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METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM Livingston Institute Burned Complete Loss-Party Covered By Insurance Livingston Institute Burned Complete Loss-Party Covered By Insurance Rev. J. M. Blake, Loses All His Household Goods-With No Insurance Rev. J. M. Blake and we lost all of their things in this fire and as they were without insurance at the time owing to a years confinement from sickness They are in a destitute condition and should have the sympathy and help from the more fortunate. Anything you do or them will be greatly appreciated. Money, clothes, provision, bedding, furniture, dishes, cooking utensels, tinware, in fact anything that is used in a home. Send donations to Rev. J. M. Blake. TRUTH ABOUT NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION. Editor Gazette: Your timely resolution, of the Mt. Olive Baptist As-n, was handed me by Elder James Ferguson, I shall present it at the first opportunity. The stirring committee mer with the Salem Baptist church of which Eld. Haywood is pastor The reader may understand that the purpose of the meeting was to determine just what steps to take to forestall the action of the president and his minion, who were trying to thrust the unauthorized charter on the National Baptist Convention, which would strip the the baptist of every vistage of power and transfer it over into the hands of the Seven Brothers, who arrogated to themselves the authority to get a federal charter in Washington City, on the 17th day of May, 1915, to incorporate the National Baptist Convention. This of course had to be determined in due time. Objection had to be filed against it as the presumption would be taken for granted that inasmuch as no objections were raised, the law would step in and say, you raised no objection to it, therefore you have lost your day in court. Dr. J. F. Thomas, of Chicago, chairman opened the meeting, afterwhich Dr. C. H. Clark, of Nashville, Tenn., after making some very timely preliminary remarks then offered a motion that Dr. Woods of Ky., be chairman of the meeting which was carried, a running debate was kept up until 11:30 p.m. The cause chiefly was on the part of those that came into and blocked the way. J. B. McCRARY Dr. Thomas showed some of his old time power by landing Dr. McDowell, of Mo., over the ropes who said among other things you Dr. McDowell is in sympathy with the incorporation and you are here to try to block the way to see that we do not arrive at any conclusion; but sir, we will show you. Dr. L. G. Jordan, arose a time or two to get the floor, and said, bro. moderator, I would like to know why I cannot be heard, another brother thundered back at him before he could respond and said because you have no business to talk here, you have been in the other meetin and you only came here as a spy. When the chair recognized Dr. Jordan his opponent thundered out so loud at him that he could not be heard, so he took his seat. This closed the night's work except the resolution that was offered to not recognize the charter as any part of the National Baptist Convention. A dispatch was read from the North Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio delegates, stating that the train was late, and regretted that they could not be in the meeting but the delegation stood two hundred thousand strong as against the charter. Wednesday morning the meeting was opened in the armory Cor. 26th Michigan. After the meeting was opened the President had the convention to join in singing, "Hail the power of Jesus name. The program was then read, and a motion was made so as to ascertain whether the Convention was proceeding under the chartered convention or the unincorporated National Baptist Convention. The motion was carried by a large majority. Dr. Bryant of Ga., raised a parliamentary point of order, upon which President Morris reversed UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY his own ruling. The resolution was read that had been passed by the meeting the evening before to the effect that the convention would not recognize the charter, things rose by this time to almost white heat. The president ruled the resolution out of order. Then came the clash, the convention appealed from the ruling of the chair and the ruling of the president was reversed by a large majority. This stirred things from top to bottom. The president would not declare the vote, nor would the vice. The president and the staff was up in the gallery, some twenty-five or thirty feet above the main floor. President Morris by this time became considerably exasperated and left the chair. We do not care to state why it was said he left the chair, but at any rate he he had the vice to suspend action for quite awhile, and the majority appointed a nominating committee, which brought in Dr. E. P. Jones, for president protem, and the organization was effected and the entire staff. But when Dr. Morris, came back president Jones was in the chair and failed to give it up to ex-president Morris. He was to courageous and brave to be brow beaten and chagrined by Doctor Morris threats of police that followed him in the convention. Dr. Morris failed to yield tho two thirds of the convention was against him. The day passeed without much order, fingers and fists both were shot up at pres. Morrfs, but that did not daunt him in the least, he came there to be president, tho the convention be torn in a thousand pieces. The convention that he has so long presided over with credit to himself aud the body. THURSDAY MORNING. The president and his followers had a night's dream or causeus, at any rate they tried an unheard of trick. They rushed to the armory early, so as to take charge of things knowing too that the convention had elected Dr. E. P. Jones, of Miss., for president, but in spite of this fact, pres Morris went in early before time and took charge of the convention by having a number of police stationed as the door, with the instructions not to allow messengers nor any one else to come in unless they paid a two dollar membership fee. This of course made the thugs, thieves, strumpets or anybody a messenger that had the price to give. A great crowd of people were kept out in the rain for the longest until president Jones enjoined president Morris and the doors came open. But listen president Morris played another sharp trick during the night a platform was constructed on the main floor in the east end of the armory. It was upon this that pres. Morris sit presumably secured until he had orders for an officer that he had been enjoined. Instead of Dr. Morris surrendering as he should have done, he gave orders to his followers to hold the platform and obstruct the proceed- ings of the convention until he went to the court and returnedi This his minions did too, the unincorporated convention was forced to abandon to leave the platform to the minion of the pres, while the body was forced to transact the business of the convention in the west end of the Armory amidst of the shouts and hisses of the majority. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon Dr. Morris came in, and the news went out that he had won the court proceedings, and they went on with election at once They put things through with whip and spur. How about the Court Proceedings The case was argued pro and con. It was stated that president Morris swore in open court that his decision was not reversed in the meetings the judge then called the records, the records was silent on the motion. The judge having a knowledge of baptist proceedings, advised them to go back and settle it among themselves. Had the motion been recorded the judge would not have dissolved the injunction. But Dr. Morris' ruling was reversed just the same, no one would think of the clerk recording the motion when the pres tried to set the vote aside by his his ruling. This is the way he split the Convention. To be continued. SPARTA. Allow me to say a few words in your worthy paper The New Hope Sunday School was opened at 9:40 a.m by our supt. The Sunday School Missionary Wm Macklin was with us and taught the lesson, and made it interesting. Then our pastor made some brief remarks on the lesson among other things he said was God dealing with individuals. At 11:20 our pastor preached an interesting sermon, his text. "Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way, by taking heed thereto according to thy word." 119 Psalms. At 3:10 p. m. the Order of Household of Ruth and the Odd Fellows met in the the church and a grand sermon was delivered by Rev. P. B. French, his text was, For I know him, That he will command his children and his household after him. Gen. 18:19 Subject, "Life." At 7:30 p. m. the pastor took the stand and preached another interesting sermon, his text was found Luke 20:18. The B. Y. P. U. met at 5:00 p. m. They are doing a great work. Mr. Ira Shaw, the son of Rev. Wm Shaw, was cut severely by Lee Hamilton Saturday night. He was cut in four places, it took twenty-six stitches to sew up the wounds. He made his escape. J. J. Taylor. The Improvident Ones. Some men who fall to provide for their families will go so far when cornered as to tell you that they would never think of usurping this prerogative of the Lord's. 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Owing to the fact that a Rump Convention was held in Chicago, and claims to own your Publishing Plant, I am hastily sending you this note to ask that you send all orders for Sunday School literature, periodicals and Sunday School supplies generally to 409 gay Street, Nashville, Tenn. May your orders payable to S. P, Harris, Secretary. If you send in your orders directly, you will have your Sunday School supplied with literature until matters are in shape to get possession of that which rightly belongs to the denomination. If your supplies should be a few days late in reaching you, do not become impatient, for the good of the cause demands that we take this step. E. C. MORRIS, President National Baptist Convention. (Advertisement.) Dignamism. Dignam tells us: "There are many risks in business. The wise man allows his competitors to take them." Independent Weekly of the whole read by every paper in the Union. 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U. and Institute will be there, and we ask the pastors teachers and superintendents to come and assist in making this a great meeting. The program will appear next week. J B. McCrary, Institute Conductor. When Revolt is Dangerous. It is not the insurrection of ignorance that is dangerous, but the revolts of intelligence.—Lowell. In the Sunken Submarine. "It's too annoying that we should be stuck down here. I bought myself the most splendid tomb only last week."—Justice Blatter. For Remembrance Bill—"Since I have come back I find that I'm forgotten by all my friends." Will—"Why didn't you borrow money from them before you left?" HUNTING FOR HEALTH In Its Pursuit Peter Perkins Found His World Changed. By DOROTHY DOUGLAS. (Copyright, 1955, by the McClure News- paper Syndicate.) Peter Perkins came into temporary possession of the old Stanwood pro- perty through mutual friends of his own and the last remaining member of the Stanwood family. He did not know Madge Stanwood, nor was he in any way interested in making the girl's acquaintance so long as he had obtained a three year's lease on her property. Peter was run down, physically while the Miss Stainwood was financially embarrassed. The transfer of property was a step in the right direction for both parties concerned. It left Madge free to go into the city and pursue congenial labor, while Peter Perkins could seek the robust health he had lost in his effort to find that vague pedestal called fame. His channel had been through art, and Peter had succeeded to a flattering degree before his health—or the lack of it—had sent him to the country. The Stanwood property was sadly dilapidated. The gardens, both vegetable and floral, were all but wrecks; the lone cow was a pitiful sight to a lover of animals, while the few hens and rabbit were forlorn creatures. The orchard, once bearing choice and rare fruit, required pruning, lopping and care to an alarming extent, but with it all Peter felt sanguine as to the results he would obtain from healthy labor on the property. Peter had worked with feverish inspiration on his art, and by so doing had arrived on the precipice of a nervous breakdown. The Stanwood place came as a blessing to him. Since he might not make further use of his brain during its process of rebuilding he rejoiced in the physical activity that would be demanded of him during his three years in the country. It was difficult at first to fling off the inertia that gripped him after leaving the steam-heated studio and his paints and models; but the trimming of shrubs that was necessary, since it was late autumn, sent Peter out with hedge scissors and an augmenting sense of zeal. Having come originally from the West, Peter was at heart adapted for outdoor life. Farming and the artist's temperament went strangely hand in hand in Peter's mentality. It was not difficult then, during the lull of the artist's brain, for the farmer to come readily into activity. When the shrubbery had been trimmed the trees in the orchard came next. Peter Perkins was companioned and served only by old Gregory, who was both an intelligent gardener and a handy man about the house. "No social intercourse and no pottering with paints. Remember that!" had been the doctor's parting words to Peter. "For one year at least." And so Peter had forgotten the pleasure of seeing even Doris Brown, the girl whom he had almost definitely fallen in love with, and he had locked up his paints and brushes in the attic room and had bravely given the key to old Gregory. "Don't give it to me—even if I fire you for not doing so," he had commanded Gregory, and the old man kept the key. Before the cold weather came the cowshed was mended, the chicken coops whitewashed and a cockerel and some fine hens added to the meager flock, and all other preparations for an excellent springtime were made. The poor little rabbit was given a mate and, that being the last of the domestic arrangements among the barnyard life, Peter and Gregory turned their attention to their own habitation. During the winter months they painted every inch of the interior of the Stanwood house and mended roofs and drafty doors and windows. Creeping vines were trimmed so that with the springtime rosebuds would seek admission to the old living room with its great stone fireplace and lofty ceilings. It was not until the arrival of spring, when the verdure was brilliant and the fruit blossoms in full and odorous bloom, that Peter really threatened Gregory with dismissal. "It's a chance in an artist's life," he stormed at the imperturbable servant. "Those blossoms are perfect—there never was an orchard so beautiful. I could win a thousand dollar prize with just a small sketch." His tone had become somewhat wheedling. "The blossoms'll be out again next year," was all Gregory said, and Peter raved in vain for the keys to his paints and brushes. He eyed Peter with a glow of pride. Somethow he felt responsible for the glow of health that was slowly progressing in Peter's body. "Whatever will we do with the fruit, chickens, eggs, milk and vegetables that we will be having before long?" questioned Peter as he realized the prolific tendencies that work at Stanwood farm was beginning to make evident. "We will have a hundred fine little rabbits if we don't watch out," he laughed. The question, however, was a serious one. "Old Nancy is a real beauty now," he added as they watched the sleek, fattened cow chewing her spring cud with bovine contentment. "Think of the fine milk that will be wasted. You and I can't get away with it." Everything that Peter and Gregory touched multiplied with astonishing rapidity. Each accused the other of possessing a weird charm with growing things. With the development of vegetables and fruits, to say nothing of the barnyard of prolific hens and fancy rich milk, the question of disposal of the produce became an imperative one. Old Gregory, however, had a scheme on his worn sleeve, but he kept it to himself until he had made a round of all the small cottages that surrounded the farm. They were tiny bits of property owned and inhabited largely by young married couples with small children. It was not easy to provision the homes with fresh vegetables and the grounds did not permit of gardening. The suggestion that Gregory made to those housewives was that he supply them with eggs, chickens, fruit and vegetables at a nominal price. Housewives one and all flew to the rescue of Peter and Gregory, and considered themselves very lucky in obtaining farm products so close to their own doorsteps. The question of milk was difficult, as Nancy might not supply an entire community, and one and all wanted Nancy's rich milk. "It means," laughed Peter, "that Nancy will have to occupy a smaller portion of the shed. We will have to get a couple more like her." He eyed Gregory for a moment very thoughtfully. "You know, of course, Gregory, that I am not going to take the profit from this business. / No, I am not," he added swiftly, seeing the incredulity in Gregory's face. "You are going to take a certain per cent, but all the rest is going into that hole in the old chimney corner against the time Miss Stanwood returns. You see, it is really her farm, and—" "A pretty farm it was," said the old gardener disgusted, but with added affection in his eyes for Peter. "Nevertheless, the cow, the chickens, the orchard and all are really belonging to her. You see it—do you not, Gregory?" "Yes, I suppose I do," grumbled the old man, and turned away lest Peter Perkins see that which had risen in his eyes. Suffice to say that Stanwood farm became a paying proposition that quite exceeded the dreams of the temporary owner. The hole in the chimney corner was stuffed with bills and silver, and the day came when another brick had to be dislodged and another bank started. The brushes and paint had been taken from the attic room, and Peter reveled anew in the blossoming orchard and his loved art. One or two marvelous sketches found their way into the New York shops. Peter had regained health, both mentally and physically, and it was a most attractive looking artist who looked up suddenly one sunny day in early spring to see a wood nymph standing gazing admiringly at his canvas. His brushes were suspended in the clear air, so lovely was the girl. Her wide hat seemed made to shelter the beauty of her oval face and her deep blue eyes held a hint of fear in them. She would have fled save that Peter stopped her. "If I could put you in this picture," he suggester, frankly, "I could most probably make several thousand dollars from the canvas." The girl blushed shyly and drew a trifle nearer. There was awe in her glance. The orchard, as it appeared on the canvas, seemed to breathe of spring and to sway with the breeze. Certainly the petals were fluttering down. "It would be a pity," she said softly, "to hold myself responsible for so great a loss to you. Since I am boarding in the Rose cottage it will give me pleasure to pose for you for a few moments each morning." "How?" breathed Peter稍稍. It so happened that old Gregory was left with more work on his hands than on the days before the nymph had arrived. One day he peered through the branches of the trees and gave vent to a low whistle when his eyes rested on Peter's model. Madge Stanwood, the last of the old family, was standing beneath a garbled apple tree while Peter's brushes were rapidly sweeping her image onto the canvas. There was that in the eyes of Peter, and it reflected itself in the eyes of the girl, which made old Gregory laugh softly. Love in its most wonderful form was making the spring a paradise. At that very moment of old Gregory's musings Peter Perkins had said "Wonderful girl!" in an awed and breathless tone, and Madge had returned softly: "But you are a wonderful man, Peterkins," and her tone had been more awed, more breathless than Peter's own. "Do you feel that your work is of any real benefit?" "Yes," replied the censor. "While we cannot prevent war from being terrible, we are at least doing everything possible to render it uninteresting." Dictated To. Yeast—You've got the word dictated at the bottom of this letter? Crimsonbeak—Yes. I know it. "But it's in your own handwriting?" "Yes; my wife made me write it." Odd Result. "That terrible old gossip, Mrs. Gabby, is not reliable in anything she tells." "Yes. I notice, what she says, goes." METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS --- One of the features of the program at the Lincoln Jubilee exposition at Chicago was a presentation of a portrait of Governor Ferris to him by William Ross Roberts of the Michigan commission. President Oscar Baker was unable to be present. The portrait was made by a Negro. The Michigan exhibit came in for the lion's share of observation and all of the articles shown, from the needlework of an eight-year-old girl to numerous quilts made by eighty-year-old "Aunt Debby" Anderson of Cass county, were made ready for inspection. "Aunt Debby" modestly bears the distinction of having made more than 3,000 quilts during her life. Particular attention was called to the needlework of two blind Negro girls who are students of a Lansing school. The principal exhibits from Michigan came from Cass county, where the majority of the Negro population, outside of the large cities of the state, is located. The Negro population of Cass county owns an area of about fifteen miles, most of which is devoted to farming, at which industry the Negroes have proved themselves efficient. One or two of the Negro farmers own as much as 2,000 acres of land, and their homes are fitted out with the latest appliances for the comfort of the occupants. While about 3,000 Negroes live in Cass county, the exhibit was by no means limited to that area. There were exhibits from nearly every important town and city in the state. The exhibits were mostly of needlework and millinery by the women and farm products raised by the men. An old darky named Turney Byrd has a new fangled dump wagon which he devised and which he is using to good advantage in his home town of Lansing. The wagon can be emptied all at once or a quarter or a half load at a time. While not strictly included in the Michigan exhibit, the booth of the United States census bureau was in charge of a Detroit Negro—Robert A. Pelham—who has been employed in that federal department for the last 15 years. The booth was given over to the "Story of the Census" from the Negro's standpoint, and tended to show that the Negro clerks in the department exceed in some respects in efficiency the white employees. The story is told by pamphlets arranged by Mr. Pelham and deals with the growth in favor of the Negro in government employ and shows how he has justified the confidence that Uncle Sam has placed in his ability. Incidentally Mr. Pelham shows two devices which he invented and which are now in use in the census bureau—namely, a paste-supplying device and a tallying machine—the latter working on the principle of an adding machine and used in recording the population. As far as possible the industrial exhibits at the exposition in Chicago show the Negro actually at work demonstrating his handicraft, wrote Bishop Fallows. Tuskegee and the other great Negro schools will be represented, and Booker T. Washington and other noted Negro educators will come to add their efforts to make the exposition a success. The Negro's progress, has been wonderful. Fifty years ago, as an army officer and minister, I saw the forbears of the Negro of today walk into camp, ignorant and unlettered. I taught the old folks, leading their children, their first letters that they Born in 1801 and celebrating her one hundred and fourteenth birthday a few weeks ago, Hannah Owens, a Negress who lives about a quarter of a mile behind Agency Hill, is still young enough and spry enough to preside over a court consisting of five Negro women, the youngest of whom has reached the age of ninety, says the Muskogee Phoenix. The woman was born in Georgia in 1801. She remembers nothing of her early life, and has no record of her birth, but she knows that she was married in 1829, and she remembers clearly, she says, that her mother told her on her wedding day she was twenty-eight years old. She was a slave before the war to John P. Maddox, she says. The woman declares that she isn't glad to have her freedom. "They made me roll logs and hee cotton and plow," she said, "but they fed me more than I get now and they gave me a better place to sleep, with more covers, and I wish I was back there again." She did not know of the war in Europe. She didn't know what Europe is Reports submitted to the annual convention of the National Negro Business league, Boston, showed that, in the 15 years since the organization of the league, the total value of farm property owned by Negroes in the United States has increased from $177,404,688 to $492,892,218. Coming down town this morning you met a little girl on her way to school. By the time you get home this evening she will be a grown-up young woman dressing for a party. might be able to read the New Testament. When I realize what the Negro has done for himself and what has been done for him since, I am astounded. The object of the exposition is a better understanding of the relation between the white and the Negro population of the United States. We have from 9,000,000 to 11,000,000 Negroes—about one-tenth of our total population. They have developed with the nation. In every battle, from the Civil war down, the Negro has fought. He is found in every walk of our national life. There can be a true racial and social feeling only when there is an end of needless antagonism. Our aim is to make this exposition the greatest movement ever created to bring about a better understanding. The Negro has a capacity to grow, to do things and to be one of us. We aim to show that isolated cases trumpeted all over the country are only the muck thrown off the great wheel of Negro progress. As a general I helped emancipate the Negro. In my church life we early gave Negro presidents the same right on the floor of our general council as whites. The Confederate officer who fired one of the first shots at Sumter became a bishop in my church and devoted his whole life to the education and development of the Negro. He was Lishop E. F. Stevens. Before the war he was commander of the South Carolina Military institute, which turned out more Confederate officers than any other institution, save possibly one. After the war he became bishop of all the Negroes of his state. He was my close friend. Indeed, it was on my motion that he became a bishop. The exposition will include singing by great choruses of the most noted jubilee singers in the country. There will be folk song festivals, historical tableau deicting the advance of the colored people, and other interesting and instructive features. The work of the Tuskegee institution is extending. Mr. Julius Rosenwald of Chicago has given this opportunity. He has reserved a fund to be expended in school extension among the Negroes of Alabama. This beneficence is to be distributed through Tuskegee institute upon the recommendation of its president. Already schools have been built upon the plan in 12 counties, including Macon, Russell, Lee, Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa, Dallas, Perry, Hale, Montgomery and Lowndes. Each county's own people must raise $300 and Mr. Rosenwald will give an equal amount; the property is deeded to the state; the teachers paid by county school funds and the schools are planned to cover just such work as I have above described in the cottage training at Tuskegee. Can you see anything but help to accrue—civilization, better morals, better service, less need of falls and penitentiaries? When everything is done to build a better man or woman, no matter what the color, it is social service, kindness, uplift. The Negro race today has a leader who is a missionary—the best among them; if they follow his lessons as I saw them at Tuskegee, they are entering a new life, and their white friends, North and South, are glad to see them improve their character and their skill.—Mrs. J. S. Reid in Birmingham Age-Herald. when she was told about it. Seemingly all she cares for is hearing news of her relatives and getting something to eat each day. The other old women who live near her all have interesting stories, but they admit themselves the inferior of their dean. They are Rose Caesar, one hundred; Emma Durham, ninety-two, and Sarah Davis and Emma Warrn, both ninety. A Boston correspondent of an eastern paper remarks that scattered throughout the South are thousands of industrious and respected Negroes, who, while they know nothing at all about books, and are, indeed, unable to read or write, nevertheless have accumulated property and given their children the opportunity of going to good schools. This will be widely recognized as good news not only by enterprising colored people the country over, but also by white people who desire to see the colored population in the United States receive fair treatment. The water in the Panama canal is gradually becoming salty. The rush of people into Vera Cruz, Mexico, since United States soldiers evacuated it, has raised the population from 35,000 to more than 100,000. It is said that all traces of the cleanup our troops made have long since disappeared, and that the water and sanitation problems are acute. A luminous paint for automobiles, invented in England, is said to be so effective that a car coated with it is visible at night for two miles without the use of lamps. EAT AIR AND RAIN Interesting Statement Made by a Prominent Scientist. Three-fourths of All Food We Eat Is Derived Originally From Rain; 80 Per Cent of Remainder Comes From Air. Three-fourths of all the food we eat is derived originally from rain. Of the remainder, 80 per cent comes from the air, the balance—one twentieth part of the whole—is obtained from the soil. This interesting statement is made by Dr. A. T. Stuart of the Canadian department of agriculture, who describes the farmer as the great manufacturer. He makes the things which other people merely put together in different ways. The farmer takes 75 pounds of water, 20 pounds of air and 5 pounds of soil. These are his raw materials, and from them, in the quantities and proportions above mentioned, he turns out 100 pounds of products. The mixture of gases which we call air is a fluid by no means so thin and imponderable as we are accustomed to imagine. An ordinary packing box three feet cube will contain about two and one-half pounds of it. The twenty pounds of air that contribute so important a percentage of our food supply would occupy, at normal sea-level pressure, a cubical space 15 feet on an edge. The 75 pounds of water would make about nine and one-half gallons. Five pounds of soil will represent the contents of a clay flower pot of moderate size; and thus one forms an idea easily grasped of the quantifies of the three original raw materials required by the farmer for the manufacture of 100 pounds of products. These products are food and clothing. Of all the clothes people wear, 9 per cent is made of animal or vegetable materials that are the yield of agriculture. Even the leather of which our shoes are made is, of course, a farm product. Silk is spun by caterpillars, but in reality is is nothing but mulberry leaves, converted by their agency into a fiber that can be woven. We know what air is, and water is familiar enough. That soil is merely powdered rock, containing a small percentage of decayed vegetable matter, has long been understood. But many facts in regard to this last indispensable raw material of the farmer have only recently been learned. Consider, for one thing, the size of the rock particles. In some soils they are so tiny, according to Doctor Stuart, that one hundred millions of millions of them may be held on the point of a penknife. That seems remarkable, does it not? But take a single pound of this kind of soil, and measure the total surface area represented by its component particles. It is a not very difficult problem in mathematics. The total surface area of the particles that go to make up one pound is about three acres. This is in itself a matter of much importance, from the viewpoint of the farmer-manufacturer, for each particle of soil is enveloped by a thin film of water. And it is from this water that the plants he grows derive their sustenance. The fluid in question, however, is not merely water. It is a kind of soup, in which plant food, both organic—from the decayed vegetable matter—and mineral, is dissolved. What we call the "fruitful land" is merely a bed for the plants to stand up in while they feed upon this soup. Under the microscope all plants are found to be made up of little cells or pouches filledl with fluid. In an orange or lemon they are so big as to be easily seen when the fruit is cut. Each of these cells—which multiply at a wonderful rate to make what we call growth—is a little chemical factory, and it is they which, under the general management of the manufacturing farmer, produce "proteln," fat, starch, sugar, fiber, etc., with incidental colors and flavors, to supply in a multitude of forms the demands of the market. "I'm afraid this is a tough neighborhood," said the prospective tenant. "Well, it isn't," replied the real estate agent. "What put that fool idea into your head." "There isn't a policeman in sight," answered the other. Contrary to Ethics. "He was dismissed for carelessness," answered the head waiter. "He was overheard to say 'Thank you' for a twenty-five-cent tip." Gayboy—I'm delighted to have met you. Miss Swift, and I hope to see more of you. Miss Swift—Oh, perhaps you will. I'm going to spend the summer at the seashore. The Case. "What did the poet mean when he asked his sweetheart to drink to him only with her eyes?" "Of course, she had liquid eyes, stupid." Equal to a Cat Concert. Mrs. Hixon—Is your husband a sound sleeper. Mrs. Dixon? Mrs. Dixon—Well, you would think so if you were to hear him snore. Libby's Vienna Sausage and Sliced Dried Beef Both contain less heat producing properties than heavy meats. Try them for summer luncheons and picnic tidbits. Insist on Libby's at your grocer's Libby's Tortoise Wine Dried Beef Libby's Wine Dried Beef Expression Used by Girl on Trial for Vagrancy May Have Had Some Influence on His Honor. "Sure, Mike!" Clara Johnson, on trial for vagrancy in the police court, said to Judge Allee when he asked her if she had not been arrested on the same charge a short time ago. "My name isn't Mike," objected the court. "However, you are charged with being a vag." "I didn't do it," the prisoner replied, smirking arrogantly. "You're not right in the head," commented the court. "I'm all righ.." she said. "What do you do?" "Work at John Smith's." "What do you do there?" "Everything." "Everything?" "Sure, Mike!" "Ten days," sighed the magistrate. The spectators laughed, and Clara, turnin; to them, shouted angrily: "I wish you're had to go to that dirty place!"—St. Joseph News Press. He Sooke to Her. A Virginia farmer was driving a refractory cow down the road one morning. The cow and the driver came to a crossroad. The man wanted the cow to go straight ahead, but the cow picked cut the crossroad. A colored man was coming along the crossroad. "Haid her off! Haid her off!" yelled the driver. The colored man jumped about the road and waved his arms. The cow proceeded calmly on her way. "Haid her off! Haid her off!" yelled the driver. "I'm trying ter!" replied the colored man. "Speak to her! Speak to her and she'll stop!" "Good mawnin', cow—good mawnin!" salt the other politely. One Way to Economize "Less meat," is the cry of many economists; and some gay statistician has calculated that if we each denied ourselves four beefsteaks a month there would be no shortage. But, if it must be meat once a day, why not call up the horses? (You cannot eat motor cars!) There is still a club in Paris, reminiscent of the siege days of 1870, which dines complacently upon horsemeat. And it needs but a decent cook to give the horse his splendid sepulcher at the human dinner-table.—Westminster Gazette. IT SLUGS HARD. "Let your coffee slave be denied his cup at its appointed time! Headache—sick stomach—fatigue. I know it all in myself, and have seen it in others. Strange that thinking, reasoning beings will persist in its use," says a Topeka man. He says further that he did not begin drinking coffee until he was twenty years old, and that slowly it began to poison him, and affect his hearing through his nervous system. "Finally, I quit coffee and the conditions slowly disappeared, but one cold morning the smell of my wife's coffee was too much for me and I took a cup. Soon I was drinking my regular allowance, tearing down brain and nerves by the daily dose of the nefarious beverage. "Later, I found my breath coming hard, had frequent fits of nausea, and then I was taken down with bilious fever. "Common sense came to me, and I quit coffee for good and went back to Postum. I at once began to gain and have had no returns of my billious symptoms, headache, dizziness or vertigo. "I now have health, bright thoughts, and added weight, where before there was invalidism and the blues. "My brother quit coffee because of its effect on his health and now uses Postum. He could not stand the nervous strain while using coffee, but keeps well on Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Postum comes in two forms: Postum Cereal—the original form—must be well boiled. 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum—a soluble powder—dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water, and with cream and sugar, makes a delicious beverage instantly. 20c and 50c tins. Both kinds are equally delicious and cost about the same per cup. "There's a Reason" for Postum. —sold by Grocers. Wg YOUS teh 4 4 CEA) KEN “LITTLE JIMMY MUCH KISSED Disclaimed Any Intention of Rubbing Off Caress of Noted Woman— Was Trying to Rub It In. Little Jimmy had reached the con- clusion hat everybody In the world had kissed him or wanted to very bad- ly. He could not help being a boy that ‘all the ladies wanted’ to pet and be- stow thejy, kisses upon. In fact, Jimmy Jonged for the day when he would have & say £0 in the matter of being kissed. ‘One day a famous woman came to cal! upon, his mother. Jimmy chanced to eitter the parlor and was directed by hig mother to come up and see the no- ted Mrs. So.and So. Jimmy knew what ‘was coming, but he could not prevent ‘the occurrence. ‘The visitor took him by the.hand and gently gathered him ‘up Into her Inp, and as sho let him down to the floor again she graciously Destowed a kiss upon his pouting lips. Jimmy Jumped away from her and be gan to rub his lips in a viclous man- ner. “What, you aro not rubbing my kiss off, my little man?” questioned the woman. Jimmy was puzzled for a few moments, then replied: “No, ma'am; I'm just rubbing tt tn,” ‘and then vanished through the door— Louisville Times. Satta Sestiaas ’ “When you married me you said I was the only woman in the world for you.” “So I did, my dear.” “Do you still think so?” “Why, of course.” “Pshaw!” “Why the skepticism, my love?” “T think you might at jeast take your pipe out of your month to say it!” Pleasing Conversation. “My dear, | know be says a great many things about your good looks.” “What of it?” “It ia more flattery.” “Well, maybe it ts,” said the girl, “but it sounds good. I'd rather listen to that sort of talk than literary con- ‘versation or opinions about the length of the war.” oe NO DOUBT. f= 5 Ser <A Go 9 (an OOK 4 iE Ay gm iS > PUES sige Weary—Dere wuz one feller in de ‘ark wot would made a good railroad president. Ruggles—Who wuz it? Weary—Why, de feller wot watered do stock. ‘Theory and Practice. First Able-Bodied Male—Woman's place is in the home. As I was tell- ing my wife— Second Able-Bodied Male—By the bye, Bill, what's yer wife doin’ now? First Able-Bodied Male—Workin’ in the cannery.—Judge. Some Job, Gayboy '15—Struck a Job yet, old top? Grinder '15.—Well—er—not exactly. T've been quite busy, though, trying to sell _my prize thesis, “The Solution of the Great Problem of the Unem- ployed” to some magazine.—Puck. r Blind to the Biscuits, “Do'you believe the way to a man’s pone Nes through bis stomach, Mrs. Pileber?” eCertainly net.” M¥ou have other, views, then?” “Most assuredly. Tickle his vanity, Yand he'll eat anything.” “4 Why, Certainly. juFlatbush—My wits is always on the awmng side of @ question, » Bensonburst—How do you ‘know she is? “Because she never agrees with mo.” DT aah ees Oh, a itt ian “Don’t you dare call me & Har, sir!” “Lwas merely going to question your veracity.” “In that case, be sure you make it a Jkypothetical question.” HOW HER HUSBAND GOT EVEN Wife Tidied Up His Desk Beautifully, and to Reciprocate He Straight- ened Up Her Sewing Room, A busy housewife came into the sit- ting room with a determined look in her eyes. “I really shal! have to punish those children,” she began. “What have the little beggars been up to now?” asked father, looking up from his newspaper. “Why, they've made a mess of my sewing room,” explained the wife. “Needles, reels of cotton, scissors— everything has been hidden away in the most unexpected places. It is really exasperating.” Her husband laid down his paper and smiled benignly. “I did that,” he said, calmly. Then, fn answer tos questioning look, he went on: “You tidied up my desk so beautifully the other day that I thought 4t only fair to return the compliment. So I tidied up your sewing room,”— Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Menai aes Cielnes Lady (to maid, who has announced her intentions of leaving to get mar- ried)—I hope you realize Mary, that matrimony is a serious matter?” Mary (earnostly)—Oh, yes, mum. T've been to two fortune tellers and a clairvoyant, an‘ looked in a sign book, an’ dreamt on a lock of hair, and been to a palmist, and they all say it’s all right. I ain't one to marry reckless- like, mum.—Passing Show. A CARELESS CANINE. ry cf OP in ee DD a qi, Pe. ot D Sy bos: Cis. -<fhaema 6 Yxess wf, , ey ae lanvisio hela Gentle Willie—Why dost thou weep? ‘The dorg but took a piece out of your pantaloons' Wearle Walker—When he grabbed, pard, he caught hold of more than the panta! ‘Always Something Doing. “There hasn't been a change on this Dill of fare in twenty years,” growled the grizzled patron, “Have you res- taurant men no ingenuity?” “Gueas we have as much as the next fellow.” “Then why don't you get up @ new ish occasionally? ‘The corner drug- gist has a new kickshaw at the soda fountain every time you amble up to i” A Bad Investment. Mrs. Naggs—John, wo'll never be able to save a cent if you don't quit being so extravagant. Nages—Why, my dear, I don’t think I'm at all extravagant. Mrs. Nages—Ot course, you are. ‘There's that accident policy you bought nearly a year ago, and you haven't used {t once. If that isn't extravagance I don't know what is. Bolace for Poor Luck. “Even when a man fails to catch any fish, the outing does him good and he comes back in better health,” said the optimistic angler: “Perhaps that is true in some cases,” replied his bibulous friend, “but I find that the less inducement there is to pull « cork out of the wa- ter, the more there is to pull one cw of a bottle.” Conceited. “How conceited sho 1s.” “What makes you think so?” “I proposed to her and she said she wouldn't marry the best man on earth,” “Well, what of that.” “T was the man she was referring to."—Detroit Free Pross. Not an Expert in Ice. "Tm so sorry the cream is sour!” sald young Mra. Torkins, “pverything in the refrigerator ap pears to be spoiled,” commented hey husband. “It’s the lee man’s fault. Hee will bring around artificial ice, and I can't tell it from the genuine.” Far Removed. “Do you know that I come from fighting stock?” asked Mr. Pillbeck, in ‘ threatening manner. “Umph!” replied Mr. Wallick, not at all fmpressed, “I suspect you've been coming a long timo and haven't stopped yet." “After the Trial, “Now if-you are acquitted,” said the lawyer, “you can goon the stage.” + “But suppose I should happen to be convicted?" . “Um. In that case, T suppose you'll have to write a book.” A Strong Opinion, Fritz+You know Limburger cheese improves with age, _ Fred—I don't believe ft. 1 think it amells i as bad when it's twenty years old as it did the day it was made. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. ’, . Don’t Poison Baby. ORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother Sones her child must have PAREGORIO or landanum to make it sleey ese drugs will produce Se eer a FEW DROPS TOO MANY’ will produce the BLEEP FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregorio, lauda~ num and precphine, ect of which iss narcotic product of opium. Pere are prohibited from either of the narcotics named to children at all, or to anybody without lal them “poison.” The definition of “ narcotic” is: “A medicine which relieves pain ond rouces see ee poison ‘ous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and ” ‘The taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names of “ Drops,” “* Cordials,” "Sede Svar ‘etc. "You should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without, You, oF your iphyebtan ‘know of what it eet CASTORIA DOES NOT CONTAIN N. [OS, if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Genuine Castoria always bears the signatare of , WV yaa uh Fecinle a aes Warner's Sate Kemedies Haye proven 4 Cin their worth as superior medicines by more Padors IA RUMMA) than thirty-five years’ world-wide Use. HN 7" : behead = They have given remarkable A a eee results in the treatment of num- Iz SAFE If IRSYNB) berless severe and almost help- 5 Goran PRA ess cases. (3 | eS ‘The words of praise from the many A ; | who have been benefited by their use py ts | rove their great value, | a aa PrWarners Safe Remedies are care- fm Bae fully prepared and absolutely pure. comme Each for a Purpose q D ua) farmer's Safe Remedy, 50c a: ! sin | ERI) Wemver’ Sais Rheumatic Remedy” $133 en terry PD Warner's Safe Dinboten Remedy, + $1.25 ) pecroeallid WRewerl Warners Selo AnhmeRemedys "- 75e p aot l Wamer'sSafe Nervings = "Scand $i ae3.| (Ml IMP Wareees sere rina (Camtzaton a5. sevens | Atall drogaista, or gent direct postpaid on : z= repr open en Same of anyone Res i) PPPOE) Sis ent. Cire iamect tha paver when wring. ir area id WARNER'S SAFE REMEDIES CO., geen Rochester, NY Quite the Contrary. “Does your wife husband your re- sources?” “Not while she's trying to husband our daughters.” PERFECT HEALTH. =~ ‘Tut's Pitts keep the sy stem in perfect order. They regulate the bowelsand produce A VIGOROUS BODY. Remedy for sick headache, constipation, Tutt’s Pills WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE DONE Inquiry That Wou'd at Least Have Shown That Husband Was Not Altogether indifferent. Mrs. Enderly, wife of Judge Ender- ly, of @ small Missour! town, com- plained one day that she had acci- dentally swallowed a button, which she was holding in her mouth prepar- atory to attaching to some garment. As the lady was rather given to making great ado over trivial mishaps, and as the judge was much preoccu- pied, he did not pay much heed. Soon after, however, finding her in tears, he made kindly inquiry as to their cause. “It's your heartless in-indiference to anything that h-happens to me,” sobbed the aggrieved little woman. “I didn't suppose you'd w-worry much because I swallowed a button, but I @did think you might have taken enough interest in it to inquire w-what kind of bbutton it was.”—Youth’s Companion. DO NOT HESITATE Te Use Cuticura on Skin-Tortured Babies. Trial Free. A hot bath with Cuticura Soap and fSentle application of Cuticura Oint- ment at once relieve, permit rest and sleep and point to speedy healment of eczemas, rashes, {tchings and irrl- tations of infants and children even in severe cases. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere—Adv. Meant Safety. A Scotchman and an Irishman met fn the country one day and during their conversation a motorcar passed by; the Scotchman said he hated the smell of a motorcar; but Paddy said he liked it. “Why?” said the Scotchman, and ‘Paddy said when he smelt it he knew the danger was past, ve © Conctusive. Ths young man had come for the all4mportant task of “seging father” apd,he was equal to the o¢cazion. Mz. Gotrox—My daughters, young man, are both worth their weight in gold ‘Suite:—Then the fact that am ask- Ing {cr the smaller one proves, at any rate, that I am not mercenary. Toi ih ie “How's he succeeding as a reform: ert” “Great. He's got the whole neigh- borhood feeling miserable about their pleasures.” The Village Jokesmith, “| en't sleep theso days.” “Haow be thet, Cy?” “1 sleep nights.”"—Record. Kansas will have two women in the race for United States senator- ship in 1918. Because of the Prohibition Order. “No wet goods at all to be ob- tained in this town, sir” “Then could 1 get something extra dry?” @ German Heroes Honored. In one of the German papers re- cently there was a reference to Bis- marck herrings, Bismarck cigars, etc. It appears there are also Buelow her- rings, which run the Bismarcks very close sr popularity, and also Buelow hams. It is suggested that the failure of Pethinann-Hollweg to associate him- self vith any comestible is due to the length cf his name. But an enthusl- astic admirer of Hindenburg haa been selling cheap cognac as Hindenburg schnaps, and grog as Hindenburg tea. Alsc a doubtful mixture of various in- toxicants has been christened Hinden- burg coffee. It seems rather sad that the vendor of these concoctions, which were sid in opaque cups, should have been rewarded for his loyalty by one month's imprisonment for infring- ing the alcohol prohibition. Was Bae Beecnt An Irishman was one day looking at the notice, “Your King and Country Need You." A delicate-looking Eng: lishman happened to be passing by, and thinking to have a joke at Pat's expense, started the following: Englishman—Well, Pat, will you volunteer for the front? Irishman—Begob, I will if you come. Englishman—-Why do you want me with you? Irishman—Sure when the kaiser sees you he will look for peace, He'll think the British are rising from the dead. News From the Front. Vicar (who had called to read a let ter to one of his parishioners from her son at the front)—Your son, Mrs. Cod. ling, has been fighting in the trenches. For a whole week he was standing up to his neck in water! Mrs. Codling—Well, I never! This war is doing some funny things, sir, to be sure. We couldn't get ‘im to put water anywhere near ‘is neck when ’e wos at ‘ome!—London Tit-Bits. No Trouble at All. “I saved three today,” said the first lifeguard. ) “Pretty good,” said the second life- guard. “I saved only two, but they were fat. Yours were thin.” _ “Huht I had the dickens of a time ‘keeping mine above water, but you ee towed those fat women to shore.” To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you ate taking, as the formula is printed oa every label, showing it is juinine and Iron in a tasteless form. ‘The alte ier, out, malestay oe Tree Builds up the system. 50 cents Adv. Out of the Question, “Now, my boy, get to work, The world is your oyster,” “Just so, dad; but I can’t get to work for a month yet. Oysters won't be in season until September,”— ‘Judge, Appropriate Affliction. , “How did the doctors diagnose the trouble of that grass widow?" “They said she had the hay fever.” Half @ part a million of fron in wa- ter is detected by taste, and four or five‘narte make water unpalatable, |. When a woman has a headache it fs natural; but when a man has a ‘headache {t ip usually acquired. ee ugly, grizzly, gray haire. Veo “bi sie ee oli Sak ol tin For years we have been stating in the newspapers of the: country that a great many women have escaped serious op- erations by taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound, and it is true. We are permitted to publish in this announcement extracts from the letters of five women. All have beem recently received unsolicited. Could any evidence be more convincing? 1, Hoaox, Mz.—*T had, pains in both sides and such a soreness * I could scarcely straighten up at times. My back ached and I was so nervous I could not sleep, and I thought I never would be any better until I submitted to an operation, but 1 commenced taking Iydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound ‘and oon felt like a new woman,.”—Mrs. Haywarp Sowzrs, Hodgdon, Me. 2. Suetpyvitie, Ky.—*I suffered from a severe female trouble. ¢ My right side hurt me badly—it was finally decided that F must be operated upon, When my husband learned this he got a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for me, and after taking it a few days I got better and continued to improve until I am now well.”—Mis. Morim Saari, RFD, Shelbyville, Ky. 3 Hanover, Pa.—* The doctor advised a severe operation, but = husband got me Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and experienced great relief in a short time. Now I feel like a new person and can do a hard day’s work and not mind it.”—Mrs. Apa Wns, 803 Walnut St., Hanover, Pa, 4. Decatur, Int.—“I was sick in bed and three of the best physi- « cians said I would have to be taken to the hospital for an oper- ation as Thad something growing in my left side, Trefused to aub- mit to the operation and took Lydia K. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound—and it worked a miracle in my case, and I tell other women what it has done for me.”—Mrs. Lavra A. Griswoxp, 2437 East William Street, Decatur, IIL 5. Cievetanp, On1o.—“I was very a and for several years fe my side pained me so that I expected to have to undergo an op- eration, Doctors said they knew of nothing that would help me. I took Lydia K. Pinkham’s Vege. (> —gatiacd table Compound and I became regular and free KS from pain, I am thankful for such a good medi- y cine and will always give it the highest praise.” y ‘Mrs. C. H.Grirrrra, 1568 Constant St., Cleveland, 0, Write to LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. Y GP (coneipewriat) ‘LYNN, MASS., for advice, \) y ( ‘our letter will be opened, read and answered QS pe by a woman and held in strict confidence, KE PInA 10c Worth of Vy, Will Clear $1.00 Worth of Land ERY, YZ CQ Get rid of the st d ai Sey” big crops on cleared land, Now “ah innaee ia the tme to clean up your farm” we = while. products bring high peices. Blasting fs Kt quickest, cheapest and easiest with Low Frees: \\( ing Du Pont Explosives.’ ‘They work in’ cold S) weather. | My it No. 69F, v VAN Woite for Free Hieediaaa al Remarc 69F, zi) S| pu PONT POWDER COMPANY Re 5 = ‘WILMINGTON DELAWARE KNEW WHERE IT BELONGED Information Not Just What Botanist Was Looking For, But the Boy * Meant Well. ‘The famous botanist was pacing ‘slowly along the country road, his eyes, as usual, roaming from side to side for new pjants to study. Suddenly an eager look spread ‘across his features, and he leaned ‘over tke low fence inclosing @ cot- tage garden, He had found a plant he did not know. What could it be? If only he had a ‘specimen of {t to study! At that moment a shock-headed Ind strolled along the road and stopped to gaze open-mouthed at him. “I say!” called the botanist urgent- ‘ly, “See that plant there—that palo pink one in the corner? Do you know it?” “Ub-hu!” said the country boy brietiy. “What's itz name? Do you know what family it belongs to?” ‘The lad jerked a grubby thumb over his shoulder toward the little cottage as he spoke more briefly still. “Higginses!” — Utica Herald-Dis- patch, ‘Mabie aun’ Hien When, according to Answers, Pat Hoogan burst into the house crying, “Brs, Flannigan, yure mon, Mike, has fust fell off the scaffolding and killed himself, bedad!” Mrs. Flanigan col- lapsed into a chair. “aisy, aisy!" Pat continued. “Tis only his leg thot’s broke. It's rejoiced ye'll be to hear it, when ye thought he ‘was ‘Lied fur-r-st!" Tired of Waiting. “Ot course the war can't last for- ever,” said the optimist. “Of course not,” asserted the pes- simist, “but, confound it, neither can we!” “Tabby” cats are so called after a street in Bagdad. ‘A stubborn backache is cause to us poet ‘kidney. trouble. When the. kid- heya are indamed and wollen, stoop: ing brings a sharp twinge in the of the ‘back, that ‘almost takes. the | breath away.’ Soon there may be other syinptoms; seanty, painful oF too fre- | quent urination, headaches, dizziness, or rheumatic pains. Don’t wait fox these troubles to become serious—use Doan’s Kidney Pills st once. Youll find ‘no better recommended remedy. An Illinois Case ‘Mra, G._A. Wil Emile ey sonia Wasning: (yet ® £9 ton 8t., Wreckage, PS Te Saya aad J been ailing for Jf ~ Biekachoana ‘kaa: SRY fee ney trouble. Mj A back pained Jt Ws Severely "and the 4p.) 1p Kidney” | secretions Fadl 4 sed too. free mn 1 Pina. nervous and Py aay and m ySsos RY. Sight was affected. [LTT Pur I got feverish and fF Wy 4 then again, cola! chills came over me. ‘Twas tm a bad way until I took Doan’s Kidney Pilla, They enred mo-and I haye feit like a digrerent. woman since. Get Dosn’s at Any Store, 50c a Box DOAN’S "77s" PILLS FOSTER-MILBURN CO., BUFFALO, N. ¥. DON’T CUT OUT AShoe Boil, Capped Hock or Bursitis FOR ABSORBINE will reduce them and leave no blemishea Stops lameness promptly. Does not blio~ ter or remove the hax, and borse can bo worked, $2abottle delivered. Book 6M free. 'ABSORBINE, JR.. for mankiod, tbe anineye aauseen ir Bele Bree does Selling: Vaso Veon wineepais and fotommtion Price Aina 82 bode dare SNe Nunereds Will well you more you whe |W. F.YOUNG, P.D. F., 310TempleSt., Springfield, Mass. S Peaaheeine rested emia AGENTS Seema ine ene Eelae oeereciemnet Toviemitou Sint n 00,640 Broadway, Sew York, 3 “W. N. U, ST. LOUIS, NO, 38-1916. | Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. MOORARY, MANAGER. J. B. MOORARY, EDITOR FRIDAY OCT 1ST 1915. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. Address all communications to J. B. MOORARY, 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 victory each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year.....81 00 in Months.....75 Three Months.....40 Single Copy.....05 Per In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. Cut Flowers for Sale at Mrs. JENNIE INMANS. Trustees of the Livingston Normal, Theological and Industrial Institute. J. H. Knowles, D. D., President J. B. McOryan, S. T. B., Secretary T. C. Yancy, Treasurer S. B. Kerr, Attorney Rev. J. M. Plake. Rev. H. Allison Rev. G. W. Rowlett Rev. O. C. Phillips, Financial Agt. Rev. H. E. McWilliams 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. Dencen, 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 Church 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 Gazette. For lady's ready trimmed hats go to Mrs. Vallee. FOR SALE. 1 Hall Tree. 1 Pair Large Pillows. Call at my home on 6th Street. Z. A. VALLEE Native Salve. We have just recived some more of Native Salve and it is going very fast, those in Carbon- and M3. 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. Subscribe For The Gazette. Rev, J. W Davie, left Monday for his home in Hopkinsville, Ky, where he will visit his family. Rev. Thedford has moved his family to Choat, where they will make their future home. Robt. Lassiter of Belgrade, has returned from the Anna Hofpita where he was carried a few months ago to be treated. Good services at the First Baptist church Sunday. Collection $12.28. Rev. J. B. McCrary, was at his charge in Brookport Sunday and preached morning and night Subject in the morning "The defence of the gospel." And at night "The security of the church." Rev. Mason Kimbro, preached in the afternoon. Miss Annie Roberts, who is teaching at Joppa, visited her parents Satnrday. Colonel Barnett of Carrier Mills, visited his parents here this week. Mrs. Mamie Harmon was a Paducah, visitor Thursday of last week. Ella Barnett of Paducah, Ky., visited her grand-mother Mrs. Sallie Dobson this week. Rev. Geo. Crippens, visited in Belgrade Sunday and preached for the Providence Baptist church He expects to be in Vienna on the 1st Sunday at his old home church. William Stringfellow, of Paducah, was in the city Sunday visiting his uncle Prof. McClelland Smith. He leaves for Meharry College, Nashville, Tenn, soon to pursue his studies in denistry. Frank Pointer, left for Carbondale, Sunday where he has a job in a hotel as porter. Rev. J. M. Blake, went to his charge in Ky., last Saturday. The Blacksmith shop formetly operated by Mr. Phillips, a white man, is opened again by George Crippens and partner, experts in their line of work. Your patronage is solicited. Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Smith, pastor of the St. Paul, A. M. E. church, are attending the annual conference of that denomination which meets in Decatur this week. Rev. W. H. Cole, pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. church, Brookport and wife left for the conference Tuesday that is in session at Decatur, this week. He has commenced a fine brick building, and it is thought that he will be returned to complete his work. The Unity Baptist church members of Brookport, are putting a basement for their new brick edifice. Ed and Will Reynolds of Paducah, Ky., are doing the concrete work. They are fine workers. Rev. J. N. Washington, the S. S. and B. Y. P. U. missionary will be in Mt. Vernon, the 1st Sunday. Let every come prepared to take an active part on the program during the institute meeting with 17th St. Baptist church Murphysboro, Friday before the 2nd Sunday in Oct. We are anxious to have a good meeting as the people of Murphysboro, are making preparations. Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Patterson, visited the family of Mr. Benj Stone Sunday. His wife is very low and has been for several months. Ed Jones is in the city visiting his family after several months absence. $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 ooly positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. 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 giving 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 fails to cure. send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. cHENEY & cO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Rev J. H. Knowles, D. D. missionary of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association passed through the city enroute to Cairo, his home Monday. He paid the Gazette office a visit. He had a meeting at Siloam Baptist church Unionville. He will be with the Mt Zion Baptist church, Carrier Mills, the 1st Sunday. The S. S. Institute meets in Murphysboro, Friday before the 2nd Sunday in Oct. See? The F. Y, P. U. of the First Baptist Church this city was reorganized on the Third Sunday Eve. at 6:30 p.m. by the District President of the B. Y. P. U. Convention. A good crowd of young people attended. A committee on nomination of officers was appointed to report Sunday the 26th. Collection 8:3cts. On Sunday Sept 26th, the B. Y. P U. was called to order by the District President of the Mt. Olive B, Y. P U. Convention. Rev. J. W. Davie selected for a subject,"Prayer"James 5th chap. The topic was interesting. The committee on nomination of officers made their report: President Mrs. Bessie M. Cork Vice " Mr. Otto Routen Sec'y. Mr. A Maceo Stalls Treas. " Geo. Toombs Libraian Edna Mae Jackson This is a good selection, from which we expect much good. Sunday Oct. 3rd. the officers of the local Union will be installed by the Disrrict Presideni with a literary program. Collection 50 Following is the program: Chorus Congregation Invocation Rev. G W. Rowlett Chorus Congregation 23rd. Psalms Mr. Geo. Sylvester Recitation Miss Avery Woods Solo " Love Phillips Paper Mr. A. Maceo Stalls Recitation Miss Alice Urquhart Instumental " Lavada Spurlark Recitation Mrs. Bessie Cork " Miss Iola Urquhart Chorus Congregation Installation Edgar S. B. McCrary, President of B.Y.P. U Con. Persons who owe the Gazette would greatly lesson the financial burden of the publishers by remitting at once. If you want your skin to look pretty and soft, try a bottle of Dixie Liquid Bleach at McCrary & Sons 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. Thrived on Hot Biscuits. An Alabama man, ninety-seven years of age, says he has eaten hot biscuits regularly all his life. 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. The Great Native Salve Cure an earthly remedy that will SURE Cure you. Price 50c a Box. My agent Henry Bonds, is stopping at 1017 Broadway—See him at once. Satisfaction or your money refunded. No fake to this. I have money on deposit at State Nations 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 Indianpolis Ave. Muskogee, Okla. 1,000 testimonials sent free on request. S. BARTLETT KERR, Attorney. Sheriff's Sale of REAL ESTATE. By Virtue of an Execution to me Directed and Delivered by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Massac County, State of Illinois, in favor of Mattie Miller and against Phillip P. Foreman and Margaret Foreman, I have levied upon the following described property, toit: An undivided zone half interest in a part of the West Half of Section Thirty-five (35), Township Fifteen (15) south, Range Four (4) east 8rd 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 Wentzell 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 Herrin & Southern Railroad Co., by deed recorded in Vol. "20" of deeds at Page 486 in the Recorders office of Massac County, Illinois, as the property of said Phillip P. Foreman and Margaret Foreman which I shall offer at Public sale at the Court House in Metropolis, in said State, on Saturday the 2d day of October A. D. 1915 between the hours of 9 o'clock, A. M. and sunset of said day, for cash in hand to satisfy said Execution. The said sale to commence at 10 o'clock in the foreonow of said day. OSRO SHIRK, Sheriff of Massac County. Metropolis, Ill., Sept. 1st 1915. RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS GIVEN QUICK RELIEF 5 DROPS Australia Pure THE BEST OF THE BEST TWO OF THE BEST 100% NATURAL 100% NATURAL Pain leaves almost as if by magic when you begin using "5-Drops," the famously remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Gout, Sciatica, Neuralgia and kindred troubles. It goes right to the spot, stop 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 take Demand "5-Drops." Don't cept anything else in place of it. Any drug 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. Livingston Institute Second Session Opens Monday March 8th 1915 School is well graded and equipped Grammar School ment. All work is well organized under Department able Instructors, selected for Special Departmenta Real Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study theology. Science Fee $2.00 a Session Rates: Tuition. Theological Department per month.....$1.00 Normal and English courses per month each " 1.00 Instrumental music (including rent of instrument)....." 2.50 Typewriting (including rent) per month....." 1.50 Main Sewing per month....." 1.00 Vocal music.....Free Printing.....Free Material Departments Domestic Science, Milli- nery and Dressmaking $2 Printing Free and Rooms Board and rooms can be secured in private families at a reasona- Every case, 4 weeks will be counted for a school month es must be paid in advance. For any information Octus Address B. McGRARY. Supt. and Sec'y. Metropolis, Ill. This school is well graded and equipped Grammar School Department. All work is well organized under Departmental and able Instructors, selected for Special Departmental work Special Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2.00 a Session Tuition Rates: Tuition, Theological Department per month.....$1.00 Tuition, Normal and English courses per month each " 1.00 Tuition, Instrumental music (including rent of instrument)..... RESTAURANT FOR SALE. Carbondal, Illinoisarant, which consists of a complete up-to-date outfit. C. C. Depot; good location and reusable good business. selling poor health. sh or one half down. 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. 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