Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE Continued from last issue. And besides we would stand condemned before the reading public, and you Dr., would have been exonerated, but facts are stubborn things to overthrow. No doubt but when the Dr., undertook to do it, he was like the little chicken that was hatched by an incubater, with no mother to teach it to scratch nor to cluck, it could hardly tell, whether it was a chicken or a duck. That is you Dr., Fisher. The Dr., must have been in a very bad frame of mind; when he attempted to reply to the circular letter. He writes like a mad man, it is to be regretted that some one of his children, were not standing by him to whisper in his ear, these words. Be careful papa, what you write. Remember there is no great methods in madness, and too, papa, remember the proberb, that says "Those whom the gods would destroy they seek first to make mad." Dr. Fisher, found himself in such a whirlpool of confusion, and so utterly unable to refute a single charge, he says, "The public will please excuse me from any further replies." Then takes a great leap and bound. He undertakes to discuss the doctrine with Bro. Phillips, for the purpose of evading the main issue, and to prove that he is a Baptist. The Divine teacher, said to those that stood before Him, why call ye me Lord, Lord and do not the things that I say do." Bro., Fisher, you should remember that it takes more than a recitation of baptist history, and what the different writers say respecting infant baptism, to be a real Baptist. You have the tactics of the fox, when being chased that switches his course to elude his pursuers. But we are going to trail and track you to your den and and the Baptist and the reading public may judge between Bro. Phillips, and Dr., Fisher, as to who it is that "split the Baptist of the state, if it is to be considered a split." Dr. don't forget Haman's conduct who that all was required to complete his greatness, was the death of Mordecal." Divine Justice, verily decreed that he who erects a scaffold for his neighbor shall himself hang there. Or even sets a net for his neighbor, shall insnare his own feet. You may prove yourself to be a Baptist dy quoting history, about like the fellow that proved that there is oxens in heaven, by quoting the following scriptures. "Muzzle not the ox that treadeth out the corn, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Dr. you have made a great leap and bound, so as to cover your trail. You have leaped five columns, from the real issue. Your conduct reminds us of the man who hunted foxes with a hound by the name of Sounder. It is said that poor old Sounder, on chasing a fox one day with that long and loud voice that his master admired so well, became exhausted and lost his voice. His neighbor, advised him to appoint old sounder with lubricating oil, this he did and declared that fit restored old sounder's voice which rang out clear, clean and musical. And so help me God, when they came around against old sounder was three miles ahead of the fox. It can be easily seen that Dr. Fisher has not only played the fox, old sounder, as well, he is five columns ahead of the main subject. It requires nothing more than a huge joke to answer him on this point. Let us come back now to the real issue. Dr. Fisher says the Olivet Baptist church gave $1,000 last year for City Missions. (Chicago) We wish to say in this connection, that we frankly admit the Olivet church, or any other Baptist church has the undoubted right to contribute to the State, Foreign, Home or District, or even the city or local work if they choose. So we haven't an unkind word to say against the Olivet Baptist church nor a single member in it. But you say Dr. Fisher, that you are greatly interested in the state work, and we have shown your interest in the work of the State by the amount of $4.00 you gave the past year with a membership of 4,000, and you have not denied it. But you say that is all, or rather she did not see the need of giving more money to the State. But sent up to that same State convention for Foreign Missions $100.00 The hundred dollar check you laid down on the table only to be answered by another joke. We are reminded of the three Jews, as the story goes; they agreed among themselves that the first one of the three that died the other two were to put One hundred dollars in the coffin "it came to pass that one of them died," and the second man true to his promise put in his hundred dollars, who inquired of the third man whether or not he had deposited his $100.00 in the coffin, he replied no. I just raised the $100.00 you put in and gave my check for $200.00 in the coffin. Ha, ha, your checks Dr. have been known to excite smiles, at the convention several times and that Educational money brought to the convention, if you will agree to not say anything more about that educational money, I'll not. Amen. Dr. no Banker or any one else ever turned us down for the fact of funds when we gave our check. It is true we have never had very much dealings with Baks, nor will any minister, or any other man that is acquainted with us, will say that we would do things that a gambler would not do. Dr. can you say the same thing? Dr. Fisher, pays us another one of his compliments by saying that every dollar that we have raised "has gone into our pockets." but listen, Dr. Fisher, we can truthfully say that in no convention, association nor Executive Board or any other gathering did we ever forestall an investigation for the purpose of concealing certain monies that had been committed to our trust. How about you Dr? We very much regret to have to reply to this part of Dr. Fisher's article, but it is he who has drawn the fire and endure the flames; but the Dr. has yet to learn that no such logic turns a student pale but holds eel of argument by the tail. Brother Fisher, here is said of Brother Phillips by those who have known us longest. Pope County Bank. Goleonda, Ill., July 1, 1909. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that I am acquainted with the bearer hereof, Rev. C. C. Phillips. He was born and raised in our City and has always conducted himself in a manner that has made him one of our best citizens. What dealings I have had with Rev. Phillips I have found him honest and upright, and have never heard any thing to the contrary, he stands well in our community and has the respect of every one. I am pleased to be able to say the good words in his behalf. Edward A. Clark, Pres. Golconda, Ill. July 1st 1909. To whom this may concern: This is to certify that that the bearer Elder C. C. Phillips, of this town has been known to the writer for nigh to forty years, and is one of my best friends and when ever it would be necessary I would gladly go on his bond. I know he is as honest as the days are long. Would to God we had more liks him and this world would be better for it. Respectfully, Henry B. Pierce, of A. D. Pierce's Song Merchants. Dr. we have a dozen more of such letters, but do not care to burden the reader with them namely the clerks of the Baptist church (white) and from other good citizens of high standing. Last but not least we hope. Dr. Fisher vs. Fisher. Chicago, Ill., 5, 1914. Rev. C. C. Phillips. Golconda, Ill. Dear Brother, and Colaborer, I write to say I see thru the Gazette that your Institute and Executive Board held a meeting in which a relution was passed advising all of the churches of the East Mt. Olive Association to cooperate with our State Convention. That in my judgment was one of the most timely resolutions ever passed in the State of Illinois. I know you must have been that thoughtful, author, it is just like you to take time by the force, lock, and do such things. May the blessings of God abide with you. I truly wish that every church, S. S. and Mission Circle and B. Y. P. U. in our great State would do just what you have advised your association to do. Lorem ipsum is here. We also have in our possession a letter from the Dr. which reads in part God has raised up Phillips for Illinois Dr. it is up to you to tell the people what has brought about this great change within six or seven months. If we are pocketing the people's money now we were doing the same thing when you appeared to be so much in love with our doings. No Doctor we have neither time nor inclination to discuss infant bapism with you, it may be a greater benefit to you to discuss that question'with the members of the Federation. You say Dr. that you nor the Olivet church are not a member of anything in the state except the Bethlehem Baptist Associant and then Geral Baptist State convention? I knew Dr. that you were a member of the scalled BaptistStaae Convention and that you were a member of the Beth- MOTTO : 'HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY ' lehem Association, but I did not know that the Olivet Baptist was a member of the above named organizations. In fact. I did not know a regular Missionary Baptist Church could be a member of anything saving the body of Christ. Brother Fishar, since you seem to have the word split on your lips as well as your split tongue, tell us who split the Wood River Baptist Association, and gave birth to the Bethlehem Association? And is it not also a fact that the Bethlehem Association of which you gave birth voted to go back to the original body, last summer? We mean the association of which Dr. J. F. Thomas was moderator at the time. And is it not also a fact that you are the chairman of the committee appointed to confer with the committee, of the association of which Dr. Thomas, was moderator, as terms of re-uniting, and you have it now in mind to never call your committee? Remember Dr. I am following your line of argument, that is the rule in debate, as you know, that you failed to follow the line of argument in the circular letter, "but clattered with abuse and misrepresentations like pouring shot in a tin pan," but sir, you have drawn the fire and must endure the flames. You further say you have the Mt. Olive, you have the East Mt. Olive and you have a Land Mark or did have, and still you are not pleased with these splits. You are calling for the state to gather around you, for your support. Had you the proper respect for the truth, you would not have given out that erroneous statement, but a drowning man will catch at a straw. You are hard pressed for argument. These associations are not splits, if you will take the time to search the records you will be a little better informed. He who gives out a statement that he knows nothing about is as guilty as the one who knowingly tells a falsehood, Dr. Fisher, when you assert that I split the State Convention, you tell what you know is not true. The Baptist in the state are not split, but they are getting together. And as for the meat and bread there is no body that appears to be troubled but you. It is you sir, that watched the salary that has been given by the Home Board of Atlanta, Ga., and the Illinois Baptist Association to the State Missionary, H. E. McWilliams and the supplement salary of Bro. Phillips with "the starving and hungry eyes of a wolf." To be continued next week. Fifty-One and the Babies. Thursday Dec. 31, 1914, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Long, of Belgrade, entertained at their farm at their annual dinner in honor of his sister, Mrs. Nancy Crippins, and her sisters, Mrs. Carrie Buchanan and Capitula Brown fifty one relatives and friends from afar and near besides the babies for a sumptuous three course dinner. Mrs. Long, together with her several daughters prepared a classy meal, one which was enjoyed and spoke of in the highest terms-It was turkey of course. After dinner the Rev. J. B. McCrary, gave some excellent remarks concerning the old year, read the scripture and offered prayer to God for his goodness and mercy. Several others spoke of the New Year and their intention of doing more for the Master. This was given up to be one of the happiest days ever spent in the country. Xmas Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tinsley, entertained the editor and family together with many of their relatives and friends Christmas day at 2:30 p.m. at their beautiful residence in Metropolis. At the hour mentioned the guest out to a four course dinner in the spacious dining room. At the hour of four all had been served to a most sumptuous meal to the extreme delight of all present. Mrs. Tinsley, certainly understands the art of cooking. She has crossed the "Mighty waters," went to Africa and other countries. She is able to keep any number in a good mood for any length of time. Mr. Tinsley is an old soldier and is proud of his wore cord, and takes delight in te of the privations and hardships of war. He is a retired farmer and in a good condition financially. They know to entertain friends. At the hour of six, all had departed their homes, wishing them in their feeble years many more Xmas days. Dr. Milice' Neva' Castagneto EUROHUMANISM WOMAN BACHS. Aturgues. only 20 A Big Turkey Dinner. On Tuesday Dec 29, Mrs. Leah Reed, at her beautiful residence on Pearl St., entertained a large number of relatives and friends at dinner at the hour of 2:30 p. m. Her daughters, Mossames Lottie Halleck, and Mary Wright, made it pleasant for every one. Mrs. Halleck, favored the guest with beautiful selections on the instrument. Several relatives from St. Louis, East St. Louis, and her sister, Mrs. Cora Burton, and two children of Padueah, Ky., were present. Several from Belgrade, and Metropolis, of course Old Rambler, was there. Every one had a fine time and a dinner "up to now." All expressed themselves ready to return again at any time. Mrs. Rosie Sims, who is sojourning in Rome, Ga., at her winter home was greatly missed, also Master James Reed, who is studying at the State Institute, Jefferson City Mo. God bless that home is our earnest prayer. Sunday Turkey Dinner. Sunday Dec. 27, 1914 Mr and Mrs. Ben Maxwell, of Brookport, entertained their relatives and friends with a big turkey dinner on the date mentioned. The Menu consisted of four courses. This was their annual affair and was elaborately spread. Relatives from Lincoln, St. Louis, Mo., East S. Louis, Shady Grove, Metropolis, Belgrade, and Brookport, also many friends. We all did justice to the meal with thanks to God and the host and hostess. Mrs. Maxwell, indeed is well posted in culinary art and knows how to entertain visitors. That dinner will be long remembered as it was the last Sunday in the old year 1914. We wish them a successful voyage through life. Another Turkey Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Osby entertained the family Sunday January 3rd 1915, at their residence on 8th and Pearl Sts. Mrs. Osby is a young woman, but understands how well the task of a good cook. A very pleasant day was socially spent and the meal was nicely prepared and every one complimented the host and hostess for their splendid feast. The editor of the Gazette must finally say that those dinners heartily enjoyed by all and wish to spend to spend many more holidays with such entertainers mentioned. WARNING. A warning to all the Baptist churches of the East Mt. Olive and Mt. Olive district Associations, and of the State of Illinois as well. By W. P. Washington, Moderator of the East Mt. Olive Association. First of all I desire to begin this warning by giving to you an article published in the Illinois Anchor under date of December 24. 1914 as clipped from the Christian Advocate. It is as follows: Now it is said that the Rev. Joshua A. Brocket, former pastor of the Massachusetts Avenue Baptist church of Cambridge which is now closed, and president of that famous Lincoln Memorial Society of New England which robbed many poor men and women, including $320.00 which is due for opening of the mechanic Building on the occasion of the proposed celebration of his fake society, is now in DuQuoin, Ill., abusing the Bishops and Presiding Elders of the Methodist churches for reasons unknown to us at present. Of course we have an idea. It is evident that Brockett moves about swiftly and makes long jumps. Last September we located him in New York City at the head of Robinson's Cafe, Just opposite the Illinois Central Station Carbondale, Illinois Meals:-Hot and Cold Lunches on short order When in the city or enroute North or South give me a call. Ice Cream, Cold Soda of the purest and best make. James Robinson Proprietor. a Society for young men, but things did not go well in a large city so brother Brockett beat it back to Lowell, Mass., and remained there until a short time ago. It is said when he left that Village he also left behind many aching hearts and empty pocket book, as a reward for the confidence which the citizens had placed in him. In Illinois as in New York and Lowell Mass, Brockett is well armed with letters of recommendations from respectable white people of Cambridge and Boston who only know him by his excellent flow of English language, and not by his black heart. Our white friends too often make the sad mistake in trying to thrust upon us just such scamps as Brockett, simply by what they think of him. It is high time that this leadership business be left entirely to the Negro race. We are fully capable of selecting our leaders. The citizens of Duquoin, Ill., and elsewhere be careful in accepting Brockett in their midst on the recommendation of white people who perhaps mean well but they don't know the man. Let them write to colored people of Savannah, Georgia; Danville, Va., Cambridge, Boston, Lowell. From these places his true record will be had. In all cases "Watch Brockett." Second. I wish to speak of the friendly but earnest tilt I had with Dr. E. J. Fisher of Chicago Ill., pastor of the Olivet Baptist church for his meddling with our district work by picking up crash and imposing them upon the churches of our district without any knowledge of the man or men whom he recommended and without any consultation with the ministers of our district who have suffered from 25 years to a half century to make the churches what they are today. The trumpet we sounded in that article did not question Dr. Fisher's power to do what he did but we did question his right to do it for no minister with 50 years of experience who is called of God to feed his flock will take the advantage of the ignorance of that church. This Dr. Fisher did. This great Mr. J. A. Brockett comes to Duquoin and resumes the pastorate of St. Paul Baptist church in the power and spirit of Dr. Fisher and first of all Mr. Brockett succeeded in taking the advantage of this church and kept them from representing in either of the above mentioned associations and now Dr. Fisher seeks to impose Mr. Brockett on the churches of Southern Illinois as State Missionary. I ask the Baptist of the district will you stand such condition of affairs I hear the voice of sixty nine local churches saying no, no never. If Mr. Brockett is a good man let him prove it to us then as Baptist if he must die we will die with him. But if he stands under all these accusations and without one word of defense for himself, he is a bad man and should not be trusted by an individual. Mr. Brockett the war is on, you must straiten up with God and the Bagtist, or your name is denist as a Baptist in the State of Illinois. More anon. W. P. Washington. New Year Resolutions. One of the editor's New Year's resolution is no more lently two or three columns articles will be published in the Gazette at any on issue without cash accompanies same to pay for setting type and space. We find ourselves handicapped from the fact, we have so many writers asking for space and to deny any of them of the opportunity to be heard is not in keeping with running a newspaper as all have a right to be heard. And too, our 20 years experience as a newspaper writer and publisher places us in a position to know that short articles well written will be readily read and and will do both the writer and the paper more good than long drawn out ones, often not touching the subject. Try it neighbor. I am quite sure some will not like this resolution but as we are editor of the Gazette, and use the space as our stock in trade we must protect ourselves and interest while at the same time serving the public. The second resolution is, that we will not allow any article to appear in these columns that deals in personalities, that is to say, abusive language. We believe, that many things are said in newspapers, could be and should be unsaid at all and have a tendency to do evil instead good and only weakens the cause the individual represents. We ought to be broad-minded enough to adjust our differences with war of words or implements of warfare. "It thy brother trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone, and if he hears thee thou has gained thy brother." Matt, 18: If you want to follow the teachings of Christ you will do this. TAKE TIME TO SMILE PAPA'S SURGERY WAS ROUGH Little Jessie Resented Manner in Which Fond Parent Was Wiping Tear From Her Eye. An amused smile fluttered over the features of Congressman Samuel J. Tribble of Georgia the other night when the talk topic in the lobby of a Washington hotel turned to the wonderful sayings of the kiddies. He said he was reminded of a recent incident. A fond father was taking his little six-year-old daughter downtown in an automobile, and on stopping in front of a store he noticed that the drive against the strong wind had made the youngster's eyes water. "Just a minute, Jessie," said father, wrapping one finger and dabbing the little girl's eye. "Let me wipe that tear away." "Say," was the rather amusing exclamation of Jessie, "what do you think that is—a push-button?"—Philadelphia Telegraph. Worth Knowing. "It is said that there are thousands of Greek boys held in bondage throughout this country by the proprietors of shoe shining parlors." "Well! Well!" "They work for meager wages and have to turn over all the tips they get to their employers." "I'm glad you told me that. Hereafter I will be able to withhold a tip without feeling the least bit stingy." To Be Expected. "How was the man dressed who swindled you?" "He wore a light gray derby, a flashy checked suit, a red tie with a diamond horseshoe pin stuck in it, a tan velvet vest and—" "That's enough. If you tried to change a hundred dollar bill for a chap dressed like that you deserved to be swindled." "My dear, you are not thinking of going to savage islands as a missionary, are you?" "Why not, sir? Don't you think I am capable of doing the work?" "Oh, it is not that. I am only afraid the savages will agree with us at home here in thinking you are sweet enough to eat." Father's Cooking. "Of course, you and your wife are happy." "Yes," replied the young man. "But she is a little thoughtless. Whenever I perform with the chafing dish she insists on talking about the superior Welsh rabbits her father used to make." Minor Woes. She—I think it is terrible that Russia joined in this war. He—Yes, it is going to add vastly to the cost of humanity. She—I wasn't thinking of humanity. I was thinking how hard it is to pronounce all those names. Bill—Dey say dat a lot ob dem excursionists got left down de river las' night. Joe—Of course dey did. A bunch ob dem struck a watahmelon patch and de captain wouldn't wait fo' dem. Plainly Evident. Mrs. Lovewett (at 2 a. m.)—Where have you been? Lovewett—Just fell in wiz an ol' frien', m'dear. Mrs. Lovewett—Fell in, eh? I believe you. You're soaked.—Boston Transcript. "Americans are expecting to use cotton in every possible form here-after." "Yes," replied the patient native sittenzen; every form except guncotton." "Smith took Jones apart to tell him the news." "What happened then?" "He told Jones to collect himself." COTS AND BOSTON CULTURE Los Angeles Matron Had Trouble in Making Her Wants Known—Finally Secured a Small Bed. "Apropos of Boston and her R's," said a Los Angeles matron, "I had a very funny experience with them both last year. We were living in a cramped flat in Boston, and I needed a small cot-bed for Harry, who was four years old. So I went to a furniture dealer's, where I was told that they didn't keep cots. The obliging clerk, however, directed me to a store on another street, where, he assured me, I would find plenty of cots. "It turned out to be an ordinary toy shop, and though slightly taken aback, I walked right in. "Do you keep cots?' said I. "Yes'm." "Well, I want one for a small boy of four." "The clerk came back in a moment, trundling a little red wagon after him! trundling a little red wagon after him! "When I want a cart," I explained, as soon as I could catch my breath, "I'll say so. What I really would like to get today, if the purchase is possible in this town of excessive culture, is a c-o-t, cot." "I was politely told that they kept cots, but not cots—and when I was directed to the store I had just left, where they kept cots, but not cots!" "I was confused, but determined, and I finally got a cot that had casters instead of wheels." His Objection. "What's your objection to women voting?" "They haven't got industry enough," said the man with short hair and a large diamond pin. "I used to see men who would willingly vote six or seven times in a day. I've never heard a woman talk who would think of voting more than once at the same election." PARADISE. First Tramp-That man certainly is well satisfied looking. Second Trump—No wonder. He's connected with a brewery. First Trump—Wish I was on his supply line. Didn't Mean It That Way "I'm sorry I can't go to the theater with you tonight," said Miss Peach. "I'm already engaged for the evening. But as long as you have the tickets I'll introduce you to a pretty girl and you can take her." "But I don't want to go with a pretty girl," sorrowfully protested Mr. Lamb. "I want to go with you."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Getting a Start. "How do you want your eggs?" "Soft boiled." "Yessuh. I'll boll 'em about five minutes." "Five minutes!" "Yessuh. Dese is cold storage eggs an' it's liable to take 'em a couple o' minutes to thaw." Extreme Popularity "You seem to stand well with your wife's relatives." "I'll tell you something that will surprise you." "All right." "There's hardly one of them I couldn't strike for a loan with reasonable expectations of getting it." Suppressed Indignation "What do you think of that tender-foot's having the nerve to spring a deck of marked cards on me?" exclaimed Broncho Bob. "Did you shoot him?" "What's the use of killing the goose that lays the golden egg? I held a gun in front of him and made him show me how he marked 'em." Case of Thrift. "A reception today, my dear, when you gave a party only last night?" "Yes; I had a bowl of fruit punch left over, and I didn't see any use of wasting it."—Kansas City Journal. "You shouldn't permit the butcher to throw away all the trimmings after he has weighed your meat." "I don't. I take them home and let the®cook throw them away." The Accompaniment. "Who told Billy that the champagne supply would not give out after all?" "I don't know, but I guess it was a little hot bird." METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Richard Holmes Allen, ninety-nine years old, who was born in Baltimore October 17, 1815, the son of Richard Allen and Jane Wilson, is thought to be the oldest colored man in Boston. He lives at 1 Hope place off North Russell sereet, West end. "It was only the other day I made up my mind to tell my life story, for I wanted to wait until I was 100 years old, but everybody that comes to see me said I ought to tell it now," said Mr. Allen, who, in spite of his age, looks well, sleeps well and is without a pain or ache, except once in a great while when he has a slight attack of rheumatism. Mr. Allen told the Globe reporter all about his war record, as well as his early life when he was very cruelly treated on a farm five miles out from the city of Baltimore. His story is as follows: "My grandfather, grandmother and mother's two sisters were stolen from Africa and brought to Baltimore and sold in the Woodfork jail. "A sea captain by the name of George Thompson bought them and set my grandfather and grandmother free. My mother's two sisters were in the service of the captain's wife for 28 years. "After my mother was set free I was born. My mother bound me to her mistress until I was twenty-one years old. Her mistress' name was Elizabeth Southcomb, and her husband's name was John Plummer Southcomb. "In 1824 Captain Southcomb was lost at sea. I was put out with another man named Johnson—a white man, of course—in 1827. "I endured great hardship while with him, for he treated me very creully. I stayed with him until 1835. He often came home drunk and abused me. "Once he came home from the city, and being enraged at something that happened to him, he took revenge out of me. This time he locked me up in a smokehouse for an hour. It was in the month of August, and it was the hottest day that summer. "He made a fire in the smokehouse. He called an old lame man named Stepney and told him I was baking to death in the smokehouse. Then he opened the door and called for me to come out, but I didn't come out fast enough to please him. "He had an idea that Mr. Stepney would highly approve of his cruel action of me, but he didn't. Instead, Mr. Stepney and Johnson got into an argument, Stepney telling him he had no right to treat me in such a cruel manner. Mr. Stepney, as a result of the argument, struck old man Johnson several blows, knocking him down. "I was a small boy when I became free, and started out to make my own living. I have been with all kinds of people in my years, bad and good, with sailors, gamblers, thieves, and have been with the very best people in the world. "In 1863 I came to Boston and enlisted to fill up the quota of Ward six under John S. Damrell. At that time I served in the Fifth cavalry. I am a member of Grand Army Post Robert Bell, whose headquarters are on Joy street. "During the Civil war I served in the Bucktail regiment of Pennsylvania under Captain Taylor. I was with my regiment at the battle of Bull Run, I During the National Negro Business league convention at Muskogee, Okla., it was stated that 2,000,000 Negroes living in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas now have under their control, as owners and renters, about $300,000,000 worth of farm property and own 60,000 farms, containing 6,000,000 acres of land, with farm property, land, live stock and farming implements worth $200,000,000. Eight million of the colored people of the South still live in the country districts, sometimes in the ratio of six or seven to one white man. Steel water mains which have been in constant use at New Bedford, Mass., during the last 17 years, have recently been inspected and show evidence of a life of more than forty-five years before corrosion destroys them. An apple tree owned by S. W. Alexander of Los Angeles, Cal., is exciting interest through the fact that, in the last year, it has had two crops, giving each time a different variety of apple. J. B. Reed of Ithaca asserts he has trained rabbits to dig up and eat all the weeds in his garden without damaging valuable plants. Two girls in Budapest who had decided to fight a duel over a young man with whom both were in love, have settled the matter by becoming engaged to the two men who volunteered to act as their seconds. The Jordan is the world's most crooked river, wandering 212 miles to cover 60. also at another time served with the Fifth Wisconsin regiment." Mr. Allen pointed with pride to his uniform, musket and other war utensils, and said that when he died he will be buried in his full Grand Army uniform. Mr. Allen does no work, living on the pension he receives, and he says it is quite enough, even in these hard times. He has a son and daughter living, Miss Rachel Allen and Jacob Allen. Almost 8,000 young men and women, including 1,200 Indians, have already gone from Hampton institute into the South and West, equipped in body, mind, and heart to help their race get land; build better homes, schools, and churches; and improve social and economic conditions. Many of the Hampton students have literally reconstructed, in many places, the existing community life and have brought prosperity to men and women by helping them increase their earning power, and showing them how to use to the best advantage the resources at their doors. Hampton institute aims to train Negroes and Indians to earn an honest living and serve unfailingly and unselfishly their respective races. The best white people throughout the South and West testify that Hampton has realized its aims and that they are firm believers in the value of the so-called Hampton idea of education. Hampton institute has set the pace for that form of vocational education which fits young people to work with skill and persistence, and also gives them a broad and sympathetic outlook on life. For 45 years under the efficient leadership of Gen. Samuel C. Armstrong and Dr. Hollis B. Frissell, Hampton institute has been training boys and girls for safe and sane leadership in business, in home-building, in improving church, home and social life throughout the South and West. J. E. Thompson of Clearview, Okla., which is one of several prosperous Negro settlements, represents the idea of big business among Negroes. Thompson controls 5,000 acres of farm land; furnishes employment throughout the year for many members of his race; grows crops that are worth selling; and brings the market to his products; employs the methods of scientific farming, and preaches the doctrine of keep a-pushing. The son of a slave woman, be began at the age of thirteen to farm. Today, at the age of fifty-five, Thompson actually owns 1,800 acres. He raises mules, horses, hogs and cattle. This is in contrast to his condition in 1871, when he stood on the porch of a renter's hovel and, looking longingly with his sister into a garden full of mustard, sighed: "If we only had some meat, we could cook it in plenty of mustard." Logan Morgan, who lives within four miles of Muskogee, Okla., finds that no color line is drawn in the market against his 12 and 14-ounce Alberta peaches, which bring $2 a bushel in the orchard. His 21 years of experience in the Southwest have taught him the value of remaining quietly at work and of producing among other crops "peaches that can't be beat." Morgan was married 20 years ago when he had only six bits and an $18 pony. Now they own 1,400 acres of land. A large, rich deposit of phosphate has been discovered in the valley of the Hausco river, about three hundred miles north of Valparaiso. Government engineers are preparing a report thereon, and it is believed to be of much importance, since the use of phosphate on the farm of Chile is increasing rapidly with good results. A New York homeopath, speaking at the recent convention in Atlantic City, said that conserving the eyesight was a phase of health conservation often overlooked. He said that 50 per cent of the blindness in this country was due to conditions that might have been avoided. According to figures published by the Monetary Times of Toronto, the sum total of American investments in Canada was $636,904,000 in 1913, as compared with $417,143,000 in 1911, and $279,075,000 in 1909. Eleven surveying parties will be sent out this year by the United States Geological Survey to investigate the mineral resources of Alaska. The "safety first" idea which has recently come into general practice on most American roads is an old one in Germany and other European countries where the practice extends to every form of industry as well as the railroads. There are 692 pawnbrokers' shops within a radius of ten miles from the Royal Exchange, London. Egypt is adopting modern agricultural machinery after using the most primitive kinds for thousands of years. HONOR IS FREMONT'S HONOR IS FREMONT'S "PATHFINDER" CREDITED WITH NAMING "GOLDEN GATE." First Gave It Appellation of "Chrysopolae," Foreseeing That It Would Outtrival Famous Golden Horn of Byzantium. The name given to the entrance of the bay of San Francisco was not suggested, as is sometimes assumed, by the discovery of gold in California, although its bestowal occurred nearly concurrently with that event. So far as we know, the first persons to enter the harbor through the Golden Gate were the crew of a vessel commanded by Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala of the Spanish royal navy, says the San Francisco Chronicle. This was on August 5, 1775. They were shortly afterward followed by Bruno Heceta, who was under orders to co-operate with Juan Bautista de Anza, who had been dispatched on the bay of San Francisco. Heceta sailed from San Diego, and, after a protracted voyage, arrived in the harbor and laid the foundations of Fort Point. So far as written records are concerned, they are silent on the subject of naming the entrance, and it is probable that no one took the trouble to apply a particular designation to it, although the islands and points about the bay were promptly supplied with appellations. De Ayala is credited with giving to what we call Angel island the name of Isla de los Angeles, but he forgot to christen the opening which gave access to it from the Pacific. Numerous vessels passed through the entrance during the period between the foundation of the mission of San Francisco and the American occupation in 1846, but there is no intimation in the records which captains or their crews have left for us that it had been named. The opening and the bay were described by several skippers, and particular points were referred to in a manner that makes then recognizable, but no one seemed to think that it was necessary to confer a name on the front door of the harbor, whose beauties and importance they extolled, until an American thought it worth his while to do so. To John C. Fremont belongs the honor of conferring the appellation Golden Gate, but curiously enough, in accordance with the tendency which had not yet run its course, he called it "Chrysopolae." This designation appears on the map of Oregon and California which accompanied the geographical memoirs published by him in 1848. These memoirs were written before the discovery of gold at Sutter's mill, which was made in the same year, and in them Fremont took palms to make clear why he had selected the Greek title. Like all the discerning pioneers, he was profoundly impressed with the belief that the harbor would one day bear a great commerce on its waters, and that it would outrival Chrysoceros, the Golden Horn of Byzantium. The pioneers accepted the name, but promptly converted it into English, and doubtlessly many of them who had no acquaintance with the geographical memoirs of Fremont imagined that it was the steady stream of gold passing through the portal which suggested the happy title. Wattersons a Fighting Race Col. Henry Watterson seems to have inherited his fighting qualities from his father, Harvey Magee Watterson, who was born in Beech Grove, Tenn., November 23, 1811. He was the son of W. S. Watterson, who served in the War of 1812 on General Jackson's staff. Harvey studied law and was elected to the Twenty-sixth congress, to succeed James K. Polk, who became governor of Tennessee. Re-elected, he retired at the end of his second term and became president of the state senate. In 1847 he bought the Nashville Union, and three years later was called to the Washington Union. He was a great friend of Franklin Pierce, but refused to support the administration on the Missouri compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska bill, returning from Washington, despite offers of high position in the government service. His personal popularity won him election to the Tennessee secession convention where, although he did his best, seeing there was no hope of keeping his state in the Union, he returned to his home. He died in 1891. Define the Ideal Husband. Happiness in married life depends first of all on the ability of the husband to maintain as ardent a wooing after marriage as during partnership This is the opinion of 100 Detroit wives, expressed in letters to Rev Howard A. Field, pastor of the Simpson M. E. church. The letters were requested by Mr. Field and the pastor based a sermon, "The Ideal Husband," on them. All agreed that the ideal husband must be an ideal lover. Other necessary qualities of an ideal husband in the order of their importance were fixed as follows: He must be a lover of home. He must be industrious even to the extent of being willing to roll up his shirtsleeves and help tidy the house. He must be merally pure—there can be no double standard of purity. He must treat his wife as his equal—not as a servant. He must be temperate.—Detroit Free Press. Your Money Back of it Fails No. 8 GRAFT'S DISTEMPER REMEDY Positively guaranteed to cure Stenopen, Douglas Cold, Influenza and Pink Eye or money refunded. It will pay you to keep a bottle on hand as presen- tive, for these diseases prove serious if not checked. DEWARDS OFF INMISSIONS. Your dealer has GRAFT'S or can get it for you promptly, 50c or $1 size. Here booklet, "DR. Craft ADVICE" free. What it will cost you: WELLS MEDICINE CO, 40 22 ST., LAFAYETTE, IND. AS HIS DICTATION SOUNDS Troubles of the Short-Story Writer Who Is "Breaking In" a New Stenographer. The stort-story writer dictates the seventeenth chapter of his novel, "Loony With Love," to a new stenographer, and this is the result: "Sylvia rushed into the arms of Armand, A-r-m-a-n-d, comma, the wild cry of a primitive woman issuing from her warm, comma, red lips, period. "New paragraph. Clinging to his stout, comma, manly shoulder dash—in an esctasy of relief dash—she sobbed out her pitiful story period. New sentences, quotes, 'Armand!' exclamation point! she cried in a convulsive sob, comma, quotes again. I ruined three men and a roue with an acute accent over the e. In giving one of them his conge, always underline foreign words, Miss Smithers, so the typesetter will put them in italics, I spoke to him of you and all that you had meant to me, period. He said you were a capital H, and H, Humant Gorilla and I had best be on my guard semicolon; but now I know the true man behind your mask, comma, Armand, and don't forget to capitalize it."—Puck. Scarcity of Canary Birds Canary birds will soon be worth their weight in gold, according to dealers, who declare that the war has cut off the usual source of supply—the Hartz mountain in Germany—and that not one of the little feathered songsters had been received in this country, except a few from Japan, since the beginning of hostilities. Formerly as many as 10,000 canary birds were received in New York from Germany in a week, and the best of them could be bought for 75 cents to $1. Now, however, the stock of many of the principal bird stores in New York has been exhausted and the few birds on hand are bringing from $8 to $15 each, with the price going up as the supply lessens. Dying Buck Pine Hunter Attacked by a 200-pound buck he had wounded, Elmer Middleton of this place, narrowly escaped death while hunting with George Turner in the Fairview Springs district. After sending a high caliber bullet through the shoulders of the buck, Middleton stood his rifle against a tree and started for the animals, armed only with a small ax. As he advanced to end its misgery the buck brought both forefeet down upon his chest and then, falling dead from its wound, pinned him to the ground. — Ploche (Nev.) Dispatch to the Denver Post. Handicapped Dyspeptic Dr. Curem—You will find your dyspepsia greatly alleviated, Mr. Peck, by cheerful and agreeable conversation at your meals. Mr. Peck—That's good advice, doc, but my income will not permit me to eat away from home—Terre Haute Express. Trying to be content with what we have is some trial. MESMERIZED A Poisonous Drug Still Freely Used. Many people are brought up to believe that coffee is a necessity of life, and the strong hold that the drug, caffeine, in coffee has on the system makes it hard to loosen its grip even when one realizes its injurious effects. A lady writes: "I had used coffee for years; it seemed one of the necessities of life. A few months ago my health, which had been slowly failing, became more impaired, and I knew that unless relief came from some source I would soon be a physical wreck. "I was weak and nervous, had sick headaches, no ambition, and felt tired of life. My husband was also losing his health. He was troubled so much with indigestion that at times he could eat only a few mouthfuls. "Finally we saw Postum advertised and bought a package. I followed directions for making carefully, and added cream, which turned it to the loveliest rich-looking and tasting drink I ever saw scrived at any table, and we have used Postum ever since. "I gained five pounds in weight in as many weeks, and now feel well and strong in every respect. My headaches have gone, and I am a new woman. My husband's indigestion has left him, and he can now eat anything." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Postum comes in two forms: Regular Postum—must be well bolled. 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum—is a soluble powder. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious beverage instantly. 30c and 50c tins. The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same. "There's a Reason" for Postum. —sold by Groceria DENTISTRY OF OLD FEEL WAR'S EFFECTS Proof That Skill Is by No Means Modern. Investigation by Archeologist Has Demonstrated Fact That South Americans Long Ago Were Experts in the Work. Among the natives of parts of South America before the advent of the Spaniards it was the custom of the beaux and belles to decorate their teeth by having gold and precious stones inserted in them. Dr. Marshall H. Saville, professor of American archeology at Columbia university, in his explorations in Central Decorated Teeth of the Atacames Skull Decorated Teeth of the Atacames Skull. The middle incisors are inlaid with disks of gold, and the left one is a lateral incisor taken from a stranger's jaw and implanted to replace one that had been removed. and South America, discovered several skulls, the teeth of which were so decorated. In the Mayan area he found teeth inland with jadeite. In Mexico he found teeth with hematite, turquoise, rock crystal and obsidian settings. At Macames, in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, he obtained an upper jaw containing two extraordinary teeth. The middle incisors each bore a disk of gold that had been inserted in a cavity drilled in the enamel as perfectly as a modern dentist could have done it. But the right middle tooth is not a middle incisor at all, but a right lateral incisor that had been taken from some one else's mouth and implanted here to replace a missing front tooth. It fits perfectly in the socket, though it is not so long as that cavity, and Professor Saville considers this to be proof that it was implanted in the jaw only a short time before death. In describing these extraordinary teeth in an article in the American Anthropologist, Professor Saville asks how the owners could have stood the pain of the slow cutting by stone drills with sand and water, for no metal tools with which the work could have been done have been discovered in Ecuador. He suggests that these natives had found out the property of coca in producing local anesthesia. The people of the coast were addicted to chewing coca leaves mixed with lime and Professor Saville thinks it reasonable to surmise that they may have used it to deaden the pain of the filing and sawing. The gold and jeweled inlays are as Decorated Teeth of the La Piedra Skull. The enamel of the six front teeth has been fled out and pure gold inlaid as perfectly as a modern dentist could have done it, though the skull is that of an Ecuadorian native who lived before the Discovery of America. skillfully done as those of a dentist of today; there is no sign of decay either behind or around them, which proves with what perfect accuracy they must have been made. If "Pigs is Pigs" can a men be arrested for gicling those which he knows to be his very own This is the substance of a very unusual legal situation that has developed at San Mateo, Cal., and promises to mark a new development in jurisprudence upon its satisfactory solution. Fred Marsh, a rancher at Halfmoon bay answers the question in the negative. Unfortunately, however, the San Mateo authorities have taken the opposite view and as a result Marsh is under arrest on a charge of petty larceny and his pigs are in the custody of the health authorities. A few days ago the health officials brought several pigs from Marsh's ranch to place them under observation. Shortly afterward they disappeared. The authorities began an investigation and as a result Marsh was arrested for the theft of his own pigs. —Washington Post. Jack Johnson and Napoleon. Jack Johnson and Napoleon. Seeing the amount of hero worship lavished upon them, it is not surprising to find that present day boxing champions hold an exalted opinion of themselves. On the occasion of Jack Johnson's first visit to Paris he was stalked by a number of reporters, one of whom records: "When the emperor of the ring visited the Invalides he remained silent for the space of a whole minute. Then, striking the ground with his gold-mounted malacca cane, he exclaimed in tones of deep conviction, "Ah! He also was a great man!" Manufacturers of Gas Mantles Are Hurt. Thorium, Most Essential Part of the Composition, Comes From Germany, and the Supply Is Shut many, and the Supply Is Shut Off by Conflict. Thorium, an essential constituent of gas mantles, comes principally from Germany. The supply has now been cut off, and the Scientific American foresees serious difficulty in the making of mantles as soon as the present stocks of this rare earth are exhausted. The condition the manufacturers have to face is shown by the fact that they are now trying to have consumers save the ash from broken and burned-out mantles, as the thorium is not destroyed by burning and can be reclaimed from the ashes. In the meantime the manufacturers of incandescent electric lights are 1 making large quantities of tungsten lamps in order that, should the gas mantles be obtainable no longer, they may seize the opportunity to substitute electricity for gas. PITTSBURG WITHOUT THE "H" Was So Written by General Forbes Who Christened the Now Famous City. Under date of November 26, 1758, the earliest known use of the name of Pittsburgh occurred in a letter from General Forbes to Governor Denny of Pennsylvania, in which he told of the triumph of the British in the West, written the day of taking possession of "Fort Duquesne, now called Pittsburg," very properly omitting the "h," he having christened the place and feeling that he knew how to indicate the name of his own immortal progeny. Historian Bancroft says of that red-letter day: "The little army moved on in one body, and at evening (November 26) the youthful hero, Washington, could point out to General Armstrong, who marched at the front of his Provincials, to the Highlanders, the Royal Americans, and to Forbes himself, the meeting of the rivers. Armstrong's own hand raised the British flag on the ruined bastions of the fortress. As the banner floated over the waters the place, at the suggestion of Forbes, was with one voice called Pittsburgh. It is the most lasting monument to William Pitt. America raised to his name statues that have been wrongfully broken, and granite piles of which not one stone remains upon another, but so long as the Allegheny and Monongahela shall flow to form the Ohio, so long as the English tongue shall be the language of freedom in the boundless valley which their waters traverse, his name shall stand inscribed on the 'Gateway of the West.'" Napoleon's Tax on Tobacco Napoleon tried to smoke once, and then, with dire results, instituted the French tobacco monopoly, which the German government now proposes to adopt, so far as cigarettes are concerned. At a court reception held early in 1810 the emperor remarked a lady wearing jewels of such magnificence that he inquired how her husband made his money. "He is a tobacco merchant," was the reply, which led him to seek further information as to such a profitable business. Before the year expired Napoleon issued a decree restricting the sale and manufacture of tobacco exclusively to the state. It has remained a monopoly ever since, and for many years past has brought in an annual revenue of over £16,000,000. Bible and New Zealand Schools The New Zealand government has introduced into the house of representatives of that colony a bill to provide for a referendum vote at the next parliament election to determine whether the Bible shall be read in the public schools under the supervision of teachers, but without sectarian teaching, and whether provision shall be made during school hours for religious instruction by a minister or his substitute, to be chosen by the parent. If the bill, which has received the endorsement of the government, shall pass, it will be submitted to the voters at the next election and the result will be laid before parliament at the opening session of 1914.—The Living Church. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. 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Issued in sums of $0.00 and upwards. Mail us your check, and we will send you a certificate by registered mail. CAPITAL and SURPLUS $3,000,000 WANTED to hear from owner of good farm and price. Northwestern Business Agency, Dept. 1, Minneapolis, Minn. MISSION OAK Christmas Tree Stand, 10 foot picket fence 61 high, Christmas cover 76 ft. propriet for $1. Value $2. De Walt Mgr. Co., Oakville, Pa. Interpretation of Pain. Pain has been explained as an accompaniment of the Promethean spirit of life, which, in perceptible haste to proceed upon its journey, takes the most ready and efficacious path onward, heedless of what it breaks and crushes on the way. But pain is rather an impulse within the spirit of life. Pain is its conscience urging it on. Unless we were pricked on by pain we should wish to stand still, content with our own satisfaction, meanly indifferent to higher pleasures; without pain life might have been content to house itself in low animal form and wallow in bestiality, ease and hust. It may be that the onward progress might have been accomplished without pain, we might have been whirled upward, insensible satellites, toward the universal goal. But we have received the privilege of consciously sharing in the upward journey. Each onward movement must be a wrench from the past, each moment a parting, each step an eternal farewell. These noble inconsistencies are tasks imposed by pain—From the Atlantic. For Itching. Burning Skins. For itching, burning skin. Bathe freely the affected surface with Cicutica Soap and hot water. Dry without irritation and apply Cicutica Ointment with finger or hand. This treatment affords immediate relief, permits rest and sleep and points to speedy healment in most cases of eczemas, rashes, itchings and irritations of the skin and scalp of infants, children and adults. Free sample each with 32-p. Skin Book if you wish. Address post-card: Cicutica, Dept. X, Boston. Sold everywhere--Adv. His Bones Gave Way Eighteen hours under 25 feet of stone and dirt proved too much for the bones of William Chapman of Wheat Sheaf, Pa., the other day. Chapman was caught near the bottom of the well he was cleaning out on his place, when the walls collapsed when he started to climb out. The stones arched over his head and held back the dirt. He was able to talk with his rescuers through the pump log. He conversed with his wife and children through the tube, but when the last earth was taken from his head and the men started pumping oxygen into his lungs, he collapsed. It was found his bones had given way under the strain. The Unchanged Question. "What is the price of liberty?" thundered the orator. "Same as of July 30." we answered confidently. Oh, Goal 'Long! "What do you think of my football coat?" "Why do you call it that?" "Because it has a full back." MANITOBA'S AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT PROVINCE DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS. The past year has shown that the Province of Manitoba, the Premier Province of Western Canada, stands out prominently in point of wealth in her agricultural productions. Manitoba had an excellent yield of wheat in 1914, the oat crop was not so good, and with the high price received, every farmer was placed in a good financial position. For some years, as is probably the case in all new countries, Manitoba went largely into the growing of grain, and while this paid well for a time, it was found that having to purchase his meat, his milk and a number of other daily requisites, the farm did not pay as it should. Now, there is another side to it. Fodder crops are grown, cattle are being raised, cheese factories and creameries are established, and the result is that the financial position of the farmers of Manitoba is as strong as that of those in any other portion of the continent. Scarcely a farmer today but has realized that the growing of grains alone has a precarious side, and that positive security can only be assured by diversified farming, and securing the latest modern and most economic methods. Therefore timothy, clover, alfalfa, rye grass and fodder corn are universally grown. Most wonderful success meets the efforts of the farmers in the cultivation of these grasses, and the yields compare favorably with those of many older countries, while in many cases they exceed them. It is worth while recording the acreage of these crops this season as compared with last, because the figures reflect the remarkable progress that is being made in dairying and in the beef and pork industry. In 1913 brome grass was sown on 24,912 acres, rye grass on 21,917 acres, timothy on 118,712 acres, clover on 5,328 acres, alfalfa on 4,709 acres and fodder corn on 20,223 acres. In 1914 the respective acreage under those crops were 25,444 acres, 27,100 acres, 165,990 acres, 7,212 acres, and 10,250 acres and 30,430 acres. Alfalfa particularly is coming into its own, the acreage having been more than doubled last year. It is simply the natural process of evolution from the purely grain farming which Manitoba knew as the only method twenty years ago to the more diversified forms of agriculture that is responsible for the development along these other lines in this Province. Alberta is coming to it at an earlier stage than did Manitoba. Saskatchewan, too, is following rapidly in the same direction. Then, as her fodder crop and root crop acreage indicate, there have been increases in the holdings of all kinds of live stock during the past twelve months, according to the correspondent for the Toronto Globe. Beef cattle number 42,000 head this year, as against 37,000 last year; milch cows are 160,474 head, as against 157,963 head; pigs number 325,000 as against 248,000; sheep number 75,000, as against 52,000; and there are 325,000 horses, as compared with 300,000 at this time last year. These are the latest Provincial figures, and they show that despite the great efflux of live stock to the United States since the opening of that market to Canada, the capital amount of live animals has increased instead of having decreased through the extra demand. Dairying the Principal Industry. Dairying is the industry, however, which is making dollars for the Manitoba farmer. It is developing at a rapid rate in this Province for that particular reason. The output of creamery butter last year was 4,000,000 pounds, at an average price of 27.5 cents per pound, which was an increase over the previous year of a million pounds. The output of dairy butter was recorded last year at 4,288,276 pounds. The Government department says that again this year a substantial increase in the dairy output will be shown from this Province. From this same source of information one finds that through the splendid growth in winter dairying, Winnipeg now, for the first time in years, is able to obtain a sufficient supply of milk and sweet cream from its city dairies to satisfy its demand throughout the year without having to import large quantities of these products from the United States as was done not longer than two years ago. Advertisement. Instant Alarm. "What made you turn around and walk out of that hotel?" asked the man who was carrying the big vallse. "To expensive," replied his companion. "How do you know? You never once asked for the rates." 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CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles Pitcher. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. COLT DISTEMPER Can be handled very easily. The sticks are oiled, and all others in same stable, no matter how exposed they may be, due to the disease, by using SOURBIN Liquid DISTEMPER CURSE. Give on the tongue, or in feed. Acts on the blood and expels germs of all forms of distemper, but remedy over known for many years. One bottle granulated to cannage case, so as not to bottles and 60 doses of drugrists and harness dealers, or must express paid by manufacturer. Out always have 60瓶illed books given everything. Local agents wanted. Largest selling home remedy in existence—twelve years. SPONN MEDICAL CO., Chemists and Bacterologists, Ocshon, Ind., U. B. A. NOT IN DEMAND AS A PET West Indian Opossum Has Few Good Qualities That Recommend Him to Liking of Humanity. Although not exactly suitable as a pet, the West Indian opossum is a very interesting little animal. Unlike most wild things, it prefers the neighborhood of man, and is a perfect pest to the planter, especially if he keeps poultry. Imagine a rat as large as a rabbit, with a long prehensile tail, and you have its picture. It robs the fowl houses, steals ripe fruit from the trees, eggs from the nest, and fish from the pond. It is seldom seen during the day, as its sight is weak and it dislikes sunlight. "A starry night for a ramble" is the 'possum's motto, and he doesn't go home till morning. Mrs. Opossum produces ten or a dozen young ones at a birth, and hides them away in a warm pouch like a kangaroo. Queer little naked blind things they are, so that were it not for the maternal pouch they would not succeed long in the struggle for life. Grown a little older, they are sometimes taken for a walk on their mother's back, and it is a funny sight to see the little fellows all clinging for dear life to mamma's tail. The negro dearly loves a 'possum hunt, and a. ramble with Sambo and two or three dogs generally produces sport. The 'possum ordinarily takes to a tree and tries to hide himself behind the trunk, but the darky gets him "gainst de moon," as he calls it—that is to say, his form shows up against the moonlight—and a charge of No. 8 soon brings him down. Care must be taken in handling him, as Mr. 'Possum is apt to pretend to be dead when he is really very much alive, and you may get a sharp bite if you pick him up—Pennsylvania Grit. YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU Try Murine Rye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery Eyes and Graminated Eyelids: No Sunning-bleed, and Mail Free. Murine Rye Remedy Co., Chicago Worshiping a Print Shop. The ceremony of propitiating the gods which are supposed to reside in the printing machinery is annually performed by the Hindu members of the Malaya Times printing staff. The usually prosaic machine and composing rooms are turned into weird caverns of mystery, dimly lit by candles and oil lamps, and odorous with the heavy scent of incense and perfumes. Every machine is garlanded, and has placed before it an offering of "makan." Rice and bananas and cakes are the portion of each machine, according to its size and importance; even the "stone" comes in for a share of the gifts. At the appointed time, braziers, containing smoking camphor and coconut oil, are carried round and held before each machine; whilst the power engine, whose god presumably is regarded as a particularly aggressive personage, is "smoked" for a specially long period. The secret of success: Aim high and shoot often. Children Asleep in Oven. The Camden police found two children sleeping in a rusted oven beside a cat and dog in a shack of the Mount Ephraim pike below Newton Creek, reports the Philadelphia Public Ledger. A call for assistance from a Polish woman sent them to the scene. In addition to the fortunate little ones, aged three and five years, respectively, Frank Kauffman, the father, was found along with his wife, Annie, both of whom were sleeping in a stable near by. The man was arrested on a charge of threatening the life of his wife, and was sent to jail by Recorder Stackhouse. The children were placed under the care of the matron, who had to scrub them from head to foot. Are Your Kidneys Weak? Do you know that deaths from kidney troubles are 100,000 a year in the U.S. alone? If you have kidney problems, you creased 72% in 20 years? If you are run down, losing weight, nervous, "blue" and rheumatic, if you have backache, sharp pains when stooping, dizzy spells and urinary disorders, act quickly, if you would avoid the serious kidney troubles. If you have kidney problems, there other medicine so widely used, so successful or so highly recommended. An Illinois Case Edwin Gucker, Western Ave. road, Mattton, IA, saves a small of my back were so bad I had small of my back the kidney secretions were profuse and too frequent to lose weight and have poor appetite. I was tired, anguish, couldn't sleep well down, and I had down, Doctor's said I could live but a "Every Return Tells a Star" Edwin Gucker, Western Ave. road, Mt. Hood. Ill. "The pain in the small of my back were so bad I could soard. The kidney secretions were protuse and too frequent in weight and lost weight and had a poor appetite. I was tired, languid, couldn't sleep well and was all tundown. Doctors said I could live but a short time. I used Doan's filler. Forthe soon improved. Before long all the distressing ailments left me. Since then I have been in good health." Get Doan's at Any Store, 50c a Box DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS FOSTER-MILBURN CO., BUFFALO, M. Y. Make the Liver Do its Duty Nine times in ten when the liver is right the stomach and bowels are right. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS gently but firmly compel a lazy liver to do its duty. Cures Constipation, Indigestion, Sick Headache, and Distress After Eating. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature A. Kent Good PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM A toilet preparation of merit. Helps to eradicate dandruff. For Restoring Color and Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair. 600. and $1.00 at Druggista. W. N. U., ST. LOUIS, NO. 51-1914. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. ~ Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRO aT BY "THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. qwreres, ---- > @L Was. M. J. MoCRARY, MANAGER. 5.B. MoOzasy, Eprrow Be eas pe FREDAY JAN. 8. (915. —$—$—_$—$—————$—————— Dice gth and Pearl Streets, Me- ropolis, [linois. Untorered ac second-class mail mat- #.a% Metropolis, Ulinots, Postaffive. ener “GcAddress ait communications to J. .Mo- GARY, Box 167 Metropolis, ‘ivois. ——_ Mhe names and addresvee of contrib- wre must be known to usin evey ta- sance, in order to secure pablication. Wo want the news of your vicinity cach Wook. Terms OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dae Wears... cece ceecee eee G1 OO 0 eR Rees ey OP @heee Months........ <6. veeesee A Bingle Copy... een eee cover sere e eB wer In Advanoe. ADVERTISING RATES. ‘made known on application. BErYou must mail capy on Mondays to secure publication, —C- Persons who owe the Gazette would greatly lesson the finan- cial burden of the publishers by remitting at once. Reader if a blue pr red mark appears on the head of your pa- per marked with an [X] itis to notify you that you owe for the paper and must pay at once. —_—_—_ The Spirit of Charity Shown. The spirit of Charity has been shown in our city this winter we are informed. Several of the white families have reccived help from the committee on charity, private subscriptions, City and County. But so far as we have been able to ascertain not one colored family has app'ied for aid and has been helped by the county or private donations, though weno doubt have had some deserving poor ones among us that would have gladly accepted aid had it been offered them, Some of our men have been out of work since last fall and others have been sick but with it all, they have managed some way to pull though. What is Charity? The charity spoken o! inthe Bible isto know no race, class or destinction of men but to feed the hungry and clothe the aked. The colored churches, though deeply in debt, and de- pendent upon the small salaries of the colored laboring class lirgely to assist in liqudating the debt eve not financially able to relieve the misery among our peo- ple from want of food and fire, yei they ace willing and ever ready to lend a helping hand to the unfortunste poor. If there are any poor widows or sick a- mong {us that are in need please 1@ ify The Gazette office and we will see that you are relieved, Carnation Art Club. The 1§C. A. Club was enter- tained by Mrs. Bessie Cork and sit r Miss Love Phillips at their home on 12th St., Monday Dec, 28, 1914. A special program was render- ed as f Howe: Welcome addressin.cnnmn Mes, L, “M Phillips. re Res POMse cnn nnn Edgar S, McCrary. Tnttra mental Sol0..:.--seo Mrs, Livada Sparlark. Recitation .....Mrs. Meude ‘Cork, Bato. 12 vue Miss Ollie Pechasan, Paper. ....1...Kdgar McCrary. SMO ne oon neni Gladys Morton. Recitation........Mrs_ Mattie Fossie Solo _.........Mis Love Phillips. Recitation... Mrs. Jennie Cowper. Paper... _-..Mixs Minnie Tatum. Sole on --naeMer Seth Martin Tne vis'to-s presen: were Revs, Sydes, P E aodj. H Smith, Mesdames Crippens, Phillips, Wilson aad Burkes, Messrs Phil- ligs and Martin Alter the rendition of the pro- gram, the guests were invited in- to the diniag room, which was appropriately decorated in green and red, From one end of the table in extended the letter P, for Presi- deat and at the other end S. for Secretary. In the centre of the table were large Poinsettias which were attractively arranged, MENU, 1st COURSE, Pressed Chicken White Bread Cabbage Salad Celery Water, 2nd COURSE, Potato Balls on lettuce leaves ) Saltiaes Pickles Hot Chocolate. 3rd COURSE, Cream Strawberry and Vanilla Cake Nut, Chocolate and Cocoa- out, 4th COURSE, Fruit Punch. CAIRO. | Mt. Moriab, Church News. | Brother Geo. Chavis, died very ‘suddenly here Dec, 19, with new- raligia of the heart. His funeral was attended at the First Baptist church 12, and Walnut streets. Revs. J. H. Knowles, and F. Bo- mar, officiating. It was one of the largest funerals ever held in Cairo. We are progressing nicely with our new pastor, Rev. F. Bomar. The Seeretary. We are delighted with the fact that Rev. Bomar, is making good, because he is a home prod- uct and shows the members con- clusively that God can ose, and will use home talent with telling effect af the members will stand out ofthe way. They made the mistake of their lives by sending to Memphis. Tean., for a preach- er. Thestone the builders re- jected becames chief corner stone. Editor, Mrs, J. Wilson of Paducah, Ky., visited Mrs. Rufus Miteheil, her sister-in-law during the Xmas holidays. The editor wasin Harrisberg, on the 23rd of Dec., and while there was the guest of Mrs. Lot- tie McReynolds, a ‘¢h'gh brown"’ widow, where we were royally entertained by she and her daugh ter, Miss Nannie, If you are locking fora wife, don’t pass ‘them up. | Ed. C, Phillips, returned to Marshal, last Friday, after sp-nd- ing the holidays with his wife and relatives at home. Mrs. Lena Phillips, was at home from Centralia, during the holidays. We were all glad to see her as she is a favorite here. Mr. Newton Cork, spent sever- al days in Grand Rivers, Ky. with his parents and relative dur. ing the holdays. * Miss Blossom Bradly of Cairo formerly of this city and Joppa spent afew days with her aunt ‘Mrs, Harriet McCrary, and he ‘many relativesdest week. Shu y' @ res Ber Cather, Mr, weorge | kradly, slightly improved of a re= ceat a‘tack of pa:alysis, Mrs Daisy Reefro whe § teaching in Sp: ria, <peatthe hole idays in this city with ref tives and friends. Some of the bys **Made a fuss over hee" “She was buraing dowa."’ Mr. Castes Palmer pea Xmas day ia Carbondale, with his parents. Mr. Artic Jenkins, train porter onthe 1, C. R. R., -pent some of the uolidays in this city and Paduch, He has a number of ftieads here among the young- ters. The st Baptist church and the A.M. E. church had their Xmas tree attheir churches Christmas eve., withlarge crowds present, Raymond Roberts, entertained some of his male friends at his father's resideace on Brodway, Tuesday eve. An enjoyable evening was speat in music and games, Atthe hour of 9:00 a delicious repast was served to the delight of all present. Every one enjoyed himself, wishing the hostess the return of many happy days. Miss Debora Barnard, spent several of the holidays in Padu- cah, Ky. The editor and family enjoyed several dinners during the holi- idays, Edgar McCrary, the assistant Editor will be in Mound City, Mounds, and Cairo, in a few days, Every one please be pre- Pared tomeethim by sen-:wing your subscription. Editor, What have you gained, or what do you gain by placing the faults of your brothers bélore the unjust? Mrs, Pearl Carter and little son Harry Lytton Carter, arrived in the city from St. Louis, Mo., Thursday to visit Mrs. Carter's mether Mrs, M. Claybrooke. Mr. Rufus Mitchell, received a fall just before Xmas and sustain- ed broken rib and internal injur- ies. He is mending slowly. Mrs. Mary Wright of this city accompanied by Mrs Capitula Brown of St. Louis, Mo., lett for Paducah, Tuesday to spend a few days. I wonder why Mr. G. N, is all smilesthis week. Better be care- ul “Chicken Reel’ the Sheriff wili get you. Any old body can marry these days, Some women marry men who are not as much service to them as soap grease or hickory ashes, when it comes to making a living. Aad, ‘what fools those mortals be.” ) " Itisto hotinsammer and no work in winter, with a number of both white and negro men and then their wives or public Charity have to keep up the family, _ Women who endure these things should be tried as to their sanity. | An able bodied man who can and will not take care of bis wife or family does not deserve the respect of a civilized community. fuickty (0 the infuence of Dr. Miles Anti-Palin PIA Mo bed oi.r-stprte. The M tropoli an. Co, has Opened a skating rink ia the Odd Fellows building. Rink opened Moncay, Wedneseay ard Sit 1+ d y mghts. | Wateh .aceting at the A. M E, church; a large congreyatien attended and several sinners went f for praver The revival is mow in Ff gress Rev. J. H Smith, pastor | Capt Arinur Witieos, Lieut Verce Saison, Alderman H, G. Bur e were in Chicago, last |week On business connected with the 8th Illinois National Guard. They were guest of Mrs LK Young, and husband while in the city, Misses Mossie and Annie Rob- erts, who are teaching at Brook- port and Unionville, spent the holidays with parents, Mr, and Mrs. Thos Roberts, Mrs. Carrie Buchanan, and niece Miss Dora Woods, of East St. Louis, and Mrs Capitula Brown, of St. Louis, Mo., sister of the former spent the holiday's with parents, Mr and Mrs. Hen- ry Tinsley and other relatives. Mr. Horace Thomas of East St. Louis, was in the city visit- ing bis mother, brothers and sis- ters during the holidays Roy L. Williams, of Harris- burg, visired inthis city during the holidays aod special guest of Miss Ollie Buchanan Rew, JW. Dovie, spent afew age last week in Hopkinsville, Ky., with his family. _ Hereafter aay church paying missionary dvesto any minister not having credentials trem Rev JH. Kaowles, who was elected Supt. of Missions by the Mt, Olive Baptist Association, will ss be credited by the missionary nor the association, Sobe gov- 'erned accordingly. Rev. Know- les was empowered atthe Board meeting at Sparta, to use any of the ministers he saw fit to assist him in the mission work and they will have credentials when coming to your church, So ask them to “Show you"’. If any church inthe Mt Olive Baptist district would like to have @ pastor who is in good ‘Standing the same cen be had for the asking. The Missionary or the Gazette which is the Organ of your association. Let us be ‘more careful and secure worthy men, and we will have less frict- ion. In the multitude of good council there is saftety. There are 17 vacant churches in our district and there secms to be something radically wrong some where. It is not from the lack of minis- ters, because we have them to let. Then what is the cause? Correct this great eviland elect you a pastor. * Much important news was left out this week for want of space. - WANTED © Some nice young lady, intelli- gent, with a good character and a good looker to make me a wife. Iam young, “‘brown skinned” with a sweet disposition I have some money and a good job. Will make a*good husband. Transportation’ furnished on request. Apply at the Gazette office, Variety. New Maid-—“Plesse, mum, there's @ man at the door come to collect on something yes bought on the fnstall- ‘ment plan.” — Mistrese—"Ask him ‘whether {t's the encyclopoaia, the phonograph, the brass bed, the piano, E the sewiog-machine.”"—~Harper's a ee Te Livingston Institute _ acute: Metropolis - = [Hinois Second Session Opens Monday October 6th 1913 This school is well graded and equipped Grasnmar Schoo! Department, All work is well organized under Departmen tal and able Instructors, selected for Special Departments work : Hy in Music, Bookeeping, Shorthand Special Courses oi tye Weiieg, ibe Steds and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2.00 a Session iti + Tuition, Theological Department Tuition Rates: per month... : so : $1.00 Tuition, Normal and Eaglish coureses per month each *' 1.00) Tuition, Iastruareatal music (including rent of instrument)... sctcnniesctileblecbeibanedeg indi hipthenicontcsnioes cuales ae Tuition Typewriting (imcluding rent) per month... ‘* 4.50) Tuition Plain Sewing por month... 0... awe ** 1.00 Tuition, Vocal music. — Mipinoaicit Free Tuition Printing ............. ~ s scheoeytesie . Domestic Science, Milli- Industrial Deparments pore eencicine go per month. Printing Free : Board and rooms can be secured Board and Rooms jer stc tamilicsat «reasons: ble rate. In every case, 4 weeks will be counted for a school month All charges must be paid ia advance, For any information and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRARY, Supt. and Sec’y. Box 107 Metropolis, IM. See Beware of Oirtments for Ca That Contain Mercury fav moreary will surely destry the sene of tme aad completely derauge the whole «yatem when entering it through the mucous surfaces Such articles shoald never be used exoept on provcriptions trom reputanle physicians, ae th Gamage they will do ls ten fold to the good you can powsibiy derive trom thom, Hall's Catarrt are manctartred by FJ. Cover & Con To edo, 0., contawan no mareary, and ia takew to teranily, acting directly upon the blood and weveoin murlaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the enn: ine. It ie taken internailyiand made tu Taledh Obio, by ¥.J.Choney & Co. Tentimoniale fre Price TS cents per bottle, Bold by all Drag wists. ‘Take Hall's Paunily Pilla for constipation. TL have the school books you want, bring me your old ones and 1 will take them in as part pay for new ones, Z. A. VALLEE. For Groceries and cold Grinks go the First or Last Chance Gro- cery on oth and Pearl Sts, Send us a trial order for the Great Nature Salve, 50c a Box. Why suffer when you can be re lieved for such a small amount. Read our guarantee on the front page of The Gazetre. You will agree with me that you never saw sach stylish hats for the money asI am showing you now, no trouble to show goods 7. A. VALLEE. Notice is hereby given that we cannot print a list of names con- tributing to churches unless $1 accompanies same. ‘ Letter Heads and Envelopes can be had for the asking at this office. We print them. It will be to yous interest to come and see our new fall hats before you buy, Z. A. VALLEE. If you want your skin to look pretty and soft, try a bottle of Dixie Liquid Bleach at McCrary & Sons Preparations are being made by the churches for entertain- ments of various kinds during the holidays to entertain the visitors to our city. Where Honor Should @e Given, Nobilfty ts not only in dignity an@ ancient lineage, or great revenues, lands, or possessions, but in wisdom, kaowledge and virtue, which in mam fe very nobility, end ‘this nobility aringeb to man dignity. Honor ought to be given to virtue and mot t riches. Anarcharsis. RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS GIVEN QUICK RELIEF = Pain leaves almost a as if by magic when i ae using “5 fen Utkin Ose. a ‘Sciatica, Nevralgia and kindred conbign, f 7 Kt goes right to the rs . at ae [COSRONIES IIE ive Paves tivieg, et a bottle of “Drops 1 today. A booklet with | cach bottle gives full sea | Doo't delay, Demand EBs “Drogas Doa't ae- ae copt —— place of ft ‘aay doug oF R aon ce wae Swacson Kheumatic Care Co, Newark, ‘Ohio, and a bottle of “&Drops" will be seat prepaid. yDMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT. State of lilireis, Massac County, 5 8. Estate of John Carr, Deceased. To A. J. Gibbons, Ed Scott, J. he, Obrien, Herbert Hester, Vittage of | Joppa, 8. B. Kerr, Lobr Bottling Co., 4. H. Flanagan, U. S. District Court, J. J. Shirk, H. Kraper and F. B. Pry. 7th class creditors of suid Estate: You are hereby notified that on Mon- day, the Ist day of March, 1916, the ‘Adminigtrator of said Estate, will pre- sent to the County Court of Masssc County, at Metropolis, Ilinoix, his fin- al report of his acts and doings as such Administrator, and ask the court to’ be discharged from any and all further duties and responsibilities connected with said estate, and his administration thereof, at which time and place you may be present and resist such sppli- cation if youchoose ro to do, (Signed) George W. Long, Administrator. 1 am still with you im the School book and Millinery business and earnesjly solicit your patron- age. I will treat you right. Z 7. A. VALLEE. Any one needing. first class job work can find it at the Gazette office, We have the experience of 19 years as editor and typo. See?. : 1.¢ R,R. Time Card | NORTH BOUND. ‘Trein numbers. Arnves. Leaves. a 10:108.m. — 10:208.m, m ‘2m p.m 0:88 p.m, : SOUTH BOUND. ‘Teain numbera Arrives. 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