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ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER The Best and only medium that reaches the colored people of the middle west. XXII No. 42 Mr. W. K. Perry, one of our city employees, is very sick at his home on North Union street with pneumonia. Mr. Jefferson Logan was reported sick last week, but is much improved at this writing, yet he is not a well man either. Miss Lulu Vaughn returned from Rock Island, Ill., where she has been giving some musical recitals at various churches. The Public Grocery Co. will soon move from Ninth and Park streets to their new home at 1008 Center street, where they will invite the public to call on them. King Solomon Commandery, No. 6, will celebrate Easter Sunday in full regalia at St. Paul's A. M. E, church at 3 o'clock. Rev. I. W. Bess of Waterloo will preach the sermon. Mr. John Wright, a successful business man of Buxton, was in our city this week on business. He contemplates moving to our city this spring. Rev. and Mrs. M. W. Alexander have moved to 821 West Twelfth street, where they will be glad to meet their friends. Mr. H. S. Teeters, an old and highly respected citizen of Huntsville, Mo., was in our city this week on business. He called at our office. He is an active Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Kata Hutchinson of Oralabor, Iowa, entertained Mrs. T. L. Griffith and Mrs. James of Rigard avenue Wednesday, April 12. A delightful time was spent. Rev. Henry McCraven was selected as a delegate to the Polk county republican convention last Monday, where they will select Polk county delegates to the state republican convention to be held in Cedar Rapids next month. The Model Drug Co., of which Mr. McCree is the manager, will soon move to their new location at the corner of Eleventh and Center streets from Ninth and Park itreets. They expect to be in by May 1st. Mr. A. E. Greenlaw, the great soloist, left Monday for his home in Detroit, Mich. He is on the program at a Booker T. Washington memorial meeting to be held at the largest Congregational church there. He gave a song recital Monday night at Iowa Falls. A mass meeting will be held in the Masonic home, Eleventh and Center streets, during the first part of May to perfect the organization of political clubs in Polk county. Anyone interested further may communicate with Dr. A. J. Booker, chairman. The Des Moines Suffrage club will meet Monday evening at the Corinthian Baptist church. Mrs. G. L. Johnson will be the principal speaker of the evening. Everybody is invited, both men and women. The Hir hSchool Girls club met at 1053 Fifth street Sunday afternoon and final arrangements were made for the debate, "Resolved that woman should have the right of suffrage," to be held Thursday evening, April 20, at St. Paul's church. Girls will have affirmative side and boys the negative. This will be one of the most interesting entertainments of the season. The members of the B. Y. W. Y. K. Art club enjoyed a pleasant afternoon with Mrs. H. Tolliver. After a business session lunch was served and they adjourned to meet with rs. J. A. Roberts in the Albreach apartment. Mrs. Bell, C. Watkins of Buxton spent last Thursday in our city conferring with Mrs. S. Joe Brown, state president of the Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs relative to the coming annual meeting of the Federation on May 22, as she is the vice president of the State Federation. The Deborah Administrative Council of the O. E. S. will hold their next quarterly meeting Monday night, April 17, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thompson, 1306 Twentieth street. All members are urged to be present. Eliza E. Peterson W. C. T. U. gave a very delightful receptinn Wednesday p. m. at the residence of Atty. and Mrs. S. Joe Brown, complimentary to Mrs. Eliza E. Peterson, organizer of said union. Quite a number of distinguished guests, club women, officers and members of the various Women's Christian Temperance unions were present. Mrs. Anna M. Hill, district president, in a well chosen re- REMEMBER THE Palace Sweet Cafe UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Is the best place to go for Good Home Cooking Everything First Class Red 1367 1012 Center Street Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Erickson, Props. THE BYSTANDER marks introduced Mrs. Peterson, who spoke upon temperance and suffrage in a very thrilling and enthusiastic manner, charming her hearers and impressing many relative to both temprance and suffrage as they hadn't been before. Other distinguished guests were introduced and made very fitting and appropriate remarks. The Princess Zorah chapter of the O. E. S. will hold their annual memorial services at their hall in the North Star Masonic Temple association hall on Wednesday evening, April 26th. Mesdames J. H. McClain, M. Wilkinson, C. B. Woods and John L. Thompson will deliver eulogies. The public is invited to come out. Rev. W. L. Lee has returned from conference and will begin his fifth year's work as pastor of the Asbury church Thursday, April 16. Congregation will observe Palm service. All members and friends are expected to be present. THOMPSON HOTEL GUESTS. E. A. Dishmun, Elgin, Ill; Sarah Webb, Ogden, Iowa; Ben H. Madison, Buxton, Iowa; L. B. Morgan, city, Roy Brodus, city; Frank Lee and wife, Grinnell, Iowa; B. W. Smith and C. W. Willett, Alton, Ill; Lee Craddock and wife, city; John Wright, Buxton; Emery White, Buxton; Susie Young, Henry Wagnor, San Antonia, Texas, Mrs. Eliza E. Peterson, who arrived in the city Monday, has been busily engaged in Des Moines and vicinity addressing appreciative audiences and arousing much enthusiasm for temperance. She will speak Sunday at 11 o'clock service at Union Congregational church, at 6:15 at the Christian Endeavor at St. Paul's A. M. e. church and Sunday evening at 8 o'clock service at the Corinthian Baptist church. The many friends of Des Moines, Iowa, will be shocked to hear of the death of Mrs. Marie Allen, which occurred in Mason City on April 10th. She leaves to mourn her death her husband, Mr. Thomas Allen, and mother, Mrs. Bailey, and Mrs. Della Taylor of Fort Dodge. Other relatives in persons of Mrs. Wilburn and Mrs. Carr of Des Moines, Mr. Tom Davis, Mr. Scott Davis and Mr. Walter Davis of Mason City and Mrs. Ike Robinson of Huntsville, Mo. The remains were taken to Moberly, Mo., and laid with the rest of the family. The local policy of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is made manifest in the high school entertainment furnished at regular intervals. The educational committee has arranged a unique program for Friday evening, April 21, at Union Congregational church. The program will consist of music, vocal solos, duos, quartets, dramatic readings and poetry and a big surprise. The admission is free and it is everyone's privilege to enjoy and be lifted up. Along with the civic battles this association fights it plans intellectual treats of joy and inspiration. The program will begin at 8:15 sharp. Everyone is welcome. BAILEY DEFEATED Mr. Wm. H. Bailey, justice of the peace at Buxton, Iowa, and one of the active young republican workers of that town, was the only candidate for delegate from Iowa to the national republican convention, was defeated at the state wide primary held last Monday, to our sorrow. It does seem that when the republican party wants active workers to help organize they come to the colored people, but when good and efficient candidates apply for an elective office, which they have a right to and are justly entitled to, they are usually defeated. Mr. Bailey is one of the strong men of Buxton, young and active. And we present his name as a candidate for the legislature from Monroe county and hope that he will file his nomination papers and we will do all in our power to get the nomination for him and his election to the legislature. AMONG THE CANDIDATES We note from circulars and several newspapers announcements that our good friend, Henry E. Sampson, is a candidate for attorney general. Mr. Sampson is the present assistant attorney general of Iowa and a lawyer of much ability. Look for his announcement later. The present attorney general, Cosson, is a very strong candidate for governor of Iowa. I have known Mr. Cosson for a number of years and recognize him of great strength and character. He is organizing in every county in the state, and his friends expect that he will be the nominee. Lieutenant Governor Harding of Sioux City is also another candidate for governor and he and his friends are organizing in every part of Iowa. They insist that he should be the logical successor to Governor Clarke. Mr. H. M. Havner, a young attorney fro mMarengo, is a strong candidate for attorney general. Mr. Havner is one of the ablest lawyers in the state of Iowa, and with experience and by virtue of his age and practice would, if elected, make an efficient attorney general. He is a true friend of humanity and will treat all classes fair. See their announcements later. Subscribe and pay for The Bystander. Senator J. H. Allen, of Pocahontas county, candidate for governor, is of Quaker parentage and he has been one of the best friends that the colored man has ever had. His grandfather belonged to the underground railroad nf abolition days and helped many a fugitive from the southland to reach the hope of the north. where there was safety. When a boy Senator Allen would listen by the hour to the interesting tale of the grandfather how t hey would hide the colored fugitives during the day and then trabel at night. Those were interesting days and of course as a result of his abolitionist ancestry Senator Allen has in his veins the same blood that enthused to help the colored people. He is now being largely supported by the colored voters of Iowa and this is the basic reason. BUXTON. IOWA. A good word is an easy obligation, but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. Mr. M. O. Henderson, who has been ill for some time, departed this life last Saturday. Funeral services at the A. M. E. church Monday at 2:30 p. m. Rev. Ferribe officiated. Friends extend their sympathies to the be-reaved wife. Mr. Jas. F. Guy is some better at this writing. Rev. F. B. Woodard was out of town a few days last week. Mr. F. B. Woodard was out of town a few days last week. Mr. Roy Hogsette of Des Moines is in the city. A number of ladies and gents were royally entertained at the Buxtnn hotel Saturday night. Ice cream and cake was served. The F. B. W. club met April 5th at the Buxton hotel with Mrs. Maggie Jeffers. Eleven members were present. Business of importance was discussed. Four new members were added to the roll, namely, Mrs. Cora Baker, Mrs. Maggie Jones, Mrs. Sarah Walker and Mrs. Josephine Lewis. An excellent paper on "Children" was read by Mrs. Ella Reeves. Discussed by members. Two visitors. Mrs. N. B. Ferribeere made excellent remarks. A two-course lunch was served by the hostess. Adjourned to meet with Mrs. Georgia Brown on April 19th. Miss Gussie Mardis entertained the Organ club last Friday. A dainty lunch was served. This club is making remarkable progress raising money for the piano by the card system. Next meeting with Mrs. Ada Johnson, Miama, April 21. The young ladies and gents are practicing for a fine drama soon. Watch for the date latter in The Bystander Mrs. La Docky Montjoy, Mrs. Louis Montjoy and Mr. Roy Hogsette were the guests for breakfast Sunday a. m., with Mrs. Grace Hutton as hostess. Miss Georgia Blackburn and Mr. J. C. Rowlette Dr. E. A. Carter and wife and Mrs. Willa Coleman were hotel guests for dinner Sunday. Mr. Fred E. Coleman spent a few days at his former home in Bnone. Iowa. HEALTH RINTS. A. J. Booker, M. D. Do you know? That the best things in the world cannot be bought with money? Take for instance, love, friendship, health, happiness, honor and a quiet conscience. That doctors do not cure you; they only aid nature, and when you think you are fooling the doctor, if he really has given the right advice, you are deceiving yourself? That sincerity of purpose and right dealing are as sure to bring success as the sun shines? That anger and hatred are as certainly poisonous as deadly drugs? That people who are true and honest seldom waste time assuring folks of their virtue? That people claim that the Lord took their babies or relatives when they were sent to death by ignorance and carelessness? That the employment of time is what largely makes the difference in men? That there is a vast difference between belonging to church and being a Christian? That fresh air will do as much or more than medicine? And that it is foolish to take a tonic simply because spring comes? That gossipers are usually liars and draw on their imaginations to make the thing interesting; and that they talk about you the same as any one else? That the liver is one of the best crutches an ignorant doctor has to fool the people with, and that all hard vomiting will cause bile to appear? That Christianity is the most livable of religions; and the man or woman who tells you that it is not practical altogether is a non-believer? That most of the people we meet have some mighty fine traits; the reason we do not find the good is because we do not want to? That the reason people take so much interest in babies is because while they are uncertain quantities they represent infinite possibilities? That most people are satisfied to fool their friends and neighbors and forget al about God and the future? And that we are very foolish to expect punishment to follow directly after transgression; and that furthermore it is none of our business about rewards and punishments? That most of us would be happier and get along better if we minded our own business, unless we can help someone out of a bad place? If you know these things it is good; if you don't think about these and other good things. MACON, MO, NEWS Macon is now enjoying beautiful weather. Rev. G. W. Cross preached two excellent sermons Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. F. B. Watson spent a few days of last week in Kansas City. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Garnett have returned from a few days' trip in Jefferson City, Mo. Mr. Ray Davis of Shelbina, Mo., spent Sunday in our city. Miss Arti Missie Jackson spent Sunday at her former home in Bevier, Mo. The Vine and Broadway Sewing Circle met at the home of Mrs. Dulas Braxton on Friday. Orie Collins and Ralph Turner of Moberly spent Sunday in our city. Earnest Buckner filled the pulpit of the Vine and Broadway Baptist church Sunday evening and preached an excellent sermon. Mr. Lewis Garland spent Saturday and Sunday in our city. Raymond Houston, Preston Wright and Darlington Austin spent Saturday in Moberly, Mo., and reports a swell time. Mr. Frank Stinson and two daughters of New Albany, Ind., departed for their home Tuesday. subscribe for The Bystander. ALBIA NEWS Messrs. John Lewis and Waverly Gathers were Ottumwa visitors this week. Mrs. Wilburn Hawkins of Ottumwa visited friends in Albia before leaving Ottumwa for Peoria. Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Thomas have returned from Ottumwa to Albia, after being in that city several months. Mr. Roy A. Grayson visited his sister, Mrs. Nellie Estes, in Ottumwa over Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Lewis of Oskaloosa visited this week with her sister, Mrs. Oscar Roper, in Albia. Both visited over Sunday in Ottumwa. At the missionary meeting at Mrs. Smith's on Thursday a two-course lunch was served. No study hour, but program for Sunday evening was discussed. Lawyer Geo. H. Woodson of Buxton was in Albia on business this week. Mr. Ollie Marshall is still very sick DAVENPORT ITEMS The Sunday Forum is growing in interest. Mr. Patterson of Rock Island was the principal speaker last Sunday. The program for next Sunday promises to be highly entertaining. Mrs. Jesse Piper, who was recently elected president of the E. L. D. club, entertained the club at her home last Friday afternoon. After a very interesting business session dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. E. H. Hoskins, who has been suffering with her eyes for some time, is reported improving. Mr. Eugene Perkins is in Quincy, Ill., at the bedside of his father, who remains very sick. There was a splendidly arranged party at the home of Rev. and Mrs. F. K. Nicholson last Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. Archey Perkins, who left last Saturday for Washington, D. C., to make that city her future home. The T. L. O. club will hold a "home bake sale" at Bethel A. M. E. church Saturday, April 15, afternoon and evening. They will have for sale bread, pies, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, etc. Patronize them. Mrs. Emma Brooks has been indisposed for several days, but is recovering. Mrs. Ruth B. Bright, G. M. of O. E. S., Iowa and jurisdiction, is at home, after a lengthy trip in the far west. The T. L. O. club held their annual election last week. Officers as follows: Mrs, Emma Brooks, president; Mrs, Alberta Carter, vice president; Mrs, Lena Brown, secretary; Mrs, Cora Hart, assistant secretary; Mrs, Jennie G. Johnson, treasurer; Mrs, Ella Fuqua, journalist and critic; Miss Teresa Adams, registrar. Mr, Frank Brown will represent Bethel A. M. E. church at the district conference, which convenes in Burlington on April 19th. Mrs, Thos. Mitchell has been very sick. BEDEFORD, IOWA Mrs. M. V. Robinson spent a few days last week in St. Joe, Mo., visiting her daughter, Mrs. Adah Duncan. Mr. Richard Johnson and children of Gravity spent Sunday in our city. Rev. Ewing of Des Moines preached two splendid sermons Sunday. Two members were added to the church. Rev. Ewing returns the 16th to begin a revival, which will close on Easter Sunday, when there will be baptizing at the Baptist church. This week is to be spent in prayer for the success of the revival. The Sunday school of the Baptist for Spring and Easter. Now is the best time to make selections. JOE NUGENT 100 Horses from 5 to 8 years old for French Government, weighing from 1100 to 1400 pounds. 100 Head from 4 to 7 years old for Italian Government, weighing from 1100 to 1300 pounds. (This class need not be broken to harness, but must be in good condition.) 500 Head from 5 to 12 years old for Belgian Government. These must be rugged, have good middles and heavy boned; no side bones or white greys in this class--some small blemishes, but serviceably sound. Want all the good Eastern Horses I can buy from 1500 lbs. to 2000 lbs--full ages As my army contracts are direct to the governments can pay you the top market prices at your home town. church is planning an interesting program for Easter. Miss Lulu Franklin, our competent nurse, is confined to her home with rheumatism. Miss Franklin intends to go to the springs for treatment as soon as she has recuperated. Mr. J. A. Ashford returned home last week from Colfax, where he has been employed. Mrs. Emma Johnson and daughter, Mabel, of Gravity spent Monday in our city. OSKALOOSA, IOWA Mrs. Pierre Barquette and children of Ottumwa are visiting at the parental Barquette home this week. he members of the A. M. E. church met Wednesday night in the church to arrange for a rally and to elect officers for the Never Fail club. The Sunday school of the A. M. E. church will render a special program Sunday morning at the Sunday school hour, 9:30, in memory of the late Mabel Coleman. Frank Allen, the plasterer, has purchased a new auto truck. George Washington, who has been a sufferer with rheumatism, is able to be out. Mesdames A. G. Clark, Robt. Johnson, John Barquette, E. E. Jones, F. Bush, Frank Allen and F. M. Moore have all been numbered among the sick, but are now able to be out. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, W. B avenue, have been suffering with the mumps. Mrs. Susan Allen, who spent the winter at the home of her son in Kansas City, is home again. Mr. and Mrs. Oliphant of Evans attended church Sunday in the city, both being members of the A. M. E. church of this city. Miss Edmonia Twancy is confined to her bed, the result of a fall about a month ago. Rev. Smith arrived Tuesday night from Boone to visit with his family, who are here indefinitely. Mrs. E. E. Jones arrived home Sunday morning from Ottumwa, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Chas Wilson, and grandson, Cedric. Little Miss Bobbie Franklin is not State Capitol Bldg Hist orical room DER Miss Esther Hervey, who has been sick for some time, is no better at this writing. Mrs. John Barquette departed Thursday morning for St. Paul, called by the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Payton. Master Carl Moore has been a victim of measles. The Mothers' club met at the home of Mrs. Fannie Wilson on Thursday afternoon. After the business session light refreshments were served and a jolly good time was had by all present. Alfonzo Fredrick of Des Moines is a guest at the home of his sister, Mrs. Winston Coleman. Master Frankie Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen, was accidentally knocked over the railing of the basement during the recess period at school Wednesday. The little fellow was unconscious for several minutes. Consciousness returned and at this time he is, as usual, as happy as a lark. WASHINGTON, IOWA, NOTES. Messrs. Howard Motts, Samuel Hall, Jr., and Beebe Gwinn visited the tri-cities last Sunday and had a grand time, so they report. Mr. Hurtt of Ottumwa arrived in the city the fore part of the week to ply his trade, cleaning wall paper. The Ladies' Aid of the A. M. E. church have planned for a rally for the benefit of the steward board to be held on Sunday night next. Little Miss Ruth Murray was one of the performers at a musical that was given by one of the music teachers one day last week and had a very difficult piece of music to play, but she handled the part in the best way. Rev. Boyd preached one of his best sermons last Sunday night to a large and appreciative audience. Mrs. T. L. Burnett was quite ill the latter part of last week, but is gradually getting better, but not as fast as her friends would wish. “The Birth of a Nation” seems to be a dead letter here, as nothing more is being heard of it. er Brothers Pay Boost and read the Dont borrow or read your neighbors, help make this a great paper Price Five Cents Last Sunday p. m. at the Presbyterian church the A. M. E. gospel team had charge of the services at the union gospel team meet, and the concensus of opinion is that it was the best meet that has been had since the union meetings closed. The church was filled, which gave the team impetus to put the ginger into the service. A new company has been incorporated in the city, viz.: The Dr. Shaw Home Treatment Co. One of the incorporators is Miss Helen Motts, who is the secretary of the company. IN MEMORY OF GIBBS LAMAR JOHNSON. Written by his wife, Jennie Johnson, April 11, 1916. He is gone, Though his face still lingers near, And the smile I loved so dear, Does still cling, as some sweet song, Cheering the time that seems so long, Though he is gone. He is gone, But his footsteps still I hear, And his voice rings out so clear, Till my soul rejects to feel Something that I know is real, Yet he is gone. He is gone, Yet in my memory still there remains Truly, a heart that God hath claimed, A heart that reached for trodden down Now God hath given him a crown, Where he is gone. He is gone, To the land of a perfect day, Where all cares are vanished away; There we'll meet to love and adore, On God's beautiful sunlit shore, When I'm gone. A Healing Salve for Burns, Chapped Hands and Sore Nipples. As a healing salve for burns, sores, sore nipples and chapped hands Chamberlain's Salve is most excellent. It allays the pain of a burn almost instantly, and unless the injury is very severe, heals the parts without leaving a scar. Price, 25 cents. For sale by all dealers. W. M. HAMMILL Is a Candidate for Treasurer of Polk County He is first deputy county treasurer now, and has been for four years--well experienced. For Constipation. Mr. L, H. Farnham, a prominent druggist of Spirit Lake, Iowa, says "Chamberlain's Tablets are certainly the best thing on the market for constipation." Give these tablets a trial. You are certain to find them agreeable and pleasant in effect. Price, 25 cents. For sale by all dealers. EASTER SALE Colored Peoples Hair Creole Switches, $2 00 kind $1.00 Creole Switches, $2 50 kind $1.50 Creole Switches, $3.50 kind $3.00 Transformations, 75, 1.00, 1.35, 2.00 and 2.50. Baugs, 25 and 35. Fine parted pieces, 2.50. Every day switches, 50, 75, 1.00, 1.50 and 2.00. Full Wig, 6.00, 10.00, 12.00, 16.00 FRANZ Hair Store 705 Locust 2n door west of Chamberlain hotel G. W. SCOTT will open his Pool & Billiard Parlor at his new location April 29th, at 714 West Grand Ave. He will also handle a fine line of Cigars and Soft Drinks. Spring is looked upon by macy as the most delightful season of the year, but this cannot be said of the rheumatic. The cold and damp weather brings on rheumatic pains which are anything but pleasant. They can be relieved, however, by applying Chamberlain's Uniment. Sustainable FRENCH GUNNERS FIGHT UNTIL THEIR EAS SOT, THEN BLOW UP PCE Paris,—How the French feld artil Jory, and in particular tho batteries of ‘fhe famous “5's;" were handled dur 4$ng the opening phases of thy Verdun Yattlo ta detafled in a letter to the Figuro. ‘The letter, written by an of eer of fold artillery who was in the hick of the Mghting, tells In simple stylo of tho superhuman efforts made by the French gunners to stem the tide of the German advance while ‘they wore themselves under the fire ‘of heavy artillery. “On the twenty-firat," he writes. “tho Germans. commenced thelr prepara tlons for the attack, with a fury that Jet us know something serious was on ‘foot. “Our group (a group of 76's 1s com- posed of three batteries of four sum each) was ff position to the south feast of the Haumont woods. One bat- tery was split up as fanking pieces in three positions—one with two guns to the east of Haumont woods, one to the south ond the third to the north of Samogneux, with one gun cach. The other two batteries were to the south of hill No, 312. We wore supported by f battery of atx 90 mm. guns. “Naturally we reaponded at once to the German attack with a barricr tre to stop, #0 far ax possible, the exemy infantry from making its way to out Mnes, Tho two guns at the east of the Haumont Woods wore pushed into 1 saltion in the Caures ravine and opene:t ‘ire at 700 meters. “But the Germans, despite the sac riftce of great numbers of their men. Degan to arrive in hordes. They 8p peared through the Coures Woods along the crests running between the Haumont and Caures woods and es tablished thembelves there. The two | guns here reduced their range ant With sweeping fire cut down entire Tanks, but new waves appeared to tako the places of tho fallen men in front of tho blazing guns. Still the gunners kept at their work until just @s thelr ammunition was failing the ‘enemy infantry appeared through the Hfaumont Woods most in thelr rea | ‘The gunners then blew up their guns and retreated, taking their wounded | swith them. len | A dattery of 90 mm. guns estab Msbed upon the Havmont crest, al though enveloped by an infernal fire, Kept quietly about fis business. Shells of 305 mm, callber were falling nil about ft. In less than a minute phir teen of the servants fell and iis fre Began to slacken, ‘Thon ayodared a wet sergeemt-off a 08 mul, battery. Pierrard, of the —th Ficld artillery. Who reported to the commandant of our group: Sew wi tn ply, "my battery no longer exists; give me something olse to do.” “Very good,’ was the answer, ‘re port to that battery of 90 | “Plerrard rallled the remaining men of his battery, they, reported to the 90's and in a moment the battery re- opened its fire with terrific vixor. For forty-elght hours Plerrard stuck to the 90's, taking charge as the commis. sloned officers were killed or wounded. He Kept in close touch with the com: mandant and for a time was abie to Fecelve trom the combat trains extra supplies of ammunition for his duel— for it was a real duel he was wazing— against the “Boches.” But it was at fast {mpossible to send more ammunt- tion to him. c'ire every shot you have. he was told; then blow up your guns and re tire: “the Germans redoubled their ef- forte to take this battery that barred thelr way. Again and again they como urging to the crost. At last they got $0 close that Plerrard and his men pened fire with thelr carbines and Grove them back. ‘Then they returned to their guns and reopened fire. tut their situation was untenable. With thelr last shots they destroyed the guns by firing them after disabling the Feeoll mechanism. ‘Then the bravo fellows came back. Dut, alas, in their retreat, Plerrard, the bravest of tho brave, was probably killed. When they arrived in aafoty he was not with them, and has not been seen since. He was not the only one to dic valiant: ly for his country. Hall of “305” Shells, “Here ts another proot of the tran gull audacity of our gunners. Ono bat: tery was under a terrific fire of heavy projectiien. A 305 shell burst in its Bidet, Killing the captain, the frst sergeant, a chief of section and five cannoneors. Did the others blench? Not they: they only tore off thelr Blouses, and, working in their shirt sleeves, redoubled their efforts to tn: tensity’ thelr fire and avengo thelr chiefs and their comrades. “During the day of the 22d we re ceived an incalculable number of 905 shells on the Mormont farm and ite Mleinity, Our situation was all the More dimeult because of the difieuity wwe experienced in getting more am fuunition. Hardly one calsson In threv ‘of ammunition reachod {ts destinattun, The road from Ville to Vacherauvitle was swept by a hellish fire. che gun established at Somogneux HEROISM WINS HIM BRIDE Youth Who Furnlehed Skin for Graft: tng Upon Little Girl Weds ‘the Nurse. F Deaver—A romance—iike those you feat about in novels—culminated ro- ily when Miss Lellah Altoa Peck, e gurae pt the County hospital, formerly. j, 4nd, was married to Vin: Brunner, He, ‘of Mishawaka, Ind. vera) months ago Brunner read SONS OF THE KING OF BULGARIA B ey SP? > i face) yo / | io A a Ke “ iP eS Wag ad e i ee S ne: ee : 1: re whe sieiies | ag es ms Le a ee ve. fete . ea ‘te ptabure shaw Wi) obs Cn Wii at Rulgrin in el neve anllorey of te army, taken eat Detoee they lee Cor the oat, ‘They ere naliorm. ot the arsiy, akan. urea under a bombardment of all calibers kept up tts work of destruction wita: out cessation, except when, on four occasions, the servants had to cease re and wash the bore to cool it. Fin- ally, pressed by the enemy, they pulled out tho clavettes (keys that bolt the Divce to the top carriage and whose withdrawal disables it) and retreated. “Chagrined at being unable to take thelr guns with them, the men of the section came back in the night to pull it out by hand, ‘They were driven hack and the chief of plece wounded. Onco more they returned to the charge, this time carrying bombs (o biow it up. ‘They got there only to find it already destroyed; a 210 shell had struck it, Courage and Devotion. “The same scenes occurred on the 23d, Orr men rivaled themselves In courage and devotion, In the evening, after reetprocal bombardments of aw: ful violenee, our batteries were order. ed to Cote du Polvre (Popper Hill), where they arrived, miraculously. without aceldent, ‘The next day, the 4th, wos a great day! What a mas sacre of Boches! This was when the French and German troops were fight- ing for Hil No, 344, “We played our fre on the German masses. ‘Their infantry advanced and receded time and time again, and each {ime our shrapnel played on them, ax we lengthened and shortened the raniee to follow thelr movements. How any victims did we make? I do not now AML that I can affirm {s that we left them there on the hillsides in neaps without number. “One regiment, moving from the shelter of the Haumont woods, and another from Samogneux, near les fotelettes, found itself directly 1 our line of fire and was literally OR. MARY WALKER a . ) tad a Her quaint figure in a Prince albert or a cutaway coat and In men's trou: sers han for many years been one of the sights of Washington. She ex. pects to be stared at as she makes her way serenely through congressional corridors or about the street. She ts a suffrasist, of course, and Is perfect ly at home after she has laid her silk tile on a congressman's desk and has begun to argue the cause. A special act of congress gave her permission to wear trousers. in an Indiana paper that little five year-old Mary Lena Lewis, who was badly burned in a Colorado forest fire needed healthy skin grafted on to her searéd little body. The appeal touched his heart, end he being a healthy young man, camo to Denver and gave ‘a portion of bis skin that the child migat recover. During the kin grafting operation he met Miss Peck, and the romance beraa taf endef 1a. thelr mariage, 1n the spring the couple will take up a homestead for their future home. _ cut to ploces, T assure you that thone of ours whom we loft behind were'am- ply avenged. “AIT that wo wish for aro similar oc- casions when wo aro advancing. Our field artillery at Verdun’ has shown that tt has kept up {ts reputation; 1 will spoak as {t should when still mor: decisive hours sound.” USE SWISS SCHOOL SYSTEV | eee ae Mrs, Heinrich Arnold will tnstall the Swiss school system at the new colony in Lower California, ‘This sy« tem of public education, admitted one of the best in the world, will be adopted for the settlers who are socn to arrive in Lower California under the auspices of the Swiss Colonia tion society, pans + COLLIE HALTS A MAD BULL Effort of a Dog Saves the Lives of ‘Two Men on Farm in Mlinois. St. Louls—Fannie, a Scotch collie, saved the life of yohn C. Shafer, a farmer and the dog's owner, and John Shafer, father of the dog's owner, on two differont occasions last week, when the men were attacked: by an in- furiated bull, according to a story told. in Marine, Mi, Wher the father went to tho barn to feed, the bull attacked him. In try- ing to get away he fell several times and was bruised. His gr-nddaughter, Nellio Shafer, arrived home from ‘school at that time, and she sent the collio into the lot. The dog halted the bull and j.ermitted the old man to escape, ‘The next morning. when the son went to the barn to feed, the bull at: tacked him, His eries attracted Mrs Shafer, who went to the lot in her right clothes, taking the dog with her, for the second rescue. SOLDIERS TO DO FARM WORK Canadian Government Will Give Militlamen Leave of Absence for ‘One Month. Winnipeg—The serious problem of western Canada to find help to put in the crop has been practically solved by an official order from the militia de- partment allowing every non-commis- sioned officer and man on active serv: ico in Canada leave of absence not ex. ceeding ono month, to go out on the farms. ‘Tho soldiers will receive full pay and allowances as usual, and in addi- tion what they earn from the farmers, ‘The government will provide free transportation for the round trip from camp to farm not exceeding a dix tance of 300 miles, ‘Oh, Piffie! Heiny—I dropped my watch in the river one time and didn't recover tt for threo days. It kept right on run- ‘ning, though. Omar—Pshaw! A watch won't run for three days. Heliy—Of course not. I was speake ing of the river, : Every time a woman sees & don marked “private” she has s curiosity to ksiow what is on the other side of a i THE BYSTANDER —_—_—_ ainr or Tur pApvie™ forin ee Ru CHILDREN’S BUREAU GIVES SOME) C!s ADVICE OF MOMENT. sou —-— will Excellent Work Being Done by Fed- a ‘eral Department Which Has at It | rioq Disposal the Services of the | pamp Mast sidjiad Nurses: (ere Prepared by the Children's Bureau, U. 8 Department of Labor.) In_many respects those parents who are raising their children in the rural districts have an advantage over tho city family, Fresh alr, sunshine, “and plenty of space to play, which are the birthright of the country baby. are ‘often sadly lacking in the life of the ‘elty baby. It is not, however, always tho cose that the country baby in al Jowed to enjoy all the advantages he should have, Farm homes are often ‘overcrowded -and badly ventilated— conditions which are generally sup. posed {9 be chargeable chiefly to elty life. It f9 often truo also that the city baby fa better protected from the Jannoyances und actual dangers he ts exposed (9 from flies and mosqul- ‘toes in the city than in unscreened, In- ‘sectdnfested houses in the country. It Ig not impossible, also, that both the “mid: supply and the water supply fur: -nished to elty babies are safer than to those of the country, on account of the elgid inspection of the sources of supply of hoth commodities in all large cition But theso disadvantages of tho country are all quite capable of remedy and are, indeed, already being romedied, to a large extent, in many places, With the growing knowledge of ie ral sanitation has come practicable systems of water supply and drainage for farmhouses; of disposal of sewage and refuse, und of tly prevention, Even when an outdoor privy must be used, it 18 quite possible to have a sanitary building with a veult screened from flies. In stich waysand many others the country constantly is being made safer for babies and children. A new sourco of help, al rectly applicable to. the mother's problems, is the rural visiting nurse. Theso visiting nurses, who travel about the farming communities with fa horse or an automobile, are em- ployed by the families in her district, who contribute to pay her salary. The town and country nursing service maintained by the American Red Cross, with headquarters at 1644 H street, Washington, D. C., will be glad to send literature’ and answer ques- tions about the establishment of such a service. With the hetp of the rural visiting nurse small towns may enjoy some- thing in the nature of an infant wel fare station, such as is at the disposal of mothers in many larger cities. In many small places a rest room ts provided and maintained by a women’s club, or chureh, or othor organization, where women coming into town from the surrounding country may rest. The nurse’ may ofte erable to meet with a number of mothers at this room, to talle with them about their bables, giv- ing advice as to the bathing, clothing, and feeding, and to answer questions, In addition to this instructive work in the towns, the nurse rides over her Aistriet, calling at every home where her assistance Is neede'l. Sho works under the direction of = doctor, lielp- -_ TIGR eee s&s Ee ee See a Noa ot Pe ates ae i ee a ig G i r oe BAR ing the family to carry out his in- structions in eases of illness or acct dent. Thus the nurse does dressings gives baths, takes temperatures, oF whatever may be required in the case. It there is a baby sho advises the mother as to his cate, shows her how to glve him a bath and how to pre pare bis food, if he 1s already weaned, But In addition to giving bedside nurs. ing and home care, the rural nurse does many. other things. If typhold makes its appearance she may. look about for a polluted water supply, or trace back the ‘milk the family used to its origin, to se2 whether this fs the source ‘of Infection, and urge methods which will prevent further spread of tho disease. She stops at the country schools and looks over the children, and some- times detects boginnings of cases of Infectious disease in time to provent an epidemic. Sho also notes cases of probable adenoids, deatness, or weak eyes, and calls the attention of the child's family to the need tor care by a physician, In all this she carries on a continual campaign of education toward a bet- ter standard of community lite, by showing the mothers how flies can be exterminated, or at least, may be Kept out of the house; how to take eare of the milk and the baby’s bot- tlea; how to clean up tho premises, Alepose of tho refuso and how to keop che streams of the community pure, Goch nurse i thareore if he ysefull as sho thay be, far more than | Aliren,’ ‘Sho’ jn's teackor, hygienist, ‘diotivt as well, and her salary wit be saved many times over in the course of year by tho tines and sue fering her work provents. Rural women's clubs may be the B0 clous from whieh the movement for @ community nurge starts, Clubs of this sort interested in such a movemens will find many suggestions In w bul- letin published by the children's bu reau on work of this sort which is eat: ried on in New Zealand. This pamphlet Is called the New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children, and fy rent free by the children’ bi:reau to all who ask for It. Another pamphlet which may be of assistance to the country mother {8 “Infant Care." algo published by the children's bureau and sent {ree upon renwal. So hungry did rabbits become during tho week or ten deys that the tee and snow covered the ground here. pre- veuting them from obtaining thelr usval food from wheat and alfalfa Hella, according to the Cottonwood Falls (Kan.) correspondent of the New York Sun, that they could be shot by the dozens as they gathered around alfalfa stacks at uighitime to eat the alfalfa, During one moonlight night Tom Mercer, a homestead farmer, shot 12 large Jackrabbits tn less than half an hour ‘as they came from all directions to an alfalfa stack close to his barn- yar, Hp says that with the moon- light shining on the snow-covered ground it was possible to ace the rab ints as they eame for the alfalfa while thos were stil a long distance away. Many: formers found great holes eat: on in the sides and tops of their al faite stacks where the starving rab- bits fed nightly, The alfalfa. stacks wore about the only food supply the rabbits could tind uncovered by the thick coating of ice and snow. Arrowrock dam in Wdabo ts the key to on irrigation system that is trans: forming 224,000 acres of barren sage- brush dessert—adjacent to Boise. tho skate capitai Into fruitful gardens, oF- chards and farms. Ry throwing a dam across @ gorge in the canyon 22 mites above the city the channel of the river is converted into a reservoir running back 18 miles into the mountains, It holds, when full, 244,000 acre feet of water, enough to cover 381 square miles to the depth of one foot. It will reclaim 234,000 rich acres in the Boise valley. Arrowrock is the highest dam tn the world today, 384.5 feet from the low point in the foundation of the 16-foot driveway over the top. It is 200 feet thick at the base and 1,060 feet long. ‘The great mass is below the bed of the river; it was nocessary to go down 91.5 feet through voleanic rock to reach a solid foundation in granite. In its construction $20,000 cubie yards St eentcetie were uned. Sanford Phillips, Jr., two years old, owen his life to the fear of wild hogs for thelr own likeness when reflected from a mirror. Wild hogs, which exist in the moun- tains of Randolph county, came down znto the foothills and charged into the home of Sanford Phillips, upsetting furniture and attacking Phillips’ two- yearold son. ‘The animals had torn nearly all the clothing from the child when he ran into a corer where a big mirror bung. ‘The hogs followed, but soon stopped when they beheld their likeness in the Dig glass, Only a second did they bes: tate, however, then turned, plunging from the house back up the mountain- side. ‘The child was only slightly in- jured.—Elkins (W. Va.) Dispateh to Philadelphia North American. ‘The tndividual frult and vegetable wrapper is a comparatively recent in- novation, but its uses are already nu- merous and are constantly {nereasing, according to the Country Gentleman. Last year one shipper used individual wrappers in shipping lettuce from the South to northorn markets, with ex cellent results. Waxed paper in pieces 18 inches square was used to wrap cach head separately, and the wrapped lettuce was packed In hampers in the usual manner. ‘The wrappers kept the heads in shape, checked wilting and prevented the spread of decay. The wrappers preserved the freshness of the lettuce so well and added so much to its gen- eral appearance that the shipments sold for $1 moro a hamper than ship- ments of unwrapped lettuce of similar quality made at tho samo time. The cost of paper and extra labor was only about five cents a hamper. A wounded British soldier who has been at the front since the days of Mons tells of one little incident which has caused much amusement to many regiments. At Givenchy Keep there is, fa moat, and under the battalion orders tho reginient stationed there must clean out tho moat every fortnight. Every regiment which has been there has discovered in the moat a safe. With eager faces the soldiers have gathered round as the safe has been hauled out of the moat, and with ‘erent expectancy they watched the ef- forts to force It open, Once ft Is opened, the words “Drop it in again, ‘old fool,” mect the eye. And tt ta religiously dropped in again for the ext regiment fo fish out. ‘The Hardship of Penury. “All our friends stem to be getting leh,” his wife complained, “T can't understand why that should make you unhappy. You have plenty ‘of good clothes and a comfortable home, haven’t you?” Yes, but I never got a chance to be named in the society columns as a par troness of anything,” Horses Scent Polson Gas. ‘phe power of the horses to detect the approach of the polsonous gas it quite remarkable. They seem to become conscious of the deadly men- ace, before the men have any appre- hension of It, and:they cry out loudly. ax though in terror and pain. Rabbits Eat Haystacks. Highest Dam in World. Mirror Routs Wild Hogs. Selling Lettuce in Wrappers. A Soldiers’ Joke. ‘The Hardship of Penury. ‘Horeea Scent Polson Gas. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Your editorial on the editorial of W. E. B. du Bois on Booker T. Washing: ton is very suggestive and forceful, Chicago 1s as caste bound in social de- corum as Mississippi, writes a cor respondent of the Chicago Post. Some years ago a Negro, a graduate of Fisk university and of Oberlin col: lege, visited me while on his way to Zululand as a missionary. In com: Bishop Branston opened the Atty: third annual session of the Washing: ton conference, in Leigh street Meth- ‘dist Episcopal church at Richmond, Va. Rov. J. B. Hingeley, D. D.. of Chicugo, led in prayer. The bishop addressed the conference and adminis. tered the Holy Communton, assisted by the district superintendents, Rev. 8. H. Norwood called the conference roll of membership. Rev. G. D. John: son, Moses Opher and J. H. Tucker ‘were reported as having died during the conference year. Rev S. H, Nor. wood was clected secretary; Rev. W. S, Jackson, statistician, and Rev. M. W. Clair, ‘treasurer. “Welcome ad. dresses were delivered by Mayor Ain- slie, Dr. W. , Johnson of the Baptist church, and Rev. Dr. 8, 8, Morris of the African Methodist Episcopal eburen, Doctor Widerman of Baltt more and I.ev. J. B. Hingeley of Cht cago made addresses. A check from the Book Concern for $2,736 was pre sented for conference claimants. Sheep used as beasts of burden in northern India carry loads of 20 ‘pounds. ‘The plum, which was among the ear- est of frults to be cultivated and was raised when ‘Thebes, Memphis and Damascus were in thelr glory, also grows wild in Asia, America and south: ern Europe. A portable but very powerful hy: @raulle press has been Invented for bending large pipes to any desired curve without injury, The uses of whale off are more nu- morous at the present time than ever betore. Scarlet fever ts dificult to control, a8 {ts cause {s unknown, and mild cases may occur which are almost impos. blo of detection, but which serve a5 focus for further spread of the die ease. Gold is being mined at a depth ot more than 6,000 feet in South Africa, and {t is believed that the shafts can be sunk 8,000 feet more. Nearly two billion dollars are de posited tn the savings’ banks of New Yerk@utes cS: pany with him I tried to obtain sery- fee at a restaurant and we were re- fused, We tried the barber shops, and were dented a shave. Together wo then went to a number of hotels with similar experiences. Rooker 'T. Washington unquestion- ably did the greatest work for the No- gro, in the South, in the three R's and for industrial education—"the vond of politics and the deeper foundations of human training.” In January, 1907, I was at Minster City, 125 miles south of Memphis. ‘Phere | met a presiding elder, a cler- gyman of the Methodist Jpiscopal church, South, who told me the fol- lowing story. I vouch for him as a man of truth, “ly friend," he seid, “you in the North do not understand Booker . Washington as we understand him here in the South, Some months ago, by invitation, I sat on the platform at the Normal school at Tuskegee, and made an address to the students pres- cent—some 400 in number. I noticed thet there was not # coal-black or full- blooded Negro among the students, and {asked Mr. Washington for the reason, He replied: “I have found that the full-blooded or pure Negroes do not advance beyond a certain point in their edueation, I have, by exper tence, tested and proven that only Ne- grocs who have white blood In their veins comprehend the higher mathe- maties and sciences, and are the only ones who ean become ubstruse meta. physical thinkers. So I diplomatically guide the others into other channels of education.’ ‘These facts may explain some things not generally understood im the educational system of the late Booker T. Washington. Assuming that the basis of what Is termed national music is found in folk-song, it may be urged that Amer fean music, so far as it 18 peculiarly American, is based on Negro melodies. ‘This finds support, for example, in Dvo- rak’s “Symphony From the New York World,” which abounds in molodies strikingly suggestive of our plantation tunes, True, it is contended that none of these melodies is to be found in Negro music, in the form in which Dvorak wrote them, but the influence of the plantation song 1s apparent. Of Indian music, as it survives to us, there is much to be said, but the scope of Negro folk-song is of more immediate importance, since its effect is more widely felt, But the Negro “is not confined in music to melodies crooned ia the field or wailed in meetings or chanted on decks. The musician is becoming less essentially Nogro, and more widely musical. Jn other words, here and there Negroes are wrlting musie; not merely repeating traditional tunes from generation to generation, but composing music :hat has no racial qualities to set it apart. In churches all over the English-speaking world, choirs are singing the works of Coleridge-Taylor, a Negro whoso death a few years ago was regretted by all the world of music, and choral societles are singing his beautiful set- ting of “Hiawatha.” And only last week, Amato, the great Italian bari- tone, sang in a concert in New York a song of warring Italy, which was composed by Harry G. Burleigh, a modern American Negro, whose music hhas been played in Richmond frequent- ly, notably by that remarkable Negro ‘organization, the Clef Club orchestra. |, The first American ancestor of Ma- Jor Moton, the newly-elected principal of Tuskegee, was brought from the West Coast of Africa in 1735 and was the son of the chief of a powerful tribe. He had been entrusted by bis father with a dozen or moro slaves, captured in battle from a nefghboring tribe, and he brought them down to the coast to sell to the American slave traders. ‘The young African chiet de- livered these men to the captain of the ship and received his pay in trink- ets, He was then asked to go out to ‘see this wonderful sailing vessel. Af- ter he had inspected the ship, he was asked by the captain to dine. He said that they gave him some nice things to drink, all of which he en- Joyed so much that he fell asleep. When he awoke he was chained to one of the creatures he himself had sold, ‘and the vessel was headed toward the United States—World's Work. '' ‘The Paris board of health has for- biden the sale and use of hair lotions containing tetrachloride of carbon as dangerous to the heart, head and stomach. The tortuous Alaskan coast has so many Indentations and promontortes that its actual length fs greater than that of tho United States seaboard Proper, all told more than 26,000 miles. A remarkable photograph of the trall of a meteor in fight recently was made by an English soldier in India. ‘The British meteorological office has established a station for. furnishing Weather information and forecasts. (0 aviators and acronauts., New York city's net revenue trom saloon Meenses amounts to more than $12,000,000 a year. Elimination by tho war of Belgian competition has brought tmprecodent- et prosperity to Sweden's matchmak: tng industry. ‘The annual mineral output of Brit- Jah Columbia, aggregates about $20; 000,00, ‘The (ie shape of the earth atl) awaits accunite desermingnn, MOTHER'S DAY TO BE OBSERVED IN MANY TOWNS AND CITIES OF COUNTRY Bv ANNA BLAND. Washington.—The second Sunday in May will be observed as mother's day in most cities and many towns throughout the United States, and, in honor of American mothers, both living and dead, public exercises will be held in churches and Sunday schools. Since the days when word symbols were first invented there have been written beautiful tributes to the sacred love of the mother, and this tenderest if all earthly ties has been extolled in exquisite verse and prose by world famous poets as well as the humblest bards of every land and every clime. Many of the sarcophagues of ancient Egypt, which scientists have recently uncarted, contained tablets, or other records, which were inscribed with praises for the motherly virtues of the women of the royal houses of those old days; and these tombs were built long before the time of Christ. But not until recently, however, was the loyalty and devotion of the mother given public recognition by a special observance held in her honor. Mother's flower—do you know what it is? The spicy, snow-white carmation. It was chosen by the original mother's day as the emblem of mother love. Originated by Miss Jarvis. "But my own mother's flower," some may say, "was the pink" or "the lilac" or "the rose." That may be true, for mothers have a way of loving best these dear, old-fashioned blossoms; but Miss Jarvis, who originated the observance of mother's day, no doubt had in mind these differences of taste when she chose as an emblem for the occasion the white carnation for, surely, this beautiful, fragrant flower combines every lovely quality of all the flowers ever loved by mothers the wide world over! It symbolizes purity, sweetness and endurance—and are not these the qualities of a mother's love? Miss Anna Jarvis, who first thought of inaugurating a special observance to honor the mothers of the land, is a Philadelphia woman, one who has long been identified with philanthropic movements of her home state. It was while honoring the memory of her own life been parted by death, that she conceived the idea of setting aside one day every year for the purpose of paying tribute to the mothers of America. There is an old custom observed in England, on the 17th of March, whose purpose is to honor the mothers of the land, which is called "mothering" Sunday. On this day some special act of love or kindness is performed. In old times the day was made a glad home-coming occasion, and gifts were carried to the mothers, and heart-to-theart talks indulged in around the blazing log fires by parents, sons and daughters. "Mothering" Sunday may, or may not have been Miss Jarvis' inspiration when inaugurating our own mother's day; the customs, however, embody the same beautiful sentiments. As soon as Miss Jarvis was known her plan she received letters from interested people from all parts of the country, inquiring for particulars. It was only a short time before mother's day was being observed, in some form, in nearly every state in the union. Association Takes Up Work. In the beginning all the expense of the movement was borne by the originator, but soon the work became too heavy to be carried on or financed by an individual. The Mother's Day International association was formed with Miss Jarvis as president, the object being to promote the observance and forward the work of mother's day in every land. A resolution passed the United States house of representatives and senate in May, 1913, commending the observance by the president, his net and other heads of government departments. The honorary vice presidents of the association are the governors of the states. The legislatures of a number of states have passed bills for the observance of the day. It seems a pity that mother's day does not occur during old home week, or home-coming week, as it is called in some localities where an annual pilgrimage is made to the old home by the wanderers from the hom old. One naturally thinks of the very vera-mother as being the ceas of these glad gathering of the cla息 it is "mother" who first greets the st sheep and welcomes him home with tears of joy; and it is her brave smile and words of cheer that speed him on his way when good-bys must be said. One day set aside in special reverence of mother, in the season of home-coming, would seem particularly appropriate, whether she is still in the old home, or is quietly sleeping where the goldenrod nods in the little burying ground on the hill. History teems with inspiring incidents illustrating the wonderful sacrifice of mother love. The records of the Mayflower show that of the eighteen wives and mothers confined in the ship's cabin, fourteen died within a few months after the landing at Ply. Then He Fails in Love at Age of Eighty-Nine and Does Not Want to Die Now. Milwaukee, Wis. — Out in Forest Home cemetery there is an open grave waiting for Francis Marion Collins, an inmate of the soldiers' home in this city. Five years ago, after Collins had been denied permission by the cemetery authorities to dig his own grave, USING THE FIELD BUZZER An important adjunct of the army on the march is the "field buzer", which is used to connect the front with the commanding officers and with all militia. An important adjunct of the army on the march is the "field buzer", which is used to connect the front with the commanding officers and with all militia. mouth Surely it was by no mere chance of fortune that not a single daughter and only three sons of those first voyagers were taken! We may know for a certainty that it was the self-sacrifice of these loyal mothers that spared the lives of the children and husbands. Mother Sticks to the End A warden of a large penitentiary was recently heard to say that in cases of "life-termers," or those serving long sentences, he found, that, although the wife would often cease her visits after a time, the mother, in fair weather or foul, was never known to desert the prisoner and visited faithfully until the end. The most vicious criminal melts in the arms of the mother who bore him. She has never been known to forsake the grim, hardened man in prison garb; he matter how crimson his son, how stained his soul may be, to her, he is still a little boy to be peted and loved and cherished as in the days when his golden head nested upon her bosom. "When the world shall despise and forsake you; when it leaves you by the roadside to die, unnoticed, the dear old mother will gather you in her feeble arms and carry you home and tell you of all your virtues until you almost forget that your soul is disfigured by vices"—can we do too much for one whose love is so boundless, so beautiful and trusting as this? If mother's day finds our loved ones no longer with us, we can find no more fitting tribute to her blessed memory than in the performance of some thoughtful act in behalf of the mother of someone else. MADE ORPHAN BY SUICIDE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY SERVICE Borvi Savitch, little Serbian boy, who was made an orphan when his mother committed suicide at sea because of the death of her husband, killed in the war. The picture was taken on the arrival of the boy at New York recently. Limbergera Change Name. Hackenack, N. J.-Declaring that people held their noses when they were introduced, Edward and John Limberger, brothers, have asked the courts to change their name to Revere. USING THE An important adjunct of the arm which is used to connect the front wiper parts of the line. he went to the city of the dead one dark, rainy night and by the light of a lantern prepared it. Collins is aged eighty-nine. He had a tombstone, inscribed as he had directed, with everything but the date of his death, erected. But through Collins is nearly fourteen and ten years old and ready to die, he doesn't want to give up the ghost just yet. After making preparations for the last act of the long drama of his life, he turned eagerly to life and love. In fact, he has a GERMAN CROWN PRINCE [Image of a man in military uniform holding a baby] This is the latest picture of the crown prince of Germany with his only daughter, Alexander Irene, born April 7, 1915. WOMAN FINDS BURIED GOLD Mrs. Grey Dug Up Coins Which It is Thought Mrs. Judkins Put into the Ground. Chico, Cal.-Fifty years in gold, believed to have been buried here more than twenty-five years ago, was discovered here the other day by Mrs. John Grey, wife of a shoe merchant of this city, while digging in her yard. Mrs. Grey, while looking by her batten turned up an old can, and found in it, wrapped up in the remains of a handkerchief, the gold. More than twenty-five years ago a family by the name of Judkins occupied the home. Mrs. Judkins was known to have buried money, several packages having been found by her husband following her death. It is believed that this monee, also was hidden by her. The can contained one $20 and three $0 gold pieces. The can in which they had been placed was rusty and the cloth which had been wound around the coins was decayed and fell to pieces when handled. RECAPTURE FLOWER MARKET French Horticulturists now Raise Lilies Germans Used to Ship to France. Paris—The lily of the valley, first flower of the year and emblem of good fortune, will soon make its appearance on the corsage of the midinette, whence, says the Figaro, there is every likelihood that it will find its way to the coat lapel of the soldier on leave from the front. This year the lilies of the valley found in France will be truly French. Hitherto—excepting last year, who was one of eclipse—they came from Germany, where the horticulturists grew them in profusion or retarded them according to the condition of the Paris market. French horticulturists neglected this flower almost entirely until the dearth in 1915 showed them how casily they could capture the market for themselves. WAR HERO KNIFE GRINDER Paris Dressmakers Besiege Disabled Soldier to Have Their Scissors Sharpened. Paris.—Disabled soldiers are already finding their way into minor occupations—the "petits metiers." The Fiagaro notes the presence in the streets of one armed knife grinders, one of whom, it says, was seen wearing the war cross. He did a thriving business in the Rue de la Paix, where it seemed as if all the dressmakers had suddenly decided to have their scissors sharpened. For centuries it has been French custom for an itinerant grinder to give some souvenir to his customers. This modern "remoulure" gave a copy of the "Marselleuse." FIELD BUZZER y on the march is the "field buzzer," with the commanding officers and with all sweetheart now. Her first name is Annette. He won't tell the rest. She is keeping the veteran interested in life by writing him interesting love letters and visiting him at the home several times a year. Collins served four years during the war in Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-four Pennsylvania infantry, army of the Potomac. When a woman says she looks like a fright she expects the man to contradict her. THE BYSTANDER The HOME Flowers and Their Care an The HOME BEAUTIFUL Flowers and Shrubbery Their Care and Cultivation Dahlia Good Specimen of a Healthy Dahlia. TO GROW DAHLIAS Plant them, if there is no danger of frost, outdoors about three feet apart each way, not in too rich ground; then when they commence to grow get a good stick, a broom-handle is good, and tie them up with either cotton cloth or raffa. It is best to raise them with a single stem; take half the branches off, so the air and light will circulate well around the plants, as they take time to make large plants. Place some sticks over them and attack a piece of canvas sheet or blanket to protect them from the first frost. The plants thus protected last four weeks longer, and it pays for the labor, because you get the finest flowers and lots of them. The tuber gets ripe better, too. The dahilas are killed by frost, cut out the tops; do not dip them too early; wait until the hard frost comes. They can stand until November 15. They also get more nourishment from the ground. When you dig them be careful not to bruise them. Let them stay in the sun to dry, then put them in their winter quarters; a cellar that is frost-proof is a good place. Cover them with sand, but if your cellar has concrete floors or is too cold, they will get mildew and die. Put some boards on the bottom. One should sow some dahilia seed; they grow much stronger than either tubers or cuttings, and one is well repaid. The seeds sown in early spring will flower from the middle of July until frost; those that do not suit can be thrown away, and the best ones can be kept over for another season. If you want some of the plants in the garden will have to be watered if you want flowers from them. This is especially true of the dahilia. Use enough water to penetrate all the soil in which their roots grow, and see that it is kept moist. Watering today and neglecting for a week to come isn't the proper thing. Save the suds from wash-day for this purpose. The soap in the water will benefit the plants. Be sure to supply substantial support for your dahlias. If this is not done you will be likely to find them broken some morning after a sudden wind or a hard rain-storm. The stakes should be at least four feet tall—allow an extra foot and a half for insertion in the ground—and they should be at least an inch through and of good sound wood. Paint them a dull green and they will not be unpleasantly obtrusive. Tie the stalks to them with broad strips of cloth instead of strings. The latter will cut into the tender branches when they are whipped by the wind. SOME TIMELY TIPS Do not be in too much of a hurry to make a garden. Wait until the soil is warm. Seeds simply will refuse to germinate in cold, damp weather. Keep the house plants indoors or well sheltered until the weather is warm for keeps. A single cool night may run all your treasures. Seedlings will breed millions of mosquitoes. Do not allow any stagnant water to stand near the house. Drain off the little pools that form where the plants are watered. MAKE THE GARDEN NEAT Too much stress cannot be laid upon neatness in the garden. If faded flowers and fallen leaves are allowed to accumulate, the charm that should be maintained can be lost if bloom can make up for the lack of care which is thus made manifest. WATCH THE YOUNG TREES Young trees should be watched and the open spaces in the ground about them, which have been made by the wind swaying the trees, should be well firmed down. Important before the heavy winds of spring. EARLY WORK IN BULB GARDEN Bv. JULIE ADAMS POWELL BY JULIE ADAMS POWELL. With the first warm days the bulb ous plants spring up, and many a beginner has tried in vain to push them back until warm weather. As a rule it is best to let nature be dictator. Hardy bulbs will endure lots of cold; and if they do sometimes get helplessly nipped of flower buds by undue hues, there is more frequently damage done to the roots by trying to burble them. So if a hurry to remove the leaves which should have been their winter coverlet, Loosen them up gradually, taking care that the plants are not sootling. If the weather continues fine, work the loose leaves a little more into the soil every day, thus gradually making the change. There is less drain upon the bulbs if the blossoms are picked as soon as they commence to wither. Look to it that the ditches and drains are in good order. Some cut the tops from hyacinths as soon as the leaves turn yellow, remove them, and plant annuals. This is a very neat way of getting rid of the bulbs—and most effectually, as a rule. But if you wish hyacinths another year, there is a better way, unless you can afford to purchase now bulbs. Those discolored leaves are a necessity to the plant while ripening the bulbs, and if they cannot be tolerated a permissible compromise is to transplant the bulbs to some out-of-the-way corner of the yard, where they can ripen in peace. They may then be dried and packed away for autumn planting. It is better to replant the hardy bulbs at least once in two or three years, because they become too thicky. Besides the soil needs a renewal of fertilizer; and this can never be so well done as when the bed is empty. There is often complaint that the old-fashioned white narcissus poeticus blasts in the bud. This is usually remedied by resetting the bulbs which have become matted together. If you have a number of varieties of tulips and more time and patience than money to buy new varieties, there is often much pleasure in growing tulips from seed. Some of the soft shades of old-rose have been in our own garden evolved from the cross-fertilization of standard forms. There is a pleasure, too, in watching the unfolding of the unknown. New varieties purchased of seedsmen are always announced and their beauties described; but these seedlings are properly grown, some of them are beautifully written. If in planting your tulips, carmine and scarlet are in painful contrast, mark the one for removal at the proper season. Some flowers show only harmony in varietal colors, but the tulip cannot be classed among these. PLANT CATALPA TREES Bv BETTY PAKE An acre of ground will produce three to four thousand fence posts and such posts are now worth about twenty-five cents each. Fifteen years later they will probably bring twice as much, as timber is becoming scarcer every year. Catalpa trees grow into telephone poles and fence posts in about fifteen years. One-year-old trees are the best to plant. Be sure they are all healthy and come not too far from home. You will have to pay about twelve dollars per 1,000 for good trees. The ground should be plowed and put in good condition, as for corn. The rows ought to be about eight feet apart and perfectly straight. Use a corn marker to get them just right. They need to get good cut them back neatly to the ground. They are afraid to cut, as they will be all the stronger for the pruning. On good soil, where trees are not too much crowded, they will grow from five to seven feet the first year. The KITCHEN CABINET Contentment is the true philosopher's stone. The poor are rich who have it, the rich are poor who possess it not. Contentment comes not from outward possessions, but from the inward love. smooth and thick add a cupful and half of finely grated cheese, a rich American cheese is best, and when melted serve on the mush. Grated maple sugar or maple sirup is good on fried mush or small feces. GOOD THINGS TO KNOW When making cake a good plan is to add the soda or baking powder to a little of the flour the very last thing, stirring it in well before adding the whites of the eggs. ```markdown ``` Keep absorbent paper in the kitchen on which to drain fried cake, crescentes and any fried food. A little beetsteak chopped fine and mixed with cooked rice, salt, pepper, and a little onion made into small cakes or used asilling for peppers, makes a tasty dish. A common currycum will clean the brush of the carpet sweeper of threads and hairs. Sparrice With Sauerkraut—Trim off the edges of two sets of sparricks, break the bone across the middle, rub well with salt, pepper, and sprinkle which has been perished 20 minutes. Save the water in which the kraut was cooked, sew the ribs tightly, place on the rack in a roaster, then pour the kraut liquor around it. Cook slowly. Turn once, and when tender serve with mashed potatoes. Cormeal Griddle Cakes—Take a cupful of yellow cormeal, add a cupful of boiling milk, a half teaspoonful of salt, teaspoonful of baking powder, one tablespoonful of melted butter and a tablespoonful of molasses with a hot-beaten egg. Mix well and bake on a hot griddle. With Raisins—Take a cupful of cormeal, two cupfuls of milk, one cupful of seeded raisins, one egg, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of butter, one teaspoonful of salt. Mix the cormeal and milk together and the well-beaten egg and melted butter, add the salt, baking powder and raisins which have been well cleaned and put through the meat grinder. Mix all together and pour into a well-greased pan. Bake in a hot oven. Put the mixture into a pan with a little hot butter stirred until thick and well cooked, then seasoned and spread on buttered bread makes a most tasty sandwich filling. Let your standard be high-and though you may not reach it, you can hardly fall to rise higher than if you smeed at some inferior excellence. DISHES OF CORNMEAL Cormelum is rich in fat and mineral matter, and being comparatively cheap when compared with other grain products is a food that can be used profitably in exchange for corn or variety, as well as to cut down expenses. Olive Oil Steamed Corn Bread —There are few people who do not enjoy the nutty, brown loaf of steamed bread, and this may be varied by adding different fruits or nuts to it so that it never becomes monotonous. Take four cupfuls of cornmeal, two cupfuls of graham, a cupful of finely chopped suet, mix well, then add three-fourths of a cupful of dark molasses, two teaspoonful of salt. three cupfuls of sour milk and a teaspoonful of soda. The soda may be mixed with the molasses. Add a cupful of stewed prunes cut fine, or a cupful of raisins, and steam in well-greased molds for four hours. Cornelmal Mush.—A good old New Englander will not ask for a more tasty dish than a good bowl of well-cooked cornmeal mush and rich milk, with perhaps a wisp of salt coddish for an appetizer. To prepare the mush add a cupulant of cornmeal very closely to a quart of boiling water and two teapoultons of salt. Let it cook slowly for an hour. The mush that is left may be poured into a mold and fried in butter after cutting in neat slices. The appreche is made by putting the pork scrapelet into the hot mush, stirring until well mixed, then pouring into a mold to cool. This is cut in slices and fried and is a great delicacy. Fried mush with cheese sauce is another well-liked dish. Prepare the sauce by using a tablespoonful of bubbling hot butter stirred with three tablespoonfuls of flour, a half teaspoonful of salt, a half teaspoonful of mustard and two cupulets of milk. When Valuable Asset. There is no more valuable asset in business than politeness, and this is true in almost every section of society. We prefer to trade with a courteous person; we resent a push from a fellow traveler or a shove from a conductor; we choose our friends from those who seem to be kindly disposed toward us; we judge a man by his conduct; we judge a man by him. Nevertheless, this reaction is almost involuntary.—Christian Register. Daily Thought. Don't waste your life in doubts and fears. Spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow—Emerson. Her Castle. Elise was naughty, and her mother was driven to box her ears soundly in the very presence of a couple of visiting aunts. Through her fears she scobbed. "And this is the sort of a thing one must endure in one's own house." ```markdown ``` smooth and thick add a cupful and a half of finely grated cheese, a rich American cheese is best, and when melted serve on the mush. Grated maple sugar or maple syrup is good on fried mush or small fresh fruits such as strawberries served with sugar and cream makes a most tasty dessert. A woman who can laugh outside when she is crying inside, has a great accomplishment. It's the songs she sing and the smiles she wear. That makes the sunshine everywhere. -Riley. JUST COMMON THINGS. The ordinary vegetable may be by a little manipulation, and combining may vegetate may by a population, and combining with other foods, make a dish quite out of the ordinary. Here is one worth trying: J Pumpkin Scrape-- Take a cupful of pumpkin pulp, stir it into a quart of boiling water with a half cupful each of cornmeal and hominy, well mixed, and a half teaspoonful of milk. Cook slowly one hour, stirring food until a cupful of broken hickory nutmeg, pour into a shallow pan, making the scrape about two inches thick. When cool and hard, cut into half-inch slices and fry in hot fat. Serve with maple syrup. Turnip Soup-- Mix together a pint each of hot mashed potatoes and potato, add a quart of scalded milk. In another dish place four tablespoonfuls of butter, and when melted and bibbling hot add two tablespoonfuls of flour, cook and add to the milk with three tablespoonfuls of scraped onion, two teaspoonfuls of salt and a few dashes of cayenne. Cook 20 minutes in a double boiler, then add sugar and Sprinkle with grated cheese over the top. Turnips, like cabbage, should be cooked in an uncovered vessel to make them less strong and more wholesome to eat. Diced turnips, cooked until tender, then served with melted butter and lemon juice, makes a most tasty dish. Peas With Peanuts—Mix a pint of black peas with a pint of peanuts, chopped fine. Season well with salt, pepper and sage and place half the mixture in a buttered baking dish. On the same day, cook a pint of toast which have been softened in hot cream. Place the rest of the pea and nut mixture on top and pour over a half cupful of cream. Bake slowly an hour and a half. Serve with cranberry sauce. This will be a good meat substitute Salisfy makes a most delicious soup, so do carrots. Cook them until tender, put through a sieve and then add to any stock or hot milk thickened with butter and flour cooked together. For life is the mirror of king and slave. 'Tis just what you are and do; Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you. - Mabelle Bridges SALAD MAKING. The making of salad is an art. Often the simplest combinations, if carefully put together, will make an otherwise common salad an artistic creation. Lemon juice is prepared in a vigor when using fruit and heavy. carbynit gether, will make otherwise common salad an artistic creation. Lemon juice is preferred to vinegar when using fruit and heavy, rich salad dressings are not appropriate for either fruit or meat or fish salads. The materials to be used for salad should be free from water. Carefully dry all lettuce and fruit after washing for oil will not mix with water. French dressing is the general favorite for crisp vegetable salad as it is quickly prepared. A vinegar that has been plated beets or cucumbers should always be saved to use in salad dressings. When making the boiled variety the spiced vinegar makes an unusual flavor which is well liked. If a color scheme is to be carried out a little vegetable coloring may be added to the dressing. A pretty combination is chopped beets with a dressing colored a light pink. Garnish the salad with white leaves of lettuce. A salad may not only fill an ornamental place on the table, but it is also recognized as having a distinct food value as well as a pleasure to the eye. Nellie Maxwell A mother asked her little son why his chum, Donald, wasn't also in class A. He replied: "T'll tell you, mother. Donald when asked a question thinks, and thinks, and thinks, and then he says what it ain't." Advance Docs. "What's the news from the spring training camps?" "As near as can find out, eight teams to be tied for first place in each of the leagues." Toothbrush Case Art ticking is very appropriate for making toothbrush cases. They should be lined with gum tissue and finished with seam blinding around the edge, with loops to hang by. Always place the bristle end inside to protect from dust germs. Possible Viewpoint "Faber," said the small boy, "what's an optimist?" "An optimist," my son, is a man who tries so hard to be cheerful that you feel sure to see him overworking himself."—Washington State MACON, MO., NEWS. Rev. G. W. Cross prescheduled two excellent sermons Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. J. T. Ancell spent Saturday in Jacksonville, Mo. Miss Lena and Missie Jackson made a flying trip to Bevier, Mo., last week. Owing to the disagreeable weather the business men of our city, Raymond Houston, Preston Wright and Darlington Austin were unable to make their trip to Huntsville, Mo. We are very sorry to hear of the illness of Mrs. F. B. Watson, the instructor of the missionary department of Western college. Mrs. Clyde Banks of Chillicothe, Mo., is in the city, the guest of relatives. Mrs. Will Maupins, formerly of Macon, spent a few days in our city en route to St. Louis, Mo. Dr. J. H. Garnett spent a few days out of the city on business last week. The U. B. F. and S. M. T. lodge was favored with Mr. John Williams, grand master of the U. B. F., being in their presence Thursday afternoon and evening. The K. O. P. lodge held its annual sermon Sunday, March 26th, which was delivered by Rev. G. W. Cross. On account of the disagreeable weather few were able to be out. The mass entertainment which was given by the Vine and Broadway Sunday school was very successful. Mr. Louis Garland spent Saturday in our city. The literary and musical entertainment which was given by the junior class of Western college in the college chapel was very successful. The Busy Bee club met Saturday at the home of Hazel Nichols. The Macon Women's club is preparing for a splendid movement in our city April 17, 1916, which will be known as clean up day. On that day several teams will be usde for the benefit of hauling the rubbish which has accumulated during our long winter season. The Women's club is doing excellent work along the line of hearty with its most excellent president, Mrs. I. L. Garnett. The Missionary Circle met Friday at the home of Mrs. A. Taylor. The Macon Women's club was highly entertained Saturday at the home of Mrs. John Lawson. Sunday was covenant meeting day at the Vine and Broadway church. A glorious meeting was enjoyed by all. Little Mercedes Henderson is on the sick list. We are glad to see Mrs. G. T. Stocks able to be out, after a slight spell of illness. Mrs. Corinne Rays remains very ill. Subscribe for The Bystander to get the news. Safe Medicine for Children "Is it safe?" is the first question to be considered when buying cough Cough Remedy has long been a favorite with mothers of young children, as it contains no opium or other narcotic, and may be given to a child as confidently as to an adult. It is pleasant to take, too, which is of great importance when a medicine must be given to young children. This remedy is most effectual in relieving coughs, colds and croup. Obtainable everywhere. PERRY, IOWA. We wish to note the death on March 17 of one of our beloved members of our church, Mrs. Frances Lambert, who was born September 24, 1874, in windchester, Ky. At the age of 4 years old she with her parents moved to Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Lambert professed a hope in Christ at the age of 15 years old. In the year of 1893 she moved to Omaha, Neb. She made her home until three years ago, when she came to our city of Perry, Iowa. She lived a successful Christian life. She leaves to mourn her death a husband, one sister, Mrs. Anna Roberts of Dayton, Ohio, and five brothers, Luther Jones, William E, Jones, Bert Jones, Harry Jones, all of Dayton, Ohio, and Mr. Archie Jones and wife of Des Moines, Iowa. The funeral was conducted by Rev. D. Donald at the A. M. E. Zion church. Interment at Violet Hill, Perry, Iowa. Whole Family Benefited By Wonderful Remedy There are many little things to annoy us, under present conditions of life. The hurry, hard work, noise and strain all tell on us and tend to provoke nervousness and irritability. We are frequently so worn out we can neither eat, sleep nor work with any comfort. We are out of line with ourselves and others as well. A good thing to do under such circumstances is to take something like Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills to relieve the strain on the nerves. Mrs. J. B. Hartsfield, 82 Plum St. Atlanta Ga., writes: "I have on several occasions been vastly relieved by the use of your medicines, especially the Anti-Pain Pills. Which I keep contained on hand for my husband, husband, and two sons. Nothing in the world equals them as a headache remedy. Often I am the Pills to continue my housework when otherwise I would be in bed. My husband joke me in my praise of the Anti-Pain Pills and Nervine." Dr. "Miles" Anti-Pain Pills are relied upon to relieve pain, nervousness and irritability in thousands of households. Of proven merit after twenty years' use, you can have no reason for being longer without them. KEOKUK ITEMS. Mrs. M. Brooks of Des Moines, G. H. P. of Knights and Daughters of Tabor, made her annual visit and transacted business for the grand session to be held here the first week in August, on March 30th. Mrs. Ed Roberson, G. C. M. of Knights and Daughters of Tabor of Marshalltown, visited the lodge of this city last month. Mrs. D. Wilson entertained a company of eight at a dinner party in honor of Mr. Ed Roberson of Marshalltown. Relatives and friends received the announcement of the marriage of Miss Hallie Buckner to Mr. Joseph Alexander of Chicago. Mrs. Emma Tebaeau will enter her duties as cateress at the Country Club (white) on May 1 for the fourth consecutive season. On Thursday of last week occurred the marriage of Miss Iva McGrade to Mr. James South in Hannibal, Mo. They were united in marriage by Rev. McDowell. Mrs. Peterson, president of the National W. C. T. U. of Texacana, Tex., spoke at the Bethel A. M. E. church Sunday, April 2. Mrs. Peterson addressed the members of the Pilgrim's Rest Baptist church Monday evening, April 3d. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Morris last week, a son. Mrs. C. Ashby entertained the Autumn Leaf club on Friday of last week. The Self-Culture club will meet at the home of Mrs. J. C. Craig on Monday, April 9th. There will be a tea given under the auspices of the Phyllis Wheatley Rescue club at Phillips' Memorial hall April 14th. Mr. Russell Bland left on Thursday of last week for Laporte, Ind., to manage the bill posting plant of that city. Miss Frances Reeder left for Chicago on Friday of last week, after a four weeks' stay, called here by the serious illness of her grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Williams. WATERLOO NEWS. The Easter social given by the A. M. E. Sunday school was a grand success. Indoor games were indulged in and eggs, apples and balloons were given to the children. Refreshments were served and a fine time was had. The new superintendent, Bro. U. G. Smith, is to be congratulated for the way he is starting out in the work. Miss Luvenia E. Vaughn of Des Moines appeared in Bess Chapel A, M. E. church Thursday evening, March 30th, in a recital to an appreciative audience. Miss Vaughn proved herself a 'reader of ability and a pleasing entertainer, and all who heard her desire a return. The A. C. E. society will send a delegation of six to join the Waterloo C. E. union to go to Cedar Falls on the 6th of April to attend a union meeting. The delegates are as follows: Mr. Louis Mosby, Mima E. M. Smith, Mr. Fred Countis, Miss Aletha McLaurain, Miss Vivian Smith and Rev. I. W. Bess, Mrs. J. H. Bess and Mrs. Georgia Cheatham. The Y. M. S. C. neld their business meeting, after which Rev. H. Topley and S. Scheers delivered short addresses. The main event Sunday, March 9th, will be a mixed quartet from the First U. B. church. Mr. Dickie Cheatham is in Dubque on a business trip. Those on the sick list this week are ORIGINAL, NOTICE. In the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, May term, A. D. 1916. Farmer, L. Couch, plaintiff Earnest L. Couch, plaintiff, vs. Mrs. Ruby B. Couch, defendant. To Mrs. Ruby B. Couch: You are hereby notified that on or before the 17th day of March, A. D. 1916, the petition of the plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, Iowa, claiming of you an absolute divorce from the bond of matrimony now existing between you, on the ground of wilful desertion without a cause. For further information see petition on file in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county. And unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next term, being the May term said court, which will commence at Des Moines on the 1st day of May, 1916 default will be entered against you and judgment and decree rendered thereon. Dated this 17th day of March, 1916. Attorney for Plaintiff. ORIGINAL NOTICE. In the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Folk county, May term, A. D. 1916. Mrs. Liza Johnson, plaintiff, vs. Art Johnson, defendant. To. Art Johnson: You are hereby notified that on or before the 15th day of April, A. D. 1916, the petition of the plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, Iowa, claiming you an absolute divorce from the bond of matrimony now existing between you, on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment and non-support. For further information see petition on file in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, and unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next term, being the May term of said court, which will commence at Des Moines on the 1st day of May, 1916, default will be entered against you and injunction and decree rendered thereon 65th day of March 1918 J. B. Bush attorney for Plaintiff. Mrs. Cora Pearson and Mrs. Bessie Saunders. DAISY WALKER-BOOKER From time to time letters have been written to the Freeman inquiring about a home in this city, Indianapolis, established and operated by Mrs. Daisy Walker-Booker in the interest of colored girls. Really we have been annoyed by the result of the inquiries. At one time Daisy Walker, as she is best known, did conduct such a home as she now advertises in her travels. The home, we think, is still in her name, and we also think, is occupied by one or two persons, perhaps relatives. It is not now operated for the purposes announced in the beginning. It is not operated as a charitable institution in any sense of the word. It is not mentioned or thought of by the colored people of this city. It, as an institution, is entirely out of public mind. We have no desire to put the little woman at a disadvantage. We know her well. She is a most delightful personage; one of the best women speakers in this country. Owing to her talent, we are sorry indeed to have to say a single word against her. But she is getting The Freeman in bad. She says, when attention is called to our answers to telegrams sent to this office, that The Freeman is her enemy and that it is persecuting her. She jams good men of the southern cities when visiting, turning the people against them by her tears and eloquence when they run her down. It is her defense, and she has won up until this time. The matter has been referred to the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce; it insists that nothing be given Mrs. Daisy Walker-Booker. The Freeman, Indianapolis. KEOKUK. IOWA. Revival servies will begin Easter Sunday at the Bethel A. M. E. church. Mr. Philip Reeves, an old resident of Keokuk, is very ill at his home, 416 N. Twelfth street. Mr. W. M. Harper, who was taken ill at Washington, D. C., is at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Dandridge, for the benefit of his health. Mr. Baker of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was in the city, called here by the illness of his son, Dove Baker, who is now convalescent. Order Your Easter S NOW! MADE TO ORDER $15.00 Largest assortment of snappy patterns in Des Moines ENGLISH WOOLEN 510-512 Locust Street Wizs, Plats, Braids, Transformations and Puffs in Stretching Combs and Toilet Articles. 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Mr. Dean was survived by his wife and a brother. The funeral was held from the Pilgrim's Rest Baptist church on Monday of this week. Mrs. J. C. Craig entertained the Self Culture club on Monday of this week. There will be an Easter dinner at the Peerless ice cream parlor from 12 to 2:30 and from 5:30 to 7 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. William Alden entertained at a dinner party on Monday of this week in honor of their son, that being his twentieth birthday. CENTERVILLE, IOWA Sunday, Covenant day at the Second Baptist church, Rev. M. J. Burton administered the Lord's Supper for us. Service were well attended morning and evening. Dgt. Mattie Ridings entertained Golden Table tabernacle at her home Saturday evening. Quite a number were present and a delightful lunch-eon was served. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hughes and his mother and nephew were in the city Saturday evening and attended the social at Dgt. Ridging's. The Mission Circle will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Henry Johnson and Mrs. Mildred Mayfield on Thursday evening, April 13. There will be a social given Saturday, April 15, for the benefit of the church. Mrs. Wm. Cobbs, chairman. Everybody invited. Spring is here. Everybody seems to be busy planting garden. Mrs. Hazel Penniston of Trenton, Mo. is visiting friends in our city. Mr. and Mrs. F, B. Morton left Sunday morning for Trenton, Mo., to visit relatives there, and to Fayette Mo., to visit our ex-pastor, Rev. Cooper, and wife, and t hen to Kansas City, Mo., where they will make their future home. Many were sorry to see Mr. and Mrs. Morton leave, as and be sure it leads only to a they have lived in our city for a number of years, and we hope they will like their new location. Mrs. Davenport still remains poorly. On account of sickness Rev. Says, was unable to fill his regular appointment Sunday. Rev. Johnson preached for us Sunday morning. The Willing Workers club, with Mrs. H. M. Hockley as leader, gave a program Thursday night, which was well attended and greatly appreciated. After the program a nice lunchon was served and a pleasant time enjoyed by all. Mrs. Inez Johnson is not so well at this writing. (Too late for last week.) Born, to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnson last Sunday, a daughter. Mother and baby are doing nicely. Services Sunday at the Baptist church were well attended and Rev. Sayles presented his audience with another spiritual treat. Miss Carrie Johnson of Callao, Mo., is in the city visiting her brother, Rev. C. B. Johnson, and family. Mrs. Nannie Smith and daughter, Mary, have returned from southeast Missouri, where she has been teaching school. From here they went to La Belle, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Jackson are the proud parents of a daughter, born Friday night. Both are doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Llnn were the all day guests of Mr. Linn's mother Thursday. Subscribe for The Bystander. NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL REAL ESTATE In the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county. In the matter of the estate of Mary D. Cottomas, deceased. J. E. O'Brien, administrator. To Sadie Cottomas, Lillian Cottomas, Rose Cottomas, Eva Cottomas, Marie Cottomas, Marie Harris, Winfield Winfield, Preston Cottomas, Wilma Cottomas, and Kirby Winfield: Pursuant to the order of the district court of Polk county, Iowa, made on the 20th day of March, A. D. 1916, you and each of you are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa in and for Polk county, the application of J. E. O'Brien, administrator of the estate of Mary E. Cottomas, deceased, asking for authority to sell either at public or private sale the following described real estate, towit: the west half (w 1-2) of the north half (w 3-4) of the east half (w 5-6) (28), block forty-four (44), Stewart's addition to the city of Des Moines, Iowa, which property was owned at the time of her death by the said Mary E. Cottomas; the said property to be sold to pay claims against said estate and debts of the said Mary E. Cottomas. You are further notified that said application will come on for hearing by the said district court of Poli county, at Des Moines, Iowa, pursuant to the order of said court, on the 1st day of May, 1916, at 9 o'clock a.m. on the said date, or as soon thereafter as the same is reached by the said court. You will govern yourselves accordingly. Dated at Des Moines, Iowa, March 20, 1916. J. E. O'Brien, Administrator of the Estate of Mary E. Cottomas, Deceased. VIVIAN L. 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D. 1916, the petition of the plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, Iowa, claiming of you an absolute divorce from the bond of matrimony now and heretofore existing between you, on the ground of willful desertion without a cause. For further information see petition on file in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, and unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next term, being the May term of said court, which will commence at Des Moines on the 1st day of May, 1916, default will be entered against you and judgment and decree rendered thereon. Dated this 15th day of March, 1916 J. B. Rush Attorney G. B. Blairiff NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To M. W, Morrow, in whose name the within described reality is taxed: You are hereby notified that at a regular tax sale held in and for Polk county, Iowa, on December 2, 1912, the following described real estate in Polk county, Iowa, toowit: Lot twenty-two in black "E," Gray Heights, now included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold to C. DeBevoise Royal for the taxes then due and unpaid thereon for the year 1911 and a certificate of purchase was duly issued to C. DeBevoise Royal by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, therefor, which certificate has been duly assigned to and is now lawfully held and owned by Sanitarium and Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa. You are further notified that the time for redemption from said sale will expire and a deed for said lot will be issued to the Sanitarium and Hospital of Des Moines, Iowa, by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, unless redemption from said sale be made within ninety days from completed service of this notice to redeem from said sale. Dated at Des Moines, Iowa, this 25th day of March, 1916. Sanitarium and Hospital. By J. T. Hambleton, Their Authorized Agent NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To Allen Larison, in whose name the within described; realty is taxed, and to Lena Bidding and Priestley Larison: You are hereby notified that at a regular tax sale held in and for Polk county, Iowa, on December 4, 1911, the following described real estate in said county, towit, lot seventeen (17), in block eighteen (18), Larison Place, now included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, was sold to C. B. Minnis for the payment of the taxes then due and unpaid therefor for the year 1910 and a certificate of purchase was duly issued to C. B, Minnis by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, therefor, which certificate has been duly assigned to and is now lawfully held and owned by Max Lavine. You are further notified that the time for redemption from said sale will expire and a deed for said lot will be issued to Max Lavine by the treasurer of said Polk county, Iowa, unless redemption from said sale be made within ninety days from completed service of this notice to redeem from said sale. Dated at Des Moines, Iowa, this 22d day of March, 1916. Max Lavine. By J. T. Hambleton, His Agent Insomnia. Indigestion nearly always disturbs the sleep more or less, and is often the cause of insomnia. Eat a light supper with little if any meat, and no milk; also take one of Chamberlain's Tablets immediately after supper, and see if you do not rest much better. Obtainable everywhere. 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Bush: You are hereby notified that on or before the 15th day of April, A. D. 1916, the petition of the plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, Iowa, claiming of you an absolute divorce from the bond of matrimony now and heretofore existing between you, on the ground of willful desertion without a cause. For further information see petition on file in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, and unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next term, being the May term of said court, which will commence at Des Moines on the 1st day of May, 1916, default will be entered against you and judgment and decree rendered thereon. Dated this 15th day of March, 1919 L. P. Bush ORIGINAL NOTICE. In the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, May term, A. D. 1916. Serena Congdon, plaintiff, vs. Dwight F. Congdon, defendant. To Dwight F. Congdon: You are hereby notified that the petition of the plaintiff in the above entitled cause is now on file in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, praying for a decree of absolute divorce against you on the grounds of desertion; and that unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the May term, A. D. 1916, of the said court, which will convene at Des Moines, Iowa, on the first day of May, A. D. 1916, default will be entered against you, and judgment rendered thereon. C. H. Miller and M. E. Auten, Attorneys for Plaintiff.