Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE ILLINOIS BABIES ARE NOW COUNTED REVOLUTION IN STATE HEALTH WORK BROUGHT ABOUT BY PROGRESSIVE LAWS. From Being Behind We Go to Forefront of Nation in Public Health Activity—Reforms Are Set Forth. A revolution in the activities of the Illinois state board of health has been accomplished in the last year. In a report to Governor Dunne the board describes the progress of the department as attracting national attention and quotes the Journal of the American Medical Association, the authoritative publication of the medical profession, as saying: "Fortunately for the people of the state a new era in public health activity seems to have dawned. Illinois is to be congratulated on her progress, which all friends of public health will hope is only a promise of better things in the future." "The year 1915," says the report to the governor, "stands out in the history of the Illinois state board of health as the most important year since the creation of the board in 1877. In times past Illinois was properly regarded as one of the foremost states in sanitary and public health administrations. It cannot be said that the state has stopped backward, but, to a certain extent, it has marked time while other states, taking advantage of the tremendous scientific progress of recent years, have gone ahead rapidly. Illinois, consequently, has appeared to lag behind. Here Are Progressive Steps. But in 1915 Illinois resumed its place in the forefront in public health work, the report points out, with the following progressive steps: Establishment of modern and accurate registration of births and deaths. Creation of bureau of sanitary engineering, charged with supervision of water and sewage systems, and disease prevention. Employment of state epidemiologist and four district health officers to fight contagious disease, supervise quarantine in epidemics and advise local health officers. Enlargement of Springfield health laboratory and establishment of branches at Chicago and Mount Vernon for diagnosis of communicable disease. Distribution of diphtheria anti-toxin, antityphoid vaccine, smallpox vaccine and packages of nitrate of silver for prevention of blindness in children. These changes were largely brought about by the enactment of new laws recommended by the governor and passed by the Forty-ninth general assembly. Illinois Babies Now Counted. "Perhaps the most important step taken in public health administration in thirty years," says the report, "was the establishment of a modern and accurate system of the registration of births and deaths. For years Illinois has stood almost alone among the larger states as being unrecognized in its vital statistics by the United States bureau of census. "The bureau of sanitary engineering, working closely in touch with the state epidemiologist, will place the prevention of communicable disease in expert and efficient kands, and these agencies will be further strengthened by the recent division of the state into sanitary districts, each with its full-time medical health officer residing in his own district and working under the supervision of the board. The district health officers will not only have charge of the supervision of contagious diseases and insanitary conditions in their districts, but they will be advisers of municipalities and will bring about frequent conferences of local health officers for the purpose of elevating the standards of public health protection in the various towns and cities. "For some time the state has distributed diphtheria antitoxin and more recently vaccine for the prevention of typhoid fever, and during the past year smallpox vaccine and packages of nitrate of silver for the prevention of blindness in children have been added to the list. In addition to the ordinary demand for such agents, the state board of health during 1915 furnished sufficient typhoid vaccine to immunize all the members of the Illinois National Guard and the inmates of a number of state institutions. Several years ago a law was passed authorizing the state board of health to assume public health control in municipalities whenever communicable disease spread beyond the control of local authorities. During the past year the board has taken this action in a purely friendly way and at the instance and co-operation of cities affected, with the result that several municipalities have been saved thousands of dollars and normal business and social conditions have been promptly restored. Public Health Exhibit. "The board of health has insisted that a greater amount of public good will ultimately come from systematic and widespread education in public health; matters than through any other method that can be employed. QUICK PAY FOR INJURED WORKMEN INDUSTRIAL BOARD MAKES BIG CHANGE IN HAZARDOUS OCCUPATIONS. CUT LAW'S COST AND DELAY Toller Who Is Hurt Can Get Hearing Without Expense in Seventeen Replacing costly and lengthy court proceedings with simple investigations and hearings without costs, the Industrial Board of Illinois settled since its creation, up to January 1, 1916, more than 3,000 personal injury cases under the workingman's compensation law. A report to Governor Dunne by the board sets forth the success which has been attained in doing away with the expenses and delays of justice, as it was meted out to injured workingmen when all disputes between the injured men and their employers had to be tried in court before a jury. Statistics are now being gathered to use in preparing an accurate comparison of the delay and cost of the old system with the new. How Hearing is Begun. When an injured workingman whose employer has accepted the jurisdiction of the workingmen's compensation law, is unable to agree on the amount due as damages, instead of hiring a lawyer and contracting to pay him half of all that can be recovered, he now goes or writes to the Industrial Board, 203 City Hall Square building, Chicago, stating his case. An investigator is assigned who attempts to arrange a settlement satisfactory to both sides. If this cannot be done, the workingman petitionals for a hearing before an arbitration agent. If either the workingman or the employer demands that an arbitration committee be appointed—that is a committee of three selected respectively by the workingman, the employer and the state board—the one petitioning for the committee must pay $20, which is the compensation of the arbitrators. If the committee is not insisted upon, the hearing is held before an agent of the board, whom the state pays. A record of the hearing is taken by a stenographer paid by the state. Trial Is Quickly Set. An average of five applications for hearings a day were filed in 1915; notices were mailed in every case within forty-eight hours. Five days are given in which the parties may appoint arbitrators, or agree to accept the board's arbitrator as the sole referee. Then the case is set for hearing, ten days' notice being given. In 17 days, on an average, from the time the application was filed, the case is heard. As work was greatly congested in 1915 by insufficient appropriations, eighteen cases a day are now being heard, and five state arbitrators are at work in Chicago and two in the state outside. Where the evidence in the case is simple and the injury alleged does not require medical testimony to establish, it is not necessary for the working-man to employ a lawyer, or expert witnesses. Where lawyers are employed, the fees are greatly in contrast with the old days of contingent fees, when half the amount recovered was the usual compensation. With few exceptions hearings are completed in a single day. Appeal to Board Only. If the decision of the arbitrator or committee of arbitration is not satisfactory to either side, appeal may be taken to the industrial board. From October, 1913, to December 31, 1914, 1,526 applications for adjustment were filed and there were 393 petitions for review by the industrial board. In 1915, there were 1,522 applications for adjustment, and 293 petitions for so- MOTTO: "HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY" view. The decision of the industrial board can only be contested by a writ of certiorari, alleging that the provisions of the law were not carried out. The courts will not review the facts or question the decision if it was made according to law. A report by the board to Governor Dunne says: "We are working in conjunction with the United Charities, the Legal Aid society and the Bureau of Personal Service. These organizations refer all compensation casas to the board and we interest ourselves by having one of our investigators call upon the employer of the injured person and endeavor to bring about a settlement without putting the injured person to the expense of a trial, and we are glad to say by working with the above mentioned organizations a great many cases have been settled without any expense to either employer or employee. We find it hard sometimes to make men understand that we will look after their interests and secure for them the compensation due without taking something away from them. In order to obviate this trouble, we intend making arrangements of some kind with the different foreign consuls located in Chicago whereby they will interest themselves to the extent of looking after the cases of their countrymen. We now have an agreement with the Italian consul." New State Institutions Two now Illinois institutions, a Hospital for Insane at Alton and School for Epileptics at Dixon, are expected to be ready for patients in the summer. NEW LAWS AID FACTORY WORKERS State Factory Inspector-Tells of Progress in Department That Enforces Workforce Statutes Progress of the Illinois department of factory inspection in the last year is outlined in a report to Governor Dunne as being: New legislation passed on the recommendation of the governor, and the following new activities in the work of the inspection department: Opening of an occupational disease clinic for free examination of cases suspecting signs of industrial poisoning. Publication of annual reports describing the work of this department by appropriate articles illustrated by photographs and drawings. Special ventilation inspections in factories, especially in crowded garment shops. Compulsory reporting of the issuance of working permits to children so that the factory inspector may have a correct record of all children employed. Opening of a course of instructions to teach the inspectors the correct interpretation of the laws and new methods in the field of safety, hygiene and sanitation. Proper enforcement of all laws and better compliance by reason of due respect for this office having been created among employers. Increase in Inspections. The factory inspector's report shows that during the last two years in the enforcement of all laws 58,841 more inspections, or an increase of 64 per cent, were made than during the preceding two-year period. The figures further state that the number of convictions was nearly doubled, which proves that the inspections were of a more thorough type. The fines, which are annually turned into the public school fund, amounted to $18,000, exceeding those previously collected by $5,000. That the inspectors were kept constantly "on the go" is shown by the fact that 431 towns were visited, as against only 176 during the previous two years. Law Keeps Workers Clean. Two of the ten laws enforced by this department, the popularly-styled "wash house law" and the "basement law," were enacted last year. The "wash house" act provides for adequately-heated wash rooms containing sanitary washing facilities and lockers in such employments where the workmen become covered with grease, dust and grime. The results obtained by enforcing this law tell a story of real human interest. The workman returns to his home in a clean and tidy condition, and insists upon the same conditions among the members of his St. Paul, Minnesota. The $1,000,000.00 Bond issue by the city of St. Paul, for the purpose of putting its public school buildings in the very best of condition, will be voted on at the Special election about two weeks hence. Much interest centers around this proposition of the Commissioner of Education. A discussion of the proposition will be the subject of the pulp at Pilgrim Baptist church on Sunday night, March 5, at 8:00 o'clock. The white Southerner certainly was in the wrong pew to act and carry out his nefarious properganda, when he without a cause began to abuse the two colored gentlemen on the St. Paul street car the other day. He took exception to one of the colored men retaining a seat in the car when there was a white woman standing. He passed by more than a dozen other white men sitting in the car to reach the colored man, and curse him. But, Lo, before he could realize where he was, the colored man acting within his rights as a citizen, drove his right straight to the offending white man's eye. What happened is summed up in these words, "The white man required help to leave the car." In the Municipal Court the next day, upon testimony of the Car conductor and other eye witnesses, the colored man was held as having acted purley in self defense. The "white Southerner" was Lectured by the Court and given the usual $100 fine. Revival meetings are being planned for the month of March by the St James A. M. E., and Zion Presbyterian churches. Out of the city help is is to come to assist the pastors of the two churches during the revivals. In an important case before the district Court last week, Attorney W T. Frances, won a verdict by Jury, of $2500 00 for his client. Mr. Francis is fast becoming recognized as one of St Paul's ablest attorneys at the Bar. He is an ardent worker and member of Pilgrim Baptist church. St. Paul is much elated over its talented double Ladies Quartet. These eight ladies are among the best singers of the twin cities. They are among the active workers of the cities. Hence they are no strangers but a credit and an inspiration to any church and people whom they may serve. For engagements with these "Star" you may address communications to Mrs. Hattie B. Hall, 601 Cedar St. St. Paul, Minn The Social and Literary Society of Pilgrim Baptist church will present the California Jubilee Quartet Monday night March 6, at Pilgrim Baptist church. This is an "All Star" company. The Crispus Attucks Home Association of the twin cities has opened a campaign to raise $1,000,000 for the purpose of making the first cash payment on the five acre tract of land lying between the twin cities. Ten ladies in each city are Leaders in the campaign. Ties are to raise $50,000 each. Mrs Charles Miller is President of the association. The annual sermon of the K. P.'s will be preached by Rev. B. N Murrell at 3:00 P. M. E. on Sunday. The Cntr's prpring Special Musc. The Odd Fellow and Masons of St. Paul desive much credit for the splendid building erected in this city. The St. Paul Post Office has among its employees many representatives of the colored Americain in both the Clerical and Carrier departments. The best feature of this is, every few months some other young colored man excel his competitors in the examinations, and wins the positions. Only the industrious and economic should leave the warmer climate and migrate into these parts. These long, cold and trying winter seasons will certainly make paupers of the idlers and spendthrills. But few cities of its size in America with colored populations can produce more magnificent, valuable, well located and well furnished homes belonging to colored citizens, than St Paul. Then add to this the highest average of culture and intelligence among this class of citizens to be found in the United States. Is not this an ideal city in which to live? When you consider the Ten thousands beautiful lakes in Minnesota, you too, will agree that it may well be considered a typical "Baptist State. Why? Answer "Because there is much water there." In planning your trip for the Summer, if you desire to make it both pleasurable and profitable from beginning to ending, begin now to get in touch with some one in St. Paul. After one trip, you will come again. W. H. GREENE. ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY NOTES. The interest in our spring rally is growing. The jubilee singers are on the road now in the interest of the rally. The students here have written to their friends at home and abroad and many favorable replys are being made. Dr A. M Townsend, our president is working with us in this matter. All who have been requested will please comply as your contributions are needed. Among our visitors this week are Miss Eaton Teacher of the Fire-side school Nashville, Tenn, Mrs. Morgan Supt of Fireside school Mrs Flowers Missionary and Mrs. A. H. Barber of Chicago, all expressed joy at seeing the progress made along all at our school. Rev. Dr. J. T. Carr, of Ottumwa, Ia., one of the Allumni of this school was in the city and also paid us a call. His presence was appreciated very much by all. The Ministers Conference is doing a nice work many interesting texts and topics are discussed All of the various department are in a prosperous condition. SPARTA. It is with much satisfaction for me to speak through your worthy paper concerning our church at Sunday School. Our S. S. opened at 9:30 a. m. by our Supt J M Haunes, review by Miss Mar ur e Taylor, responded to by M. C. Wrice. At 11:30 Rev. P. B. French ascended the rostrum and preached a powerful sermon using for a text Isaiah 1:18 subject Appeal to Reason. At 3:00 p. m. the church resembled prayer service was had or a while then the pastor delivered a scripture sermon from St. Luke 22:19 21. He then administered the Lord's Supper. At 7:30 our pastor preached a strong gospel sermon from Isaiah 55:1. This sermon was a beginning of our revival meeting. We are expecting a strong gospel preacher to be with in our meeting this week in the person of Rev. J. D. Davis, of Colps, Ill. Miss Amanda Haynes made a visit to Dewmaine, last Wednesday. Rev. P. B. French made a flying trip to St. Louis, to see his family who are visiting his daughter Mrs. Wheeler. Mr. Albert Williams and Mrs. Sallie Johnson were united in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony last week. Rev. P. B. French officiating. I am glad of the liberty to say a few words in your worthy paper. The weather was favorable today and we had good attendance both at Sunday School and at church. The S. S. was opened at 9:30 by the Supt. J. M. Haynes. The teachers were all present and a great interest was manifested in lesson. The Golden Text was opened for discussion by Miss Ethel Nance response by J. J. Taylor, also a topic of Church Development was opened by Miss Rachel Smith, responded to by Ben Lance. At 11:15 our pastor ascended the rostrum and after reading the 37 Psalms he delivered a powerful discourse. At 8:00 p.m. after prayer and praise service our pastor preached us another splendid sermon, his text will be found in 2 Cor. 13:5. The B. Y. P. U. met at 5:00 with a good attendance. The Choir meets every week to practice. The Sewing Circle meets every week and is advancing under the management of Mrs. D. Browning. Mr. Noah Carter is sick and is no beeter at this writing. Mlsfit Name. Little Florence climbed upon her father's lap on her birthday and put her arms around his neck. Father always called her "Toodles," and until now she had answered to the name. But now she looked at him in surprise. "Why, I'm three now! I should think you'd call me "Threedles." she said. Danger in Pride. No man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him—Surke. Dignamism. Dignam tells us: "There are many risks in business. The wise man allows his competitors to take their." To Lydia E. 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We wish every woman who suffers from female troubles, nervousness, backache or the blues could see the letters written by women made well by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If you have any symptom about which you would like to know write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for helpful advice given free of charge. No Choice. "I studied French at school and learned to speak it fluently, and yet when I went to Paris I couldn't understand a word of what the natives said." "Nothing strange about that. When you speak you choose your own words, but when you listen you have to take em as they come." PREPAREDNESS1 To Fortify The System Against Grip when Grip is prevalent LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE should be taken, as this combination of Quinine with other ingredients, destroys germs, acts as a Tonic and Laxative and thus keeps the system in condition to withstand the germs. B. W. GRVE'S signature in box, sgc. Classified. "What is Dubkins, anyhow, pro-ally or pro-German?" asked Hickenlooper. "Oh, Dubkins is a snootral," said Blifkins. "Snootral? You mean neutral, don't you?" "No," said Blifkins, "I mean snootral. Dubkins spends his time turning up his nose at both sides." WOMAN'S GROWNING GLORY is her hair. If yours is streaked with ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use "La Creole" Hair Dressing and change it in the natural way. Price $1.00.—Ady. Uncle Eben. "How many folks," said Uncle Eben, "is it tryin' to improve de world in general an' forgettin' to have de ashes carried out'n deir own basements!" Not Gray 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 Humely Co., Chicago sends Eye Book on request. Praise men and flatter women, and you will have many fair-weather friends. Makes Work a Burden A bad back makes hard work harder. All day the dull throb and the sharp, darting pains make you misrattle, and there's no rest at night. Maybe it's your daily work that hurts the kidneys, for jarring, jolting, lifting, reaching, dampness and many other strains do weaken them. Cure the kidneys. Use Doan's Kidneys Pills. They have helped thousands and should do as well for you. Thousands recommend them. A Missouri Case "Every Picture Tells a Story" Children Who Are Sickly When your child cries at night, tesses restlessly in its sleep, is constinated, feverish or has symptoms of worms, you feel worried and the wounds you own their own cushions and the welcoming childen, should never be without a box of Mother Grace's sweets. for me throughout the ses- sion up Cold, relieve Feverish- ness. Constipation. Teething Disorders. move and destroy Worms. These powders are pleasant to take and treat for parents and the child's stomach, act on the Liver and give heartiful sleep by regulating the child's sleep. son. They tend to Break up Cold, relieve Feverishness. Constipation. Teethaches. Chewers. Borders and regulate Bowels and destroy Worms. These people must massage their mouth and easy for, parents to give. They cleanse the stomach, act on the Liver. Don't accept by regulating the child's system. Used by mother for 24 years. Sold by all directions. 25 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Mother Gray Co. Le Roy, N. Y. Be sure you ask for and obtain Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. BIRDS IN CEMETERIES AUDUBON SOCIETIES INTERESTED IN BIG PROJECT. Idea Is to Have Burial Grounds Converted Into Sanctuaries Where Feathered Friends of Human- ity May Find Refuge. More than a million acres of land will be added to the bird reservations in the United States if the National Association of Audubon societies, with headquarters in New York, succeeds in its campaign to have all the cemeteries of the country converted into bird sanctuaries. The plan includes not only the forty-eight burial grounds of New York city, but all cemeteries down to the lonely graveyard of the smallest hamlet. "While the average visitor to cemeteries is frequently impressed with the song of birds," said T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the association, who has brought forward this plan, "this is due rather to the usual quiet and perhaps to the receptive mood of the person. The number of birds is really small compared to what it would be were but a little effort made. Much has been done to drive birds away from cemeteries. Frequently, there is not a yard of underbrush where a thrasher or vireo can build its nest. There are no pools or other means for the birds to slake their thirst. Tree surgery has closed the cavities whence titmouse, wren or bluebird formerly issued to console the lonely visitor. Fruit-bearing trees have been removed and there is an absence of berry-bearing shrubs, such as birds enjoy." The association, in addition to the above needs, is urging the exclusion of gunners and cats from the cemeteries, the latter through the use of catproof fences. The placing of bird boxes in trees is recommended, as well as the construction of fountains or other drinking places for the birds. Food in the way of growing blackberries, strawberries or mulberries is suggested, while many cemeteries are said to have ample waste space where buckwheat and other small grain could be planted without detracting from the beauty of the landscape. The supplying of food in other ways as well as the provisions for nest-building are among other suggestions contained in a circular just issued by the association which, Mr. Pearson says, he will mail to all persons interested in having their city cemetery converted into a bird sanctuary. In Indianapolis thousands of birds find refuge in Crown Hill cemetery and birds of some varieties which generally go South in the fall spend the winter there. Crossbred Yaks to Feed Alaskans. No breed of dairy or beef cattle has as yet been found hardy enough to stand the winters in the interior of Alaska without excessive expense for food and protection against cold. As a result milk sells for 50 cents a quart and the beef that is consumed in the country consists almost wholly of cold storage meat brought from the outside. The Journal of Heredity says that the Alaska Experiment station has undertaken to relieve this situation by crossing the hardy Scotch Galloway cattle with the yak, an Asiatic ox much used by Mongolians, Tibetans, etc., for milk and meat as well as work. The yak pastures through the winter under the open sky in Siberia and obtains feed from last year's grass dug from under the snow. Crosses of the yak with domestic cattle are common in Asia and highly successful. Bear Caught in City. A fat black bear, weighing nearly 400 pounds, was trapped and killed on the edge of the city limits near Cowen park, according to a dispatch from Seattle, and about one and a half miles from the university. The downfall of bruin was brought about by two unknown men, who sold the bear while it was in the trap to A. Lampner, a butcher of Redmond, for $20. According to the men who trapped the animal, it had established its headquarters on the hill near the Cowen Park ravine, and had apparently decided to spend the winter there. The bear was in prime condition and had evidently found the back yards of Cowen Park residents fine foraging grounds. The death of George Edwardes recalls how he sold "Dorothy" for a song, and how a song—Queen of My Heart—made a fortune for the piece. The death of Lewis Walter recalls the case of "Monsieur Beaucaire." That play, when "tried on the dog" at Liverpool, was a dead failure. The "dog's verdict" was wrong. Produced as a mere stop-gap at the Comedy, "Beaucaire" proved a big and instant success. It ran for some 400 times, and had the crowning triumph of a royal command performance at Sandringham. That's What. "What is a military attache, father?" "A military attache is an official who has to be recalled as soon as he is caught doing what he is paid to do." Concelted. "What is a self-made man, father?" "A self-made man, my boy, is one who thinks that the Creator could not possibly have produced such a wonderful being as he is." METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. Not a Bite of Breakfast Until You Drink Water Says a glass of hot water and phosphate prevents illness and keeps us fit. Just as coal, when it burns, leaves behind a certain amount of incompustible material in the form of ashes, so the food and drink taken day after day leaves in the alimentary canal a certain amount of indigestible material, which if not completely eliminated from the system each day, becomes food for the millions of bacteria which infest the bowels. From this mass of left-over waste, toxins and ptomainel-like poisons are formed and sucked into the blood. Men and women who can't get feeling right must begin to take inside baths. Before eating breakfast each morning drink a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it to wash out of the thirty feet of bowels the previous day's accumulation of poisons and toxins and to keep the entire alimentary canal clean, pure and fresh. Those who are subject to sick headache, colds, biliousness, constipation, others who wake up with bad taste, foul breath, backache, rheumatic stiffness, or have a sour, gassy stomach after meals, are urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from any druggist or storekeeper, and begin practicing internal sanitation. This will cost very little, but is sufficient to make anyone an enthusiast on the subject. Remember inside bathing is more important than outside bathing, because the skin pores do not absorb impurities into the blood, causing poor health, while the bowel pores do. Just as soap and hot water cleanses, sweetens and freshens the skin, so hot water and limestone phosphate act on the stomach, liver kidneys and bowels.—Adv. When a fool and his money are parted the parting is such sweet sorrow! WHEN KIDNEYS ACT BAD TAKE GLASS OF SALTS Eat Less Meat If Kidneys Hurt or You Have Backache or Bladder Misery —Meat Forms Uric Acid. No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which clogs the kidney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only part of the waste and poisons from the blood, then you get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, nervousness, constipation, dizziness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders come from slurglug kidneys. The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts, or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or attended by a sensation of scalding, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable pharmacy and 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 has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer causes irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure; makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which all regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney complications.—Adv. The longer the dog's day the shorter the cat's night. Children love this "fruit laxative," and nothing else, cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat, sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen, Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the constipated waste, sore bile and undigested food passes out of the system, and you have a well child again. Millions of mothers give "California Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly harmless; children love it, and it never fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels. 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 printed on the bottle. Adv. One should learn to talk well--also when it is well not to talk. FRIENDSHIP THAT RINGS TRUE Always a Condition That Requires Thorough Understanding and Complete Sympathy. Some acquaintances will never ripen into true friendship because the common bond of union, the thorough understanding and the complete sympathy are lacking. An acquaintance begun in childhood will ripen into friendship if the children develop mutual interest in a common cause of study or pleasure. If dissimilar tastes and unlike impulses develop the children will grow apart, since each of us tends toward certain centers of association. Money cannot buy us friends. It often purchases apparent friendship, but when the wealth goes that which posed as friendship vanishes also. Friendship must be distinguished from that sentimental feeling which is so common among young girls. This ridiculous fascination, which expresses itself in extravagant terms of endearment, is very fickle. As soon as it finds faults in one idol it transfers its affection to another. Youth has yet to learn that perfection in human nature does not exist. The sensible man or woman does not set up an ideal of friendship so high that it must be shattered. Friends influence us for good or evil. Unfortunately we can guide the formation of our friendships only to a very limited extent, either for ourselves or for our children. Friendship springs up and grows naturally; it cannot be planted at will. Foolish friendships are often formed in youth. It is useless to talk against them, since young people always present criticism of their friends. We must simply tolerate them and trust to the awakening of common sense to prove all frivolous friendships false and unworthy.-Philadelphia Inquirer. Odd Mail Service. A novel mail service is to be put into operation on the Magdalena river, in the Republic of Colombia, seasleds having been planned to ply between Bogota and the coast. By the water route the distance between the two points is more than 800 miles. It is expected that it will be covered at an average speed of nearly forty miles an hour. Tests were recently made on the Hudson river, near New York, with an oddly designed craft which has been built especially for this service. It is a broad-beamed glider, equipped with a high-power motor, and driven by two aerial propellers mounted at the stern. It is capable of carrying a number of passengers, and when loaded draws only five inches of water. While traveling at its maximum speed, however, the sled requires only one inch of water, for it skims along barely cutting the surface. Its slight draft is made necessary by the shallowness of the river on which it is to operate. Wire in Great Demand. Particularly for the transmission of high potential currents the steel-aluminum wire has been found most desirable after ten years' experience, during which time, it is stated, two companies alone are making use of 70,000,000 pounds of conductor of this character. The aluminum has great efficiency, together with lightness, while the steel imparts strength, so that it is possible to maintain reasonably long spans, which is not so with the conductor made alone of aluminum. The simplest form of the steel-aluminum cable is that to which six aluminum strands are laid around a central steel wire, all of the seven strands being of the same size. Larger areas usually have the single steel wire replaced by a seven-wire steel cable of the same area, the ratio of steel to aluminum being the same in both cases. "City Healthier Than Farm." "The sanitary conditions in the farmers' homes of Massachusetts and New York state are not what they should be," Dr. Harvey W. Wiley declared in an address before several hundred farmers from all over the state in Horticultural hall, assembled for the Massachusetts state board of agricultural's annual meeting. "In New York and Massachusetts particularly, the city is a healthier place to live than the country," Doctor Wiley said. "The cities of New York and Massachusetts are taking better care of their citizens than the country is, and I am inclined to believe that the unfavorable situation in the rural sections is due more to lack of sanitary conveniences and appliances than it is to the effect of the climate or of a deficient diet." Thieves Leave Sacred Records. All but three of the 75 talking-machine records of the Birdsboro High school were stolen by a thief, who forced an entrance into the building, turned on a light and tried out all the records, it is believed. Thumb marks on the three left behind showed they were tested too. The selections rejected were "Lead Kindly Light," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "Nearer, My God to Thee." Most of the records stolen were ragtime and marches—Reading Dispatch to Philadelphia North American. Old Hand at the Pump. "I came in reply to your advertisement for a young man to pump the organ," said the applicant. "Have you had any experience in that line?" asked the church organist. "You bet I have," replied the applicant. "I worked for a milkman two years." Cures the sick and acts as a preventative for others. Liquid given on the tongue. Safe for brood mares and all others. Best kidney remedy. $ 10 cents a bottle. $ 5 a dozen. Sold by all druggists and turf goods houses, or sent, to manufacturers. Booklet. "Distem-pap, Care and Cure.". SPHN MEDICAL, CO. Chemists, Goshen, Ind. U. S. A. Fulton Mothers Now Treat Children's Colds Externally NEURALGIA KILLS PAIN BRUISES RHEUMATISM Mothers! Your cares in comforting the aches and pains of the family from youth to old age, are lessened when you use this old and trust-worthy remedy— Sloan's Liniment Bruises—Rheumatism—Neuralgia Mothers: "Keep a bottle in your home" Price 25c., 50c. and $1.00 Bumper Grain Crops Good Markets—High Prices Prizes Awarded to Western Canada for Wheat, Oats, Barloy, 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. G. A. Cook, 2012 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.; C. J. Broughton, Room 412, 112 W. Adams St., Chicago, Ill. Canadian Government Agents Dear Mr. Editor: I suffered from lame back and a tired, worn-out feeling. Was unable to stand erect and scarcely able to get around. It would usually come on at first with crick in small of my back. I took Anuric Tablets and my back commenced to get better. I did not have to walk doubled over as I did before using the "Anuric." It is the best remedy I have ever taken for what it is intended to relieve. A. G. DRAKE NOTE:—When your kidneys get sluggish and clog, you suffer from backache, sick-headache, dizzy spells, or the twinges and pains of lumbago, rheumatism and gout. "Anuric" is the most powerful agent in dissolving uric acid, as hot water melts sugar. Ask the druggist for "Anuric" put up by Dr. Pierce, in 50-cent packages. For PINK Cures the sick Liquid given on all others. Best dozen. Goldy lush express paid, by per, Cause and C SPOHN MEDICAL Yes, Yes. "I'd go through fire and water for you." The girl who chooses a husband because he has the "rocks" may have a marble heart. A boy is handicapped from the start if his father has no backbone. Fulton Mothers N Children's They Find Vap-O-Rub Better Than In- Mrs. J. S. Pugh, 510 Market St., and Mrs. Mary Holton, 105 Ravine St., both of Fulton, Mo., have found, in common with many other Missouri mothers, that it is no longer necessary to dose children with internal medicines for cold troubles. In the South Vick's Vap-O-Rub is the standard remedy for these troubles, but it was only last winter that it was introduced here. Vap-O-Rub was discovered by a North Carolina druggist. He found how to combine Menthol and Camphor with the volatile oils of Thyme, Eucalyptus, Cubebs and Juniper, in salve form, so that when applied to the body, the ingredients are vaporized by the body heat. These vapors are inhaled with each breath, through the air passages, to the lungs, carrying the medication direct to the affected parts, and, in addition, Vick's is absorbed through the skin, taking out the tightness and NEURAL FROM GIRLHOOD TO OLD AGE WOMEN ARE HELPED At the first symptoms of any derangement of the feminine organism at any period of life the one safe, really helpful remedy is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for every conceivable ailment and disease of a womanly nature. It is a woman's temperance medicine and its ingredients are published on wrapper. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a true friend to women in times of trial and at times of pain when the organs are not performing their functions. For headache, backache, hot flashes, catarral conditions, bearing down sensations, mental depression, dizziness, fainting spells, women should never fail to take this tried and true women's medicine. EYE DISTEMPER CATARRHAL FEVER AND ALL NOSE AND THROAT DISEASES and acts as a preventative for others. the tongue. Safe for brood mares and kidnage remedy. 50 cents a bottle, $5 a druggist and turf goods houses, or sent the manufacturers. Booklet, "Distemure," free. CO., Chemists, Goshen, Ind., U. S. A. There are times when nothing speaks more eloquently than silence. THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH. You will look ten years younger if you darken your ugly, grizzly, gray hairs by using "La Creole" Hair Dressing.-Adv. Men who have a lean and hungry look are nearly always the biggest eaters. Now Treat Colds Externally soreness. This double action makes Vap-O-Rub really a remarkable remedy for many forms of inflammations. Either inflammations of the air passages, such as head colds, catarrh, bronchitis, sore throat, or deep chest colds, or inflammations of the skin tissues, such as burns, bruises, stings, piles, itching and muscular soreness. It is particularly recommended for small children, as it can be used freely, with perfect safety, on the youngest member of the family. But let these Missouri mothers speak for themselves. Mrs. Bolton writes—I have used Vap-O-Rub on baby for bad colds. Results were excellent. I find it better than any internal medicine I ever used." Mrs. Pugh's experience is—I tried your Vap-O-Rub on three of my children for bronchitis. They would cough so hard at night I could not sleep, so would get up and rub their throats and chests with Vap-O-Rub and they seldom coughed any more that night, and after I had kept it up for several nights they stopped coughing. I believe it is better than taking so much medicine internally." Three sizes, 25c, 50c or $1.00. At all druggists. ORUB"SALVE CRUISES "I Can't Resist- anything made with Calumet Baking Powder. Mother never had such wholesome bakings until she used Calumet. "It's Calumet surety, uniformity, purity, strength, that makes every baking turn out right—that saves millions of housewives Baking Powdermoney. Be fair to yourself—use Calumet." CALUMET BAKING POWDER NOT MADE BY THE CALUMET BAKING POWDER CALUMET BAKING POWDER CO. CHICAGO Cheap and big can Baking Powders do not save you money. Calumet does it's "Pure and far superior to sour milk and soda. CITIES CLAIM FAMOUS DISHES Honor of Originating Gastronomic Delicacies Has Been Pretty Well Established in This Country. America has no national dish or delicacy, but we distinguish among our cities, according to gastronomic standards, each city or state maintaining an attitude of superiority over all the rest. Philadelphia has its scrappie. Boston its baked beans and brown bread. Boston makes other claims. It is said that swordfish is so peerless in Boston that its sale to the rest of the country is forbidden. Boston also contributes to the contest the Parker house roll. Sandusky, O., claims to have furnished at least the name of porterhouse steak. Charles Dickens, according to the story, was the principal figure in the christening. When Dickens visited the United States in the 50s he spent several days at the hotel, which at that time was conducted by a man named Porter and was known as the Porter house. The author, for his first meal, ordered a steak, and it was put up for him in such a style by Mrs. Porter, the landlord's wife, that it struck his fancy. Porterhouse, steak was Dickens' favorite dish while he remained in Sandusky. On the way back to New York Dickens spoke frequently of his porterhouse steak. Friends and acquaintances happening this way stopped at the Porter house and ate steaks. In due time chefs from several of the leading eastern hotels journeyed to the Porter house and from Mrs. Porter secured, for the mere asking, desired information concerning the manner in which she prepared the steak. In this way the porterhouse steak came into existence—so the story goes. Etiquette Above Hunger. A wanderer in the wilderness and without food, the hapless city sportsman was found at last in an advanced stage of exhaustion. His rescuers propped him up against a tree trunk and offered him a cup of steaming broth. Feebly he waved them away. "Come, old man, take a little," said they, again offering the cup. A spasm, as of distress, passed over the city man's face. "You—you are serving on the wrong side," he corrected in a whisper. For he had been brought up in a home where only the very best table manners prevailed, and he had often corrected a new waitress for the same fault.—Puck. A man always feels contemptible when he lets a girl kiss him against his will. JUST WANTED TO THAW OUT Captain of American Vessel Acted as Host to Half Dozen Undersea Germans in Distress. So cold did the crew of a German submarine become while sailing beneath ice floes in the Baltic sea that they rose to the surface, halted the American steamer Moreni, bound from Copenhagen to Philadelphia, and asked permission to spend the afternoon aboard in order to thaw out. Captain Wheeler, master of the Moreni, told of the incident just before his vessel left Philadelphia. About the middle of December, when the steamer was battling against furious gales in the Baltic, the chief officer noticed that they were being signaled by a submarine. The U-boat came alongside and eight men came aboard the Moreni. Captain Wheeler supposed they wanted to examine the ship's papers, but they told him all they desired was a few hours' release from their frigid quarters on the undersea vessel. Although heavily clad in fur garments, the Germans were blue from the cold. They said their craft had been under the ice nearly two days, unable to rise because of the drifting floes, and that it had become almost impossible to live in the submarine. The plates that formed the sides of the boat, they said, were only half an inch thick and the heating apparatus was inadequate. The steward of the Moreni glad- dened the visitors with coffee and other hot drinks. They remained aboard until nearly dark. Then, after being assured by Captain Wheeler that none but Americans were on the Moreni, they went back into the submarine and soon disappeared under the ice. Scottish Ghost Story. The young Grenadier guardsman, Sir George Houstoun-Boswall, who is reported "missing, believed killed," is a wealthy Berwickshire landowner and a sion of an ancient Scottish family. A weird ghost story is associated with Allanbank, the residence inherited by him from his ancestors, the extinct Stuart baronets. Allanbank remained empty for a number of years because it was haunted by an apparition known as "Pearlin Jean," so called because she was a novice in a continental convent when the first baronet, Sir Robert Stuart, fell in love with her. Sir Robert deserted her, and the girl flung herself under the wheels of his carriage, and was killed. When the faithless lover returned to Allanbank he was horrified by visions of the girl. Seven ministers were called in to lay "Pearlin Jean," but her spirit would not rest. Teaching Cops Politeness. Commissioner Wood has a plan to remove the sulphur from the atmosphere, says the New York Times. He has just organized a squad of uniformed professors of ethical culture, with traffic policemen. The commissioner has discovered that the cops in their controversies with chauffeurs often go a bit beyond the bounds of parlor conversation. Instead of the policeman saying "——" to the chauffeur, and the chauffeur replying in like manner, it is planned to have the policemen say softly: "Pardon me, if you will please turn that automobile of yours around and go west through that other street, it will relieve me of considerable worry." And the chauffeur is expected to reply: "All right, dear sir. You are absolutely correct. I shall do as you suggest." To make it easier for them, the professors are conducting some of their classes in garages and stables. Geese Could Not Skate. A flock of more than fifty wild geese mistook glare ice in Kabekona bay, Leech Lake, Minn., for placid water, and after alighting on the smooth surface were unable to take flight and were held prisoners. The ice was so slippery it prevented the geese from "taking a running start" in order to fly. The geese, falling about on their backs, attracted four hunters, who were unable to reach the geese on account of the dangerous thinness of the ice. Finally a wooden platform was built and pushed over the ice into the flock. The birds then flopped aboard the platform, made a run of it and soon were flying away. Cold-Blooded Criticism "It's impossible to tell the truth all the time." "So it seems. What prompted that remark?" "I've just been listening to a man discussing the merits of his new motorcar. The gloss of the tomneau, the luxurious upholstery, the dazzling reflection from the brass and nickel parts and the swiftly spinning wheels of a new car never fail to bewitch the senses of its owner and warp his judgment of a machine that is at best but a striking example of man's inability to make anything that is perfect." Such Insolence "No, no, dear. I'll pay it," said the woman in black. "But, I insist." "Oh, no. I have a dime somewhere in my purse if I can only find it." "So have I. Wait a moment while I look." "Ladies," said a large, gruff man. "I'll pay your carfare. The argument is getting on my nerves." And they both glared at the brute in unspeakable amazement. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS, ILL. "CASCARETS" FOR SLUGGISH BOWELS No sick headache, sour stomach, biliousness or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent box now. Turn the rascals out—the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases—turn them out to-night and keep them out with Cascarets. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stomach. Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; remove the sour, fermenting food; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great. A Cascaret to-light straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Children love Cascarets because they never gripe or sicken. Adv. Too many men pray for things they are too lazy to work for. To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50 cents. The dancing master is always taking steps to raise money. 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 agly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.00—Adv. PROVED HERSELF A HEROINE How Modern Malden Realized the Ambition of Her Life, at Great Self-Sacrifice. "Mother!" cried the beautiful girl as she burst into her mother's stateroom on the transatlantic liner Wombat. "mother, I'm a heroine! I saved 3,000 lives!" "How so?" queried the languid lady lazily. "So how?" "O, mother, to think of the times I have read Sir Walter Scott and Robert W. Chambers and the other masters of romance and wished myself in the place of their heroines! It has been the dream of my life. And at last it has come true! I am a heroine!" "But how, Vasmaline?" put her petulant parent. "Oh, mother, the second mate—you know, the handsome officer with the eyebrows—the second mate was talking to me on the lee hatchway or somewhere, and all of a sudden he demanded a kiss. Of course I indigently refused. And then, O mother, he swore if I didn't kiss him he would nk the ship with all of the 3,000 passengers aboard. Oh, mother, I am a heroine!" His Prescription "Doctor, I have a frightful cold in my head. What shall I take for it?" "A handkerchief, madam." A GOOD CHANGE. Wrong food and drink cause a lot of trouble in this world. To change is first aid when a person is ill, particularly from stomach and nervous troubles. As an illustration: A lady in Mo. was brought around to health again by leaving off coffee and some articles of food that did not agree with her. She says: "For a number of years I suffered with stomach and bowel trouble which kept getting worse until I was ill most of the time. About four years ago I left off coffee and began using Postum. My stomach and bowels improved right along, but I was so reduced in flesh and so nervous that the least thing would overcome me. "Then I changed my food and began using Grape-Nuts in addition to Postum. I lived on these two principally for about four months. Day by day I gained in flesh and strength until the nervous trouble had disappeared. I feel that I owe my health to Postum and Grape-Nuts. "Husband was troubled, for a long time, with occasional cramps, and slept badly. Finally I prevailed upon him to leave off coffee and take Postum. After he tried Postum for a few days he found that he could sleep and that his cramps disappeared. He never went back to coffee." 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. TELL OF PAST GLORY RUINS OF ROMAN PALACES MEMENTOES OF GREATNESS. Posillipo, in the "Fairest Land of Europe," Has a History Which Makes It of Entrancing Interest to the Tourist. The city of Naples gives no idea of the beauty of southern Italy. It sits like a ragged vagrant by the roadside in the fairest land of Europe. If you would see all of this beauty at a glance, visit the steep headline of Posilippo, which juts into the sea beyond the city. Here are combined the beauties of the modern Campania—the smooth roads winding upward past white villas, the blue sky, under which the earth seems to glow, while the sea is tipped with silver—and the most striking relics of the long-gone days of the Roman empire and the middle ages, those periods so full of story and color, which have moved across Italy, environed in her beautiful landscape and inspired by the romantic temperament of her people, like the acts of some mighty pageant. At Posilipo stood the villa of Virgil, greatest of the Latin poets, and here today is a vault where his remains are said to lie. It was at Posilipo that Virgil wrote the Georgics, those beautiful Latin pastorals that picture all the seasons of the year as the poet studied them from his country seat. Here after he had died came many another poet and sage to put flowers on his tomb. This famous sepulcher is a low stone vault with three windows. There formerly stood within it a tall urn, which was said to contain the ashes of the poet, but this has disappeared and is said to have been removed by King Robert the Wise to his palace for safe-keeping. At the very end of the headland stands one of the most impressive relics of Roman luxury in all Italy. It is the ruin of Pausilypum, the villa built by Vedius Pollio and bequeathed by him to Augustus Caesar. "The End of Sorrow" is the meaning of its name, which has become that of the entire headland. Here are remains of massive white marble walls and pillars and foundations, reaching far out into the water, and from these and from the numerous legends and stories that cling about them, one may reconstruct the beauty and splendor and license of the life of decadent Rome. He may picture the great villa, sitting on the point of the headland, backed by dark groves, with its white feet in the breaking sea. He may reconstruct in fancy the Odeon and the theater, where the lord and his guests were entertained; the fish pond into which Vedius caused a servant to be thrown and devoured for breaking a glass; the wide-flung galleries and porticos, the elaborate marble baths. And this palace of a bygone age he may people with the nobles and philosophers, the poets and soldiers of Rome, in their flowing robes of white and purple, attended by the slaves of all their wars—beautiful women of Greece, black men from Africa, fair-haired savages from the British Isles and the wild interior of Europe—the people of all the races conquered by these most powerful and dominating men that the world has yet brought forth and who are now remembered by crumbling stones upon a deserted beach.—Chicago Daily News. His Ferocious Pacifism. "I have before me," said Professor Pate, "the statement of the antipreparedness literary bureau that Thomas Carlyle was a pacifist. Indeed, he was! At one time a worshiping American ventured to call on him. The genius had filled up on 17 cups of tea and was sitting humped over before the fireplace, wrapped in a shawl and an 8-inch grouch, and paid no attention to the visitor. Finally the caller uttered a timid 'Ah-h'm!' "'Silence, you blockhead!" thundered Carlyle. "Bub-but," stammered the intruder, I—I am not saying anything. "No, but you are interrupting my silence. Get out!" "That is the sort of pacifist Thomas Carlyle was."—Kansas City Star. Ringing in the Ears. Swelling and congestion of the mucous membrane of the eustachian tube—generally the result of neglected catarral "colds"—often produces ringing in the ears. If not soon relieved it will bring on a disease of the inner ear and deafness. Dr. W. C. Brailsin of Brooklyn told the American Otological society recently that he treats this by swabbing out the eustachian tube with a solution of 20 grains of nitrate of silver in an ounce of water, applying it on a pledget of cotton wound at the end of two strands of thin wire twisted as one. Criticus—By the way, old chap, are you writing for money or for fame? Scribbles—Neither. I'm writing for posterity. Criticus—Well, all I've got to say is that it's a low-down trick to play on posterity. They Were In Luck. Mistress—Did you tell the ladies I was not at home, as I instructed you? Servant—Of did, mum. Mistress—What did they say? Servant—Wan av thim said ut's ather bein' better t' be born lucky than rich. Thousands upon thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. You may suffer a great deal with pain in the back, headache, loss of ambition, nervousness and may be despondent and irritable. Don't delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physician's prescription, obtained at any drug store, restores health to the kidneys and is just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Get a fifty cent or one dollar bottle immediately from any drug store. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.-Adv. As a Special Compliment "My ma's gone downtown to pay some bills." "Poh! The man comes to the house to collect curs." Dr. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative—three for a cathartic—Adv. Horrid Man. Katharine—He told me I sang like his pet bird. Kidder—Hard luck. His pet bird is a parrot. Important to Mothers 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 Castoria A large portion of what the world calls good luck is composed of ninety-nine parts of ambition and one part of talent. RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and 14 oz. of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a week until it becomes the desired shade. Any drugstick can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and re-strengthen it. It will make hair and will make hard hair soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp, is not sticky or greasy, and does not rub off.—Adv. This Year. Tourist—Where she proposed to him?—New York Sun. 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—Ady. The Case Stated. "What d'ye think, Hiram, of this play about a dumb wife?" "Ain't no sich critter." BANISH PIMPLES QUICKLY Easily and Cheaply by Using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Trial Free. Smear the pimples lightly with Cuticura Ointment on end of finger and allow it to remain on five minutes. Then bathe with hot water and Cuticura Soap and continue some minutes. This treatment is best upon rising and retiring, but is effective at any time. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. That's Why. "Jones is a man of decided domestic tastes, is he not?" "I don't know that it's a matter of taste. It's my belief he smokes those five-cent cigars not so much because they're domestic as because they're cheap." A GRATEFUL OLD LADY. Mrs. A. G. Clemens, West Alexander, Pa., writes: I have used Dodd's Kidney Pills, also Diamond Dinner Pills. Before using them I had suffered for a number of years with backache, also tender spots on spine, and had at times black floating specks before my eyes. I also had lumbago and heart trouble. Since using this medicine I have been years with backache, also tender spots on spine, and had at times black floating specks before my eyes. I also had lumbago and heart trouble. Since using this medicine I have been relieved of my suffering. It is agreeable to me for you to publish this letter. I am glad to have an opportunity to say to all who are suffering as I have done that I obtained relief by using Dodd's Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills. Dodd's Kidney Pills 50c per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets for Indigestion have been proved. 50c per box—Adv. "What is that horrible looking enquiry they've got stuck up in the middle of the public square?" asked the city man of the landlord of the Punkville arms. "That sir," replied the landlord, "is the statue of Silas W. Punk, the man who founded Punkville." "Founded Punkville, eh? Well, if that's the case he richly deserved what the artist did to him." It's a sad sight to see a duck blind? The decorating problem is The decorating problem is the woman's problem. Ala-bastine will solve this problem for thousands of women. The Ala-bastine "Free Decorating Service" will assist you to procure the correct tones and color combinations that will harmonize perfectly with your rug. The case with which Alabastene can be mixed and applied, the effects that can be obtained by intermingling Alabastene time, makes Alabastene preferable to other forms of finishing walls. Alabastine The Sanitary Mild Curing ALABASTINE MARKETING ALABASTINE MARKETING ALABASTINE MARKETING The best decorator advises the use of stencils to produce decorative patterns. Ordinarily stencils cost from $10 to $20 per sheet. You will write for the free "Alabastine Tine Packet," containing hard core, commercial wood and latest stencil effects, we will tell you how you can have your choice of stencils by no expense. Write today for a completely free decorating service. Alabastine in 5 lb. packages. In dry powder form, reads to mix in cool water, is painted by paint, hardware, drug and general cotton every day. Alabastine Co. 384 Grandville Rd. Grand Rapids, Mich. 50,000 Acres For Sale. Special prices on large tracts. Free Book and Map. Agents Wanted in every town. Write Land Office, Box 64, Monohinee, Mich. Every Fowl a Money Maker Did you read about the man that gave some chicken away and tied 20 cents on their legs and came out ahead—but you all did. Be a chicken on the place that jerks earning money—Get my new Big Pig Book. Tells of the places that breed Incubators, Brooders and poultry fittings of all kinds. Henry Steinmess, Pres. 27 N. 4th St. St. Louis, Mo. Live Dealers Sell the Bull Tractor A Wonderful Light Tractor for General Use. Weber Imp. & Auto Co., 1,000 Locust st. St. Louis PATENTS Watson E. Coleman. Patent Lawyer, Washington. D.C. Advice and books free. Rates reasonable. Highest references. Best services. 1,400 ACRES Wheat and Grazing, land; 19 years' time, 6% interest. One-tenth land. Store and post office on and for sale. School and office on and for sale. Short time only. W. K. Toole, Emton Kau. Talk Is Cheap. "I regard conversation as a gift." "It usually is. If people had to pay for it there would be much less of it." Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Drugstore calls for IACO DEVELOPMENT fails to cure Isching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding. Piles. First application gives relief. 60. Obliging to All. 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McOBRARY, Box 167 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year ..... $1 00 In Months ..... 75 Three Months ..... 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. E. Knowles, D. D., President J. B. McCryan, 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. WALTER ROBERTS, ATTY. Publication Notice. State of Illinois, Massac County, ) ss. County Court of Massac County, To the March Term, A. D. 1916. Sophronia Martin, with the Will annexed, Administratrix of the Estate of John M. Martin, Deceased, vs. Hettie Martin, (impleaded with Frank Martin, Maurice Martin, Lavada Martin and Beatrice Rodgers) Petition to sell Real Estate to Pay Debts. Affidavit of the non-residence of Hettle Martin, the defendant above named, having been filed in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Massac County, notice is hereby given to the sold Hettle Martin, that the said plaintiff Sophronia Martin with Will annexed administratrix of the Estate of John M. Martin deceased, has filed her petition in said County Court of Massac County for an order to sell the premises belonging to the Estate of said deceased, or so much of it as may be needed to pay the debts of said deceased, and described as follows, to-wit: Lot Number Six Hundred Twenty Five (623), in Block Number Forty Eight (48), in the City of Metropolis, County of Massac and State of Illinois, as per recorded plat thereof. And that a summons has been issued out of said Court, against you, returnable at the March term A. D. 1916, of said Court, to be holden the 6th day of March A. D. 1916, at the Court House in Metropolis, in Massac County Illinois. Now, unless you, the said Hettie Martin, shall personally be and appear before the said County Court of Massac County, on the first day of a term thereof, to be holden at Metropolis, in said County, on the 3rd, day of April 1916, and plead, answer or demur to the said complainant's petition filed therein, the same and the matters and things therein charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. Metropolis, Illinois February 10, 1916, FRED RISINGHR, WALTER ROBERTS, Complainant's Solicitor. 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. Miss Johnnie Stubblefield, was caled to Paducah, Ky., to attend the bed-side of her nephew, Jewel Mouroe Barnett Mrs. Dellah Casey, is suffering at her home from a severe attack of rheumatism. Mumphrey Jones, of Murphysboro, visited his mother, Mrs. J. E. Jones, recently. Mrs. Geo. Neely, returned to this city Thursday from New Orleans, La., where she visited her parents and other relatives T. P. King, of Unionville, was in the city Saturday on business. 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. The President of the B. Y. P. U. of the Mt. Olive Baptist Conwill be with the Joppa B. Y. P. U. Sunday the 12th, inst. C A. Isabell, M. D. of Paducah, Ky. will be in the city Sunday the 12th, and deliver and address to the Y. M. C. A. at 4:00 p. m. at th A. M. E. Church. Subj. "Civic Health." Everybody cordially invited to hear this noted Orator. Miss Anna Roberts, of Joppa, was in the city over Sunday. Rev. J. B. McCrary, was with the Unfity Baptist Church Saturday and Sunday. Miss Izura Rodgers, was in Jopppa last week on business. Give us your order for the Story of My Life by Booker T. Washington's complete book. From the Cradle to the Grave, Edgar McCrary, Agent. Price $1.25, $1.75. Rev. J. W. Davie, left Monday noon, for Paducah, Ky, where he will again assist the Rev. V. S. Smith, the pastor of the Washington St. Baptist Church in a revival. The first week shows sixteen conversions. Mr. Clarence Cole, and Mrs. Claude Daugherty of Brookport were here Saturday on business. Persons who owe the Gazette would greatly lesson the financial burden of the publishers by remitting at once. We are going to put on a big advertising proposition soon, we want live agents in every town and community. Write for terms. Box 583 Rev. and Mrs. Geo. H. Crippens, spent Sunday in Belgrade, visiting the latter's brother Geo. Long and family. Arthur A. Tucker, is confined to his room in the Walbright Hospital, after having an operation performed Sunday. He is resting well now and the Gazette wishes to him a speedy recovery. Rev. J. W. Davie, returned to this city Saturday from Paducah, $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 stings, and that is catarrh. Hall's catarrh cure 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. and preached two strong gospel sermons Sunday to large audiences. Mrs. Cork, the President with her different Committees are doing a splendid work. Mr. Mack Hooper, returned to his home last week from McKenzie, Ten., where he went to attend the bed side of his nephew. 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 Mrs Glenor and Miss Ollie Jones, in company with little Selene Skinner, attended the funeral Sundsy, of Master J. Monroe Barnette, who died at the home of his parents in Paducah, Ky. The Program Sunday at the B. Y. P. U. was enjoyed by all that was presnet. A very large crowd was in attendance. Collection for the Eve. $1.27. Notice is hereby given that we cannot print a list of names contributing to churches unless $1 accompanies same. Miss Garnette Winmon, visited her aunt in Paducah, Ky. Sunday, Miss Libby Meadow, who visited relatives in Choat, passed thru this city Monday, enroute to her home in Round Knob. JOPPA, ILL There were services all day at the Missionary Baptist church Sunday it being our pastor's day. Our pastor, Rev D. Parrish, preached two gospel sermon. Our Sunday School was combined into one class Sunday and we had a fine lesson. The Ladies Aid Society met at the church Monday afternoon. There were 14 members present the Society is doing nicely under the leadership of our president Mrs. Effie Blye. Our next meeting will be at the residence of Mrs. Annie Brown. They are arranging for a program for Easter Sunday. H. RHODES. NOTICE De r l ditor: Please allow me to call attention of the ministers of the Deacon's Union. The Union will meet in connection with the Executive Board which will meet in DuQuoin, Ill. Thursday before the third Lord's day in March. Let us as ministers come prepared to do our whole duty as we have some very important matters to attend to. Quite True. "I have to face the fact," mused the fashionable photographer, as he looked over some recent pictures, "that there are some very ugly features in this business." We have been informed that he begged his wife and others to just bring him to town and set him down on the streets, Lazarus, like that the dogs might come and lick his sores or some persons might take pity on him. Native Salve. We have just recived some more of Native Salve, and it is going very fast, 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, MURPHYSBORO. Please allow me space in your worthy paper. Our S. S. opened at 9:30 a.m. by the Supt. all of the teachers being present took charge of their classes at this time. Rev. J. D. Davis, of Colps, was with us. Our pastor Rev J. H. Hilly preached a soul stirring sermon text St. Luke 15:15. We pray that the Lord may bless and keep him as our leader in the future as he has in the past. C. A. Macon. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. You are most cordially invited, ladies and gentlemen, to be present the Y. M. C. A. meeting, to listen to a Lecture to be delivered by Dr. C. A. Isabell, of Paducah, Ky. Subject, Civic Health, at the A. M. E. Church at 4:00 P. M. March, 12, 1916. The Editor of the Gazette acknowledges the receipt of the Census Bulletin No. 129 of Negroes in the United States sent from our friend and congressman Hon, Thos. S. Williams, who is representing the 24th district of Illinois, that being our district for which we thank him. On pages 108 and 123 and 124 we find much information concerning our people in Illinois. On pages 168 and 169, the number of farms and number of acres operated and the value of farm property operated by farmers in our state. It is interesting to note, that 314 of those farms, comprising 19, 225 acres, are located in our congressional District. That is to say, that the acreage operated by the constituents of Congressman Williams would make a strip of land one mile wide by thirty mi. in length if placed acre to acre and that the value of this farm property is nearly $1,000,000 00 and as fine a land as ever a crow flew over. Our friend Thos. P. King the "Hay Man" is said to own more than 1,000 acres of the acreage mentioned and by the way he is a Massacker, too. He is a Baptist, Mason and Knight Templar. He also owns several houses and lots in Metropolis, which nets him a neat little sum annually. Massac. County is the garden spot of Illinois. Couples wishing small homes, from 5 to 1 acre traists can secure them from Mr King, located in a desirable neighborhood close to church and in easy reach of Paducah, Ky. Brookport and Metropolis, where you can find a ready market for anything that you may raise There are hundreds of our people in the cities and towns north and south who would profit well 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 Departments work Special Courses in Music, Hookeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2.00 a Session J. B. McGRARY. 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