Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE Go to A. SMITH'S Sanitary Store for your Christmas candies, Oranges, China Ware, also your Jewelry. Can buy watches and clocks on installment plan with small payment down. Trade new jewelry for old. Watches, Bracelets, Umbrellas and other things too numerous to mention. Call and see them. "The Cheapest House in Metropolis" Howel's Variety Store Opposite The Post Office Headquarters for all kinds of 5-10 and 25c goods. A complete line of Xmas Goods. 14000 pounds candy 10c per pound. HOWELL'S. I am a little girl 3 years old and am very good, if I am mama's baby. I want you to come to see me at my home, my sisters Mamie Maxwell Ruth Donlow's in Brook- port and Lillie Towles of Metropolis, also aunts Nancy Cripps- s, Maranda McCrary, Lurania Smith Grandma Tinsley and anywhere else you want to. Come to see my brother Alvertis and my nephews, Homer and Loren Towles. I'll be a good girl now Santa Claus. SPARTA. We are glad to say thru your worthy paper. In the absence of the supt. the lesson was opened by J. J. Taylor, and the lesson was reviewed by Mrs. Mattie Haynes. At 11:10 a. m. the hour having arrived for preaching Rev. P. B. French ascended the rostrum and preached a gospel sermon, his text, St. Luke 3:10. At noon a good many of our people: attended the funeral of Mr. Anthany Anderson of Eden who died on the 15th last. The service was opened at 1: 45 p. m. by Rev. P B. French reading the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastes and he offered a fervent prayer in the meantime Rev Edward Woods read for a text Ec. 9:11. The remains were under the care of the Masons. At 7:10 p.m. our church re assembled and our pastor preached another powerful sermon, his text, Daniel 1:8. There will be a Xmas tree and a program rendered next week by Mrs. D Browning in the Miaer's Hall. Mrs. Sarah Shepard was a St. Louis, visitor Wednesday. Mr. Wm Macklin was called by telegram from Brownville, Tonn., to be at the bed-side of his mother who is not expected to live but a few days. Mr. Pete Boyle (white) donated to our church a load of coal. The church extended to him many thanks for his kindness. DEWMAINE, ILL. Dewmaine, Ill., 12 20, 1915 Editor of Metropolis Gazette, permit us to say that the 6 weeks rally of the Mt. Zion Baptist church vs. the Deacon and Trustee Bcasd, came off the 3rd Sunday, the amount realized was MOTTO : HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY " Two Hundr d, Seventy Dollars, Six Cents. Deacon James Clayborn captain of the deacon's club led his army to victory as against trustees, P T. Cox captain of the trustee side. Captain Clayborn was crowned King, after the sermon Sunday night and a sceptre was presented him by trustee Edgar Russell of the A. M. E. church, and an enjoyable time was had, not a sulk nor a frown were evidenced. The cry was often heard, Brother, and Sister, if you don't want to your captain to have to bow before this congregation to-night bring on your money, and they did it too. It may not be out of place to speak of the loyalty of some of the members that brought in from 50 cents to $15 00 or more. Bro. Clayborn, created quite a deal of fun by saying to Bro. Cox captain of the trustee club thine heart is right get into the chariot with me and we will continue to show our zeal for the Lord. Bro. Mayberry shall be my cup bearer because he served you faithfully And wern't not that Eld A. J. Bowers made you a good soldier i'd make him run before me and chastise him with scorpious, because of his big talk to the uncrowned, but now crowned king. The meeting spiritually high throughout the day. The church surprised the pastor C C. Phillips by presenting him a suit of clothes for a Xmas present. BROOKPORT Our church (Unity Baptist) is progressing nicely under our present leader and pastor Rev. J. B. McCrary, of Metropolis, who is undoubtedly the best pastor by far that we have ever had. He is an orthodox Baptist preacher, a race man and leader indeed and in truth He has marshalled his forces in such a way until we are building one of the best church edifices in Southern Illinois. Its true that our membership is small and the times in this city are very close, so much so, until many of our people have been forced to go elsewhere to seek employment but with the business tact of our fearless leader and his indominat will power and influence he has so thoroughly convinced us of his worth and loyalty to God and the denomination until we are willing to follow him to the last ditch. He is a lover of his race, especially his women, and the young people, but he does not mince words in giving them good and wholesome advice, but give to them stubborn facts without any attempt at oratory but with a heart so full of love behind them until he is loved and respected by the young people for service he has and is rendering in this community. He stands high in the estimation of the white people here and they speak very highly of him and his ability to take a few struggling but faithful members and accomplish that that was said could not be done in Brookport. Our church will give a Xmas dinner and supper Christmas day but that will not interfere with the divine service, as we will have prayer and praise service at four o'clock and preaching at eleven o'clock xmas morning and then go to the church dinner. SUNDAY SERVICES. On Sunday thre will be preac- ing all day. The birth of Christ will be the subject at 11:00 a.m. Everybody is cordially invited to attend these services. Do Your Xmas We are striving hard to raise money to pay off the debts contracted and to put on the roof. Respectfully, (Mrs.) Ella Flowers, Church Clerk. ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY NOTES. and our prices are exceedingly attractive. We have had a number of visitors recently among who is Mrs. Yerba of Nashville, Tenn. accompanied by her two daughter enroute to join her husband in Africa who by the way is commissioner to this government. Great preparations are well under way for Christmas. Many new students are coming in almost daily and there promises to be a great influx about the first of the year. At our Literary and debating society we were very nicely entertained by the members of the second year normal and academics classes by an evening with Shakespeare afterwhich we remained in the chapel to partake of light refreshments Cagles Market and Supply Co. Only Complete Market in the city. Largest assorted Stock] in merchandise in Southern Illinois. You are always welcome. Look through our Big Stock. At the Big House of Metropolis. J. H. CAGLE, Pres., and Mgr. Our subject for consideration in ministers conference will be found in Romans 8:14 Meeting Saturday evening. A special program by the Y. M. C. A. will be invited and many guests from the city are invited. The Williams Jubilee singers will be in Nashville, on the evening of Jan. 3, 1916. Our institution will be interested to some extent and may are preparing to attend. Well the foot ball season is now over and the A. A. is preparing for a swell banquett Thursday evening a grand time is expected. This will be the beginning of the holiday activities. This is a christian institution, the invironments are good, notwithstanding that from mere force of habit many students are beginning to "resolve" we trust their resolutions may assist in moulding Character. N. Y. WILL ALLOW SALE OF HORSE MEAT AFTER JANUARY 1. NEW YORK, December 21.—Sale of horse meat for food will be permitted in New York after January 1, the Board of Health announced today. Commenting upon the revocation of the section of the sanitary code which prohibited the use of horse flesh. Commissioner Emmerson said that while the Health Department does exactly recommend, no harm can be seen in its use. 'The horse never has tuberculosis, and almost never communicates a malignant disease to human beings,' he said. Come and See My line of Christmas Goods best and biggest in city Frank C. Johns. "Hereafter old horses, instead of being sold for their bones which are worth little or nothing, will be fattened and disposed of for meat." Dr Emmerson announced that special precautions would be taken to prevent the sale of horse flesh in the guise of veal or beef. JANE'S REDISCOVERY BY CATHARINE CHAIMER. If Jane Wilson's married sister had not come home for a visit just at the time Leonard Mills was leaving Springfield to take up practice with a leading law firm in Chicago there is every probability that Jane would have become engaged to Leonard before he left. A proposal had been on the end of Leonard's tongue more than once, as Jane well knew, but until he had prospects more encouraging than his scattering civil cases in the circuit court gave him it wasn't exactly prudent to become engaged. While prudence is not always the guiding influence in the timing of engagements, it had to play its part in this case, for Jane had a snug little income of her own and Leonard's last penny had gone for his legal education. The day before Leonard got the offer from the Chicago law firm Jane's married sister came home, and, as she opened her traveling bag, she threw a new magazine over on the bed. The cover attracted Jane, and while her sister took a nap Jane took the magazine out in the yard by the illac bushes and, turning idly through it, she noticed a story entitled, "Propinquity and Perspective." The title sounded almost as heavy to Jane as some of the legal terms Leonard sometimes let slip in his conversation. She frowned as she began to read, but gradually she became fascinated as she found it to be the story of a girl who had thought herself in love with her boyhood sweetheart until she lived for a time away from him among men of the world. When she returned, with many new interests in life, she found that her boyhood sweetheart was still interested only in the local happenings. He listened with only moderate patience and no interest to her enthusiastic accounts of the phases of life she had glimpsed while in the city, where her aunt's home was a center for people who were "doing things" in various professions. As the title of the story suggested, perspective revealed so much about her sweetheart that propinquity had concealed that the girl shrank from him and accepted with eagerness her aunt's invitation to return to the city to make her permanent home. Jane discovered that the story was in two parts, and to be concluded in the next issue of the magazine, but part one had set her thinking in a direction that led to her refusal to enter into an engagement with Leonard Mills when he called for that specific purpose the night before he left for Chicago. "But Jane," protested Leonard, "it's been tentatively understood all along that we'd marry some day." "And, Leonard, that is the very reason why neither of us has got far enough away from the idea to see whether it really appeals to us from choice or just from habit. We've been set aside for each other by our families and our friends until it all seems a matter of course that we should marry." Jane looked straight ahead of her at an old engraving of a pair of lovers in its quaint gilt frame on the well. "Jane, is there somebody else?" asked Leonard. "No, Leonard; but neither you nor I know enough of others to know whether we really want to marry each other." "I don't have to know others to know that I want to marry you. Why, Jane, it wasn't like you to be talking like this. Don't you love me the least little bit?" "I like you sincerely, Leonard; but whether I love you as I ought to love the man I promise to marry, I frankly do not know. You are going into a life entirely different from what you've known," she continued. "Your ideas will change and you yourself will unconsciously change. If I remain here I shall not change, and you might find me very uninteresting from your broadened viewpoint when you return in later years. Your sense of chivalry wouldn't let you tell me so, and it would mean misery for both of us eventually when we had time to see the mistake we had made." "Don't talk nonsense, dear; that could never happen," pleaded Leonard. "Oh, yes it could, but it won't, because I'm going away also, where I'll get a new outlook on life, and then when we meet on a plane where we can get a perspective of each other we'll know whether we really look to each other." The slangy termination of Jane's high-flow speech was accompanied by a nervous little laugh. "Where on earth are you going, Jane?" "I'm going to New York to study artistic designing and decorating." "Sounds vague to me," said Leonard. "Why can't you learn that sort of thing in Chicago?" "Oh, I'm going to New York to be properly obaperoned by Aunt Amy; she has a charming studio there, and gets big contracts for furnishing and decorating suites and whole houses, and she has leads of interesting friends." "Well, I've nothing to offer you to take the place of all that; but there seems little left for me to work for now. I'd hoped you would spend the next year making plans for your own home with me, but—" Leonard's voice broke. "Dear Len, please don't feel that I'm trying to hurt you; it's as much for your sake as my own. Besides, not having the impending burden of a wife will make it easier for you to give your whole mind to your professional work the first years." "Years? How long is this notion of yours going to keep us apart, I'd like to know?" Leonard was not yet convinced of the wisdom of the plan, but all his arguments failed to shake Jane's faith in it, and so they said good-by as friends only. Jane was taking a final survey of the apartment she had decorated and furnished for Mrs. Delafield, who had left the selection of materials and colors so largely to her that the result was the most satisfactory of the many similar apartments she had decorated during her two years with her Aunt Amy. Outside it was a drizzly November day, but within the apartment there were color and comfort and cheerfulness. Jane dropped down in a tapestried armchair by the living room window which overlooked the Hudson. As she looked about her cozy, home-like room she sighed heavily as she thought she must leave it all now and see it no more. She felt homesick for just such a home of her own. As the rain trickled down the window glass a tear trickled down Jane's cheek. Then her mind went back to the old home in Springfield, where she had been but twice since she took up her busy life in New York. The last time was to her brother's wedding, a year ago. She could imagine them all as they would be at this hour—her mother sitting by the wood fire, her brother's wife crooning a song to the wee baby, and watching the clock for the time when her husband would hurry home from his noisy flouring mill to the quiet fireside. Jane thought also of Leonard Mills, who was reported doing wonders professionally, but whose occasional letters to her gave scant personal history. Through the villagers she had heard when at home last that he had received a considerable legacy from an aunt, who died in California. The sound of Mrs. Delaffel's voice coming out of the elevator broke Jane's reverie. "It's a regular dream, I tell you; and isn't it just the worst luck that we can enjoy it, after all?" she was saying. "But if you want to send that telegram you'd better go back down to the office, for my telephone is not in, and it will be an hour before I'm ready to go. I've ordered tea sent up from the cafe. Come on up when you're ready." She came on into the living room as she concluded the last remark over her shoulder, and Jane heard a faint response in a man's voice as she rose to greet her patron. "I could hardly resist making believe it was all mine," said Jane smiling as she waved her hands to indicate the cozy apartment. "And I can hardly resist tears when I think it can't be mine after all. The doctors have ordered my husband to southern California, and we're going to start next week." "Oh, I'm so sorry you must go, and so sorry your husband hasn't improved." "It is because he refused to go when the doctors advised it; now they order it." After a walk through the apartment Mrs. Delafield returned to the living room. "I was just telling my cousin, who is locating in New York," she added, "that he would have to find a wife and take this apartment off my hands. Here he is now. Come in, Len. Miss Wilson, let me present my cousin, Mr. Mills." The words were the only things commonplace about the introduction. Mrs. Delafield stood astonished as Leonard grabbed both of Jane's hands and Jane looked pleased to have him do so. She read enough between the lines of their partial explanation to think it advisable to leave them alone. So she went for a final look at the tiled kitchen and bath, whose perfect equipment had been her especial pride. When she returned, only fifteen minutes later, Leonard led Jane to her, and, with a sweeping bow, presented her as the future Mrs. Mills. A flash of pleased surprise passed over Mrs. Delafield's face. "Oh, then you will take the apartment, won't you?" she exclaimed. And they took it immediately. (Copyright, 1915, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Lingua Americana American slang was never more easily studied in London than today, what with "crook" plays at the theaters and screen legends at the cinema. It was at a picture show the other evening that I sat up a fraction of an inch on seeing these words dazzle before me: "Keep the soft pedal on your natural instincts, or you will slip your mitt." It seems excellent advice, though I should not know quite how to paraphrase it. Other cinema legends seen just now are: "I am going the route." "It requires only about ten minutes for women to learn to slather it." "When she wanted him to show her the bright lights he began to act like a quitter."—T. P.'s London Weekly. A Call Down. Mr. Bragg—I object to being called a "gay Lothario." Of course, I am not engaged to any particular girl, but—Miss Snappe—Of course, you're not. If she were particular you couldn't be. Saw the Sign. "I though you told me you were going around to that china decorator's to look for a job?" "I did. But there was a sign outside, 'Firing Daily.'—Judge. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS There was never any doubt of Booker Washington's love for the South and for the southern people—the whites as well as blacks. He declared in many of his public addresses, North and South, that the southern whites were the best friends of the Negroes—the friends who in the end must be depended upon to bring about their complete redemption. He taught his own people that the pathway to their happiness and success lay in the cultivation of the goodwill and friendship of their white neighbors. He explained to their sympathizing friends in the North that they could do much, but there were peculiar ties between the races in the South that must never be disturbed, for the Negro could not prosper in the North, and that he could never be understood and appreciated there as in the South. Washington's love for the South and the southern people is characteristic of the great mass of the Negro race in America. Even where he owns no land, the Negro still loves the soil as if it were his. The sunshine, the trees, the flowers, the animals, the birds, the streams and all the beauties of southern nature are dear to the Negro's heart. The South is home, even when he is homeless. The old southern melodies which all southern people love so well tell in sweet sentiment and pathetic strains the Negro's love of the South. "My Old Kentucky Home," "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia," "S'wanee Ribber," "Darling Chloe" and "Dixie" are tenderly expressive of the Negro's love of the South and his yearning when absent to return to its familiar scenes. But this love of the southern land is secondary to his attachment for the southern white people. / It is the southern white people who make the South home for the Negro. The supreme obligation that he owes to the people of the North has commanded for them his gratitude and respect, but it has never won his affection. That is still the portion of his former masters and their descendants and it is inalienable. Its foundation lies deep in tradition, in sympathy, in understanding, in patience and in a common interest. So when Washington, standing at the bounds of life where his burdens were about to fall, turned from the stirring scenes about him and looked longingly toward his southern home. It is not the least of the many fine traits of Negro character, and southern white people should never forget in dealing with the race problem that it involves a people whose love for the South is never open to question, and whose attachment for them, beginning more than 200 years ago, is strong, true and indestructible.—Houston Post. The passing of Booker Taliaferro Washington evoked more comment than the death of any man in America in recent months. Almost every paper in the country paid tribute to his ability, his high character and the worth of his life work. In the South, where this work was largely centered and where prejudice against the Negro is supposed to be most acute, these tributes were of a particularly impressive and sympathetic nature. Thus, the Atlanta Constitution, in a leading editorial, pays him the following eloquent tribute: "In his life there was no malevolence; in his thought no acrimony or bitterness; in his spoken word no viciousness; his Hampton institute recently closed a busy two-day session of its annual farmers' conference, which brought together on the lower peninsula some of the foremost leaders in education, farming and home-making, as well as several hundred colored farmers. During the conference, Charles K. Graham, director of agriculture at Hampton institute, and his associates spared no effort to make clear to those interested in rural life the economic and social value of mixing brains with plowing, harvesting and the many other tasks of everyday farming. Dr. R. R. Clark, Hampton institute's veterinary surgeon, who was in charge of the exhibits, made the statement that the products of the colored farm, home and school which were sent to Hampton this year were far superior in quality to any that have been placed on exhibition here. A new feature in prizes this year was the offering of pedigree stock as well as money prizes. The industrial work displayed included the best specimens of work which have been shown at 34 county farmers' conferences in Virginia. In Power-driven air brushes have been invented for painting and varnishing furniture thrice as rapidly as the work can be done by hand. Motion pictures for the blind are the invention of a French doctor, an electric motor causing a series of reliefs to pass under their fingers. About the smallest practical motorcycle yet built, the invention of a New York man, weighs but 45 pounds and is only 18 inches high. gospel, as one of the ministers of his race has so well put it, was of 'peace and industry and good will.'" In like manner the Louisville Courier-Journal says that "the death of Booker T. Washington is a national misfortune, for his life was a national benefaction . . . He was the Negro's wisest, bravest teacher and leader . . . His work, great in its purpose, great in its results, was monumental. Now that he has laid it down may there be others as able, as devoted, to take it up." Similar tributes are paid by the Baltimore Sun, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Houston Post, Augusta Chronicle, Birmingham Age-Herald, Memphis Commercial-Appeal and other representative southern journals. Devoting a large portion of its editorial-page space on the afternoon succeeding the day of Doctor Washington's death to this event, the New York Evening Post went into much detail concerning the character of the man and the quality of his labors and concluded thus: "But in this hour of a great loss to both races it is to be hoped that Doctor Washington's death will recall to the nation's attention, as did his life, that there are great talents to be found among the Negroes, as there are certain to be great Negro contributions to our literature, our science, our drama, our music, our arts, if only we can bring ourselves to strike from the limbs of Lincoln's freedmen the shackles of ignorance, oppression, prejudice and injustice." Other papers in the North to pay tribute to Doctor Washington include the Philadelphia Ledger, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Pittsburgh Post, Milwaukee Journal, Philadelphia Record, Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Pittsburgh Dispatch, St. Louis Republic, Philadelphia Inquirer, Indianapolis News, Cleveland Leader, Peoria Journal, Des Moines Capital, Boston Post, Brooklyn Eagle, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Omaha Bee, Buffalo Enquirer, Omaha World-Herald, Grand Rapids News, Milwaukee Sentinel, Madison (Wis.) Journal, Indianapolis Star, New York Times, Springfield Republican and Boston Globe. The chap who yells loudest about "personal liberty" and boasts of his indifference to criticism is usually the man who gets the hottest when someone tells someone else he saw him coming out of a saloon. Nothing makes a man so quickly forget that he has been jilted as the society of another woman. No man is qualified intelligently to discuss the "leture" class until he has run for office. If a woman didn't make an occasional mistake his friends would have no kicks coming. When a woman is able to make some other woman jealous she realizes that she has not lived in vain. Some owe their dyspepsia to weak digestive organs and others to home cooking. When a boy discovers it isn't anything to eat he loses interest in it. The man who can drink or let it alone nearly always drinks. dividual farmers living in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama, sent excellent specimens for the annual exhibit. The Girl's club work was most attractive. The first class, practical exhibits of the various schools showed what splendid work is being done by the supervising industrial teachers. Negro farmers, working under farm demonstration agents, had fine exhibits of corn, beans, forage crops, vegetables, peanuts and poultry. Most of the American railways, according to a recent investigation, are in favor of changing the fiscal year from June 20 to December 30. Among 200 roads, operating 271,857 miles of railway, only 17 per cent, it is stated, voted to maintain the present arrangement. The longer a man lives in a community the more money his neighbors owe him—or else the more he owes to his neighbors. The flesh of the camel tastes like beef, but has the appearance of veal. For stretching the wrinkles out of fabrics an inventor has patented three rollers mounted on a curved shaft and so arranged as to turn in unison. Paper of exceptional strength is being made in India from pulp obtained from a species of ginger plant that grows in all parts of that country. Some men kick when they have a heavy load to carry and some others kick because they haven't the price of a "load." 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The sparkling wine was flowing like the water that used to come down at Lodore in the old third reader, and the gentleman whom we have-with us -this evening was rolling on and on. Unnoticed-by the guests, a company of Indigestions, Bustheads, Gouts, Dropsies, Lethargies, and so forth, clapped hands and danced around the festal board in transports of glee. "The humans don't seem to be enjoying it as much as they might," they chorted, "but look at the fun we'll have tomorrow."—Kansas City Star. Chipin's Birthplace Destroyed. The birthplace of Chopin, the Polish composer, has been completely destroyed by the fleeing Russians. The country estate at Zelazowa-Wola near Warsaw, where the immortal genius was born, was burned and of the monument of the composer in the park of the castle nothing is left but a pile of broken stones. Try. Try Again. Blondine—I understand Mrs. Gididig has been married five times. Brunetta—Yes, poor dear! She never seems to have any luck with her husbands. Of High Degree Dealer — Pedigreed; why, if that dorg could talk, he wouldn't speak to either of us! HARD TO DROP But Many Drop It A young Calif. wife talks about coffee: "It was hard to drop Mocha and Java and give Postum a trial, but my nerves were so shattered that I was a nervous wreck and of course that means all kinds of ails. "I did not want to acknowledge coffee caused the trouble for I was wery fond of it. At that time a friend came to live with us, and I noticed that after he had been with us a week he would not drink his coffee any more. I asked him the reason. He replied: I have not had a headache since I left off drinking coffee, some months ago, till last week, when I began again here at your table. I don't see how anyone can like coffee, anyway, after drinking Postum!" "I said nothing, but at once ordered a package of Postum. That was five months ago, and we have drank no coffee since, except on two occasions when we had company, and the result each time was that my husband could not sleep, but lay awake and tossed and talked half the night. We were convinced that coffee caused his suffering, so he returned to Postum, convinced that coffee was an enemy, instead of a friend, and he is troubled no more by insomnia. "I have gained 8 pounds in weight, and my nerves have ceased to quiver. It seems so easy now to quit coffee that caused our aches and ails and take up 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. 30c and 50c tins. Both kinds are equally delicious and cost about the same per cup. "There's a Reason" for Postum. —sold by Grocers. CAP and BELLS Ate Cheese Intended for Welsh Rabbit Party, Thereby Preventing Many Cases of Dyspepsia. "Yep," said Mr. Growcher; "nothing was made in vain. Everything that earth produces may serve some useful purpose, if you can only find out what it is. There is a whole lot to think about in that story of the mouse who gnawed the net for the captured lion." "Mebbe there is," replied his wife. "But I'm willing to bet that was the only kind and considerate mouse known to the entire animal gingdom." "You are wrong. Have you forgotten that Welsh rabbit party we attended last night." "Yes. But there wasn't any Welsh rabbit." "And as a result we are all comfortable and happy today instead of being miserable and dyspeptic. And we owe it all to the fact that a few kind-hearted mice sneaked around during the afternoon and ate up the cheeses." VERY TRUE. Edith—Say, papa, what is an optimist? Her Father—An optimist, my dear, is a man who can make himself believe some things are true when he really knows there is no truth in them. Two Viewpoints. "I have found in my practice that men bear pain much more heroically than women, the prevailing idea to the contrary notwithstanding." "Nonsense! My experience absolutely proves that women endure agony more stoically." "Sir, I am a physician!" "Well, I am a shoe dealer!" Gets Everything He Wants. "Your son 'Ennery be gettin' long fine in the city, I 'ear.'" "Yus, so'e do," answered the mother, proudly. "But you 'avent' 'eard the latest. Why, in 'is last letter 'e' was tellin' me 'ow' e'd just got the gout. There's nothin' that boy 'o mine won't 'ave if 'e wants it'."—London Telegram. A Friendly Suggestion. "Have you been reading my new story in the magazines?" "Yep." "My publishers propose to have a guessing contest as to how the story ends." "That idea has been used quite a bit. I would suggest a guessing contest as to what the yarn is all about." His Little Joke. "Does your supply of dudes exceed the demand?" asked the insurance solicitor. "Just what do you mean?" queried the real estate man. "Well, I see you have a sign displayed, 'Flats to Let,'" answered the i. s. Taking No Chances "Lemme get those umbrellas hidden before you let them in!" Binks hastily moved toward the door in response to the bell. "Do you think our guests will steal umbrellas?" Mrs. Binks demanded contemptuously. "Maybe not—but they might recognize 'em!" Binks replied—Judge. No Beauty. "I want to see your beauty editor," said the caller at the sanctum of a popular magazine. "Are you following her advice?" "I am." "Then you don't want to see her." METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL Englishman Was Perfectly Satisfied He Knew What He Wanted in Ordering His Dinner. That familiar things have different names in different countries was dis- covered by an Englishman while he was visiting the United States. Thus he tells the story of the watermelons: I was eating dinner in an eastern city, and saw on the menu, "Watermelon." We have watermelons in England, but they are what you in America call "muskmelons." Therefore I called the waiter and said: "Bring me two watermelons." The dusky waiter's eyes grew large, and he protested: "But, sah, you don't want two wat- melons!" I am not accustomed to have waiters tell me what I want. I knew perfectly well what I wanted. I saw some people at the next table smile at each other, and I was vexed. Therefore I replied to the waiter with much dignity: "I want two watermelons." The waiter seemed about to protest again, but thought better of it, and went away. While he was gone, I looked round and found everyone within in hearing distance smiling curiously. Looking further, I saw another waiter setting down before another man a plate containing an immense round of something green outside and bright red within. Then I spied my own waiter returning, bearing on each uplifted palm an immense green oval. No wonder the people smiled! The smile was about to become a laugh. I thought I would die! Then an idea came to me! When the waiter reached my place, I looked at his burden quite judicially, tapped each of those elephant "watermelons." and then gave my order in a calm, decided tone: "Bring me a slice from this one."—Youth's Companion. No Time for Courtesy "I noticed," said the husband, "you didn't say 'thank you' to the man who gave you his seat in the car this evening." "No," replied the wife; "you see, I once stopped to say thank you, and by the time I had done so I found that another woman had the seat." Reassuring. Nervous Old Lady (on small English railway)—Oh, dear! How we're rocking! I'm sure an accident will happen to this train! Elderly Aboriginal—It's along o' their bein' short-handed wi' skilled men, mum, so my son 'e orfered to drive just to oblige and (confidently) I don't think e' knows much about it.—Passing Show. Assisting a Selection "Hurry up, now," he growled, "and order what you want." "But I can't tell what I want," she complained. "This menu is so confusing. It offers oysters in all styles, but I can't tell what style I want from the menu." "Well, maybe the waiter can show you some fashion plates." He Struck Out. Jagreen—I saw you talking to Borrows on the street this morning. Bilbrown—Yes. Jagreen—Did he strike you for a loan? Bilbrown—Not exactly. He struck at me, but never touched me. How It Was Done. "For years," said the actor man, "I have tried in vain to elevate the stage." "That's an easy matter," replied the young architect. And the very next day he proceeded to draw plans for the original roof garden. ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL. A "Heartless! Why, say, that man hasn't any more heart than a taximeter!" "How is the rivalry between Plunkville and Plunktown as to population?" "As keen as ever. One of our girls married a Plinktown man and moved there, thus reducing Plinkville's population. But we immediately designated four Plinkville boys to court Plinktown girls." Wherein They Differ. Little Lemuel—Paw, what's the difference between a farmer and an agriculturist? Paw—A farmer, son, makes his money on a farm and spends it in the city; an agriculturist makes his money in the city and spends it on a farm. MADE POLICE WORK Philadelphia Bluecoats Had Job Rounding Up Goats. Youthful "Shepherd" Had Neglected His Duty, and the Guardians of the Peace Were Called on to Relieve Distress. Must a policeman in the faithful performance of duty chase stray billy-goats? Must he round up lost "nannies" and carry them to the station house, so they won't eat rubber plants on Blue hill? The question "has the goat" of all the policemen in Germantown and Chestnut Hill—and there's a reason. Likewise the goats that graze on the greensward of an Italian colony in Cosgrove street, off Haines street, "have the goat" of many residents of Germantown and Chestnut Hill. Recently the police have been irritated by telephone calls from irate householders telling how goats were chewing up the landscape. Matters came to a climax when Mrs. Helen Carr of 450 Cosgrove street telephoned to the Germantown police station that her daughter could not go to school because she was afraid to venture where the goats would shove her off the sidewalk and chew up her dress. The police decided to suppress the goats then and there. A patrol wagon loaded to the gunwales started for the goats. The policemen knew where the goats belonged. They knew that Felix Puscano, 516 Haines street, kept the goats for the milk they gave for the poor people of the Italian colony. And the policemen heaped maledictions upon the head of Joe Puscano, the seven-year-old shepherd of the herd, whose duty it was to keep the goats off the lawns. After half an hour's exercise the policemen got the eight goats into the police wagon and took them to the station house on East Haines street. They were locked up in horse stalls, like any other prisoners. Came an hour later Felix and his shepherd son, begging for the goats. It was supper time and the colony-wanted its daily rations of goats' milk. After much parley the "billies" were released—under ball to keep the peace. Philadelphia Public Ledger. TOO MUCH FOR THE WORM Combination of Silver and Copper Makes Its Imprisonment a Most Effective One. A strange and amusing experiment is described by G. Hugo in the Electrical Experimenter, as follows: Place a copper coin on a silver coin; the former should be at least three-sixteenths of an inch smaller all around than the latter. A cent and a half-dollar will do; an English half-penny and a silver dollar will do better, because they are larger. On the copper coin place an ordinary earthworm and watch it try to crawl off. It cannot do it, for the instant its damp body, which is in contact with the copper, touches the silver it starts a current of electricity that gives it a shock. The shock makes the worm recoil. It tries again, but each time its head touches the silver it gets the shock and soon finds it is more comfortable to stay on the copper coin. Of course the current thus produced is very slight, but it is quite enough for the worm. Problem for the Court A perplexing problem in bovine jurisprudence recently taxed the legal attainments of local jurists, says the Portland Oregonian. A bull and an automobile tried to occupy the same space at the same time, in consequence of which the bull went to his final reward to appear before the great high court whence no appeals lie, while the owner appeared before a more mundane tribunal, claiming damages. The theory of the defense was that the collision having occurred at night the bull was guilty of contributory negligence in not having lights. The plaintiff promptly pointed out that the bull had no horns to serve as chandeliers. Thereupon the defendant insisted that tail lights should have been furnished, Charles J. Schnabel and J. B. Ofner, attorneys for the plaintiff, immediately called the court's attention to the fact that the bull had two bull's eyes, which served the same purpose, in which view Judge Joseph H. Jones concurred. Hygiene in the Army The Japanese in their war with Russia made it a rule that soldiers should take special care in keeping clean their uniforms and that they should bathe as often as convenient, and especially when there was time before an engagement. Surgeons have often praised the excellent results obtained by the Japanese surgeons in keeping down the death rate due to infectious diseases. The long waits in trenches and the unusual conditions of the present war, however, made it very difficult to keep the men in the ranks up to a standard of cleanliness sufficient to keep their uniforms free from infective material. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Flitchin In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Net Contents: 15 Fluid Drachms 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL - 3 PER GENT. A Vegetable Preparation for All, similizing the Food and Regular ing the Sjomachs and Bowels of INFANTS / CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed Milk Squash Woolly Salts Anise Seed Jaggery All-Carbonate Soda Milk Squash Clarified Sugar Wintergreen Flavor A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach Diarrhoea, Worms, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. The Simile Signature of Chat. H. Flitchin THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK At 6 months old 35 Doses - 35 CENTS Exact Copy of Wrapper WHAT IS URIC ACID? THE CAUSE OF BACKACHE, RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO Changed His Grammar. A schoolma'm, reproving a young offender, said: "Now, Tommy, Tommy, you know better than that—you shouldn't say 'Willy done it,' that isn't right." "Ah, no, of course not," said Tommy, with just resentment, "then Willy lied about it." THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH. You will look ten years younger if you darken your ugly, grizzly, gray hairs by using "La Crentele" Hair Dressing.—Ady. "Isn't John Henry crazy over his new automobile?" "He seems to be mostly crazy under it." Write Marine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago for illustrated Book of the Eye Free. It's easy to find reasons why others don't do the foolish things we do. WHAT IS U THE CAUSE OF BACKACH Ever since the discovery of uric acid in the blood by Scheele, in 1775, and the bad effect it had upon the body, scientists and physicians have striven to rid the tissues and the blood of this poison. Because of its overabundance in the system it causes backache, pains here and there, rheumatism, gout, gravel, neuralgia and sciatica. It was Dr. Pierce who discovered a new agent, called "Anuric," which will throw out and completely eradicate this uric acid from the system. 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TAKE Tutt's Pills The first dose often astonishes the invulner, giving elasticity of mind, buoyancy of body. GOOD DIGESTION. regular bowels and solid flesh. Price, 28 sts other diseases which are dependent on an accumulation of uric acid within the body. Send to Dr. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., for a pamphlet on "Anuric," or send 10 cents for a trial package of "Anuric" Tablets. If you feel that tired, worn-out feeling, backache, neuralgia, or if your sleep is disturbed by too frequent urination, go to your best store and ask for Dr. Pierce's "Anuric." Dr. Pierce's reputation is back of this medicine and you know that his "Pleasant Pellets" for the liver and his "Favorite Prescription" for the fils of women have had a splendid reputation for the past fifty years. THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. GETROPOLIS, - - - - ILL. MRS. M. J. McGRARY, MANAGER. J. B. McGRARY, EDITOR FRIDAY DEC. 24, 1915. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. Address all communications to J. B. McGRARY, Box 107 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year ..... $1 00 ix Months ..... 75 Three Months ..... 40 Single Copy ..... 05 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. 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. McCrary, S. T. B., Secretary T. C. Yancy, S. B. Kerr, Attorney Rev. J. M. Blake. Rev. H. Allison Rev. G. W. Rowlett, Treasurer Rev. C. C. Phillips, Financial Agt. Rev. H. E. McWilliams Closing Out. I am closing out my book store goods, at less than cost You'll find what you want if you come to look. Carbon paper, shelf paper, writing paper, and all kinds of books for you. Come and see, Cor. 12, and Ophia Sts. MRS. VALLEE. Booker T. Washington's Book Soon To Be On The Market. Dr. Washington before death prepared a book of his life and work, which will be off the press about Dec. 20th. It will be well illustrated, showing him on the way to school the first time, and all along the road of his', busy life from the cradle to the grave. It will read like a romance. The book will sell at $1.25 in cloth binding. This is the best book of Mr. Washington's life. The publishers Mulliken Jenkins Co. Ninth Street, Washington, D. C. are placing salemou. Any one wishing an agency can get free samples by mailing 15 ets, postage. Examine Your Own Predjudice Examine Your Own Prejudice. Every one is forward to complete of the prejudices that mislead other men or parties, as if he were free, and had none of his own. This being objected on all sides, it is agreed that it is a fault and a blindness to knowledge. What now is the cure? No other but this, that every man should let alone others' prejudices and examine his own. The only way to remove this great cause of ignorance and error out of the world is for every one impartially to examine himself.—Locke. When Revolt is Dangerous. It is not the insurrection of ignorance that is dangerous, but the revolts of intelligence.—Lowell. Letter Heads and Envelopes can be had for the asking at this office. We print them. Native Salve. We have just received 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. McCrary. Mesdames Ora Brown and Eva Albri ton, were Paducah shoppers last week. Subscribe For The Gazette. --- The Gazette has just received another lot of new type faces and other material which adds much to the output of the work of the office. We deserve your patronage. We have a full line of cards, Letter Heads, Envelopes and other material. Let us do some of your work. Let us do your minute work and any other church advertisements. 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 are notiged lto pay up Mr. Will Ridgeway, of Paducah, Ky., was in the city Tuesday. Mrs Ruth Donlow of Brookport, visited relatives here Tuesday. Miss Mary Davie, is very sick with pneumonia at the home of her parents on Broadway. Do your Xmas shopping with the merchants, who advertise in The Gazette. They have real bargains for you, and too, they want your trade and ask for it through our columns. Miss Carrie Urquhart was a Paducah, shopper Monday. Samuel Gaines the youngest son of Mrs. Malissa Gaines of this city died Wednesday a. m. with Tuberculosis. Thomas Woodyard, died at his home on Vienna St., Wednesday p m. after suffering for a long time with stomach troubles. Mrs. M. J Blake attended the Executive Board meet at Colps, last week. Misses Mossie and Annie Roberts shopped in Paducah, Saturday. Persons who owe the Gazette would greatly lesson the financial burden of the publishers by remitting at once. Edgar S. B. McCrary the District Pres. of the Mt. Olive B. Y. P. U. Convention visited the 1st B. Y. P. U. of this city Sunday and delivered an address Subject "Look Higher." We received $2 00 for which we heartily thank them Wishing for them and all other Unions of the district much success along all lines of work. Mrs. Mary Jane Caldwell of Paducah, Ky., is visiting her sister Mrs. Morna Givens. Mesdames Mamie Harmon and McCoy shipped in Paducah, Ky. Tuesday. Rev. J. B. McCrary, was at his charge in Brookport Sunday. 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. Miss Carrie Urquhart and sister Iola were Paducah, shoppers Friday. Mrs. Corne Ius McCallister was in Paducah, last week. Mrs. Jack McCane is quiet sick at her home on Broadway Msdames Norsis Lowery and Luella Barnes were Paducah, shoppers Friday. Prof. A. P. Smith was in Paducah, Wednesday on business. Mesdames Amanda Barnard and Annie Porter were Paducah, shoppers Monday. Mrs. Robt Gibbs, left Tuesday for Jackson, Tenn. where she will visit Parents. She was accompanied as far as Paducah, Ky. by har husbanc. Mrs. Julia McCane is quiet sick at her home on Vienn. $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 ocular 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. Mrs. Mary Blackwell, left Sunday for Carbondale, where she will spend Xmas with her sister, Mrs. Susie Lee. Robt. Tranzor a brother of Alex. Tranzor this city was seriously injured Sunday by a engine in the Centralia, I. C. Yards, Robt. is an employee of the I. C. Co. and is not expected to survive Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gibbs, left Tuesday, for points in Ten, where they will visit parents and other relatives Misses Iola and Alice Urquhart are slightly indisposed this week. Mesdames Nancy Crippens, Norsis Lowery and Luella Gunn, and Master Cyrus Crippens were Paducah, shoppers Thursday. Mr. Andy Benberry of Carbonale, arrived in the city Sunday. Charles Palmer was called to Carbondale, Monday to be at the bed side of his father who is dangerously sick. Prof. and Mrs. Wm. E Baily, left for Salisbury, Mo., his home Thursday after residing in this city for some time. Mr. B. P. Sutton and Thomas Mimms were Paducah, visitors this week. Thomas Gilliam of Paducah, Ky., is moving his family here this week. The concert pulled off Tuesday night at the Odd Fellow's Hall proved to be quite a success. 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 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. Notice is hereby given that we cannot print a list of names contributing to churches unless $1 accompanies same. Resolution. The following resolutions were passed during the Executive Board of the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association, Held with the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church, Golconda, Ill, Nov 14, 1915 Whereas, there is being an unwarranted attack made upon Dr. R. H. Boyd, secretary of the National Baptist Publishing Board as well the entire staff, by designing men of the denomination. And whereas, these designing men are in accord with the incorporated Convention of which Dr. E. C. Morris, was elected by one third majority of the convention in the afternoon of the second day of the convention after which time Dr. E. P. Jones of Vicksburg, Miss., had been elected by the uninecorporated National Baptist Convention. And, Whereas, the promoters and designers of the incorporated convention, have and are now endeavoring to destroy the Nation Baptist Publishin Board, as shown by many letters sent out to the churches and Sunday Schools to purchase the S. S., supplies elsewhere. And, whereas such leadership is both dangerous and hurtful to the progress of the race, and destructive to the interest of the denomination. And, whereas the charter gotten out by the seven brethren is a fraud on its face, and destructive to the best interest of the denomination, and is intended to mislead and deceive the constituents of the regular National Baptist Convention of America. And, whereas, the far fetched notion of a federal charter, to control liberty loving Baptist is known in history sacred or profane, and the attempt to thrust it on the National Baptist Convention is but daring usarpation. Be it therefore Resolved, that we reaffirm the resolution seet up to Chicago, to the National Baptist Convection of America, September 1915 by the Mt. Olive Baptist Association voicing the sentiment of the 7,000 Bapiist in Southern and Central Illinois, and re-echoes the voice of the entire Baptist Brotherhood of the states that voted to sustain Dr. Boyd and the Publishing House at Nashville, Tenn We do hereby pledge our unqualified support to the Publishing House, and the unincorporated convention of which Dr. E P. Jones, of Vicksburg, Miss. was elected president in Chicago, Sept. 1915. Committee:—C. C. Phillips, Golconda, Ill.· C. L. Stone, Carmi, Ill.· H. C Armstead, Pulaski, Ill.· Thos Morris, Metropolis, Ill.· A. J. Bowers, Dewmaine, Ill.· W. P. Washington, Mt. Vernon, Ill. NOTICE. Nov. 28, 1915. To the W. E. M. Societies of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association you are hereby notified that the Executive Board convenes Thursday before the Third Sunday in December. Each Society is requested to send a representative or send in something for education. The Profits of Gardening. In this unjust world a large part of the profits of a town garden are made by the hardware store.-Achison Dobe. 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 and in Theology. 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. $1.18 This Is Our Best Offer $1.18 These Four First-Class Magazines and Our Paper, ALL FIVE ONE YEAR, Only All Five for About the Price This is the biggest bargain in the best reading matter ever offered to our subscribers. It includes our paper—the best weekly published in this part of the state—and the Four Magazines of national prominence shown above, sample copies of which may be seen at our office. and the Four Magazines of national prominence of which may be seen at our office. Our paper alone at less than a dollar a year. Sendid contract we have made with these big to give our readers the four magazines with our only $1.18—just 18 cents more than the alone. Night away, give them to our representative or call in town. As soon as you see these clean, magazines you will want them sent to your own THINK WHAT IT MEANS! And These Four Standard Magazines SAVE ONE YEAR, ONLY I. C R. R. Time Card NORTH BOUND. Train numbers. Arrives. Leaves. 302 10:10 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 374 2:25 p.m. 8:25 p.m. SOUTH BOUND. Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 325 10.60 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 2:28 p.m. 2:85 p.m. The Great Native Salve CURES We have never sold our paper alone at less than a dollar a year. But on account of the splendid contract we have made with these big publications we are able to give our readers the four magazines with our paper, all one year for only $1.18—just 18 cents more than the regular price of our paper alone. Send us your orders right away, give them to our representative or call and see us when you are in town. As soon as you see these clean, beautiful, interesting magazines you will want them sent to your own home for a year. --- Rev, J. H. Smith, was in Paducah, Wednesday on business Mr. and Mrs. Doss Wylty of Brookport, were in the city Tuesday. Thomas Hodge has returned to the city to spend the holidays. Mrs. Mamie Maxwell was in the city Thursday. Mrs. Morna Givens was in Paducah, Saturday. Miss Lavada Spu laik, Miss Nollie Parks and her cousin were in Paducah, Tuesday shopping. Mrs Lena Phillips of Centralia, is expected home today (Thursday) to spend the holidays. "Strange what a difference there is," said the household philosopher, "between things we need and things we want. There are many things we need in the house, but never can find the money for, while somehow we can always find the money for things we want that we personally fancy." Rheumatism, Piles, Kidney Troubles, Bladder Troubles, Heart Troubles, Female Troubles, Stuff Joints, Syphilis, of All Discriptions, Indigestion, Corns, Bunions, Lost of Manhood, All Kinds of Swelling and Fever, Neuralgia, Worms, in Children, All Kinds of Skin Diseases, Mumps, Diptheria, Weak Eyes, All Kinds of Pains, Pneumonia, etc. When your doctor falls, buy you a box NOTICE. Articles sent to this paper for publication must be signed by the writer. If not signed it will find it's way to the waste basket.