Iowa State Bystander

ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER The Best and only medium that reaches the colored people of the middle west. XXIII No. 9 Mrs. Cecil Bledsoe returned Thursday to her home in Chicago. Dr. A. J. Booker, who was very ill the first of the week, is able to be out again. Miss Bula Smith of Louisiana, Mo., is visiting Mrs. Otto Mae Robinson of 914 Fourteenth street place. Mrs. Georgie Smith, Miss Dameron and Sears furnished music. Before parting Miss Eile Mason took several poses of the guests. Mrs. C. B. Woods, Mrs. Barner of Grimes and Miss Myrtle Cloughton of St. Paul, Minn., are visiting relatives and friends in Gravity, Iowa. Mr. Jessie Graves and Mr. Geo. Edmunds started Saturday night, motoring through to New York and other points in the east. Mr. Ora Yeager left Thursday for Ottumwa to visit his uncles, James and William Renfro, 714 Mechanic street. Dr. Jefferson reports that Mr. and Mrs. Baker Dixon, 1056 Enos avenue, are the proud parents of a ten-pound boy, born to them Friday, August 4. Mesdames Gould and Coalton were hostesses to an auto drive Wednesday evening, complimentary to Mrs. Cecil Bledsoe and Mrs. May Ruff. Miss Rachel Hill, the daughter of Mrs. Zetta Hill, will leave Tuesday for her summer vacation in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Otto Mae Robinson and daughter, Delores, of 914 Fourteenth street returned home, after a three months' visit in Missouri and Illinois. Mrs. C. A. Cleggett gave a luncheon last Friday afternoon in honor of Mrs. M. Woods, the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. James James. About twenty guests were present. Mrs. Georgie Smith entertained at 6 o'clock breakfast last Sunday week at her home in honor of the Misses Southerland, Dameron and Mrs. Watts of Texas. Covers were laid for eighteen. Messrs. Ira Allen, Earl Bowman and Don Thomas entertained at the home of Mr. Harry Allen on Tuesday a number of their friends in honor of Miss Delphine Thompson of Minneapolis, who is a visitor here. Mrs. Floyd's Mission, corner East Fifth and Raccoon streets, will run an automobile excursion to Carney on Sunday, leaving here at 1 p. m. Will hold afternoon service at Carney with Rev. P. S. Irwin. Mrs. Peter Bell, assisted by her daughters, Missa Alice, Marie, Mrs. Jessie Davis and Mr. John T. and Hays Bells, entertained to a host of friends Monday night in honor of their cousin, Mrs. Woods, of Marshall, Texas. WANTED—At once, fifty colored men for coal diggers at Buxton, Iowa. T. H. Seaver. The Mothers' Congress met at the home of Mrs. McGuire on Eleventh street last Saturday and held a very pleasant meeting. Next meeting the first Saturday in September with Mrs. Hall, 819 Thirteenth street. Each member is requested to bring a suggestion for an entertainment. Mrs. J. C. Campbell, president. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Winn on Sunday a. m. occurred one of the loveliest breakfasts of the season in honor of Miss Helen Dameron of Madison, Ind., and Miss Southerns of Texas. After plates were laid for twenty-eight the morning was spent with music. Miss Edna Alexander and Mrs. Delza Hammett rendered several beautiful solos. The Mary Church Terrell club girls entertained the club members at a progressive dinner party Tuesday evening. The dinner course was served in the Palace Sweet at one long table, having as centerpiece a large bouquet of garden flowers. Covers were laid for fifteen and places were found by means of place cards. The dessert course was served in the Model Drug store, music being furnished by the victoria. Mrs. Woods of Marshall, Texas, was an at of town guest. Mrs. Hannah Porter was hostess Monday evening to the members of the Mary Church Terrill club. After the business session a two-course luncheon was served. Mrs. R. N. Hyde and Miss Greenfield of Atchison were guests. Club will meet next week with Mrs. Pearl Thompson. REMEMBER THE Palace Sweet Cafe UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Is the best place to go for Good Home Cooking Everything First Class Red 1867 1012 Center Street Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Erickson, Props. THE BYSTANDER Lesson, "Enid and Geraint," lines 232-355. Mrs. Colleen Jones and Mrs. Johnnie Johnson leaders. Quotations from Whittier. Instrumental solo, Miss Marie Bell. A GRAND PICNIC The Knights, Daughters and Tents of Tabor on Saturday, August 12, at Union park. All fraternities and friends are welcome. Bring a basket and enjoy a good time. Members of Tabor will meet at the hall, Eighth and Mulberry streets, at 11 a.m. and go in a body. Special street cars, accompanied by Capital City band, to park. Program in afternoon. Music, speaking, drills, ball game and races. Refreshments served. All free. Well wishers come and have a good time. Help celebrate the forty-fourth anniversary of the International Order of Twelve. Founder, Father Moses Dickson. GUESTS ENTERTAINED Complimentary to Mrs. Charles Ruff of Fuji, ill, Hll, Luther Lodge-soe of Chicago and Mrs. Charles Cleveland of St. Joseph, Mo., Mesdames William Buckner, John McClain, Edward Weeks and William Jones entertained at the Shelton skating rink on last Tuesday from 2 to 5 o'clock with a reception, the music being furnished by Mrs. Buckner's amberola, and from 8 to 12 o'clock with a dancing party, the music for the latter being furnished by Hills orchestra. A delightfully pleasant afternoon was spent by the ladies and the evening hours were joyfully passed by those who love to dance. THE STATE INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL FAIR STRUCTURAL FAIR. This is a new organization among the colored people, having held the seventh annual session at the Central Baptist church, North Topeka, Kans., last September. The founder is Rev. H. W. White, D. D., of Topeka, Kans. The object is to encourage our people along industrial and agricultural lines. One of the prime objects is to organize a society in each community and let that society rent the vacant lots and plot of ground in their city and have their boys and girls to put it into small crops and offer prizes for the best crop raised in the city, selling the products for the support of the society. Rev. White would be glad to come and lecture and explain his plan in full if you would write him. Write him at No. 206 Curtis street, North Topeka, Kans. They will hold several fairs this year in Kansas. EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS In our last week's letter we used the name of Rev. B. F. Hubbard as being the pastor of the A. M. E. church at Burlington. It was wrong. We meant to say Rev. B. N. Penn, as he is the pastor in charge in Burlington and he is doing well. He is an active young man. Keokuk we next made our charge for three days. We found Father Orange Fields, one of the best known and oldest citizens here, still sick. He was stricken down when we was there last August and has been confined more or less to his bed ever since. Mr. Fields is that type of a real race man whose powerful influence has been for fifty old years for the highest and best in this community. His only single daughter is Miss Artisa, an accomplished sensible young lady. His good wife makes lifelong for him. Messrs. W. W. Gross, Alonzo A. Draine, Fielding Johnson are all still on the U. S. mail service as carriers. They are fine specimens of the younger Afro-Americans in this country, upon whom the destinies of our race rest. The former is our grand secretary of the Masonic grand lodge. All of these men are active Mason's. Mr. Fields is the present master of Old Union, No. 1. Mr. Gross's only daughter is now a student in the State University at Iowa City, Selby Johnson, a well-to-do citizen, is still on the single list. He lives in his beautiful home on High street. He was preparing to make a visit to the south, also to Chicago, and perhaps Des Moines, before returning home. He is a race man and a good citizen. Al J. Fields is still running his grocery store. His lovable wife ably assists him. They are doing well, having in business about ten years. Rev. J. H. Helm is pastor of Pilgrim Rest church and is still hammering the gospel into his hearers. He has been here longer than any other colored minister and has the largest membership and attendance of any church in the city, mostly all due to his labor, assisted by Dr. J. H. Phillips. The latter owns and conducts a large sanitarium on Eighteenth and Palean streets, where he treats all kinds of diseases. Nearly all of his patients are white people. He owns valuable property. John D. Bland is in his large blacksmith shop with a large business as usual. Bland is still working at the same place. He owns a beautiful home on High street. Austin A. Bland is still operating his hotel, doing well. He is well fixed financially and is enjoying life nicely at 81 years old. His highly cultured wife will accompany him to Chicago on August 21 to attend the grand Masonic conclave, Mrs. J. C. Craig owns a nice home, Mrs. E. A. Summers has a nice home, She has a five-faye automobile, just purchased it. Samuel Johnson is well done. Mr. and Mrs. Teebau is a beautiful home. Their only son is now home on his vacation from Howard university. Mrs. Teebau has charge of the Keokuk Golf club house. this summer. Mrs. G. W. Smith on 1600 Times street entertained ye editor at a 6 o'clock dimmer. They are doing well. The Peerless Ice Cream Co. has opened up an ice cream parlor and confectionery store at 1126 Fulton and these young men are having a large trade. They are hustlers. The Widow Clemens is still living and having good health for a lady of her age. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman are still running a restaurant. They seem to have a good trade, also Mrs. Mitchell has an ice cream parlor and restaurant, doing well. W. H. Jones is still in the tonsorial business, the oldest barber in business in Keokuk. His two sons help him. They own a beautiful and valuable home. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Snoddy at 1326 Orleans street own a valuable property. They are doing well. Mr. F. D. Holmes is still in the ice business, doing well, especially this hot summer. Mrs. H. Dade is running a confectionery store at her home, doing a nice little business. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kellis are working at the same place. Dr. Flomanyne is still practicing here. W. B. Taylor, with some others, has opened a pool hall and soft drink store on Main street. They are doing a fine business. Mr. Frank Fields is still operating his barber shop on Main street, with good results. 14-18, inclusive. Miss Luba Gwinn of Washington, Iowa, passed through here Monday en route to Clinton, whereshe is a guest in the Mr. M. O. Culberson home. On her return she will visit here, the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Johnson. The carnival that was held last week on the playgrounds by Bethel A. M. E. church was a great success. A handsome sum was realized. Mrs. Anna Hill, Mrs. Chas. Hill and Chas. Hill, Jr., all of Chicago, are visiting Mrs. C. H. Marshall, 616 Eastern avenue. Mr. A. D. Corbin contemplates opening up a hotel on the corner of Tenth and Ripley streets, which will be first class in every particular, to Chancey Green, box of candy, Ernest Strange, of candy. Married throwing contest, first Irene Figgers, alumining half dozen water glass, Mrs. John Shores, water glasses. Girls' first prize, Idella Shoar, second prize, C. pound of candy; third prize, Men's standing brook prize, Ray Brown, box and prize, Art Webb candy; third prize, one pound of candy. grounds, Mrs. R. L. From here we drove over to near Farmington, where we spent the night at the home of Mr. Ross, a well-to-do farmer, who has lived in this county for nearly fifty years. He has just sold his farm of 107 acres. He has only one child staying with him now, Miss Lizzie, a very bright and conservative young woman. Ye editor being once a farmer could all the more appreciate the generous hospitality of this successful farmer. A Miss Bailey, who spent last winter in Des Moines with Mrs. Buckner, died and was buried in this neighborhood this Sunday morning. A large crowd of farmers, both white and colored, were in attendance at the funeral. Her sister, Miss Lillian, recently married Dr. Phillips. The Baileys are old settlers out here. Mr. Holt is another old settler, as is also the two Mr. Buckners, who are brothers, and each owns valuable farms. The Mr. Youngs also own a nice farm. Also Mr. Ashbryn own a fine farm. From Mr. Russ's country home stove for Mr. Keosauqua. On arrival in New York, Mr. Youngs the axle gear rod of my auto body going down a steep hill and my steering wheel became helpless and we all ran into a bridge. If the machine had not struck the post that held the bridge we would have fallen over an embankment of twenty feet deep. It took three men to pry out and six hours to repair the wreck. We finally reached Keosauqua. Here we found about 100 colored people and the only county seat town in Iowa that we did not find any paved streets. Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson own a nice home. Mr. Wm. Green is a real race man. He is a hustler. M. J. Bradford, Ben Dickson and Oce Howard are doing well. John H. Buckner is a successful contractor. Mr. Garrett and Crawford folks are doing well. KEOKUK ITEMS Mr. George Kellis is visiting in Kansas City, Mo., this week. Mr. and Mrs. William Coleman are visiting Mr. Coleman's sister in Kansas City, Mo. Presiding Elder I. N. Daniels visited in this city Sunday and Monday, being quarterly meeting Sunday at the Bethel A. M. E. church. Dr. J. H. Ferribeau of Buxton, Iowa, spoke on Tuesday evening of this week at the Bethel A. M. E. church and also Hon. George H. Woodson. Mr. Woodson spoke on "The Negro and His Possibilities, Local and National." Dr. Edith Williams and sister of Ottawa, Iowa, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith. Mrs. Maude Wilkinson of Des Moines and Mrs. E. Flippings were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Kellis last week. Born, to Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Philips, August 3, a son. The twentieth annual session of the International Order of Twelve was held in this city August 1-4. The meetings were held in the Masonic hall. On Tuesday evening a reception was held at Masonic hall. Wednesday afternoon the grand body visited the Keokuk dam. The memorial services were in the evening at the Pilgrim's Rest Baptist church. A musical program was held on Thursday evening at the Masonic hall. Friday afternoon at 4:30 p. m. the body paraded from Twelfth and Jackson streets to Second and Main and back. Music was furnished by the People's Institute band. On Friday evening public installation was held at the Woodman hall. C. W. Tinsley of Jacksonville, Ill., was a Keokuk visitor last week. U. B. F. & S. M. T. lodge will have a lawn social Friday evening, August 18 at Mrs. Jennie Freeman's in Messengerville. The Phylljs Wheatley Rescue club will give a lawn social Thursday, August 24. DAVENPORT, IOWA. Mr. Frank Brown, W. M. of Wm. Brooksodge, No. 77, N. B. of F.; Mr. A. D. Rice, W. P. of Constellation Temple, No. 80, S. M. T.; P. M. John E. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brooks and Mr. Robert Samuels will leave the city over the Burlington lines August 14 for Quincy, III, as delegates: to the annual grand session; which convenes in that city August THE NEW YORK TIMES Mr. Clyde Leroy Glass, Pianist, Student of New England Will appear in Regalite Thursday, August 24 at St. Paul's A. M. E. Church, assisted by Mrs. Eglyte Comley-Strawthers, Dramatic Reader. THE above unique picture shows Miss Ruth Law and the trail of brilliance snapped by the camera man during one of her sensational night rides in her aeroplane. Miss Law is what might be called a highflyer, literally, for she holds the altitude record for women. At a recent aviation meet at the famous old Sheepshead Bay Park she beat all previous records for women by flying to a height of 11,500 feet, more than two miles. As the picture indicates, Miss Law does all the thrilling stunts practiced by her brother aviators, who, though of the sterner sex, have nothing whatever on Miss Law when it comes to stern stuff and stunts. She will be a daily attraction at the Iowa State Fair, her contract calling for three flights every day—two in the afternoon and one in the evening. The contract also specifies not less than three loops to be executed during each flight. Miss Law will prove the sensation of the coming fair. 14-18. inclusive. Miss Luba Gwinn of Washington, Iowa, passed through here Monday en route to Clinton, where she is a guest in the Mr. M. O. Culberson home. On her return she will visit here, the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Johnson. The carnival that was held last week on the playgrounds by Bethel A. M. E. church was a great success. A handsome sum was realized. Mrs. Anna Hill, Mrs. Chas. Hill and Chas. Hill, Jr., all of Chicago, are visiting Mrs. C. H. Marshall, 616 Eastern avenue. Mr. A. D. Corbin contemplates opening up a hotel on the corner of Tenth and Ripley streets, which will be first class in every particular, to Mr. Clyde Leroy Glass, Will appear in Restatl Thursday, August assisted by Mrs. Edythe Comley-Straw Ruth Law, Qu THE above unique picture shows illance snapped by the camera rides in her aeroplane. Miss flyer, literally, for she holds recent aviation meet at the famous old vious records for women by flying to miles. As the picture indicates, Miss ticed by her brother, aviators, who, th whatever on Miss Law when it comes daily attraction at the Iowa State Fa every day—two in the afternoon and specifies not less than three loops to be will prove the sensation of the coming be known as Hotel Corbin. Mrs. Nancy Sumlin of Chicago is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bater. The agent hopes that all delinquent subscribers to the Bystander will pay at once. SIoux CITY IOWA The stewardess of Malone A. M. E. church will give an entertainment Fridayevening, August 11th. Miss Mildred, Willie, Edwin and Marcellus Morgan and Misses Louis Marcellus Morgan and Messrs. Louie and Wooodie Smith and Roy Kennie and Douglas of Yankton, S. D., attended the Clean Sioux City Political club's picnic here Wednesday. The Misses Arabella Dowdy and Doris Thompson will depart Wednesday for Omaha, Neb. The C. S. C. P. club's picnic was a grand success in every way. Attendance over 300. The following persons won prizes: Married women's free for all 25 yard dash, first prize, Mrs. Frank Miller, three pounds of coffee; second prize, Mrs. R. F. Cowan, one pound of coffee; third prize, Mrs. Dave Shores, one pound of coffee, Boys under 16 years of age, free for all, 50 yard dash, first prize, Dave Shores, pocket knife; second prize, Edwin Morgan, ball; third prize, Willie Morgan, ball. Men's hobbie race, free for all, 25 yards, first prize, Chancey Green, box of cigars; second prize, Ernest Strange, one pound box of candy. Married women's ball throwing contest, first prize, Mrs. Irene Figgers, aluminum frying pan; second prize, Mrs. Sam Bryan, one-half dozen water glasses; third prize, Mrs. John Shores, one-half dozen water glasses. Girls' free for all, under 10 years of age, 25 yard dash, first prize, Idella Shores, little girls' chair; second prize, Celia Green, one pound of candy; third prize, Evelyn Smith, one-half pound of candy. Men's standing broad jump, first prize, Ray Brown, box of cigars; second prize, Art Web, one pound of candy; third prize, Chas. Watkins, one pound of candy. Oldest lady on grounds, Mrs. R. L. Knight, age 7 Pianist, Student of New England Conservatory of Music, at 24 at St. Paul's A. M. E Church, others, Dramatic Reader. Seen of Aviators Miss Ruth Law and the trail of brilhman during one of her sensational night Law is what might be called a high-the altitude record for women. At a Sheepshead Bay Park she beat all proa height of 11,500 feet, more than two Law does oil the thrilling stunts pracouch of the sterner sex, have nothing to stern stuff and stunts. She will be a r, her contract calling for three flights one in the evening. The contract also executed during each flight. Miss Law fair. one pound of candy. Youngest child on grounds, Baby Evelyn Wright, age 3 months, one pound of candy. Girls under 20 years of age, 25 yard dash, first prize, Miss Vivian Stubblefield, one pound of candy; second prize, Miss Mary Thompson, one-half pound of candy. Men's 25 yard dash, over 50 years of age, Mr. Frank Miller, one pound of candy. Married men's 75 yard dash, Chas. Murray, manicuring set. Single men's 75 yard dash, Malcom Stubblefield, umbrella. Women's 75 yard dash, Mrs. John Shores, fountain pen. Club and church women's free for all 75 yard dash, the capital prize, Mrs. Rev Toomey, brooch. Judges, Rev J. H. Garrison, Toomey and J. M. Jullen. Committenemen, Sam Bryant, Cratty Johnson, C.A. Gros, Jas. Anthony, Wilbur Norris. Starter of contests, Dr. R. A. Dobson. Announceer, R. F. Cowan. Ball game ended in a tie, 5 innings, 6-8. Battery for Methodists, Prewitt, Green and Williams. Battery for Baptists, Carr and Green. Dr. R. A. Dobson, ampire. Rev. Brasco of Clarinda, Iowa. preached at the Malone A. M. E. church Sunday evening. ST. PAUL BUDGETARIAN. It was stated that St. Paul was the hottest place in the U. S. Sunday. The only relief was a plunge into some of the numerous lakes about the city. Mr. and Mrs. Jose Sherwood of St. Anthony avenue are in Kansas City. Quite a number or our ladies and gents will leave this week for Chicago to attend the Shriners, Daughters of Isis and grand chapter of O. E. S. The Minnesota grand lodge of Masons will convene in our city August 15th. Mr. H. J. Shelton of Duluth is grand master. Mrs. Maud Hoage, W. M. of St. Paul chapter, O. E. S., leaves next week for Chicago to attend the grand chapter and Daughters of Isis. Miss Ada Syms entertained the choir of St. James church Wednesday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker of Spokane and Miss Ford of Washington, D. C. Quite a number of lowans spent over Sunday in our city last week, coming up on an excursion. Mrs. R. B. Manley of Maywood, Ill., left for her home Tuesday, after attending the Mite Missionary convention and visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. Woodfork of St. Albans street. Mrs. J. C. Anderson, wife of Rev. Anderson, pastor of Quinn's Chapel, Chicago, is visiting her many friends in the saintly city. Among those she visited this week were Mrs. S. Hatcher, Mrs. N. Cotton and Mrs. Q. Hicks. Mrs. Embry of Soo, Mich., is a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Taylor of E. Lawson street. Mrs. E. W. Lindsay and son left Saturday for a two weeks' visit in Chicago, thequest of Mrs. Alley. Mr. M. A. Johnson of Iglehart avenue was baptized at Pilgrim Baptist church Sunday morning by the pastor, Rev. B. N. Murrel. Mrs. Harris of Chicago is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Bettie Jones, of Charles street. Mrs. W. T. Francis and Miss Alberta Bell are in Baltimore attending the national association. Mrs. Quitman Hicks and daughter, Miss Opal Wade, returned last week from a very pleasant visit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where they were the guests of Mrs. and Mrs. W. H. Milligan and Mrs. Fannie Hawkins. Mrs. M. A. Johnson left Saturday evening for a two weeks' visit in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Quitman Hicks of Iglehart avenue entertained Editor John L. Thompson of Des Moines at dinner Monday. Mr. Thompson came up to the twin cities on his annual collection tour. Mrs. Mary Gamble passed away at the hospital last Thursday morning, where she had been a long and patient suffered. She was buried Saturday from Lyles' undertaking parlers, under the auspices of the Benevolent association and Household of Ruth, No. 4671. Mrs. W. T. Franklin is home from the city hospital, where she underwent an operation. Mrs. W. L. Wheeldin and daughter, Aurelia, left Saturday for Brooklyn, N. Y., called there by the illness of the mother and grandmother. CLINTON, IOWA. Mrs. Henry Robinson of Sioux City has been a guest of Mr. Scott Robinson and family for the past two weeks, returning to her home recently. J. T. Culberson is all smiles these days, owing to the fact of the arrival some weeks ago of another daughter at his Tenth avenue home. Mrs. Ike Robinson and children are spending the summer with relatives in Des Moines. The A. M. E. Sunday school picnic was a success, notwithstanding the hot weather. An unusually large number were in attendance and a good time enjoyed. Curtis C. Bush returned to Chicago on Sunday night, after spending the week end at his home. The lawn social given at the home of Mrs. Lillie Wilder a short time ago was a success financially and otherwise. Geo. Robinson and family are visiting relatives and friends in Huntsville, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. A. Weatherall announce the arrival of a baby boy at their Second avenue home, born Monday. The presiding elder's committee gave a social on the church grounds Monday night. An unknown colored man went to his death Sunday afternoon while bathing in the Mississippi near Little Rock Island opposite this city. The body was found Monday evening. On account of its condition it was buried Tuesday morning. From addresses found in the clothing it was thought he may have been from Des Moines. The coroner communicated with the addresses, but as yet nothing to show the identity has been presented. Cure for Cholera Morbus "When our little boy, now seven years old, was a baby he was cured of cholera morbus by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy," writes Mrs. Sidney Simmons, Fair Haven, N. Y. "Since then other members of my family have used this valuable medicine for colic and bowel troubles with good satisfaction and I gladly endorse it as a remedy of exceptional merit." Obtainable everywhere. ALBIA NEWS. The Sewing Circle and missionaries gave a picnic at the Hagen park on Tuesday afternoon. The park has just been opened with many attractions. Mrs. Mary F. Ware. Miss Paul- Pay Boost and read the Bystander Dont borrow or read your neighbors, help make this a great paper Price Five Cents ine Thomas attended the Barnum & Bailey circus in Centerville on Saturday. Mrs. E. Jeffers and Mrs. Davis of Des Moines and sister of Fort Dodge were entertained at Hocking to a 6 o'clock dinner at the home of her son, Mr. Roy A. Grayson, Wednesday. They left Albia on Thursday morning to visit for the day in Ottumwa with her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Eates. They returned Friday morning and were entertained by the following in Albia: Afternoon lunch by Mrs. Wm. Bennings and for the evening from 9 until 11 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Henry Jones for English breakfast on Saturday morning before leaving for Des Moines at the home of Mrs. G. A. Davis, Mrs. Jeffers had been visiting in Kansas City, Kan., with Mrs. Akers. Mrs. Creoel Hollingsworth entertained in honor of the Misses Walls of Moulton and Miss Gathers of Chicago a few young people to noon dinner. A nice time was had by the young people, with music and conversation. The following persons motored over to Buxton in Mr. John Allen's new Ford: Mr. and Mrs. John Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Washington. Mrs. Virginia Thomas went to Des Moines on Thursday. Mrs. Bertha Nichols of Des Moines is visiting in Albia with hermother, Mrs. Will Richard. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Allen are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby boy at their home on Tuesday evening. Mother and baby are doing nicely. The following attended services at the A. M. E. church on Sunday from Hocking: Mesdames Robinson, Burns and Burns. Chase & Lister's tent show was in Albia again this summer for a week's playing. ALBERT LESLIE BOLDEN. Indianola, Iowa—After a serious illness of five weeks' duration, Albert Leslie Bolden died at his home in Indianola, Iowa, Saturday, July 29. During his illness he suffered but little pain and the end came quietly and peacefully. Throughout his illness he was patient and uncomplaining and at all times seemed resigned to whatever the end might be. Mr. Bolden was born in Clay county, Missouri, August 29, 1869. He ages at the time of his death was 56 years and twenty. When he young he move with his patients to Des Moines, Iowa, where most of his life was spent. November 19, 1890, he was united in marriage to Miss Susie Williams of this city. He was a devoted husband and father and was never too busy nor too tired to be interested in their happiness and comfort. He spent his entire life ministering to them. During his last illness his first thought was for others that he might cause as little trouble as possible. He was very patient and during his recent illness was never heard to complain. He said he was trusting in the Lord and expressed a desire that the pastor come and pray with him. He also had family prayers daily during his last illness. Twenty years ago he became a member of the African Methodist Episcopal church. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bolden: Helen Mahala, Hazel Edna, Faye Leonard, Alice Waneta, Edward Livingstone, and Madeline Latrina. Helen passed away five years ago; three others passed away in infancy. The deceased is survived by a wife and two children, all of whom were present at his death. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Mary Williams, Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Eliza Pillar, Rock Island, Neb., also many relatives and friends. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our friends, both in this city and elsewhere, for their help during our loved one's sickness and death and for their many expressions of sympathy.—Mrs. A.L. Bolden, son and daughter. What is Best For Indigestion Mr. A. Robinson of Drumquin, Ontario, has been troubled for years with indigestion, and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as "the best medicine I ever used." If troubled with indigestion or constipation give them a trial. They are certain to prove beneficial. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Price, 25 cents. For sale by all dealers. CLARINDA IOWA The writer is sick this week, so this news will be scant. Mr.ress Gurtade Cron returned from theD. of T. convention in Kookuk, reporting a prosperous session. The Sir Knights and Daughters will be entertained by Progressive Tabernacle in this city next year. Rev. D. W. Brown went to Bedford in theinterest of the church work on Monday. Sunday week past was the quarterly meeting. Rev. S. B. Moore, P. E., was with us for the last time. He was presented with a purse as a token of high esteem by the church. Misses Lulu Baker and Beaulah Misses Lulu are visiting Misses Ella Black and Anna Nash. Mr. Richard Caldwell of Shenandoah called on friends between trains. Mrs. G. W. Nowling is ill. Those who motored to Maryville (Continued on Page 4.) AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Is it not time, many ask, that the Negro care for himself, provide for his own intellectual and religious needs? For 50 years, now, he has been the recipient of aid from the philanthropic people of the white race. He has made marvelous progress toward self-support, has acquired large properties and self-direction, why should he not now become independent? Why should others continue to assist him? Why should money and men from the North be deceived by his upbuilding? This is a fair question and should be answered honestly. Let it be said then first, that a half century is a very short time in the evolution of a race. To educate an individual is a matter of a generation, to lift a race from barbarism is a matter of many generations. The tremendous influences of heredity and environment must be overcome and changed from degrading into elevating factors in its development. Second, this question is not raised concerning any other of the great mission fields of the church. No one proposes to withdraw from China, India, or even highly civilized and normally Christian Europe. And we have been at work in these places much longer than we have been in the South. If these people still have need of us, much more does the Negro. The main reason why we are still in the South is that the Negro still needs us. While he has made great advancement it is true that he is far from the goal. Poverty, ignorance and sin still prevail. Unless the Christian people of the land continue to help there is danger that what has been done will be undone. Moral and intellectual inertia will prove too great for him, unided, to overcome. He must still depend upon the stronger race. He needs their stimulus and help in his religious life.-Northern Christian Advocate. The large number of colored pupils who were graduated from the grade and high schools should be regarded with much interest by the colored citizens especially. Many parents and aged grandparents witnessed these events, who never dreamed that the opportunity for a well rounded education would come in their own time. Twenty-four colored pupils were graduated from Manual Training and Shortridge high schools, one-third less than the number last year, while the total high school enrollment of colored pupils for the year was 314, as compared with 259 last year. The enrollment was: Shortridge 174; Manual, 118, and Technical, 22. From No. 17 there were 59 graduates, 31 from School No. 26 and nine from the Douglass school, No. 19, while in addition to this number were several who graduated from white schools. The total number of graduates from the grammar grades the entire year was 176. The present 5b grades in many of the schools are decidedly larger than ever before, the class at No. 17 numbering more than 100. As only a small number of children quit school for any reason after reaching this grade, large graduating classes can be safely predicted for the coming school year. Considering that the colored people constitute about one-tenth of the city's population, the number to complete, both public and private, seem small, but compared with the size of the graduating classes ten years ago, the increase is appreciable. Those who have had experience with him under arms testify that the American Negro takes more seriously and is efficient to soldier. And this is testimony which is interesting to consider now that it is likely that the first Negro regiment is about to be organized into the National Guard of the state of New York. Happiness and the light heart are among the general characteristics of the black soldier. He goes about his business singing. It is related that during the Spanish war the colored cavalrymen had hardly dug their trenches at Santiago before their smuggled musical instruments were out and the camp was a medley place of tunefulness. And there was a white colonel of the Twenty-fifth who was wont to boast of the chorus singing which he had made almost a part of the regimental drill. The same childish simplicity which taps to this burning into song leads to an overwhelming respect for the men in command. Discipline once instituted comes to stay in a Negro regiment. Moreover, the rank and file carries so far its trust in its officers that Speaking of gun-shy dogs, it is not well to judge them too hastily. Sometimes it is the wonder of the gunner's uniform that makes the kloode yelpfully beat it. Two Texan inventors have patented a set of vest buttons containing electric lights that are supplied with current by a pocket dry battery. The tensile strength of a paper flywheel is far greater than one made of iron. Portable houses that can be carried in an automobile and set up in a short time in any convenient place are a French invention. Wonder what a writer means when he says, "The custom is well-nigh universal, in this country at least." Some make hay while the sun shines and then neglect to house it properly. Some upon a time there was a wet Several reasons have been given for the increased attendance, which is considerably out of proportion to the annual growth of the colored population, among then being gradual improvement in the economic conditions of the colored居士, the more effective compulsory education laws of the state and the growing demand for more service in the industrial as well as the educational field. Not a little influence has been exerted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the last few years. The organization, with headquarters in New York and local organizations in many cities, has kept up a steady agitation until well directed lines to the end that the colored people throughout the country may awake to their educational need. Dr. W. E. B. Dubols, one of the leading educators in the colored race, is at the head of this movement.—Indianapolis News. Oscar De Priest, the Negro alderman, has introduced an ordinance in the city council seemingly designed to protect Negroes in their civil rights. They are already protected by law which everyone knows is not strictly enforced or enforceable and will not be in this generation. Nothing is expected to come of the De Priest ordinance, which would compel the mayor to revoke license wherever proof was offered of an attempt to deny the civil rights of a Negro. Nothing will come of it, but it indicates that politics is trying to do harm. What politics is doing is to organize and keep agitated an issue which can find its solution only by not being organized and agitated. That is why, if white and black in this city have prejudices aroused, the responsibility will be on politics. If by arousing prejudices difficulties arising out of prejudice could be removed then there would be no objection to the method, but we do not feed a thing of that sort to kill it. In fact, the modus operandi in Chicago is as nearly perfect as human nature will permit it to be. It is a fiction that a Negro has full civil, meaning full social, rights in any American community. If the law protected Negroes completely and if they instigated upon exercising all privileges theoretically accorded them a general suspension of many lines of business would result. There would not be a hotel in the city. There would not be a restaurant or a theater and there might not be nearly so many churches. The facts candidly faced seem ugly, but custom and habit, undisturbed by agitators, make them harmless. They have harmless and it is only disturbance that can make them ugly. Thoughtful Negroes know this. Self-respect has the same force with whites and blacks. The social relations in which the white and black parts of our population stand with regard to each other never will be determined by enactment of law or ordinance. They will be established by custom as it gradually is affected by time. Nothing can or will affect them except as they are affected by natural adjustment. The question even now is not one of civil rights but of social habit, and that has to be left to habit.—Chicago Herald. The captain of a company is quite apt to be the banker for his men, saving them from losses in camp gambling games. Passions and excitement move the disky soldier easily, it is true. To devotion to his officers, nevertheless, he adds pride in the service, ready excellence in the drill and a perfect willingness to follow where he is led. To ridicule, as a reproof, he is most sensitive. To the power of example he is keenly susceptible. To none of his white comrades is the appeal so effective as to him to perform for the honor of his race.—New York World. Government scientists in the Philippines are investigating the soap-making possibilities of a new oil-bearing nut that has been discovered. What has become of the old-fashioned woman who used to open a can of peaches when she had company at tea? It takes a cute girl to get so close to a man that it's impossible for her to get away if he should try to kiss her. An opening extends through a new rubber hot water bottle into which a glass bottle can be inserted to keep the contents of the latter warm. Clothesline holders in which the rope is gripped by eccentricly mounted wheels have been invented to do away with the necessity for props. A fuel economy exceeding 12 per cent is claimed for a French device that heats water before it reaches locomotive boilers with exhaust steam. Just because a man and a woman sit beside each other at the theater and never say a word, don't jump to the conclusion that they are strangers. They may be man and wife. A stopper for kitchen sinks so attached to the strainer plate over the outlet that it always will be found when wanted has been patented. On some lines the Prussian state railways are storing storage-battery cars at low expense than steam locomotives on other lines. International Police Service Gen. Sir Douglas Hailg, commanding the British forces on the west front, and Sir Portab Singh, high commander of the Indian forces. Gen. Sir Douglas Hailg, commanding the British forces on the west front, and Sir Portab Singh, high commander of the Indian forces. GERMANS LOSE THE INITIATIVE IN SECOND YEAR OF GREAT WAR Co-Operation Among the Entente Allies Brings Sweeping Change Over the Aspect of Military Affairs—Two Largest Empires of Earth, Russia and Great Britain, at Last Fully Organized—Second Year's Campaigns Reviewed. New York.-Germany is on the defensive. The initiative has passed to the entente allies. This is the one great outstanding fact of the second year of the great war. Before, she aimed a blow where she plumed and the allies parried it as best they might. She seized most of Belgium and a seventh of France. Twice she overwhelmed the Russians who had penetrated East Prussia. She smashed her way far into the czar's dominions and crushed Serbia and Montenegro. She directed a fearful battering-ram of shells and human bodies on Verdu. But with the present summer a sweeping change came over the aspect of military affairs. Co-operating through the allies' war council with Gen. Joseph Joffre at its head, the Italian army back the Austrian columns in the Trentino, the Russians drove the Teutons before them in the East with horrible destruction and the British and French began a slow and methodical bending of the long established lines in the West. At Last Fully Organized. These are the movements which are still going on as the war enters its third, and according to Lord Kitcheer's Delphic prediction, final year. Whether the kaiser will retrieve himself, again seize the initiative and enter on new campaigns of conquest cannot be foretold. One thing is certain, the two largest empires of the earth, Russia and Great Britain, are at last fully organized for war against him. On the first anniversary of the war, August 1, 1915, the Austro-German sweep of Poland was in full swing. Lublin fell that day; Cholm, August 2; Warsaw, August 6; Irvangored, August 7; Serock, August 9; Lomza, August 11; Sleddice and Sokolow, August 14; Kovno, August 19; Novgorod, August 19; Ossovie, August 25; Brest-Litovsk, August 27; Olita, August 28; Lutsk, September 2; Brody, September 3; Grodnio, September 4; Dubno, September 16; Pinsk, September 17, and Vilna, September 20. It seemed to neutral observers nothing could stop the Teutons in the East, and it was generally believed the invaders had themselves chosen the line extending from just west of Riga, nearly straight south, to Roumania, on which they spent the winter. Russia Seemed Beaten. Even when, on September 8, the caar took command of all his armies in person, won a victory near Tarnopol, September 10, and recaptured Lutsk September 20, and Czartorysk October 20, few believed the Russians could revive. Lutsk was soon lost again, and on October 25 the Germans stormed Illuxt. Then things settled down for the winter and almost every neutral critic thought the spring would see a resumption of the Teuton drive. On October 8, the Teutons crossed the Serbian border at many points and five days later the Bulgarians, newcomers in the war, invaded from the east. Fighting desperately but hopelessly, the Serbians were pressed back by torrents of heavy shells to which they could not reply, and on November 29 the German general staff was able proudly to announce that the operations against Serbia had ended in complete success, while Austria at the same time was finishing off Montenegro. But unsuccessful as the year 1915 had been to the allies in the field, their will to conquer did not waver. At the moment early in December, when the German imperial chancellor was making a clear offer of peace in a speech to the rechstag, the representatives of Germany's enemies LEAPS 80 FEET INTO LAKE Owarthy Man Called "Bandit" Fled From Crowd of Pursuing Men and Boys. Milwaukee—In an attempt to escape from a crowd of men and boys who were pursuing him, Nicholas Lovice, a foreigner, forty-two years old, leaped down an 80-foot embankment and fell into Lake Michigan at South Milwaukee. THE BYSTANDER THE WEST FRONT ing the British forces on the west front, of the Indian forces. E INITIATIVE YEAR OF GREAT WAR Allies Brings Sweeping Change Affairs—Two Largest Em- and Great Britain, at or—Second Year's Reviewed. were meeting in a new war council at Paris, resolved to redouble their herculean efforts and never compromise. Conscription in England. On December 21, David Lloyd-George, the strongest man in England, declared Great Britain defeat unless greater efforts were made; and just a week later he demanded general conscription, threatening to resign if this measure were not put into effect. The conscription bill passed its first reading in the house of commons January 6, and spring saw it in full force. Premier Asquith was able to announce that Grandpa's total effort was five million men. Meanwhile in the East, a greater giant was nursing his wounds and regaining his strength in four-fold degree. A forewarning came to the world on February 17, when Erzerman was taken. On April 19 the great Black sea port of Trebizond fell, and two days later the first Russian contingent landed in France. Still the German writers would not believe, and it took the magnificent Russian drive of June, which won all of Bukowina and a large slice of Volhynia and Galicia to convince them that Russia was again a force to be reckoned with. Russia Well Equipped. To understand this phenomenon of Russian resurrection it is necessary to realize not only that the Russians have the heavy artillery and shells they lacked in the great retreat, but that their losses in numbers bother them not at all. Seven million young men have come of military age in Russia since the war began, and of these at least five million are fit for duty. Despite her gigantic losses, it is quite possible there are more soldiers and potential soldiers in Russia today than when the war started. Certainly there are now and will be for many years to come all the "cannon fodder" that can be utilized at the front. Erronteously considering the western front the most dangerous, the German general staff on February 21 began a heavy attack on the fortress of Verdun, with the object of using up French ammunition and men until no allied offensive would be possible this year. Being on the outside of a curved line they were able to place more guns and maneuver more freely than their opponents, and month after month they drew closer to the now famous little city. Whether their gains were victories or defences will only be known after the war, when we learn the number of killed and wounded they paid for each point. They advanced, but were never able to stampede the defenders. Perhaps Verdun will be the last great German offensive. Certainly to the extent of the battle of Stemming the Russian advance, which is penetrating Transylvania, and the Anglo-French pounding attack along the Somme. Austria on Defensive. The Ausrians, who in the latter half of May debounced from the Trentino and almost gained the foothills and smiling plains of Italy, are also content to stand and ward off the blows of the Italiani, after giving up most of their gains. The year saw the Germans lose their Cameroon colony in January, while columns of Belgians, French and British close in on the stout defenders of the East African colony, the last of the kaiser's oversea possessions. In Mesopotamia the British, penetrating to within seven miles of Bagdad, were defeated and forced to retreat, being finally besieged in Kut-el-Amara on December 10. A relieving expedition was unsuccessful and on April 8 the garrison capitulated. road tracks when a man saw him and set up the cry, "Bandit." The man gave chase. Others joined the pursuit. Locovica ran toward a high embankment overlooking the lake and leaped over. The drop was 80 feet. Police Chief George Schoopperie apperated a rowbent and rescued the man. He was brought to the Emergency hospital for treatment. His swarthy appearance and the way he looked are the only reasons the police can for the crowd's safety of the man. On April 25, Sir Roger Casement was captured attempting to land from a German submarine on the Irish coast. The next day the Slinn Fife society revolted, seized Dublin and set up a provisional republic. The rebellion was quelled in less than a week. On June 3 the German and British fleets engaged in a great battle off Skagermark. Although the Germans claimed a victory, they have not yet followed it up by coming out to deal another blow at the blockading vessels. The reports of losses by the two sides are impossible to harmonize. War Costs Fifty-Five Billion. On August 1, the second anniversary of the start of the great war, the direct money cost to all the belligerents reached $50,000,000,000. This is the consensus of financial opinion here. Excesses six months ago were slightly lower, but the daily cost has mounted steadily and the figures given are considered conservative. The direct cost does not include the losses by destruction of property, by the disorganization of civilian industry, by the death and crippling of workers and by enervating human sickness and misery. The money spent is apportioned approximately as follows: Belgium (mostly adv- anced by allies) ..... 500,000,000 France ..... 8,500,000,000 Russia ..... 11,500,000,000 Serbia ..... 350,000,000 Italy ..... 2,500,000,000 Portugal ..... 100,000,000 Montenegro ..... 10,000,000 Japan ..... (slight) Total, entente allies ..... $36,950,000,000 Germany ..... $12,000,000,000 Austria-Hungary ..... 6,000,000,000 Bulgaria ..... 150,000,000 Turkey ..... 600,000,000 Total, central powers. ..... $18,750,000,000 Grand total ..... $55,710,000,000 $110,000,000 a Day. The war is now costing all belligerents more than $110,000,000 a day. This is divided among the principal nations as follows: Great Britain, $30,000,000 (official figures); France, $17,000,000; Russia, $18,000,000; Italy, $5,500,000; Germany, $23,000,000; Austro-Hungary, $12,000,000, the lesser powers making up the balance. Great Britain is the only power which is paying part of the capital cost of the war out of current income. Germany is compounding her debt by not taking in taxes enough to cover all her interest charges. The financial situation of both sides is fairly good. The same cannot be said for the economic situation. Germany and her allies are plainly in distress in many ways. Few or none have died of actual hunger, but the vitality of many noncombatants is lowered by lack of proper food. There is a great scarcity of rubber, copper, high grade iron, material for warm clothing and an almost absolute lack of strict exotic products, such as tea, coffee and cocoa. In Great Britain the common people have never been so prosperous. The cost of living has advanced by more than half, but wages have increased by more than ten per cent. Fund for labor, both by the governor and by private enterprises is unattainable. ```markdown ``` Neutrals Wax Fat. France, too, has largely recovered from the financial shock, though activity is not on such a great scale as in England. In Russia private business is not good, but owing to the suppression of vodka, the mujik, is happier today and is saving several times as much money as ever before. Italy is suffering from a dearth of coal, which has closed most of her factories. Some of the neutral countries of Europe, especially Denmark, Sweden and Norway are becoming opulent from war business. In Holland the upper classes have made money, while there have recently been food riots by the lower classes. Switzerland is harassed continually by both sides to the quarrel, Germany demanding to be allowed to purchase and export goods freely from Swiss towns and the allies threatening to withhold food and other supplies if Germany is provisioned by her mountain neighbor. Japan, the United States, Cuba and some of the South American countries were never so prosperous before in their history, due to the stimulus of war orders, which has galvanized domestic business as well. $64,000 FOR PANAMA HAT Prices Paid in the City of Mexico in Carranza Currency for Summer Covering. St. Louis.—Honestly now, how would you like to fork over $6,500 for a suit of clothes? Shell out $04,000 for a Panama hat? Dig $2,000 just to have your trunk moved? These are prices and charges they hurt at you down in the City of Mexico when you try to use Carranza currency as a medium of exchange. Thomas Randolph, chairman of the board, National Bank of Commerce, is authority for the statement that these prices really exist, the information having been sent him in a letter he received from a friend in Brownsville, Tex. It is presumed stores do not want Carranza currency and have named the high prices to stimulate the flow of United States gold and currency. Dog Saves a Child. Marysville, O.-M. and Mrs. Charles Gillespie, who reside near La Rue, were attracted to the barn by the screams of their two-year-old son, Lewis, and rushing to the place they found a fierce light taking place between a large hog and their favorite cat. The cat, who was the lad, who had been attacked, up the enraged hog, and but for the immediate interference of the dog no doubt would have been killed. As it was, he suffered only a small ash. THE KITCHEN CABINET THE CHEN INET teaspoonful of soda, one tablespoonful of mixed spice, a tablespoonful of lemon juice or vinegar; mix well and bake in gem pans. Men think God is destroying them because he is tuning them. The violinist screws up the key till the tense cord sounds the concert pitch not to break it and then tunes well, that to break it strings the string upon the musical rack—H, W. Beecher. He who indulges in enmity is like one who throws ashes to windward, which come back to the same place and cover him all over.-Chinese. DELICIOUS FRESH PEPPER. You will probably recall that Peter Piper picked his peck of peppers, He who has conquered doubt and has conquered failure.-J. L. Allen. plucked and the day was when peppers were only in that way. The sweet red or green pepper of our gardens is not only wholesome but adds another de Salt and Pepper WAYS WITH TOMATOES The subject of tomato dishes is one that cannot be exhausted as some new ct of tomato dishes is one be exhausted as some new delightful combination is always being discovered. As a salad the tomato is especially fitted. The color, the refreshing acid, and the flavor all make it most appealing to the appetite. Vase liciously flavored vegetable to our list of good things. A touch of chopped green pepper in a cabbage salad takes it out of the ordinary into the field of uncommon. A few strips of the red pepper added to the lettuce putting on the dressing makes a most delightful flavor and bit of oil, which always adds value to any dish. Tomatoes with Cucumbers.- Alternate slices of tomatoes with cucumbers on a salad plate and serve with mayonnaise mixed with dressing. Thick slices of tomato heaped with chopped cucumber and onion and served with any highly seasoned salad dressing makes a most tasty salad. Peppers cooked with onions is a dish worth trying. Cut the green peppers into strips and add to the boiling onions when nearly done. Drain and serve with cream, salt and paprika. Tomato Aspic.-Put into a saucepan two quartes of tomatoes and let cook until soft; strain and return to the heat, add one teaspoonful of celery seed, two bay leaves, one-half teaspoonful of cloves, and cayenne to taste; cook five minutes, then pour over a box of gelatin which has been softened in a cupful of cold water, strain and fill a border mold and let stand on ice four hours. When ready to serve dip the mold quickly into hot water and turn the aspic on to a platter or chop plate, fill the center with shredded lettuce and serve with salad dressing. This may be molded in individual molds and served on heart leaves of lettuce. Peppers Stuffed With Mushrooms —Perhaps somebody may discover a more delicious dish, but at present this holds a high place. Cut peppers in halves and parbull them, then fill with creamed mushrooms, the fresh ones, sprinkle lightly with buttered crumbs and brown in the oven. Serve these to your very best friend. Green Pepper Sandwich finely two large sweet peppers, rejecting the meat and seeds; fold into food of mayonnaise, seasoned with chopped chives and parsley. Spread the buttered bread with the mixture and fold in a damp towel until ready to serve. Dressed Tomatoes. — Cut shapey, even sized tomatoes in halves; scoop out a part of each and mix with salad dressing, then fill the tomatoes, and serve each on crisp lettuce with plenty of salad dressing. Pepper Salad -Select four large sweet peppers; cut them in half longitudinally, remove the pith and seeds and plunge them in ice water until they are ready to use. Drain and fill a few minutes before serving time with the following: Two cucumbers, cut in small cubes; one hard-cooked egg, and one cup of milk or water. In a bowl, after filling place a generous spoonful of mayonnaise, seasoned with minced chives and parsley. Italian Tomate Soup. — Cook one onion in butter, but not brown; add two quarts of tomatoes and a quart of water; cook 20 minutes then strain, add a dozen cloves, or ground cloves may be added, at the last; thicken with two tablespoonfuls of flour and salt and sugar to taste. Bowl five minutes and add a teaspoonful of worcestershire sauce and save at once. Stuffed tomatoes may be served, using large firm ones, and fill with potato salad, cut very fine and mixed with cooked green corn, a little onion and seasonings. Who knows not pain knows not alas! What pleasure is—who knows not of The bitter cup that will not pass, Knows not the taste of love. SUCCESSFUL CAKE MAKING. How rarely one meets a perfect cake and yet cakes are usually the first ac And chamber, roots and domes, But the women of earth, we know, The women build the homes. complishment of the new cook. A girl loves to make a cake long before she appreciates the value of a well made loaf of bread. JELLY MAKING. There are two elements needed to make good jelly. These are pectin elements needed to These are pectin and acidic juices. When these are present the success or failure depends almost entirely upon the amount of sugar used. The old rule of a measure of juice to a measure To be a good cake maker one must first be accurate, a good mixer, Fireworks and a faithful watcher of the oven. A perfect cake must have fine delicate texture, very tender and free from any suggestion of soughness, yet moist. It must be light as a feather, and of good flavor, good to look at and more delicious to the taste. With all these qualifications it is certainly an art to produce a perfect cake; it takes a deft hand with careful attention to detail. The fame of a good cook was not earned by making good cake. For it is desirable accomplishment to be able to broil a steak, properly cook an egg or prepare a piece of toast, or highest of all make a standard loaf of bread. of sugar has no doubt been the cause of most of our poor jellies. A given volume of juice which contains a certain amount of pectin can use a definite proportion of sugar only. Currants and partly ripened grapes are rich in pectin, and are fairly acid so that they usually demand equal measures, while three-fourths to one will be the proper proportion for raspberries and blackberries. Much depends upon the fruit itself. Some of the main points to observe in making cake it will be profitable to dwell upon. Have all of the ingredients ready as well as the utensils before starting in, because at the critical moment something vital may be lacking which will spoil the result. Have the butter, if used, soft, not melted, but so soft that it quickly mixes; add the sugar gradually, mixing it well; have extra eggs so that if there should be a stale one you need not leave to get another. Break all eggs in a small dish at one time so that no accident such as putting a bad egg into a dish with several good ones, occurs. When it is necessary to add water to fruits boil the juice until it is by appearance and taste ready for the addition of sugar. After the winter's supply of grape juice has been made, cover the pulp with water and use for jelly or a good marmalade may be made from this byproduct. The more thoroughly the juice is clarified by skimming from the sugar is added the better from an economical standpoint. Sugar is heated before adding to the juice to save time in the cooking process. Make sure that the oven is ready by the time the cake is ready for it. The success of a cake depends largely upon its baking. One may put care into the mixing and making of a cake and ruin it by careless attention to it when it is in the oven. Cakes that contain a large amount of eggs, especially whites stiffly beaten, should bake in a slow oven. Cakes that contain a large amount of molasses should also bake in a slow oven. Cakes that quire slow cooking are best baked in sheet iron or heavy tin as they are better protected from the direct heat. By using sour apple juice, with fruits too sweet, or lacking in pectin a most palatable article may be prepared. The best quick test for time to remove jelly is when the jelly breaks off as a portion of it is dropped from the spoon. The time-honored one of cooling a little in a saucer is not a safe one, for many things may happen to the hot jelly waiting on the stove. Time is too precious at this stage to waste it in long experiments. The length of time for boiling depends upon the kind of fruit juice, and the richness (or amount of water it contains). Spice Cakes—Beat an egg, add two-thirds of a cupul of molasses, two-thirds of a cupul of sugar, two-thirds of a cupul of soft butter, and two-thirds of a cupul of milk; cupul of milk; two teasapoufles of baking powder and two-thirds of a Nellie Maxwell Little Enunice was attending her first class in domestic science, and was asked to tell briefly the surest way to keep milk from souring. And Enunice, an exceedingly practical child, gave this recipe "Leave it in the cow." Panama stakes its future hope in its soil. The country is young, rich and potential. Its people are patriotic and enthusiastic. The government is progressive and farsighted, and the combined influence of such qualities augur well for a healthy development of the youngest of the American nations. It is said that in these latter years the automobile horn is a much more effective instrument in a sorrowside than the old-fashioned mandolin. Makes for Beauty in Life. All Lives are beautiful in which the sovereign thought has been for others—Garmes Rhyne. By GEORGE MUNSON (Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.) When Charles Dawson left nome with his father's fervent wish that he might never return few had expected to see him again. So when Tom Dawson died and left him his entire property, the flourishing farm and dairy, and the lots on Muvale avenue, aggregating a sum of $40,000, everybody knew that the or-do-well would turn up again soon. He did. Very few people remembered that Esther Rogers and Charles had been engaged, but the few who remembered speculated. Esther was now a middlah-aged woman, which is not the same as middle-aged. She was perhaps thirty-seven. Charles must be forty-three if he was a day. Would the engagement be renewed—that engagement that Esther had broken at her mother's insistence? They met and resumed their friendship. People wondered, but little was to be learned. They seemed just good friends. Menwhile Charles proved that his journey West had sobered him. He ran the farm systematically and made good money out of it. Then Laura Dean came into his existence. Laura had been a little thing in short dresses when Charles went away. Now she was a young lady of twenty-five, the prettiest in the village, and the gayest. Esther, watching, saw that after Charles had met Laura all the welcome in his eyes for her seemed to fade away. Like all good women, Esther craved a husband and a home. She had Wilcox Looked at Him Pituitously When He Came in. dreamed of Charles ever since his return. It would be affectionate to say that she had not often forgotten him during the years of his absence. But with his return the memory of the old love came back to her and, though she dared not show it, she fancied Charles was not indifferent to her. She fancied so that night when he opened his heart to her. He told her what a wreck he had made of his life. "I was a fool, Esther," he said unhappily. "I squandered my youth. What is left to me now?" As he said this he looked up, and suddenly Esther knew that her eyes had answered him. She blushed furiously. Now that she knew he cared for her she, and then—well, then an interruption came. For a girl voice rung out from the street: "Miss Rogers! Oh, Miss Rogers, where are you?" It was Laura, unconventional as always. Of course she was invited in and presented to Charles, and as soo as the man had set eyes on her he began to dream again. He dreamed of a youth that was yet recoverable. He looked at Laura as if she embodied all that Esther had been. After that the man and the girl often met, and Esther shrank more and more into her shell. It was plain that Charles cared for her no longer. As for Charles himself, his mind was in a whirl, and he hardly knew what he wanted; he was drawn like a magnet by Laura's bright eyes and obvious interest in him. Then, one evening, when he had entered the garden to hear in on Laura, he was surprised to hear her in the little house, with pittch dark, and before he could make himself known the words he heard held him spell-bound. Laura was talking to Esther. "Of course, I don't love, Charles Some of the So-Called Rarer Metals May Not Always Be So, Declare Chemists. Among the so-called "rarer" metals the most interesting are those whose compounds are abundant but whose cost of obtaining from these compounds is very high. In other words cheap methods have not yet been worked out for extracting the metals from these abundant compounds. In an article by Dr. J. W. Richards in Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering a discussion is given of the possibilities of some of these rarer metals, among which are beryllum, which is found as a compound in the gem, emerald, but more abundantly as a mineral called beryl. Magnesium is another metal which has likely been made on a fair-sized scale in this country but not especially cheaply. Others are calcium, strontium, barium, boron, chromium, titanium and zirconium. Aluminum in 1888 sold for $10 per pound. Today it sells for 60 cents, but normally is much lower, due to Dawson," she was saying indignantly, "Can't I have a little amusement with the only eligible man left in town?" "Do you consider it amusement to ruin a man's happiness and break his heart?" asked Esther. "Oh, men's hearts are not so easily broken," Laura answered. "He thinks he is irresistible, that middle-aged man of over forty, and I am going to teach him a little lesson which he sorely needs. "I have been leading him on and tonight I expect he will call, and a little encouragement will soon bring him to the proposing point. And then I shall and say," Thank you, sir, for the man's propose to do me, but I am not taking it." "Laura," exclaimed Miss Rogers in horror. Then, with rising indignation, "I think it is dreadful of you to propose to break a good man's heart in that way, and I don't want to know any more about it." "I believe you're after him yourself, Esther," sailed Laurn, mockingly. But Esther walked past Charles in the darkness, so near that she almost brushed him, and he heard her convulsive sobbing as she went by. Charles waited a few moments, but in those moments he experienced one of those revolutions of feeling that turn love into bitter hatred. And then, having regained his self-control, he went forward into the garden. "Miss Dean!" he called. "Why, is that you, Mr. Dawson?" called Laura's voice out of the darkness. "I was hoping you would call tonight. Do come and sit down beside me, won't you, and tell me about the West." Charles Dawson sat down on the seat. He could just see Laura's white dress. He cleared his throat. "The fact is, I came to speak quite seriously to you, Miss Dean," he said. "It is a subject I have thought over for a long time. Now there is the one question in my mind, and I must ask it." "What is it?" asked Laura, softly. "I am in love," said Charles, taking her hand in his. "And I haven't the courage to ask her." "Faint heart never won fair lady," said Laura, letting her hand rest in his. "Who is she? But let me see if can guess. I should say—well, Esther Rogers." "You've hit it first time," answered Charles. Laura's hand leaped out of his. "Wh-what?" she stammered. "It is Esther Rogers, and I have loved her all my life," said Charles. "Do you think I am worthy of her? Do you think there is any chance for me." "Oh, yes," said Laura, hysterical, "I suppose so. You are of an age, you see," she added venomously. "Then I shall ask her," said Charles, rising. "Of course, a man with my income has to be careful whom he asks. So many women have mercenary inclinations in this age. There are lots of the young girls about here who would jump at me—but I'm not taking any." "How dare you, Mr. Dawson!" began Laura, rising, too. "Do you dare to instigate that I—" "Oh, no; indeed; you misunderstood me," answered Charles. "I—but perhaps I made an unfortunate statement. Good-evening." And, raising his hat, he left Laura in collapse upon the bench and made his way leisurely to Esther's house. His heart was singing, for he knew now that youth turns to youth and middle-age to middle-age; and he knew, too, that his love for Esther, deep in his heart, had been the guiding star of his life. Ester, standing in the living room, looked at him pleasantly when he came out from the candy restrain the tears that came into her eyes. She had resolved to go away, never to see him again. . . . What was he saying? She looked incredulously at him; she felt his arms about her and her own heart beating; and then the long, long waiting was merged into the happy now. Noble Scintillations Marchioness Townshend, it is rumored, will soon come to America to play in film dramas of her own composition. The marchioness, who is pretty, palats, writes and generally scintillates. Here are the latest of her scintillations to go the rounds of Anglo-Saxon literature in London. "Men compare women to lilies, but remember that there are tiger lilies." "A cup of tea is often a reservoir of scandal." Guided by Magnetic Currents Recent experience has tended to show that carrier pigeons and other birds of passage are guided by magnetic currents. M. A. Thauzies, a French student of pigeons, has noted that on two occasions when pigeon flights were unsatisfactory magnetic storms were occurring, and the flights of these birds have been becoming often uncertain and erratic since wireless telegraphy came into extensive use. cheap methods of extraction by electricity at Niagara Falls. The silicon industry furnishes another example in point. Silica is the most abundant and cheapest material in nature, yet silicon was selling in 400 an enchance. At present 10 cents per pound is a good price for silicon, due also to the use of electricity in an electric furnace. It is possible that the coming generation of chemists will find cheap methods of producing some of the present "rater" metals. Belated Vindication. The Persians of the time of Cyrus were Zoroastrians. The Persian religion was primitively monotheistic, and they allowed no idols or other material symbols of deity in their temples. There was less enmity on the part of the Jews against the Persians than against the other great nations with whom they came in contact, due probably to the monotheism which characterized the Persian religion. So Cyrus, whatever else may be said of him, was certainly not an idolator—Christian Herald. MAN IS GOLDEN KEY OF MAN'S HEART MODESTY IN WOMAN IS GOLDEN KEY THAT OPENS DOOR OF MAN'S HEART By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY way about it. But, then, attractive widows are in a class by themselves and in the main are beyond the pale of this little talk, the clever ones being too canny to let a man know he is admired or that his society is unduly appreciated. If they set their cap for a second heart mate he, above all others, never discovers that fact. Many women have the mistaken notion that they might with propriety give a bashful man a little encouragement to assure him that his calls were not unwelcome. It is not pleasant to shatter such a beautiful thought by jostling it with a hard fact. The truth is that no man living is too bashful to woo, and right earnestly and eagerly at that when he meets the woman who appeals to him. It is somewhat of a surprise to a man who thinks he is wanted by a host of women to find one who is apparently indifferent to him. He pursues her as a stimulus to his self-power to attract. Despite all the new-fangled notions about women meeting men half way on their own ground, modest young women will never usurp the man's preceptive to go forth and find a mate, woo and win. If a man shows that he is interested by desiring to be where she is, sending her a flower, a book or some trifle to let her know she has been constantly in his thoughts, her pleasant greeting when they meet, the language of the eyes, so subtle, so sweet, which never passes the lips, can inform him past all doubting that, being a woman, she is therefore to be loved. Modesty in a woman is the golden key which opens the door of a man's heart. Boldness pushes it to with a bang, locking it securely. There is a happy medium in expressing admiration. It requires tact. --- When hens are allowed free range they are apt to feed too heavily on grass, especially if not fed any grain, and the eggs become watery and weak, with impaired keeping qualities. Such eggs are known on the market as "grass eggs." In wet weather when the hens' feet are muddy, collect the eggs twice a day. This will insure cleaner eggs. Clean fresh water lessens disease. Frequently drinking water is the source of much water. Clean the drinking pans frequently. Add to the grain feeds with a mixture such as bran, shorts and corn meal. Soft fresh dirt is an insurance against leg weakness in chicks. BELGIAN-AMERICAN NEW "PERPETUAL Device Which Inventor Claims Con A Joseph Raes, a Belgian-American inventor, is the latest to come forward with a device which he claims solves the problem of "perpetual motion." The man who claims to have achieved the goal for which inventors and scientists have been striving from time immemorial, has been working on this device for 25 years. He has several other successful inventions to his credit. tion was his old schoolmate, William P. Hurley, with whom he grew up in Portsmouth, N. H. A huge boulder having ten acres of surface above the ground, from which granite is being taken for building the new Oklahoma state capitol, is said to have been a favorite bandit rendezvous. It is a solid mass, towering above the tree tops and formed of an excellent grade of stone. Merritt B. Holley of Traverse City, Mich., has a collection of every known flag of the world. He has 185 foreign flags, and for 31 years has corresponded with persons in 95 countries, although he has never left American soil. There are 38 flags in the collection which are significant in American history. Edwin Booth, the actor, although an incessant smoker, could drink very little, and was promptly affected by the smallest piece of liquid he took with a friend in a waggle mood to present him a cup in the bottom of which was a compass. "The gift came," said Booth later, in referring to the incident, "from someone who knew me." Treasure love tough ready Sull to live without. In your fondest trust keep Just one thread of doubt. It is a sweet trait of feminine modesty for a woman to strive to keep from a man the knowledge that he has awakened interest in her heart if he has not invited it. Let a man once become aware that a particular 'woman's eyes brighten at his approach or that she is speaking enthusiastically of him to their mutual friends and she will never have the pleasure of a bow or chait with him on the street if he catches sight of her knowledge that he has awakened interest in her heart if he has not invited it. Let a man once become aware that a particular 'woman's eyes brighten at his approach or that she is speaking enthusiastically of him to their mutual friends and she will never have the pleasure of a bow or chai with him on the street if he catches sight of her first. He would dangle around the first corner, walk a dozen blocks out of his way to escape meeting her. No dragnet could be secured to draw him to the home of an acquaintance for dinner if the casual word was dropped that she had also been invited. He cannot help it. It is the perverseness of man's nature to make a wry face at the peach ready to fall into his mouth, and long for the one indisputably beyond his reach. Unconsciously, the woman who shows her face to the man ens his antagonism. He is bound to fight shy of her on general principles, unless she be a widow, very young and very pretty. In that case, her careless admiration is incense to him, for he feels very confident that she would not remain a widow long if some score or more admirers could have their Verdun Watchman Would Have Busy Time at His Post Today Before the present great war the city of Verdun was an old-fashioned place with some well-preserved ancient customs, among which was the official night watchman. Red Cross nurse has recounted, in Le Crie de Paris, her impressions of the first bombardment of Verdun a year ago. She arrived at night and was very tired after a fatiguing journey. Some time later she was awakened by the bursting of a shell and the ringing of a big bell in a clock tower. This was followed by a grabbed cellar which was broken by blow and monotonous voice of the night watchman, called out from the high tower: "The fire is in the faubourg Pave. Inhabitants of Verdun, get up!" Then came another shell explosion and the clang of the bell. The voice of the guardian of the night was again heard: "The fire is at the station. Inhabitants of Verdun, get up!" Then came more bombs, more bell-changing and in the intervals of silence came the voice of the bell ringer in the same drawing, impassive voice: "The fire is at the square of Armes—the fire is at the fauborg—get up." The voice of polly would have a busy time notifying the Verdunites—if any remainn of the thousands of shells showered upon that city devoted to destruction. Things That Are New. So that a horseman's feet can be warmed in cold weather there has been invented a stirrup with a receptacle for charcoal or other heat producing substance. Since the founding of the Pasteur institute in Paris there has been a steady decline in the number of cases of hydrophobia, none at all occurring some years. An English scientist who has raised wheat in record breaking time explains that he so treats the seed with electricity that he trebles the life force within it. A San Lake City man is the inventor of underwater shot water wheel that will run when wholly submerged in a stream, the blades folding on the upward stroke. A Detroit woman has invented a spring for applying scalp lolts that is so shaped as to fit closely to the head and deliver its contents in a narrow stream. The vacuum principle has been applied to an ice cream freezer that freezes its contents automatically in half an hour and keeps it frozen eight hours. As a life-saving precaution a French inventor would have all seagelong vessels furnished with beds equipped with a nonsinkable mattress he has patented. Around the World Sudan grass yields from one to eight tons of cured hay an acre. Production of copper in the United States is more than 25 times what it was in 1880. John Rebow of Wilkesbarre, Pa., has adopted 20 orphans. He has seven children of his own. New York city has the largest electric sign in the world. It is 261 feet long and contains 9,316 lamps. Each of the $30,000,000 workers in the United States loses on the average about nine days every year on account of sickness. The Australian government is planning the establishment of a laboratory for the application of scientific research to national industries. Telephone poles of glass molded over a heavy wire net are being made in Europe. These poles are rarely broken, will neither rot nor rust, and are impregnable to insects. Daniel Crouin, for 23 years a member of the National Soldier's home in Togat Me, was surprised recently to find that the governor of the country BELGIAN-AMERICAN INVENTOR HAS NEW "PERPETUAL MOTION" MACHINE Device Which Inventor Claims Constitutes "Perpetual Motion" Machine. THE BYSTANDER POULTRY POINTERS WISE OLD HEADS STEADY MACK'S FAST YOUNGSTERS Wily Manager of Athletics Uses Experienced Players as Backbone of His Team's Defense. In the reorganization of his Athletics Connie Mack has seen the value of a few wise old heads among the many brilliant but inexperienced kids. A great help in stealing the bunch at critical times and his heavy hitting very often inspires them to follow up and bring in enough runs to support their high-class pitching. Joe Bush and Elmer Myers have shown some of the most excellent twirling seen anywhere this year, the latter being a find of Connie's who 1- Connie Mack. has made other managers green with envy. Bush seems to be “coming back” in great shape this year and pitching with all the splendor that was expected of him two years ago. With such work continued from Myers and Bush and with a few more dependable hurriers the Athletics will be pretty well cared for in the box. The idea, current through the early part of the season, that Countie Mack had gathered a bunch of talented but green and awkward kids is rapidly being dispelled. The confidence and pep they are showing have surprised most of their opponents. A great part of the success of the youngsters so far may be ascribed to Countie Mack have the backs of a base and cute well cared for by stylish Behind with Schang behind the bat, Lobic at second and Strunk in center, the situation is well fortified. The present season is Strunk’s sixth summer in fast company and every fall he has shown a fat average. If he is not to top a good .300 he comes well near it. From the vim he has shown with the hickory of late it’s most likely that he will finish the season with the highest average he has shown yet. INVENTOR HAS MOTION" MACHINE institutes "Perpetual Motion" Machine. The device which Raes claims constitutes a "perpetual motion" machine includes a spring, gear wheels and two electric motors attached. The initial impulse is given to the machine by hand-winding a large spring. Gear wheels communicate the power that in turn drives a motor in running a smaller motor. This smaller motor partly rewinds the original spring and keeps it in a small wound state. How to Keep Young. The best way to keep young is to associate, as far as possible, with everything and everybody that is new and young. Both men and women get old by sticking to old ways, thinking old thoughts and always looking back on the past. Look ahead if you want to keep young. Youth always thinks of what it is going to do in the future, and forgets the failures of the past. It is not the go-ahead men who age rapidly; it is the men who stick in old ruts and follow-out long-established rules and methods. Constant change and variety may be said to form one of the great secrets of youthfulness.—Pearson's. Hiker's correct age: Almee—Well, there is only one way that you can manage it. Parry—And how is that? Almee—Outlive her and read it on her tablet. The HOME BEAUTIFUL Flowers and Shrubbery Their Care and Cultivation This Home Needs Fine Planting of Trees and Vines to Make It Attractive. A New and Attractive Type of Bird Bath with a Minimal to Plain Surface. By H. H. SHEPARD. The immediate grounds about the farm or home dwelling can be made beautiful and sanitary as few other places can. The home grounds should be ample, as large as is consistent with the size of the dwelling, and much larger than most farm home grounds are. An ancre is not too much. Some may think that an ancre of ground is too much to waste on a simple dooryard, but it must be remembered that this part of the farm is where the farmer and his family live and spend a greater part of their time, and that the better the home ground the better will be the share of the family. It is a wrong estimate of life and property to be forever making money to enlarge the farm in area, buying extra tracts of land for future use, and not improve and make the best of the little spot where the wife and children must spend nearly all of the best part of life. Some look forward to and prepare too much pleasure to come and do not expend any means on making the present the very best that it can be. They let the home grounds and surroundings remain shabby and unimproved, expending the extra money on property to be handed down to children, or putting it in the bank. This is wrong when there is any neglect in home improvement. If the children need help, by all means they need it now while they are helpless more than when they grow up and will be able to fully care for themselves, perhaps much better than we even shall be able to care for them. They need the comforts, healthfulness and beautifying influences of good home and surroundings in order to make them healthy, strong, beautiful and good. These are infinitely better than inherited real estate, personal property or money. The child whose home life is perfect for physical and mental development will go out into the world with a rich heritage. If the home is beautiful and attractive the child when grown older will love to come back to visit the parents who made the home. The grounds surrounding the farm dwelling should be well drained and graded to suit the location. The main open part of the space should be a lawn of good grass and be kept mown low at all times, so that air and sunlight may purify the soil. The lawn is for use, to walk and play on, and should be laid out with that in view. "Keep off the grass" may be all right for city parks, but the home lawn is a green-carpeted outdoor floor for everyday use. Abundance of flowers, shrubs and trees are essentials for completing the picture, but flowers and shrubs must be massed in clumps and borders along the sides, and the trees must be grouped in one place, preferably the rear or somewhat removed from one side of the dwelling. Under the trees, in the cool, shady part of the grounds, a children's playhouse or rustic, open structure is a good place for rest and play for both young and old. We can never get too much of the open air, even though we live in the country; and such a covered place under the trees makes a fine nook in which to读 or take a nap and fully enjoy the sweets of outdoor life. Such a playhouse is dear to the hearts of children, and they will spend many happy hours each day there, when, if no such provision were made, they would be in places in which we would not want them. For wet weather concrete walks are comfortable and economical. They are cheaply and easily made. They need not necessarily be wide, but there should be enough of them so that all outbuildings and other much-frequented places can be reached without walking on the wet ground. Walks a foot wide are much better than none, and such can be made at a trifling cost. The barn and entire group of farm buildings, together with the grounds they occupy, may be made to harmonize in a general way by proper construction, arrangement and painting. The ground about the barn and the grounds they occupy, may be located for convenience are located near the dwelling, may, and should be, as neat and clean as the home grounds proper. This is both good farm management and a mark of good taste and character on the part of the farmer. Good fences around all the home grounds and lots are a necessary convenience, and keeping them in good repair adds to the neatness and beauty of the picture as a whole. A four-room cottage designed after our own ideas, in a garden made with a room flat designed by the greatest architect and set on top of a twelve-story building in a nolsy city. One way to give children an interest in the home grounds is to allow each a garden spot. Let them grow white flowers they wish and use it as they please. WINDOW BOXES If there are some windows about the house where you would like to have some plants growing, and no provisions have been made for boxes for them, don't forego the pleasure because it seems to be late in the season. Use Coleus instead of flowering plants. A row of the yellow variety about the outside of the box with scarlet in the center, will make your window brilliant with color, and as these plants are of rapid growth you will not have to wait very long. They will often be found more satisfactory than flowering plants, because their richly colored foliage will take the place of flowers, and it will be in evidence at all times; while few flowering plants will afford a constant show of color. The gray centaurea and the orange-yellow pyrethrum (golden feather) can be used with the scarlet and yellow varieties of coleus, with fine effect. Don't be sparing of water on your window boxes. Ninety-nine cases of failure out of a hundred result from a lack of sufficient water. Being exposed to the air on all sides, evaporation takes place very rapidly. Apply water by the painful instead of the bowel, and there need be no failure to grow just as good plants in the window box as in the garden beds. CULTURE OF HARDY ANNUALS By LIMA P. ROSE. Seeds of hardy annuals should be sown early, in shallow boxes or pots and placed in a warm window, or a hotbed. A second sowing ought to be made from two to four weeks after for a succession, as well as to provide against failure the first time. The most convenient receptacle for seed is a shallow box from two to three inches deep and of any convenient size. The best soil for all of the smaller kinds is a very fine, rich, sand loam. The very best soil is that taken from old hotbeds, or from old pasture land, piled up in soils and allowed to rot for two or three years and then mixed with sand and a little old stable manure. Give the tiny plants plenty of air and moisture, yet rot too much water, or they will "damp off." Get pots two inches or more in diameter and plant the young seedlings along the edges of the pots, so that as soon as the warmth through they can be easily out and planted singly, as by that time they will have good roots. Do not cover seeds too deeply. This is a common and disastrous mistake. To some people the means to health lies in "something in a bottle," with no other consideration. The means to health and happiness lies in other methods as well. To properly observe hygienic laws and use every precaution and agency is the safest and surest way to gain the road to well-ville. There is no medicine which will substitute for sleep, fresh air, proper food and happiness. To keep the body ladened with the poison of alcohol and expect no evil results is pitting one's hope against certainty and ill results. To spend night after night ness. To keep the body laden with the poison of alcohol and expect no evil results is pitting one's hope against certainty and ill results. To spend night after night in losing sleep is preparing for a breakdown which will come, perhaps not suddenly, but surely. While it may be true that a few people overeat, the most of folks are apt to have bad results from injudicious or badly prepared or preserved food. Whole-some food, regularly eaten, has injured no one in history. We have many diseases of malnutrition and very few of overeating. The wise man is the one who heeds the danger signals instead of trying to overrun them. Advice is easily given, but habits are hard to break, so that many men feel that they must give something which is governed by the clock rather than telling folks what they can do with their brains and will power. "Something in a bottle will not correct all our ills, nor will doing things blindly help much. If we could remember that the laws of nature do not favor mankind more than other species perhaps all of us would be better off. And the more nearly we stick close to natural laws the better off we will be. To drink a reasonable amount of water is good, but there ought to be some solids to keep up the normal consistency of the intestines. Men working in real hot places, where they must drink a lot of cold water to keep comfortable have learned that oatmeal or some other ingredient in water keeps them from having cramps. For although water is excellent to carry off waste, it alone makes too much drain and dilutes the fluids of the intestines too much, to say nothing of the mild irritation it causes to the glands. These irritated and weakened glands make the typhoid germ a fine place to get to work, which is one of the reasons we have more typhoid epidemics in the fall and late summer than any other season. If something has caused a diarrhoea, the best thing to do is to clean out the intestines with a brisk cathartic and then take something to stop the drain. The opium derivatives are about the most effective and also stop the pain. TABERNACLE RAPTIST CHURCH. The interest in the church seems to be manifested nicely and the church work seems to be progressing both spiritually and financially. Mrs. Paris Williams' baby and Mrs. J. H. Roman, who have been on the sick list, are reported much better at this writing. When in need of the Sayman toilet articles call at the home of Mrs. S. B. White, 26 East Tenth street. She will be glad to supply you. Mr. Josh Miller and Miss Magnolia Harris were united in marriage Friday, July 28th. We are pleased to congratulate them. Mr. Sam Burkett still remains on the sick list. Mrs. Mary Roman entertained at the parsonage Wednesday evening fourteen guests. A reception in honor of Roberta and Theodore Roman. The little ones all seemed to have enjoyed themselves. The P. P. club, which has been newly organized, will serve refreshments at the church Saturday evening. Every one is cordially invited. Refreshments of the season. Mrs. Carrie Gillett requests all parties desiring massaging and manicuring work done to call at 22 East Ninth street. Mrs. Pierce of Carney, Iowa, is the guest of her mother this week, Mrs. Nancy White. Mr. Gus Young, who has been on the sick list, is much better at this writing. Mrs. S. B. White returned to her home Saturday from Keokuk, Iowa, having been there attending the grand session of the International Order of Twelve. She reports a pleasant session. Rev. T. C. Bolling returned to his home in Enterprise, Iowa, after a visit of three days. He preached at Mt. Zion Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. Rev. Roman, the pastor of Tabernacle Baptist church, preached to splendid sermons morning and evening. All that were present felt that it was good to be there. Just the Thing for Diarrhoea. "About two years ago I had a severe attack of diarrhoea, which lasted over a week," writes W. C. Jones, Suford, N. D. "I became so weak that I could not stand upright. A druggist recommended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first does relied me and within two days I was as well as ever." Many druggists recommend this remedy because they know that it is reliable. Obtainable everywhere. Wednesday, August 2, the members of the alumni met at the home of Mrs. Lenora Shepard, 2130 Grand Avenue. An informal program, consisting of vocal and instrumental music, was rendered by Mrs. Georgia Allen, Mrs. F. K. Nicholson and Miss Marie Wilkerson. Following the program the guests filed into the beautifully decorated dining room and their places at the table by means of place cards. The toasts werebrilliant bits of literary effort. Mrs. Shepherd was the Phyllis Wheatley of the alumni, her subject being "A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing." Mrs. Allen's subject was "Ambition the Means To Success." Mr. H. Brown spoke on "Preparedness." Mrs. Nicholson spoke on "Watchful Waiting." Miss Marie Wilkerson spoke on "The Right Kind of An Education." Mr. Lewis Henry on "Education." Mrs. Belle Hall spoke on "Finding One's Niche in Life." The guests departed feeling greatly benefited by the beautiful thoughts conveyed. WASHINGTON, IOWA, NEWS. Mrs. Taylorof South Rock Island visited at the Motts home this week. The Ladies' Aid of the A. M. E. church met at the church on Thursday afternoon and the Mite Missionary society met on Friday p. m. Howard Motts expects to go to Des Moines in the near future for an indefinite stay. Sorry to lose Howard, as he is one of the boys. Samuel Hall, Jr., is contemplating attending the Booker T. Washington school the coming winter. Sorry to lose him. Mr. Johnson of Cedar Rapids is the new barber at the Mose Hall barber shop. Rev. Boyd and N. L. Black were in attendance at the banquet at Hotel Colenso tendered Senator Cannon of Utah, who spoke at the First U. P. church on "Mormonism" on Tuesday evening. About thirty business and professional men of the city were present. ROBERTS 35DROPS FOR RHEUMATISM SYPHILIS AND ALL DISEASES ARISING FROM MULLEBURN The time is fast approaching when Rev. Boyd will take his departure for conference, and the congregation is loath to have him leave. During his stay of two years in our midst he has done a wonderful work, and should he be permitted to return to this charge he will be received with open arms, and the good work will still go on. There is a great deal of work to be done here yet and he is the man that is fitted to accomplish this end. Mrs. A. L. Hall expects to visit at Brunswick, Missouri, in the near future a sister. J. D. Daniels is contemplating a with friends. Liver Trouble. "I am bothered with liver trouble about twice a year," writes Jos Dingman, Webster City, Iowa. "I have pains in my side and back and an awful soreness in my stomach. I heard of Chamberlain Tablets and tried them. 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Miss Irene Pemberton is visiting in Kansas City. Miss Frances Mitchell is in Maryville visiting. Miss Laura Goodwin is in our city, after visiting in KansasCity. Mr. Henry and Dick Johnson of Gravity are in our city on business. Mr. Robt. Franklin is visiting relatives in St. Joe. Mrs. Edna James has gone to Omaha, where she will make her future home. The Best Laxative. To keep the bowels regular the best laxative is outdoor exercise. Drink a full glass of water half an hour before breakfast and eat an abundance of fruit and vegetables, also establish a regular habit and be sure that your bowels move once each day. When a medicine is needed take Chamberlain's Tablets. They are pleasant to take and mild and gentle in effect. Obtainable everywhere. MARIA MAYORA Mme. M. Beard Hair Grower It removes dandruff, stops itching of the scalp and makes it grow long, soft and beautiful. Price 50c a box. Send stamp for pamphlet The Bystander collector will be in your city in a few days. Please see and pay him your subscription. Country Butter Choice Meats THE GOOD ROADS ENTHUSIAST cannot tail to appreciate the Highway Exhibit MISS RUTH LAW, Queen of the Aviation World, will demonstrate woman's ability in the realm of aviation. She will fly both day and night TWO DAYS OF AUTO RACES, in which the leading race drivers of the country will compete THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEI, one of the most beautiful and spectacular pageants ever presented, will be given every evening in front of the amphitheatre. EIGHT BANDS AND ORCHHESTRAS will furnish concerts every hour of the day and evening BRILLIANT HORSE SHOWS AND LIVE STOCK TABLEAUX every evening in the Stock Pavilion. A hundred and one other matters and features of interest. The Iowa State Fair stands first in all the world of fairs and expositions. The Reason for a Telephone Company's Depreciation Reserve Patch up a suit of clothes how you will, it will gradually wear out and have to be replaced by a new one. Just so it is with the telephone property. Some parts of it wear out quicker than others, but repair it again and again as we do, finally it wears out. In addition to the wearing out of the property a good many of the parts are year by year becoming obsolete and out-of-date and are replaced by something better. Each year we set aside out of the money we take in from the sale of telephone service an amount which we estimate represents the wearing out of our telephone property during that period. This money is invested back in the plant, and thus temporarily employed as additional capital on which no dividends or interest charges are paid. Through our policy of setting aside a depreciation reserve to provide for the rebuilding or replacement of the property, present telephone users pay for the wearing out of the plant instead of passing the debt on to the next generation. Lack of recognition of this principle has caused many failures in private industries and is a frequent mistake in public institutions. Our policy of setting aside a depreciation reserve is now generally accepted as the fairest way to provide for the rebuilding or replacement of the equipment when it wears out. THE BYSTANDEK Iowa Phone 778 Rates $1 per day Automatic 3952 Tenth Avenue Hotel 1 block from C. & N. W. Ry. All Rooms are Warm. Restaurant and Lunch Room SPECIATIES Chop Suey Chili Con Carne Yockeme Oysters in Season Special attention given to Theatrical People Barber Shop in connection F. F. JACKSON, PROP. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Clinton, Iowa Subscribe for The Bystander. Buxton Cafe 135 E. Grand Ave, A Good Restaurant and Rooming House H. D. WILLIAMS, Proprietor. (Known as Hustler William.) DES MOINES, IOWA Also has a Confectionary and Bar- ber Shop at Carney. PORO Satisfaction Hair Grower Guaranteed Satisfaction Guaranteed PORO Satisfaction Hair Grower Guaranteed Madam M. Downs HAIR CULTURIST (Graduate Poro College of St. Louis) Office Des Moines 3lo½ W. Grand Ava. Iowa ```markdown ``` TH TH THE THE G MISS RU TWO DAYS THE LAST DAYS be given every event EIGHT BANDS A BRILLIANT HOR Stock Pavilion. A hundi The Iowa S Have a Box of ORO Sent by Ar Poro College Co , 3100 Pine Please mention name , 3100 Pine Street, Dept Q. S mention name of this paper when writ E. A. Poro College Co, 3100 Pine Street, Dept Q. St. Louis, Mo. Please mention name of this paper when writing. NEW Elite Restaurant New Reliable Place to Eat --- VVV IOWA STATE FAIR EXPOSITION Aug. 23-Sept. 1, 1916 The 1916 fair will be all that other fairs have been and more. Many new features will be offered, both in educational lines and in the way of entertainment. THE HORN OF PLENTY will be reproduced exactly as it appeared at the recent Panama-Pacific Exposition. A COW TEST EXHIBIT, a feature new, practical, instructive and entertaining FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION, Boys and Girls' Club Work. Boys' Judging Contests, Baby Health Contests, Boys' Camp, and lectures and demonstrations on subjects of interest to the young. THE STOCK GROWER will enjoy the Greatest Exhibit of Live Stock to be seen in the entire country. THE MAN INTERESTED IN POWER FOR THE FARM should see the Tractor Show, Power Hall and the unending array of farm machinery and labor-saving implements. THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW will present all the 1917 models, all that is new and improved in motor vehicles. A hundred and one other matters and features of interest. L. E. Hanger Des Moines et, Dept Q. St. Louis, Mo. as paper when writing. E. A. LONDON Pool and Billiards Barber Shop, Cleaning and Pressing Soft Drinks, Tobacco and Cigars. Your Patronage Solicited 229 W. 3rd Street BYSTANDER PUBLISHING CO., PUBLISHERS DES MOINES, IOWA JOHN L. THOMPSON, EDITOR FRIDAY. AUGUST 11, 1916 Published every Friday by the Bystander Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa. Office in Chemical building, corner Seventh and Mulberry streets. 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It was established in 1894, and is read by nearly all the colored people of Iowa. We have correspondents in the following towns: Albia ..... Miss May Day Washington ..... N. L. Blas Burlington ..... Mrs. L. M. Ab Mommouth, Ill..Mrs. Berrice Miss Colfax ..... Mrs. Gertrude Brodda Minneapolis ..... Mrs. R. L. Buttle Clinton ..... A. A. Bus Macon, Mo ..... Lucy Harris Mason City ..... Mrs. Maud Brewto Keokuk ..... Miss Ruth Blan St. Paul, Minn ..... Mrs. Hattie Hick Scandia, Iowa ..... Mrs. J. M. Montag Rock Island, Ill..Mr. Earle Reynold Davenport ..... Mrs. D. J. Johnse Oskaloosa ..... Mrs. Cora Moa Centerville ..... Miss Cora M. Crittende ```markdown ``` We are the industurers of colored women in order to introduce to introduce are sending free our lattes styles for shopping men, in the latest hair dressing Every corded woman should have a guarantee every article we sell or money refunded. All hair will position the same as your own. We manufacture a STRAIGHTENER we manufacture a STRAIGHTENER extra heavy back, absolutely the best and most - serviceable made full at the low price of 89 cents we give a lamp cup free. Send your order for this straightening comb today. Sent postpaid for 69 A FULL LINE of Hair Brush, the best article is illustrated and he be bought for less than offered elsewhere. Send two-cent stamp for book today. HUMANIA HAIR COMPANY, 181-187 Park Row, New York. Department 61. Granulated Sore Eyes Cured. "For twenty years I suffered from a bad case of granulated sore eyes says Martin Boyd of Henrietta, K. "In February, 1903, a gentleman asked me to try Chamberlain's Salve I bought one box and used about two thirds of it and my eyes have driven me any trouble since." The salve is for sale by all dealers. When in Ft. Dodge go to Wright & Venable Café 225 Central Avenue Ft. Dodge, Prompt Service. 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