Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE OBITUARY. Elgie Olessa McCallister, daughter of Wm and Crotia McCallister was born in Metropolis, Ill., July 4, 1901. Was converted in January 1915, united with St. Paul A. M. E. church. She was stricken on Easter Sunday from which illness she was not able to rally. Her sufferings were borne with great fortitude and patience, until Monday morning July 26, at 6 o'clock when she entered into the haven of rest. On July 21st she told her mother that before aster Wednesday she would be gone that she was going to heaven, that she was not afraid of death and that at the ease with her was alright. She died July 26, age 14 yrs 25 days. She leaves to mourn her death a mother, one sister, one brother a grandfather, grandmother one aunt and a host of relatives and friends. Peace to her ashes. JOPPA Mr. Editor: Please allow me space to say that our church is getting along nicely under the leader hip of Elder D. Parish. Our S. S. is progressing rapidly. We have a good set of teachers and the biggest school in Mounds, Mrs Annie Brandon, Superintendent. Reporter. That the colored followers of President Wilson are "sitting up and taking notice of things political is evidenced by a number of news item that float into Washington from various sections of the land. A dispatch which found it way to a well known, Indiana paper, comes back to the capital, bearing the information that the resignation of Dr. G. W. Buckner, of Evansville, Ind., does not mean that the Hoosier color people are to lose that insicious plum, with its $4,500 salary. Assurances are said to have been given in high administration circles that when the matter of filling the Librarian vacancy is ready to be taken up, the Indiana delegation will be allowed to name the man to handle our diplomatic relations at Monrovia. The colored Hoosiers are beginning to look about them - 15x. Golconda. Itl., Dear Editor: Please allow me to say thru your paper that we gave a social and raised our twelve dollars for Mt. Pleasant Baptist S. S. Frank Phillips, Superintendent. Lucille Howard. Clerk. DUQUOIN. Please allow me space in your paper to comment on last week's issue of the Gazette. An article appeared written by one Mr. Avington of DuQuoin, ill claiming to be written by the members of the Mr. Olive Baptist church stating that Rev. S. H. MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." Pruitt, was not disturbing the church. If he was able to answer that, when a man has a new lock put on the church, and then not called a disturber, or to be disturbing the peace of the church, then, what would you call it? Please answer and tell me if the six members that Pruitt is pastoring at present, are members of the Mt. Olive Baptist church or any part of it, when they were excluded nearly two years ago.? I have never given my voice to any thing of the like before. Rev. Bro. Parrish, called a meeting of the Board to settle the matter without my knowledge of same, and I am in Missouri (n'a meeting. We've seen Brother Parrish since he called the Board and I do not see how I can get there on so short a notice. Rev. I. W. Winston. CONDOLENCE My Dear Friend: Elder J. B. McCraig, It is with great sorrow that I learn of of your terrible affliction and I hasten to offer just a word of sympathy. The things which we do not understand in this life so far exceed what we do understand that I have come to consider that there must be a good reason for everything, and that before we depart this life it will reveal itself or be revealed to us. My heart goes out to you and family daily and hourly. I cannot tell you all how best to bear the blow, for I feel assure that were I in your place I could hardly bear it. If love and sympathy will help to heal your wound I offer it freely, and to show you the depth of my sincerity I assure you that my eyes are filled with tears this minute. Kindly express my condolence to your dear ones, brother and sisters as I know that they like yourself are overwhelmed by the dark shadow. May the sun shine soon upon your heart, My Dear Sir. Your friend, CARBONDALE CARBONDALE Rock Hill Baptist church is progressing rapidly. On the 1st Sunday in July Rev. Norment divided the church into three clubs under the leadership of Mendames Harmon, Morgan and Parron and sent them to work and on Sunday July 25th, their work ended, and as a result of their two weeks labor the amount of $410 50 was raised. Mrs. Parron raising the largest amount $56 50. Mrs. Emma Beck of Omaha Neb.. is the guest of her sister Mrs. T. Nicholas. Miss Gertrude Hall was in the city last week visiting the Misses Arminta and Mable McCracken. Mrs. Ethel Jackson attended the S. S. Convention in Sparta last week. Mr. Archibald Holland, who has been in Los Angeles Cal. for an extended time, is ill at the home of his mother Mrs. M. J. E. B. Taylor. JOPPA Dear Editor: We do ask you for a space in your paper to inform the people of a Rally Aug. 1, 1915, at the Clover Leaf Baptist church. Rev. D. Parrish pastor, invites all the Sister Baptist churches and members to come and be with us we want a high day in the service of the Lord. Come and be with us. Rev. Future & B. C. Long will preach at 11 o'clock. Rev. J Johnson Rev. Thedford at 3 o'clock Rev. Steward and D. Parrish, pastor 7:30 p m The Rally will be 25c and 50c per member Reporter. GCLCNDA Dear Editor: Pleasa allow me space in your worthy paper for this article. The New Hope Baptist church is progressing nicely in every respect. Sunday School at 9:30 services at 8 o'clock prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. Reporter. NOTICE This is to notify the churchers composing the East Mt Olive Baptist association and its auxiliaries will meet with the St. Paul Chapel Baptist church, Mation, Ill, Aug. 37, 1915. All delegates are requested to be present at the opening. W. P. Washington, D. D. Mt. Vernon, Ill. A. A. Bradley, Cor, Sec. Dewmaine, Ill. CENTRALIA Dear Editor: Please allow me to say that God has called from us one of our dear beloved sister, Catherine Jefferson, who was not sick but a few days, but she praised God and said she was waiting on the Lord and was ready to go at his call. Our loss is Heaven's gain. She leaves to mourn their loss, Sam Hawkins, E. M. Long, N. Corneal. Reporter Another rumor that reaches the capital, by way of Topeka Kansas, is that Mr. A. D. Griffin, advertising manager of the Topeka Plaindealer, is on his way to Washington, to press his candidacy for the office of Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. The Plaindealer with the eagle-eyed Nick Chiles as the scribe, says: "Mr. Griffin is a simonpure Democrat and one for the first to espouse the cause of Woodrow Wilson for President. He has in his possession as fine a lot of endorsements as has ever been given to any man, white or black, for a political job, and with the aid of several influential Kansas Democarts who are to accompany him, he expects to land the plumb. Mr. Griffin has letters from every federal office-holder and democratic leader in the state, including the smoothbore or ward politician." It goes with the saying the arrival of Mr. Griffin of Kansas, will be ```markdown ``` UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE UNIVERSITY AUG 3 1915 WEEKLY THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THE S. FRIDAY JULY 30, awaited with keen anxiety. The festive Washingtonians want to see him in action. Kansas is generally lucky in the matter of official preferment. Notice Editor Gazette: Allow me to say to the brethren of the district that I learn that Rev. Pruitt, is indulging in disturbing the peace of Elder I. W. Winston's church Dnquoiu, which is against the constitution of the Mr. Olive Baptist association. It seems that he and Dr. Dr. Knowles, do nos agree on the field. Rev Knowles asked the Board at the Sparta, meeting to allow him to use Rev. Pruitt, as an assistant Missionary as Rev Pruitt, had no work, the same was granted but Knowles, was held responsible for the condition of the field, Since that time Rev. Knowles has announced through the Gazette that Rev. Pruitt, was not an assistant Missionary, therefore Rev. Pruitt has no right to interfere or disturb the peace and work of any pastor in charge of work in the district. Rev. Pruitt is the pastor of Future City and Pleasant Grove churches and has no right to interfere with other pastors and churches. Moderator, Md. City, Ill. N. B. It is the duty of the Moderator to call the Executive Board together at once in Duquoin, and investigate the charges, and it found to be true to take such Gospel steps that will bring about peace and render satisfaction if possible and save the cause, and the name and standing of the ministry. J. B. McCrary. Ree Sec. Notice. Notice. Md. City, Ill. July 19, 1915 Editor, please allow space to say I have information that there is a great dissatisfaction at Duquoin with the Baptist, therefore for the peace and harmony of brethren I, D. Parrish, moderator of the old Mt. Olive Baptist association, call the Executive Board of said association to meet in Duquoin, on the 5, and 6, of Aug. 1915, and ask that all of the members of the board to be present and meet me there on the date set as there will be much to be attended to, so that the unity of the Baptist may be sustained throughout the entire district. Meet the appointment and be governed accordingly. The meeting will be held with Rev. I. W. Winston's church, the Mt. Olive. Let us meet for business Lieut-Colonel Arthur Brooks is custodian of the White House continuing to hold the position under the present administration on account of his recognized merits and tried reliability. He has charge of all of the household goods of the executive mansion and is under a bond of $1,000 for the faithful discharge of his duties. Col Brooks accompanied I resident Wilson on recent trips to the summer White House at Cornish N. H, and witnessed the christening of Baby Sayre a short time ago. Report comes from Asheville, North Carolina, that two bishops of the A M E. church wereJECTed from their berths in a Pulman sleeper while enroute thru that state to Cincinnati, Ohio The white persons on the train were angered when they were told they had to ride in the day coaches while the Negroes stood in a Pullman coach. They got together; waited on the bishops and ordered them out. The conductor and other train officers off red no resistance. The conduct of the white passengers was out of the ordinary. There is no reason to doubt the in view of what happens now and then, and in view of what could happen every day if the Negroes were not scrupulously careful in trying to comply with the written rules and those born of arrogance. However, this high tension shown in affairs of this kind is indication of tee broad peace just beyond. NOTICE Editor of the Gazette, we notice in last week's paper, where a notice has been served on the Executive Board to here on August 5 & 6th to settle some trouble in the Mt. Olive Baptist church. We are glad to say to you like this, that there is no trouble in the Mt. Olive Baptist church. Therefore we deem it unnecessary, for the Board to come here for everything is quiet in the Mt. Olive Baptist church. Done by order of the Mt. Olive Baptist church, this the 26th day of July, 1915. Rev S. H. Prewitt, Pastor. Bro J. A. Avington, Clerk The Great Native Salve Cure an earthly remedy that will SURE Cure you. Price 50c a Box. My agent Henry Bords, is stopping at 1017 Broadway—See him at once. Satisfaction or your money refunded. No take to this. I have money on deposit at State National Bank of Metropolis, Ill., to back it up. Ask Bonds he'll explain all. Call on him at 1017 Broadway, Metropolis, Ill. W. H. BEAN, sole owner, 736 Indianapolis Ave. Muskogee, Okla. 1,000 testimonials sent free on request. CARD OF THANKS. We take this method of expressing our heartfelt thanks to our friends and neighbors, who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our beloved Husband and Father. We are grateful to the members of the G. U. O. of O. F. and Sir Knights who so faithfully rendered their assistance. Also thank the friends for the floral designs. In the hour of adversity and bereavement, if you need a friend command us Yours truly, MRS. N. E. JONES, wife R. L. SYLVESTAL, MR. M. M. JONES, T. P. KING MRS. N. J. KING. CHILDREN MR GEO SYLVESTAL, TO TEACH THOSE I HIGH SCHOOL MISS TO TEACH THOSE I HIGH SCHOOL MISS OVER 400,000 YOUTH (15 TO 19) ARE NOT IN HIGH SCHOOLS NEED SPECIAL HELP. SUPPLEMENTAL WORK URGED Bill Aims to Fit for Livelihood and Citizenship Youth Not Now Helped by Public Schools—Special Schools Provided—Farm Courses a Feature. Springfield, Ill—Details of the Vocational Education system proposed in the Commercial Club bill, soon to be introduced, show a plan for schools to supplement the work of the present public institutions. Friends of the measure make the following statement. "At present practically the only attention paid to fitting pupils for lifework is given in an accidental way and only in the high and evening schools. Elementary school work is properly devoted chiefly to general education. "The following statistics, however, show that a very small percentage of youth between fifteen and nineteen are in the public high schools. *Illinois population fifteen to nineteen years old.....544,898 Illinois high school enrollment.....78,912 Illinois evening high school enrollment.....11,054 Illinois trade school enrollment.....2,738 *Statistics for 1913. "This means that while about ten per cent of the Illinois population was of high school age, at a given time there were about sixteen per cent actually in the public high schools. "The purpose of the bill is to offer helpful education to this large number who now leave the public schools at fourteen, and to offer it only to boys and girls over fourteen who can, of will, no longer remain in the schools as now constituted. "It is proposed to establish: 1. Cooperative vocational schools where they will be in school half the time and in the shop the other half. 2. Vocational continuation day schools which offer from six to ten hours per week of instruction closely related to the occupations of the pupils, given by teachers who have practical knowledge of the occupations. Attendance will be compulsory upon all youth over seventeen who may wish to pursue further either general or technical training in day or evening schools. "Another type of school will be authorized for pupils between fourteen and sixteen who can remain in school all day. Those schools may be: 1. Schools undertaking in a two years' course to prepare for apprenticeship. 2. Schools for boys and girls between fourteen and sixteen who are entering industries without the training of an apprenticeship. 3. Schools for boys and girls preparing to take positions in commercial pursuits." 4. Schools offering instruction in the domestic arts, including sanitation, cooking, sewing, care of children and the sick, preserving fruits and vegetables, etc. Winter Farm Schools. 5. Agricultural winter schools offering two-year courses for youth in the country who work on the farms in the summer months. These schools will be open for five or six months and provide training in agriculture, together with business courses. Technical instruction will be given by men and women trained both technically and practically in agriculture, who during the summer months will be employed in visiting the students at their home work on the farms, consulting with and advising the parents on scientific and business questions and giving lectures and demonstrations on practical subjects connected with farming, time of the advantages of this system over the ordinary agricultural instruction in the high school will be the practical character of the instruction given, due to the closer touch between teachers, parents and pupils, given both in the school and on the farms, and their recognition of the needs of boys and girls who have not qualified for the high school and cannot devote the entire year of nine or ten months to school attendance. "This system of schools attempts to provide for the wants of those who are not and cannot be reached by the present system of schools. It is an attempt to supplement the present system of public education so that all will be given a minimum of vocational training. Until this is done we can hardly claim to have a complete system of tree schools." AFRU-AMERICAN CULLINGS Booker T, Washington, to whom {both races in America are indebted for an activity in public affairs alto- ‘gether helpful to both, is on one of his tours delivering addresses on sub- Jects in which his race is very much Anterested. Speaking to large meet- Ings of his own people in New York and Brooklyn the other day, he said: “It you expect to hold your own in {the keen competition of the North lwhen the war in Europe Is over and limmigrants come in again by the hundreds of thousands and millions, jyou have got to take advantage of levery opportunity for better training ‘offered by the pubiie school system, and by such organizations as the Urban League, the Young Men's Christian association and the Young ‘Woman's Christian association.” ‘This advice is all gold, and every colored man and woman in the North should follow it. Everything indicates fheavy immigration from Europe at ‘the close of the war; and it will be composed of the poorer classes—un- skilled laborers escaping the impover- ‘shment that has fallen on their old ‘homes, America will invite more ‘strongly than ever. The colored man jn the North is as a rule an unskilled laborer, and restricted even in that field. | Not many avenues of employment are open to him. As competition grows, therefore, he must meet it by greater industry and higher competency, or 0 to the wall. The colored man in the South will not feel this pressure. The tide of this new immigration will not set In that direction. Where he is a field hand, conditions for him will remain about as they have been. Where he is an unskilled laborer, in town or city, competition will not be, mugh greater than before. But, North and South, the ¢olored man should bestir himself. The new times coming will mean much to him. He is in the lati of opportunity. The great majority of the white people sympathize with every worthy effort he makes to better himself as man and citizen. They view with approval and satisfaction the progress he has made in his half century of alee aid they will help him further along the road as often as he merits their assistance. Professor Washington's constant ad- duration to his people is to live good lives, atquire property, cultivate the friendship of their white neighbors, and identify themselves as far as may be with things “of the best report where they reside. The criminal, the drone, the shiftless, the incompetent are a reproach to their race, and a drag on the community. And in the ‘whirl and bustle of business expected to follow the close of the war now rag- ing, the unworthy of either race in this country will be more unworthy, "hecguse more in the. way, than ever. Constitutionality of the Louisville \Sébregation ordinance, designed td pre- ‘Yeni Whites or Negroes oceupying for a home or as a place of public as- ‘sermDlage a building located in a block, a ‘majority of the residents of which ‘tire of the other race, was upheld in a jecision by the Kentucky court of fain The ordinance was passed Louisville common council in } Say, ois “A novel English slot machine prints jth tact that postage has been paid ‘apon letters instead of affixing stamps, ’ To live to the advanced age of one ‘hundred and five years and to be ac- quitted of two serious charges is the interesting experience of Lemon Shaw, Who lives at Garner, N. C. Lemon is an active old Negro. He lives in a ‘small house which he buflt for himself a few years ago. His two sons fought in the Civil war and well remember those stirring times, Five years ago Lemon was tried for the murder of a friend, David Hall, but was acquitted. He was again brought before the judge for trial when he was arrested for sell- ing Nquor unlawfully. Several wit- nesses were brought to testify against him, but none of them were able to swear that he was guilty. He was again acquitted and went home. His constant companion is a cat which he loves dearly, and his old time musket. ‘He makes his living weaving baskets and is quite an expert at that trade, A rich deposit of gold has been dis- covered on the Binabai river in the Province of Mindoro, Philippine {s- lands. The deposit 1s said to be ex- tensive and the nuggets of unusually fine quality. From the Christian era till the pres- ent time, as statists and historians ‘tell us, there have been less than 240 warless ‘years, Up to the middle of the nineteenth century it was rough- ly computed that nearly 7,000,000,000 men had dled in battle since the be- ginning of recorded history, a number equal to almost five times the pres- ‘ent estimated population of the globe. By telling it something everybody al- ready knows an orator can nearly al- ways inspire his audience with enthu- giaem. A At the diocesan convention in Se- wickley, Pa., two years ago, & con- siderable sum of money was raised for the enlargement of work among col- ored people in Pittsburgh, to which additional gifts have since been add- ed, bringing the aggregate amount up to about $14,000. At that time the only church for them was St. Augus- tine's mission, situated in a rather in- adequate building on the North side, whereas the bulk of the colored people live in what is known as the “Hill Section” of the city. Much delay was occasioned in getting the work started by search for an eligible location, and troublesome litigation concerning a title. A hall was rented about six months ago, and a Sunday scteol and afternoon service started, so that there 1s now a flourishing “Sunday school and a good congregation. Dur- ing the last few weeks St. Paul's Me- morial church, built in the Hill dis- trict, several years ago before the colored element was so numerous in the neighborhood, has been purchased from that congregation by the board of trustees for the diocese, for the use of the new colored congregation, for the sum of $12,500, St. Paul's will probably now locate on Herron’s Hill, where our church is not as yet Tep- resented.. The new mission has been called St. Philip's, and is under the charge of Rev. Scott Wood, D. D., formerly priest in charge of St. Au- gustine’s, North side. The latter will be cared: for by the Laymen’s Mis- sionary league until cuch time as & suitable clergyman can be secured. The first service was held in the church on Sunday evening, June 13, when Archdeacon Bigham, chaplain of the Laymen's league, preached, Su- perintendent Hance of St, Barnabas’ home made a few congratulatory re- marks, and the bishop confirmed 9 class of thirty-two, the first fruits of the mission. The church is a substantial edifice of brick—The Standard, Developed Negro music has just been begun in America, writes Will Marion Cook in the New York Bve- ning Post. The Afro-American is find- ing himself. He has thrown aside pu- erile imitation of the white man. He has learned that a thorough study of the masters. gives knowledge of what {s good and how to create, From the Russian he has learned to get his inspiration from within that his inex- haustible wealth of folklore legends and songs furnish him with material for compositions that will establish a great.school of music and enrich mu- sical literature. The Afro-American wants results quickly. He does not believe ih mak- ing haste slowly, He quickly turns to false white and colored friends who wish to exploit him from ulterior mo- tives. . . .. Dvorak, Safonoff, Cam- panini and other great European di- rectors and composers; DePachmann, D’Albert, Paderewski, a8 well as many great singers, have told of the coming glory of the Negro musician, It is becoming a fad. In some of the large cities of the country, New York in particular, well-meaning, but ilj-ad- vised white people are gathering to- gether poorly trained singers, without education either musical or, general, and in conjunetion with unschooled in- strumentalities, are giving widely ad- vertised concerts, claiming to repre- sent the accomplishment of an entire race. They promise much, fulfill 1it- te, whet ae Henrietta Hicks, one hundred and three years old, a Negress, believed to be the oldest person-in St. Clair eouin- ty, was taken to the county farm at Belleville, where she will spend, the remainder of her life, “She is only four feet tall. 4 She was born in Africa in*1812, but when a girl was brought, to this coun- try as a slave. Although freed by the Civil war, she remained on a“Tennes- see plantation until20 years ago, when she went to East St. Louis, where she hade her home with a son. But as,he now Is seventy-five years old, he is be- coming too old to work toward the sup- port of anyone beside himself, and for that reason his mother was ‘placed in the care of the county. Mrs. Hicks is suffering trom partial blindness, but is otherwise in perfect health. She has an excellent memory and is able to recount many stories of battles of the Civil war—St. Louls Re- public. ‘The doll is one of the oldest of toys. Examples have been found in the graves of the children of ancient Rome. Wives are still obtained by purchase in some parts of Russia. In the dis- trict of Kamyshin, on the Volga, this is practically the only way in which marriages are brought about. The price of a pretty girl from a well-to- do family ranges from $100 to $200, and in special \eases a much higher sum is obtained: In the villages the lowest price is about $25. Among the natives of Great Britain the Seoteh averages the tallest, the Irish next, then the English and the Walsh. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. ee | Deadly Field Gun the Invention of | Age Had In No Way Dimmed His | New Yorker, Keenness for Bargains, taney Designed for the Destrue | Bon's Really Neat Little Scheme Frue- || tlon of Aeroplanes, Dirigible Bal- | trated, and It le Not Likely He loons, and the Like—Applica- Will Have a Chance to ‘tion of Old Principle. ieee or pt A double-barreled eld gun to shoot ehain shot is the newest invention tn ‘ordnance to be filed at the patent of- fice. ‘The inventor is Jullus Wodiska, ‘a New Yorker, who is very confident sot its great usefulness in warfare and also of its practicability. The draw- ings of the new gun plainly show that ft certainly has the element of nov- elty, and, if {t works as the inventor hopes, would be a murderous weapon against a line of troops and could sweep the sky of alr craft. “My invention,” says Mr, Wodiska, “can be used either for naval or land work, and if the latter elther as a field gun or mounted on a permanent emplacement. The gun has two bar els, whose axes slightly diverge from one another so as to be suitable for throwing projectiles united by chains; such projectiles when they leave the gun continue to diverge from one an- other and stretch the connecting chain, thus forming, in effect, a con- tinuous projectile of considerable length transverse to the direction of fire. Projectiles of this class, while long known, may now find a new feld of application as a means for destroy: Ing aeroplanes, dirigible balloons and the like. “One of the important features of the invention lies in the fact that there is only one explosion or powder cham- ber for the two barrels, so that the two projectiles are fired at exactly the same moment from®the two different barrel, The improved character of my chain shot is that the shot are united by a chain of coisiderable Iength. ‘This chain 1s held, up to the time the projectile is fired, within the body of one or both of the projectiles and is capable of being extended: as the projectiles increase their distance from the gun. At all stages during flight this extensible chain tends to be kept tightly stretched between the two projectiles, “So far as Iam aware, in all ord- nance of this character previously used chain shot have always been con- nected togetherby chains of defitite and rather limited length, -no that the area swept over by the chain has been correspondingly limited. In this gun Thave provided means which will pre vent any entanglement of the chain in the bore of the gun as well as any wedging or wearing action of the chain upon it. “The object of my invention is to provide a gun and suitable chain shot therefor which shall be free from many of the disadvantages’ hitherto How the Double-Barreled Field Gun Is Worked, appurtenant. to guns of this class, and which, without increase of powder charge of size of gun, shall be tapable of greater destructiveness.” ‘i ae Ta el A statuette by Anders Zorn, the Swedish artist, which was stclen last surimer from the Baltic’ exposition at Malmoe, has been recovered under un- usual circumstances, When ft was lost from the art section of the éxposition there was an uproar fn police and ar tistic circles, The value Of the piece can be gathered from the fact that it had been insured: against theft for 5,000 crowns, but, though detectives all over Scandinavia weré sent on tho hunt for the plece of statuary, which represented a gtrl called “Alma,” there was no trace of it. A reward of 500 crowns wag offered for: its’ recovery. A few days ago “Alma” was found. ‘The lucky ‘han was a railroad clerk in Stockholm, named Wigren. He had been given the unenviable job. of searching through a ~ass of articles that had been abandoned in the rail- road trains, and which were to bé sold at auction the following day. In an old traveling bag was found the little piece of statuary, and the’ re- ward the clerk received amounted to three months’ salary. nf An Enemy Hath Done This.” Through someone's blunder a dozen or two bucking bronchos have got mixed with a western ccnsignment of cavalry mounts now on the way to France. The unsuspecting troopers who first bestride them will say, with the man in Scripture, “An enemy hath done this!”—Youth’s Companion. Americans as Leaders, ‘The twentieth century is to be the century of the leadership of the west- ern world; there will be work cut out for every American, end fortunate should each one in these Untted States consider himself that he is here to- day to play bis part—Three Partners, (i = oo Mit (A ; : ( Y F 7 LEE rom Corn A RES ts Tonske |! SEH oasties ERASE \ ~ —2-cepital_evalution | ORS ital evolution BOA Hee The ‘ti BS Ss git Seoee ee fom } Be Ee lent goodness, are cook: eee ce IY i Ret his Whi: wiahere Iii ed, then rolled sgeSss// S55: - <n ta sual a agua Ra i RH — own. wae ry PH a little RIPE R a ct rapa Bo ination smacks wondro | sesss// t2ss=\| fers o Re eR human ‘oasties are untouched | : aS Ro hand fom ed by é Ree On ee , sSsr co Bo Mand Be come to you cri ee Rita mast Re sweet—ready to ea vaste ‘ Bet Rete Package, | Wholesome #t from the \\ a an sth iin al NN iff sae ae hot days—and } Bt 5 —t " ecziNut oP i = VA ost Toasties ( k ill ca Age Had In No Way Dimmed His Keenness for Bargains, Bon's Really Neat Little Scheme Frue- trated, and It Is Not Likely He WIL Have a Chance to Work it Again, Father was very rich and very par stmonious, to use a long word that sounds better than the short one which ‘means the same thing, and the son at times was chagrined because father @id not look as well as a man in his station might be considered to have the right to look. Father had re tired from business some years before and folks vald that under the boy's management {t would speedily go to the dogs. They declared: “The boy's @ tiptop fellow, and we all like him, but he hasn't got the Rose for profits and deals that made the business for the old man. He doesn't really care whether he makes money or not. That {s not the way to get ahead. When we were young- stera without a dollar—" and a lot more to the same effect. The old man with his nose for profits had accumulated a lot of hab- its that did not desert him when he re- tired from business, Ho wes sure, of course, while he had an income that might have made © Wall street broker happy, that {t was necessary to care for the nickels, and he spent as little on raiment as decency and the climate would permit. Chaff, ad- vice and sarcasm did not move him a particle, Now, the most cherished article tn his wardrobe was a certain old over- cont, which, like the bag that Henry Ward Beecher carried with him when he went on his lecture tours, “must at some time have been new.” The coat now, however, was faded and worn and far from handsome. Every new man at.the club was called into @ corner and told yarns about the coat and its wearer. Father, for that matter, knew all about this, but he cared nothing for laughs and jibes, ‘The son tried and tried again to induce the ‘old man to: buy @ coat. At length he resorted to trategy, One day when the father was con- fined to the house the son took the cont to @ tailor, “Look here, Mr. Green,” he said, “the governor's got to hare a new coat, and there's got to be found a way to make bim buy it ; think that ff he saw @ coat for sale that looked like a bargain he would take Mt, for the sake of the bargain, if not for the sake of the coat. Now you measure this one up, and make a new one to measure, put the new one in the window at a bargain price, get him into the shop and sell it to bim. Get what you can out of him for :t, and I'll pay the difference.” In a week or so there hung in the ‘Window of Green's place a smart new coat. It was marked: “Bargain—$25." Father saw it. It fitted. The price obviously made it a bargain, Ho took it, At the club he was given a regular vation. Everybody ¢on- gratulated him. The telephon> was kept busy summoning members to “come over and seo the new garment.” ‘They came and saw and went away laughing and declaring that “they ‘wouldn't have b. lieved it if @hey had Every Good Farmer Himmelberger-Harrison Land Selling Company, Cape Girardeau, Missour? Now in full bloom. Come see our magnificent wheat crop. Threshing it every day. ‘As fine clover and timothy as you ever saw. Alfalfa and corn you cannot beat in Illinois or Iowa. Seo them all now. 50,000 acres of good, rich, alluvial cut- over bottom land, both drained and undrained, level as the Illinois prairie, rich as the Valley of the Nile; no Tocks, hills or gumbo, but mellow candy loam soil al- ways ree well, short mild winters, long growing sea- sons, abundant ‘ene of all staple crops. Two ores? 5 off of the same land. Land owned by Himmel- berger-Harrison Lumber Company, largest hardwood manufacturers in Missouri, largest land owners in South- ‘not seen it,” as Rip Van Winkle used to say when his wife forgot to scold. The son was delighted, and cheerfully paid the difference in price, a matter of $25. 7 But the tale had a sequel. On the way home the old man met an an- cient friend, a dandified fellow of about seventy. He saw the overcoat also and fell in love with it. Said the old man, his nose for a bargain {n- stantly asserting itself: “Well, friend, if you like it so well, better try it on. The truth t# the cloth {# @ little too heavy to sult me, As an ol4 friend I'll let you have it at ® bargain. It was tried on up a side street off the thronged thoroughfare. It fitted. “It's yours for $50," sald father. “That's not what I paid for it, but you know, of course, that It's always been a hobby of mine to make people happy by such sacrifices.” ‘The money was paid over. ‘The next day the son bad an inter- view with Mr. Green. With a bit of anger he said: “See here, when i said a good overcoat, I didn't mean ane that any old dandy would covet. Now I'll never be able to put it over the old. man again.” Gloomy Observation. “Do you think the world ts getting better?” “I don't know anything about it,” replied the melancholy observer. “It feemed to be doing very well for a time, but, judging from the European news, T should say it ts suffering a terrible relapse.” Prize Drawing. “I hear Jack has fooled us all and got_marrted.” “Yes, ho went way down to New Orleans for his bride. I understind he had known her only a very few order “Sort of = Louisiana lottery for Jack, eb?” You may have observed that fancy bestery covers a wultitede of shina east Missouri. Men who have in the last 15 years sold over 100,000 acres of this same kind of land to over 1,000 different people, all of- whom have made c They have never foreclosed on a purchaser or taken bach an acre of the property. Sales during May, | 3,641 acres to, 31 difterest yeople. Sales from February Peat to ‘ne first, oop nn to 84 lifferent le. otk beat it? et tracts of 40 acres up, 10% cash, 10 ane nual installments with 5% interest. Warranty deed backed by over $2,000,000 assets on the payment .of only 10% cash. Can you equal it? Write for full information and free map. Address Dept. - “ WAS “TOO POOR TO BE HURT” or, ae Injured Street Sweeper Fatally Hurt, Struggles to Return to His, Work, but Death Claims.Him, « Frederick Birkmer, a'stréct eweoper ot Rew Rochelle, N. Y “to oor to be laid up by an accident, “he said, was knocked unconscious when struck. fn the beck Si the’ Petbald ross BY motorcycle ridden by Frank or Port Chester. Birkmer, still ancon- scious, was being lifted {nto ap amba- lance, when Ke regainéd Bis tenses, struggled to his feet and staggered toward bis broom, “Can't afford t6 be hurt he mut- tered. Purdy and a hospital surgvon forced: him tnto the ambulance. At the hes pital bis skull was found fractured. He- ‘was prepared for the operating table, ‘A moment Inter he sprang from bed, tore off the banages, and, struggling. with an interne, strove to reach & doorway. ‘ * “I must go back,” he, faltered, ‘Then he fell unconsctous and died. ‘Taking No Chances. “So you're leaving to get married, Mary?" + Joe - “And How long have you known the young man?” “Three weeks, mum.” “Isn't that a rather short time? Don't you think you ought to wait until you know him better?” “No, mum, I've tried that severab times, and every time the man changed hs mind when he got to know me better,” Gi Vee Mask Wen, "So Alico married the rich Mr, GO der, Was it a love mateh?” “Yes, Allee loves money? ‘Thelr Effect. “What was Elma giving her father such warm thanks about?" “Her new summer furs.” . FROG IN BABY'S STOMACH Tadpole Grew and Waxed Fat on the Infant's Milk—Child Is Dead. The eighteen-month-old child of Mrs. Harry Wolf of Chicago is dead, following an operation which disclosed conditions that many surgeons had declared to be impossible, says a Goshen (Ind.) dispatch to the Indianapolis Star. While visiting her parents in Syracuse, Koscusio county, last summer, Mrs. Wolf permitted the baby to drink hydrant water. Within a short time the infant became sickly and lost flesh. Treatment for indigestion was given, but it did not reach the seat of the trouble. Then an X-ray examination disclosed a black spot on the stomach, and an operation resulted in a frog weighing more than half a pound being taken from the infant. Doctors who operated said they believed that when the child drank hydrant water in Syracuse a tadpole was taken into the stomach and that the frog developed and lived on milk, which was given the patient in large quantities. Following the operation the child improved rapidly and complete recovery was practically assured, when pneumonia developed, causing death. Sandstorm Smith Was Reassured. "Say, looky yurt!" snarled Sand-storm Smith, the widely-known Oklahomaan, emerging from the elevator in a Kansas City hotel five minutes after he had apparently retired to his room for the night. "Who in the blazes is that cuss in the next room to mine?" "A guest who was in an automobile accident this afternoon," replied the clerk. "The gasoline caught fire and burned him pretty badly. I am sorry his groans disturbed you, but—" "Aw, that's all right! I thought it was one of them infernal cabaret performers practicing on an accordion." —Kansas City Star. Reason for His Belief. "I never saw such a superstitious fellow as Bixby." "What's his latest?" "Why, he's been trying all the morning to prove that 1915 is an unlucky year. He's manipulated the figures 1-9-1-5 with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and the rule of three." "What has he found that seems unlucky?" "Nothing, except that when he added 1-9-1-5 together and subtracted the total, 16, from 1915, it left 1899." "Yes?" "And that was the year he married." "Well, He's like 'got one as is a hefty creature.' She's got one pint—" "Thet ain't enough. I need at least a quart, Sifas." No Danger. Optimist—The world owes me a living. Pessimist—Look out that it doesn't declare a moratorium.—Judge. Wrong Attitude. Let us forgive and forget; if we hold a hurt feeling and adopt a martyr pose, we show we forget that we have forgiven. Hampton—How did you get the paint on your coat? Rhodes—From the men higher up Each year the import of opium from India into China is reduced by 5,100 chests. British troops serving in India are paid by the Indian government. A hit in time may save nine and a kick unkicked may save a fine. Men Out To Win appreciate that brain, nerves and muscles can be kept up to par only by right living and careful selection of food. Thousands of such men use Grape-Nuts because this food yields the maximum nourishment of prime wheat and barley of which it is made. Grape-Nuts also retains the wonderful mineral elements of the grains so essential for the daily repair of brain and nerve tissue, but which are so often lacking in the usual dietary. "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts —sold by Grocers. LIKE SHOWER BATH Fire Fighters May Be Protected by Wall of Water. The newest idea in fighting fire is to dress the firemen in shower baths. These are uniforms fireproofed with tiny streams of water so effectually that when clothed in one of them a man can stand right in the midst of the fiercest flames without suffering any ill effects. The suit is made of fireproofed canvas. Between the two thicknesses of the fabric, sewed at the neck, is a perforated ring through which tiny streams of water are showered down between the layers of canvas. The water finds outlets at the finger tips and at the soles of the feet. Through the perforated ring encircling the helmet water drenches it, also the suit, like a shower bath. With such an arrangement a fireman can walk right into a hot fire. The uniform does not weigh more than twenty-five pounds, and does not add much to the usual service clothing ```markdown ``` New "Shower-Bath" Uniform. of firemen. The water supply is obtained from the line of hose in service through a one-half-inch hose connection. The water passing through this hose also operates a water motor of light weight which pumps fresh air into the helmet through another line of half-inch hose. The uniform was tested out in Cincinnati recently. While the fireman enveloped in it stood in the center of a fierce fire of wood coal oil and shavings, spectators could not get closer than twenty feet to the flames, so intense was the heat. But the man protected by the "shower-bath" suit remained in the flames five minutes, playing the hose, and was in no wise injured. It is considered quite possible that this new idea can be adapted, so that it will be of great use in cases where it is necessary to send a large number of firemen to fight a fire at a certain point. A protector, mounted on wheels so that it can be easily moved from place to place, might be constructed on the same lines as the shower-bath uniforms, but large enough to hold inside its protecting walls of falling water a dozen or more firemen. Portugal's New President. At the age of fourteen the new president of Portugal, Senhor Theophilo Braga, was attending school by day and working in a printing office by night, his home lessons being done in the hours robbed from sleep. Still he found leisure for rhyming, and two months before his sixteenth birthday the schoolboy-compositor published "Folhas Verdes," a volume now highly prized by Portuguese book collectors. Unlike most of the precoecious outpourings of genius, this contains poems of permanent value, and several editions have appeared since the author attained to fame. Its publication secured him a position on a newspaper, and by the time he was eighteen he had saved enough money to study at the University of Colimbra. "It was at Colimbra." Senhor Braga records, "that I first became acquainted with my favorite authors—Kant, Hegel, Comte, Ranke, Macaulay, Goethe, Shakespeare and Huge." And it was at Colimbra that he wrote "A Vision of Time," the greatest poem produced in Portugal since the death of Camoens. New Disease Attacks Bananas New Disease Attacks bananas. A plant disease of unknown origin and nature is making trouble on some of the great banana plantations of the West Indies. It makes the trees suddenly wither and dry up as they stand, and new trees planted on the same soil likewise die. As yet the plague affects only certain districts. The red banana, which many consider more delicious than the yellow, is immune from it.—Youth's Companion. Where It Goes A married man's energy is divided 60-40, eggs Doe Wiley. Sixty in providing food and Doe in providing mother's ralment. However, we have yet to hear from mother on this question. —Seattle Post-Intelligencer. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. Death Lurks In A Weak Heart Mrs. Baker So Weak—Could Not Do Her Work—Found Relief In Novel Way. Adrian, Mich. — "I suffered terribly with female weakness and backache and got so weak that I could hardly do my work. When I washed my dishes I had to sit down and when I would sweep the floor I would get so weak that I would have to get a drink every few minutes, and before I did my dusting I would have to lie down. I got got so weak that I could hardly do my work. When I washed my dishes I had to sit down and when I would sweep the floor I would get so weak that I would have to get a drink every few minutes, and before I did my dusting I would have to lie down. I got so poorly that my folks thought I was going into consumption. One day I found a piece of paper blowing around the yard and I picked it up and read it. It said 'Saved from the Grave,' and told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for women. I showed it to my husband and he said, 'Why don't you try it?' So I did, and after I had taken two bottles I felt better and I said to my husband, 'I don't need any more,' and he said 'You had better take it a little longer anyway.' So I took it for three months and got well and strong.' — Mrs. ALONZO E. BAKER, 9 Tecumseh St., Adrian, Mich. Not Well Enough to Work. In these words is hidden the tragedy of many a woman, housekeeper or wage earner who supports herself and is often helping to support a family, on meagre wages. Whether in house, office, factory, shop, store or kitchen, woman should remember that there is one tried and true remedy for the lills to which all women are prone, and that is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It promotes that vigor which makes work easy. The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Make the Liver Do its Duty Nine times in ten when the liver is right the stomach and bowels are right. Genuine must bear Signature WANTED WALNUT LOGS 12 inches and up in diameter at small end, 8 feet and up in length. Des Moines Saw Mill Co., Inc., Des Moines, Ia. Thresher Belts Of High All Standard Sizes of Endless Belts carried in stock and sold at right prices. Quickservice guaranteed. Weber Imp. & Auto Co., 100 Locust St. St. Louis W. N. U., ST. LOUIS, NO. 29-1915. The crowded car was overhowing. "Get off the step," the conductor cried. "I've got to shut the door." "Don't mind me," replied the man on the step. "Close it if you like. It's true that I have a couple of sample packages of dynamite in my overcoat pockets and the windows might be broken and the roof blown off, but don't hesitate on my account. I haven't many friends, anyway, and I don't think many would sorrow over my early demise. Go ahead and close your door." Then the conductor closed it. LOOK YOUR BEST As to Your Hair and Skin, Cuticura Will Help You. Trial Free. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. These fragrant super-creamy emollients preserve the natural purity and beauty of the skin under conditions which, if neglected, tend to produce a state of irritation and disfigurement. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Too Tame. "Goin' to the Sunday-school picnic, Jimmie?" "Naw! I went last year and they didn't have enough ice cream and lemonade to make a baby sick." The man who is buried in thought has no funeral expenses. The specific gravity of cork is 24 and that of ebony 133. Love may not be blind, but it seldom sees its finish. When his wife is trying him, a man is generally guilty. Island of Oahu, Hawaii, has 127 miles of railway. BIG INCREASE OF FARM PRODUCTS Province of Alberta Shows Increase of Over 20 Millions. Figures just compiled by the publicity branch of the provincial department show that last year, notwithstanding that quite a third of the province was affected by the drought to a very serious extent, the total value of agricultural products actually produced in the province showed an increase of over twenty million dollars over that of the previous year. Although southern Alberta had a bad year agriculturally, the province as a whole experienced a period of great prosperity, due principally to mixed farming, which is becoming more general, with each succeeding year. The value of mixed farming, in fact, was never better illustrated than last year as the value of the animals slaughtered and sold alone equaled the value of the spring wheat crop, without taking into consideration the value of the butter, milk, cheese, poultry, vegetables, and other by-products of the farm. Oats was the banner grain crop, 1,147,382 acres being seeded, and producing 34,397,117 bushels, or 30.15 to the acre. Sold at an average of 50c per bushel, these yielded a revenue of $17,198,558. Comparatively little winter wheat was produced, the yield being a little short of one million bushels, but the spring wheat crop amounted to 15,102,083 bushels, the yield per acre being 15.26. At an average of $1.35 per bushel, the value of the spring wheat crop was therefore $20,387,812. The total production of barley was 7,847,640 bushels, which, at 55c per bushel, yielded a revenue of $4,136,202. Other productions were as follows: Flax, 207,115 bushels, $310,672.0; rye, 261,843 bushels, $196,392.0; speltz, 42, 707 bushels, $32,030.00; hay, 200,000 tons, $2,500,000; potatoes, four million bushels, $3,000,000; turnips, three million bushels, $750,000; carrots, 360,000 bushels, $180,000; mangolds, 640,000 bushels, $320,000; animals slaughtered and sold, $20,000,000; butter and cheese, $195,000; milk, $3,000,000; wool clip, 1,300,000 pounds, $100,000; fish $195,000; game and furs, $600,000; horticultural products, $150,000; poultry and products, $2,650,000. The total of the agricultural products is given as $75,516,891, as compared with $58,098,084 in 1912. The statistics also show that the value of live stock in the province at the end of the year was $110,044,630, this being an increase of $7,762,845 over the previous year. There were 609,125 horses, 750,789 swine, 501,188 sheep, 192,905 dairy cows, 165,035 other cows, 190,923 beef cattle and 533,020 other cattle. —Advertisement His Views. Breaking away from the house, the man hurried to his club, dropped into a chair, and breathed a long sigh of relief. He had at last got away from one aunt, three cousins and two second cousins, up-country guests of his wife. A member sitting near laid aside his paper and asked: "How do you stand on the subject of foreign relations?" "That is a fair question," returned the other, "and deserves a fair answer. In principle and practice you can put me down as favoring their internment in Schoharie county seven days a week for 52 weeks each year until 1963." Friend in Need. Four-year-old Donald was out on the lawn, wrestling with a somewhat older boy, and getting decidedly the worst of it. His quick wit thought out a way to avoid defeat, so he called out: "Mamma, did you call me?" Not receiving any reply, and being on the verge of defeat, Donald yelled desperately: "Call me in, mamma; call me in quick!"—National Food Magazine. A Plain Defense. "What has the lawyer to say about this charge against his client of stealing a pair of scales?" "He says his client merely made a weigh with them." Tom—Rather pretty girl, isn't she? Penelope—Pretty enough, yes, but absolutely no style.—Life. "Do you charge things here?" "Only storage batteries, madam."— Boston Evening Transcript. California has 12,000 acres of olive orchards. There are only 600,000 colonies of bees in California. Are you old enough to remember the old-fashioned mothers who used to rock cradles? Salton sea, California, yields enormous numbers of carp. Minnesota averages 35 bushels of corn per acre. Jimmy, five years old, had discovered that he could do a few turns on the swinging rings in the gymnasium of the Boys' club, following the athletic example of his older brother. But, as all joy must end, so ended the happiness of the young swinger. His hold slipped and he landed on the floor. His brother rendered first aid. Critical Husband—This beef isn't fit to eat. Wife—Well, I told the butcher that if it wasn't good I would send you around to his shop to give him a thrashing; and I hope you'll take someone with you, for he looked pretty fierce, and I didn't like the way he handled his big knife. Husband—Humph! Oh, well, I must say I've seen worse meat than this. "Did the rings hit you?" he asked. "No," Jimmy replied between sobs, "but the floor did." "Is Smith a good accountant?" "He's so good that none of the gang he commutes with will let him keep score in a pinchie game." Train up a child in the way he should go and it's doughnuts to judge he'll take a flyer in the opposite direction. The Effects of O THAT INFANTS are peculiarly susceptible to preparations, all of which are narcotic, is a smallest doses, if continued, these opiates and growth of the cells which are likely to imbecility, mental perversion, a craving for alcohol. Nervous diseases, such as intractable nervous dyspowers are a result of dosing with opiates or narcin in their infancy. The rule among physicians is receive opiates in the smallest doses for more than only if unavoidable. The administration of Anodynes, Drops, Cord other narcotics to children by any but a physician decried, and the druggist should not be a party to the attention of a physician, and it is no dose them willfully with narcotics. Effects of Opiates S are peculiarly susceptible to opium and its various all of which are narcotic, is well known. Even in the, if continued, these opiates cause changes in the funco, the cells which are likely to become permanent, causing inversion, a craving for alcohol or narcotics in later life, such as intractable nervous dyspepsia and lack of staying if dosing with opiates or narcotics to keep children quiet The rule among physicians is that children should never the smallest doses for more than a day at a time, and able. of Anodyne, Drops, Cordials, Soothing Syrups and children by any but a physician cannot be too strongly agist should not be a party to it. Children who are ill of a physician, and it is nothing less than a crime to with narcotics. The Effects of Opiates. THAT INFANTS are peculiarly susceptible to opium and its various preparations, all of which are narcotic, is well known. Even in the smallest doses, if continued, these opiates cause changes in the functions and growth of the cells which are likely to become permanent, causing imbecility, mental perversion, a craving for alcohol or narcotics in later life. Nervous diseases, such as intractable nervous dyspepsia and lack of staying powers are a result of dosing with opiates or narcotics to keep children quiet in their infancy. The rule among physicians is that children should never receive opiates in the smallest doses for more than a day at a time, and only then if unavoidable. The administration of Anodynes, Drops, Cordials, Soothing Syrups and other narcotics to children by any but a physician cannot be too strongly decried, and the druggist should not be a party to it. Children who are ill need the attention of a physician, and it is nothing less than a crime to dose them willfully with narcotics. Castoria contains no narcotics if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of Catarrhal Fever 3 to dioses often cure, oak cutter, Black Pills. JOHN'S guaranteed to cure a case. Safe for any mare, horse orolk. Dozen bottles 8. Get it of druglists, harness dealers or direct from manufacturers, express paid. SPOHN'S is the best preventive of all forms of distemper. SPOHN MEDICAL CO. Chemists and Bacteriologists, Gopher, Ind. U.S. A. LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED by Cutter's Blackcurrant Pills. Low-fat, free from gluten. Western stockings, because they protect where other vaccines fail. For use on blackcurrant pills. 10-dose pkg. Blackcurrant Pills $1.00. 50-dose pkg. Blackcurrant Pills 4.00. Use only of Cutter products due to over 15 DAYTON PARKS The superlivery of Cutter products is due to over 15 years of specializing in vaccines and serums only. Instit on Cutter's. If unobtainable, order direct. The Cutter Laboratory, Berkeley, Cal., or Chicago. HAROLD SOMERS, 159 De Kalb The value of candy is recognized by military authorities. The British soldiers in France are reported as consuming "prodigious quantities of sweets." A captain at the front with the British army reports that the canteen has "five times the demand for sweets that was expected, and one-fifth the demand for beer." The Australians encamped in Egypt have eaten all the chocolate to be bad in Cairo. While Jane, the new maid, was taking her first lesson in arranging the dining table, someone in the basement kitchen put something upon the dumbwaiter below. "What's that noise?" asked Jane quickly. "Why, that's the dumbwaiter," responded the mistress. "Well," said Jane, "he's ascratchin' to get out."-Collier's. Scientists contend the sugar has much food value and is a good substitute for alcohol. Chocolate, for example, is harmlessly stimulating. Soldiers have discovered what scientists knew before, that sugar, will relieve fatigue quickly and give a sense of sequent depression experienced by strength that is real without the subthose who use spirits. Sugar and candies are found to be useful not only to the physically tired, but to those who suffer mental exhaustion.—Westminster Gazette. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well-known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. it acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. — Adv. The One Exception. "Everyone seems to be here for his health," remarked the new arrival at the summer resort. "Yes, everyone but the hotel proprietor," replied the guest who had been there three days." — Judge. "Did you know Jiggers was a life saver at Atlantic City?" "Nonsense! He can't swim a stroke." Him—Who is that homely female over by the nipa? "He doesn't need to. He runs a pawnshop and stakes people to money to pay their fares home." Her—Why, that is Mme. Cosmetique, the famous beauty specialist. YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU Marseine Eve Reney Cooper, for red, teal, lacy Eyes. Marine Grizzly Bredner. No matter, just Eve comfort. Write for Book of the Eye by mail Free. Marine Eve Reney Co., Chicago "Do you believe these South American revolutions are contagious?" "As a rule, revolutions are things which have a tendency toward going around." It's a wise man who can appear stupid at times—but some men carry it to excess. Love is a malady of the mind that swells the head but makes $10 look like 30 cents. Cocoa was unknown until Mexico was discovered. ic Getting Ready for a Picnic If you choose Pickles Sweet Relish Ham Loaf Veal Loaf af Fruit Preserves Jellies Apple Butter ncheon Meats Pork and Beans Ready to Serve Fooa Products Insist on Libby's at your grocer's Libby, M.C. 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BOX H, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA A Weak H Van Vieet-Mansfeld Drug Co., Memphis, Tenn eak Heart Drug Co., Memphis, Tenn. Price $1.00 No War This Time. Expert. SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE Candy Relieves Fatigue. A Rescuer. Chas H. Flitchie placed anywhere, attracts and kills all animals,namitsam, convenient, cheap. Laste all season. Made of wood, even will not soil or injure anything. Guarantee effective. All dealers or sent animals. Av. Brooklyn, N. Was Making Signs. The One Exception. Unmasked. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM A toledo preparation of merit, an emerald-grained band, For Rose Gold Hair. Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair 50c. and $1.00 at Drapings. THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. GETAPOLIS, - - - - - LL. MRS. M. J. MOCRARY, MANAGER. J. B. MOCRARY, ATLANTA PRIDAY JULY. 30, 1915. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Mattered on second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postaloo. Address all communications to J. B. MOCRARY, No. 167 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year.....$1 00 In Months.....75 Three Months.....60 Single Copy.....65 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. There are several prospective candidates for Governor of Illinois on the Republican ticket. The following named persons are the ones mentioned: Andrew Russell, Frank L. Smith Frank O. Lowden, O. F. Berry, Ghas. S. Deneen, Richard Yates. Wanted—100 customers at the Last Chance grocery to buy 3 cans of best tomatoes and corn for 25c. Ordination Licentiate license blanks at the Gazette office. Mrs. Z. A. Vallee has hair goods in every style and shape. These goods are at my residence on 6th St., third house from Baptist Churc Letter Heads and Envelopes can be had for the asking at this office. We print them. 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 Salve, 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. For lady's ready trimmed hats go to Mrs. Vallee. FOR SALE. 1 Walnut Bed Room Set. 1 Hall Tree. 1 Pair Large Pillows. 1 Walnut Parlor Set. 1 Feather Bed. 1 Set Bed Springs. Call at my home on 6th Street. Z. A. VALLEE. Buried in Her Plano. Buried in her Piano. A woman professor of music, who recently died in Marsoille, France, has been buried in her piano in obedience to her final wish. She gave as her reason for this strange request that the happiest hours of her life had been spent at her piano. Owing to the great size of this original coffin an immense grave had to be dug. Secret of Influence Forces, forces, intensely—these are the qualities which have given their power to great leaders in all the movements by which the world has been swamped. Sometimes they have been pressed to leave who left no little written memorials or whose efforts were folled by adverse circumstances that we can note only the fact that they must have been remarkable because their contemporaries admired and followed them. They possessed the secret of influence, though we can not tell how they manifested it. They are among the riddles of history—Chambers' Journal. Ralaine as Staff of Life. The life of Cuba is largely sustan ed by raisins. Its people consuming the fruit more generally than any ot her of the Spanish-American colonies Mrs. Florence Harris and daughter Unas May also Mrs Ella Mackano of Paducah, Ky., were in the city Tuesday to attend the funeral of Elsie McCallister. Miss Carrie Urquhart was a Paducah, shopper Thursday. Miss Izora Rodgers, made a professional call to Brookport, Thursday. Cat Flowers at Jennie Imanu'a. Rev. J. B. McCrary, is conducting a revival at the Unity Baptist Church, Brookport, this week. Remember the basket meeting at Belgrade the 1st. Sunday. Mrs. Joda Rucker of Fulton Ky., visited her mother a few days last week. George Toombs is on the sick list this week. Miss Mae Roberts returned home Tuesday from Md. City, where she went, as delegate to the Daughters of Tabor. She visited in Cairo and Mounds, and reports a pleasant time. Mrs. Isaac Lassiter visited her husband's parents in Belgrade last week. Cat Flowers at Jennie Iman's Miss Love Phillips has returned home after spending several weeks in St. Louis Mo. visiting her sisters. Miss Maud Porter and brother Bernard Moore went to Paducah Ky., Wednesday. The former returning while the latter will remain for an indefinite time with his aunt. Miss Gertrude Hall was in Carbondale last week. Sunday is Basket Dinner Day at Belgrade; every S. S. worker is invited to attend. Rev. J. M. Smith of the G. W. O. of O. F. and Miss Carrie Mac Urquhart of the H. H. of R. will leave Monday as delegates to the Grand Lodge which convenes in Champaign July 2nd to 4th. Cut Flowers at Jennie Imani. Those who attended the Quarterly Conference. (from this), at Grand Rivers Ky. were: Rev. B. Kelly, Mesdames Hattie, Beard Millie patterson, Jane Patterson, and Minnie Cook. Mrs. Morna Givens of Paducah attendede th funeral of her uneic Elsie McCallister Tuesday. Mrs. J. H. Sydes of Springfield is in the city this week. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. McCrary were in Brookport Saturday and Sunday attending the revival at the Unity Baptist Church. The Ass't Editor of the Metropolis Gazette will be in Paducah Saturday July 31. Those that are in a trears will kindly pay up. Wednesday Aug. 3rd there will be an excursion to Paducah under the auspices of Nehemiah Band of the First Baptist church. Every one invited to go; lare for round trip 25c. Mrs. Myra Young and sister, Mrs. Daisy Jones of Decatur are in the city attending the bed-side of their sister, Mrs. Mattie Buchanan. Edgar McCrary was in Brookport last week attending the revival at Unity Baptist Church. Miss Mayme Barnett attended the quarterly meeting of the Free Baptist at Grand Rivers Ky.. last week. NOTICE. 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. MONEY To PATENT may be obtained from the PATENT OFFICE $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there, is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's catarrh cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical authorities. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's catarrh is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and leaving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer "One Hundred Dollars for any case that it shall cure," send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHEMIST A c/o. Tolcic, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Parrish of Md City, Ill., accusing the Rev. S. H. Pruitt pastor of Shikoh Baptist church Future City, Ill., of disturbing the peace of Rev. I. W. Winston and Mt. Olive Baptist church. We the members of the Mount Olive Baptist church wish to say like this to whom it may concern the Rev. S. H. Pruitt that disturbed the peace among us and Rev. I. W. Winston, and furthermore, we know nothing of the said Rev. S. H. Pruitt more than a Christian gentleman and a gospel Preacher. Done by order of the Mt. Olive Baptist church. Bro. J. A. Avington. Wm Adams visited in Cairo, this week. Mrs. Mattie Buchanan still remains quite sick. Miss Love Marie Phillips, returned home last Friday from St. Louis, Mo. where visited her sister Mrs. O'neal. Mrs. Leah Reed, left Saturday for Princeton, Ky to attend the bed-side of her aunt Mrs. Chas Tinsley. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Cork visited relatives in Grand Rivers, Ky. last week. Mrs Kila Young, of 3556- Forrest, ave. Chicago, is in the city visiting relatives and friend. James O. Rard was in Pudcah, Ky. last week visiting his Aunt Mrs. Cora Buston. Mrs. L. B. Dukes, and childton left last week for her home is Princeton, Ky, where they will spend the remainder of the summer. Rev J. H. Knowles, of Calro, the missionary of the Mt. Olive Baptist Asso., is in Brookport assisting Rev. J. B. McCryar, in a revival at Unity Baptist church. Mr Henry Dunlap, of Paducah, Key, passed thru-this city Tuesday to St. Louis, Mo., where he will stay indefinitely. Fortune From Small Invention. The man who was born, too early to wear, as a boy, red top boots, with a brass tip across the top was also born too early to feel the true think in the way of pride run, rampant. Silverthorn brass tips, they were called, and they were most serviceable in preventing holes in the toes. Silverthorn made his fortune out of them. More Than Give Little Light. Shattered through space are no amenable stones that give small tiny little light or harm. Either they were never, or any part of them burns, bright and glowing like the myriad stars that make the midnight sky so beautiful, or to the source of countless stars the best they once possessed but reflected away from them into the depth of space and saw they are, as their many descriptions them, "only them." I. C. R. R. Time Card NORTH BOUND Trains cumbers. Analog. Leaves. 099 10:10 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 074 1:51 p.m. 8:55 p.m. NORTH BOUND Trains cumbers. Analog. Leaves. 094 60:50 a.m. 18:10 a.m. 095 1:01 p.m. 1:55 p.m. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Choney a Co., Toledo O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Choney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimoniens sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. S. BARTLETT KERR, ATTY. State of Illinois, Massac County S. S. In the Circuit Court of Massac County Ill, August Term 1915. Mattie Miller vs Philip P. Foreman. Margeret Foreman, in attachment, Demand $200. Notice is hereby given to you; the said Philip P. Foreman and Margaret Foreman of Los Angeles California, that a writ of attachment has been sued out of the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Clerk of said County of Massac at the suit of the said Mattie Miller and against the estate of you, the said Philip P. Foreman and Margaret Foreman tor one hundred sixty and 95 one hundred dollars, besides interest, directed to the Sheriff of County to execute, which said writ has been returned by said Sheriff executed, the defendants not found and as having levied on the following described real estate to wit: All of Block No. One Hundred Twenty six (126) except One Hundred Thirty- six rest off of the East side thereof and situated in the City of Metropolis, Massachusetts, Illinois, subject to a mortgage recorded in book "U" page 62 or mortages in the recorder's office of Massachusetts, Illinois, in favor of Eugene Lafont for $1500.00, and an undivided one half interest in a part of the West Half of Section Thirty five (36), Township Fifteen (15) south, Range Four(4) east 3rd P. M. more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point where the new Vienna road intersects the Jonesboro Road, said point being 130 feet due North of the Stone set for and being a quarter section corner for and between sections 34 and 35 of said township and range, thence from said point due south on section line 72 rods to the North line of a 4 acre tract sold to one Wentzel, thence east with North line of Wentzel tract, 54 rods to the centre of Jonesboro road; thence in a Northwesterly course with centre line of said Jonesboro road 90 1-2 rods to place of beginning, said tract contains 12 9-10 acres by survey less that portion sold to the Herrr and Southern Railroad Co. by deed recorded in Vol. "20" of deeds at page 486 in the Recorders office of Massac County, Illinois. Now, unless you, the said Phillip P. Foreman and Margaret Foreman shall personally be and appear before the Circuit Court of said County on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at Metropolis in said County, on the Fourth Monday in the month of August next, give special bail and plead to said action, judgement will be entered against you in favor of the said plaintiff and the property attached sold to satisfy the same, with costs. Arthur H. Finley, Clerk. Metropolis, Illinois, May 15th, 1915 Native Salve. We have just recived some more of Native Salve and it is going very fast, those in Carbon- and 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. McCrazy. Brought Geld. Brought Old Ghost (to schoolgirl who has collided with bird)—"When you run into people like they run should say, I bag your pardon." "Girl —"There won't be need. I heard what you said."—Brandy Buildon. Livingston Institute This school is well graded and equipped Grammar School Department. All work is well organized under Departmental and able Instructors, selected for Special Departmental work Special Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study Entrance Fee $2.00 a Session In every case, 4 weeks will be counted for a school month All charges must be paid in advance. For any information and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRARY. Supt. and Sec'y. Box 107 Metropolis, Ill. RESTAURANT FOR SALE. Carbonda My Restaurant, which consists opposite the I. C. Depot; good loc Reason for selling poor health. Terms:- Cash or one half down. James Trustees Carbondal, Illinois My Restaurant, which consists of a complete up-to-date outfit opposite the I. C. Depot; good location and reasonable good business. Reason for selling poor health. Terms:- Cash or one half down. James Robinson Proprietor. of the Livingston Normal, Theological and Industrial Institute. J. H. Knowles, D. D., President J. B. McOryan, S. T. B., Secretary T. C. Vanoy, Treasurer S. B. Kerr, Attorney Rev. J. M. Blake. Rev. H. Allison Rev. G. W. Rowlett Rev. C. C. Phillips, Financial Agt. Rev. H. E. McWilliams Reflex Kicking Strap for the Cow. kicking cow is an aggravation about the dairy and the device referred to has been recently patented and is a simple means of educating her to be good. It will be quickly seen how the device is applied to the hind leg of the bovine and also how any pressure exerted upon the device, as in an effort to kick, the energy thus expended will give her a sharp reminder that she is not to have it all her own way. BEST FEEDING FOR PROTEIN Necessity for Giving More Than One Grain—Wheat Bran, Corn and Stover Make Good Ration. Dalrymec who are on a short allowance in the matter of grain naturally wish, to keep down the expense bill, and make the mistake of feeding one grain only. For example, a correspondent asks which would give him the best results, corn or wheat bran, when, as a matter of fact, he should feed both to get anywhere near a balanced ration, and they should be fed in the proportion of one part of the wheat bran to six parts of the corn. This, with corn stover as roughage and with an occasional feed of oil meal or a change to some of the concentrated feeds like gluten meal, will supply a fairly balanced ration and not a costly one. Those who have to do with farm affairs are coming more and more to figure out these problems instead of guessing at what they should do or working on the same plans they followed years ago, when conditions were, perhaps, much different. This is going in the right direction and the ultimate results will not fail to be satisfactory. The Workers. "Did a musician of note score your opera?" "No; the critics did." 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