Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE IN MEMORIAM. Of Our Dear Mother, Mrs. Harriett McCrary, Who Departed this Life, January 26, 1915. "MOTHER REST IN PEACE" BY EDGAR S. B. McCrary. Mother, your tender care is certainly missed, Your voice is hushed in death; Your spirit is in heavenly bliss, And you are safe at Rest. One year ago you left us here, To fight as you once fought; We're fighting on without much fear And the Saviour's breast we've sought. Sleep on Dear Mother, and take your rest, We'll be there by and by; We're leaning on the Saviour's breast And will meet you in the Sky. Your Devoted Son, Rev. J. B. McCrary. H. A. EVANS, Atty. The National State Bank of Metropolis, vi. Ire. Janes, Charles Bailholt, Oscar Pierce, and Ed Cerman as Trustees of Joppa Lodge No. 113, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Bill to forcible Mortgage No. 188. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree of the Circum Court of Massachusetts County, Illinois in the above entitled cause on the 12th day of January A. D. 1916, I. S. Barrlett Kerr, Master in Chancery of said court and county, will at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. SATURDAY. FEBRIARY 19th A. D. 1916, at the Bath door of the Court House in the City of Metropolis Missouri County Illinois sell at public rendue to the Highest and best bidder, the following described real Estate town: A certain piece of land on the West side of the Northeast South of the Northwest Quarter of fractional section Twenty Three 20" Township Fifteen 15" south, Range Three 2" East Sid P. M. Masses County, Illinois more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an Iron Stake at the N. W. corner of J. C. Wadaking's lot as agreed upon by J. C. Wadaking and J. W. Bowerman: Thence run easterly along the North Line of Wadaking's said lot Two Hundred Eight 20" feet to a stake: Thence run North at right angles fifty 20" feet to a stake: Thence run West at right angles Two Hundred Eight 20" feet to a stake forty two 42" feet North of the place of beginning: Thence South at right angles to the place of beginning. Terms of sale cash in hand. Dissent this 17th day of January A. D. 1916. S. BARLTT KERR. S. BARTLETT KERR, Atty. 25 In the Circuit Court of the January term A.D. 1916. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree of the Circuit Court of Massac County, Illinois in the above entitled Cause on the 12th day of January A. D. 1916, I. S. Bartlett Kerr, Master in Chancery of said Court and County, will at the hour of 11 o'clock A. M. SATURDAY—FEBUARY—18th—A. D. 1916, at the East door of the court house in the City of Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois as well as public veneux to the highest and best bidders, the following described real estate, to wik: All that part of the Fractional Northeast Quarter, and the Northeast Fourth of the South west Quarter lying west of the light of way of the Illinois Central Railroad as now located, and all of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter being all in Section One [1] Township Fourteen [14] South, Range Four [4] east, 3rd P. M. Massac County, Illinois, containing 220 acres more or less. Term of sale in hand. Dated this 17th day of January A. D. 1916. WALTER ROWEN Examine Your Own Prejudice Every one is forward to compilate 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 hindrance 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. 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?" Your Devoted Son, Rev. J. B. McCrary. H. A. EVANS, Atty. Term A. D. 1916. The National State Bank of Metropolis, Illinois, vs Hugh Bivins and Sophia Bivins.—Bill to foreclose Mortgage No. 174. Public Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree of the Circuit Court of Massac County, Illinois in the above entitled cause on the 12th day of January A. D. 1916, I, S. Bartlett Kerr, Master in Chance of said court and county, will at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19th A. D. 1916, at the East door of the court house in the city of Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois, sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, the following described real Estate, towit: The Southwest Fourth of the Northwest Quarter of Section Twenty two (22) and the South Half of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section Twenty one (21), except 2 acres more or less heretofore conveyed to the C. & E. I. R. R., all in Township Fourteen (14) south, Range Three (3) east 3rd P. M. Massac County Illinois, containing 78 acres more or less and Lots Seven (7). Eight (8) and Nine (9) in Block Seventy (70) of the city of Metropolis, Massac County Illinois. Terms of Sale Cash in hand. Dated this 19th day of January A. D. 1916. S. BARTLETT KERR, Master in Chancery. MASTERS REPORT. In the Circuit Court of the January term 1916. Nora C. Rolfe, Nora C. Rolfe, administratrix of the estate of Walter J. Rolfe, deceased, John J. Rolfe Minnie Baker, Agnes Reed, Myrtle Rolfe, Thomas Rolfe, Rolfe Rolfe, Clarence Rolfe Mary Rolfe and the National State Bank of Metropolis, Illinois and E. H. Foss. Cross bill to enforce Vendors Lien No. 182. (Walter Roberts Atty.) vs Nora C. Rolfe, John J. Rolfe, Nettie Gowan C. H. Foss et al & John J. Rolfe vs Nora C. Rolfe, Nettie Gowan, E. J. Foss & National State Bank et al. John Hortle vs Cross bill to Nora C. Rolfie, Net- foreclose 2 mortie Gowan, E. J. Foss tagages No. 182 & National State (Fred R. Young Bank et al.) Atty.). Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree of the Circuit Court of Massac County, Illinois, in the above entitled cause on the 18th day of January, A. D. 1916, I, S. MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LOVE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY Bartlett Kerr, Master in Chancery for said County, will at the hour of 11 o'clock Saturday February 19th A. D. 1916. at the east door of the court house in the city of Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois, sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to-wit: A parcel of ground described as follows: Notice. To the Churches and Pastors of the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association. Dear Pastors and Churches, I am hereby directed by the Moderator W. P. Washington, Sr., or Mt. Vernon, Ill., to say that the Executive Board of the East Mt Olive Baptist Association and Institute will meet with the St. Pau Baptist church of Duquoin, Ill. on Thursday before the 2nd Sunday in Feb. 1916. Remember all pastors of the afore mentioned churches are members of the board and are requested to be present. The Pastors pledged themselves to send one dollar ($1,00) to the board in the event they were absent. Respectfully, W. P. Washington, D. D. Moderator. A. H Bradley, Cor. Secretary. SPARTA. Please allow me to say that we are on the march to the promise land. Our S. S was opened at 9:30 a. m. by J J. Taylor the assistant Supt. the teachers were present and took charge of their classes. The Lesson Chart was reviewed by Rev. Wm Jones of Coulterville, Ill. At 11:00 Rev. P. B. French preached a soul stirring sermon, text, Acts, 26:1 At 7:30 p. m. our pastor ascended the rostrum and preached another beautiful sermon, text, Acts, 12:5 The Carnation Club will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Wm washington this week. Mr. J M. Haynes and Mr. A. J Haigler made a pleasure trip to Dewmaine, Ill., last Saturday. Mr. Wm Fields accompanied them home Sunday night. There will be Memorial Service and Program rendered at the different churches of our city both white and colored, held with the Bethel A. M. E. church on the 27, of Jan. 1916 at 7:30 P. M. Mr. Samuel Coleman the father of Mr. Loney Coleman died on the 21, his remain were shipped to his home at West Point, Miss. Mrs. Gertrude Frazier and Miss Mary Dabner both of East St. Louis, visited their sister Mrs. Mattie Haynes. Mr. T. C. Owens is able to be out again after being sick for two weeks. We are glad to see Mr. D. Browning and family out again after being indisposed for several days. Mr. Will Smith and family of Graidy, Tenn., are making their home with his mother-in-law Mrs. Malinda Foster. Mrs. Rush the mother of Mrs. Mary Nance is mending very slowly. Mr. Wm Nance and family are indisposed this week J. J. Taylor Married. Mr. Mack Hooper, of this city, age 49 and Mrs. Ida M. Devlin, of Memphis, Tenn., age 31, were quietly married Thursday eve. at the residence of the latter's Uncle, Mr. Thos. Harmon, of 811-Pearl, st. Rev. J. M. Blake, officiating. Both are very industrious and highly cultured people and no doubt they will make good. The Gazett wishes for them much success. ILLINOIS CENTRAL The carnival season at New Orleans, culminating in the Mardi Gras on March 7th, has begun. It includes features interesting to every-one. Horse racing every day until March 7th, New Orleans reached by the all-steel trains of the Central, the "Panama limited," and the "New Orleans Special," Tickets at specially reduced fares, account the Mardi Gras, on sale February 27th to March 5th, inclusive, with a final return limit of March 18th. Return limit can be extended to April 3rd, on payment of $1.00. Mid-Winter Vacation to the Mardi Gras Under auspices Illinois Central Expenses included. Homelike accommodations. Moderate cost Leaves Chicago and St Louis, March 4th—Special train. Ask for Literature. First class S. S. service from New Orleans: sailings to Havana Cuba every Saturday via steamships of the United Fruit Co., and the Southern Pacific Steamship line; sailings of the United Fruit Co.'s "Great White Fleet," under the American flag, twice a week to Panama (Saturdays via Havana, Wednesdays direct); also sailings every Thursday to Central American ports Illinois Central service to New Orleans, including through tourist sleeping car to California via the Southern Route—New Orleans and the Southern Pacific—leaving Chicago and St. Louis every Monday; double daily standard sleeping car service from Chicago to Houston and San Antonia, Texas, via New Orleans. Cuba also reached from Key West in connection with the Central's "Seminole Limited" to Jacksonville, Fla. All-steel train of most modern type to Florida daily from Chicago and St Louis via Birmingham. making connections at Jacksonville for all Florida points, including Port Tampa and Key West, from which cities to Havana, Cuba, steamship service is maintained (daily except Sunday from the latter and tri-weekly from the former). Tickets, reservations, train time and specific fares from your station may be had of your local ticket agent. H. J. PHELPS, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Extra special campaign rate on yearly subscription only limited to order received by MARCH 1, 1916 open to subscribers who receive their mail by Rural Free Delivery or Star Route and at post offices where there is no newsdealer handling the DAILY GLOBE DEMOCRAT; not open to subscribers who live in towns served by DAILY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT newsdealer. Not an Incomplete "Rural Route Edition" The REAL Daily Globe-Democrat Comprehensive and absolutely trustworthy reports of the big events preceding, during and following the Republican National Convention at Chicago and the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis. Every detail, from start to finish, of the important campaign of 1916. The truth, the whole truth, without bias and without prejudice. All the news of all the earth. An interesting and helpful page for women every day. Correct market reports. Brightest and fullest sport news. Unequaled Special Features for all the family. Clean RELIABLE, up to the minute. In every way, SUPREME. In every way, THE BEST SEND IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TODAY. If you wish the GREAT SUNDAY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT add two dollars for that issue, making $4.00 for the Daily, including Sunday, one year. Sample copies free. The Maardi Gras at New Orleans The carnival season at New Orleans Gras on March 7th, has begun. ing to every-one. Horse racing New Orleans reached by the all- the "Panama limited," and the Tickets at specially reduced fares, sale February 27th to March 5th turn limit of March 18th. Return April 3rd, on payment of $1.00. Mid-Winter Vacation to t Under auspices Illinois Central Exp accommodations. Moderate cost Lea March 4th—Special train. Ask for Lite Cuba, Panama, Texas and California First class S. S. service from New vana Cuba every Saturday via stee Co., and the Southern Pacific Stee United Fruit Co.'s "Great White can flag, twice a week to Panam Wednesdays direct); also sailings American ports Illinois Centr including through tourist sleeping Southern Route—New Orleans a leaving Chicago and St. Louis ev standard sleeping car service from San Antonia, Texas, via New O from Key West in connection wi Limited" to Jacksonville, Fla. Seminole Limited to Jacksonville, Florida All-steel train of most modern type Chicago and St Louis via Birmingham at Jacksonville for all Florida point and Key West, from which cities ship service is maintained (daily e- ter and tri-weekly from the former Tickets, reservations, train time and spec- may be had of your local t H. J. PHELPS, General Passenger Wonderful Campaign The St. Louis DAILY GLOBE-DR Every Day Except Six Days in Every Two Dollars P Extra special campaign rate on you limited to order received by MARCH scribers who receive their mail by Rural Route and at post offices where there are lining the DAILY GLOBE DEMOCR scribers who live in towns served by DAILY CRAT newsdealer. Not an Incomplete "Rural The REAL Daily GLOBE Comprehensive and absolutely trustworthy events preceding, during and following ional Convention at Chicago and the Convention at St. Louis. Every detail of the important campaign of 1916. truth, without bias and without prejudice the earth. An interesting and helpful day. Correct market reports. Bright news. Unequaled Special Features for RELIABLE, up to the minute. In e In every way. THE BEST SEND IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION wish the GREAT SUNDAY GLOBE dollars for that issue, making $4.00 Sunday, one year. Sample copies from THE GLOBE PRINTING ST. LOUIS, Lost. COLO Lost. 1 branch of keys, Machine, dresser and trnnk. Lost between 8th, and 11th, sts. Finder will please notify Mrs. Amie Ross, or leave at Gazette office and receive reward. COLORED WOMAN ARRESTED FOR BOOTLEGGING. Irene Ray, a colored woman residing in No. 3 patch was arrested this morning by city officers on a charge of bootlegging. She was unable to fill bond ane is confined in the city jail. Harrisburg Chronicle. Everyone Should Drink Hot Water in the Morning Wash away all the stomach, liver, and bowel poisons before breakfast. To feel your best day in and day out, to feel clean inside; no your bile to coat your tongue and sicken your breath, or dull your head; no constipation, billious attacks, sick headache, colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stomach, you must bathe, on the inside like you bathe outside. This is vastly more important, because the skin pores do not absorb impurities into the blood, while the bowel pores do, save a well-known physician. To keep these poisons and toxins well flushed from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, drink before breakfast each day, a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it. This will cleanse, purify and freshen the entire alimentary tract, before putting more food into the stomach. Get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from your druggist or at the store. It is inexpensive and almost tasteless, except a sourish tinge which is not unpleasant. Drink phosphated hot water every morning to rid your system of these vile poisons and toxins; also to prevent their formation. To feel like young folks feel; like you felt before your blood, nerves and muscles became saturated with an accumulation of body poisons, begin this treatment and above all, keep it up! As soap and hot water act on the skin, cleansing, sweetening and purifying, so limestone phosphate and hot water before breakfast, act on the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels.—Adv. The chronic kicker is disliked, but he gets more attention than a meek chap. Doctors Insist on Operation---Not Necessary Doctors Insist on Operation---Not Necessary I want to write and tell you what your Swamp-Root has done for me. During the years of 1906 and 1907 I was troubled with what the physicians pronounced "Gravel of the Kidney." I was under the care of one physician for six months and two months with another without securing relief or a cure. The physicians insisted on an operation claiming that would be the only thing that would help me. My wife being bitterly opposed to an operation I did not consent, but continued under their treatment for some time. When I was most discouraged believing that my end would be saved, I joined Dr. John's Swamp-Root and at once began taking your medicine and noticed almost immediately that the medicine was having its effect. After taking seven bottles of your Swamp-Root I was entirely cured and have not had a sick spell for over a year. When a person has been flat on his back for six months, suffering untold agony and spent considerable money with physicians without any benefit and then to be cured at an expense of not over $8.00, you can well understand how grateful I feel toward you and your preparation. In appreciation for what your remedy has done for me I am willing that you use this letter as a testimonial. 4708 East 275th St., Kansas City, Mo. State of Missouri County of Jackson On this 9th day of August, 1909, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, in and for said County and State, Robert E. Hendrick, who subscribed the foregoing statement and made oath that the same is true in substance and in fact. HENRY C. EMERY, Notary Public. Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size bottle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores.—Adv. The czar of Russia has an income of $40,000,00 a year. Important to Mothers: Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoris Children Cry for Fletcher's Castorin In Japan the son always follows the trade of his father. WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY is her hair. If your hair is streaked with ugly, grizzly, gray, hairs, use "La Creole" Hair Dressing and change it in the natural way. Price $1.00.—Adv. The man who praises the baby wins the mother's smile. IMITATION IS SINCEREST FLATTERY but like counterfeit money the imitation has not the worth of the original. Insist on "La Creole" Hair Dressing— it's the original. Darkens your hair in the natural way, but contains no dye. Price $1.00.—Adv. The wise woman marries for protection as well as revenue. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Icing, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. First application gives relief, soon Well Protected. Edith—Aren't you afraid of mice? Ethel—Not now when I'm wearing cat fur on my stoops. SAW THINGS IN NEW LIGHT Society Woman Profiled by Rector's Sensible Remarks on the Subject of Snobbishness. "But, my dear Doctor Brown, "exclaimed Mrs. de Puyster, "however excellent these people may be, you don't mean that I ought to treat them as my social equals?" "And why not?" asked the rector. To the lady his voice did not seem so sympathetic as usual. "Well, really," she returned, a little embarrassed, "it seems obvious that they are different." "The differences you speak of are mostly petty, silly, and wicked distinctions without real significance. What clothes a man wears, who his father and mother were, what opportunity for schooling he had or was denied—do these things give any intimation of the man's essential worth or value? "Once, at a fashionable summer resort, I sat watching the crowd bathing. Among them three men were conspicuous. It was a pleasure to see their broad shoulders, their deep chests, their splendid limbs. Finally they left the water and disappeared into one of the bathhouses. Presently they reappeared in overalls! They were workmen building a house near by. To most of those who saw them, their physical superiority had vanished under their working clothes. "Some day," continued the doctor, "we shall all lay aside our clothes and our bodies as well. Some who on earth seemed very impressive with their fine clothes and their attractive faces and bodies will then look pitifully shriveled and shrunken. "If you could look into the servants' hall of some great castle and see the butler refusing to associate with the stableman, and the cook holding herself superior to the chambermaids, it would seem to you utterly silly and ludicrous for people to make such ridiculous distinctions! But are they really more absurd than we when we make the same kind of distinctions among our fellows?" Mrs. de Puyster smiled. "I suppose we are absurd," she said. "If we were only absurd it wouldn't matter so much," returned the doctor. "But it is not simply ludicrous. Snobbery isn't a minor fault or a venial error. It's one of the great sins. If I'm a snob, it's because in my heart I despise my fellow men, and have set myself up as their superior. I have repudiated the very heart of the message of Christ. I have cut myself off from the common humanity with which Christ proudly identified himself. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me," means that Christ actually lives in humble humankind. For me to be a snob means that I have cut myself off from humble humankind—and consequently from Christ himself! That is a serious thing!" Mrs. de Puyster no longer smiled. "It is a serious thing. It's an awful thing!" she cried. "God be merciful to me a snob!"—Youth's Companion. How to Get Efficiency. Here is some advice to the tired business man. If you are not getting efficiency from your typist don't "can" her, but get some music. This will speed up tired typewriter performers. The idea is suggested by the manager of a business college, says the New York correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. He claims that he gets better work from his students when he turns on the phonograph and it plays some lively foxrot. And now the crafty employers here are thinking of putting the suggestion in action. The scheme is to turn loose a lively record on a talking machine, the lively strain offsetting the tired strain under which the typewriter operator is laboring. The moment the weary worker hears the invigorating sound she strikes her key on the typewriter, and then all of the keys. Somebody has observed that the modern dances do not confine the action to the feet. No, the shoulders, elbows and arms all have a chance to move. Every step forward is welcomed by progressive business men, so why not one-steps? Whistle Scared Thieves. Whistle Stared Thieves. S. Magari's ability to give a correct imitation of a police whistle on his fingers saved the day's receipts of his restaurant when a lone robber entered and drove him out of the back door. "Get out of here, quick!" the robber commanded as he entered the front door of Magari's place, flourishing a revolver. Magari dropped a paring knife and ran for the rear exit. As he passed through the door the robber fired a shot at him. The bullet embedded itself in the door casing. On reaching the open Magari, with his fingers to his lips, cut loose with a shrill whistle so nearly like the metal whistles used by policemen that the robber ran out of the place at top speed.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Experiments in lowland rice culture recently started in Porto Rico are arousing much interest there, because rice is the chief food consumed in the island. Porto Rico has spent approximately $5,000,000 annually during the last four years for this grain, and is the largest export consumer of American-grown rice. "Be good to her," said the mother, as the wedding ceremonies were concluded. "I will." "She is young and inexperienced. Only been divorced once or twice." METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Tuskegee institute was developed by Booker T. Washington, and it is fitting that the trustees of the institution should seek to perpetuate his name. Their idea is to solicit a $2,000,000 endowment, to be known as the "Washington memorial." Almost one-quarter of this amount has already been subscribed, a part, however, contingent on other contributions. The Trustees look to Negroes for at least $250,000. This is not a large sum to ask from the colored race, inasmuch as Tuskegee typifies the best that is being done for them. In Indianapolis there are enough prosperous Negroes to provide no small portion of the minimum expected. When Doctor Washington took charge of Tuskegee it owned nothing. Classes were housed in shanties, and the future held out no great hopes. The perseverance with which he kept at his work, his remarkable ability and his sterling character attracted the necessary support. Today Tuskegee is a valuable property, even from a physical standpoint. Yet its work is so largely philanthropic that there is always a gap between income and outgo. During Doctor Washington's lifetime this deficit was easily met. His acquaintance was wide, and included persons of wealth. In asking help now the trustees of the institute possibly look not so much to wealthy philanthropists as to persons who are willing to give a little in order that a good cause may be promoted. "Tuskegee institute," reads the announcement, "is Booker T. Washington's monument, and his most fitting memorial is the perpetuation of its great work for the benefit of the colored people and for the promotion of helpful relations between the races. The gap at present existing between the ordinary income of the institute and its annual outgo is approximately $150,000." All that is desired is to raise a trust fund of such proportions as will reduce this annual charge to "manageable proportions." It is hoped that enough will be contributed by Negroes to meet not only a fair share of the fund, but also to provide sufficient money to erect a tablet or other memorial in the grounds of the institute. At present there is only one such institution; there should be many. It is therefore important that Tuskegee institute be preserved and enlarged as an example in the education of the colored people of this country. The heat of the sultry day had made the kitchen stove about the most unbearable thing one could possibly conjure up. The whole kitchen was steamy and uninviting. Outside the sun baked down, and the vacation days made the restless children unhappy and cross; a slovenly, unkempt colored girl was rocking a crying baby; an older colored woman was getting a breath of air at the door. The baby didn't stop crying, the dinner was getting overdone, and the poor, tired mother, almost distracted, wondered where was the trouble. Somehow, we seldom go quite far enough back in our minds to really get at the root of things, writes Mrs. Sidney M. Ullman of the Social Service department, in the Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. This mother, like most of us, saw only in her troubles the inefficiency in her own servants. She was paying for poorly cooked meals and badly trained children; little boys and girls of impressionable age, associating with ignorant Negro nurses; The following letter will show some of the practical workings of the pupils of the industrial high school at Birmingham, Ala: "My Dear Mrs. Ullman: I had the pleasure a few days ago of being a guest at luncheon of the negro industrial high school, together with Dr. J. H. Phillips, Mrs. Ben M. Jacobs, Mrs. Echols, Mr. J. B. Gibson, Mr. C. B. Glenn, Mrs. Bruce, Mr. S. J. Bowie, Judge A. O. Lane and Doctor Curren of North Carolina. We were impressed with the splendid, practical work done in every department of the school, but the demonstration of the cooking class appealed to us most, for one very obvious reason, the hour was one o'clock. Besides this, all persons who have made any kind of study of social problems know that we cannot expect health', work, efficiency and happiness without food that has been properly selected and properly prepared. The luncheon served us was prepared by a group of girls from this class of 41. They were selected not because of their superior proficiency, because all were equally capable, so Statistics show that in the early days of American colleges about one half the graduates adopted the ministry as a profession. At the present time only about 5 per cent of the college graduates become ministers. Chinese chambers of commerce exist in New York, San Francisco and Manila. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has the abominable habit of smothering himself with strong perfumes. In spite of the school and the home environment, they were picking up bad English. Who is to blame for the incompetency and ignorance of the Negro servants? The illiteracy of the Negro is bringing down the fair state of Alabama to the very bottom of the ladder in education. Some overcrowded, poorly equipped schools are doing wonderful work. These are seldom encouraged by a visit from the white neighbor. We ease our conscience with the knowledge that there is something being done and that is all-sufficient. The whole system under which we allow the race to exist is wrong. From an essay read at the Industrial High school commencement by a young Negro boy, we quote the following: "The Negro in embryo, is surrounded by the shell of ignorance and poverty. Outside conditions must be favorable if he is to come out of his shell prepared to be an asset and not a liability to the community. The most illiterate class of people should have the largest opportunity for getting the rudiments of an education in order that they may not lower the standard of living in their city. Whether they go to school should not be left to the whim of this class—but they should be compelled to go. The state must protect itself from the ignorance of its masses by forcing them into schools." The progress of the Negro during the last 50 years has been marked by a wholesome and steady growth, with no tendency toward a lapse into the state of bewilderment which characterized the business, agricultural and commercial activities of the race immediately after the war. Between 1900 and 1915, for instance, farm property owned by Negroes has increased 177 per cent in value—from $177,404,688 to $492,822,218. The Negro Business league has recently published some statistics which show that since 1900 the number of Negro business enterprises in this country has increased from 20,000 to 45,000; the number of Negro banks from two to 51; the number of drug stores, from 250 to 695, and the number of general retail stores, from 10,000 to 25,000. These figures show that education and a more comprehensive knowledge of the possibilities of freedom are helping the Negro to do for himself that which no one can do for him. And it is altogether fitting that leaders of the race should agree that it is time to bring to public attention the achievements of the race. Theodore Leschetitzky, who died at Dresden recently, aged eighty-five, was the principal master of Paderewski. Leschetitzky made his debut in Vienna in 1845, and for several years taught at St. Petersburg conservatory. Among the titles of the sultan of Turkey are sultan of sultans, king of kings, bestower of crowns upon the princes of the world, emperor and sovereign of the two seas, and shadow god upon earth. Frozen meat from South America is sold in large quantities in the Netherlands, but those who can afford it buy the unfrozen inland meat, which costs one-third more, but has more flavor. Fifty women take an active part in the municipal governments of Swedish cities. Seven of them are busy in Stockholm. those were chosen who had been best in attendance. "From the lamb roast to the last crumb of iceing on Mr. Jacob's slice of cake both science and care were employed in the selection and preparation. "We were agreed that none of us had ever eaten a more perfectly prepared meal. It reflected credit on the teacher, who besides being efficient, is very practical. "The work of the entire institution reflects credit on A. H. Parker, the principal, whose remarkable ability and understanding eminently fits him for the position he holds. He is contributing a large share to the solution of some of our social problems and deserves the interest, assistance and commendation of every man and woman in Birmingham. "The industrial high school has not come into being in a day, but has been evolved with our entire school system, then the wonderful personality and consecrated service of him, who, for 33 years has been at the helm. "MRS. DUPONT THOMPSON." President Wilson is the third chief executive to marry while occupying the chief magistracy of the United States. The others were John Tyler and Grover Cleveland. The gems, ornaments and precious stones belonging to the shah of Persia are estimated to be worth about $35,000,000. In a year 4,472 hours of sunshine are possible, but few places ever experience the maximum. FREE ONEIDA COMMUNITY PAR PLATE SILVERWARE and get a complete set of Oneida Community Par Plate Silverware free. Guaranteed 10 years. Beautiful Bridal Wreath pattern. Send us the coupon below and we will tell you all about it. These delicious foods can be prepared 58 different ways to take the place of high-priced meat dishes. An economical, hearty food, perfectly balanced. Skinner's Macaroni Products are made from the finest durum wheat, in the largest and cleanest macaroni factory in America. Get a complete set of Oneida Community ParPlate Silverware with Skinner's Macaroni Products. Send the coupon for full details. No obligation whatever. In the meantime sell Skinner's products at your grocer's (cheaper if you get them by the case—24 packages) and save the circle containing the signature. All good grocers sell Skinner's Macaroni Products. Skinner Mfg. Co. Largest Macaroni Factory in America Dept. D Omaha Neb. Town State When an intelligent crook makes a mistake he fixes things so that another gets the blame. SYRUP OF FIGS FOR A CHILD'S BOWELS Look back at your childhood days. Remember the "dose" mother insisted on—castor oil, calomel, cathartics. How you hated them, how you fought against taking them. The Family Safeguard Against Colds HILL'S CASCARA QUININE BROADIE The old standard remedy. In tablet form No unpleasant after effects No opiate Cures colds in 24 hours La Gripe in 3 days Money back if it fails Insist on genuine—Box with red top—Mr. Hill's picture on it 25 Cents. At Any Drug Store W. H. Hill Company, Detroit Every Fowl a Money Maker Did you read about the man that gave some chickens away and tied 25 cents on them to eat? But on all to work—There should not be a chicken on the place that isn't free. Books, Tells of Chicken, Turkeys, Geese and Ducks, Insects, Brooders and poultry diaries of all kinds. Sturgeon Press, 77 H. 4th St. Lansing, MI. With our children, it's different. Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realize what they do. The children's revolt is well-founded. Their tender little "insides" are injured by them. If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only delicious "California Syrup of Figs." Its action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless "fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take it; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach, and that a teaspoonful given today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Adv. The chap with cuffs on his trousers should never criticise the fur on the ladies' shoes. SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE and constant use will burn out the scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampooing with "La Creole" Hair Dressing, and darken, in the natural way, those ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.00.—Adv. New York has 4,500 hotels and restaurants. COVETED BY ALL but possessed by few—a beautiful head of hair. If yours is streaked with gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can restore it to its former beauty and luster by using "La Creole" Hair Dressing. Price $1.00.—Adv. British India's 1914 imparts were valued at $508,000,000. Grain Crops Good Markets—High Prices Prizes Awarded to Western Canada for heat, Oats, Barley, Alfalfa and Grasses The winnings of Western Canada at the Soil Products Exposition at Denver were easily made. The list comprised Wheat, Oats, Barley and Grasses, the most important being the prizes for Wheat and Oats and sweep stake on Alfalfa. Bumper Grain Crops Good Markets—High Prices Prizes Awarded to Western Canada for Wheat, Oats, Barley, Alfalfa and Grasses The winnings of Western Canada at the Soil Products Exposition at Denver were easily made. The list comprised Wheat, Oats, Barley and Grasses, the most important being the prizes for Wheat and Oats and sweep stake on Alfalfa. No less important than the splendid quality of Western Canada's wheat and other grains, is the excellence of the cattle fed and fattened on the grasses of that country. A recent shipment of cattle to Chicago topped the market in that city for quality and price. Western Canada produced in 1915 one-third as much wheat as all of the United States, or over 300,000,000 bushels. Canada in proportion to population has a greater exportable surplus of wheat this year than any country in the world, and at present prices you can figure out the revenue for the producer. In Western Canada you will find good markets, splendid schools, exceptional social conditions, perfect climate and other great attractions. There is no war tax on land and no conscription. Send for illustrated pamphlet and ask for reduced wallway rates, information as to best locations, etc. Address Suspended, Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or G. A. Cook, 2012 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.; C. J. Broughton, Room 412, 112 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL. Great Britain has over 700,000 male clerks. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. Most of us get what we deserve, but few of us are able to recognize it. Dr. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative—three for a cathartic—Adv. The bewhiskered old humbug is more popular than the barefaced lie. Opportunity! Would from ten to fifty letters interest you? Send dine, each containing adine, M. & L. SUPPLY CO., 200 Stone St., St. Parksville, Wash. *The Thunder Bolts of High* All Standard Sizes of Bedding Bolts carried and sold at rightfieet Quickservice guaranteed. Weber Tmp. & Auto Co. 500 Locust St. St. Louis *CANNING FACTORIES FOR SALE* For Farms or Towns. 10 sizes. $85 to $500. On Time! One can eat per cent of meals. Booklist. M. & M. BROWN. Springfield, Mo. CANNING FACTORIES FOR SALE For Farms or Towns. 10 sizes. $85 to $450. On Time; 1 cash on per cent of booklist. THOS. M. BROWN. Springfield, Mo. Firemen and Brakemen 100 monthly experience per the best maildresses everywhere. Particulars free. Wrote today. 8th Railway Barn, East St. Louis, IL. W. N. U., ST. LOUIS, NO. 2-1916. It's Foolish to Suffer You may be brave enough to stand backache, or headache, or dizziness. But if, in addition, urination is disordered, look out! If you don't try to fix your sick kidneys, you may fail into the clutches of kidney trouble before you know it. But if you live more carefully and help your kidneys with Dpan's Kidney Pills, you can stop the pains you have and avoid future danger as well. Q. L. Farrand, 2409 Seventh Ave., Moline, Ill., says: "Constant horseback riding weakened my kidneys, and I was hilt up for three weeks with backache. I lost flesh and doctors failed to help me. When in a criterion, I used Doan's Kidney Pills and gave boxes cured me. I am in good health today." Get Dean's at Any Store, 500 a Bez DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS FOSTERMILBURN CO., BUFFALO, N.Y. Better Values Than New Cars At same Prices WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS & STARTERS Firestones Columbus Roaster Overland, 5-pass, 4-cyl. Mitchell, 2-pass, 4-cyl. Mitchell, 2-pass, 4-cyl. Mitchell roaster Hupmobile, 4-cyl. 5-pass. Tadella Cash payment, balance notes WEREER, A AUTO CO. 1000 LOCKST ST. LOUIS, RO Tutt's Pills Harmonics & Home Supplies 24.6500 Reduces Strained, Puffy Ankles, Lymphangitis, Poll Evil, Fistula, Bolls, Swellings, Stops Lameness and allays pain. Heals Sorex, S cuts, Bruises, Boot Chalen. It is a SAFE ANTISPIC AND GERMICIDE Does not blister or remove the hair and horse can be worked. Pleasant to use. $2.00 a bottle delivered. Describes for special instructions and Book 5 M free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic treatment for masked, Painful, Paleful, Kneated, Swollen Vital. Convenient- only a few drugs required at no application. Price W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F. 310 Temple Borton, Massa. New York city has 36,000 club members. THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH. You will look ten years younger if you darken your ugly, grizzly, gray hairs by using "La Crepe" Hair Dressing.—Ady. An excellent culvert is now made of interlocking sections of concrete. Only One "BROMO QUININE" To get the genuine, call for full name, LAXA-TIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for signatures of E. W. GROVE. Cares a Cold in One Day, 450 Not Grap Hairs but Tired Eyes make us look older than we are. Keep your Eyes young and you will look young. After the Movies Murine Your Eyes, Don't tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago, Bends Eye Book on request. The quince came from Crete. ANURIC! This is a recent discovery of Dr. Pierce, who is head of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo, N. Y. Experiments at Dr. Pierce's Hospital for several years proved that there is no other eliminator of uric acid that can be compared to it. For those easily recognized symptoms of inflammation, as backache, sealing urine and become urination, as well as sediment in the urine, or if uric acid in the blood has caused Rheumatism, it is simply wonderful how surely "Anuric" acts. The best of results are always obtained in cases of acute rheumatism in the joints, in gravel and gout, and invariably the palms and stiffness which so frequently and persistently accompany the disease rapidly disappear. Go to your nearest drug store and Rheumatism! How is rheumatism recognized? Some have said— Rheumatism is a dull pain. Rheumatism is a sharp pain. Rheumatism is sore muscles. Rheumatism is stiff joints. Rheumatism is a shifting pain. All have declared—Rheumatism Is Pain. Sloan's Liniment applied:— The blood begins to flow freely—the body's warmth is renewed—the congestion disappears—the pain is gone. Sloan's Liniment KILLS PAIN (GUARANTEED) Rheumatism and allied pains yield to the penetrating qualities of this warming liniment. X Ill will is never easy. TRADE REVIVAL IN WESTERN CANADA Not a Myth but an Actuality Shown in the Returns of Agricultural Statistics and Every Department of Trade and Com- The trade revival in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta is an actuality and not a myth. There is today a spirit of optimism in the air, just as two years ago there prevailed the opposite spirit of pessimism. A general trade revival has been felt in every department of business in the Prairie Provinces. The agriculturists are in better shape than they have ever been before in their lives. No farmers of any country are in better financial condition and in a more general state of prosperity than are the farmers of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The farmers have harvested a record crop—a crop which enriches them to the extent of something over $400,000,000. In the cities the prosperity of the country has been reflected. Everywhere business is on the hustle. The wholesalers and the retailers and the implement dealers find business good. The banks and other collection houses find collections satisfactory, and financial men declare that westerners are paying up their debts. In Winnipeg the bank clearings have been the largest in history, exceeding some weeks the figures of Montreal and Toronto. The grain shipments have been the biggest in the history of Winnipeg and in the history of the twin ports. Fort William and Port Arthur. The mail order houses have had a big year, the rush of fall orders exceeding all previous years and taxing the capacity of these establishments, whose most sanguine expectations have been exceeded by the actual business done. The tide has turned in western Canada. The people of the West are forging ahead, forging ahead in actual production and in creation of wealth, giving generously to charitable and other funds, paying up their back debts, while going along carefully as regards any creation of new debts. They are economizing but not scrimping, acting cautiously but not miserly. The financial heads of eastern Canada, of the United States and of Europe are no longer criticizing western Canada: rather they are unstintedly offering their praise and their compliments. The financial press recognizes that the tide has turned in western Canada, and it has been published to the world. The condition of western Canada at the close of 1915 is one of optimistic prosperity, backed by the same determination of western people to go on increasing their productiveness and maintaining the records which they have already established. The trade revival of western Canada is the happiest feature in the business survey of the whole Dominion for 1915 and in the outlook for 1916.—Advertisement. The Way of It. "Those two started to have a heart-to-heart talk." "How did it end?" "In a hand-to-hand fight." simply ask for a 50-cent package of "Anuric" manufactured by Dr. Pierce, or even write Dr. Pierce for a large trial package (10c). If you suspect kidney or bladder trouble, send him a sample, of, your water, and describe symptoms. Dr. Pierce's chemist will exassemble it. then Dr. Pierce will report to you without fee or charge. *NOTE: "Anurie" is thirty-seven times more active than lithia in eliminating uric acid, and is a harmless but reliable, chemical compound that may be safely given to children, but should be used only by grown-ups who actually wish to restore their kidneys to health, by conscientiously using ionized water in extreme cases—as "Anurie" (an炎丽) or Pierre's achievement) is by far the most perfect kidney and Bladder corrector obtainable. merce. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. Photographic Apparatus of Imense Military Value. Germans Get Topographical Data In Form That May Be Studied at Leisure. Moderat Sig. The resourceful Germans have found a way to photograph the enemy's terrain, without recourse to man-guided aircraft, as the term is generally understood. Not only that, but the cunning Teutons get their photographic data in photographic form when the doing of it is scarcely suspected and quite beyond the chance of interference. The camera is carried aloft by the impulse of a rocket, the latter soaring skyward like an ordinary rocket. The head of the projectile consists of a thin metal shell containing a camera, while the section below holds a tightly packed parachute, the release of which is effected by means of a time-fuse, which can be set to go off at any desired altitude within the climbing limits of the rocket. At the proper time the parachute is released and spreads, and is of sufficient area to hold the cammed cam HOOD SHELL CAMERA LENS AND SHUTTER TIME FUSE TIME FUSE PARACHUTE PARACHUTE ROCKET ROCKET STICK Construction of Parachute Camera. era aloft for a considerable period. In order to keep the objective-lens pointed steadily in the right direction, a small gyroscope is provided. It is said that the maximum turning movement is so nicely checked by the gyro that the swing does not exceed an arc of one degree. Plates seven inches square can be handled by the camera, and pictures can be taken from a height of nearly 1,700 feet, with a field or arc of vision of quite 50 degrees. The modus operandi is both simple and ingenious. On the march, the whole outfit, weighing about 880 pounds, is borne by a special carriage. Part of the equipment is a launching frame, which guides the rocket at the time of its flight from the ground. The vehicle is equipped with a range finder. Arriving at the point of operations the range finder determines the direction and the angle at which the rocket is to be started on its journey. The gyroscope is set spinning by means of a weighted cord, which is unwound from the shaft of that device. With this little wheel spinning the rocket is ready for its trip aloft. The rocket is ignited electrically by means of a light cable from a distance of 300 feet. The initial discharge cuts loose the heavy weight, which sets the gyro spinning. The second electrical impulse ignites the rocket charge and starts the missile skyward. In about eight seconds an altitude of 1,600 feet is reached. Shortly before the maximum elevation is attained an electro-pneumatic contact at the top of the hood-shell operates the shutter and simultaneously frees the parachute. As soon as the parachute expands the rocket parts—the three sections of which the apparatus is composed being connected by a line thirty-odd feet long. Immediately under the parachute, as it floats in the air, is suspended the hood-shell containing the camera, and at the end of the line are hung the body of the rocket and the vaneed guide-rod. As the whole equipment settles earthward the guide-rod strikes the ground first, and by thus lightening the load on the parachute the camera descends slowly so that it can be either caught or brought to rest on the earth without jar. The whole affair presents but a very small target; it reaches its maximum altitude in far too brief a span to be interfered with by gunfire; and even for the time of its downward drift is too short for effective practice on the part of the enemy's marksmen. All that is necessary is to wait until the breeze or wind blows from the foe's direction so that the rocket-camera will be brought back to its friends. TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acid Which Clogs the Kidneys and Irritates the Bladder. Most folks forget that the kidneys, like the bowels, get shuggish and clogged and need a fushing occasionally, else we have backache and dull misery in the kidney region, severe headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder disorders. You simply must keep your kidneys active and clean, and the moment you feel an ache or pain in the kidney region, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good drug store here, take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and is harmless to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity. It also neutralizes the acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive; makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which everybody should take now and then to keep their kidneys clean, thus avoiding serious complications. A well-known local druggist says he sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who believe in overcoming kidney trouble while it is only trouble.—Adv. The United States last year imported 27,562,331 pounds of black and white pepper, valued at $2,852,665. CARE FOR YOUR HAIR Frequent Shampoos With Cuticura Soap Will Help You. Trial Free. Precede shampoo by touches of Cuticura Ointment if needed to spots of dandruff, itching and irritation of the scalp. Nothing better for the complexion, hair, hands or skin than these super-creamy emollients. Also as preparations for the toilet. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. Sold everywhere—Adv. As to Art "There's no encouragement for real art in this country." "That is as it should be. The minute you encourage art, it becomes commercial." "Do you like the slippers I embroidered for you, dear?" "They're lovely, pet, but I'm sorry to say they don't fit." "I think you're a mean, horrid old thing, and I'm going right home to mother. You never appreciate anything I try to do for you." Surely Did His Best. A philanthropic man visited a penal institution and was permitted to say a few encouraging words to one of the prisoners. "I am afraid my poor man," said the philanthropist "that you didn't make the fight that you should have made to save yourself." "Oh, yes, I did," was the quick rejoinder of the prisoner, "I did my level best." "I am afraid not," retorted the philanthropist sighfully. "Had you struggled just a little harder you might have been a free man today." "I couldn't have done any more, mister," persisted the prisoner, sadly, shaking his head. "It took seven cops to take me to the station house as it was." LACK OF MONEY Was a Godsend, In This Case. It is not always that a lack of money is a benefit. A lady in Ark. owes her health to the fact that she could not pay in advance the fee demanded by a specialist to treat her for stomach trouble. In tolling of her case she says: "I had been treated by four different physicians during 10 years of stomach trouble. Lately I called on another who told me he could not cure me; that I had neuralgia of the stomach. Then I went to a specialist who told me I had catarrh of the stomach and said he could cure me in four months, but would have to have his money down. I could not raise the necessary sum and in my extremity I was led to quit coffee and try Postum. "The results have been magical. I now sleep well at night, something I had not done for a long time; the pain, in my stomach is gone and I am a different woman. "Every time I had tried to stop coffee I suffered from severe headaches, so I continued to drink it, although I had reason to believe it was injurious to 'me.' But when I had Postum to shift to it was different. "To my surprise I did not miss coffee when I began to drink Postum. "Coffee had been steadily and surely killing me and I didn't fully realize what was doing it until I quit and changed to 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 packaged. 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. REFORM IN SURGERY Matter of Slow Growth Throughout the Centuries. Practitioners Were Slow to Abandon the Barbarous Methods Which Had Been So Long in Use—Some Queer Remedies. In 1536 a great reform in the treatment of gunshot wounds was made by Ambroise Pare, the father of French surgery. For some inscrutable reason such wounds had previously been regarded as infected and therefore, in need of cauterization with boiling oil or water. Once, in the absence of these antiseptics, Pare simply dressed some wounds without cauterizing them, and on the following day he was agreeably surprised to find them in better conditions than wounds that had been treated with boiling oil. Thenceforth he abandoned and opposed the barbarous practice. Soon afterwards he devised the ligature of arteries as a substitute for cauterization after the amputation of limbs. Bold and successful methods of treating wounds of the head and brain lesions were adopted by Berenger de Carpi a little later. The advancement of the healing art, however, was slow, and many queer remedies were employed, such as broths made of vipers and frogs, which are mentioned in a medical treatise published in 1778. General Marbot has described the heroic treatment applied to his foot, in which gangrene had developed after it had been frozen on the battlefield of Eylan. He was held by four men, while the surgeon cut out the gangrened parts as if he were removing decayed portions of an apple. The surgeon then mounted a chair, saturated a sponge with hot, sweetened wine and, let the liquid fall, drop by drop, into the hole, which he had excavated. The pain was excruciating, and the general had to endure it every morning and night for a week; but his leg was saved. In the Crimean war 75,000 of the French army of 300,000 men died of anthrax, scurvy, typhus and hospital infection. Death followed 91 per cent of amputations of the thigh and 55 per cent of amputations of the arm. The physicians and surgeons did their best, but they were too few, and the organization and equipment were defective. In May, 1855, there were only 78 ambulance and field hospital surgeons for an army of 108,000 men. Similar conditions prevailed in the Italian campaign (1859-1860). At Magenta each ambulance surgeon had 175 wounded men to care for. At Solferino each surgeon had 500 patients, so that even if he were able to work 20 hours continuously, he could not give three minutes to each patient. The Crimean and Italian campaigns proved the necessity of a radical change in military surgery. This transformation has gradually been accomplished, both in the administrative and in the medical and surgical fields. Cauterizing Implements Used by Pare. The railway and the automobile have facilitated the transport of the wounded and ameliorated its attendant conditions. Antiseptic methods have greatly diminished mortality and hastened cure. In large armies, however, the wounded may still, at times, be too numerous to be properly treated. Important progress has been made during the present war, but still further improvement is required. The ratio of dead to wounded has been reduced from one-third to one-fifth. A soldier represents a capital, a value, a force. His death or illness is a loss for the whole nation. For these as well as for humanitarian reasons it is imperative to neglect no means of restoring to health the citizen who has risked his life in defense of his country. "What would you call a policewoman? A 'coppess' or a 'copette?'" "I wouldn't risk calling one anything. A 'chap called one 'dearie' the other day and she arrested him for flirting." Real Situation. Count—I can't live without you, Miss Monne. Miss Monne—Don't you mean, count, that you cannot live as you'd like to without me? Had an Unpleasant Sound. Daughter—Father, can I take a post-graduate course in biology? Her Dad—Dubiously—I don't know, daughter. I'm afraid you'll be wanting to buy too many things. BILIOUS, HEADACHY, SICK 'CASCARETS" Gently cleanse your liver and sluggish bowels while you sleep. Sick headache, billiousness, dizziness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul breath—always trace them to torpid liver; delayed, fermenting food in the bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged in the intestines, instead of being cast out of the system is re-absorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes congestion and that dull, throbbing, sickening headache. Cascarets immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will surely straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep—a 10-cent box from your druggist means your head clear, stomach sweet and your liver and bowels regular for months. Adv MINES BY NO MEANS STUFFY Underground Visitor Is Conscious of a Sweep of Air Against Him at All Times. To the layman the thought of the miner in the "stuff" mine is rather an uncomfortable one. As a matter of fact, the miner breathes more pure air during working, houses than the operatives in most mills and factories. Necessity and state law alike require that every tunnel shall be paralleled with an air shaft—a "monkey" it is called in the parlance of the mines. The law requires the company to pump, into the mines 200 cubic feet of air, a minute for every man and 500 cubic feet for every mule. In the farthest reaches of these underground tunnels the visitor is conscious of a sweep of air against him at all times. The temperature in the mines necessarily varies with that of the surface, for the immense shafts take the air from the outside and force it down in a continuous stream. Naturally all chambers are run through solid coal wherever possible, and the parallel air shafts, which are about six feet high, contribute their share in many cases to the output of the mine. Of course, to be effective, the air must be given complete circulation, and the continual inrush of pure air from the outside has its use also in minimizing gas explosions and removing dangerous gases rapidly. McPhee's Reinvestment An Irishman named McPhee lived in a shanty that stood in a field near a main highway out of Kansas City. The foundations of the shanty were lower than the road, through which ran a big water main. As the living floor of the place was raised on posts to make it level with the highway, it left a large cellar underneath, where McPhee kept a dozen hens. One day the water main burst, flooded the cellar and drowned the hems. Thereupon McPhee entered a claim for damages against the city. After much delay, influential friends succeeded in getting thirty dollars in settlement of his claim. "I've got me money!" shouted the old man to his next door neighbor. "Glad to hear that," was the reply, "and how much was it, McPhee?" "Thirty dollars." "And phwat are ye goin' to do with the money?" "I'm goin' to buy thirty dollars worth of ducks," said McPhee, a Youth's Companion. CURED OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE. Mrs. A. L. Crawford, Medfield, Mass., writes: "Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me of Bright's Disease, and I am healthy and strong to-day and have been blessed with good health ever since my cure. When the doctors pronounced my case Bright's Disease I was in such a serious condition that they could not do anything for me. have been blessed with good health ever since my cure. When the doctors pronounced my case Bright's Disease I was in such a serious condition that they could not do anything for me. I kept getting worse. My limbs from my ankles to my knees swelled and my eyes were so sullen" that I couldn't see. As a last hope I thought I would give Dodd's Kidney, Pills a trial, I gradually improved "and kept on taking them and they cured me thoroughly." Dodd's Kidney Pills; 500 per box as your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo, N.Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets for Indigestion have been proved. 500 per box—Adv. English Women With the Armies. As far as can be ascertained, there are two groups of English women wearing khaki other than nurses. The first to do so was the Women's Volunteer reserve, about six thousand in number, who drill and help at canteens. The second is the women's reserve ambulance, about three hundred in number. These are to some extent recognized by the war office. They have been permitted to have O. Dr. M. S. on their cars and they work in various military hospitals. They meet the troop trains every night and histor about twenty-five men to the Y. M. C. quarters. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year.....$1 00 In Months.....75 Three Months.....40 Single Copy.....05 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must email 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. Kancy, S. B. Kerr, Attorney Rev. J. M. Blake. Rev. H. Allison Rev. G. W. Bowlett, Treasurer Rev. C. C. Phillips, Financial Agt. Rev. H. E. McWilliams ROGER WILLIAMS UNL VERSITY NOTES. We are glad to relate that the examinations are now over for the first semester and on Monday morning we will again settle down to business. As we have not as yet received our marks resulting from the examination we can only hope that each student have done well and more than made their grade. The Baptist Ministers Board is now in session in our city they report a profitable meeting. Several of the ministers have visited us but owing to our examination they were unable to say any more to us than to wish us God's speed. The first year College preparatory class entertained the Literary and debating society Friday night with an evening in the courts a breach of promise suit. The Chapel was crowded the students as well as the faculty were enthusiasm itself and, we were successful in sustaining the claims of the young lado to the extent of $25,000.00. The Y. M. C. A. will hold their meeting for the installation of its officers on the fourth Sunday in Feb. The literary and debating society have the election of their officers the first Friday. Well our ministers class has started and we are moving off nicely many new students are beginning to come to us. The A. A. A. are making elaborate arrangements for a very successful summer. There seems to be but little trouble along this line as there is a number of our students that are lovers of athletic. J. N. Wasington. 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. 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 to pay up. Sunday was indeed a high day at the First Baptist church. The pastor preached at the Eventing Service, subj. "Conversion." Collection for the day $15 00 The B. Y. P. U. is progressing nicely under the leadership of Mr. Bessie Cork. We have just received the Book, Booker T. Washington's Own Story of His Life and Work, published by Mullikin-Jenkins Co., Washington, D. C. This book contains 512 pages with a complete account of his sickness and death. It is worth its weight in gold and should be in the home of every negro family. Many white people are purchasing the book. Give us your order for the Story of My Life by Booker T. Washington's complete book. From the Cradle to the Grave, Edgar McCrazy, Agent. Price $1.25, $1.75. Mrs. Lavada Spurlark, was a Paducah, shopper Saturday. Miss Izora Rodgers, returned home Monday after spending several days in Elkville, the guest of her friend Mrs. Izetta Dewitt Rev. Geo. H. Crippons, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mingo Long. Mrs. Izetta Dewitt, of Elkville, is now a subscriber to The Metropolis Gazette. Rev. Thos. Turner who is pastoring in Tenn., is in the city visiting his family, Persons who owe the Gazette would greatly lesson the financial burden of the publishers by remitting at once. Mrs. Norsis Lowery, and son Udell, left Saturday p. m. for Chicago, where they will visit her sons, Fred and Marshall Jefferson. Henry Wiley, of Paducah, Ky. in the city this week. John Erwin, was in Brookport, Saturday to see his girl. Mrs. Geo. Wheeler, is still indisposed. We are going *o put on a big advertising proposition soon, we want live agents in every town and community. Write for terms. Alonza Donlow, of Brookport was in the city Sunday the guest of relatives. Mrs. Lila Williams, returned to her home in Marion Sunday. Costa Sumner passed thru the city Sunday a. m, enroute home from Duquoin. We are agents for the Booker T. Washington memorial edition. The Master Mind of a Child of Slavery and the story of My Life and Work. The latest edition just out from the press. cloth bindings $1.25. Half leather Library edition $1.75. Give us your orders. 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. $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 care is the only 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. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The only way to get the genuine New Home Sewing Machine is to buy the machine with the same 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. Native Salve. We have just recived some more of Native Salve and it is going very last, those in Carbonand Md. City can secure a box or more now by 50c, per box. Act quick if you want it. Send all orders to Rev. J. B. McCrary. Erbie Shannon is confined to his bed and under the care of a physician this week. Ray Roberts had to have one of his toes operated on this week on the account of an in-growing toe nail. Sheriff Osro Shirk, of Massac, Co., left Tuesday a. m. for the State Penetentiary and Boys Reformatory mens and boys who had violated the laws of the state of Illinois. With him went 10 negroes and 3 whites. Miss Annie Roberts, of Joppa, was in the city Sunday. J. H. Flowers, and Will Guy of Brookport, were in the city Wednesday, in fact, almost all of the male population were here this week. News have just reached this office of the death of H. w. Anderson, of Duquoin, hussband of Mrs. A. L. Anderson, teacher in the High School of that city. She has the sympathy of the entire staff of The Gazette. We were sorry to learn of the serious illness of the wife of Dr. C. C. Phi'lips, of Golconda, and hope she will speedily recover. Mrs. Thos. Upshaw, returned to her home in Rockford, after spending several weeks in the city the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm Herron. While in the city she became a subscriber to the Gazette, for one year. Last Friday eve. at the odd Fellow's Hall, several of the young people enjoyed a Leap Year Social from 8 to 12:30. Every gent present expresses themselves as being highly enter- tained by the ladies. Luachron was served at 11 30. The affair was grand; it being under the management of the following officers: Mrs. Amanda Barnard, of this city received a telegram Tuesday a m. stating that her mother, Mrs. Lucy Kimbrough. 85 years of age is in a dying condition at her home in Clinton, Ky. Mrs. Barnard left at noon the same day and was accompanied as far as Paducah, Ky. by her daughter, Mrs. Deborah Wilson. The Doll and Ring contest closes Saturday night, Feb. 5th, at 11:30-P. M. The count for Saturday night Jan. 22nd, shows Miss Ollie E. Williams still in the Lead; over Hall by a vote 145 and over Turner by a vote of 774. Of unusual interest is the announcement "Wonderful Campaign Year Bargain" by that sterling newspaper the ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT elsewhere in this issue. The full and complete DAILY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, six issues per week, is offered on yearly subscriptions received by MARCH 1, 1916, to Rural Free Delivery and Star Route patrons at the absolutely unprecedented rate of TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR or if the Sunday paper is desired, seven issues per week for four dollars per year. This remarkably low rate is also open to subscribers who receive their mail at post offices where the DAILY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT is not handled by local newsdealers. It is NOT OPEN to subscribers who live in towns served by DAILY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT newsdealers. The regular price of the DAILY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT including Sunday is $6.00 per year. Daily without Sunday $4.00 per year. Read the announcement and grasp the opportunity while you may. No subscriptions accepted at the special rate after March 1, 1916 or for a shorter term than 1 year. Send in your subscription today. Address Globe Printing Company, Publishers, St. Louis, Mo. DEWMAINE Editor Gazette: Will you kindly permit me to make a request through the columns of your paper. To the Ministers, Deacons and Members of the Institute of the East Mt. Olive Association. The Institute will meet during the session of the Executive Board on Thursday before the second Sunday in Feb. with the St. Paul Baptist church Duquoin, Ill., 1916. We earnestly beseech every member and friend of the cause of the Master to send an offering of silver be it ever so small, for the widow of Bro. Charles Hollingsworth of the Antioch Bapt. church Metropolis, Ill. Address all communications to the president, A. J. Bowers, Dewmaine. Dear brethren and friends I address you on this wise plan that you begin sending in your contribution at once, and I will report the name of every donater at the meeting. Do not address me in Duquoin not later than Friday. There are several others in the district that claims our attention. He that has this world goods and seeth his brother in need and shuts up his bowels of compassion how dwelleth the Love of God in him, says the inspired writer. A J Bowers. President. 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, Hookeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study and in Theology. Board and Rooms Board and rooms can be secured in private families at a reasonable rate. In every case, 4 weeks will be counted for a school month All charges must be paid in advance. For any information and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRARY. Supt. and Sec'y. Box 107 Metropolis, Ill. ILLINOIS CENTRAL In order that the Carnival Season at New Orleans may be enjoyed under conditions assuring that nothing will be missed, the Illinois Central will run its third mid-winter vacation party to the southern metropolis, leaving Chicago and St. Louis in special train Saturday, March 4th. The cost is moderate and includes: Railroad fare to New Orleans and return. Sleeping car fare to New Orleans and return. Sleeping car accommodations while in New Orleans. Meals in dining car while emioute. Grand-stand seats for three Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans. Excursion trip from New Orleans on Mississippi River. Sight-seeing automobile ride in New Orleans. Automobile ride through Vicksburg National Military Park. Particulars and booklet, giving more general information as to this special Mid-Winter Vacation Party of your local ticket agent or H. J. PHELPS, General Passenger Agent, CHICAGO Golconda, 1-25-'16. Dear Bro. McCrary:~ My father advised me to drop you this card ta inform you that he was called home on the 22nd, to be at the bed-side of mother, who was very sick, but is better at this writing. I write this to inform the church the cause of his al sence. C. F. Phillips. 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. False Hopes. After Dave Darrington lost his voice he used to rap on the trough of his pig pen at feeding time. Then a woodpecker went to live in the pig pen, and the hogs went crazy.—The itamrodders. I. C R. R. Time Card NORTH BOUND. Train numbers. Arrives. Leaves. 892 19:10 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 874 2:25 p.m. 4:30 p.m. SOUTH BOUND. Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 875 10:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 875 1:28 p.m. 2:38 p.m. Rheumatism, Piles, Kidney Troubles, Bladder Troubles, Heart Troubles, Female Troubles, Stiff Joints, Syphilis, of All Discriptions, Indigestion, Corns, Eumons, 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 Pain, 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 Notice is hereby given that we cannot print a list of names contributing to churches unless $1 accompanies same. Subscribe For. The Gazette.