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METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE For the next 15 days we will sell our books at these big reductions: 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. My Final Reply to Dr. Washington Editor Gazette:—I send you an article from my book beginning page 17. Six reasons for being a Baptist. If Moderator W. Washington will read this art. article he with others like him can fully decide what I believe and teach. The public will please excuse me from any further reply to Rev. Mr. Washington I am very busy preparing both for our State Convention and our Western Baptist Convention of which I have honor to be President and have no further time for controversy. Six Reasons for being a Baptist. We bgin this discourse by asking a question, viz., what reason is there for a separate existence of the Baptist as a denomination? Why have our separate churches, ministers, colleges, boards of management, Missionary Societies, etc., etc.? Why not unite and lose our exestenace into those of other fellow Christian denominations? The above questions will apply as well to other denominations as to our own. We are therefore responsible for our existence and hence, we must answer to God and a generous public for the same, whose sympathy and support we are asking. Truly, I wish there could be a loving, friendly, intelligent, candid discussion of this by every protestant denomination in Christendom. The generous public before giving support has a right and should demand a Scriptural reason for their separate existence. For we hold that to sepChristians, except on the ground of pure scriptural differences, is no just cause for the existence of a church, and as Baptists, we recognize the right of the public to know why we enlist as a separate and distinct denomination. We are willing gladly to answer for ourselves. Some would answer by saying that this is a land of religious liberty, and if the Baptists wish to maintain a separate existence, no one has a right object, and did we as Baptist exist only upon that, our existence would only be based upon the fact the "wished it." As a Baptist, I truly deny such a right, and the fact upon which it exists or rests, for religious liberty does not consist in the right of one to do as he pleases in religious matters. Two things must be noted here. 1st, that our religious liberty must not run counter to the will of God. Christ said, "Go ye therefore and disciple all nations, immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." Matt. 28:19. There is no liberty of man that can set aside the law of our risen Lord, and according to this, the apostle writes, 'As free-using your liberty-as servants of God., I Pet. 2:16. "Tothis end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world that I should bear witness unto the truth, saith the Lord." The church is the ground and the stay of the truth. Other denominations may claim their rightsto a separate existence on the ground that this is a land of religious liberty, but God forbid that the Baptists should ever think of such a plea. 2nd Our religious liberty must not interfere with our duty to our fellow men. I solemnly declare in the condition of mankind that the needless multiplication of denomitions is a great sin against humanity. The great mass of the human family is without the true knowledge of God, and Jesus Christ, whom God sent into the world. It is needless as well as a sin to multiply denominations simply because "we wish it," when the only ground for a separate and distinct existence of a denomination should grow out of profound scriptural, doctrine difference. Other than this, there is no ground whatever for its existence. I wish to state here that there is a very serious misapprehension among others concerning us Baptists. We are charged with dividing the christendom upon a bare ordinance and also crying about how much water is to be used in the act of baptism. We are also charged with separating ourselves from others by the arbitrary restriction we place around the table of our Lord and with bigotry, arrogating to ourselves a sanctity superior to others. These are the characteristics supposed by others to mark the people that are called Baptists. Among many of our ranks (Baptists) this subject falls for want of intelligent understanding and of a correct and proper statement. Scores of Baptists have been asked what is the difference between you and other denominations? Their answer has simply been that Baptists believe in immersion. The answer, as far as it goes, is correct, but it does not go far enough and is therefore very shallow and imperfect. Others have answered the question by saying "Baptists practice close communion." This too, might be regarded as it goes, correct. It is misleading however, and superficial. Sometimes such intelligent Baptists as Dr. Goth, Pres. of a college in England, carelessly states fundamentals as he has done in the Encyclopedia Britanica viz., where he says, "The Baptists as a denomination are distinguished from other denominations by views they hold separating the ordinance of Baptism." I declare to you that there is a far greater difference than this, and I shall endeavor to show it and shall give greater and more plausible reasons why I am a Baptist. 1st, the fundamental principles that make us Baptists are our belief in the Supreme Authority and absolute sufficiency of the word of God, the scriptures are our separate existence is a practical and logical demonstration in our attempt to apply this principle in all religious matters; and until this conclusion is reached, the bed rock of our determination will not have been touched. The scripture, the Bible, our guide, our waybill from earth to heaven, not E. T. Hichcox' directory, and if man is allowed to alter this, where would be earth's guide, and where the foundation foundation for a church at all? E. J. FISHER. To be continued.—Editor. On to Carbondale. Editor of the Gazette, pleas allow us opportunity to speak to the churches and brethren before the State Baptist (General convention meets with the churches in Carbondale, on June 10th. And Bro, editor, we wish to address the brethren personally so far as we can call to mind and we hope that no church nor society will be left behind. Let this meeting be a record breaker. With God to lead and help us, we need fear no harm, regardless of the threatening storm. The laws are plain which His word contains. It means One Lord, One Faith, and One Baptism. So, then brethren, our aim and object, should be, "Missions, Education, and regeneration, Elder H. Allison, of Centrala, 1st Vice Pres, served notice on the churches in this end of the state to show their loyalty to the cause to the cause of the Easter. Dr. Fisher, has a standing article, in the Gazette, urging the churches and brethren, to come up to the help of the Lord. Brethren, please do not say that this of that hindered you; you had a whole year to get ready, the meeting is here almost at your doorstep. We had in mind to address article personally to the brethren the presidents, of the Women's work, the importance of their hearty cooperation. Let this be our Motto: That which I can do, I ought to do, and that which I ought to do, God, being my helper, I, will do. Brethren, let us go up as never before, not to fight, but, to foster the work of the Master's Kingdin. In this, we will be justified, and God will be glorified. YOUNG COLORED MAN OF CAIRO, WINS HIGH HONORS Julian H. Lewis, son of Prof. J. C Lewis of the Sumner high school, has won honors at the University of Chicago. The Maroon, the student's publication, says: Julian Herman Lewis has been awarded the second annual Howard Taylor Ricketts prize of $250 by the Medical faculty for original research work in the department of Pathology. The prize was established as an annual award by Mrs. Howard T. Ricketts as a memorial to Professor Ricketts, who died in Mexico City, May 3, 1910, from typhus fever, which he acquired while studying the disease. Mr. Lewis received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the university of Illinois in 1911, and his Master of Arts degree there in 1912. He entered the Medical school of the University in the Autumn quarter of 1912, and has been in attendance at different periods since then—Cairo Evening Citizen. The editor, of Gazette, is much pleased to chronicle the above news of so worthy and aspiring young man as Julian Lewis, who has set a pace for his fellows. We are proud of him. First, because he is a member of my race, which shows the possibilities of the Negro boy and girl when they get down to study and given propper training. Second, behe is an "Egyptian," born and reared. He is a "Chip off of the Old Block," his father, Prof J. C. Lewis being one of the leading educators in the state, and his mother. Mrs. C. O. Lewis, is a very talented woman, and is the assistant principal to her husband. We know Julian will make good in the medical profession when he has completed the course not only in alleviating pain, allaying fevers, diagnosing disease, amputing the limbs but raking in the bright shining shekels as well. "Give the Negro a chance and let Him Alone," and he will prove to the world that there is nothing in the color of the skin or curl of the hair. Give the young American a hearing before the bar of public opinion and the stigma placed upon race by two and one half centuries of galling chains of American bondage and bitter bardships encountered in the battle for bread and existence, will soon have been effaced from the pages of history and the memory of a diabolical and prejudiced mob of this country. Notice. The S. S. Convention of Mt. Olive Baptist Association will convene with 12th St. Baptist S. S, Cairo, June 24th. D. Farrow, Pres. Danger in Pride. No man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him— Burke. IN MEMORIAM. In sad and loving memory of our dear Mother, Mrs. SABAIR JANE ROBINSON, who departed this life six months ago to day May 25th. Though you're not forgotten, Never shall your memory fade; Loving hearts will always linger, Around the grave where you are laid. But, we know that you are happy, In the mansions of the blest; Where there is no pain or sorrow, Only sweet. Eternal rest. From your loving daughter, LOU ELLA YOUNG Notice. To the local W. E. & M. Societies of the Mt Olive Baptist Association: You are awake that we held no meeting with the Executive Board in March, being unable to attend myself, and the first meeting was financially poor. Each local is asked to send to the Sec. Sister Allie Barnard, of Metropolis, $1. to assist in the representation fee to the State convention as she will attend. It will meet in Carbondale, June 10. Hoping as many of the sisters and circles will represent in this meeting as can, also represent your circles in the Needle and Art work department. I will be glad to correspond with some sister that can travel in the District Mission work and visit the churches. M. J BLAKE, Pres. ALLIE BAKNARD, Sec. 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. The Master hath use of the talents of every minister, therefore atten the State Convention June 10th. Let evry minister of the Mt and East Mt. Olive Associations attendthe Baptist State Convention which convenes in Carbon-dale June 10th. A minister who will not attend these meetings should be placed in the rear rank with his class where he will finally go. Editor Gazette:— I wish to speak to the Baptist Family of Iliinois: Brothren 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 convention. We at once set about with the Cor. Society 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 Norment, pastors. The Executive Board was called and a unanimous vote was taken in favor of Carbondale, for June 10th. You are therefore 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 irdeed 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 President 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. 1830 Market Ave., E. St, Louis, Ill. Please publish: That the Baptist General State Convention will meet Wednesday June 10, 1914 with the Baptist churches of Carbondale, Ill., and the fare per day is 75c. E. H. BORDEN, Cor. See'y. E. J. FISHER, Pres. 5,918,098 gallons sold last year 1,536,232 gallons more than 1912 The constantly increasing use of POLARINE by thousands of motorists is indisputable evidence of its lubricating efficiency. It affords perfect lubrication to all makes and types of motor cars, motor trucks, motorcycles and motor boats. POLARINE maintains the correct lubricating body at any motor speed or temperature. POLARINE remains liquid at zero. POLARINE differs from all other motor oils, in that it lubricates perfectly at extremes of temperature. Old Workman, Grown Gray in" the Harness, Resented Being Looked On as a "Casual." Bill Smith had worked at a certain firm for sixty years. So the two sons of the employer thought that he had worked for them sufficiently long enough to be pensioned off, and this they decided to do at once. So they called the old man into the office, and told him that as he had worked for them faithfully and well all these years they had decided to pension him off, but that he could draw the same wage as he was then earning. The old man turned away, but the was very much troubled and puzzled about the matter, and the two sons could see that he hadn't taken it at all in the spirit in which they had given it, so they said: "Well, Mr. Smith, what's the matter? Don't you like it?" "No," replied the old man; "I always thought that this place was a regular job!" "Now, boys," said the schoolmaster, "I want you to bear in mind that the word 'stan' at the end of a word means 'the place of.' Thus we have Afghanistan—the place of the Afghans; also Hindustan—the place of the Hindus. Can anyone give me another example?" Nobody appeared very anxious to do so until little Johnny Snaggs, the joy of his mother and the terror of the cats, said proudly: "Yes, sir, I can. Umbrellastan—the place for umbrellas." The papers are publishing stories of Dr. Weir Mitchell. This is one of the best of them: One day a patient came into his office and found him closing a large bundle of letters. "All resignations from committees or boards," he said gleefully. "I'm going to get off all them. I have told my wife that when I die I want her to put on my tomstone, 'Committee to the grave!'" LIVING ADVERTISEMENT Glow of Health Speaks for Postum. It requires no scientific training to discover whether coffee disagrees or not. Simply stop it for a time and use Postum in place of it, then note the beneficial effects. The truth will appear. "Six years ago I was in a very bad condition," writes a Tenn. lady. "I suffered from indigestion, nervousness and insomnia. "I was then an inveterate coffee drinker, but it was long before I could be persuaded that it was coffee that hurt me. Finally I decided to leave it off a few days and find out the truth. 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The American negro should become acquainted with Liberia and interest himself in it."—Professor Starr In the exhibition arranged by Professor Starr there is the best collection of books and printed matter relating to Liberia that has ever been brought together at one time. Besides the books written about the country by strangers and scientific men traveling in the country, there are books and pamphlets printed in Liberia and written by Liberians on the politics, government, history and religion of their own country. There are files of the principal Liberian newspapers and magazines, the Liberian Register, the African League, Liberia Times, Liberia Recorder, the Guide and a missionary paper, Liberia and West Africa. A whole case is devoted to the activities of the missions in Liberia. In the exhibit the Protestant Episcopal, the Methodist Episcopal, the African Methodist Episcopal, the Lutheran and the Christian missions are represented. They have been especially active in providing schools and much needed education for the natives. Among the notable mission schools are Epiphany hall, under the direction of the Protestant Episcopal church, and the College of West Africa, a Methodist Episcopal school, located at Monrovia. At Epiphany hall there is a farm and coffee plantation connected with the school, and four hours of practical agriculture and horticulture are required.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Closely following the action of the senate in favor of a substantial appropriation for continuing the work on the new Central high school building, and for the purchase of a site for the new Eastern High school, comes the news that the work of constructing a new high school building for colored pupils will probably be begun next fall, says the Washington Star. Congress last July having appropriated $15,000 toward the construction of this building, the authorized cost of which is to be $55,000, the announcement is now made that the plans for the proposed structure are practically complete. The pressing need for a new building for the colored high school is shown in the statement that the structure now in use was built to accommodate 450 pupils; that its present enrollment is more than 800, and that libraries, study halls and other rooms have been pressed into service as classrooms, though designed for other purposes. The efficiency of this school has suffered somewhat for a long time because of its crowded condition. The plans for the new building show a provision of space for 1,400 pupils, nearly double the present enrollment of the school. This appears to be looking well into the future, but the building will not be completed until the spring of 1916, and the school population of Washington is increasing rapidly. With the facilities and attractions of the new high school buildings, a marked increase in the high school enrollment may be looked for. There was buried in Mt. Hope cemetery, at Boston, last week. Mrs. Sarah Spence, who claimed to be one hundred and thirteen years old. At her grave were three daughters, all of whom were born in slavery. All of her 16 children were slaves. After the war they came North, one by one, and the mother herself came to Boston 14 years ago. Mrs. Spence was born in Camden. Her parents were slaves of a family named Barnett. Later she was sold to Col. Dennis Furby of North Carolina, for whom she wove cloth and made garments. Mrs. Furby and the slave did not get along well and the young girl ran away once a year for four years. She was sold to Timothy Smith and at his death she was carried into Tennessee. After the war she went back to North Carolina and worked on the Furby estate for pay, as did her children. Her first husband, Alida Furby, died before the war and she was married to Thomas Spence. The University of Southern California has appealed to the Central Labor Council of Los Angeles to aid in the work of making its course in trade unionism a success. Nearly one-third of the population of Washington is negro, according to the bulletin of the census bureau. The total estimated population of Washington this year is 353,378, of which 101, 339 are negroes. In Philadelphia it is estimated that the total population this year will be 1,657,810, of whom 91,652 are reported as negroes. Of the population of Pittsburgh this year 537, 479 are whites and 27,299 negroes. Nothing makes the rest of us so tired as the fellow who puts up a bluff at hustling. There is an old and tenaciously held theory that the negro has a greater resistance to malaria than the white man. Recent investigations by public health service tend to throw doubt on this belief. In Alabama, during a three-year period, the number of deaths from malaria was one and one-half times as great among colored persons as among white. In Mississippi in 1913 2.3 times as many negroes as whites died of this group of diseases. Several thousand blood examinations were made to test the prevalence of malarial infection in the general population. In Arkansas, less than six per cent of the whites examined had the malarial organism in their blood, while 7.6 per cent of the negroes were so afflicted. In North Carolina the germ was found in 7.5 per cent of the whites and 11.5 per cent of the colored persons examined. In spite of these statistics the old opinion may be correct. The investigation is still too incomplete to warrant any sweeping conclusions. Malaria is a rural disease, and the negro is a country dweller. His environment is against him in other ways. The bulk of the population in the healthy uplands of Mississippi is white, but the negro clusters so thickly in the fertile but malarial cotton lands of the Yazoo delta and other parts of the "black belt" that the census of the state shows 1,009,487 colored persons to only 786,111 white. The question can be settled only by an exhaustive comparison of whites and blacks living in the same environment, under the same conditions. There is a strong probability that such a test would support the old belief that the negro resists malaria better than the white man. A study of the situation in the Negro Baptist churches of Chicago strengthens the conviction that an efficient and unifying organization is really their greatest necessity. Their disposition to organize and the special needs of the city should eventually bring this about. At present we have improved upon the Methodist churches. They have five different conferences, but it must be said that in spite of this they co-operate in a friendly spirit. The Negro Baptists at the present time have two associations. Any time spent in efforts to explain the basis of their doctrinal or personal differences might better be used in trying to secure a real basis of co-operation for their mutual improvement and advance. It seems that some organization of these churches on the basis of the city work, to prevent overlapping, to over assistance, to plan future work as necessity may require and not as individual caprice may suggest is a matter of real importance. This organized co-operation to increase the efficiency of all the churches is a natural step to be taken in the processes of their growth and may be looked for at any time. As one examines the location and the activities of different Baptist churches, and sees new churches started under the very eaves of some older one, because of a doctrinal or personal difference, he is convinced that the weight of influence of these who are trying to make the churches more useful should be set against this and in favor of that practical comity for which the executive council stands. Sixty-seven theaters and music halls in London are licensed to sell liquor. Rev. Richard D. Stinson, head of the Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute, spoke to the congregation of the Bethel Avenue Methodist Episcopal church and the Christian Missionary alliance at Pittsburgh. He urged the people of his race to develop a racial pride and history by making themselves able, educated, honorable citizens. He declared that the race never could cope with alcohol and other drugs. Before the Christian Missionary alliance he outlined the work which is being done at the school, which he heads, and told of the aspirations and hopes of the leaders of the negro race in the South. Michael Spartall, who died recently at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, at the age of ninety-five, was formerly consul general for Greece in London. He was present at the funeral of George IV and at the coronation of William IV. Among his friends were Gladstone, Cobden and Bright. There are 160 dramas and 21 melodramas based on the life of Joan of Arc. The most cosmopolitan child in the world is probably Peggy Venner, at present living in Berkeley, Cal. She speaks five languages, and has traveled 81,000 miles since birth. Her father has interests in London, South Africa and Australasia, and is traveling most of the time. Ollie James, the senator from Kentucky, has the record of having defended more than eighty men accused of murder, without losing one of the cases. 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While visiting his uncle in the country Willie was much interessed in watching the ducks "tipping up" in a pond. "They're most all young ones, aren't they?" he observed to his uncle. "Why, no, boy; they're old ones What makes you think they are young." "I thought they were young." Willie explained, "because they don't seem to be able to swim without upsetting." —Saturday Journal. Church—You don't have family feuds here, I suppose? Gotham—Don't we? Why, say, a family across the street got a phonograph, and the people next door to them started their two boys taking lessons on the fiddle. Constipation causes many serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative, three for cathartic. Adv. When a woman makes up her mind she does it in such a way that she can easily make it over again. Anybody can dye successfully with Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Adv. It takes a sensible woman to generate silence. 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At the same time the house of commons voted $2,000,000 for the support of his new dignity. Within a little more than a year the famous soldier was destined to win the great victory at Waterloo and to be made the commander-in-chief of the British forces. Later in life the duke of Wellington became British prime minister, but the strong personal qualities that had helped him to success as a soldier were not the qualities that best befitted 101 the premiership, and the career of the duke as a statesman added little to his fame. Ita Kind. "Doctor, my trouble is wholly athletic." Are Your Kidneys Weak? You may have kidney trouble and not know it. The only signs may be occasional twinges in the small of the back, constant lameness, dizzy spells or some annoying irregularity of the kidney action. If you suspect that your kidneys are sluggish, use Doan's Kidney Pills, which have relieved thousands. 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Suddenly a bend in the road brought him face to face with a small motor car, driven by a bewhiskered farmer. Seeing with what difficulty, the rider was maintaining his seat as the horse reared, plunged and backed, and realizing that he could not get by the frightened animal on so narrow a highway, the farmer stopped his car, jumped out, caught the bridle and led the horse past it. After expressing his thanks, the artist, wishing to show an appreciative interest, inquired what machine it was. "It's an automobile, stranger," was the farmer's indulgent reply. Ennured. "General," he said to the insurgent leader, "the army grows restless. The men need a diversion." "Shoot another bunch of noncombatants," suggested the eminent bushwhacker. "No use," replied the aide. "The firing squad yawned over the last bunch. One of the boys fell asleep and shot a comrade." The fiery leader frowned. "Gonsalvo," he said, "I greatly fear we will have to start in and do some more fighting" — Cleveland Plain Dealer. Ruins. The American Tourist—The castle is very old, you say? The Native—It dates back to the eleventh century. The Tourist—It's had hard usage. The Native (monotonously)—It was built in 1092, the tower was added in 1373, it was unroofed by Cromwell's army in 1643 and burned by the militants in 1914. LOOKING BACKWARD. She--Pa says you haven't a very bright future. He—You should have told him I had a very lurid past. 1 At the Art Gallery. Mr. Cyrus Green—Molly, what is that picture called in the catalogue? Mrs. Green (reading)—Cows after Tosa Bonheur. Mr. Green—By gosh! I see the cows, but where is Rosa Bonheur? In the Studio. 4 The Lady—Of course, Mr. Cobalt, they are awfully charming, but why do you paint nothing but nudes? The Artist—Can't afford to gown 'em, dear lady—fashions change so quickly—London Opinion. What the Proposal Really Was. "How did you propose to support my daughter, sir?" "I didn't propose to her to support her at all. I only proposed to her to marry me."—Rehoboth Sunday Herald. Another Kind. "Pop, were the knights of old lawyers?" "What a question! Of course not." "Well, this book says every knight had a lot of retainers." A Neat Hit. Gladys—Jack proposed to me last ight. Maude—He told me he didn't care what became of him when I refused him last week. BUTLER'S ONE BIG MISTAKE Chestnut Curls, Accidentally Removed From Head of Guest, Replaced on Pate of Another. "Tenafly's jag list contained some startling errors," said Norbert R. Pendergast, the Wall street man whose residence is in Tenafly. "Yes, some of the errors in the original list were so remarkable that they reminded me of Brown's dinner party. Two gentlemen sat side by side, one with a magnificent head of chestnut curls, of which he was inordinately proud, the other with a bald pate so shapely and shiny that he was proud, too. "Well, as the butler was serving the soup, he reached over the man with the superb curls, and his cuff button caught in a curl, and off came the entire crop on the button like a huge fish on a hook. "The butler was horrified. He jerked the wig off the button and clapped it, quick as a flash, on the bald head beneath his hand. Unfortunately, though, he had moved a couple of steps, and the head he clapped the wig on was that of the bald man who was proud of his baldness." ENGAGEMENT ONLY NECESSARY. She-I always said I'd never kiss a man until I was engaged. He—How did you happen to change your mind? She—I haven't. I'm engaged to another fellow. At Outa With Webster Professor X, one of the old school, always objected to the pronunciation of "wound" as though it were spelled "woond." One day he stopped a student in the middle of a reading with: "How do you pronounce that word, sir?" "Woond," replied the student. The professor gave him a sharp look and said: "I have never found any ground for giving it that soond, sir." Youth's Rapid Rise Manager (hiring office boy)—Well, my lad, what do you say? Applicant—Before I take the job, sir, I'd like to know if there's any chance of promotion. Manager—Well, as to that, it depends on the boy. The last one we had here owned the whole place before he'd been with us two months. The Crucial Test Lady Passenger—This storm is horrible. Is there nothing further, captain, that you can do to insure our safety? Steamer Captain—We have done all, madam, that lies in the power of man, and nothing remains but to trust in the Lord. Lady Passenger—Dear me! Is it as bad as that? A Wife to a Thousand. "What's worrying you just now?" "You know that female doctor I married?" "Sure." "Every time I want to speak to her I have to wait until office hours and then she charges me $2 for the consultation."—Philadelphia Ledger. Criticizing Father. "Father used to have to hurry through his work in order to get to the golf links in the afternoon," said Maymie. "Yes," replied Maude; "and now he has to hurry away from the dancing party in order to get his breakfast and go to work in the morning." Striking Effect. "Is you g'ineter wear dis new kind of colored hair?" inquired Mr. Erastus Pinkley. "T's thinkin' 'bout it," replied Miss Miami Brown. "T's planinn' a combination of green an' white an' pink dat I specks is g'ineter make me look like a human watermelon." Friendship. "I wonder why the baron and Javomir, the poet, always go about together. They are so utterly different." "Well, the baron thinks himself intellectual when he is with the poet, and the poet thinks he looks smart when he is with the baron."—Flegende Blaetter. Lengthy Discourse. "Don't you enjoy hearing your wife discuss questions of the hour?" "When Henrietta discuss anything," replied Mr. Meekton, "it is not a question of the hour. It is a question of several hours." Extreme Devotion. "She is said to have a devoted husband." "Yes; I think he loves her almost as well as she loves herself, don't you know." METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. Death Lurks In A Weak Heart If Youre is fluttering or weak, use RENOVINE.' Made by Van Vleet-Manshield. Drug Co., Memphis, Tenn. Price $1.00 WANTED THE STAGE FILLED Theatrical Magnate Evidently Cared More for Effect Than for Accuracy of Production. The production of great dramas was his business. His great talent was success, and his weakness was that he always liked to "show off" when he was rehearsing a play. He was in the habit of sitting far back in the darkened theater, and whenever a stranger came in to see the rehearsal work he put himself in the foreground by jumping to his feet and bawling out the actors and actresses. When he was putting on a big production of "The Holy City" three friends of his entered the theater one afternoon to see the dress rehearsal. As soon as they had sat down the producer began to fidget in his seat. He was consumed by the old fever for prominence. He wanted the visitors to see that he was the boss of everything. There were 12 men on the stage, which was unusually large. "Who are those men on the stage?" he called out to his stage manager in a thunderous voice. "That's one of the big scenes of the play," the manager sald humbly. "Those men are the 12 disciples." "Oh, well," shouted the impresario imperiously, "go out and get 12 more." "That's a big stage, and we want to fill it up." FACE ITCHED AND BURNED 383 No. Union St., Aurora, Ill.—"My allment started with a little pimple and it always itched and burned terribly. I scratched it and in a few days my face was all covered with sores. It ran up to my eyes and the day after I could not see out of my right eye. I was unable to get any rest. I couldn't go to bed, being afraid of getting the clothing all soiled, although I had my face all bandaged. 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Bascom Anthony, a presiding elder of the Methodist church in southern Georgia, tells a story of a negro pastor down his way who failed to give satisfaction to his flock. A committee from the congregation walted on him to request his resignation. "Look here!" demanded the preacher. "What's de trouble wid mah preachin'! Don't I arguify?" "You sho' does, eldah," agreed the spokesman. "Don't I 'sputty concernin' de Scriptures?" "You suttinly does," admitted the other. "Den what's wrong?" "Well, elidah," stated the head of the committee, "hit's dis way: You arguifies and you 'sputifies', but you don't show wherein!"—Saturday Evening Post. Admits She Is Fat. Stella Mayhew is fat—just plain fat. This is the term she herself applies to her avoirdupois, without trying to disguise it as "plump" or "stout." And she doesn't mind joking with herself about it. On a certain occasion she was letting her audience into a few of her secrets. "I have tried everything recommended to reduce," she admitted, "but I keep on getting fatter. Why, there isn't a thing I read about, guaranteed to take off flesh, that I don't try." At this pause a woman seated in the second row, who had made herself conspicuous by several remarks during Miss Mayhew's talk, inquired: "Did you ever try poison?"—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. New Modern Dancing The leading Expert and Instructor in New York City, writes: "Dear Sirt—I have used ALLEN'S FOOT-BASE, the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes, for the past ten years. It is a blessing to all who are compelled to be on their feet. I dance or light ten hours daily, and find that ALLEN'S FOOT-BASE keeps my feet cool, takes the friction off my toes, and Achces feet. I recommend it to all my pupils." (Wigned) E. FLETCHER HALAMORE Sample FREE Address Allen Olimsted,LeBoy,N.Y. Tough! Gent (to proprietor of restaurant)—Your family has been established here a long time—eh? 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Everywhere the farmers are busy and the whole country presents one great scene of activity—three-horse, fourhorse and five-horse teams are busy preparing land for barley, oats and flax. On some of the larger farms batteries of steam and gasoline outfits are at work, but in a great many districts where these have been operated in the past they are being displaced by horses, owing no doubt partially to the difficulty of securing experienced men to operate them. Anyway, there is being put into agriculture in Western Canada, greater effort with more promise than for some years past. The soil is in the best possible condition; moisture has been sufficient, there have been no winds to dry out the soil, and if the farmers have had to lay up for a day or so and again, it was merely that the ground might have the advantage of the rain and an occasional snow, which promise so much for the growing crop. With some warm weather the grain will come along in a manner that will equal the best years Western Canada has ever had. It must not be thought from this that the farmers are full bent on securing a grain crop alone. In nearly every district there is more and more the indication and inclination to go into mixed farming. Herds of cattle now, dot the plains that up to the present had been fully given up to grain growing, hogs and sheep are in evidence. New buildings are to be seen on a great many places, these being plg houses and cow stables, although protection of cattle is not regularly required, excepting for calves and such cows as it may be necessary to house from time to time. The growing of alfalfa and other fodder grasses is an industry that is being rapidly developed. During this spring a splendid class of new settlers have gone in, many of them from the eastern states. 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You can get four splendid magazines one year for 18 cents extra by renewing your subscription to The Gazette. The baccalaureate sermon delivered at the First Baptist church Sunday a. m by pastor Rev. J. W. Davie was ably delivered to a large appreciative and intelligent audience, Hon. F. R. Young, Pres. of the Board of Education made some encouraging and timely remarks to the patrons and graduates also complimented the race as a whole for their advancement. Miss Ida M. Wallace of Monmouth, ex-teacher of Dunbar High School, is in the city visiting Miss Love Phillips. Mrs. Hester M. Urquhart and daughter Miss Carrie were in Paducah, Ky., on business last week. Miss Blossom Bradley of Joppa, is in the city. Mrs L. B. Dukes and daughters Miss Margie and Neecy Bell are to leave Saturday for Princeton Ky., to visit the former's mother. Mayor W. B. Ward, died Monday night of acute indigestion. He was sick only a few hours. His death was quite a shock to the citizens. Rev. S. A. Jonson, of Chicago a minister of the gospel was brutally killed by a drunken negro on the street in that city last week. Johnson was sick and begged the negro brute not to strike but the request was not heeded, but he was knocked to the gutter and kicked several times. was taken Provident Hospital where he died. The negro was arrested and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If this is the Johnson I know he is a Baptist preacher. Misses Carrie M. Urquhart and Allie Barnard, were elected delegates to the S S. convention F.ed Porter got his hand mashed very bad Tuesday. Mr. Geo. Wheeler, was taken to the Anna Hospial Wednesday by Sheriff Miller. Old Rambler left for Peoria, and other points Wednesday. Harpers Ferry, Va. On Friday night, April 24, a great declamatory contest was he, d in Anthony Memorial Hall of this institution, between Stower College and Morgan College of Baltimore. This is the third contest of the kind between the schools. Each had won one first and one second. When the judges announced that Lloyd P. Fisher, Winchester Va., had had won first honors for Stower, the enthusiasm knew no bounds. Mr. Fisher is a senior. His declamation, was "The War in Mexico" by Corium. Miss Mary V. Moorman won second prize for Morgan, using "The Lions" by Dumas. No morphines or optun in Dr. Miles' PAR Paddle. All AlloP. "One cent a dong." To the Baptist Women of the State Convention Galesburg Ill Mar. 2, 1914 Dear Sisters: This is to notify you that the General Convention will convene at Carbondale, Ill., in June instead of Springfield, as that church will not be able to entertain the convention. We desire and urge that the circles send a large representation to help unite the forces in this great work that we are trying to do The Master wants his workmen to be men and women of stability and truthfulness, not workers for a selfish motive, but do unselfishly His work the best we can, giving Him all the glory and the praise. We need more prayer among the workers of our state, prayer sincere and true. We ask that every christian worker that read this appeal will breathe a silent prayer to Him that doeth all things well for peace, unity and unbounded success at our meeting this year, as the Lord has blessed us so let us give. The christian life is a life of service and sacrifice, let us sacrifice a little time and attend this convention At the recent Board Meeting plans were laid whereby we might increase our funds, when these appeals reach you we urge that each circle will take heed The President is calling for seven hundred dollars for Mission work. Education and aged Minister Fund. This a small amount for the great state of Ill. Pray without ceasing for our Convention. To theMemory o f Brother When the American flag was insulted by Spain and McKinley made the call for volunteers in 1898, the deceased who now lies cold in death, who loved his country and its flag so dearly was the first to answer his country's call, and went to the front to avenge the wrong that had been inflicted upon our nation's honor. He made an honorable soldier during this strife and was always ready to obey and willing to do his duty. Many mornings and nights he answered the bugle's call, and now again he has answered the last call of that silver trumpet that summoned him to his just reward. Hundreds of his comrades that fell on the bloody battle fields of old Cuba have gone on before him to welcome him back into the ranks that are to be musteted out no more. Though he fell like the great McKinley did, shot by the cruel hand of an assassin, he had always served and loved country well. Boys and comrades of the 8th Illinois, one more has fallen from our ranks who once marched by our sides in the distant lances, but we shall never forget William Handcock whom we shall soon meet again in that great in that great beyond where stripe and tumult are unknown. A man who always provided for his family and loved his home as a husband and a father should, who worked had and honestly and at all times supported that which was right. In the chureh he was one of our best chrisitans and always ready to do his duty and give the best advice for the interest and 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 Departmenta 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 Church, we have lost a member, one who will be missed among us, his seat is vacant, we will see him no more, until we meet him in the great beyond. Be he has gone to his reward but his going should be a lesson to each one of us to live each day so that we, when our time comes may join that happy throng where there are no partings and where sorrows and heart aches are no more. REV. GEO. BROWN. Livingston Notes. Our needs:— We need 2 Doz. small chairs for the Kindergarten department. 1 Doz. small scissors One large Bible 1-2 Doz. Wall lamps with reflectors for our night school. One Wall clock. One Piano. 200 chairs in our chapel room, at once. Therefore we ask each church, Sunday School, W. E. & M. Society and Ministers also individuals who are interested in education to send us a donation at once. Due credit will be given you through these columns also in our quarterly report. Every minister should register and become a student of the Livingston college by sending $1.00 every month. If he is not able to attend the money can be used to adjantage and his name will increase the enrollment. Try it and let us make Livingston what it should be. Any good book will be thankfully received for our library. The school is now open and students are accepted at any time. For any information write Rev. J. B. McCrary, Supt. and Secy., Box 367 Metropolis, Ill. Household Philosopher. "Strange what a difference there is." and the household philosopher, "between things we need and things we want." There are many things we need in the house, but never can find the money for, while somehow we can always find the money for things we want that we personally fancy." MOUNDS. Mr. Editor, Please allow space to say to the public, thrt "The St. John Baptist Church," held its regular meeting on the 9th and found that the Pilgrim Rest Baptist church was, and is receiving excluded members from the St. John Baptist church to its fellowship. Therfore the church proceeded at once to take some steps, and notified them to turn them aloose, in which they failed to do, which is disorderly with all regular Baptist churches through out the state, therefore as we are one, and belong to one Baptist family in rules, regulations, principle and practice; we notify all ministers of the Union of the state of Illinois that if any one of them is known to take sides or practicing any of the religious worships with this disorly church known as "Pilgrim Rest" Baptist church, his name shall be published. See constitution of minutes, Sec. 7. Done by order of church, this the 9th day of May. Please send me 3 copies of the paper snd will pay you at the convention for same. Annie Brandon, Clerk, Rev. Parrish, Pastor If you wish your articles to appear each week, send on Monday also write short spicy articles, take your dictionary and make it your constant companion it is no disgrace. Don't try to fill up the paper with one article, remember there are others just as worthy asking for space and we anxious to serve all. Don't use slang phrases. Let us put the Gazette on a high class Newsy, Educational and Financial basis. We can do with your cooperation all that we have asked.—Editor. Examine Your Own Prejudice. Every one is forward to complain 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.