mention that Metzeral is in the hands of the French, and has been so ever since our gallant allies won one of the most brilliant battles of this war. When the French advance approached Metzeral the Germans began to make a fortress of this little Alsatian town, and the streets were barricaded with barbed wire, and overturned carcass masked machine guns. The battle began by an attack launched against the forest. Trees were uprooted in hundreds by the French guns, and gradually the enemy was pushed out of the forest, but it was only then that a fresh surprise was sprung on the French. "The enemy had dug trenches in the forest, which he filled with barrels of tar; these were connected by electricity with a point behind the German lines, and as the French rushed through the forest the barrels were ignited. Nevertheless, this did not stop the advance. They reached the fortress and here fighting became furious and factories were defended by the enemy, and each had to be carried separately by the attacking party. "From windows machine guns poured a hall of lead on the heads of the French. The men had to break down the doors and fight their way up, story by story. South of the town the enemy defended the cemetery, which held up the attack for a whole night. The tombs were already torn away by the French shells, but the vaults were the scene of fighting the grimest description. The handles of coffins were wrenched out by the enemy, who made a most stubborn defense; every vault sheltered a small battle, and the vaults themselves had previously been mined by the enemy; when they became no longer tenable they were blown up. Capture Metzeral Cemetery. "The cemetery was carried in the early hours of the morning, but not before it held more dead than ever were buried in it. "The taking of this salient did not complete the task set to the French Practically every house in the town was defended, and from cellar to the top story the French had to fight their way before Metzeral was finally in their hands. Truly, the enemy has not cause to make much mention of Metzeral in his official communications. "At the same time that the French were attacking in the second successful attack, movement carried out along both banks of the Fecht. Two important hills, Nos. 665 and 698, were stormed, and eventually Sillackerwassen was taken. From this point Munster was bombarded, which led to the evacuation of this town. "The progress along the crest of Linge, about five miles north of Munster, led to the withdrawal of the German troops here, although strong re-enforcements had only arrived three days previously, but the terrible fire of the French artillery paralyzed the men fresh from the drive in Russia. They were, nevertheless, put in garrison the town, and there they probably remain, still bombarded by the French, who are slowly but surely creeping along the Munster valley. "Altkirch was evacuated by the Germans two weeks ago, and not for the reasons put forward by the Basel newspapers. The Germans have insisted that the civil population was withdrawn because of the arrival of fresh troops to undertake an offensive in this sector, but the truth is that the lower part of the town is flooded, as it usually is at this period of the year, and the French advance towards Altkirch has made the town unhealthy for the civil population. "Hartmannseller-Kopf is likely to figure in the French communiques for some time to come, for the Germans will never give up their counter-attacks until they are driven away from their side of the hill. Surprise attacks here are always to be expected, for both sides now know every inch of the ground, and on the summit of the hill the crowd and the summit trench are only about five yards apart. This seems impossible, but it must be remembered that it is the individuality of the soldier that counts for everything. Twelve Battles a Night. "Very often a battle lasting some hours will take place for the possession of a mere stump of a tree, and a tree stump has been known to change hands twelve times during the course of a night. An account given to me by a French soldier of a recent French offensive on Hartmannweiler-Kopf is dramatic in its simplicity. This man has taken part in no fewer than fifteen battles for the hill. "The crest of the hill was white with smoke, he says. 'For two days both sides had left the top of the hill, because both our guns and theirs were raking the ground. We had buried the German dead the first time the crest came into our possession, but their big "If I should meet that girl I know I should fall in love with her," said Gonales when he first saw the photograph. Last fall Miss Kauffman went to Chama to visit her sister, Mrs. Sewell. She never returned East, but stayed in the West to marry the man who fell in love with her picture. Original Hornpipe. Hornpipes are so called from their having been performed originally to the Welsh pilt-corn, or hornpipe. shells, from a battery of Austrian guns, 305's, disinterred their dead, so that when we charged we stumbled over arms and legs and limbless trunks. "Our attack was launched from three sides; the first charge only took us forward about 150 yards, and then we had to return to our original positions; it was heartbreaking. Before we could attack again the enemy sent up re-enforcements, but something must have gone wrong, for hundreds of their men were cut down by their artillery firing from the ruins of the Hitzstein chateau. "We ceased our attack when night fell, but our artillery redoubled its furious bombardment of the enemy's trenches. Their guns fired at ours, and ours fired at theirs and at their trenches. Thirty feet below the ground, snug in our dugouts, we could feel the earth trembling. The Germans kept their men in the trenches because they never knew when our artillery would cease firing and our infantry attack begin again. That is why we captured more than thirteen hundred prisoners. They were hagged and shaken when they marched on our lines, for no soldiers on earth could stand what our artillery gave them. "We and very alight losses, comparatively, we stormed the positions the next day, and if it had not been that the enemy had a few machine guns undestyled by our fire our losses would have been very much smaller. "I have been here in Alsace for sixteen months," he added. "I have been wounded three times, and always on the slopes of 'Vleil Armand.' Terrible? Not at all. Think what an awful time the Boches must be having!" WIFE OF SWISS VIATOR © HARRIS & EWING Mume. Juan Doménides, the wife of the Swiss aviator, who recently has started Washington with his daring flights over the White House, has been entertained at several charming affairs by national capital society. HOODOO SHIP MAKES MONEY The Old Freighter Algae Has More Than Palm Oil Purchase Price. San Francisco.-The old Algae, former hoodoo freighter of the former Pacific Mat, has blossomed out as a real war baby. This steamer, which in times of peace used to be tied up in the lower bay with cold boilers for long periods, has earned $300,000 that was paid for her when she was rechristened the California. Also she has earned $90,000 more. Furthermore, the California—nee Algae—has now been chartered to a powder company at $1,700 a day, or $51,000 a month, or $612,000 a year, or more than twice as much as her owners paid for her. It is stipulated in this last charter that she shall ply only between neutral ports, which is taken to mean that she will become a nitrate carrier between South America and the Du Pont powder mills in the United States. Mrs. Gilfort Sends One, Laid by Fabled Roc, to Denver Museum. Orange, N. J.-Thrifty housewives who blame their grocers for demanding 60 cents a dozen for eggs may congratulate themselves that they are not compelled to make their purchases from Mrs. Robert Gilfort. Yesterday she disposed of her egg supply at the very satisfactory rate of $12,000 a dozen. The transaction was not as extensive as Mrs. Gilfort may have desired, however, since it involved but one egg, that of the fabled roc, of Arabian Nights' fame, and the purchaser was the Denver museum. Technically, it is the egg of the Aepyornis, the fossil bird of Madagascar, but three of which are to be found in this country. Bulldog Kills Three Doe Aberdeen, B. D. - Wyle park and the city of Aberdeen are out three deer. A bulldog got into the enclosure where the deer were kept at Wyle park and when the caretaker went to feed the animals the next day he found all three deer dead. The old buck deer had made a valiant tight for life, but had been worn out by the tenacity of the dog. American Tree in Europe. The locust tree was one of the first American trees to be taken to Europe. THE BYSTANDER KNIFE AND PISTOL Effective Combination to Be Carried in Pocket. Discharges Small Cartridge, but One Capable of Inflicting Damage at Close Range—Useful Defense Against Burglaries. The smallest breast-bloading cannon in the world is now being made for pocket use. It is not a toy, but takes a 22-caliber rim-fire cartridge. Of course, it is not easy to hit anything at a distance with it, on account of there being no sights and the barrel being only half an inch long and concealed, but a 22-caliber bullet is useless except at very close range. The special use of this "cannon" is for scaring off burglaries, as when fired with a blank cartridge it makes a tremendous bang, and fires a bullet that would inflict a nasty wound at close range. Its inventor is Edmund C. Moore of New York, who is also the patentee of a rifle grenade. It is in the form of a pocket knife no larger than the usual knife and has Knife which is a small pistol. A, trigger; B, barrel; C, pivot on which barrel swings to open; D, muzzle. Knife which is a small pistol. A, trigger; B, barrel; C, pivot on which barrel swings to open; D, muzzle. two blades of fine steel. But at one end is a hole. Anyone asked to examine the article and say what it is will be most likely to guess that it is some new-fangled pencil sharpener or cigar cutter. In the end of the knife is a steel block that turns out on a swivel, being held by a spring that is released with the thumbnail and reveals a hole straight through the block. The cartridge is inscribed at the base of this Firing the Knife-Pistol. hole, the block is swung back into place, the trigger on the side is opened, thus cocking the pistol, which is now ready to fire. It is held in the hand after the trigger pressed down with the thumb—New York World Sunday Magazine. Survival Among Birds. The struggle of life among the birds and other wild creatures is so severe that the feeble and malformed, or the handicapped in any way, quickly drop out, writes John Burroughs in Harper's Magazine. Probably none of them ever die from old age. They are cut off in their prime. A weeding out process goes on from the time they leave the nest. A full measure of life, the perfection of every quill and feather, and unerring instinct, carry them along. They are always in the enemy's country; they are always on the firing line; eternal vigilance of life with them. The natural length of life of our smaller birds is calculated to be eight or ten years, but probably not in a thousand reaches that age. Not half a dozen times in my life have I found the body of a dead bird that did not show some marks of violence. Mules Now Kerchoo-ing Even the mules in the mines here are suffering from the ravages of the gripe epidemic and stable horses and hostiers are kept busy caring for the sick animals. Many miners declare that they have caught the infection from the mules, who sneeze in the limited air supply in the underground workings and spread the germs all over. The local veterinarians have thus finally sought to find a remedy to combat the disease. In some cases quinine and whisky appeared to help the animals temporarily—Hazleton (Pa.) Dispatch to Philadelphia Inquirer. War Unkind to the Lawyer The war, while having a pretty depressing influence upon litigation, is having a still larger effect upon calls to the bar. Only 30 students have downed gown and gown this term, and half of them bear oriental names, indicating that they belong to distant parts of the empire—London Mall. A Suspicious Document. "All this here business education among women is tough on us cooks." "How so?" "The last lady I worked for gimme a reference written in shortland. What did she say about me I wonder. Cool Headed. "I must say that is cool," said the sweet young thing as the young man laid his head on her shoulder." "Yes," replied the young man, "I always had the reputation of being cool headed." Made No Difference. Passenger — Say, conductor, that man on the back platform just fell off. Street Car Conductor —That's all right. He's paid his fare. MADE TREE SERVE AS TOWER California Farmer Solved Windmill Problem in a Peculiar but Satisfactory Fashion. A growing eucalyptus, partially cleared of leaves and branches, has been used as a windmill tower by a California farmer. In search of good running water, the farmer found a spruce and a spruce a grove of eucalypt trees. It was found that in order to creep a windmill stand over the spring it would be necessary to sacrifice the beautiful trees. Finally solving the problem on building the windmill without destroying the trees, he manned one of the centra ```markdown ``` trees. Clearing away much of the foliage on the nearest trees, he ran braces to the windmill and secured a machine which has given him entire satisfaction. — Popular Science Monthly. ONCE A GREAT STRONGHOLD Kaminiets Polish Fortress That Protected Europe Against the Barbarians of Asia. Kaminiets Podolsk, the city upon which the latest large-scale Russian offensive was based, that against the Austro-German lines in eastern Galicia and Bukowina, was at one time the greatest fortress in the kingdom of Poland, the stronghold that held back the wild hordes of Asia through many years of battle, says a Russian warlord statement given out by the National Geographic society. The Tartars struck time after time against its high, rocky bluff in vain, and many skirmishing parties of Poles and Russians left the fortress to carry terror into the steppe around the southern Dnieper. The town lies but a few miles from the Austrian frontier, and is built over a peninsula formed by the Smotrich river, an affluent of the Dniester Odessa is 235 miles in the southeast and Klaef about an equal distance in the northeast. Kamiinets is the seat of administration of the Podolian govern ment, and, since the war, it has be come important as one of the larger supply depots just back of the Russian front. It is divided into two districts, surrounded over the hills, while the other nestle- around the base. Across the river, the ancient castle still frowns defiance up on the country, though its war-worn walls could offer but little resistance before the power of modern guns. "Batu, the cruel leader of one of the waves of Mongol buccaneering against Europe, laid Kamikinis waste in 1240. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, storm after storm of Tartar, Turk and Moldavian invasion broke upon its walls, and the principal industry of the people on this outpost became that of fighters and weapon forging. The adventure some from all parts of Europe found their way into garrison there, antook part in the great drama in which the East was finally turned back upon itself. The city passed to Russia in 1795." USE FOR POCKET FLASHLIGHT May Be Made to Serve the Purpose of the X-Ray When Minor Operation is in Question. James M. Kane of Doylestown, Pa sends to Popular Mechanics Magazine an account of how a splinter may be found under the finger nail. To remove a splinter in that position is usually a matter of guesswork, for it cannot be seen unless its end projects. Putting the finger over a pocket flashlight in . dark room makes the splinter show up as if it were under the X-rays. Many surgeons use the flashlights now for illuminating the throat, pharynx and mouth. The New York health board is out for the sterilized kiss. "You've got to stop kissing while the present gripe gripe epidemic is on," says the director of the bureau of public health education "The deadly gripe bacillus love nothing better than to spring from the depths of a lover's throat, speed across the bridge made by a kiss and jump with clutching tentacles down the throat at the other end of the kiss. If you kiss when you have gripe you are almost certain to transmit the malady with your affection." Gripe or no gripe, Broadway celebrated the New Year with promiscuous kissing. Five minutes before midnight every glimmer in the restaurants were put out, and the order was "let kissing be unconfined." And it was. "Your work must be rather annoying." "Why so?" asked the man who published a city directory. "No sooner do you get an issue complete than somebody to town goes and moves." The HOME BEAUTIFUL Flowers and Shrubbery Their Care and Cultivation THE HOLIDAYS A Famous Rose Garden on Long Island. Note the Interesting Planting of Fire and Soruce and the Careful Use of Vines on the House. A Famous Rose Garden on Long Island. Note the Interesting Planting of Fire and Soruce and the Careful Use of Vines on the House. --- A Rural Garden With Fruit Trees WORK IN THE ROSE GARDEN NOTHING can be said in praise of the rose that will bloom before. Universally recognized as the most beautiful flower, it is the one child of Fiora around which a wealth of sentiment, history and poetry clusters. The beauty of the rose is so widely appreciated that the popularity it now enjoys and the demand for hardy garden roses are annually increasing. No garden is complete without roses, and every family ought to grow them in abundance, for never have roses been so cheap and beautiful as now. Moreover, the cultivation of the flower is so simple that no excuse can be offered for its neglect. The first requisite for success in rose growing is the selection of good, healthy plants. Weak, sickly roses are not as good as healthy plants lack vigor because they are stunted by remaining too long in the cutting bed or in small pots before they are set out. In order to obtain the best results, therefore, it is advisable to restrict one's patronage to first-class nurserymen only. firms that are prepared to furnish strong, well-rooted plants, such as will make a showing the first season and develop into vigorous specimens. In selecting roses for the garden, it is well to know that those plants are grown in two ways, that is to say, on their own roots or budded low on the Manetti, a brier rose that has largely superseded the dogrose and other stocks in this country, as it is one of the desirable for our country and climate. Experts are divided on the question as to which should receive the preference, and the beginner is liable to be in a quandary, because growers are apt to argue for their own method of propagation. We find many varieties of roses grown on this stock (Manetti) adapt themselves to a greater range of climate and soil, bloom more profusely, endure better the heat of the summer and make far stronger plants than if grown from their own roots. Many object to budded roses on account of the suckers they sometimes throw out; but if proper attention is paid to the planting this will rarely be an annoyance. Budded roses should be planted sufficiently deep, so that the junction of the bud with the stock is from two to three inches below the surface of the earth. If despite this precaution, a wild shoot should happen to start from the base, the growth and foliage of the stock are so distinct that it is readily recognized by the most inexperienced amateur and is easily removed. When the rose plants are received from the nurserymen they should be unpacked as soon as they come to hand. Thereupon the tops and roots should be well sprinkled with water, after which they should be covered with bagging and placed in a shaded spot until read to plant. If the ground is not prepared when the plants arrive it is advisable to put them in a shallow trench and cover the roots with loose soil until the ground can be put into a proper condition. The enrichment of the soil, however, should not only be made at the time of the preparation of the bed before planting, but in the spring of every year, for with such attention a bountiful supply of flowers may be expected every season. When planting, spread the roots out carefully and do not cross them or crowd them. They should be placed well below the surface of the soil, and arranged, as far as possible, in their natural position. When the roots are covered, the earth should be firmly pressed down upon them, particularly around the surface it is put in the bottom of the hole, it should not be allowed to come in contact with the roots. After planting, the roses should be well cut back to a few buds, freely watered and protected for a few days if the sun is strong. After that they become thoroughly established. If the ground is wet when the plants are received it is better to postpone the planting, as the soil is liable to become caked and the safety of the plants may be thus endangered. Roses may be grown to perfection in the garden or as provided they are planted in sunny, sheltered location, away from the roots of large trees, for these will absorb all the life-sustaining nutrition of the soil, whereas young trees and dwarf shrubbery do no harm. If the soil is naturally poor, however, it is advisable to lay a substantial foundation for future good results. The question naturally presents itself as to which is the best time to plant roses, but the broad extent of our country precludes a definite reply. Generally speaking, however, midspring should receive the preference, if it is better to lay a little, than too late. In mild season indeed, planting may even be done in March. Dormant roses, in fact, should be planted as soon as the frost is out of the ground and the soil can be worked. But it is advisable not to set tea roses until the weather is thoroughly settled and they should, of course, only be planted in the spring. Unless a cold, wet or late spring prune, roses will be dormant in March or April. Old and decayed branches and unripened wood should be removed annually, leaving only the strong and well matured. CHINESE PRIMROSE The Chinese primrose has few and small roots and does not require a large pot. In potting this flower, see that its crown is set well above the soil. The soil the earth away from the crown of the plant toward the sides of the pot. If water stands in or about the crown of the primrose, it grows taller and more brown. It indicates ill health, caused by too dry atmosphere, too little fresh air, by the red spider or possibly defective drainage. MACON, MO., NEWS. Miss Lena Jackson has been very ill, but is slowly recovering. Miss Leona Jackson has been very ill, but is slowly recovering. The huzzer which was given by the Moor Women's club, connected with the excellent program rendered by Prof. Richard B. Harrison, was very successful. Prof. E. W. Parkins is on the sick list Raymond Houston, Preston Wright and Darlington Austin spent Sunday last in Louisiana and report a nice time. The ladies of the Vine and Broad- way church are preparing to give a leap year reception February 14th. Mrs. Lee Deuster of Bavier, Mo., spent Saturday in our city. Miss Leona Price of Ardmore spent Saturday and Sunday in our city, the guest of the Minnesota Jackson. The Baptist Sewing circle met Friday at the home of Mrs. C. Harris. The evening was spent in sowing, after which a delicious *two-course* lunch was served. The guests departed at an early hour. Mrs. G. W. Cross is slowly convalescing. Miss Fleissie Patrick has returned to her home in Lincoln, Neb., after a pleasant visit with relatives. Rev. B. P. E. Gales remains ill at his home at Evanston, Ill. Vine and Broadway Sunday school is programming nicely under the auspices of Mr. M. E. Brooking as superintendent. Rev. G. W. Cross preached two excellent sermons Sunday morning and evening. Mr. Ray Churchill of Jamaica spent a few days of last week in our city. While in our city cold and hungry, see T. H. Henderson's cafe. How Mr. Davis Got Rid of a Bed Church. "Some time ago I had a very bad cough," written Lewis T. Davis, Blackwater, Del. "My brother, McCabe Davis, gave me a small bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. After taking this I bought half a dozen bottles of it, but only used one of them, as the cough left me, and I have not been troubles since." Obtainable everywhere. WASHINGTON, IOWA, NOTES. Rev. H. C. Boyd went to Chicago last Thursday to attend the funeral of Rev Sayth, who was a particular friend of Rev. Boyd. He returned home Wednesday a.m. The union revival meetings being carried on at the M. E. church by the gospel team of Fairfield are doing a great deal of good and the A. M. E. church will be benefited thereby also, as some of our folks have gone forward and will sit with the church when the time comes. Mr. and Mrs. Thus. Lewis are the proud parents of a new boy since Saturday night, January 22d. Mother and son doing well. Rev. Hadley, the community Y. M. C. A. man, had charge of the services at the A. M. E. church last Sunday am., in the absence of Rev. Boyd, and he was well liked by the congregation. Miss Mae Watkins is expecting a sister from St. Joe, Mo., to visit her in the near future. Mr. Miles Shelton is expected next week for a visit with relatives for a few days. She will be accompanied l. yMaster Sammy Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Gentry have taken rooms with Mrs. Emma Black at 429 So Avenue B. ROCK ISLAND, ILL The Allen Christian Endeavor League will give a special program February 13th in celebration of Young People's Day. Miss Zellay Greene is suffering from smallpox. The Searing circle met at the home of Peter Thompson on Thursday afternoon. The Progressive Art club will give a musical entertainment February 12. Rev. Lewis, pastor of Davenport A. M. E. church, called on Rev. Campbell on Monday. Mr. Travis, Sr., is much improved. Rev. S. B. Walkup prescheduled Sunday morning at the A. M. E. church. Mr. Henry Burris, the colored mail carrier, is very sick. Mrs. Black is having wonderful success with the infant class of the A. M. E. Sunday school. Mrs. G. F. Johnson entertained the Progressive Art club last week. A. Mammals & Growling Glorals Her Hair Who and what your hair be using Hine - M. 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A man in law is either sane or insane, but medical psychologists are daily demonstrating that there are borderland cases and that the old conceptions were based upon a false promise. Consequently where justice is meted out by science, rather than by letter, there are some startling surprises for people who have the old idea of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." Science has proven the proposition we laid down in these columns two years ago, that there is such a thing as a congenital liar. Then it, has proven that there are people whose mental development stopped at certain levels, but whose bodies grew into size of men and women. One can readily see that a body of man's size which is propelled by the mentality of a 12 year old child is going to bring about results which are not in keeping with our ideas of grown up conduct. Yet we expect to treat these people as we would treat a normal minded man who might be guilty of the same conduct. Not by any means do all the members of this mentally dwarfed family come into the hands of the law. Very many of them go through life leading quiet, uneventful lives, depending upon their environment, doing no more harm than leaving behind a progeny of the same type who are a potential menace to society, if not an actual charge. There are others who are the tools of strong minded, or even normal minded men, who want dirty little tricks done, or even crimes. We must learn to detect these Morons, as they are called, for then we often can look with a little more charity upon some acts, and may be able to bear more patiently some of the anti-social acts of others. We all know the cogent liar, for instance, we know that they lie without motive and without malice; every one knows that they are not liable, yet the cause of their persistence in untruthfulness has until likely been unknown. Then there is the apparently normal individual who lives at peace with the world, but does not handle his affairs with ordinary prudence, and is consequently always in the same rut, or a little worse off. Or on the other hand there is the petulant, grouchy individual who thinks the world is against him. All these we have looked upon as men and women; we have expected of them the things that their bodies suggested rather than knowing that these same bodies were directed by child brains. After all the test of being normal is versatility and adaptability. Free to Colored Women, Our 1916 Style Book We are the largest manufacturers of colored men's hair, and in order to introduce our goods we are sending free our latest book, showing styles for colored women in the latest hair dressing We are the largest man- ufacturer of colored wom- en's hair, and we want to introduce our goods we have and free our latest book, a swing styles, 6 colored women, in the latest hair dressing. 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When we say Magic we do not exaggerate, as you can see great results in the first few treatments. We guarantee Magic Hair Grower to stop the hair at once from falling out and breaking off, making harsh, stubborn hair soft and silky. Magic Hair Grower grows hair on bald places of the head. If you use these preparations once you will never be without them, Magic Hair Grower and Straightening Oil are manufactured by Meedames South and Johnson. We also do scalp treating. last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John Reeier, Mrs. L. Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. recess of Chicago. Mrs. B. F. Cooper and Mrs. Jeffries were called to Calfax on account of the illness of their father. Miss Gladys Palmer was on the sick list last week, but is able to be out again. Mrs. Walter Davis of 742 Warren street entertained Mr. and Mrs. Peeses of Chicago to a four-course supper last Sunday night. Mr. Allen has opened up a first class cafe on West First street and is doing a fine business. Special meals served on Sunday. Mrs. Paul Scott is reported on the sick list. Mr. George Edwards is reported on the sick list. Mr. Charles Armstrong is visiting in Colfax for a few days. Miss Mabel and Mr. Roy Stratford from Manley are here visiting their sister. Monday night the Ladies' Aid gave a leap year banquet. Mrs. John D. Reeler's birthday being on the same day, she was presented with a soovenir spoon by Mrs. P. Scott. Another feature of the evening was the birthday cake with thirteen candles. A special program was rendered, Mrs. M. Brewton acting as toastmistress. All reported a good time. Mr. Archie Summers of Garner is here visiting Miss Pearl Cecil. Do You Find Fault With Everybody? An irritable, fault-finding disposition is often due to a disordered stomach. A man with good digestion is nearly always good natured. A great many have been permanently benefited by Chamberlain's Tablets after years of suffering. These tablets strengthen the stomach and enable it to perform its functions naturally. Obtainable everywhere. FAIRFIELD, IOWA (Last Week.) The chair of Bethel A. M. E. church rendered a program January 25, 1916, which was largely attended. They cleared $21.50, of which a part was paid on the pastor's support, Rev. R. F. Hubbard, and the balance applied where it is most needed. Those who attended the program from out of the city were Mr. and Mrs. Rev. Hubbard of Mt. Pleasant. The chair, under the direction of Mrs. J. Armstead, is doing good work. They are planning to give a program once a month. The services January 23rd were largely attended. The ladies of Bethel A. M. E. church are going to give a chicken supper February 3. MT. PLEASANT NEWS. (Last Week.) The program given by the P. E. G. committee January 27th at St. John's A. M. E. church was well attended and the program was excellent. A neat sum was raised. Mr. Chas. McCracken while going to a fire was thrown off of the wagon and received a severe cut on the head, requiring several stitches. Mrs. B. 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