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This high tone program, that Dr. Harris, the then president of the convention was heard to say that the program was one in keeping with the spirit of the age, and that the old time doctrine, Jesus Christ and Him crucified and the doctrine of baptism were obsolete, and was not what the people wanted to hear or words to that effect. The convention rose in its might and quickly thrust the program aside and gave Drs. Harris, and Martin, to understand that they were not to dictate to the Baptists as to what they should do, or not do. He was to understand that he was. ```markdown ``` MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." neither bishop nor boss, but the servant of the Baptist. We wonder why Dr. Brand, keeps "hobnobbing" with the Negro Baptist of the State? If he is a Baptist and want the help of the Negro Baptist of the State, why does he do it? If he cares to help them, can he not do it without censuring the Illinois Baptist Association, and the Southern Baptist Convention? Why does he seek to raise the slavery question? It is for the purpose of deceiving the ignorant and designing Negro Baptist of the State. Yes, the Southern white people held slaves at one time, and they repented of, and their sincerity is proven by the great help they are giving the Negroes in the South. They are helping to build schools to train the Negro Ministry, and last while the Southern Baptist Convention was in session in St Louis, our own Dr. Sutton E. Griggs, the corresponding secretary of the National Baptist Convention, delivered an address to that body, which resulted into a contribution of $50,000,00 What do we hear next? Why, some of these same men say that Dr. Griggs sold out the Negro Baptist to the Southern Baptist Convention. How could this be done, when the National and the Southern Baptist conventions co-operate jointly in educational and mission work? and the National Baptist convention, publishes the literature for the Negroes in this country and the Foreign held. What is there for the white Baptist of the South to gain by the contribution of $50,000,00? It can be plainly seen that there is nothing whatever to be gained other than to help the Negroes to preach a whole Christ. The same charge went out against Phillips and McWilliams; Phillips, sold out the Baptist of the State to Dr. Brand's side for $3 and Bro. McWilliams, for $10 per month, a total amount of $12.00 per moth. If Dr. Brand, is sincere let him stop "hobnobbing" and prove his sincerity to his milk and older Negro Baptist brethren, by doing something for them. The proof of the pudding is the eating. Not by lip gush loyalty. Yes, Dr. the south at one time held slaves, and she has repented of it and too, the white Baptist of the South stand hand in hand with the National Baptist Convention, in Mission and Educational work. We have cited the $50,000,00 contribution or rather proposition, that was giving out at Nashville, last September during the National Convention, 35 acres of land is all that was required Dr. Stokes of Alabama, and several other ministers in the convention propose to give the the site. The reader can see it is a go. Now let Dr. Brand, repent and "do likewise" with his speckle bird brethren, and they can soon have the speckle bird convention in operation. The people are wondering why it is that Dr. Brand, tries to make war on the Illinois Baptist Association, and the Southern Baptist Convention. The reason lies in the fact, that there is about as much difference between these two organizations, and the Illinois Baptist State convention, as there is between them and a Pedobaptist organization. The State Convention, favors "The Church Federation, Free-Will ordination and Alien Immersion." In other words they are sailing sailing under the false colors and the guise of Missionary Baptist, while there are something else, God only knows what. I for one will raise my voice against all such doctrine if it cost me my ministerial reputation. Before I'd do that I'd meekly lay aside the Blessed Old Baptist, take my plastering tools and mount the scaffold, and feel that I would be of more service to my Christ, community and country. C. C. PHILLIPS. The above was republished by request. Subscription Payers. Subscription Payers. The following persons have paid their subscription since our last issue: Riley Williams, Brookport, Dan Steele, George Childres, T. H. Flowers, Wm Crim, Choat, J. J. Taylor, Sparta. I wish to speak to the Baptist Family of Illinois: Brethren and Sisters:— Greeting:—When our Convention adjourned last June in Auroro, it did so to convene with the Pleasant Grove Baptist church of Springfield Ill., June 10th 1914 by their invitation through Pastor J. J. Chappell. We have been resouly informed by them thru our Correspondent Secretary Dr. E. H. Borden that for some cause they could not take the conversion. We at once set about with the Cor. Sec'y casting among the churches of the state to see who would care for us this year. At once the doors of the following churches were thrown open Olivet and Providence of Chicago and the two churches combined at Carbondale with Revs. Dorsey and Hill, pastors. The Executive Board was called and a unanimous vote was taken in favor of Carbondale, for June 10th. You are teerefore asked as a family to make every needed preparation and come Carbondale, Ill., June 10, 1914 at 9:30 a. m. Let every Baptist church, Sabbath School, Mission circle and indeed every Baptist organization belonging to Baptist churches in the State be represented there without fail. We have established Thursday as Missionary day when every effort will be bent toward raising money for Missions Home and Foreign. We would like to raise that day for missions alone $1000.00 (one thousand dollars.) Let us as Baptist for once forget the small amount required for representation fee. But let us come to the help of the Lord as against the mighty and hear our captain say forward march. Go preach the gospel to every creature. Come this year prepared not to raise points of order but to raise money for the extension of the kingdom of our Redeemer. The cause is demanding and the people are looking for men and women of service, and not come to show what we know about parlementary rules of order. The cause is greater than men. Therefore to be like he who sent us we come to minister and not to be ministered unto. Friday is Educational day. Everbody and everything must work toward that end. Both the men and women have said that all moneys sent us must be used for the purpose designated. You need not have any fear come and bring the Lord's money. Western College Macon Mo., and our National Training School Lincoln Heights Washington D. C. must be looked after Livingston School Metropolis Ill., must not be overlooked. The eyes of God and the people are upon us. The want of office should play no part but the doing of the work should claim our whole attention Let every Baptist organization see how much money you can bring or send and how much work you can help do for the advancement of the Kingdom of God on earth. Let it be said of the colored Baptist what was said of the builders of the walls of Jerusalem. "The people had a mind to work." Remember we have only one convention in the state made up of men and women and all working together under one Flag with a triple declaration One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism. Looking for you at Carbondale, Wednesday June 10th 1914 and praying the blessing of God upon every church and pastor with every Mission circle with its Presigent and every S. S. and B. Y. P. U. in the state represented while we are assembled in session at Carbondale we earnestly ask that each church will be engaged in prayer to God for the power and presence of the Holy Spirit upon each of us individually and all of us collectively. Spaita, Apr. 6, 1914. Mr J. B. McCrary: Dear Sir and Bro. It affords me with much pleasure to write you a few lines to inform you in regard of me being absent at the opening of the School. My intention was to be present. I thought that the mines would be idle but they have started working and my son works with me and I could not let him work by himself, and I did not have time to get some one to work with nim so I thought it best to stay and send you some money to help the cause. Enclosed please find $2, 00 (two dollars) for the school. Hoping you all will have a nice time and a great success. CENTRALIA Sunday morning our pastor Rev. H. Allison preached a very instructive sermon and a good one his subject was The Righteous shall florish as the Palm tree. At night he preached a good sermon as usual. Sunday was also rally day for the sewing circle the members and friends responded nicely and a good sum realized which will go to help on new pews. On Monday night the 23rd the brothers of the church gave a box supper, they had a large crowd and every box was sold and they cleared a nice sum. The C. W. I. Club gave a St. Patrick's party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Brock. The house was beautifully decorated with green and white. A short program was rendered Mrs. Phillips read an interesting paper on St. Patrick. A paper Mr. Brock Pat's Wisdom other paper were read by Mesdames R. S. Kinser, Z. Hinds and Hester Corneal, Solos by J. W. Corneal and Mrs. Laura Leak. After program pining on the donkey's tail was quite amusing. Prizes were awarded to Mr. J. W. Corneal, Mr. Alex Hinds and Mrs. L. Leak. A dainty three course luncheon was served. A delightful time was enjoyed by all present. Waterproof. Mother—"In all the wild storm your sister Maggie went out with her throat all bare and exposed." Brother—"Rain won't hurt her. She's got a rubber neck."—Life. A. Rev. R. C. Brown, The Sunday School Missionary of the East Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. convention and colored photographer. Cobden. Ill. Brookport Ill., Nov 26 '13 To whom this may concern. Greetings: This is to certify that I, A. C. Crider have been appointed Dist. Deputy. Grand Master of the 7th Dist. of F. & A. M. of Illinois I will visit all lodges in my district this year. A. C Crider Box 172 Enclosed find Postoffice Money Order for $100. Please acknowledge same as my subscription to your paper. We have had many accidents and deaths in our city since 1914 began. One of the richest men of this town was burned up in the M. A. C. Club House which happened in St. Louis. On the 17th of March six men were riding on a hand car with a keg of beer going out of the city limit for a drinking spree and collided with a train three of them were killed outright, two were injured and the other escaped by jumping. Yours J. J. Taylor, Box 436 Sparta, Ill. The following churches responded to the request of the Executive Board for the running expense of Livingston Industrial School at Metropolis: St. John Baptist church Monud $1.00 Shiloh Baptist church Future City $1.00 Baptist church Joppa $1.00 New Hope Baptist church, Sparta, $2.00 Total $5.00 We trust that every church and pastor will comply to the circular that was sent to them as the school is now open and is running night and day with several enrolled. Money Long In Use. Hindus for centuries have used new honey as a laxative and old honey as an anstringent. Aborigines of Peru have offered honey to the sun. Greeks still mix it with milk of water and use it as a ligation to the dead. In one section of India milk and honey are handed to all bridegrooms as they arrive at the door of the bride's father, and in ancient Egypt honey was long a chief ingredient of embalming fluid. ON THE FUNNY SIDE ONE SMILE THAT CAME OFF Information That Man Was Sitting on His Hat Withheld for Fear of Spoiling Expression. "Look pleasant," said the photographer. The sitter raised his eyes and gave a sickening smirk. "Your head just a little more to the left, please," suggested the voice from the black shroud. "No, don't move the eyes." Like a man suffering from a stiff neck or an Eiffel tower collar, the sitter tilted his head gingerly till it reached the desired angle, and he resembled a dying fish trying not to mind. "That's very nice; very nice, indeed," said the photographer. "Stay just there while I make the exposure." He removed the cap as he spoke and counted out a minute and three-quarts. "Thank you," he observed. "You can get up. I'm afraid you have been sitting on your hat." "My hat," roared the sitter angrily, regarding the flattened felt. "Why the dickens didn't you tell me I was sitting on my hat?" "My dear sir," protested the photographer, blandly, "that would have spolled your expression."—Pittsburgh Chronicle. Giving Mamma Away. A beautiful young widow sat in her deck chair in the stern and near her sat a very handsome man. The widow's daughter, a cute little girl of four or five years, crossed over to the man and said: "What's your name?" "Herkimer Wilkinson," was the reply. "Is you married?" "No; I'm a bachelor." The child turned to the mother and said: "What else did you tell me to ask mma?" He Lacked the Nerve A town character, who had been in trouble with the police many times, was arrested recently on a minor criminal charge. The arresting officer was amazed when the fellow appeared in police court with a lawyer prepared to make a defense. Finally his case was called and the judge asked: "Prisoner, are you guilty or not guilty?" "Let my lawyer plead not guilty for me, judge," was the reply. "I ain't got the nerve."—Kansas City Star. Praise of Eloquence. An Alabama negro was defended in court by Senator Morgan. Having cleared the negro of the charge the senator said to him, "Rastus, did you really steal the mule?" "Well, Marse Morgan, "it was just like this," said Rastus. "I really thought that I did steal dat mule, but after what you said to the jury I know I didn't."—The Presbyterian of the South. First Actor—And you went out on the road in a genuine sea drama? Was the trip successful? Second Actor—No; there were too many light houses. Returning, a Favor. "It's going to be war to the knife," declared the suburban man, who was feeding the chickens. "What now?" asked the friend. "Why, Blinks sent me a box of axle grease and advised me to use it on my lawn mower." "Well?" "Well, I sent it back and told him to use it on his daughter's voice." Realism. "What has become of the emotional actress who wept real tears?" "Out of date," replied the busy producer. "What we are giving the public now is a leading man who swears real swear words." GIRAFFE SURELY COULD BITE "Fiercest Lion in Captivity" Captured by Darky With Piece of Rope—Was Right Smart Rambunctious. "Did you'all lose a gi-raffe?" he inquired. "Yep," returned the owner; "I sure did. Have you found him?" "Yas, sah; I done found him." "Got him with you?" "No, sah; I reckoned I better inquire first, sah, before I fotched him over." "All right; you fetch him here and I'll give you a dollar for your trouble." "Yas, sah; but I reckon de trouble am wuff mo' dan a dollar. Dat ole giraffe am right smart rambunctious. He done tried to bite me." "What are you talking about, nigger? Giraffes don't bite! They kick. But you bring him along and I'll give you $2." "All right, boss; I reckon you am mo' familiar wid dat gi-raffe dan I be; but he sure made signs like he would bite me." The darky departed, and about a half hour later there was a sudden commotion on the front porch of the store, the door was thrust open and in came the darky, puffing and wild-eyed and pulling on a rope. At the other end of the rope, squirming and snarling, was an enormous Nubian lion—"the fierce lion in captivity," according to show bills. "Dar. Mistah White Man," exclaimed the captor, throwing down the rope and pointing to the lion—"dar's your ole gi-raffe; and I tell you he do bite!"—Lippincott's. A WISE BOY His Father—I thought I gave you a nickel to stay in the parlor last night with Sis and her beau. You were only in there half an hour. Willie—Sis' beau gave me a dime to get out. No Financier. "Pat," shouted an officer to his Irish servant, "here's a shilling to get me some cheese, and a shilling for some biscuits." Pat started on his errand, and, after a long delay, returned, fumbling with the coins in his hand apparently in great distress. "Well, Pat, what's wrong?" said the officer. "Shure, sir, Ol've got the shillings mixed, and don't know which is for cheese and which is for biscuits?"—Tit-Bits. Sufficient Unto the Day "I tell you, sir, each new day confronts us with a problem that has to be solved. Take your case, for instance—you have two daughters just growing into womannood. I call this a problem that you must face at once, don't you?" "I understand you thoroughly. Right now the problem with my wife and me is to keep Maud and Ella from buying matinee tickets to the problem plays." - St. Louis Republic. Getting at the Facts "The train struck the man, did it not?" asked the lawyer of the engineer at the trial. "It did, sir," said the engineer. "Was the man on the track, sir?" thundered the lawyer. "On the track?" asked the engineer. "Of course he was. No engineer worthy of his job would run his train into the woods after a man, sir."—Ladies' Home Journal. In the Anteroom. Creditor—May I go in and see the baron? Butler—Oh, yes; certainly! Creditor—Say, my friend, how is it that you admit me so easily today, when at other times you usually send me away with one excuse or another? Butler—Well, today the baron scolded me. I am angry at him—Borsszem Janko (Budapest). Thought It Was a Waterbury. An officer of a liner which sails from New York vouches for the following story: "On a recent trip I was on deck talking with a passenger when eight bells sounded. 'There goes eight bells.' I said, excusing myself. 'I must take my watch below.' "'Gracious!' she exclaimed. 'Fancy having a watch that strikes so loud.'" —New York Tribune. Paid Back "Has Owens ever pald back that $10 you loaned him a year ago?" "Oh, yes; he borrowed twenty-five more from me last week and only took fifteen." Not Particular. Guard on Elevated Train—What sta- tion do you want, friend? Returning Reveler—What' sta'shun ye got—Judge. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. IL NAPOLEON ON SUNDAY LABOR Soldier and Statesman Saw No Reason for Stopping Those Who Desired to Work on That Day. Opinions are still very divided as to the advisability of enforcing in Paris the "Semaine Anglaise," or English Sunday rest, commencing on Saturday afternoon. In this connection it is interesting to recall the ideas of Napoleon on simple Sabbath holiday, reproduced in Opinion. He considered that the French nation was not distinguished by an immoderate love of labor, and therefore in no danger of suffering from overwork. In 1807, when the minister of public worship was besieged with complaints from the bishops of the way in which work went during the fetes prescribed by the Concordat, he wrote to the emperor for advice, and received the following reply, characterized by the common sense that governed all Napoleon's life: "I do not force the priests to give absolution to those who transgress their precepts, but I will not be obliged by them to condemn to the nether regions the peasants who choose to work on any day of the week to keep themselves and their families. Such questions have really nothing to do with me, but I am the law, and I give to my people once and for all leave to work without interruption. The more they work the less vices they have, and if I had to take sides, I should be against Sunday rest, for it is enough to cast a glance over the different classes of society to perceive how much more damaging than useful is the observance of Sunday as a day of rest." And the emperor concluded his letter with a misquotation from Bossuet. "Remember what Bossuet said: 'Eat beef and be Christians.'" It must be remembered, though, that in Napoleon's day the struggle for life was not nearly so arduous as it is today, and seven days a week in his time, voluntarily given or not, were scarcely equal to the six of modern exigencies, with a seventh, or half of it, thrown in if the place is to be Kent against hungry competition. Solved. Mary and Martha, aged five or six, were playing church with their dolls. Martha's doll was a beautiful one that water would not hurt, while Mary's was only a rag doll. Martha solemnly carried her doll and put her in the washpan to be baptized—her family being Baptists. Then came Mary's turn. "Oh, I can't wet my doll," she cried. "What are you going to do? The preachers say that her soul is black as night and she will go to the bad world," cried Martha. Mary's face was all frowns, but after a minute she said, in great exultation: "I'll let my doll be a Methodist and have her soul dry-cleaned."—Exchange. Walrus Blaughter. That the walrus is rapidly nearing extinction is the warning sounded by the Daily Industrial News of Nome, Alaska. That paper describes the slaughter caused by one crew in a single season. The catch amounted to 723, of which 420 were cows with calves. Many were fatally wounded or shot dead and never recovered. A full grown bull walrus weighs a ton. The walrus is a tempting bait to the hunter because of the amount of wealth found in the skin, the oil and the rich ivory in the tusks. The disappearance of the walrus means the extinction of the Eskimos who depend largely on this animal for food supply, fuel, lights, boats and leather. Preserving the Public Health. The New York Medical Record notes that while great improvement has been made in public health throughout the civilized world in recent years it can not be doubted that if each individual felt it to be his duty to concern himself in this question the advance would be more remarkable. The average citizen, however, has come to realize that his cooperation is required in order that the general health of the community may best be conserved. He is beginning to understand at last that prevention is better than cure. His Part in the Cantata. First Boy—You ought to come to the concert we're going to give at our school. Second Boy—You goin' to be in it? "Yes. We're goin' to give a cantata." "What's that?" "Oh, it's all about sunshine and storms and picnics and other country things. It's fine." "Do you sing all that?" "No; I'm only in the first scene, early morning. "What do you do?" Literary Enthusiasts. Ralph Nevill in "The Man of Pleasure" tells of a nobleman who fought sixteen duels upon the question "Who was the better poet, Aristoc or Tassol?" Being mortally wounded in the sixteenth fight he confessed as he lay dying that he had never read either. Many present day champions of Alfred Noyes or John Masefield must admit that their spirited warfare is not without precedent. Bible Brings Record Prices. Seven books sold for a total of $227,290 at the recent Hoe library sale. Two of these books were Bibles, one of which, a Gutenberg Bible, printed on vellum, brought the highest price ever paid for a book—$50,000. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS When Alonzo Steele died in Texas a year or two ago the last white man who fought in the battle of San Jacinto passed away, writes Frank Putnam. A few days ago W. P. Zuber, who, as a boy of sixteen, was with the Texas army at San Jacinto, but did not bear arms in the fight, died at his Texas home. He was on hospital duty during the fighting. He was the last survivor of all the white men present on that occasion, but it is not wholly clear that he was the last survivor. It is likely that honor belongs to an ancient darkey, believed to have been Sam Houston's body servant, who still lives in or near Houston. The old man's story is accepted by the oldest residents, sons, some of them, of men who fought at San Jacinto, and more familiar than any one else with the history of that affair. The passing of the last white survivor of San Jacinto directs attention to one of the most extraordinary pages of all history. San Jacinto ranks next after the battle of Saratoga and Gettysburg among the decisive battles fought on this continent. Saratoga proved the British could not subdue their revolting American colonists; Gettysburg determined the fate of the Confederacy; San Jacinto pushed the American rule southward from a vast region on the Pacific coast and from an inland region including all of Texas, with parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. The battle of San Jacinto was in character unique. It was won with the bowle knife against odds of three to one; won by undisciplined plainsmen opposing Santa Anna's best drilled and best equipped regiments. It was the only battle in which the lesser army lured the greater into a position from which there was no escape for either except by death or victory. Houston, retreating before Santa Anna, led him into a region bounded by swamps and marshes on two sides, with a wide, deep bayou on another and a narrow bayou, branch of the first, on the fourth side. Houston backed into his position and Santa Anna followed. Then Houston burned the bridge across the narrow bayou, 'the only entrance or exit of the theater of battle. A whirlwind campaign was carried on by the colored people of Philadelphia to raise enough of the money pledged last year toward a colored Y. M. C. A. to make the $15,000 originally asked of them. It was announced at a meeting of the board of directirs of the Y. M. C. A. that the choice of location had narrowed down to two lots, on both of which they have options. The money for the lot is already in bank and when a decision is made it will be bought at once. An architect accompanied a special committee to Indianapolis to study the new colored Y. M. C. A. that has recently been erected there and is considered one of the most complete in the country. It is expected the building will be well under way early in the summer. The building will contain a gymnasium, swimming pool, etc. It will have educational features and be a social center for the colored men of the city. It will also provide a hotel for the better class of colored people who are passing through the city and now have no accommodations. Of the 2,273,000 illiterates 617,000 are native whites, including both those of native, foreign and mixed parentage; 879,000 are negroes and 738,000 are immigrants. There are interesting and encouraging points with regard to the two latter classes. The negro illiterates seem to be a large number. But it represents a decrease of 157,999 during the decade, while the total of that population shows an increase of 398,000. The illiterate negroes are almost wholly located in the south, where they are not permitted to vote and are decreasing there. In 1894 the total forest area of Switzerland was 2,091,000 acres, representing 20.2 per cent. of the total surface area of the country. In 1911 the forest acreage was 2,258,000, equal to 21.86 per cent. of the total area of the country, an increase of 167,000 acres. Instead of being an expense, the forests of Switzerland are a source of profit to the government. Most of the widows of Paris are married within 18 months of their first bereavement. The colored men's branch of the Y. M. C. A. of Indianapolis closed its observance of health week. The state exhibit placed in the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. was studied by hundreds of persons. A special lecture was given each evening in the auditorium of the building, to which the public was invited. A large number heard Dr. I. N. Hurty deliver an illustrated lecture. Doctor Atkins and Dr. L. A. Lewis lectured Friday evening to men only. A man is, indeed, ignorant if he is ignorant of his own ignorance. After a careful investigation of the facts, I am convinced that every day in the year there are as many as 200,000 people of my race who are sick enough to be incapacitated for work, writes Booker T. Washington. Other persons have estimated the number of negroes who are sick all the time to be as high as 450,000. If these figures are correct, it means that on the average every member of my race spends annually 18 days in bed, in the hospital, suffering pain or recuperating from sickness that might be spent in some form of wholesome enjoyment or in useful and efficient labor. It is safe to say, on the same basis, that every day in the year there are 112,000 negro workers idle, as result of sickness, who would otherwise be at work in some form of useful employment. This is a great loss not only to the negro, but it is a great loss to the country. It has been estimated that in the south alone there is a net loss to the negro in earnings and to the community as a whole in productive labor of $40,000,000 a year. "This immense loss is not due to the physical weakness of the negro race. I have frequently heard it said that the negro, as he lived in Africa, was more vigorous and more robust than any other race on earth. He had to be so to stand the climate. Even today one will seldom find among any race of people finer specimens of physical manhood than the sturdy, unspoiled people of the negro race in the country districts of the south. These people are an asset to the country and to the south, and it seems to me that it is the duty of every patriotic citizen to do what he can, to conserve the life and health of this portion of the population in the condition in which it now is. Boston people who are deeply interested in the work that Dr. Booker T. Washington is doing at Tuskegee turned out in numbers to hear him at Trinity church, where he told the story of Tuskegee's progress during the last year. Dr. Washington has just come from the south on his annual visit to Boston. Owing to the generosity of thousands of Tuskegee's friends Dr. Washington has been able to give more of his time to the administrative work of the institution year after year. One of the great problems now is that of training specialists in varied lines of southern work, particularly those of education and agriculture. Just before Dr. Washington left Tuskegee 26 county superintendents of education from various counties in Alabama spent a part of two days at Tuskegee with the idea of getting information and plans for their work among the colored children. The influence which Tuskegee is exerting as a strictly educational force is rightly gratifying to the trustees. Furthermore, Tuskegee cannot begin to supply the demand for farm leaders. The boll weevil has convinced the southern planters that they must take up diversified farming in order to make their lands pay. Bankers and merchants are also vitally interested in the training of these agriculturists and many prizes are being offered. Dr. Washington told his Boston audience about the greatest year the institution ever had and the possibilities of splendid advances in the near future. Many a man punctures his tire on the road to wealth. The United Layman's evangelistic campaign was one of the largest religious efforts that has been attempted by the colored people of Indianapolis. Rev. S. L. Howard of Nashville, Tenn., conducted the meetings. Special meetings for boys were held several afternoons during the week. The series of meetings closed with a united church service under the direction of the Interdenominational Ministers' association, Sunday evening, March 1. The state of Hyderabad, located about midway between Madras and Bombay, in the south central part of India, with a population of about 13,500,000 (about equal to that of New York and Massachusetts combined), and with an area of 82,598 square miles (just about the same area as Kansas), is, generally speaking, the most important native state in India in population, wealth and potential resources. Co-operative stores, owned and managed by natives, are fostered wherever possible in Alaska by the United States bureau of education, which has charge of education for the natives of Alaska. Theodore Harris, colored, whose funeral was held at Camden, N. J., recently, was one hundred and eleven years old when he died, according to war department records. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland, February 13, 1802. Harris was a veteran of the Civil war and received a pension. In Greece the minister of education has opened negotiations for the installation of 4,000 natural color moving picture machines, with supplies of films, for use in the state schools. Peace in That Family. A little girl being lost, was taken to the police station, where the officers tried to learn her name. At last, after many vain efforts, one of them asked her: "Tell me, dear, what names does your mother call your father?" "She doesn't call him any name," the child answered, innocently. "She likes him." WATERY BLISTERS ON FACE Smithville, Ind.—"Six months ago our baby girl, one year old, had a few red plumples come on her face which gradually spread causing her face to become very irritated and a fiery red color. The plumples on the child's face were at first small watery blisters, just a small blotch on the skin. She kept scratching at this until in a few days her whole cheeks were fiery red color and instead of the little blisters the skin was cracked and scaly looking and seemed to itch and burn very much. "We used a number of remedies which seemed to give relief for a short time then leave her face worse than ever. Finally we got a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment. I washed the child's face with very warm water and Cuticura Soap, then applied the Cuticura Ointment very lightly. "After doing this about three times a day the itching and burning seemed entirely gone in two days' time. Inside of two weeks' time her face seemed well. That was eight months ago and there has been no return of the trouble." (Signed) Mrs. A. K. Wooden, Nov. 4, 1912. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each tree, with 32-p. Skin Book Address postcard "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston."—Adv. The Effect "Well, how did you sleep last night? Soothe thegnent the night there once." 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No woman suffering from any form of female troubles should lose hope until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial. This famous remedy, the medicinal ingredients of which are derived from native roots and herbs, has for forty years proved to be a most valuable tonic and invigorator of the female organism. Women everywhere bear willing testimony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will help you, write to Lydia E. PinkhamMedicineCo. (confidential) Lynn, Mass., for advice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. 35 BUSHELS PERACRE was the yield of WHEAT on many farms in Western Canada in 1913, some yields being kept high and high 60 bushels per acre. As high as 100 bushels were invested in new districts for cats, 50 bushels for barley and from 10 to 20 bus. for flax. A few arrived country 5 from Denmark with very little means. He homesteaded, worked and invested in the owner of 320 acres of land. in 1913 a crop of 200 acres, which will realize him about 600. He has weighed 68 lbs. to the bushel and averaged over 35 bushels to the acre. The demands of similar instances might be related of the homesteaders in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The crop of 1913 was an abundant one everywhere in Western Canada. Ask for descriptive literature and reduced railway rates. Apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or G. A. COOK, W. N. U., ST. LOUIS, NO. 11-1914. FISOS REMEDY Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in Cure. Sold by Drugs. FOR COUCHS AND COLDS \ Ht takes s very long purse to buy. popularity. It is hard to forgive our enemies when they have us by the neck. Conmtipation es, terious die trices Tenia thoroughly ‘cured by ‘Doctor Pierce's Ph nt, Pelle One a laxati three eee Aare ea 5 red ar Any mian, can score a big hit with » woman, all he hae fo do Is alt still and listen... : But the average man would have no ‘use for suirrors if he could seo bit self in them as.other see ita. epee Only One’ “BROMO QUININE” 0 et te eal for fall name, LARA Ean reece a tebn. “T have & very thick head of hair.” “[ guess it's tho result of environ ment.” ‘ Sufficient Proof. Prisoner—All I-want is Justice! Lawyer—Then I can save you from ft on tho grounds of insanity! 1e Was Ever Thus. Ritt—What Is your son doing these days? Raf—Me—Nebraska Awswan. Examine Careially. erecy bottle of CASTORIA, a sate and sure remedy for infants and children, and, see that it Bears the 4 ? Bignature of In Uso For Over : Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Brilliant tea, Young Mother—1 really don't know why, he cries #0. » Bachelor Friend—Perhaps it ts his teeth coming through, Young Mother—Maybe it's his hair coming through that burts him! { 5 But He Didn't Hit Him. ‘The Judge--What did you hit this man with? Prisoner—t didn’t hit him with any ‘thing. ‘The Judge—But look at him, He's fn a horrible condition. “Surely you didn't do that with your fists, Prisoner—No, yer honor, I ketehed ‘1m by the heels and bumped ‘im agen @ brick wall a few times. But I didn’t ‘bit him with anything wanet, hie! Gland ® “To say that honesty is the beat pol fey—to say in other words, that the more honest you are thé richer you ‘will become—that fs a-silly gnd self evident He.” ‘The speaker, Harvey Woodruff, the ‘wellknown G.A. R, historian of Hous ton, had been discussing the honesty Of George Washington. He continued: “To bp virtuous mesa to be. poor and wretined. ‘Take the case of auntie Martha Washington Clay, “Auntie Martha visited the office o! ® Nola Chucky lawyer and said: **Alewants @ divorce fromr'mah hus and Cal” “Why, auntie, what bas Cal been doing?” "He's done got teligion, sab, an’ ah hain’t tasted chicken fo’ free months.’ * eel, Meck bu “Dowling’s” burned out on Times square the other night, and those who for years had occupied rooms above the famous old billiard hall were foreed to run. for their lives in what _Falment they happened to be wearing ‘at that nocturnal ‘moment. Among them was Kid Griffo, who was at onc time a fighter between midnight an¢ ‘one o'clock in ax uptown music hall 1 did @ ut trig,” Griffo is quoted ea saying. “T tock two flights of stairs in two Jumps, wi the fire bitin’ at me Af 4 been left at the past you coulds burted me in a tryin’ pan.” “And what did you get?” asked his friend. “On them stairs,” sald Mr. Griffo, “ gets « pair of singed hands and re Ngion." LIFE'S: ROAD ‘Sinoothed by Change of Food. Worry 4s @ big joad to carry and an unnecessary one. When accompanied by indigestion it cértainly 4a cauca for the blues. But the whole trouble may be easily thrown off and life's road be made €asy and comfortable by proper eating and: the cultivation of good cheer. Read what a Troy woman says; “Two years ago I made the acquaint. ance of-Grapo-Nuts.and.have used the food once a day and sometimes twice, ever since. “At the time J began to use it life was.s burden. 1 was for zpars attit ed. pith biliovs, stck “headache, caused by. aiaeren ‘and nothing seemed to reitere me. ? F “The trouble becamd so severe i had to leave my work for days at 0 time. 4°.” “My were. 4 ee ‘@ state J could not sleep and the,foctor said J me herent cages oe n. adv. 601 rape- Hie ‘wepackage for trial. weg Speers fone for'1a8 i. oa soarvelous., I can now ssleep' like a. child, am evtirely free from the old trouble and-huve not hed ‘& headache in over year. I feal like “s New person. . Khave recommended tt ‘to others, Ona map tknew ate orm “elpaily Grape-Nuts while working on the fe¢ all wintet, and sald he never felt better in his lite.” . “| Name given ae Co., Battle Creek, ‘Mich. -Read "The Road te Wellville,” im pkgs, “There's a Rea Ever read the rt A new Cares eres BEYOND LIMIT OF PATIENCE Small Girl Finally Rose in a Revolt Over the Much Disliked Study ‘of German; German lessons were the bane of ttle Elizabeth's existence. But her aunt, had just finished her educa- ‘ton fe Germany and was acting as her ‘tutor, Was determined her favorite iain should master the German lan- sunge.in her kindergarten days. A ‘well behaved little girl was Elizabeth ‘A a rule, but when occasional out- breaks of temper called for punish- ‘Mentone method used, and one that to ‘the child's peculiar reasoning seemed tho refluement of cruelty, was to com- pel her to go to her room and say her prayers in German. ‘That punish- ‘ment always called forth tears and protests, One afternoon while she was poring over a child's book in tho detested German and failing to understand the Uttle story she was reading Uncle Jim Was surprised to veo the usually quiet Eltzabeth rip the leaves trom the book, tear them into strips and throw them angrily aside as she burst into tears. "I just couldn't help it,” sobbed Hllz abeth; “that German is so hard 1 couldn't, make anything out of it. 1 spose Aunt Mandy Hollis will be mad all through Uke I am this very minute, Reckon I'll have to say those German prayers twico this time, ‘n’ I might as well do it dow as any time.” Rushing to her mother’s room litte Eilzabeth knelt solemnly at the side of the lounge and between sobs twice re cited the German prayers. Rising and wiping away her tears, sho said to her astonished mother, who had seen noth- Ing of the outbreak of temper: “There, mamma, dear, I've been very naughty, and I wish you'd tell Aunt Mandy Hollis when she comes home that I took't my punishment twice with her d—d old German prayers."—New. York Herald. Tango Not New. ‘The tango, according to Le Cri de Paris, is no new dance in France, It fe derived from the “degognade” or “goguade” of Auvergne, Madame és Sevigne, who saw it danced at Vicks in 1676, declared that she was ts fatuated with it, and that if it were launched at Versaities, ail the court would go crazy over it. It is sue. mised that tho old French dance was taken by the gipsies (who often ran over Auvergne) over the Pyrenees tc Spain, from where it went to the Ar senting and now returns with the how name of “the tango.” “All the clergy of central France,” says L¢ Cr, “thundered in the eighteenth cen tury against the ‘gognade.’ It was for bidden under pain of ex-communica tion, and taterdicted fi public assem biles, but the Auvergnois resisted and triumphed.” Will the tango show the same vitality as tx ancester of Au vergne?” Ghastly Indian Rite. For nearly « hundred years the Brit- 1sh have tried to suppress the an- elent Indian rite of “satl,” or the self- tmmolation of Brahmin and other high class widows at the cremation of thefr deceased husbands. But from time to Hime a case ts recorded and it is be Meved that there are many more whieh are never heard of. A story reached London from Calcutta recently of one of these tragic cases of self-destruc. tion, The night after the death of a babu named Manoranjan, his widow, a &irl of fourteen, prepared a funeral pyre in @ corner of her house un- known to-any one, and, rising early next morning, sho saturated her cloth- ing with kerosene oll, ignited it and Jay down on the pyre. Sho was dis- covered and dragged from the flames, but died as a result of terrible burns Amnesia. A caso described as “The Twilight State and Subsecuent Amnesia After ‘Blight Concussion of the Brain,” ia re- ported in a German medical journal. A woman, thirty-one years old, mur dered her four children by drowning. ‘The deed was committed after she had sustained from her husband some twenty blows on, the head, The tm mediate effects of the crime and of her future caused not the least dis- turbance in her mind. There was en- tire absenco of any recollection of the. murder, in fact total amnesia. Seek Radium in Colorado. State authorities of Colorado are making @ thorough study of minerals having or supposed to have radio activity, and authorities now assert that every curative mineral spring in Burope can. be duplicated in. that state. It fs sald there are fifteen springs” in Colorado having | radii aetivity, Over two hundred epriagh have been tested. An. effort Is now being made to secure: the services of the highest authority on sueh ‘sub; Jects in Germany. _ Eat Horses for Snails. Exportation of hundreds of thou- sands of Roman, or white, snails to the United States this season has led to @ snaih famine ‘in Paris, ‘To stop the American demand, the Roman variety 1s being grown, ‘and ‘French eultivators are nursing the American trade because higher prices are ob- tained ‘from Avipeteies: s Meanwhile shel}s ingenlous}y Alled with carefully ipsepered coed Of bohvelleah arb being #014 ‘as genuine Romane ty ‘many Pris reetaurenty ec yy Ralirnada Nadied-in Alecks. 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They stay fresh until used. fice windies _ CHEW IT AFTER 4 Look for the spear EVERY MEAL |, PIONEERS OF THE FRONTIER Reb-Blooded Men and Women Were Those Who Carved an Empire From Wilderness, No doubt the “run of the continent” has improved the fiber of the Ameri- can people. Of course, the well estab- Mshed and the intellectuals had no mo- tive to seek the west; but in energy and venturesomeness those who sought the frontier were superior to the average of those in thelr class who stayed behind. It was the pike rather than the carp that found thelr way out of the pool. Now, in the main, those who pushed through the open door of opportunity left more children than thelr fellows who did not. Often themselves members of large families, they had fecundity, a it were, in the blood. With land abundant and the outlook encouraging, they married earlier. In the natrow Ife of the young West, love and family were stronger interest than tn the older society; hence all married. ‘Thanks to cheap living and to the need of helpers, the big family was welcomed. Living by agriculture, the West knew Httle of cities, manufactures, social rivalry, luxury and a serving clas, all foes of rapid multiplication—From “Origins of the American People,” by Prot. Edward A. Ross, in the Century. ‘Testing Nephew's Knowledge. ‘There is a certain old German of Wilkesbarre, Pa, whose pride, lke that of many self-made men, leads him at times Into a sort of patronizing con- desconsion toward. those things he did not “have time for” when he was mak- ing his way in lifé;. Upon the occasion of the graduation of a nephew, he asked: “Vell, Wilhelm, vot did dey teach you up there? « “Greek and Latin,” ‘sald the boy, “and German and algebra,” “So, so!” murmured, the old, Ger man. “And vot's der, algebra for po- tatoes, now?”—Youth’s Companion, Their Breed. $ “Your father has a lot of yery- fine thickens,” observed. the young man. “Has he incubators?" °“No,”*said ‘the iWweet young thing just home. from Dogrding school, “I think they're Ply- mouth Rocks.”—Dallas News.’ z aad lo pi Beet onl Bras Doses: “they cure”—Se at Druggiste. Out of Date. “Isn't she graceful?” “Yes, but horribly old fashioned. The slouch 1s all the style nowadays. 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Instead of the ‘‘Blues,"’ you feel fit and strong, equal to any task or up to any pleasure, ‘This great remedy has proved its worth year after year for over yore lat ie ttaee fr worth ta yea, “Sell by ucticioe doslers AereaiNstios cad fot ws sand 0 far Stal box by faa Sra Sce cS AIST TOS pcaee ceckscueee aires Ber eV orca Balle No Joke. At tho Chicago Athletic club a game had been put in on a cynical old bachelor. ‘The man had waited from elght to ten in the park on a snowy evening in obediencé: to a pale pink, violet-scented note that his friends had faked in order to see if he was really as confirmed a woman hater as he claimed. ‘Turning up at the club for a night- cap, the duped and frozen bachelor was. very sullen and sulky when his friends derided him. He was no fun whatever in the fake note. George Ade, noticing his black and lowering looks, gave a loud laugh and said: “What a skinflint you’ must be! ‘Won't even laugh at a joke, eh, if it's at your own expense!” ‘When a girl jilts a young man she may do him a great kindness—but he doesn't realize it until later. Reckless promises soon make a nan ‘triediiaes: | Some bygone Housewives appear to have regarded ugliness ax a quality | to be desired in their servants. When Eliza Coke, daughter of Coke of Nor: | tolk, ‘was “about to. inarty, she wrote to’) hét\ prospective mother-in-law: “Pray; ave’ the goodness to “decide us you think best: about the pretty howsemaid. ¥ wish, she, were’ less prettyrdnd less fond of dress,* but’ if her conduct and prinelples are good neither are really objectionable faults. I think our extablishment will be a pattern of morality, particularly. if Mr. Stanhope ‘engages the squinting butler and the terrible, house maid he mentioned ‘to me.” Standing on one's merits is good, ‘but moving on them 4a better. Some men reath the top and then become ‘dizzy, weak, use RENOVINE.” Made by .Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove’s Pa) The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic Is Equally Valuable as 4 General Strengthening Tonic, Because it Acts on the Liver, Drives Out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Bullds Up the Whole System, {You know what you are taking when you take Grove's Tasfelets chill Tonic, as the formula is printed on every label, showing that it Sei a atinorn tonic properties of QUININE and IRON, It has no equal for Chills and Fever, Weakness, General Debility and Loss of Appetite. Gives life and vigor to ‘Nursing Mothers and Dale, Sickly Children, .A True Tonis.and Sure Appetizer. For grown people and childrén., Guaranteed by your Druggist. 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Baltimore Amie Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. McCRARY, MANAGER. J. B. McORARY, EDITOR FRIDAY APRIL 10. 1914 Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. E-Address all communications to J. B. McORARY, Box 107 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year.....$1 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. 10:20 a.m. 374 2:25 p.m. 3:3 p.m. SOUTH BOUND. Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 375 10:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 305 2:23 p.m. 2:35 p.m. Our trimmed hats for Ladies, Misses and Children are now ready for you. Come in and see the big values for little money. Tax Sale Notice. To W. D. Sperry, Mitchell, Neely, Donnell Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis, Mo. to Heirs, Legatees, grantees, and all parties interested, you are hereby notified, that at a sale of Real Estate made by the Sheriff at the door of the Court House, in the town of Metropolis, County of Massac, and State of Illinois on the 8th day of July A. 1912, D. 1912, B. Kerr, purchased the following described Real Estate, situated in the said County, for the Taxes, interest, penalties and Costs due and unpaid thereon, for the year, A. D. 1911, accessed in name of W. D. Sperry, being Lot 5, five, Block_69, of the City of Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois. And that the time allowed by law for redemption of said Real Estate will expire on the 8th day of July A. 1914. Mrs. Emma J. Caldwell o Chicago, Dist M. N. G. and Mrs. Nola Simms, of Brookport, District Worthy Director were in the city Wednesday night on their official visits. They were tendered a royal welcome and a splendid supper. Statement of the Ownership. Man- of Metropolis Weekly Gazette published weekly at Metropolis, 111., required by the act of August 1913. Editor, J. B. McCryar, Assistant Editor, Edgar S. B. McCryar, Business Managers, M. J. McCryar, and G. L. B. McCryar. J. B. McCryar, Publisher. Swn to and subscribed before me this the 20th day of March 1914. S. A. VAN KIRK, Notary Public My commission expires June 28, 1916. A Slow Youth. "You broke off the engagement!" said Maide. "Yes," replied Mamle. "I was terribly disappointed in him. He came around for our elopement with a motor car instead of an aeroplane." Heavy Annual Rainfall. The rainfall of a village among the hills of Assam, during the ten weeks from May 1 to July 9 this year, was 250 inches. The village is Cherrapunji, the rainstest spot in Asia and presumably in the world. Its annual rainfall is something over 450 inches—say, fifteen times as much as London. Cherrapunji stands on a plateau, overlooking the plain of Syilha, and it is 4,455 feet above sea level.—Westminster Gazette. Quite True. "I have to face the fact," mused the fashionable photographer, as he looked over some recent pictures, "that there are some very ugly features in this business." Results All That Count. Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or by valor?—Virgil. STAFF OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO LUCA COUNTY, S. S. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of of Toledo, County and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subcribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (SEAL) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. 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Trustees of the Livingston Normal, Theological and Industrial Institute. J. H. Knowles, D. D., President J. B. McCrary, S. T. B., Secretary T. C. Yancy, Treasurer S. B. Kerr, Attorney Buy all your magazines of us. We can give you four magazines one year with The Gazette for only 18c extra. 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., Don't pay out money for magazines. We can give you four monthly magazines for 18 cents extraft you will subscribe to The Gazette for one year. You are cordially invited to come in and look at our Ladie's, Misses and Children's trimmed hats and you will be convinced of their splendid value. Get ready for spring weather. MRS. VALLEE. 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. The editor is on the sick list this week with "grippe." Persons who owe the Gazette would greatly lesson the financial burden of the publishers by remitting at once. Rev. S. J Hunt, of Cairo, was with us several days last week also this. He preached a strong sermon Sunday night at the African Baptist church, to the entire satisfaction of a good sized crowd He also remained over for the opening of the school. He, too, as the other who were present will as he go publish the good news of the splendid program, large attendance Monday night and of the site and building. Revs. Thos. Turner, J. M. Blake, G. W. Rowlett and Berry Thomas, were present at the opening of the school. 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. You can get four splendid magazines one year for 18 cents extra by renewing your subscription to The Gazette. The members of the Carnation Art Club conducted a rally Sunday the 5th for the benefit of the rostrum set. The Crescent is a respectable Cafe where old and young go to meet their friends and have a good time. I have a new supply of hair goods on hand. Call and see them. MRS. Z. A. VALLEE. The Cresent Cafe is the place to go to get your hot lunches. Fish a specialty. Let every minister register in the Livingston Monday April 6th by paying $1.00 and if they dont attend the money can be applied on the tuition of some worthy poor boy or girl. Rev. Thomas Turner was in Kentucky Sunday. Rev. D. Parrish, D. D., moderator of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association, Mounds, was in the city Monday on the account of the opening of the Livingston Institute. He was more than pleased with the school site and hope to hear from him along that line in the near future. He said that he had been misinformed about site and building by enemies of the school. A lie can go the rounds of a community, county, state or even the world as to that matter, before Truth can get her boots on, but the lie will be eventually overtaken and given a black eye. Bro. Isaac Watson, of Paducah, Ky., attended the opening of Livingston Institute the 6th and was both delighted and surprised at the campus and building and said that the Trustees had handled the people's money judiciously and should have credit for the same. Rev. J. H. Patterson was at his church Sunday at Brownfield Mrs Williams, of Joppa was in the city on business Monday Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hayn's and little son of Brookport Sundayed in the city. Ed Buchanan has again taken his bed. ```markdown ``` 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 The following Program was rendered Menday Night April 6th at Livington Normal Institute. Music .....Choir Invocation, Rev. Berry Thomas Music .....Choir Collection Opening Address Rev. J. B. McCrary Response, Bro. Isaac Watson Music .....Choir Recitation Miss O. Buchanan Duett Mesdames J. Woods, Marjory Taylor Paper E. Simmons McCrary Recitation Miss A. Barnard Duett Mrs. L. B. Dukes and Miss MarJory Tandy Instrumental Solo .....Miss Carrie Urquhart Music .....Choir Solo Mrs. Batrice Martin Solo Mr. J. Thos. Lyons Paper Mr. N. W. Long Instrumental Solo Mrs. Lavada Spurlark Refreshments was served by the Ladies' Carnation Art Club. The editor of the Gazette, is in receipt of an invitation to be present at the meeting of the Civic League's business meeting of Peoria, May 28th also to fill the pulpit both morning and evening May 31st for Rev. B. N. Murrell, who will preach the baccalaureate sermon for the High School of Henderson, Ky., We have accepted of the invitation. We were informed by Rev. C. C. Phillips, that Frank Michaux formerly of this, now of Dewmaine, was seriously shot in the face last week. He is still living. Mrs. Cora Minivie and; two children of Paducah, Ky., are in the city visiting Mrs. Laura Hutchinson. Miss Mossie Roberts attended the teacher's meeting at Marion, last week. Rev. R. Earl, returned from Paducah, Monday where he spent a week preaching in a rally. Mrs. Eva Stalls, left for Decator to be gone for and indefinite time. Mrs. Angeline Cowper, of Decatur, who has been at the bedside of her son Hyomei returned home Friday. He is still poorly. Rev. Berry Thomas and wife were at Brownfield Sunday. The former went to preach. Livingston Institute This school is well graded and equipped Grammar School Department. All work is well organized under Departmental and able Instructors, selected for Special Departmental work Special Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2.00 a Session Tuition Rates: Tuition, Theological Department per month ..... $1.00 Tuition, Normal and English courses per month each " 1.00 Tuition, Instrumental music (including rent of instrument) ..... 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 Mrs. Pearlie Watt of Smithland, Ky., is in the city visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Church, who have been in our city several months returned to their home at Maunie, a happier and wiser pair for having come to our city, as represented to them, so they said. They made many friends while here. Mrs. Rosa Simms went to Paducah, Saturday. Prof. Wm Smith and wife, were Paducah, visitors Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Lena M. Phillips, who is teaching at Centralia, made a flying trip to the city to visit her mother Saturday from Marion where she had been to attend the teachers, meeting. Rev. W. H. Barnett, preached a good sermon at the African Baptist church Sunday morning. Mrs. Mabel Routen visited in Paducah, this week. All Weather Good. Sunshine is delicatom, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; rating there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather—John Ruskin. Only One. Little Jack's mother showed him a letter from a "new munt." who had attained to this relationship by marrying Jack's favorite uncle. "Mama," said Jack innocently, as he laboriously spelled out the signature, "Belle Paine," "does sunty pronounce her front name in two syllables"—Lipinovitch. Examine Your Own Prejudice Examine Your Own Prejudice Every one is forward to complaints of the prejudices that mislead other men or parties, as if he were free, and had none of his own. This being objected on all sides, it is agreed that it is a fault and a hindrance to knowledge. What now is the cure? No other but this, that every man should let alone others' prejudices and examine his own. The only way to remove this great cause of ignorance and error out of the world is for every one impartially to examine himself.-Locke.