Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE HOME MISSION AP- PEAL. President E. C. Morris of The National Baptist Convention Makes Loud Appeal For The Home Mission Board of The National Baptist Convention. FIFTH SUNDAY IN MAY THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY. For Negro Baptist Churches throughout the Union to Join in the Great Campaign of Missions for Home Fields. Home Missions essential to Foreign Mission—Send Collections to Jos. A. Booker, Corresponding Secretar/, Little Rock, Ark, H. Lina, Ark., Apr. 10, 1915. To the Baptist Churches of the United States, Dear Brethren:—The Fifth Sunday in May has been designed as Home Mission Rally Day for all Baptist Churches in harmony with the work of the National Baptist Convention, and we especially appear to the pastors to bring to the attention of their churches the urgent needs of the Home Field. The fact should not be overlooked that every feature of our Convention work depends very largely upon the conditions created and maintained at home, and the relation existing between our National Home Mission Board and all the other Boards of the Convention and we are glad to report that that relation is entirely satisfactory. The Home Mission Board serves all the other Boards to the extent that the Missionaries under it feel honor bound to speak of all the work carried on by the National Baptist Convention. But it has no means at its command to do this work, except as it is given by the churches it represents. Hence it is asked that every church will take a collection on the 5th Sunday in May and forward same to Dr. J. A. Booker, Secretary, Little Rock, Arkansas. All know full well that the National Baptist Convention co-operates with the Southern Baptist Convention in Home Mission work, and that the latter organization through its Home Board pays half the salaries of the missionaries. It is to be hoped that this be continued indefinitely, but if our churches make no effort to help themselves, they will show themselves unaworthy the help they receives, for it is said, "God helps those who help themselves." CARBONDALE. Baptizing of Rock Hill Baptist MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Raised money as follows: From 2 entertainments $13.30 Dues paid " 1.80 Members solicited Mrs. Minnie Tatum " 4.05 " M. J. McCrary " 2.30 " Nollie Gordon " 1.60 " Bessie M Cork " 1.20 Miss Carrie M. Urquhart " 1.00 Mrs. Rachel Shannon " .50 " Eva Stalls " .50 Total " 26.30 Quite True. "I have to face the fact," mused the fashionable photographer, as he looked over some recent pictures, "that there are some very ugly features in this business." LOOK! READ!! LISTEN!!! Miss Izora Rodgers, who has just finished a full course in Beauty Culture under the Supervision of Green & Lewis Co.. Springfield, Ill., will be ready to serve the people of Metropolis, on May 20, 1915. Located at 9th and Pearl 8s. Phone 229-3 Rings. On To Centralia, The Watchword. A Missionary Baptist Association, is the getting together and strengthening each other in the work of the Master's Kingdom. Along the lines of missions and Education, Home and abroad District, State, Home and Foreign, this covers the four quarters so to speak. It may be said that most all of the churches believe and agree on missions. To this we answer yes, but not on the work on missions. Regular Missionary Baptist are sent out, to baptize the nation these orders were given to His followers at Olivet's shrbrow The pedo-baptist of whom the State Convention wish to take in its embrace, have orders from the founders of their churches, to (cheo)pour, or (ratidzo) sprinkle the nation, not only the pedo-baptist churches, but the Campbell-lites and Freewills. The remarks are not only to inform those who are not iniormed of the difference between the Missionary Baptist State Association and the State Convention we mean either one. The negro convention or white they are both on the same pattern. If any one thinks the statement far fetched, they have only to inquire into the organization, known as the Southern Association set up in motion by the State Convention [white] last fall at Benton, with six so called missionary Baptist churches and 54 freewills churches without a change of views and these same powers that be organized the Federation with a number of Baptist churches (colored) in Chicago, this is what they call a union. N difference it means the same thing that the federation it is but a rose under another name, but a rose just the same. But the Baptist Churches have not been consulted as to whether or not they were willing, lay aside the doctrine as handed down by Jesus Christ and practiced by the apostle, but handed over by a few ministers. Let the old line baptist that have stood by the stuff, for long years, look into the matter and see where they have been landed without their knowledge or consent. The Master hath need of thee, Jesus says. Therefore pray ye; Hallowed be thy name; thy Kingdom come; thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven. Therefore said he unto them, the harvest truly is great but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. Our mission is to teach, preach and baptize. As to the spirit of prayer, that will be regulated largely by your labor for its end; so I am bound to the conclusion, that the great hindrance to the salvation of the world is chiefly in want of the personal consecration of christians to that end; and men, and women who can give life do not give their life; that men and women who can not give life but can give money, do not give as the Lord prospers them, when we pray for the Lord to send laborers into his harvest, we must do what we can to see that they do go. The laborers must go and those who stay must pray, and contribute to feed those that do go. Give means to prosecute the work. Otherwise the talk of covering the world to God is a mere mock and trifle with God and the souls of men. Strange but true, neverthe less in this great commercial age, we appear to forget God. Our railroads, factories, sciences, arts and the ordinary business affairs and common employment, seen almost to exclude God from the minds of men, the wealth prosperity and social blessing, are derived from another source altogether. For these reasons men and women are dying before their time, and without thy glory. To Accomplish this heavenly mission, the gold and the silver which God created for this great end of advancing the glory of his Kingdom. He gives the prosperity by which every one, ol his sons and daughters obtain or accumulate any share of it and the and the prosperity which it represent, and the church can only prosper in her earthly charge when each one of her membership contributes and performs his part in the spirit of the Devinne Rule laid down in the Devinne book. If our churches fail and are beaten back, or even the Association, in the great undertaking for the advancement of the Masters Kingdom, it will be chieftly because some of the soldiers have faltered and have fallen back and discouraged and disheartened others, but with God to help us we shall know no defeat. The ministers and other members in the organization pledged themselves to contribute $1.00 each independent as to what the churches give. May the Lord stir the good men and women of the state as never before, to come up to the help of the Lord. Let the chairman of the educational board speak out, and let not the chairman mission board be silent. We hope to visit every church in this end of the state, either in person, pen or proxy. before the meeting in Centralia, we have been shindered by sickness for a time from visiting the churches but under God we are getting straight once more we hope. First Anniversary The Pastor's Anniversary of the First Baptist this city was a decided success in every respect. Rav. J. W. Davie, of Hopkinsville, Ky. accepted the call as pastor of the Church the 1st, Snnday in May '14. Friday night the Tom Thumb had a divorce suit in which the Judge rendered his decision in fa- 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. vor of the bride and the divorce was granted. This was under the direction of Mrs. Bessie Cork. In connection with the suit an excellent program was rendered to the delight of all present, Edgar S. McCrary, Master of Ceremonies for the entire program. The program for the occasion consisted of papers, sermons and solos, camely:—"Our pastor's Preaching," Mrs. M. J. Blake, "Our Pastor's first anniversary here," Rev. G. W. Rowlett, "Our Pastor's first experience here," Miss Allie Barhard, "The Pastor's Church love," Mrs. Bessie M. Cork, "The Pastor as a NOTICE To the Baptist women of the State of Illinois, after extending to yo my congratulations and greetings for tee New Year 1915, this little note tomes to you from the General Missionary Baptist State Association of Illinois, through her corresponding secretary, informing you that we feel very keenly the mistake we made last October by not notifying and organizing the Women's department of our State Association. But, since the mill never grinds with water that is passed, we will forget those things are passed, and press forward to the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Since the organization of the General Missionary Baptist State Association at Mt. Vernon, Illinois, October 1914 it has been my pleasure to travel from one end of the state to other, and we find that the women of our Baptist Zion are getting their eyes open to the fact, that we need a real sure enough Woman's General Missionary Baptist State Association. And since it is, and always has been my disposition to give honor to whom honor is due, I wish to take time and space enough right here, to dash one bouquet if no more, at our original president of Women's State Convention in the person of sister K. L. Cosby. She gave her her word while I was in Chicago, November last, that she was a Baptist, not in name only, but in reality, and cast her lot with them who proved that they were earnestly contending for the Faith, first delivered to the saints. Now, that sister Cosby, and her like-minded Baptist sisters may have an opportunity to help us to earnestly tontend for the Eaith; at our State meeting when convened next May 1915, at Centralia; when we will organize a Women's General Missionary Baptist State Association. Great preparation is being made for that great coming meeting next May, at Conralin Illinois. We are looking for our Baptist women from the North from the West and from the East. ou Baptist women in (this) the Southern part of the state, are wateeing the possession of our Baptist Zion, while the ministers and deacons and laymen are fighting and contending for the Faith once delivered to the saints, and instead of this host of Baptist women fainting at the clouds that have been darkening the havens since last June on the hotest battle, and the darkest hour, these women have been heard sining to Dr's. Phillips, Dorsey, Mc, Williams, Starks, Allison, Knowles, Parrish, Armstead, and others who are taking care of, and cultivating this Baptist (State) field, and their song is Hold the fort for we are coming, and John F. Thomas will be in the chair, and all of us Baptist women, sisters? Cosby, Anderson, Bates, Phillips, Bledsoe, O'Conner and others will be there in May. By the grace of God we will there. I am yours for the Women's Generap Missionary Baptist State Association on the state of Illinois. S. S. worker." E. S. McCrary-Select Reading, Master Maceo Stalh, Solo Miss Love Phillips, Duette, Misses Lavada Martin and Ollie Buchanan, Short talks by Deacons, Remarks, Prof Wm E. Bailey, Principal of the Livingston Institute. Sunday was rally day, eleven clubs were out, ten of which reported the neat sum of $93 55 The largest am't was reported by club no 6, who Brought forward $26 30. This shows actual work and perserverance in Mrs. Cork. The blue ribbon was presented to her by Mrs. M. Griggs. The Pastor, and members were greatly inspired over the success with which they met in this their first anniversary. Following is the exact am't raised by the clubs. Club Captain Am't raised No I Mrs. Griggs $10 00 " 6 " B. Cork $26.30 " 3 " S Martin 8 60 " 4 " E. Buchanan 10.95 " 5 " A. Barnard 2.70 " 2 " G E Tossey 2.35 " 7 " L. B. Dukes 3 95 " 8 Mr. I. T. Stalh 11 00 " 9 V. E. Shannon 1 35 No 10 Mr. Geo Tumba 7.75 " 11 " Fred Porter 4 00 BROOKPORT. Dear Editor: please allow me space to say the Unity Baptist church is progressing nicely. Our pastor Rev. J. B. McCraig was with us Saturday night in our business meeting and arranged for a rally the second Sunday in June. We have out five clubs for the month of May and we expect to raise $100.00 The clubs which we had out for the month of April made their report Sunday night, we only had three clubs, namely: Sister Bettie Turley $23.66 " Neicie Moon 20.20 " Ida Martin 21.00 Total am't $64.86 Sunday was our pastor's regular day. We had covenant meeting Sunday morning and preaching evening and night. The spirit was with us all day, our pastor is certainly giving us wholesome food. Mrs. J. B. McCrary, drove up from Metropolis, Sunday evening and was with us in the night services. She returned home with her hnsband after services. Sister McCrary is such a loving woman, she bids us God speed. Mr Thomas Davis, has been very sick but is much improved at this writing. Little Phinex Martin is very low. He is not expected to live. Pray for our success. Neuralgia and Rheumatic Palms yield quickly to the influence of Dr. Milner Anti-Pain Pills. No need at all or- AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS --- --- Loyalty to the United States and Stars and Stripes, with expressions for the future welfare of ten millions of Negro people was proclaimed by the National Negro Press association at its last session at Nashville, Tenn., when the representatives from 126 publications, through their organizations, issued an address to the American people. The facts concerning the address were given out by the corresponding secretary, Henry A. Boyd, who states that this address was prepared by a committee consisting of C. V. Roman, chairman, Nashville, Tenn.; W. E. King of Dallas, Tex.; Joseph L. Jones of Cincinnati, Ohio; Emmett J. Scott of Tuskegee Institute, Ala., and T. G. Stewart of Wilberforce, Ohio. This document, which made up the report of the committee, says, in part: "The National Negro Press association in convention assembled takes this opportunity to consider the condition of the country, especially in so far as it concerns the Negro. "The student of history is alive to the fact that for the past fifty years the Afro-American element has been by law made a part of the citizenry of the republic. The National Negro Press association believes that there are many evidences everywhere covering every walk of life to show that the Christian white element is doing much to advance the civilization and progress of the Negro peoples. "In the fields of journalism we are gratified to bear witness to the growing liberality of a large element of the white press, not confined to any section of the country. "In the field of religious effort there has been no time when white Christians showed a higher respect for the great doctrine of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man than now. "In the field of education we make haste to bear testimony to the great and growing philanthropy which is laying itself upon the educational altar of the race. There is unmistakable evidence that white America is coming to the unalterable opinion that the strength of the nation is not in its armies and navies and embattled cities, but rather in the virtue and intelligence of the people. "We call specially upon those who are charged with the interpretation and enforcement of the law to attend its benefits without bias to us, to the end that the struggling millions of the colored race may continue to hope for that governmental encouragement which should be the heritage of the humblest American citizen. "The strong need the restrictions of the law and the weak need its protection. When the former lose respect for the law and despise its restrictions, or the latter lose faith in its fairness and doubt the justice of its execution, then popular government is in danger. Fitness and not race is the only safe test for citizenship if our country is to become in reality the 'land of the free and the home of the brave.' As we can best serve the nation by faithful service to our own cultural unity, so the national welfare will be best promoted by the general acceptance of the good old democratic doctrine of 'equal and exact justice to all and special privilege to none.' "We appreciate the growing liberality of the American press and wish to assure it that we will not disappoint it if it will only 'play us up,' empha- A favorable report from the committee on increased accommodations of the Baltimore school board for an elementary school for colored pupils in the Fourteenth ward, which comprises all that territory between Pennsylvania avenue and the Fallsway and North and Lafayette avenues, is expected shortly. The committee has had the question of such a school under advisement for several months due to the activity of City Councilman A. C. Binswanger. There is a Negro population in the ward of approximately 10,000, and of this there are between 1,200 and 1,500 Negro children of school age. The present accommodations are not only far from that section but are inadequate in every way. The nearest school is an annex to the building at Fremont and Pennsylvania avenues, and this school has long been overcrowded. The need of either a colored high school or an elementary school for colored children has long been agitated and as the high school is practically assured City Councilman Binswanger has endeavored to also have A Springfield (Mo.) man took out homestead papers the other day on an 89-acre tract of land 100 miles from that city. Before applying at the land office for the paper he walked the entire distance and back in order to visit the property. When he got back he had just money enough to pay for the land and cover the necessary fees. A tale from the Pacific relates that a steamer whose rudder unexpectedly broke was steered for several days by packing boxes hung over the sides. sizing our virtues and letting our vices go into the general cauldron of crime without special label. "Applaud us when we run, console us when we fall, cheer us when we recover." The organization has membership in every state in the Union and in many foreign countries. Melvin J. Chisum of Okmulgee, Okla., is president. His administration is supported by two executive committeemen from each state where the newspapers justify it. They are to hold their next executive committee meeting in Boston, but the regular session is to be held in some centrally located place, like St. Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ky., Nashville, Tenn., or Cincinnati, Ohio. This matter will be decided at the coming Boston meeting. A throng of colored men and women, which packed Bethel A. M. E. church at Baltimore to its doors, was stirred to conduct an active campaign for recognition in the state to improve their health conditions and properly care for their sick and infirm by several prominent speakers. It was the opening session of the first public health conference of the Maryland Colored Health association under the auspices of the medical and chirurgical faculty of Maryland. Resolutions were adopted by unanimous vote to petition the next legislature for adequate provision in the state for the isolation of all classes of colored people suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. Among the speakers were Dr. William H. Welch, one of the leading medical men of the country, and Dr. Booker T. Washington, one of the greatest Negro educators in the country. The meeting was scheduled to begin at eight o'clock and 6:30 o'clock there was a crowd outside the church. Within ten minutes after the doors were thrown open, shortly after seven o'clock, the edifice was filled. So dense was the throng outside at eight o'clock that it was necessary to lock the doors. It was estimated that several thousand persons were turned away from the doors. A direct appeal was made by all of the speakers to be cleanly and to guard against disease as well as to continue to make strides for advancement. Doctor Washington congratulated the Negroes of Baltimore on their educational facilities. "What you get from the city in the way of education is in the right proportion," he said, "as the total population of the colored man is 15 per cent and the money spent on the education of the Negro is 15 per cent of the total appropriation for schools." St. Louis business men forgot their work for two hours at the City club when Maj. R. R. Moton, Negro commandant of Hampton institute, near Old Point Comfort, addressed them, following a score of songs by the Hampton quartet. Major Moton is a real Negro and is proud of it. He believes the Negro should be trained to work with his hands and told of the work Hampton institute is doing along that line. He said the problem might well be expressed as a question of how the two races may live together as brothers in Christ and yet not become brothers in law. A good deal of the "dope" is misleading. If you really want your secret kept tell it to a woman. a modern and up-to-date elementary school to properly care for the overcrowded conditions which now exist. The city councilman recently appeared-before the school board with a colored delegation and after the needs of such a school had been pointed out, the question was referred to the committee on increased accommodations. Mr. Binswanger has been assured that the best efforts possible would be put forth to obtain the school. In response to the advertisement of the United States navy department for 1,500,000 teak decking logs, a Manila lumber firm has submitted an offer of 500,000 feet of yacal, a Philippine wood resembling teak, which is regarded as the equal of teak for construction purposes. This is the first time that such offers of Philippine woods have been made to the navy. Vertical circles of electric lights have been erected at Berlin to guide aviators, who can tell how near they are to the ground by observing the angles of the circles. For every quarrel a man and his wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone. You probably had noticed that the loan made by the man who knows people pretty well is nearly always secured by mortgage. "Buzz" Hopgood is considered the biggest fool in our town. The Hopgood spent the winter in California. Before starting "Buzz" bought a pair of arctics and a fur-lined overcoat. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL FOR AGES TO COME Future Generations Were Their Sole Concern Until They Met One Another. (Copyright, 1915, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) There were those who said that the reason Joseph Blanchard had reached the age of thirty without ever having been in love, to say nothing of having taken a wife, was because he had a fad. Every man has a fad, even to the fad of picking up stray pins on the sidewalk, but what all men are ready to deny is that they have one. Some other fellow is invariably the guilty party. Thus, while a score of persons said that John Blanchard had a fad, he said to himself that he was the only man in a thousand who steered clear of them. As a youth, Master Blanchard was inclined to serious thought; one of the most serious was the reservation of the present for the future. He realized that all things, even to nations, must decay and leave no more behind them than the cave dwellers. There must come a time, maybe a hundred thousand years hence, when a new nation would long to know how the American lived in this day and date. They would go hunting around for relics and souvenirs, and they would find remains of skyscrapers, subways, elevated roads. Here and there they would uncover a poem written by a Yankee schoolma'am—now and then a speech delivered by a senator; but from those things could any future historian make out the real life of the people? And John Blanchard went to making a collection. It was such a collection as would enable the future historians to make out our everyday life, even down to the brand of cigars the men smoked, and the name of the bars of soaps the women bought for the laundries. John Blanchard's name was to be saved to posterity. The first move he made was to write out his history from birth to date, and then begin a diary, which should only close with his death. He bought books to be enclosed in iron boxes; he filed away daily papers; he preserved magazines; he gathered postage stamps and coins. John Blanchard was the son of wealthy parents. When he attained his majority he had more wealth awaiting him. He could and he did erect a building and stuff it from basement to garret with his collections. He was still at it when he made a new acquaintance that was bound to bring about changes in his life. John Blanchard might have been the only male faddist in his town that carried the idea to an extreme, and it never occurred to him that a female might enter the lists against him. One did, however. It was Miss Myra Ray, a young woman who had dwelt in this vale of tears almost as long as he had, although her fad wasn't born so early. Miss Myra realized that the day must come when the last trust, the last grafter and the last American must go hence, and leave the ruins of his cities to be pawed over by relic hunters of a later race and to be the hooting place of big-eyed owls, and that she had a duty to do. Those people who were to come after would be curious about our bird life. They would wonder if our robins had teeth like a grizzly bear, if our bluebirds carried off and devoured babies, if the woodpecker emerged from his cave at midnight to revel in human gore. It was her mission to leave a leaf of history behind for their benefit. She, as well as Mr. Blanchard, had wealth and could indulge herself. She began collecting the eggs of birds and acquiring stuffed specimens. In this she spent thousands of dollars. She was thorough in her work, too. She could speak and write three different languages, and she never packed up and laid away an egg or a stuffed specimen without writing on three different cards: "This is the egg of a quall," or "This is the quall himself" or whatever egg or bird it was. When Miss Myra had accumulated enough specimens to load several trucks she turned-to insects. The race that was to come would ask what kind of horsefiles, hornets and fleas the lost Americans did business with. The collection of the young woman would answer any question. She could imagine the investigator of 100,000 years hence inquiring of himself: "Now, then, I wonder if the blamed old hornet is a new thing with us, or if they had him in the long ago?" And then her collection would be discovered. "I'll be hanged if the peeky varmint isn't right here, as big as life, and the hossily is in the next stall to him," the investigator would exclaim. Miss Myra bought insects of small boys, and she went afield for them personally. The farmer didn't pay much attention to the boy roaming over the fields in search of the grasshopper, but when it came to a woman racing up and down with a net in her hand and her eyes bulging out he would stop his plow to stare. "Good lands, but 'bapse I had married that thing instead of Mirandy'" Mr. John Blanchard heard of a farmer who had a valuable collection of manuscripts that would give history a fair insight into our ways of doing business in the nineteenth and twentieth century. It was a farmer who never paid a debt unless he was about to be burned at the stake, and the valuable manuscripts were the dunning letters he had received. You may call it a coincidence. You may call it luck. You may say it was the hand of Providence. Whatever it was it brought the two collectors face to face on that farm. It introduced them. It was a bond between them. It made Miss Myra agree that the dunning letters were the cap-sheaf of the collection, and it made Mr. Blanchard volunteer to go with her and help capture a few crickets. The farmer refused a very liberal offer for his manuscripts, on the grounds that, if he had money his creditors would pursue him afresh; and when he came to half understand the business of the collectors, he was filled with contempt. "That feller orter be splittin' wood and that woman orter be silicin' apples to dry!" was the way he looked at it, and when they came to ask where the largest and choicest crickets could be found he pointed to a bush in the pasture and repiled: "You'll find some lively ones down there." The farmer's wife came out to him at the plow and asked: "Josiah, what does that woman want?" "Why, she's one of 'em." "Does she want to buy them dunning letters, or the old letters you wrote me afore we were married?" "I couldn't make out exactly what she wanted of them, but when they asked about crickets I sent 'em over in the pasture." "Are they goin' to fry the grease out of 'em for rheumatism?" "Dunno. I couldn't understand half their big talk." And as the two collectors walked slowly across the field they warmed toward each other, as was natural. Of the millions of people in the United States they, it was very likely, were the only ones working for those who were to be cavorting around when the Falls of Niagara were worn out like an old washboard. Two lawyers would have been in a wrangle in five minutes as to who should have the crickets after they had been captured. Two editors would have dragged politics into it and called each other liars. Two poets would have wrangled about the moonlight and dubbed each other jinglers. But two collectors! Their souls recognized each other at once and clasped hands, as it were. Mr. Blanchard and Miss Day were so long on their way to the cricket roost that the farmer growled to himself: "If I was after an insect I'd hurry up and get him by a hind leg and then sit on the fence and do my talking!" But the collectors reached the spot at last. It was a space of matted grass, with brush growing in the midst of it. There were no crickets to be seen, but it was the hour of the day when such insects sleep and dream, and get ready for the business of the evening. It was right and proper that Mr. Blanchard should get down on his knees and paw around in the grass, and he pawed with energy and determination. He found insects after a minute, but they were not crickets. The farmer saw Mr. Blanchard leap to his feet in surprise. He heard Miss Day utter a shriek and saw her running away. Then he saw Mr. Blanchard running away and beating the air with his hat. Then it was Miss Day who bounded around and fought something with her field net. Then the farmer said to himself: "They've struck that bumble bees' nest that I was saving for a wire fence man, and perhaps they'll need help. Queer that these bug-folks can't tell a cricket from a bee!" There was need of his help. Both collectors were tearing around in the field both emphatic and woeful. Armed with a broken bush, the rescuer fought the bees to a standstill, but they had done their work. The wife came from the house to lead Miss Day to it, and the husband brought up the rear of the procession with Mr. Blanchard. "It will be three or four days before you can go," said the doctor who was called. It turned out to be five, but after the second day time passed joyfully. With their heads and hands bandaged, and one eye opened enough to see their way, the collectors sat on the veranda and talked of birds and eggs and manuscripts and insects—and love. Yes, they talked love to leave a record of how it was done in lost America in the twentieth century. And when they departed for their homes the farmer, said to his wife: "They orter make them bumblebees a present of $100 for stinging the fads outen 'em!" A Third district paper reports this gratifying dialogue by telephone: "Hello! Is this the News office? Say, what prices did they get for hogs at Farmer Blank's sale?" The editor pondered a moment and replied: "The Blank sale was advertised by posters tacked on trees and fences. Probably the results of the sale will be made public in the same manner. 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As food grows scarce when winter approaches in the farthest northern places where birds live they naturally turn to the South, where, their instinct tells them, food will be plentiful. The return of the birds in the spring to their accustomed haunts in the North is one of the evidences of their possession of an instinct which is also strong in man. The environment in which a bird or human being is brought up generally becomes a permanent part of its nature. Ornithologists have not yet made it clear just what enables the bird to find its way back and forth to the same spot every year, and our knowledge is confined to the fact of what the "homing instinct" does. After they mate and build their first nest and bring up their first family, birds cherish a fondness for that spot much the same as the attachment that man feels for his early home. The spring migration of birds is their joyful return home after a temporary sojourn abroad to secure the means of livelihood. Gives Beauty Advice. Girls, ladies and misses, it's no use to spend your coin on rouge and powder to make your yourself look beautiful. It will not improve your looks. And if you insist upon wearing small, tight shoes with high heels, you can depend upon it that they will bring hard, drawn lines in your face. Another menace to beauty is a fourpound skypiece on your belly. This is all according to Dr. Ida C. Nahm, who makes a sweeping denunciation of these things. If you want to retain your youthful beauty for ever and ever, follow these dictates, says the doctoress: Plenty of soap and warm water, lots of outdoor exercise, especially walking, and drink two quarts of water every day. These will insure health, red cheeks and a blimp, youthful figure. Doctor Nahm recommends the water cure and walks especially for ladies with too much embonpont. She says it's the safest, surest and quickest way to reduce. Why He Went to a Concert Josef Hofmann has a story which illustrates the attitude of many people toward recitals of piano music. A pianist was to give a concert, and as the audience was filing in the ticket taker stopped a man who "presented two tickets. "You can't go in," the official said. "You're not in fit condition." "Didn't I pay for my tickets?" questioned the would-be auditor. "Aren't they in order?" "They're perfectly in order," was the reply, "but the truth is you're drunk." "Drunk? Drunk?" mused the other, solemnly placing the passports in his pocket. "Of course I'm drunk. If I weren't drunk would I come to a piano recital?" Had Some Training. Billy Mooney, after running a barber shop in Centerville for two or three years, decided to become a dentist. His Uncle Si, upon hearing of over. "Yes, Billy," said he, "dentistry is about the easiest new job you could tackle. You know how to work the chair already, so the rest ought to come easy enough." Spent His Money. "George has offered me his name." "That's all he has left since he's been engaged to you." CASTORIA For Infants and Children Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of Chas. H. Hutchins In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA EXPLAINING SONGS OF BIRDS Beautiful Notes of the Nightingale, for Instance, Are Inspired by Paternal Love. It is generally assumed that a bird sings because he is happy, but science goes deeper for an explanation of the why and wherefore of the bird's song. Nature's optimistic joy in constructive progress is expressed in the singing of the male birds who charm their mates to further their wooing, and continue after eggs are laid to encourage the fulfillment of hatching. The song stops when the little birds come out of the shell. The nightingale, for weeks during the period of nest-building and hatching, charms his mate and human ears near him with the beautiful music of his love song. But as soon as the little nightingales come from the eggs the song changes to a sort of guttural croak, implying anxiety and sense of responsibility. If the nest and contents were destroyed the nightingale would at once resume his beautiful song to inspire his mate to help him build another nest and start all over again the losing work of being fruitful and multiplying. Enjoyed a Joke. Jimson—I just tell you, you can't find a man anywhere who enjoys a good joke better than I do. Friend—Guess that's so. I have heard you tell the same joke forty times, and laugh at it every time.—New York Weekly. Now You Know. "Tell me, do women dress for the men or for each other?" "For both; for the men to admire, and for each other to envy." A Golf Widow. "Is it true that Mrs. Brown's husband has deserted her?" "Almost. He has taken up golf." After Winter's Wear and Tear one requires a food in Springtime that builds up both brain and body. Grape-Nuts FOOD made of wheat and malted barley—supplies in splendid balance, the elements necessary for upbuilding and keeping in repair the brain, nerve and muscle tissue. Grape-Nuts has a rich nut-like flavour—always fresh, crisp, sweet and ready to eat direct from package. Thousands have found Grape-Nuts a wonderful invigorator of both brain and body. "There's a Reason" Sold by Grocers everywhere. Stop That Backache! There's nothing more discouraging than a constant backache. You are lame when you awake. Pains pierce you when you bend or lift. It's hard to rest. Pain in the back is nature's warning of kidney illness. Neglect may pave the way to dropy, gravel, or other serious kidney sickness. Don't delay—begin using pain relievers immediately that has been curing backache and kidney trouble for over fifty years. A Missouri Case Berry Picture Berry's Story 2013 Magazine St., St. Louis, Mo. says: "I was sick months with kidnery trouble. For a year after, I walk- looked like a physical wreck. I had to take long vacations away from home When I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills, I used them good health. since." Pills, I used them and they restored me to good health. I haven't suffered since. Get Dean's at App Store, 50c a Box DOAN'S KIDNEY FILLS FOSTER-MILBURN CO., BUFFALO, N.Y. Bears of specializing in insemination, and services only Bears of specializing in insemination, and services only The Cater Laboratory, Berkshire, Calif. or Chicago, IL The Cater Laboratory, Berkshire, Calif. or Chicago, IL The report that a *nax tar* is to be placed on Homestead lands in Western Canada having been given considerable circulation in the United States, this is to advise all enquirers that no such tax has been placed, nor is there a tax on the lands of such lands. (Signed) W. D. Scott, Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, March 15th, 1915. A trip to the Panama Expositions should include a VICTORIA, B. C. CANADA a bit of England on the Pacific. *Splendid Scenery, Unvulnerable climate. Motoriates Paradise*. Equal a foreign tour. *Warrants for sale* Bad Language. Thomas A. Edison on his sixty- eighth birthday said to a reporter: "The result of this war will be a German republic that in fifty years will forge ahead of all of us." The reporter, impressed by Mr. Edison's war knowledge, asked: "What language do the Belgians use—Walloon, French, German?" "Humph," said Mr. Edison, "I know well what language I'd use if I were a Belgian." Drawing Qualities. Blondine—Winnie Waggle told the manager her music teacher predicted a great future for her. Brunetta—What did the manager say? Blondine—He said there were greater opportunities in the theatrical profession for a woman with a past. More to the Point. Clerk—This is the burglar alarm made. The burglar no sooner enters the house than it alarms the residents. Customer—Haven't you got one that will alarm the burglar?—Boston Evening Transcript. Helpful Advice. "Some of these social workers evolve some profound theories." "What now?" "This one advises the poor to modify the cost of living by purchasing their stuff in barrel lots." Unfalling Courtesy. "The convict who escaped was one of the most polite men in the prison." "Yes; even when he knocked the guard down, he said, 'Excuse the liberty I'm taking.'" A FOOD DRINK Which Brings Daily Enjoyment "Though busy hourly with my own affairs, I will not deny myself the pleasure of taking a few minutes to tell of the enjoyment obtained daily from my morning cup of Postum: It is a food beverage, not a stimulant like coffee. "I began to use Postum 8 years ago; not because I wanted to, but because coffee, which I dearly loved, made my nights long, weary periods to be dreaded and unsettling me for business during the day. "On advice of a friend, I first tried Postum, making it carefully as suggested on the package. As I had always used 'cream and no sugar', I mixed my Postum so. It looked good, was clear and fragrant, and it was a pleasure to see the cream color it as my Kentucky friend always wanted her coffee to look, 'like a new saddle'. "Then I tasted it critically, for I had tried many 'substitutes' for coffee. I was pleased, yes, satisfied with my Postum in taste and effect, and am yet, being a constant user of it all these years. "I continually assure my friends and acquaintances that they will like Postum in place of coffee, and receive benefit from its use. I have gained weight, can sleep and am not nervous." 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 boiled, 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. Both kinds are equally delicious and cost per cup about the same. "There's a Reason" for Postum. sold by Grocers ON LINE OF BATTLE Alfred Stead Describes Scenes in Village Under Fire. Effect of Modern Shells Is Told Up Vivid Description of the Ruin They Bring About—Has Praise for Officers. A battery arrives and remains stationary in the main street. The artillerymen are gay. An airship passes overhead, two smoke spirals remain pendent in the air, and soon we have news. A shrapnel bursts near the church on a tiled roof, making a red cloud of smoke; another into a house beside it, a yellow cloud this time; then a third right among the battery. Six horses are killed, and a caisson is perforated and splashed with blood. An artilleryman lies dead across his gun. All the artillerymen retire with their guns toward us; only the overturned calsson and the heap of horses remain. The dead artilleryman is brought into the temporary hospital; there is nothing to be done with him. The artillerymen are all quite cheerful. One goes back—he was seated on the calsson when the shell struck—to get his knapsack from the dead horse. He returns with it, triumphantly, blood-stained. Later he goes with two horses and brings back the calsson. Some chasseurs come up the street, and there are more signals and more shells. The arrilleryman beside me is hit on the head by a spent shrapnel bullet. The officer laughingly shows him a cabbage stump and says a man threw it at him. The buildings around the church are gradually becoming skeletons, and there are no longer any roofs. The farther end of the village is in ruins, but happily no fires break out. For dinner there were potatoes. None of the men liked peeling them, although all were ready to go to the cooking house under shell fire to fetch the dinner. Soon a heavy exchange of fire between two batteries took place. Bits of bursting shell went skipping about. One went "plop" into a pool near by. Some men were drawing water there, and went on unconcernedly. The officers made the men brave because they were absolutely fearless. The effect on the men of these brave officers was magical.—From Notes Taken by Alfred Stead in Harper's Weekly. HAIR OF ANIMALS USEFUL In Many Ways Man Finds Employment for the Bristles of Lower Order of Beings. The hair of various animals is employed in many uses. The strongest and most durable of hair cloth is woven from the tails of horses. The horsehair from the mane is twisted into ropes, and after being boiled and then dried in an oven is untwisted and in a half-matted condition employed for stuffing beds and cushions. The hair of cows is employed as a binder for plaster; in Europe it is sometimes woven into carpets or hose. Pig's hair is used in China for the same purposes. The stiff hair or bristles from the ridge of a hog's back a made into brushes for the hair, teeth and nails, as well as into brooms and the larger painting and whitewashing brushes. The finer paint brushes are of the hair of the camel, sable, badger, squirrel, marten, raccoon, goat, etc. Quills of the crow, pigeon, goose, turkey, or swan are also used. NEW LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS Can Be Folded Compactly and Easily and Quickly Opens When It Is Needed. The feature about this invention is that it can easily be folded compactly or opened out to spherical form by the rotation of the handle, which operates a series of semicircular ribs on which the airtight covering is mounted. The user is supported by shoulder straps as shown. Fastenings are provided for holding the life preserver in spherical shape, and when secured in this way it is airtight.—Popular Mechanics. Joke on the Hounds. C. T. Stiles prepared to take his collection of stuffed birds from Warren to Boston, and gave two of the larger specimens, a fishhawk and a partridge, a bath in Quaboag river. Then, leaving them to dry, he went into the house to work on the packing case. When he returned he saw a pair of hounds disappear, each with one of the birds in its mouth. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. MEN'S $2.50 $3 $3.50 $4.00 $4.50 $5 $5.50 SHOES WOMEN'S $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 & $4.00 SHOES BOYS' $1.75 $2 $2.50 $3.00 MISSES' $2.00 & $2.50 W. L. Douglas shoes are made of the best domestic and imported lastest, the latest models, carefully constructed by the most expert lastest and the most comfortable shoes of equal prices, can compete with W. L. Douglas shoes for style, workmanship and quality. As comfortable, easy walking shoes, are constructed. CAUTION! When buying W.L. Douglas shoes stamped on the bottom, those stamped are always worth the price paid for them. For 32 year W.L. Douglas shoes have a price for interior shoes by buying the NAME AND PRICE stamped on the bottom before they leave the factory. Do not buy shoes for interior shoes that are not good. You are paying your mother and are entitled to the best. If your dealer cannot supply you, write for Husband. W.L. Douglas 210 Spark Shoes, Bropkin, Mass. The Stewart Ball Boaring Clipping Machine It turns easier, clips faster and clears better faster than any other. Gears are cut from solid steel bar, enclosed, protected and run in oil; little friction like the feet of new style easy running flexible shaft and the celebrated Stewart single ten- price $7.99 of Minn. to some Americ condi- tion Cottor Minn., the gou cently Hanseru In his tliers fr here co nesota, few Ca man. We ever si settled, well. I not the Death L If Yours is fluttering or weak, Death Lurks In A Weak Heart The $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 shoes w as other makes costing $4.00 to $5.00. $5.50 shoes compare favorably with other makes costing $6.00 to $8.00. $8.50 shoes cost $9.00 to $10.00 shoes. Consult them and they will tell Douglas shoes cannot be excelled for Give Your Horses a Spring Hair Cut They are healthier and rend better service. When the heavy soil is removed, and dirt is removed, they are easily kept clean, look better — get more good from their feed 6 in most cases from every way. Inseason on having one from your dealer, or send to us $2.00 and we will ship C. O. D. for balance. Money and shipping charges back if you are not more than satisfied. CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT CO. Wells and Ohio St., Chicago, Ill. write for me on the back of the card. modern line of horse shipping and sheep shearing machines, mailed free. Suggested a Dental Compromise. "Boss, dis yu toof am might nigh killin' me!" wailed Brother -Oggy. "How much will it cost to have de blame' thing pulled out?" "Fifty cents," replied the dentist. "But, loogy yu, sah! I hasn't got but a quawtah to mah name. Kain't yo'all pull it out half way for dat?" — Kansas City Star. A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mr. F. C. Case of Welcome Lake, Pa., writes: "I suffered with Backache and Kidney Trouble. My head ached, my sleep was broken and unrefreshing. I felt heavy and sleepy after meals, was always nervous and tired, had a bitter taste in my mouth, was dizzy, had floating specks before my eyes, was always thirsty, had a MR. E. C. COSO Mr. F. C. Case, thirsty, had a dragging sensation across my loins, difficulty in collecting my thoughts and was troubled with shortness of breath. Dodds Kidney Pills have cured me of these complaints. You are at liberty to publish this letter for the benefit of any sufferer who doubts the merit of Dodds Kidney Pills." Dodds Kidney Pills, 50c. per box at your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Dodds Dyspepsia Tablets for Indigestion have been proved. 50c. per box.—Adv. Makes a Difference. "There is no sadder sight to me," said the Socialist crator, "than the laborer's empty dinner pail." "Shurel!" said a man in the crowd, "that all depends on whether it's imply before th' noon hour or after." TOUCHES OF ECZEMA At Once Relieved by Cuticura Quite Easily. Trial Free. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. Nothing better than these fragrant supercreamy emollients for all troubles affecting the skin, scalp, hair and hands. They mean a clear skin, clean scalp, good hair and soft, white hands. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. It is all right to keep smiling if you have anything to smile about. Which, to Be Decided Later. Which, to Be Decided Later. She-But if I can't live on my income and you can't live on yours, where would be the advantage of our marrying? He (thoughtfully)—Well, by putting our incomes together, one of us would be able to live, at any rate. "LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS" A Western Canada Farmer Writes as to Conditions. A. G. Hansen is a farmer living near Clavet, Sask., and as an old resident of Minnesota, takes strong exception to some of the articles appearing in American papers disparaging the true conditions in Western Canada. The "Cottonwood Current" of Cottonwood, Minn., an important weekly paper in the southwestern part of the state, recently published a letter from Mr. Hansen, which is interesting reading. In his letter Mr. Hansen makes a splendid case for Western Canada against those who seek to deter farmers in the States from settling in Canada. He says: "The district in which we live is a fair comparison to any other district in the country, made up mostly of settlers from the States. The majority here consists of Americans from Minnesota, Iowa and the Dakotas, with a few Canadians and an odd Englishman. We have been here eleven years, ever since this part of the country was settled, and the majority have done well. If they have not, it is certainly not the fault of the country. "There has not been a crop failure in this district since settled. This year was the poorest, caused by lack of rain, although a fair estimate of wheat is about twelve bushels per acre, average, and oats about ten. Some farmers got as much as twenty-five bushels of wheat per acre, and we all got good prices. "The laws of Canada are nearly the same as those of Minnesota, and we enjoy the same privileges." "So far as the European war is concerned, we suffer to a certain extent as all the world does. Canada is giving a helping hand to her Mother Country, and we American-Canadians firmly believe it is Canada's duty to do so. I have not heard one American-Canadian who has expressed a different opinion. Canada is not compelled to send her soldiers. The service rendered is all voluntary service. "The accusation that old settlers are considered undesirable citizens and are forced out of business, even in danger of being 'mobbed at their own fireside,' is all false, a mere fabrication in the mind of badly informed correspondents. There are a few who have been discovered carrying letters, others papers and plans to prove them spies, and whose object is to conspire against the government. These have justly been arrested. Such a class of people cannot be considered good citizens, whether living in Canada or in the United States. "Some people are failures wherever they are, and as an excuse for failure in their country it may seem easy to put the blame on the Canadian people and the Canadian government. Fact is, thousands of people from the United States are emigrating to Canada at the present time, which shows they are not afraid of the Canadian government." "The government is giving away, free of charge, provision through the winter to farmers in certain districts affected by the drought, and is also sending seed grain to those in need of help. This is very different from driving settlers away from their own homes. "I have always observed that the people who love their Mother Country most are those who make the best citizens of their adopted country. The glorious 'Stars and Stripes' will always stand for what is good and noble to us, though we live in a neighbor country where we also enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."—Advertisement. When she reads a historical novel she skips the historic part. Sick Women Attention Is it possible there is a woman in this country who continues to suffer without giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial after all the evidence that is continually being published, which proves beyond contradiction that this grand old medicine has relieved more suffering among women than any other one medicine in the world? We have published in the newspapers of the United States more genuine testimonial letters than have ever been published in the interest of any other medicine for women—and every year we publish many new testimonials, all genuine and true. Here are three never before published: From Mrs. S. T. Richmond, Providence, R. I. PROVIDENCE, R.I.—"For the benefit of women who suffer as I have done I wish to state what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. I did some heavy lifting and the doctor said it caused a displacement. I have always been weak and I overworked after my baby was born and inflammation set in, then nervous prostration, from which I did not recover until I had taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The Compound is my best friend and when I hear of a woman with troubles like mine I try to induce her to take your medicine."—Mrs. S. T. Richmond, 84 Progress Avenue, Providence, R.I. From Mrs. Maria Irwin. Peru. N.Y. PERU, N.Y.—"Before I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was very irregular and had much pain. I had lost three children, and felt worn out all the time. This splendid medicine helped me as—otherwise else had done, and I am thankful every day that I took it."—MRS. MARIA IRWIN, R.F.D. 1, Peru, N.Y. From Mrs. Jane D. Duncan, W. Quincy, Mass. SOUTH QUINCY, MASS.—"The doctor said that I ha and he doctored me for a long time and I did not saw Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ad- vertised and I tried it and found relief before I had finished the first bottle. I continued taking it all through middle life and am now a strong, healthy woman and earn my own living."—MRS. JANE D. DUNCAN, Forest Avenue, West Quincy, Mass. Write to LYDIA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN, MASS., for advice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. If you could visit the W. L. Douglas factory at Brockton, Mass., and see how carefully the shoes are made, and the high grade leather used, you would then under-stand and fit better, hold their shape and wear longer than other makes for the price. Sick Women Atten Is it possible there is a work-tinues to suffer without giving table Compound a trial after tinually being published, whition that this grand old mediating among women than any other. We have published in the more genuine testimonial lettered in the interest of any woman and every year we publish my uine and true. Here are three: From Mrs. S. T. Richm. PROVIDENCE, R. I.—"For the best done I wish to state what Lydia H. has done for me. I did some heat caused a displacement. I have a after my baby was born and infiltration, from which I did not recover ham's Vegetable Compound. The when I hear of a woman with trouble to take your medicine."—Mrs. S. Providence, R. I. From Mrs. Marla PERU, N. Y.—"Before I took Lydia Pound I was very irregular and children, and felt worn out all the helped me as nothing else had done that I took it."—Mrs. Marla IRW. From Mrs. Jane D. Duo. SOUTH QUINCY, MASS.—"The doctor and he doctored me for a long time saw Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable vertised and I tried it and found it finished the first bottle. I continue through middle life and am now woman and earn my own living DUNOAN, Forest Avenue, West Qu. Write to LYDIA E. PINKH (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN, N. Your letter will be opened, read by a woman and held in strict SPOHN MEDICAL CO. Took a Chance. "Walter Jones," said the teacher sterply, "you are not attending to the lesson. Did you hear Jessie Smith's description of the American product, hominy?" "Yes'm," replied the small boy glibly. "All right, then. Give me a sentence in which you bring in the word correctly." With the courage of despair Walter replied: "Hominy marbles have you?" — Answers. ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE for the TROOPS! Over 100,000 packages of Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder to shake into your shoes, are being used by the German and Allied troops at the battlefield. It reads, given instant relief to Corrs and Bunions, hot, swollen aching, tender feet, and makes walking easy. Sold everywhere. Give it TODAY. Don't accept substitute. Adw. A Mean Question. "I have been to consult a beauty doctor about my complexion." "Does he hold out any hope?" Cream of the Puzzle. "I see where the Kurds are going on a massacre." "Is there no way out of it?" YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU Pry Murine Bye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery eyes and Gremianitis. Write for Book of the Bye by mail Free. Murine Bye Remedy Co. Chicago. Dampness caused by a woman's tears is always oppressive. n A Weak Van Vlost-Manefield Drug Co., Mer Tells What's the Matter With Him. "Well, what is the complaint?" demanded Squire Peacy, the well-known Arkansas justice of the peace, as there entered his office Constable Slackputter escorting a colored male-factor. "De complaint, yo' honah — and t'anky for de 'terrygation—" replied the culprit, before the officer could make answer, "am a posthumous creech in muh back, dat kotches me ker-blick every time I tries to run. Yassah, if it hadn't uh been dat-uh-way, de cap'n, yuh, wouldn't uh overtook me in a munt o' Sundays!"— Kansas City Star. Same Thing. "Oh, dear! I must do something to reduce my weight. I weigh a hundred and sixty." "Stripped?" "Well, in my dancing frock." This would be a much better world if people would only finish everything that they start. a woman in this country who con- giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- after all the evidence that is con- d, which proves beyond contradic- micine has relieved more suffer- any other one medicine in the world? the newspapers of the United States al letters than have ever been pub- any other medicine for women— ish many new testimonials, all gen- re three never before published: Richmond, Providence, R. I. the benefit of women who suffer as I have Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound me heavy lifting and the doctor said it have always been weak and I overworked in inflammation set in, then nervous pro- st recover until I had taken Lydia E. Pink- l. The Compound is my best friend and with troubles like mine I try to induce her rs. S. T. Richmond, 84 Progress Avenue, Maria Irwin, Peru, N.Y. ook Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- r and had much pain. I had lost three all the time. This splendid medicine had done, and I am thankful every day A Irwin, R.F.D. 1, Peru, N.Y. D. Duncan, W. Quincy, Mass. 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Address all communications to J. B. MOBARY, Box 107 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year. $1 00 ix Months. 75 Three Months. 40 Single Copy. 05 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS GIVEN QUICK RELIEF 5 DROPS Almostly Pure DIRECTING THE WORK OF THE MARKET BROTHERS AND BOTTLE MANAGERS WITH A MOTION IN THE MARKET 100% NATURAL 500 ML Pain leaves almost as if by magic when you begin using "5-Drops," the famous old remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Gout, Sciatica, Neuralgia and kindred troubles. It goes right to the spot, stops the aches and pains and makes life worth living. Get a bottle of "5-Drops" today. A booklet with each bottle gives full directions for use. Don't delay. Demand "5-Drops." Don't accept anything else in place of any "I drug." gist can supply you. If you live too far from a drug store send One Dollar to Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., Newark, Ohio, and a bottle of "5-Drops" will be sent prepaid. Reader if a blue or red mark appears on the head of your paper marked with an [X] it is to notify you that you owe for the paper and must pay at once. Native Salve. We have just recived some more of Native Salve and it is going very last, those in Carbonand Md. City can secure a box or more now by 50c, per box. Act quick if you want it. Send all orders to Rev. J. B. McCrary. Baptist Women of State Convention. Galesburg, Ill. Feb. 17, '15. Dear Sisters-Greeting: This is to notify you that our annual meeting will convene in Rock Island, Ill., in June, McKinley Baptist church. Let us begin to work in earnest for its success. President is calling for five Hundred Dollars (500.00) this year The banner will be given for the largest amount of money brought in. Remember the art and needle work Department for Foreign Mission. Our Educational needs, Aged Minister Fund Home Mission Fund. REPRESENTATION FEES. District Asso. $5.00 five delegates. Local Circles $2.50 three delegates. Life Members $5.00 Children Pands $1.00 Annual Members $ .50 Yours in the work. Susie F. Hazle. 718 Arnold. Subscribe for The Gazette. No. morphine or optuna in Dr. Miles' PAD B144 "All Pain. "One can't a dose. Ordination Licentiate license blanks at the Gazette office. Mr. Edward Barnard has moved his family to this city to reside. They are now located in one of Mr. Joe Mayberry' houses. Rev J. M. Blake, was in Paducah, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Rachel Shannon and Miss Carrie Urquhart, were Paducah, shoppers Thursday. Mrs. Irene B. Haynes and son Milton of Brookport were in the city this week. Mrs. Deborah Wilson, was a Paducah, visitor last week. AGENTS—It's new—your opportunity. We trust you to $3.60 worth Starr's Powdered Enamel. Repairs chipped and rusty spots on granitware. Stops all leaky metalware without heat, soldering iron or tools. Agents coining money. Sample with particulars, 10c. Starr, 1910 Monroe St., Toledo O. U. S. A. Mrs Carrie Oglesby and little daughter Icelia visited in Brookport last week the guest of the former's sister. Jno, Renfro Sr., is confined to his bed with Erysepelas. Rev. J. B. McCrary, was home Friday from Springfield. He was in Brookport, Saturday and Sunday to fulfill his regular appointment with the Unity Baptist church. Rev. A. A Crim the pastor of the Free Baptist church filled his regular appointment here Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Lee Baker, of Belgrade, attended services Sunday at the Free Baptist Baptist church of which they are members. Mrs Irene Haynes and Miss Mossie Roberts closed a very successful term of school in Brookport Thursday April 29th. Mrs. Haynes was the Principal and Miss Roberts the ass't. Both are graduates of Dunbar High School this city. Mrs. Haynes was a teacher in room 2 this city for a number of years. We know her to be a good teacher. Mr. Jeff Tucher, of Paducah, was in the city Sunday. That this may be done our baptist forces are expected and earnestly requested, both men and women, church and S. S. B. Y. P. U. and W. E. & M. Circle, to meet us in Centralia, on Wednesday before the 4th Sunday in May 1915 The only way to get the genuine New Home Sewing Machine is to buy the machine with the name NEW HOME on the arm and in the legs. This machine is warranted for all time. No other like it No other as good The New Home Sewing Machine Company, ORANGE, MASS. For Sale by W. P. Baynes, Metropolis, Ill. As the World Advances. The luxury of yesterday is the common commodity of today and the necessity of tomorrow. All persons attending the General Baptist Association at Centrala, in May will be required to pay 75c per day for board. Dont forget to take along your fare please. Let every church of this district represent by letter and a messenger in the General Baptist Association at Centralia. St. Paul A. M. E. Church. Rey. E H. McDaniels of Golconda, preached for the pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. church Sunday morning and afternoon. In the evening Rev. Lee R. Crim preached The men collected $16 01 while the women received $24.41, making a total of $40 42. It is a little troublesome these dull time to meet your church debts and get your salary too. One or the other suffers and usually it is the pastor's salary that comes up short. This is the first of a series of Summer Rallies that will be conducted the 1st Sabbath of each month. J. H. Smith. Pastor. For Groceries and cold drinks go the First or Last Chance Grocery on 9th and Pearl Sts. Send us a trial order for the Great Nature Solve, 50c a Box. Why suffer when you can be relieved for such a small amount. Read our guarantee on the front page of The Gazetre. I have the school books you want, bring me your old ones and I will take them in as part pay for new ones. Z. A. VALLEE. REV. J. H. KNOWLES. Rev. J H. Knowles, 2407 Poplar street Cairo, is the elected missionary for the Mt. Olive Baptist Association. He is also authorized to solicit money for the Livingston Normal. Theological Industria Institute of Metropolis, Ill., Letter Heads and Envelopes can be had for the asking at this office. We print them. Trustees of the Livingston Normal, Theologi cal and Industrial Institute. J. H. Knowles, D. D., President J. B. McCrary, S. T. B., Secretary T. C. Yancy, Treasurer S. B. Kerr, Attorney Rev. J. M. Blake. Rev. H. Allison Rev. M. Hayes Rev. C. C. Phillips, Financial Agt. Rev. H. E. McWilliams CAIRO Dear Editor: to mention through your paper that the Corner Stone of the Mt. Moriah Baptist church was relayed Sunday Apr 25th by the Ionic Masonic Lodge. At 11 a.m. m. Rev. J. H. Knowles preached for us, all enjoyed the sermon. At 3 p.m. m. Rev. J. H. Starks. preached a strong sermon everyone was made to rejoice. The Willing Workers club reported $91.76 Sist. Sallie Steele, dres. Young People's Carnation club reported $5.00 Miss Lucy Griffen pres. Golden Star club reported $39 50 Bro. Henderson Jackson, pres. Church Aid Society donated $10.00 J. T Anderson pres. The Ladies Sewing Circle reported $40.00 Sist. Lizzie Ashford pres. Total collection for the day $273.54. There are two clubs yet to report. Kev. F. Bomar is certainly rendering services acceptable to Mt. Moriah. Jennie Webb. Clerk. Wanted—100 customers at the Last Chance grocery to buy 3 cans of best tomatoes and corn for 25c. Dont fail to attend the great Baptist General Association which will hold its annual meeting with the 2nd Baptist church Centralia, Rev. H. Allison, the efficient pastor has charge of the arrangement for the large gathering of Baptist men and women who promise to be there All aboard for Centralia in May where all eyes are centered for the General Baptist State Association to do business for the Master. Meet me in Centralia brother, and lets join hands and swing around the center (Christ.) STTAE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY. S. S. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subcribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (SEAL) A. W. GLEASON, Notar. Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY, & CO., Toledo, O Bold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills lor Consti- pation. MASTER IN CHANCERY SALE LANNES P. OAKES, SOLICITOR. State of Illinois, Massac County, S. S. In the Circuit Court of said County, April Term A. D. 1915. Nettie Gowan Vs. Frank Taylor, Leonard Taylor, Virgil Taylor, Naomi Taylor and Ewell Brown Taylor. Bill in Chancery to foreclose mortgage No. 54. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a degree entered at the April Term of said Court, to-wit, on the 13th day of April A. D. 1915 in the above entitled cause, I. S. Bartlett Kerr, Master in Chancery of said County will, at the hour of 10 oclock A. M., Saturday May 15th A. D. 1915 at the East door of the Court House in the City of Metropolis, County of Massac, and State of Illinois, sell at Public vendue to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to-wit: Lot fourteen (14) in Block Fifty six (56) of the City of Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois. Terms of sale, Cash in hand. Dated this 14th day of April A. D. 1915. S. BARTLET KERR, Master in Chancery EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Estate of John M. Martin Deceased. The undersigned, having been appointed Administratrix With Will Attached of the Estate of John M. Martin late of the County of Massac and the State of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that she will appear before the County Court of Massac County at the Court House in Metropolis, at the June Term on the first Monday in June, 1915 next, at which time all persons having claims against said estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 6th day of April, A. D. 1915. Administratrix With Will Attached. WALTER ROBERTS, Attorney. Miss Ollie Williams was a Padacah visitor this week. Miss Mamie Barnett, who for some time has been staying in Carrier Mills, arrived in the city Wednesday to visit her parents. Mrs. Rose Lyons, has gone to Md. City to spend the summer with her father, Henry Wiley of St. Louis Mo. was in the city Sunday the guest of Mrs. Annie Arrington- Metropolis Giants ball team will go to Cairo, Sunday to play The Cairo Cubs. 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 Board and Rooms Board and rooms can be secured in private families at a reasonable rate. In every case, 4 weeks will be counted for a school month All charges must be paid in advance. For any information and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRARY, Supt. and Sec'y. Box 107 Metropolis, Ill. Chicago, Ill., April 7th, 1915. Dear Co-Workers: Greeting, the time is fast approaching for our state meeting which will convene in Rock Island in June, with the McKindley Baptist Church. God has blessed us in all our efforts and we must still trust Him for the future. "We separated last June, filled with the spirit and a zeal to work more this year than we have in the past, but our way has been darkened. Death has visited some of our homes and many of our great leaders have been called from labor to reward; while we are left here for some purpose. God created us for a glorious purpose, and said; "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." He is calling for valiant hearted soldiers, those who have tarried at Jerusalem until they were imbued with power from on high, to push this battle to the end. So let us take new courage and fight sin on every side. It is true I am a Baptist indeed and I have been born again, and where Jesus leads I will follow. I do not attribute the success of the state Convention to myself alone but with the assistance of our splendid officers and members of the convention. Our sisters are working in peace and harmony and the conventional year is far spent to respond to the invitation coming from the New State Association. We believe all business for the King must be done in a christian like manner I studied the matter over prayerfully and have decided that all business should be adjusted at the state convention, and not through the newspapers. A notice of our work through our corresponding secretary, has been before you since Feb. 17th 1915. We hope every Baptist sister will respond to the call and help to make this the banner year. Come singing and praying. The National Baptist convention convenes in Chicago in September. We hope that you will organize new circles and children's bands, and train our boys and girls to work for Christ while they are young. Do not forget the Art and Needle work for Foreign Mission. Sisters Delaney, Taylor and Davis need our support. Dear Sisters God is calling you to help them bear their burden. Let us get busy. We want two hundred dollars for education. We are asking every Baptist woman in the State to help in this great work by giving and praying. Yours for the work, K. L. Cosby, President. NOTICE. Dear Sisters of the Baptist Brotherhood of the State of Ill. I am writing this notice that your vision may be clear on the contemplated work that shall be done at Centralia, in our General Missionary Baptist State Association in this month. The value of our good women in christian work is inestimable, chence it is our pose to untrammel you, and give you a chance to help us make good for God, and the Baptist family in the State of Illinois. We are asking that you let no petty things hinder you from attending this meeting. If you want to see a great Benefactor(school) for good in Metropolis, that will mould characters and shape destiny for good in the lives of our race, then let us lay aside every weight and become untrammelled. The schools in the different States is a credit to the race, and we have always helped them the amount given might have been ever so small. But listen my dears without a live, active energetic home mission spirit, which is the only sure foundation to build upon, to establish good result for our foreign fields, our mission spirit is a failure. I would ask that you consider our boys in black, who join the armies of Uncle Sam, and stake their lives to be called patriotic, and when the fight comes off it is across the great waters to free some other nation, when our own race living and moving under the Stars and Stripes, un-protected, un-noticed only on and just before election times. Ah! Our negro boys miss the mark, there is no patriotism about it, it is down right ignorance. So it is in the question of the School at Metropolis. We who rake up our little dab of money and send it to Mo., Tenn., Ohio and other States, when our school in our own state is suffering, pining only for the want of co-operation and patronage of the Baptist of our State. My dears, such is not a mission spirit , but as in a previous case down right ignorance. Sisters, let us come to Centralia with a righteous ambition, and see to it that our State shall go on the Map with other States relatives to the school question, not in name only but in realisy. I am yours for the cause. W. P. Washington. Cor. Secretary.