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METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE For the next 15 days we will sell our books at these big reductions: Those worth $2.00 now $1.35 Those worth $1.50 now $1.00 Those worth $1.00 now .75 Children Baby's books, worth 50c for 35c All best authors and will make beautiful and valuable presents Call and look at them. Take no ones word; look for yourself. Do not send off for a book until you see ours. Louis Valee If you receive your mail by Rural Free Delivery or Star Route, or at a post office where there is no newsdealer handling it, you can get the ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE-DEMOGRAT every day except Sudday, six days in every week, under a special offer (not open to subscribers who live in towns served by local newsdealers) for $2.50--ONE YEAR-$2.50 NOT as incomplete and imperfect "Rural Route Edition." Thepaper for which other subscribers regularly pay, and are willing to pay, $400 per year. The REAL DAILY GLOBE DEMOCRAT All the news of al, the earth, without bias or prejudice. 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Just the thing and a Big Bargain for those readers who not care for a large daily paper or who desire to supplement their home dailies by taking a metropolitan paper for the news of the world ORDER the edition you prefer TO-DAY SAMPLE COPIES FREE. Notes For The W. E. & M. Society of First Missionary Baptist church 12th St. Cairo. Our Society is in fine working order. We have added on a sewing circle which meets with the society every Thursday in each week. Our pastor Rev. J. H. Starks has worked earnestly in his efforts to make the society a success. We met last Thursday at the residence of sister Hester Taylor 519-12th St. Sister Taylor is confined to her bed with illness, but she made us welcome at her home. Bro. Editor we are sending you a paper which was read in our meeting by sister Nellie Starks. Please print same in your paper. You will find enclosed the names of three new subscribers for 1 year. Mrs. Emma Farrow. Pres. W. E. M. Society. Mrs. Mary Cook. Secretary. er and journal for every mem- y Farm and Home Magazine price $1.00 per year. Special Subscriptions for One Dollar. in for those readers who not care desire to supplement their home paper for the news of the you prefer TO-DAY SAMPLE Company, Publishers JUS, MO. Home And Its Pleasures. Home is the first and most important school of character It is there that every human being receives their best moral training or their worst. For it is there that they inbibe those principles of conduct which endures through manhood or womanhood and cease only with life. It is a common saying that manners makes man and there is a second that mind makes man truer than either is a third that that home makes man or woman. For the home training includes not only manners and mind but character. It is mainly in the home that the heart is opened and the habits are formed, the intellect is awakened and the character molded for good or evil. The poorest dwelling presided over by a thrifty cheerful and cleanly woman is to man a refuge from the storms of life, a sweet MOTTO : " HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. " resting place after labor, a consolation in misfortune, a pride in prosperity and a joy at all times. The good home is thus the best of school not only in youth but in age. The young and the old best learn cheerfulness patience self and the spirit of service and duty A MINISTER ORDAINED at Antioch Baptist Church, Metropolis, Sunday Night. A council was called by the Antioch Baptist church of Metropolis, last Saturday Feb. 21st for the purpose of examining Bro. Thos. Morris, as to his qualification to be set apart to the work of the gospel ministry. Elders G. W. Dorsey, representing the Hopewell Baptist church, Carbondals; R. Earl, representing the Baptist church, of Marion; J. B. McCrary, repeating the Providence Baptist church, Belgrade; Bros. Wm. P. Crouse, and Wm. Porter, deacons of the Antioch Baptist church, Metropolis, composed the council. After the temporary organization, Elder R. Earl, was elected moderator, Bro. W. P. Crouse, was elected secretary, and Elder G. W. Dorsey, was elected catechiser. All of the preliminary work out of the way the council proceeded to the examination and after testing the candidate as to his knowledge of a certain line of studies and finding him qualified to enter into the work of the ministry. The council recommend to the church their approval which was accepted by the church and the time for ordination set for Sunday night. The ordination sermon was delivered by Dr. Dorsey, which was pointed and full of instruction and food for the candidate, church and congregation, as it was a sermon brim full of information which is characteristic of the man. Text: II. Tim. 4:2 v. The ordination prayer was offered by Elder Earl, with the laying on of hands. The charge to the church, to the candidate and presentation of the Bible was given by Elder McCrary and then the hand of fellowship followed after declaring the candidate being a regular ordained Elder, ready for the pastorate of the Little Flock Baptist church of E'town, who had asked for his ordination. The council, also the church of which Elder Thos. Morris, is a member can recommend him as a fit and worthy christian gentleman, not so much on the account of his literary attainments but, for his open christian life and the knowledge of the Bible. Good services were held all day notwithstanding the rain which came down almost incessantly at night, which kept many away but in spite of this a good size audience witnessed the work. Elder J. B. McCrary, preached at 11:00 a.m., text, I. Cor. 11:28 and at conclusion he received several compliments, hand shakes from the members and eulogies from the ministers, for the logical as well as for the masterly delivery of the sermon. Elder R. Ear, delivered a strong gospel and spiritual sermon at 3:00 p. m., which caused many amens, and hearty hand shakes. He is no novice by any means when the subject "preach" is assigned him. Text, Matt. 28:18,19 Revs Benj. Kelly offered prayer at the morning service and Rev. Wm. Barnett at the night service. The ministers were invited to return. The Missionary Speaks. Cairo, Ill., Feb. 18, 1914 Brother Editor of the Metropolis Gazette: my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Romans x:1-2. As missionary on the district work of our associaition, I find that there is a great deal of unpleasantness in the churches of calling and settling pastors to take charge, of which I look upon it, to be a very important question. I would like to state here for the good of the churches. First a church without a pastor, and is desirous of securing one, has need of much prayer. A pastor can do so much to upbuild a church or disrupt its membership that great care should be exercised, and reliance upon mere human judgment and foresight should be discarded. The church should approach the Subject in an attitude of prayer, believing in the power of the Holy Ghost to guide right. 2nd A pulpit committee should be appointed to have charge of filling the pulpit during the interval between pastors, they should be men above repreach. 3rd This committee should put itself in touch with local ministers, in whom it has confidence and find out the ministers of good repute that might be secured by the church. Valuable aid is often given by neighboring pastors. 4th If suitable information is not obtainable from local sources, a correspondence might be commenced with men abroad that are able to give the desired information. 5th When satisfied as to the record and ability of a minister, a letter should be addressed to him expressing the desire of the church to hear him preach and know him better, with a view to further consideration. 6 If his exposition of the word of God is found to be edifying, and his record in previous fields is what is desirable, it is then proper to extend a call, fixing the salary in the letter of call, and designating the time for an answer, which time should be as ample as the interests of the church will permit. 7 Care should be taken to not lay too much stress upon the sermon or sermons preached by the prospective candidate. His record is a far more vital question. 8 The church should not sit supinely down and wait for the pastor to come invariably irresponsible adventurers, swarm around such a church when a church seeks a pastor intelligently it is more than likely to get the best possible material. When it yields itself up to be sought by the worthy and unworthy alike, the former is likely to be too modest to enter into such an undignified scramble, and the field is left to the unworthy. 9 During the period of being pastonless care should be taken to prevent the coming of men who are self-seeking and not mindful of the welfare of the church. A regular supply, if possible, would be best for the church. 10 While it is undoubted right of the majority to rule, yet in the matter of calling a pastor, the wishes of a respectable minority should be respected. The call should, if possible be unanimous unless three fourths of the members favor the party called, it is very doubtful as to whether he should accept good seldom results from a pastorate opposed from the beginning by a large minority of the members. The Missionary Baptist church is a Orthodox but not in practice, there is no scripture authority for temporary pastor. I further call your attention to article 13 of the constitution of the ministers and deacon's union. I sincerely pray that our ministers and churches will observed these few lines. If the principle is right put them in practice, for the good of the Master's cause. I was with the First Missionary Baptist church Metropolis, Ill., the 3rd Sunday on a regular visit but did not get to, preach but acted as a alternate for Rev. Bunch of Paris Tenn., They have a very fine church there and the members seemed to have a mind to work. They are without a pastor, but they need a good pastor in that field of work. I am yours in the work of the Master's Cause. J. H. Knowles, Missionary. JOPPA. Mrs. Laura Bradley, entertained the Independent Club Monday afternoon and there were 14 members present. After all of the business was over we were served to a delicious three course menu. The club is growing in interest and finance. Our worthy pastor Rev. D. Parrish, was with us Sunday and preached two strong sermons which was very beneficial to all. He was in S. S. in the afternoon and we had an old time covenant meeting. Mr. W. Crigler has been very ill but is better now. Mr. Frank Huff made, a flying trip to Cairo, Monday on business. MT. VERNON. Dear Editor, it has been quite a while since I have spoken to you through the columns of your valuable paper, but, have not slept so sound as not to remember that it takes one dollar per year to keep it going, which please find enclosed herewith. Thanks sister Wilkerson, and we wish more of our readers were just as considerate.—Editor. Please allow me to say that we closed very successful revival here of ten nights duration with 8 conversions. We had with us Rev. Dr. G. W. Dorsey, who stood in in the gateway breaking the bread of life and we realized that our Heavenly Father had not forsaken the Corrinthian Baptist church We were at peace and alive but we wanted more laborers in the vineyard, and by the instruction of our worthy pastor Dr. W. P. Washington, we selected Rev. D se , of C rbondale who proved more than a match for the sinners. The church is greatly revived and our meeting was a success spiritually and financially. We feel like going and doing a great work this year. We have our worthy pastor with us for all of his time to instruct us and lead us. The B. Y. P. U , S. S. and the whole church are alive. God bless Ds. Dorsey, and may he live long to preach the gospel. The Carnation Art Club The program given Monday night by the Sunday School scholars at the Free Will Baptist church was a grand success. In spite of the inclement weather a goodly number was present to witness that interesting program. Last Monday afternoon in spite of the snow fastly falling the home of Mrs. Minnie Woods was well crowded by the members of the Carnation Art Club and visitors. Several new members were received and duly noted. Five visitors were present in the persons of Rev J. B. McCrary, Messrs N. W. Long, George McCrary, Jr., Roy Buchanan and Mrs. Victoria Mayes, of the A. M. E. church, these five persons are not the best in oratory but gave us to know that they are trying to be. Twenty five friends were present Mr. V. E. Shannon came in at the 11th hour at eating time but did not forget to leave his contribution. Mrs. M. B. Woods, was royally assisted by her cousin Mrs. Marjorie Taylor. After the general routine of business the hostesses invited their royal guest into the dining room where a sumptuous two course luncheon was served. FIRST COURSE. Beef Loaf Sandwiches BROOKPORT Dear Editor: The Unity Baptist church is getting along nicely. Rev. Coleman was with us Sunday night and preached a wonderful sermon from the 5th chapter of Mats, and 8th verse. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. We had a revival which was conducted by Rev. Coleman which was a great success. At the close of our revival he called a union meeting for the purpose of uniting the two churches into one faction. After a short sermon St. Paul was seated on one side and New Hope on the other. St. Paul offered a resolution on what terms she would unite as follows: That both fractions disband all officers, sell property, select a new home for the church and build a new church somewhere between the creek and the railroad, and the united body elect new officers, the resolution was agreed to an they were united into one body. Rev. Coleman was appointed to preach the uniting sermon the night following and preached a good sermon after preaching a nominating committee was appointed to elect officers to report at a call meeting. We thank Rev. V. 8. Smith, pastor of Washington St. church Paducah, and pay for his success for recommending to us such a man as Rev. J. Coleman, tor he is a good man and has made many friends here. T. H. Flowers, Reporter. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS MAJOR ROBERT R. MOTON 10 Major Robert R. Moton, commandant of Hampton Institute for over twenty years, is, next to Booker T. Washington, the most distinguished graduate of Hampton. He is president of the Negro Organization Society of Virginia, and secretary of the Jeanes Fund Board. Major Moton has traveled all over the country with Booker T. Washington, and is credited with exerting a tremendous influence in bringing white and colored people into more helpful relations. David F. Houston, federal secretary of agriculture, is a firm believer in the need for co-operative action among farmers. In a recent address before the national grange he said: "In simple justice the producer must be paid specifically for what he produces and for nothing else, and the consumer must receive what he thinks he purchases and must be willing to pay a fair price for a good product. It is absolutely clear that before the problems of rural credit and of marketing the individual farmer, acting alone, is helpless. Nothing less than concerted action will suffice. Cooperation is absolutely essential. The same business sense and the same organizing genius which have placed this nation in the front rank in industry must be invoked for agriculture. "I am not advocating an organization which will attempt to establish a closed market and to fix prices. I am advocating simply an economic arrangement which will facilitate production and enable the producer to find the readiest and best market for his product and the consumer to receive his supplies at the lowest cost. It goes without saying that the members of the co-operative society must be those who are bona fide producers, and that every approach of the exploiter must be aggressively repelled. The object must be specifically economic and not remotely political." The proper distance between the eyes is the width of one eye. A few days ago at Tuskegee, Ala., was celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of Negro farming. The subject of discussion was "Fifty Years of Negro Farm Life." The conference was preceded by a parade showing the improvements that have been made in farming during that period. Among the features were the Negro farmer of half a century ago with his cob pipe, ox and wooden plough. The wooden plough was followed by another old-time farmer with a small mule and a scooter plough. Then came a more up-to-date farmer with a good mule, but still a one-horse plough. Next a two-horse plough, followed by a four-horse gang plough, disc harrow, roller, seed drill, mower, blinder, thrasher, gasoline engine, corn harvester, cotton stalk chopper and other farming implements. At the workers' conference "The Conservation of Negro Health" was discussed. It is estimated that every year sickness and death cost the Negroes of the country $60,000,000. Among the many definitions of genius, that of Thomas A. Edison has the virtue of brevity, not to say wit: "Genius is two per cent. inspiration and 98 per cent. perspiration." What a girl likes about an engagement ring is that it doesn't back up her blushing denials. Gusdaloupe is growing a new kind of coffee introduced from the Congo country. This is known as "coffee robuste," and it was discovered in 1898. Farm segregation, as the newest and most pressing development of the Negro problem in the south, was the main topic of the public conference at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People he in New York recently. Te speaker who told of the movement, to curtail the land holdings of Negroes was Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, director of publicity and research for the association and the first to spread the facts of the situation in the north. He attacked the position of Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer, as one of the chief supporters of the idea of farm segregation, and reviewed the progress in agriculture and property in land on the part of the Negro, which has led to the plan to limit his activities. Dr. DuBois began his talk on farm segregation by reviewing the solution of the Negro problem suggested twenty-five years ago: "Take the Negro out of politics. Train him for work, particularly for farm work. The result will be the disappearance of the Negro problem." He went on to give statistics to show that the Negro has submitted to practical disfranchisement throughout a large part of the south, and to complete social discrimination against him, to gain the chance for education and independent support. The results have been, Dr. DuBois asserted, that the Negro schools have been neglected, that a large proportion of the Negro children are not in school, and that there has been quiet but determined opposition to the success of the higher schools for Negroes, while in the industrial and agricultural field the Negro has had to contend against tremendous odds. Instead of welcoming the fact that despite odds the Negro has developed his abilities and acquired farm property, as the working out of the solution suggested a quarter of a century ago, Dr. DuBois said, the advancement of the race has aroused alarm. So long as the Negro accepted education as training to work for the white man there was no trouble, he said, but when he began to work for himself, objections at once suggested themselves. The result is the proposition of Clarence Poe, as editor of the Progressive Farmer, that when the greater part of the acreage of a section is owned by one race the voters may say that no land within this section shall be sold to a member of another race, provided the vote is reviewed and approved by a judge or a county commission. This plan, Dr. DuBois asserted, is based on the theory of race segregation, which has resulted in degradation and failure in the case of the Indians, and which is now aimed at a far larger class, the Negroes. Mrs. Robert M. LaFollette told the good qualities of the Negroes as citizens as she had observed them, their ambition, their willingness to work, their love of home and their natural cheerfulness. In closing she urged that the checking of the activity of the race meant danger to the nation. A room in a school in Los Angeles has been modeled after the principal room in a Roman house, in the belief that the pupils will learn Latin more rapidly in appropriate surroundings. The Yorkshire (England) village of Kettlewell, which was only recently furnished with electric light, is yet without telephones. Race prejudice and its eradication were the topics discussed at the second of the season's Saturday luncheons of the Republican club at New York. Discrimination against the Jews, Japanese, Chinese and negro was taken up respectively by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Schulman, Rabbi of Temple Beth-el; Dr. Toyckichi Syenaga, professor of history in the University of Chicago; Prof. H. C. Mel, secretary of the China Society of America, and Butler R. Wilson of Boston. Speaking in behalf of the negro, Mr. Wilson said that appeals to the church, society and the agents of the constitution had alike failed to ameliorate conditions, and that the government had bowed down to race prejudice. In the south, the speaker said, race prejudice was unreasoning and fixed, while in the north it was emotional hysteria. Napoleon III. strictly limited preachers before him to a quarter of an hour, and if they exceeded it an officer of the imperial household stepped to the pulpit and stopped the discourse. Wooden pails are being displaced by steel receptacles, says the American Machinist. For the paint trade alone one plant turns out every year 4,000,000 steel pails to hold white lead. More than 3,000 cases of typhoid fever were reported in New York city in the month of September. New York's first elevated railroad was built in Greenwich street in 1857 and was operated by a cable which ran underground and over the structure upon spider wheels. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. You Look Prematurely Old WOULDN'T TRUST THE 'GATOR Darkey Had by No Means Lost His Faith, but He Was Just a Little Apprehensive. Bishop McDowell tells a story about a southern baptism. A colored preacher was dipping his converts in the waters of a tropical stream when one old darkey saw a crocodile sunning himself on the opposite bank. When his turn came to be immersed he drew back, casting terror-stricken eyes at the sleeping saurian. “What’s de mattah wid yo’, brudder,” said the parson; “yo all ain’t skeered o’ dat dart gator, is yo?” The darkey admitted frankly that he was. “Don’ yo’ all’ member de story ob Jonah an’ de whale, an’ how de whale dun split up Jonah on de shoah?” “Yes, passon, Ah’ members erbout Jonah. But dat whale dun hab a conscience. Dat’ gator looks lak he might to go sleep an’ fergit all erbout me.” His Vow Came to an Anti-Climax. A much-bearded man rambled into a barber shop and submitted to a shave, a haircut, a shampoo, a singe, a massage and everything else the barber could think of, at the same time listening with keenest enjoyment to the tonsorialist's remarks about all things on earth and in the waters under the earth. So long before that he had forgotten the gentleman's name and what office he was running for the old man had vowed never to be shaved or shorn until So-and-So was elected. When he as last awoke to a realization that nobody cared if he never shaved he concluded to shave just to show 'em that he didn't care whether they cared or not.—Kansas City Star. Queer English Duty. Americans will be interested to know that from 1660 it has been customary to take a duty as one of the hereditary customs of the crown. In 1660 there was duty of eight pence a gallon on all the tea liquor sold in all coffee houses—a great inconvenience to tea drinkers, because it was surveyed only twice a day by the excise officers, and so could only be brewed twice a day—London Mail. Wye—Thanks! (puff, puff). Capital weed this. Aren't you going to smoke, too? Exe (examining the remaining one) —No, I think not. Wye—What's the matter? Did you give me the wrong one?—Boston Transcript. George Ade on Matrimony. George Ade, discussing matrimony in an after-dinner speech at the Chicago Athletic club, said: "Marriage has the effect of giving a man a swelled head. "Many a time, looking at this husband, or that, I say to myself: "Ah, if that man were only as wise as he thinks his wife thinks he is!" Had the Proof. Stonemason (in box describing assault—He walks into my yard and rams me up agen one o' my own stones. Counsel—Did he hurt you? Stonemason—Hurt me! Why, I've got 'sacred to the memory of 'stamped all down me back.' Tattler. Between the Acts "Sir," said the man in the orchestra chair, "in passing to and fro you have ruined my silk hat." "I cannot help that, sir," said the other. "If you had gone out between the acts yourself your hat would not have suffered!"—Puck. Badly Expressed. "Doctor, I'm sorry to bring you away out to the suburbs." "Don't mention it. You see, I have another patient out this way, consequently I can kill two birds with one stone." Progress "How is your Shakespearian club getting on?" "Splendidly. We learned two new steps last week."- Life. Mother Olsen's Sweet Powders for Children Believe Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and are a pleasant remedy for Worms. Used by Mothers for 24 years. They are so pleasant to make and are so full. All Drugstists, 25c. Sample FREE, Address, A. S. Olmsted, Le Ro, N. Y. Adv. Her Preference "What kind of cut do you prefer in meat?" "A cut price." A man always expects his wife to be a lot better than he expects her to expect him to be. They stop the tickle—Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops stop coughs by stopping the cause—5c at Drug Stores. It's a good plan to mind your own business. If you don't some one else will. In addition to the love of money there are the queer ways we have of getting rid of it. Putnam Fadeless Dyes will last until the goods wear out. Adv. It isn't always the biggest man who looks down on his neighbors. No Rest-No Peace "When Your Back is Lame-Remember the Name" DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS Sold by all Dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Proprietors There's no rest and but little peace for a person whose kidneys are out of order. Lame in the morning, suffering cricks in the back and sharp stabs of pain with every sudden strain, the day is just one round of pain and trouble. It would be strange if all-day backache did not wear on the temper, but it is not only on that account that people who suffer with weak kidneys are nervous, cross and irritable. Uric acid is poison to the nerves, and when the kidneys are not working well, this acid collects in the blood and works upon the nerves, causing headache, dizziness, languor, an inclination to worry over trifles, and a suspicious, short temper. Rheumatic pain, neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, neuritis and gravel are further steps in uric acid poisoning. Don't neglect kidney weakness. An aching back, with unnatural passages of the kidney secretions, is cause enough to suspect the kidneys. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, a remedy which has been used for years, the world DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS Sold by all Dealers WITH FATHER AS A MODEL Seems Likely That Is Where Imperious Youth Got His Idea of the Duties of a Wife. "You fill the palls with sand, and let me turn them out," suggested six-year-old Jack to little Doris. His playmate obediently complied. "Now we'll build a castle, and you shall fetch the water to go round it," exclaimed Jack. Dutifully the little maid struggled up and down the beach, carrying buckets of water. "Can't you fetch the water now, Jack," she suggested, "and let me pour it round? "Girls can't do that properly," answered the boy. "Let's paddle. But, I say, Doris, do you want to marry me when you grow up? "Yes—oh, yes!" Doris was delighted at the prospect. The boy, however, assumed a bored air, and lazily extended his feet toward her. "Very well, then," he said nonchalantly. "If you're going to be my wife, take off my shoes and stockings!" ECZEMA ON ENTIRE SCALP R. F. D. No. 2, Susheld, Mich.—I was troubled with eczema. It began with a sore on the top of the scalp, broke out as a pimple and grew larger until it was a large red spot with a crust or scab over it. This became larger finally covering the entire scalp and spread to different parts of the body, the limbs and back and in the ears. These sores grew larger gradually until some were as large as a quarter of a dollar. They would itch and if scratched they would bleed and smart. The clothing would irritate them at night when it was being removed causing them to itch and smart so I could not sleep. A watery fluid would run from them. My scalp became covered with a scale and when the hair was raised up it would raise this scale; the hair was coming out terribly. "I treated about six months and got no relief and after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with two applications we could notice a great difference. It began to get better right away. In a month's time I was completely cured." (Signed) Mrs. Bertha Underwood, Jan. 3, 1913. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."—Adr. Practical Celebration He was idealistic and poetical. She was practical—a good matrimonial combination. He came home one evening after a hard day at the office and said: "Maria, my dear, do you realize that tomorrow will be our wooden wedding? We ought to celebrate the occasion somehow, don't you think?" And she said: "Hank, my darling, I know it. Been thinking about it all day, and have it all arranged. I have ordered a big wagon load of kindling to be delivered tomorrow afternoon, and you will come home early from the office and carry it into the cellar." Harsh Judge. Judge Stephen C. Greene, at a dinner in Charleston, was defending a harsh sentence. "I am a conservative," said Judge Greene, "and I believe that it is better for law and order that sentences should err on the side of harshness rather than on the side of lenity. "Look at nature, the great judge of us all. Was there ever a harsher, severer judge than nature, who sentences each and every one of us to hard labor for life?" "He has an offensively important air." "Yes, but that's his away-from-home look." "Every Picture Tells A Story" "Oh, I shall go mad." Your Back is Lame—Remember the I'S KIDNEY Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo Even when a man has a pull he sometimes has to be pushed. Beauty is only skin deep. Also lots of modesty is only on the surface. Astonishing Tobacco Remedy—Guaranteed to instantly remove taste for cigarettes or tobacco any form, or among cheerfully refrained. Need ice and receive wonderful remedy by return mail. Address Desk E, Tobacco Gloss Co., Wichita, Kansas—46. Don't tell a girl you are in love with her and have an idea that she is going to help you out. The man who makes a god of wealth is generally just about as crooked as the dollar mark he worships. Only One "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININR. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVR. Cures a Cold in One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days. Inc. Vienna's Model Tenements. Vienna builds tenements for its poor. Each building is supplied with a co-operative store for the benefit of the tenants. "Still have two cars?" "Yes." "I thought you intended to sell the older one." "No. My son and his high school friends keep the old car busy." "I see. You get the use of the new car yourself." "No, I don't. It keeps the new car hustling to tow the old car home."—Cleveland Plain Dealer A party of Clevelanders entertained some holiday visitors and having showed them everything interesting in Cleveland proper they had to take them to Newburg for a view of the asylum. The superintendent was in a genial frame of mind and he conducted the bunch personally. "Here is a queer case, ladies," he said, pausing at a particular cell. "This man has the delusion that he possesses the motive power that runs the universe. He is perfectly harmless, but he actually believes that without him the world would not move. Strange notion, isn't it?" "Why, not at all!" exclaimed one of the women. "My husband has the same idea and he always has had it. Is he crazy, too?" Is Typhoid Conquered? Vaccination to prevent smallpox is so general in this country and has been so effective in abolishing what was formerly one of the most destructive scourges of the human race that nearly everybody except the small number of people whose temperament predisposes them to "take the other side" accepts it as a matter of course and recognizes in it one of the greatest blessings conferred by modern medical advancement. But typhoid vaccination is somewhat comparatively new, with which the public as a whole is not familiar. Yet it will be well for the public to take heed of the results that have been obtained by its use in the United States army.—Cleveland Leader. 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"Good evening, Daniel O'Connell Moloney," he said gravely to the knickerbacker and freckled elevator boy. Daniel O'Connell grinned cheerfully and whistled through a gap in his front teeth by way of reply. They were sworn friends, the two. At the tenth floor the car stopped and the door slid back. Tremaine removed his hat ceremoniously. Mrs. Alderton Eyke, also theater-ward bound, large and determined in appearance, marched in. At sight of the young attorney she sniffed; a slight, ladylike, well-bred sniff, but nevertheless a sniff. Miss Marjorie Ten Eyke, young and slender, dark-eyed and lovable, followed her mother. She did not look at Tremaine, but the faintest hint of added color appeared for a moment in her smooth cheeks. Arthur Bencoter, caressing a fiercely upturned mustache, which emphasized his sparse five feet five, brought up the rear. Sixty-five inches are not impressive, but a hundred thousand dollars for every inch of it is rather a good average, which the militant Mrs. Ten Eyke fully appreciated. So did Tremaine, with a hungry glance at his lovely former fiancee. When one is a struggling lawyer, just beginning to see light ahead after a two years' battle with callous New York, one gives due consideration to a half-dozen millions—especially when the other fellow has them. "Two months of it," mused Tremaine, mournfully, despite his jaunty bearing, when he had reached the street. "Two months without a look, or a nod, or a smile—because I danced too much with that little Rivers girl! I was a fool to do it, and a fool to quarrel over it, with Mrs. Ten, on the lookout for Mammon every minute. In her eyes I am a 'briefless barrister,' as the English novels say. And little Bencoster isn't a man; he's just a bank—and a mustache. Marjorie can't like the fellow. Still, constant pressure will have its effect sooner or later. If only something would come up to break the ice," and Tremaine got so interested in imagining perilous situations for the fair Marjorie, with himself as the rescuing hero, that he walked three squares beyond his theater. The next morning he overslept and rushed to the elevator with an important engagement almost due. "In a hurry, D. O'C. Moloney," he admonished the youth at the controller. "I'm so late now I haven't time to speak your full name." Daniel O'Connell grinned, and imitated a steam callope by whistling shrilly through the gap in his teeth. With apparent carelessness, he consulted the indicator-board. There was no one waiting to descend. Stealthily he humbled with the levers—swish! The car dropped fifty feet like a dead weight before Tremaine could move a muscle. Gasping for breath, of which the swift descent deprived him, he pictured an awful death when the car should strike the bottom of the shaft. But the mad rush was checked as suddenly as it had begun, and the elevator finished its journey to the ground floor at a pace approved by all sensible and well-regulated lifts. A glimpse of Daniel O'Connell's grinning face in the mirror made all clear. "You young rascal!" ejaculated the lawyer, as he caught his breath, "you did that on purpose!" "Well," retorted the boy, skipping nimbly out of reach, as he threw the door open, "you said youse was in a hurry!" Ten minutes later the pedestrians on Sixty-fourth street were much edified to see a good-looking young man stop suddenly, slap his thigh resoundingly, and laugh aloud. Thereat a fat policeman hastily conned over in a somewhat fat mind the list of those "wanted" at headquarters that day. A newsboy on the wing paused long enough to shout "Bugs!" before he sweoped on again. To all of which Tremalne, joyously absorbed in a great, a stupendous idea, paid not the slightest attention. His high spirits were mysteriously communicative. That evening Daniel O'Connell, in an endeavor to outdo previous calliope performances, almost blew a tooth out. His small chest was puffed like a pouter-pigeon as he laid a crisp $5 note in the lap of his mother. The wintry afternoon was closing as Miss Ten Eyke, in a housegown which to the masculine eye made her beauty simply bewildering, called the elevator to the fourteenth floor of the Alameda. She had spent the afternoon with a girl friend, and as the car stopped, her heart beat a little more rapidly over a certain possibility—that she might encounter Tremaine. For Miss Marjorle was very much in love with the young lawyer, despite their quarrel. She invariably explained to herself at this annoying quickening of the pulses that it was fear, not hope, which made her feel so. Daniel O'Connell approved of Miss Marjorie. She h. d. nice eyes, and a friendly way of lookin' at a feller. Sometimes they talked—about elevators, and books, and a guy's not havin' any chance to go to school, and how it was a good thing to study nights. He was a staunch little partisan, too and talked of his friends of the other sex, chief of whom was Mr. Tremaine. And although when the conversation turned on the lawyer it usually became a monologue, Miss Marjorie was a good listener. Her eyes, would grow soft and she would sigh a little. One day when Daniel O'Connell gleefully told of a case which Tremaine had just won she gave him a quarter. "Down!" said a masculine voice, and Miss Ten Eyke's fear—or hope—was realized. The car stopped at the twelfth floor for Mr. Tremaine. He removed his hat with that air of impersonal courtesy which is so annoying when a person is willing to accept an overture of peace. Of course, she had returned his ring and sent back his notes unopened and refused to speak to him, but that was two whole months ago. Why couldn't he have been more persistent? Didn't he know a girl could change her mind? Oh, dear! The tenth floor, and he wasn't going to even look— Swish! The car seemed to drop from beneath their feet. They were falling! An agonizing vision flashed into Marjorie's mind—a vision of herself, lying crushed and broken at the bottom of the shaft. With a cry which struck remorse to the hearts of the plotters, she turned to Tremaine, hands out stretched: "Morgan dear, save me!" And when Tremaine had gathered her protectingly into his arms, Daniel O'Connell neatly caught the cable again. Mrs. Ten Eyke was spending the evening in Brooklyn, and by the glowing grate Marjorie and Tremaine planned the wedding, down to the last bridesmaid. "I'd like to have Daniel Moloney there, too, dear," said the young man. "He's a—a sort of accomplice of mine—that is—" hastily, "a pal. He's going to be my office boy after the first of the month." "Daniel shall be there," replied Marjorie, warmly, as she nestled more closely to his shoulder. "I just love that boy. You don't know how much he thinks of you. Morgan I'm how glad he's to be—she hesitated a little—and blushed charmingly over the pronoun—'our office boy. It would hardly seem natural if he wasn't there." Morgan winked at a particularly knowing coal in the grate. "Darling," he said, impressively, "it wouldn't be a wedding without him." High Prices a Century Ago. One hundred years ago the problem of the high cost of living was agitating the American people much as it is at the present time. For the high prices prevailing in 1813 neither tariff nor "trusts" was responsible. The cause was the embargo act, a war measure just passed by congress and which absolutely prohibited the people of this country from having any commercial intercourse with other nations. The act went into operation on this date, and the immediate effect was to greatly increase prices on all commodities of foreign production. In Alexandra, Va., salt was quoted at five dollars a bushel, and merchants were refusing offers of six dollars a pound for the tea they had in stock. To show that in some respects the times have changed but little it may be mentioned that in Philadelphia, Wilmington and other cities the people held mass meetings and resolved to discontinue the consumption of certain commodities unless the prices were lessened. Unconscious Pulpit Humor. Regarding unconscious humor in the pulpit, intimations of pastoral visitation are frequent pitfall to ministers attempting to define explicitly the district set apart for the honor of a call. There was one old country clergyman who made the Alpha and Omega of his visitation quite clear by saying that on a certain afternoon he would "begin at the west end of the village and stop at the public house." A bachelor minister, when about to call in a villa district, stated quite frankly: "In these visits I shall, of course, embrace the servants." Longest Poem is English Somebody asks which is the longest poem on record. Isn't it "The Faerie Queene?" The remaining fragment of that poem, a quarter of the original plan, it is as long as Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" and Virgil's "Aeneid" put together; twice as long as Dante's "Diving Commedia" or Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberato;" and three times as long as Milton's "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained" in one. Had Spencer attained his object, his twenty-fourth book, with the "Faerie Queene," he would have outdistanced all the others put together. Had Prepared a Big Story. Sportsman—How big a fish can I take out with this line? Dealer—A ten-pounder, I suppose. Sportsman—That won't do; give me one that will hold a 50-pounder. Dealer—You don't expect to hook one as big as that? Sportsman—Oh, no; but I like to lie consistently. Not Worth the Effort. Sapleigh—I wealy don't know what's the mattah with me. I don't seem able to collect my thoughts. 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Dotterossa Maria Montessori, in her lecture at Carnegie hall, said little children were not naturally destructive, as most parents had reason to suppose, but that the instinct to pull the object to pieces was the only natural thing for a child to do with something it did not understand. Most toys given to children are too complicated, Dr. Montessori asserted. 1913 RECORD Magnificent CROPS in all Western Canada All parts of the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, have produced wonderful yields of Wheat, Oats, Barley and Flax. Wheat, are from Contract to No. 1 Hard, weighed heavy and yielded from 20 to 48 bushels per acre; 22 bushels was about the total average. Mixed Farming may be considered fully as profitable and flax. Wheat, are the excellent grasses full of nutrition, are the only food required either for beef or dairy purposes. In 1912, and again in 1913, at Chicago, Manitoba carried off the Championship for beef steer. Good school meals are excellent. For the homesteader, who wishes to farm extensively, or the investor, Canada offers the biggest opportunity of any place on the continent. "Instead of expecting children to amuse themselves with toys they do not understand, mothers should assume more responsibility for their children's entertainment," she continued. "The mother who drives her child away from her side when she is working makes a pitiful mistake. It is impossible to estimate the effect upon the child's mind if he were never turned away, if he could always be sure of sympathy, and understanding from the person he loves most of all." ANOTHER COFFEE WRECK ANOTHER COFFEE WRECK What's the Use When There's an Easy Way Out? Along with the coffee habit has grown the prevalent "American Disease"—nervous prostration. The following letter shows the way out of the trouble: "Five years ago I was a great coffee drinker and from its use I became so nervous I could scarcely sleep at all nights. My condition grew worse and worse until finally the physician I consulted declared my troubles were due to coffee. "But being so wedded to the beverage I did not see how I could do without it, especially at breakfast, as that meal seemed incomplete without coffee. "On a visit, my friends deprived me of coffee to prove that it was harmful. At the end of about eight days I was less nervous, but the craving for coffee was intense, so I went back to the old habit as soon as I got home and the old sleepless nights came near making a wreck of me. "I heard of Postum and decided to try it. I did not like it at first, because, as I afterwards discovered, it was not made properly. I found, however, that when made after directions on the package, it was delicious. "It had a soothing effect on my nerves, and none of the bad effects that coffee had, so I bade farewell to coffee and have used only Postum since. 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We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year..... 61 00 In Months..... 75 Three Months..... 40 Single Copy..... 05 In Advance. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. I. C R. R. Time Card NORTH BOUND. Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 302 10:10 a.m. 10:26 a.m. 374 2:25 p.m. 3:35 p.m. SOUTH BOUND. Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 375 10:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 305 2:28 p.m. 2:35 p.m. W. L. KRONE. Solicitor Master in Chancery Sale. State of Illinois, Massac County, ss. In the Circuit Court of said County. January Term A. D. 1914. Caroline Chiles Hickrider Va R. G. B. McKee, Bill in Chancery to foreclose mortgage No. 6778. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree entered at the January term of said Court, to-wit, on the 14th day of January A. D., 1014 in the above entitled cause I, S. B. Kerr, Master in Chancery of said County, will, at the hour of 11 o'clock, a. m. Saturday March 7 A. D., 1014 at the East door of the Court House in the City of Metropolis, County of Massac, and the State of Illinois, sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to-wit: The North half of the Northwest quarter of section numbered Eight (3), also southeast fourth of the Northwest quarter of said section Eight (5), in township Fifteen (15), South Range Four (4) east 3rd P. M. Massac County, Illinois containing one hundred and twenty acres more or less. Terms of sale, Cash in hand. Dated this 29th day of of January A. D. 1014. S. BARTLETT KERE, Master in Chancery. The Gazette office for quick work. NOTICE To whom this may concern: The executive Board of the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association will meet with the Mt. Zion Baptist church, Dewmaine Thursday before the 2nd Sunday in March. Cor. Sec'y. BELGRADE There is some sickness in our community, viz., Loslie Brown, Verna and Georgie Warfield Milbert Crossland, of Metropolis was in Belgrade, Wednesday Feb. 22, being George Warfield's, Sr, birthday, the neighbors surprised him and gave him a little whipping to remain him of the event lest he should forget. Mrs. E. G. Blackwell, attended the revival at the A. M. B. church, Brookport, Sunday. G. W. Long, and family, Miss Netta Blackwell, Eva Warfield, Mrs. Philip Sumner, daughter, Miss Gertrude, and sons, Costa Otis, attended the rally of Unity Baptist church, at Brookport, Sunday. Miss Myrtle and Alvertis Long made flying trip to Metropolis, Saturday. Mr. Sumner, professed a hope in Christ during the revival at the A. M. E. church, last week. Gr. W. Long, made a flying trop to Brookport, Wednesday. Reporter ```markdown ``` How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Roward for any case of Catarh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & OO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Choney for the last fifteen years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucosa sarrices of the system. Testimonials sont free. The fact is, the four magazines we sell with The Gazette for 180 extra, represents the biggest reading value ever offered the public. Have you sent us your order? If not, send it or phone us today. Mesdames. Zoy Childres, and Carrie Mc Michles, of Paducah, Ky, spent Sunday in this city visiting the former's aunt, Mrs. Mattie Howard. We want you to get our club of four big magazines. We sell the Gazette and four big magazines all for only $1.18. Send your order today by phone or mail. If you haven't already subscribed to our club of four magazines do it now. You will enjoy reading these splendid magazines. We will seh you the four magazines with the Gazette all one year for only 180 extra. Carnation Art Club Rally Sunday March, 1st at African Baptist church all day. If you will subscribe to The Gazette or renew your subscription, we will include four standard magazines all one year, for only 18c extra. WRITE OR PHONE. Rev. G. W. Dorsey, of Carbondale, retuned home Monday. Do you know you can get four magazines in combination with The Gazette by paying only 18c extra? Send your order by mail or phone us. Rev. G. W. Rowlett filled the the stand at the African Baptist church Sunday. We now urge all of our subscriber to renew their subscription to The Gazette and get four magazines one year for only 18c extra. WRITE OR PHONE. Mr. Mingo Long, of Powers, district has been very ill for a few days having taken with a chill, but he is much better new When renewing your subscription to The Gazette Jen's forget to remind us of the magazine offer. Geo. McCrary, Jr., visited his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Mingo Long, Sunday. Phone us your order for the four-magazine barsgain. Rooms to Rent. We have 3 rooms to rent. See MRS. HARRIET McCRARY. For 18 cents extra you can get four magazines and The Gazette for one year. Mrs. Eliza Elliott, and old citizen of Metropolis, and for many years an industrious woman and a member of the African Baptist church, but, for some cause unknown to us she lost her better judgment some time ago and was never alter that mentally balanced. After a short illness at the home of Mrs. Malissa Gaines, she died Monday Night, and was burried Tuesday afternoon. She leaves a sister, Mrs. Fannie Andrews, of this city and a brother, Riley Harbour of Paducah, Ky. Peace to her ashes Buy all your magazines of us. We can give you four magazines one year with The Gazette for only 18c extra. On last Sunday afternoon two nice young ladies of the city pulled off a stunt at Renfro's Cafe by "Arkansawing" a five cents worth of Kentucky oysters. Don't pay out money for magazines. We can give you four monthly magazines for 19 cents extra if you will subscribe to The Gazette for one year. One of Metropolis most popular young ladies received a fine diamond ring last week. Look out boys the wedding bells will soon be ringing again. The biggest bargain we have ever offered our subscribers is The Gazette and four magazines, all one yr, for only 31.18 Tell your neighbors about our big offer. They surely would like to get The Gazette and four magazines, all one year for only $1.18. Notice is hereby given that we cannot print a list of names contributing to churches unless $1 accompanies same. If your subscription to The Gazette is due, better pay up now and get four big magazines, all one year, for only 18 cents extra. Letter Heads and Envelopes can be had for the asking at this office. We print them. If you will subscribe to The Gazette for one year we will send you four monthly magazines for only 18 cents extra. Mrs. T. A. Urquhart and two youngest daughters, lola and Alice visited in Paducah, Friday and Saturday. You can get four splendid magazines one year for 18 cents extra by renewing your subscription to The Gazette. Entertained. Mrs. L. B Dukes, entertained a large number of friends at her residence on Ferry St., last Friday at 2:30 o'clock. The hostess spread a four course dinner of the very latest edibles, although strawberries, new potatoes and string beans are not to be had on the market here at this season of of the year yet, these were lavishly served to the guest, as she had received a small consignment by express from the city for this special function. The guest filled their "craven" appetites on this most excellent prepared meal. The afternoon was quietly spent with games and music; Mrs. Lavada Spurlark, and Miss Majorie Tandy, pianists. The hostess always knows how to entertain her guest and make people happy when around her. Bvery one left at 6:30 p.m. for home feeling happy over the affair. Those present were: Mesdames. Hettie Martin, of Chicago, Annie Arington, of St. Louis, Mo., Lavada Spurlark, Princess Bell, Messrs. N. W. Long, George, and Edgar Mc Crary, of Metropolis. One who was not present. "GENERAL MIX UP." N. W. Long & Co. Undertakers and Funeral Directors Polite Service--Calls Answered Day or Night in Any Part of the County Embalming a Specialty Carriages Furnished for all occasions. We solicit your patronage. Office Cor. 7th and Pearl Sts., Metropolis, Illinois. Phone 228-1 FRED SMITH, Solicitor Master in Chancery Sale. State of Illinois, Massac County, ss. In the Circuit Court of said County, January Term A. D. 1914. Charles Rodgers Vs. William Crim and James Crim. Bill for partition No. 6782. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree entered at the January term of said Court, to-wit: on the 22d day of January A. D. 1914 in the above entitled cause, I, S. Bartlett Kerr, Master in Chancery of said Co., will, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. Saturday March 14th, A. D. 1914 at the East door of the Court House in the City of Metropolis, County of Massac, and State of Illinois, sell at public vene- due to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to wit: Lot number Four (4) in Block number One Hundred and Two (102) and Lot Number Five (5) in Block number One Hundred and Two (102) in the second addition of the City of Metropolis, Illinois as per recorded plat thereof all situated in the City of Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois. Terms of sale, One half cash in hand, balance payable on or before one year after date of sale, deferred payment to draw Six per cent interest and be secured by mortgage on the premises, with option to purchaser to pay cash if exercised before the execution of Mortgage. Dated this 19th day of February A. D. 1914. 8. BARTLETT KERR, Master in Chancery. Mound City Ill. Mr. Editor, please give notice that the Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association will convene with the 12th St. Baptist Church, Cairo Ill. Thursday before the third Sunday in March; all of the members are expected to be present as there is some very important business to be looked after; all churches are notified to send $1.00 for our school and paper. Come prepared to do the work for the Master that we may be able to better conditions. Please take notice and be governored according. REV. J. H. KNOWLES Rev. J. H. Knowles, 2407 Poplar street Cairo, is the elected missionary for the Mt. Olive Baptist Association. He is also authorized to solicit money for the Livingston Normal; Theological Industrial Institute of Metropolis, Ill., The Dixie Liquid face Bleach can be found at McCray and Sons 500 per bottle. Livingston Institute Metropolis Second Opens Monday This school is well g Department. All work tal and able Instructors, work Special Courses and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2 Tuition Rates: Tuition, Normal and Eng Tuition, Instrumental mus Tuition Typewriting (incl Tuition Plain Sewing per Tuition, Vocal music Tuition Printing Industrial Depar per month. Printing Free Board and Room ble rate. In every case, 4 week All charges must be paid and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRA Box 107 The ONE Second Session Opens Monday October 6th 1911 School is well graded and equipped Gradu- tation. All work is well organized under the Instructors, selected for Special Courses in Music, Bookkeeping and Type Writing, Psychology. Price Fee $2.00 a Session Rates: Tuition, Theological per month Formal and English courses per month Instrumental music (including rent of in- strumental music Newwriting (including rent) per month On Sewing per month Local music Printing Special Departments Domestic Sew- ning and Dress Printing Free and Rooms Board and rooms ca- in private families an In case, 4 weeks will be counted for a must be paid in advance. For any Status Address B. McGRARY, Supt. and Se- tor One ONE Electric Railway WITH This school is well graded and equipped Grammar School Department. All work is well organized under Departmental and able Instructors, selected for Special Departments work Special Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study Entrance Fee $2.00 a Session In every case, 4 weeks will be counted for a school month All charges must be paid in advance. For any information and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRARY, Supt. and Sec'y. Box 107 Metropolis, Ill. 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