Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE S. Bartlett Kerr, Solicitor. Master In Chancery Sale. State of Illinois, Massac County as. In the Circuit Court, of said County. August Term A. D. 1916. The City National Bank of Metropolis, Il. Va. John Lackman and Ada Lackman, Bill to foreclose mortgage No. 297. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree entered at the August Term of said court, to wit, on the 29th, day of August A. D. 1916 in the above entitled cause, I. Lannes P. Oakes, Special Master in Chancery of said County, will at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. Saturday September 30, A. D. 1916 at the east door of the Court house in the City of Metropolis, County of Massac, and State of Illinois, sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to-wit: All of Lot One (1) in Block One (1) in the Goulds addition to the City of Brookport, Illinois, as per recorded plat thereof, and a parcel of ground off the westerly side of Lot number Two (2) in block number One (1) described as follows:—Beginning at the Southwest corner of said lot number Two (2), thence Northerly to the Northwest corner of said lot; thence easterly on the Northernly line of said lot, 9 feet; thence Southwesterly in a direct line to the point of beginning, being the property conveyed to me this day by H. W. Moyer, situated in the County of Massau, State of Illinois. Terms of sale, Cash in hand. Daniel this 20th day of August 1916. LANNES P. OAKES. Special Master in Chancery. Fred. R. Young, Alty. Administrator's Notices. Release of Fred Jarrett, deceased The undersigned; having been appointed Administrator of the estates of the estate of Fred Jarrett late of the County of massac and the State of Illinois, deceased, hereby give notice that he will appear before the County Court of Massac County at the Court House in Metropolis, at the January Term on the first Monday in January next, at which time all persons having claims against said estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 23rd day of October, A. D. 1916. H. W. HOLLIFIELD, Administrator. MURPHYSBORO. Our Sunday School and church are getting along nicely at this writing. The regular attendance in school 25. We have big rally on for Sunday. We had a good meeting Sunday night, our pastor Rey. J. H. Hilly preached a good sermon and we all were made to rejoice in the Lord our God. Our pastor has received 5 members into the church since his return as pastor of the church. We ask prayers of you all. C. A. Macon. MOUNDS. Dear Editor: Here are a few remarks from the St. John Sunday School. The school was called to order at 9:30 with superintendent present. Scholars enrolled 21. The school is getting along fairly well but not so well but there is room at the top to do better. All the teachers were present. Izona Pyles. Secretary. Waste Don't Waste "We a lucky thing tooh do human sure" cold Uncle Eben, "dat de Teen Commandments wasn't loaded down all pharmacyology like laws do legalis- tion games" AN OPEN LETTER. To Arms Baptists! To the Baptists of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association of Southern Illinois. To you we send greetings and wish to inform you that the time is at hand for us arise and gird our armor on, and heed the Macedonian cry "Come ye over and help us." We have a number of small churches a few larger ones in our district that are without pastors and not self supporting and with a little encouragement from the stronger ones, they can be made strong. Our mission work and our District missionaries are greatly neglected, which should not be the case in a land of plenty and prosperity, when, if the pastors and churches would manifest a little more of the Christ like spirit in carrying out the great commission to go into all the world and preach the gospel. Southern Illinois is part of the world, therefore, since it is part of territory we are obligated to Christ to carry the Gospel to perishing thousands in our baili wick. The churches are only asked to send up 50 per member quarterly to aid the missionaries while in the destitute parts of our district which is a small item to any member, but, would be ample to care for our district work in good shape and missionaries would not be compelled to look like tramps. As intelligent Baptists we cannot afford to let the Banner trail in the dust and be a laughing stock or to be held up in ridicule by others who are less able to care for their obligations. We confidently trust that each pastor and officer in the churches of our associational district will get busy and help to raise the financial standard in our district at the 1st quarterly Board meeting which will be held in Mt. Vernon with Shiloh Baptist church with Elder John Bruen, pastor, Thursday before the 3rd Sunday in Dec. 1916. The church and pastor sending up the most money at said meeting will be placed on honor roll and the cut of pastor will be placed in the columns of the Gazette NEWHOME "I'll get it for my wife" NO OTHER LIKE IT. NO OTHER AS GOOD. Purchase the "NEW HOME" and you will have a life asset at the price you pay. The elimination of repair expense, by superior workmanship and best quality of material features, life-long service at minimum cost. Insist on having the "NEW HOME." MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THRY MAY" UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY 14 1916 TO : "NEW TO THE LINE. L METROPOLIS. ILLINO Program For Club Convention of the First Baptist Church, Metroplis, Ill. To be held Satusday and Sunday Nov. 11, 12, 1916. Morning session opens Saturday morning 9:30 a.m. with devotion followed with praise meeting. All day, will consist of Discussion of different topics for the benefit of the auxiliaries together with papers and other business Topics for discussion. "How to interest our women and men in club work" Opened by Miss Allie Barnard "What shall we do to make our clubs No. 1?" Opened by Mrs. G. E. Masterson "If it was left to me, what would my club be?" Opened by Mrs. L. B. Duke. Paper—"The duty of the hour" Mrs. Mionie Tatum. For general discussion. How shall we meet the financial demands of the clubs. Sunday 11:00 a.m. Program—Sunny Junenile club Sermon—Rev. J. W. Davie, pastor Rev. Berry Thomas, alternate. General collection. Sunday 3:00 p.m. Instrumental Solo, Mrs Mabel Burke. Solo, Mr. V. E. Shannon Sermon, Rev. I. C. Stone, A. M. E. church; Alternate, Rev. Thomas Morris. General collection. Sunday 7:30 p.m. Solo, Instrumental, Mrs. Corine Williams. Recitation, Mrs. G. E. Masterson. Address-Mr. E. S. McCrary. Solo-Miss Love M. Phillips Sermon-Rev. J B. McCrary. Alternate-Rev. G. W. Rowlett. General collection. Reports of committees. Mrs. J E. Cowper Pres Miss Carrie Urquhart, Sec'y. Miss Allie Barnard, Mistress, Counsellor. P. S. All unfinished Topics will be finished Saturday evening Afterwhich every one will enjoy themselves at a neck tie and apros social at Baptist church. CENTRALIA Mr. Editor, we are still in a revival meeting, twelve additions were added to the church last week. Rev. Monroe of Kirkwood Mo., is here assisting the pastor. Our S. S is progressing nicely the attendance last Sunday was seventy. Some of the members met at the parsonage last Monday week and surprised the pastor and wife by bringing them a donation, Quite a few useful things were brought, among which was a pair of shoes for Mrs. Fitts. Mr. Ben Version, was sent to Anna for treatment. Reporter. CAIRO. CAIRO Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Dear Editor, I am thankful to say that our services were good all day Sunday. we had a high day and enjoyed the sermon at 11:00 by Rev. Wilkins, from the 1st chapter and 1st verse of St John Sunday School at 2 a'clock, with 44 pupils present, and the lesson was very inspiring We have some splendid teachers who are doing a splendid work here. We had a grand Union and a splendid program was rendered also good attendance, alterwhich we enjoyed another good sermon by the pastor, Rev F. Bomar, from Rev. 4th chapter. He is doing a splendid work here and is highly appreciated for his services. The sewing circle will meet at the residence of Sister Bomar. Mrs Carrie Lee West, who has been very sick for some time is now able to be up and about in doors. Reporter. MOUND CITY Mr. Editor, Please allow me space in your valuable paper for this article. On Monday after the 2nd Sunday in October Elder A R. White of Ullin, came to the Macedonia cry of the first Baptist church of Md. City, Ill. Elder White began preaching against the bulwarks of Satan and for seventeen nights, when the smoke was all gone and debris cleared away, the spoil gathered and counted, we found nineteen happy souls for Christ who had been won by the powerful preaching of Rev. White assisted by the Spirit of God. Two others joined. On the 5th Sunday of October Elder White headed a crowd of four or five hundred people, led them down the Ohio River with 13 happy converts, and burried them in baptism. After some refreshments we re-assembled at the church, the Holy Ghost seemed to be waiting our arrival and ere entered the church His power was felt and told by witnesses of God. At 7:30 p.m. we were back in our accustomed seats, Elder White gave us another one of his strong sermone. The church is much revived, and feel like going on. Elder Simms, is at home indisposed. G. W. Braddock. COLPS Dear Editor:— We are engaged in a revival meeting. Our pastor Rev. J. D. Davis is some better at this writing. Our night school is doing nicely with a large attendance of old and young men in attendance. Prof. Reynolds is teacher. We are starting our doll contest for Christmas in our S. S. Arthur Carter is on the sick list Atty. Wm. Lilly, of East St. Louis, and Rev. White, of Carbondale, visited our city Sunday. Our collection was $20.00 for Sunday. Reporter. Massac County sent Republican by 2,000 majority. ```markdown ``` ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY NOTES. Blind Harris, one of our musical wonders gave us an entertainment tuat will be long remembered here, to say that he is a genius is putting it mildly. Our first year preparatory class had their time last Friday evening at the Rhetorical and did fairly well On Nov.24, the second year have the burden of enertainment upon them and we are looking for great things from them. The students are still steadily pouring in and now the registration is the largest ever experienced in school at this season of the year. Rev. Dr. Gilbert is doing a fine work in Theology this year and still our shorter course for ministers is to be taken up at the allotted time. The singers have returned, all reporting a pleasant as well as a profitable trip, fully anxious to start out out again in the coming season. They appear to be a permanent addition to our school. Rev. J. N Washington. RALLY. Sunday Nov. 5th was rally day at the Unity Baptist church of Brookport, and the following named persons responded: Rev. J. B. McCrary.....$1.00 Sister Lizzie Childres.....1.45 Necie Moon.....1.45 Hallie Tittsworth.....1.00 Mary White.....1.00 Ora Smith.....50 Ruth Donlow.....50 Brother W. B. Tittsworth.....1.00 James Baker.....1.00 Bud Kendall.....1.00 Frank Howard.....1.00 Wm. White.....1.00 Wash Shelton.....75 Philip Moreland.....50 Alonze Donlow.....50 Altmont Armstead.....50 Emanuel Blackwell.....25 James Robinet.....25 J. C. Douglass.....15 SPARTA We are thankful to say that our church and S. S. are successful and was opened in usual form at 9:30. At 11:00 our pastor Rev. P. B. French preached an able and interesting sermon from 137 Psalm 6 verse. At 6:50 the pastor preached another wonderful sermon from Acts 8:29- The carnation club will have a social meeting at the home Mrs. D. Browning this week. Mr. Wm. Machlin, gave quite a surprise the 28, in honor of his wife, Mrs. Nettle Macklin. Every one invited sent a present which was very much enjoyed. Rev. P. B. French and Brother T. C. Owens, made an urgent trip in a vehicle this afternoon and a nice time enjoys. Mrs. Nettie Macklin, left for a visit in Brownville, Tenn., to visit her mothertin-law and relatives of her husband. J. J. Taylor. As we go to press the result as to the president, is still in doubt with California and Nevada to hear frym this Friday a. m. "LOOK the part"—and here's a new Stetson with just the right touch of "swank." The very eye of style—for motoring, sports and a day about-town. Just one of a fine company of fine Stetsons that we have picked for men who pride themselves on "Looking the part." We have Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes at less than $15. But we haven't any that are not worth what we ask for them. There's real economy in such clothes. KREBS CLOTHING COMPANY The home of Hart Schaffaer & Marx clothes I. O. O. F. Building 3rd and Ferry St. COBDEN Dear Editor:— Please allow me a space in your worthy paper to say a word concerning the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church of Missouri. We had a splendid service all day Sunday and we carried out our baptizing and I am bound to say that the Holy Spirit showered upon us. The members are worked up, we began giving them one Sunday in the month and now they are calling for two. Let me say a word for our young people they are worked up and are saying let us do something for our church. I will say that we have a faithful band of members spiritually and financially. We have been lately called to Villa Ridge Baptist church and we give them two Sundays. I run a revival there in the near future. Rev. R. C. Brown 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. Mrs. Carrie Lee Hamilton, of Cairo, was in the city last week and delivered two able addresses to the women in behalf of the Republican party. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS In a communication to the New York Times, Charles W. Thomas, president of the Teachers' Association of the District of Columbia, makes the following remarks: It is surprising to find the editorial columns of the Times, usually accurate, right and fair, making a vulnerable and flippant statement about such a social issue as is involved in "The Colored Migration to the North." In a recent work of great merit by Huntington, "Climate and Civilization," it is indicated how the migration of people from warm and enervating climates to cool and stimulating ones releases pent-up energy and spells achievement. From that viewpoint alone the migration of the colored man to the North is to be judged, not by its effects upon that section or upon the South, but by its effects upon the colored man himself, as an American citizen, thinking to work himself to the highest unit value in the civilization and by its creation of a social surplus. The facts are, in this migration, the colored men are not being misled as on some occasions, but they are, as students in southern schools, aiming to complete their education by working in the North under contract, personal teacher-foreman supervision, and medical attendance, and, as heads of families, they want better educational facilities for their children with greater security for their lives and their families. The Times statement that the South knows how to manage the colored man better than the North is the same dangerous half-truth which delayed the abolition of slavery and increased the cost. It seems strange that men should be unwilling to believe in the efficiency of contact, sympathy, and co-operation to produce the true democracy which they claim to want, and thus to realize the intent of the fathers who aimed to found a home of justice, freedom, and opportunity for the oppressed of all the world, yet the colored man finds that unwillingness to prevail in some sections of this country, and in some social groups in all sections. The fact that the colored man consents to leave a section to which he is already so well adapted and in which he is "the possessor of a near-monopoly of the labor franchise," shows his aspirations for the fullness of life and his willingness to pay the price. Already 300,000 of Virginia's native colored people can be found in other states in the Union. The North will have no regrets for this new migration to the extent that it continues under the auspices of social agencies which aim to adjust the colored man to his new environment so that he may not separate opportunity and responsibility, and so that he may conduct himself in such a manner as to gain the respect of and live at peace with his white neighbors. The Fifteenth regiment of infantry, New York National Guard, the first Negro regiment to be organized in the state, received its colors from Governor Whitman, and passed in review before him in front of the Union League club, at Fifth avenue and Thirty-ninth street. Thousands of Negroes lined the avenue above and below the club, and applauded the marching of the soldiers, the addresses of the governor and Col. William Hayward, the incidents of the ceremony of presenting the colors—and Bert Williams' impromptu equestrian act. The first annual session of the National Negro Travelers' Protective association was held in the parlor of the Dunbar hotel, with C. E. Howard of Jacksonville, acting president, in the chair. The session was very enthusiastic. The action of the temporary organization was adopted and committees were appointed as follows: Local membership, R. A. Blount, J. B. Long, Atlanta, and R. K. Tucker of Mississippi. On law, G. W. Powell, George E. Taylor, B. K. Tucker, J. B. Long and A. L. Green of Alabama. An open meeting was held at First Congregational church and among the speakers were: Bishop Camphor, C. E. Howard, G. E. Taylor, and others. —Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. That the white man is "wearing himself out" and killing his own race off, and soon, if the Negro will only keep quiet, the colored race will have the world to itself, was the belief expressed by Rev. S. L. Carrothers in an address before the annual race conference at Mount Carmel Baptist church at Washington. He added, New lines of Japanese steamships are to be established between Japan and South American ports in order to obviate the necessity of trans-shipping cargoes either at London or marselles. A new service employing five new ships of 7,500 tons each is to be begun between Japan and Brazil, and it is probable that another company will also enter the new field. The wreck record of the Baltic sea is greater than that of any other part of the world. Williams, the darky comedian, is also inspector of small arms in the regiment, with the rank of captain. He is on the staff of Colonel Hayward, the public service commissioner, who is commander of the regiment, and, as such, he was privileged to ride behind the colonel at the head of the marching men. The regiment came down from its armory at One Hundred and Thirty-second street and Seventh avenue, to the Grand Central on the subway, and there formed in line, the staff officers mounting horses to lead the regiment west in Forty-second street. Bert's horse, a light gray charger, began to waltz about the street the moment the captain-comedian got into the saddle. Colonel Hayward gave the command to march. The band struck up "Onward, Christian Soldiers." The long column moved—and Williams' horse, ears straight back, tail out, and feet flying, dashed ahead. The rider was taken by surprise, but clung to his saddle and succeeded in stopping his charger as soon as the animal had put a satisfactory distance between himself and the band. The horse even consented to wait, though rather impatient, at Fifth avenue until the regiment had caught up, and Bert was in his place when his line turned south in the avenue. Colonel Hayward and his staff, as they turned into Fifth avenue, were applauded by thousands in front of the Union League club—and Captain Bert's temperamental mount once more abandoned the parade. Down the avenue the animal rushed. Bert staying in his seat, but apparently his self-confidence had been left with the regiment. He did not even notice that the runaway was dashing straight at four active motion picture cameras set to record the approach of the regiment, and eagerly putting on film everyone of the multitudinous movements and expressions registered by himself and the horse. Two mounted policemen at Thirty-ninth street stopped the runaway and saved Bert—the whole action also occurring in the focus of the cameras. The policemen held the animal's bridle until he seemed quiet and then let go. The rescue accomplished, the applause broke out again, and Bert's horse made another dash. But a traffic policeman at the corner caught him at his fourth leap—and Bert didn't stay to continue his act any longer. He slid from his saddle to the ground and planted the well-known Williams feet on the pavement with more emphasis than he ever waved them over the footlights. Goyernor Whitman, in presenting the colors to the regiment, spoke to the men on their duty as members of the National Guard. The regiment was authorized by recent legislation. Most of its staff officers are white men, but its line officers are Negroes. With the Panama canal open and direct steamship lines between the Atlantic coast of the United States and Australasia, New Zealand should be a splendid field for American exports, and the steamship service is assured, for there are now agents of a strong American shipping company looking the field over with a view to establishing a regular monthly service both ways to begin with, and doubtless more will follow. The government of Chile has authorized the erection of a technical industrial school. however, that he hoped the white man would "wake up" before he reached this depth of destruction. Rev. Milton Waldon urged that concerted efforts should be made to have the Negro race as a whole better its condition. He also insisted that colored persons should not regard themselves as a race apart, but rather as an integral part of the great human family. Prof. C. M. Thomas, a teacher in the Miner Normal school, made a plea for race solidarity. Several of the speakers who followed him congratulated him upon his talk, including its discussion of problems and their solution. A plan is being considered to create a nation-wide plan for the betterment of the colored race. H. Martin Williams, reading clerk of the house of representatives, is scheduled as one of the afternoon speakers. A graphophone nearly eight feet high and correspondingly powerful, although only the usual records are used, has been built by a Tacoma musician for concert purposes in public parks. "Let the Negro remember that the color line vanishes in the presence of real greatness." So says Rabbi Wise of New York city, speaking of the late Booker Washington. "Let the Negro ever bear in mind that while an entire race cannot seek protection under the shadow of one great name or ten great names, a race, like a man, must stand upon its own feet and not upon the shoulders of a single man." New fields of calcium borax have been discovered near Iquique, Chile. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. IL SEPARATE RAYS OF SUNLIGHT Just How It May Be Broken Up to the Human Eye, in a Variety of Ways. Sunlight, which we call white, is composed of light rays of different colors—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. It can be broken up into its constituent colors in various ways. If it passed through a transparent prism (like the crystals that hang from a chandelier), or if it falls on a surface which has almost invisibly minute irregularities (like mother of pearl or the wing of a butterfly), we see the rays into which sunlight has been separated. These phenomena are observed when light is not absorbed, says Popular Science Monthly. TO END HAY FEVER EXPERTS RECOMMEND THE ERADICATION OF WEEDS. Extermination of Worthless Plants They Believe, Would Help Great in the Effectual Stamping Out of the Disease. By a "war on weeds" hay fever a ferers may be relieved of an ann dergy of sneezing, according to an article in the Medical Record by W. Scheppegrell of New Orleans, Doctor Scheppegrell was one of men who caused the enactment of Hold a piece of red glass in front of flame and we see only red. Rays of all other colors have been absorbed. The natural colors of the objects we see about us, leaves, flowers, books and chairs, depend upon absorption. A green leaf throws back chiefly green rays; the rest are absorbed. So, the natural color of everything in nature is the unabsorbed residue from full white light. There is no such thing as color by itself. A swarm of minute particles, scattered in the path of white light, will break it up, like the surface of mother of pearl. If the particles happen to be of just the right size and the spaces between them just the right distance, they will absorb rays of one color only and throw off the rest. The atmosphere is filled with countless dust particles, and their size and spacing is such that they scatter rays which we call sky blue. Nearer the horizon, larger particles turn the blue into white; this happens above a dusty town and when unists or clouds hang above us. All that is left of white sunlight, after passing through many miles of blue scattering air, appears in the hues of sunset. The size and spacing of dust particles as well as the angle at which sunlight strikes them determines the color of the sky. Lithography. The first successful example of the lithographic art was produced 120 years ago by Aloys Senefelder, a Bavarian, who produced a piece of music printed by this process. Senefelder was a composer, but he was too poor to bear the cost of having his works published. He then began to experiment with the hope of discovering some cheap method by which he could do the printing himself. The lithographic process was suggested to him by his having made for his mother a memorandum of clothes to be sent to the washerwoman. He carelessly wrote this memorandum on a slab of stone, intending to copy it. As the stone lay before him he thought of trying the effect of applying printer's ink to the lines and thus take an impression. The experiment led to others, and in 1796 Senefelder produced a piece of music from lines drawn in slight relief on a slab of stone. The inventor obtained a patent for his process in several of the German states, and labored to extend his art throughout Europe. Everywhere it met with favor, especially in France.—New York Mail. Tiber Towing Paths. The navigation of the Tiber has been one of the first considerations of Signor Bonomi, minister of public works, who has initiated a project to re-establish the old towing paths, following upon the study of the question made by a commission nominated by his predecessor in the ministry. Prior to 1842 vessels were towed the Tiber by men or oxen as far as Ponte Felice about 144 kilometers from the mouth of the river, then steam tugs were used for the purpose, running from the sea to Orte, but the towing path was still maintained for the unloading of goods along the route as well as for towing. With the development of railways, however, the river transport fell into disuse, as both the bed of the Tiber and the towing path were no longer kept in proper condition, but now that works have been executed to facilitate the navigation of the Tiber from the sea to Rome and from Rome to Orte, it has become a matter of necessity to reopen the towing paths. Chance for Good Work Fathers and grandfathers may talk longingly of "the good old days," but what lad of a generation ago was ever given a transcontinental trip as a reward for excellence in agriculture? Yet more than 30 California boys are to be so recompensed this autumn, and though the main purpose of the trip is to bring them into contact with almost every prominent type of agriculture in the United States, it will naturally bring them in touch with much else worth seeing and knowing. For instance, while in Massachusetts, the boys are to visit, not only farms and markets, but also universities and historic buildings. What state will first arrange such a trip for the girls who excel in household economics? Indiana Made Rich. The Indian bureau at Washington during the last three years, has collected for and paid to American Indians, who are its wards, the tidy sum of $5,563,000 in royalties on oil lands which they own. If economic prosperity insured cultural perfection, the descendants of the Five Tribes resident in Oklahoma would not need to continue to be wards of the government. But wealth may be acquired much faster than capacity to use it aight, as Lowell intimated when he wrote of the "piteous and irreparable poverty of the rich parvent," and when he said, "The gold of gold is noble use." TO END HAY FEVER TO END HAY FEVER EXPERTS RECOMMEND THE ERADICATION OF WEEDS. Extermination of Worthless Plants They Believe, Would Help Greatly in the Effectual Stamping Out of the Disease. By a "war on weeds" hay fever sufferers may be relieved of an annual orgy of sneezing, according to an article in the Medical Record by Dr. W. Schepperell of New Orleans, La. Doctor Schepperell was one of the men who caused the enactment of a city ordinance in New Orleans for the control of weeds as the best means of controlling hay fever and preventing its spread. In his article, "The Cause, Treatment and Prevention of Hay Fever," he says it is a simple disease, "whose continued existence would be a reflection on preventive medicine." "The plants that are responsible for hay fever are practically all common weeds, such as the ragweed, the cockleburr, the yellow dock and others," he writes. "They are wind pollinated, without attractive color or fragrance, very numerous and with abundant pollen. The lack of color or scent is due to the fact that these plants are wind pollinated, the qualities mentioned being intended to attract insects for fertilization. "The most common weeds that cause hay fever are the ragweeds, which are the causes of most cases of fall hay fever. The marsh elder is also a cause of fall hay fever and frequently prolongs the attack. The early cases are due to the yellow dock and the mid-summer cases to the careless weed, cockleburr and other wind-pollinated weeds. In early summer many cases are due to the various grasses. "The indirect reaction of pollinosis is partly due to the effects of the primary irritation and partly to the absorption of the protein of the pollen and the toxin formed by the proteolytic action of the cells. "The important factor in the treatment is the removal of the exciting cause. In many cases the pollinating weeds are in the neighborhood of the patient's residence and the cutting of these will frequently give marked relief. My first prescription to such patients is, 'Have the weeds and grass in your neighborhood cut and keep away from other weeds.' "A method which has given relief in almost every case is the removal of the patient during the hay fever period from the infected locality. This does not necessitate an expensive trip to the mountains or seaside, which frequently falls to give relief on account of the presence of hay fever pollen in the air at these places. A temporary visit to a mere central part of the city will be sufficient, provided the areas with pollinating weeds or grasses are at a sufficient distance (one-half mile or more). "As hay fever has been shown to be a distinctly preventable disease, it is clearly our duty to use every effort to eradicate the cause. Investigations indicate that the large majority of the plants whose pollen give rise to hay fever are worthless weeds, which are alike an expense to the farmer and a menace to health." Sharks Used as Food. An unreasonable prejudice exists in this country against the use of shark-like fishes (sharks, dogfish, rays, etc.) as food. A recent memoir by Lewis Radcliffe, published by the United States bureau of fisheries, points out the flesh of various small species of this class as palatable, when properly prepared, and that this fact is better appreciated abroad than in this country. In England and Wales, in 1913, there were landed 64,996 hundredweight of dogfish, valued at $100,000. It appears, however, that a good deal of shark meat is eaten in the eastern United States by people who think they are eating something else. For example, trap fishermen in the neighborhood of Woods Hole, Mass., remove the head, fins and tail from all the larger species of shark (except the sand shark) caught in their traps, after which treatment the body looks not unlike swordfish. It is then shipped to Boston and New York, where it is sold as deepwater swordfish. The fishermen receive from three to eight cents a pound for this class of food. Shark fins are a great dainty, not only in Japan and China, but also in the West Indies and Bermuda, where they appear on the menus of the best hotels. Demand for Dyes. There are two industries in the Cork district of Ireland that might consume considerable quantities of yellow dye. Cork is one of the leading butter markets in the world and has lately become a margarine-producing center. The manufacturers have had difficulty in securing dyes of a sufficiently concentrated and powerful character. Their chief sources have been Scandinavia. American dyes have been found uneconomical in quality as related to price, even though war conditions have increased the price of north European dyes. Packing for Vacation. "Jack?" "Yes?" "Yes?" "Can't you bring some fat friends home to dinner? I positively must have some heavyweight to sit on my trunk." —Life. Fall Run of Distemper Fall Run of Distemper MAY BE WHOLLY AVOIDED BY USING "SPOHNS" A small quantity of cream but very great results. It is a sure cure and a preventive if you use it as per directions. Simple, safe and sure. The $1 size is twice the quantity and an ounce more than the $50. Size. Get your horses in best condition for late fall and winter. All drug- and sterilization required. DOCTORS OF ANIMALS, GOSMEN IND. SPOHN MEDICAL CO., DOCTORS OF ANIMALS, GOSMEN IND. INS" A small outlay of money brings very great results. It is a sure cure and a preventive if as per directions. Simple, safe and sure. The $1 size quantity and an ounce more than the $5c. size. Get in best condition for late fall and winter. All drug-resistant coaters or manufactures are. MEDICAL CO., DOCTORS OF ANIMALS, GOSHEN, IND. Tell me what you want MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY OF ST. LOUIS MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL RESTRICT SYSTEM UNDER U.S. GOVT. PROTECTION AVE KIDNEY LE AND DON'T KNOW IT THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW IT obtain a sample size bottle of Swamp-Root by enclosing Binghamton, N. Y. This gives you the opportunity of this medicine. They will also send you a book of many of the thousands of grateful letters received by found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy needed tables. The value and success of Swamp-Root are so advised to send for a sample size bottle. Address Dr. When writing be sure and mention this paper. SPECIAL NOTE—You may obtain a sample size bottle of Swamp-Root hy-enclosing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. This gives you the opportunity to prove the remarkable merit of this medicine. They will also send you a book of valuable information, containing many of the thousands of grateful letters received from men and women who say they found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy needed in kidney, liver and bladder troubles. The value and success of Swamp-Root are so well known that our readers are advised to send for a sample size bottle. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing be sure and mention this paper. To Live Long! A recipe given by a famous physician for long life was: "Keep the kidneys in good order! Try to eliminate through the skin and intestines the poisons that otherwise clog the kidneys. Avoid eating meat as much as possible; avoid too much salt, alcohol, tea. Drink plenty of water. For those past middle life, for those easily recognized symptoms of inflammation, as backache, scalding "water," or if uric acid in the blood has caused rheumatism, "rusty" joints, stiffness, get Anurie at the drug store. This is a wonderful eliminator of uric acid and was discovered by Dr. Pierce. Of Invalid's Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. If your drugist does not keep it send 10 cents to Dr. Pierce for trial package and you will know that it is thirty-seven times more potent than lithia and that it dissolves uric acid as hot water does sugar. SPOHN'S DISTEMPER COMPOUND They Misinfer the Measles. In Japan the nursery is still protected from the inroads of measles and other infections by means of an inscription over the nursery door saying with exquisite urbanity "this child is not at home." In the Wellcome Historical Medical museum, says the London Lancet, a most fascinating exhibition is on view, illustrative of "Japanese charms, amulets, votive offerings and objects of medical interest," among which these nursery notices occupy an important place. Akin to these notices are the charms embodied as toys. A yellow tiger with a wagging hend is now said to be a toy, but anciently it was a form of exorclism against palsy and numbness of the limbs. HOW TO REMOVE DANDRUFF Itching and Irritation of the Scalp With Cuticura. Trial Free. On retiring lightly touch spots of dandruff, itching and burning with Cuticura Ointment. Next morning shampoo thoroughly with Cuticura Soap and hot water. These super-creamy emollients do much to keep the scalp clean and healthy and to promote hair growth. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Raw Recruits Rex Beach believes that the endurance of our militia on the Mexican border was strained too far. "A prize fighter takes six weeks to get in shape," he said, recently. "What of the fellows who yesterday were at the desks; who have done legs than one hundred hours of drill in the last year. England gave her men a year of hard work before sending them to the Flanders front. Do you think she would sends them into the Sahara or Arabian desert with less?" 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. Right in the Solar Plexus He (proudly)—Me ancestors came ovah in the—aw—Mayflower, doncher know: She—Well, it was certainly lucky for you that they did. Had they waited until the present time they probably wouldn't be permitted to land. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and sees that it Bears the Signature of Castoria In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Crippled Verse "Scribble writes very lame poetry." "Yes; anybody can see there's something the matter with its feet!" Weak and unhealthy kidneys cause so much sickness and suffering and when through neglect or other causes, kidney trouble is permitted to continue, serious results may be expected. Your other organs may need attention—but your kidneys should have attention first because their work is most important. If you feel that your kidneys are the cause of your sickness or run down condition commence taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, because if it proves to be the remedy you need and your kidneys begin to improve they will help all the other organs to health. Prevalency of Kidney Disease. Most people do not realize the alarming increase and remarkable prevalence of kidney disease. While kidney disorders are among the most common diseases that prevail, they are almost the last recognized by patients, who usually content themselves with doctoring the effects, while the original disease constantly undermines the system. "Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription I am sure saved my life. For over three years I suffered with a complication of womanly troubles I had displacement and other trouble. There was hardly a mo- vorite Prescription I am sur- saved my life. For over three years I suffered with a complication of womany troubles I had displacement and other trouble. There was hardly a mo- suffer pain and distress. I doctored and took many dif- ferent remedies without help until a friend advised me to try Favorite Prescription. This I 'did, and it helped me from the start, and it was just a short time when I was a well and healthy person."—MRS. JAMES HEWETT, 801 Osteopathy Ave. Send Dr. Plerce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., 10 cents for trial package of Favorite Prescription Tablets.—Adv. Always Good Humored. Gouverneur Morris was talking about the late Richard Harding Davis. "Davis was never at a loss for a joke," said Mr. Morris. "I dined with him at Crossroads farm one evening, the dinner being served by a new and very awkward waitress. "The waitress, half way through the dinner, slipped with a tray, spilled a bottle of beer down Davis' neck. "He said to her reproachfully, as he swabbed up the beer with his napkin: "It was ginger ale, not beer, I asked for Gretchen." —automobile, travel, education for your children or a lump sum of money for any purpose —end we will write you the amount you should save each month, figuring interest, to have the sum in a given time. It is because, not only is your market the best, but it not the temptation to dribble it out for useless little things, and besides it draws interest — compounded semi-annually. One dollar opens an account. Booklet—"Bank- ing by Mail" Aelling all about easy saving, sent on request. Ask for Booklet 4K. selling gill about easy saving, sent on request. Ask for booklet 4K. SELDOM SEE a big knee like this, but your horse may have a bunch or bruise on his ankle, hock, stifle, knee or throat. ABSORBINE TRADE MARK REGULS U.S. PAT. OFF will clean it off without laying up the horse. No blister, no hair gone. Concentrated--only a few drops required at an application. $2 per bottle delivered. Describe your case for special instructions Book a call at HOWLING, JR., the anti-blepile inhaleant for mankind. Reduce pain, sterilize, Enlarged Glands, Wena, Bruises, Varicose Veins; allays Pain and inflammation. Price $1 and $2 a bottle at draggons or delivered. Made in the U.S. A. by W.F. YOUNG, P.D.F. 304 Temple St. Springfield, Mass. To cure costiveness the medicine must be more than a purgative; it must contain tonic, alterative and cathartic properties. Tutt's Pills possess these qualities, and specially restores to the bowels their natural peristaltic motion, so essential to regularity. PATENTS Watson E. Coleman, Washington, D.C. Books free. Highest reference. Best result. "ROUGH on RATS"® Ends Rats, Mice, Bugs Die outdoors. Lice and so. W. N. U., ST. LOUIS, NO. 44-1916. A Trial Will Convince Anyone. Thousands of people have testified that the mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, is soon realized and that it stands the highest for its remarkable results in the most distressing cases. Symptoms of Kidney Trouble Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything but if you suffer from annoying bladder troubles, frequently passing water night and day, smarting or irritation in passing, brick-dust or sediment, headache, backache, lame back, dizziness, poor digestion, sleeplessness, nervousness, heart disturbance due to bad kidney trouble, skin eruptions from bad blood, neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbago, bloating, irritability, worn-out feeling, lack of ambition, may be loss of flesh or sallow complexion, kidney trouble in its worst form may be stealing upon you. Swamp-Root is Pleasant to Take. If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all drug stores. Many kinds of work wear out the kidneys, and kidney trouble makes any kind of work hard. It brings morning lameness, backache, headache, nervousness, rheumatism and urinary troubles. If your work is confining, strains the back, or exposes you to extreme heat or cold or damp, it's well to keep the kidneys active. Doan's Kidney Pills are reliable and safe. Thousands recommend them. An Illinois Case Henry Klug, 419 N. Eighth St., East St. Louis, Ill., says: "I had trouble from my kidnows and was annoyed by too frequent and dis- tressing passages of the kidney secretions. My back bothered me most- ly at night and annoyed me also during the day. I tried Donan's Kidney Pills and they rid me of all the troubles." Henry Klug, 419 N. Eighth St., East St. Louis, Ill., says: "I had trouble from my kidn- neys and was annoyed by too frequent and dis- satisfaction with my kidney secretions. My back bothered me most- ly at night and annoyed me also during the day. On a friend's suggestion I tried Doan's Kidney Pills and the rest of me of all the troubles." Get Doan's at Any Store, 500 a Box DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS POSTER-MILBURN CO., BUFFALO, N.Y. If you have been threatened or have GALLETONS, you may be in danger of being taken to the FREE office of valuable Book of Information G. E. BOWERS, DEPT. W-2. 519 D. DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO In northern India sheep are used as asstests of burden. They carry a load of 20 pounds each. WOMAN'S CROWNING 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—Adv. Evolution. "Are you the ultimate consumer?" "I used to be. But now I'm the man who goes without." GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN Children love Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti because of its delicious taste. It is good for them and you can give them all they want. It is a great builder of bone and muscle, and does not make them nervous and irritable like meat. The most economical and nutritious food known. Made from the finest Durum wheat. Write Skinner Mfg. Co., Omana, Nebr., for beautiful cook book. It is sent free to mothers.—Adv. HOT SHOT FOR COAL DEALER Indignant Woman More Than Implied He Was Selling Slate to His Customers. During the past few months some coal dealers have managed to clear their yards of a good deal of rubbish at remunerative rates. An indignant woman stopped a coal dealer in the street one day, and fondly complained of the quality of the fuel supplied to her. "I never saw such coal in my life," she declared. "Thirty-five shillings a ton you charged me for the stuff, and it won't burn." "Well, missus," was the reply, "coal is now at famine prices, and we have to be satisfied with what we can get, I gave thirty-two shillings a ton for that coal myself." "Then you've been robbed," retorted the grumbler. "Why, my husband can supply you with the same stuff at half the price." "I didn't know your husband was in the coal trade, missus." "He ain't," snapped the lady; "he's in slater."—London Tit-Bits. When They Work. There are some glass blowers in this country who can work only when the glass has foam on it. Japanese are said to have invented matches that will light perfectly even when wet. and good digestion go hand in hand, and one of the biggest aids to good digestion is a regular dish of Grape-Nuts This wonderfully delicious wheat and barley food is so processed that it yields its nourishing goodness to the system in about one hour—a record for ease of digestion. Take it all 'round, Grape-Nuts contributes beautifully to sturdiness of body and a radiant, happy personality. Every table should have its daily ration of Grape-Nuts. "There's a Reason" METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL The Difference in Women By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY. (Copyright, 1915) ject at the dinner table when they are alone, skimming around like a careful general until she reaches the attacking point. "Guess whom I met today when I was out walking," she remarks as she pours his tea. As she has 400 dear bosom friends, he makes no attempt to stretch his ingenuity at guessing. "It was Widower Smith across the way, and—and there was a young woman with him," she adds slowly. "Well, what of that?" asks hubby, feeling that he is expected to make some kind of comment. "Do you forget that his wife is scarcely cold in her grave?" she queries severely. "Why, it's three years if it's a day!" ejaculates the husband. "Do you suppose he is thinking of marrying again?" questions the wife, in that slow, even, suppressed voice which always preceded a storm. "Why not?" asks hubby. "He was a good husband to the wife that was taken away. A man cannot live with the dead, you know, and as for that matter she's as dead now as she will ever be. A man must down his sorrow or it will down him." "The report is that he is to marry. He has just bought a fine new house, furnishing it from top to bottom, and an automobile. He did not do that MOTHER'S COOK BOOK pint of cream and a cupful of milk, adding just at the last a tablespoonful of butter blended with one of flour. Serve with pulled bread. Salsify Soup. Scrape twelve good sized roots of oyster plant, throwing them at once into cold water, then cut in thin slices and cover with milk and water, cook until tender, remove from the fire and press through a purée strainer. Reheat, add a pint of milk and a half a pint of cream; stir in when boiling hot, two tablespoonfuls of butter, season with salt, pepper and powdered mace. Pour at once into the tureen and serve with small oyster crackers. Dates and Cream. Cut dates in quarters and spread on a platter, sprinkle with lemon juice and let stand an hour. Whip two cupfuls of cream, sweeten and flavor, fold in the whites of two eggs stiffly beaten and mix with the dates. Serve in sherbet cups. Good Things for the Table. There are new ways being discovered daily of using old friends in new ways, for example scrambled eggs with red pepper. Beat six eggs slightly, A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING Nearly half of the population of France was engaged in farming before the war. Rubber nails for places where metal ones would corrode are a novelty from Germany. Deposits of coal have been discovered in Iceland and efforts will be made to develop them. Rust will disappear from steel if soaked in sweet oil for a day, followed with a rubbing with fresh lime. A miniature automobile horn blown by pressing an electric button has been invented to replace door bells. The thumb print as a means of identification is used in a new English time recording machine for workmen. The artichoke is a variety of the thistle and grows spontaneously all along the African shore of the Mediterranean. Because of the scarcity of wood in Switzerland about 70 per cent of the ties on the government railroads are metal. A Jacksonville (Fla.) newspaper digs up the firm name of Shearer & Hare as suitable for a barber shop, and, in fact, used by one. The larger part of Mexico consists of an elevated plateau, with mountainus on the east and west. This plateau is of volcanic origin. New apparatus for filling automobile tires with air automatically cuts off the supply when the overinflation danger point is reached. Russian engineers soon will begin experiments that will cover three years to ascertain if sugar beets can be raised profitably in Siberia. Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the bureau of entomology at Washington, D. C., says there is no such thing known to science as a silent mosquito. A submarine tender built for the Brazilian navy can admit an underwater boat into its hull and carry it or subject it to extreme water pressure to test it. To carry smaller boats within large craft a Dutch inventor has patented a vessel with hinged doors at one end of the hull, through which boats can be flatted. Around the cemetery in Bowdoin, Me, is an iron fence which was put up 47 years ago and is still in perfect alignment, the frost, which usually throws fences out of line, not having disturbed this one in the least. I hold it true, whate'er befall, I feel it when I sorrow most— 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. It is not always smooth sailing for a widower to venture a second time into matrimony. Despite the fact that it is his business, and his alone, everyone who knows him and many whom he never heard of take a lively interest in watching for developments if he is seen in the company of an attractive, marriageable woman. TOMMY Spinsters look on with keen relish, wives with fear. It is the subject which the average confidential wife feels a delicacy about when she attempts to broach the subject to her husband. Yet she is intensely anxious to know what her heartmate thinks concerning second marriages. The average husband is usually truthfully blunt enough about the matter. The wife introduces the sub- We must express ourselves in order to grow and in order to reach our destined goal; and we express ourselves properly in both our in ourselves and in our environment. Cream of Pea Soup. Drain and wash a can of green peas, place them with a sprig of mint in a saucepan, add a teaspoonful of onion juice, a pinch of sugar, a half teaspoonful of salt and a dash of cayenne pepper; cover with a pint of cold water and cook until the peas are soft enough to press through a sieve. Return to the fire and gradually stir in a Would You Be Strong and Healthy? Then Just Walk Walking is one of the best exercises a person can possibly take, physicians say. To walk properly it is necessary to keep the head erect, the shoulders back, and the abdominal muscles tense, so that the abdominal viscera are not allowed to dangle in space or left to drop into the pelvis. Energy and life must be thrown into the exercise and elasticity into the step in order for it to be of benefit. Deep abdominal breathing must also be practiced. Of course, care must be taken not to overdo at first. A short, energetic walk of 15 minutes is of greater value, mentally and physically, than a listless, spiritless walk of five hours. "Instead of raw March winds and cold drafts—in other words, outside air of low temperature—being the cause of colds and catarrhal affections," says Dr. Felix L. Oswald, "it is the warm, vitiated, indoor air that is the cause while outdoor air is the best remedy. The combination of exercise, abstinence and fresh air will cure the most obstinate cold. "Air is both food and drink to the lungs. It is more—like water to the body—it washes them clean. One great advantage the persistent walker has is in getting used to all kinds of weather. Exposure to cold and damp will do him no harm, although it might be fatal to others. "Walking, if resolutely and judiciously followed, is a perfect exercise, which taxes the entire system. When you walk properly every member and muscle, every nerve and fiber has something to do. The lungs grow strong and sound; the chest enlarges, the limbs are rounded out, the tendons swell and toughen, the figure rises in height and dignity and is clothed with grace and suppleness. Not merely the body, but the whole individual is developed." Wealth is a handicap to the college student, and the poor boy has the advantage, according to Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Leland Stanford, Jr., university. Doctor Wilbur decrees that beginning this year automobiles may not be owned by students; that too frequent dances, the purchase of expensive flowers for co-eds and similar luxuries will be banned. He has sent a circular letter to students' parents saying students with too much money are not desired at the school, if they are inclined to spend their time in the pursuit of pleasure. The letter urges parents to refrain from too liberal allowances and warns them that as the number of entrants this year is limited, those students who fail to show they are doing honest work will not be permitted to remain. Good Things for the Table. for the first one. She went to housekeeping in a tiny flat, did her own work, pinched and saved, went without clothes, having barely enough covering her to keep people from talking. It was by her thrift that money enough was saved to start him in business, and now another woman is to enjoy what she toiled for," exclaims the wife. "Is that right?" Hubby was too obtuse to see that he was making trouble for himself when he retorted quickly. "The first wife wanted, to work and pinch and save, that was her pleasure. He was poor then; he's rich now and can afford to give it one comforts, even luxuries. This woman will find no occasion for toiling, seeing that he can keep her without. The first one leaved him through poverty. Probably this one would not have married him at that stage of the game. There's a difference in women, you know." That conversation opened the wife's eyes to the fact that she should crowd as much happiness and sunshine as possible into each day of her life, and, while doing her duty to save for her husband, she should not forget that a little recreation from toil now and then was time and money well spent, she being the gainer thereby in health and cheerfulness, and that although many husbands refuse to admit it, the average man appreciates the wife for whose outing pleasures he must plan and contribute. She must not be his toiling slave. She must be his companion in his joys and an agreeable one at that. A husband should see to it that the wife who toils hard in his interest should have all the comforts and pleasures, which he can reasonably afford showered upon her while she is able to enjoy them. add salt and pepper and pour into a sizzling hot frying pan well greased with butter, add two tablespoonfuls of cream and two tablespoonfuls of chopped red pepper. Serve on toast. Almond and Celery Soup. Cut in small pieces a bunch of celery, using the leaves and root, add six pepper corns, two bay leaves, a tablespoonful of onion juice, a thin slice of lemon, a teaspoonful of salt, and a stick of cinnamon, cover with a quart of water and cook one hour, strain and again heat, stirring in a cupful of cream, a tablespoonful each of butter and flour cooked together and a quarter of a cupful of blanched and pounded almonds. Allow it to boil two minutes after the nuts are added. Serve hot with cheese crackers. Nestie Maxwell An Excess of Sugar When sugar is taken in excess it undergoes fermentation in the alimentary canal, where it is converted into alcohol, carbonic acid and acetic acids. This fermentation and its products impede the work of the liver and make the system run with friction, prevent the elimination of effete products, and often long-continued use cripples all the processes of life. Cane sugar, especially in strong solution, is an irritant to the stomach. When no sugar is taken in the food the liver makes all the sugar that is needed in the system. In addition to this, all the starch that is taken food is converted into sugar in the body. Housewives Will Welcome This, Many a housewife has sustained a bad burn by lifting the hot lid of the kettle she was attempting to refill. A teakettle lid has been invented which will render this impossible. The lid has an automatic valve in the center which opens as the flow of water is turned upon it and closes when the water is shut off. This valve is at the bottom of a depression in the lid, and the concave thus formed is a convenient place to set a cup or other small vessel containing butter to be melted or other ingredients requiring gentle heat. The lid is of aluminum, thoroughly sanitary and indorsed by the cooking experts who have seen it. What Women Are Doing. London has now women blacksmiths and horseshoes. Women are shoveling malt in the malthouses in England. Girl students at Bryn Mawr college have a military corps. One out of every four women in this country is a wage-carner. Woman linetype operators in this country number over 15,000. Female clerks employed by the British government receive $6.25 a week. In Sitesia, East Prussia, women act In Silesia, East Prussia, women actually dominate the building industry. Woman cooks employed by the British army are paid $100 a year and their board. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt has given a $20,000 station for the wounded in France. An effort is being made in England to induce women to become ministers of the Gospel. Women employed as conductors on the Prussian railways must wear dark gray trousers. Private employers of female labor in Great Britain pay them from $3.75 to $5 per week. 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. Lost Art. The four-year-old had just been reproved at the table. He continued to talk cheerfully, though unanswered, to father. After some minutes of soliloquy he turned to mother and remarked: "Your husband doesn't talk very much this noon, does he, mother?"—Harper's Weekly. 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Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON TRIAL BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. GETROPOLR. . . . . RL. MRS. M. J. McCHARY, MANAGER R. B. McCHARY, PUBLISHER FRIDAY NOV. 10, 1916. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail master, as Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. Mr. Address all communications to J. B. McBain, Box 197 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: Due Your.....$1 60 In Months.....75 Three Months.....40 Single Copy.....08 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. Republican Ticket For President Chas. E. Hughes For Vice Pres. Chas. W. Fairbanks For Governor Frank O. Lowden For Lieut. Gov. John G. Oglesby For Sec. of State L. L. Emmerson For State Treasurer Len Small For Aid. of Pub. Acts Andrew Russel For Atty. Gen. Edward J. Brundage For Congressman at-large W. E. Mason, Medill McCormick For Rep. in Cong. Thos. S. Williams "Equalization Board Ralph Proctor "Representatives Oral P. Tuttle ...Claude L. Lacy "States Attorney Walter Roberts "Circuit Clerk ...Colfax Morris "Coroner ...Geo. A. Stewart "Surveyer ...Thos Perkins Hughes and Fairbanks are winners. Frank Lowden will redeem Illinois from democracy in November. 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 ito pay up. ANNOUNCING YOUR OWN PROJECT Every one is forward to complain of the prejudice that misused other men or parties, so if it be more free, and find none of the own. This being objection to all men, it is proved that it is a fault and a hindrance to knowledge. What now to the cure? No other but this, that every man should be more other prejudice and examine own. The only way to remove the great cause of ignorance and error of the world is for every one important to examine himself—and this. Applied Learning. The Absent-Minded Professor—My teller has put one button too many on my vest. I must out it ok. That's funny; now there's a buttonhole too many. What's the use of arithmetical? —Sandra. Geo. H. Crippins W. 7th Street, between Market and Pearl Streets; Metropolis, Horse Shoing and Rubber Tireing a Specialty General Repair Work Give me a trial. All work Guaranted. $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 Outarch Oure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Outarch is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucus 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 a CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists. 75e. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti- pation. Mrs. Josephine Maddox, of Hartford, Ky., arrived in the city Monday for an indefinite visit. Edgar Orrington was in Paducah, Wednesday. Lester Holland was a Paducah visitor last week. Miss Maude Porter was in the city Tuesday to vote. Miss French of St. Louis, Mo., is in the city for an indefinite stay. Miss Anna Roberts was in the city last week T. A. Urquhart, came home to vote Tuesday, returning to Padu- Wednesday a.m. Mrs. Sallie Dobson and grand- daughter Miss Ruth returned from Paducah, last week. The members of Bazaar Club Brookport, will visit the convention of the 1st Baptist church of Metropolis, Sunday and spend the day. Brookport, remains in the dry column by a large and an increased majority. The $200.00 offered the members of the Unity Baptist church if they would vote wet and the pastor would use his influence to that end did not work. We told some of the white people of Brookport, 'though we were in financial straits in trying to put a roof on our church and to meet our obligation, yet the Negroes had a principle under that black sking and that all Negroes were not alike. No doubt, some of them sold out but not as many as they thought would vote for the saloon. The editor and pastor is proud of those black women and wea who upheld the banner of Jesus Christ, morality, righteousness and Negro manhood and womanhood land demonstrated that fact that some Negroes are standing for a principle. Rev. W. P. Washington, of Mt. Vernon, is in the city conducting a revival meeting for Rev. Thos. Morris, at the Antioch Baptist church. We, the pastor and members of the Unity Baptist church, Brookport, ask that every pastor and church in the district lift an after collection after each service Sunday to assist us in paying for shingles to cover our church, it will not hurt you. Send money money to pastor, J. B McCrary, Metropolis, and you will be receipted through the Gasette. Who will respond to this Macedonian cry? $3 25 will buy us 1,000 shingles, $1 65 will buy 500 shingles and 85c will pay for 250 shingles. The S. S. and other auxiliaries can help us in this hour of need. Mrs. Annie Arriington, of St. Louis, Mo., is in the city on the account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. Princess Bell. She is somewhat improved at this writing. Illinois is back in the Republican fold where it rightly belongs. There is too much juggling with the ballots in some of the states. "We stuffed ballot boxes, we shot Negroes and we are not ashamed of it, and we will do it again."—Senator Ben Tillman. They are not too good to stuff them now. See? The Republican party slept on their rights by allowing the rights of the Negroes to be stolen from them in many of the states that they need now, which would be republican if the rights of the Negroes were properly safeguarded. Rev. J. H. Smith, and wife will leave for his new charge East St. Louis Saturday. May peace and happiness follow them to their new home. Mr Henry Rice, formerly of this city, now of Indianapolis, Ind., was in the city a few days ago, and called to see the editor. Henry Neely, left for St. Louis, Mo., Thursday to be present at operation of his sister Agnes. The colored women of Metropolis, Brookport, and Unionville, worked and voted like our Negro Soldiers fought in all the wars for liberty. They helped to win the day for the republicans in Illinois. The colored women in Souther Illinois were heroines indeed and proved their loyalty to the race. Rev. J. B. McCrary, pastor of Unity Baptist church Brookport, baptized a candidate last Sunday coming from the Methodist church and was received to the baptist faith. The church continues to grow. The members are rallying hard to inclose the new church building in order to hold service in the church on Thanksgiving day. We need the help of every person who wish to see the cause of Christ prosper. You can help us by donating either 250, 500 or 1,000 shingles. I am exceedingly glad to inform the readers of the accomplished success of our church and Sunday School. Our School opened at 9:30 a. m. by the Supt. At 11:00 a. m. Rev. M. Z. Parnell, preached an inspiring sermon. At 3:00 p. m. the church reassembled [and after prayer and praise service Rev. Parnell preached another strong sermon from Matt. 6:10. Thea Rev. P. B. French administered the Lord's Sappes. At 7:30 p. m the church congregated themselves together to listen to a powerful discourse delivered by Rev. French from a Chronicle 15:12. Everyone in the house rejoiced in the God of their salvation. The Carnation Club made its report for the month of October and turned over to the church the amount of $15 00 Mrs. Malinda Foster is the efficient president and deserves much credit. The Sewing Circle and Carnation Club will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Anna Owens. Mrs. Mattie Haynes will go to St. Louis, this week for an indefinite stay. Mr. Jim Williams united with the church Sunday. Native Salve. We have just received some more of Native Salve and it is going very last, those in Carbonand Md. City can secure a box or more new by 50c, per box. Act quick if you want it. Send all orders to Rev. J. B. McCrary. Dear Minister of the Baptist family we are trying to build up the waste placing in our district by sending our missionaries into this territory, we can only be able to do this to the extent that you co-operate with us in a financial way. We have two splendid men on the field this year, you, through your messengers help to place them there, now, you are obligated to help care for them. Please do not disappoint us in our next Executive Board meeting. We are expecting a good report for our missionaries Elder I. W. Winston and W. D. Simms, and let us care for them and families while they are at work in the destitute field. Will you heed this message brethren? Let us hear from you through the Gazette. Dont forget the 50c promised quarterly from the churches, Sunday Schools. D. Y P, U's and Women Societies for Rev. J. N. Washington who are to assist while at Roger Williams University See what Dr. A. M. Townsend, Pres has to say in this issue. NOTICE To the churches, S. S. B. Y P. U. and W. E. & M's. composing Mt Olive Baptist Association at our meeting held at Colps, Ill. in Sept. ir was recommended that each local department mentioned send up quarterly to the Executive Board 500 to aisist Rev. J. N. Washington, the Suuuay School missionary in paying his expenses through Roger Williams University at Nashville, Tenn. Several of the churches have already paid for the 1st quarter. You can send in for the year, half of a quarter of the year by mail or through delegate at the next executive Board meeting. Thursday before the 3rd Sunday in Dec. at Mt. Vernon. We have notified Dr. A. M. Townsend, Press, of the University of the action of the action of our Body and he is holding us responsible for same. Please tear out this notice for reference as it may not occur again. By order of the Association. Moderator, Metropolis, Ill. Paper and every other article used in a newspaper have jumped sky-high, therefore it takes more money to operate a paper than ever before. If you appreciate our efforts to give you a good paper, you will not hesitate to pay up at once. The Gazette, office has just received a large consignment of Letter Heads. Envelopes, Bill Heads, Cards & etc. Let us do some of your job work. The brothers that promised to pay the editor of The Gazette, for the paper if they lived. Poor fellows! they are dead for they have not paid for the paper. We are preparing to hand a number of names of our subscribers to our collecting agent as they seem to think we can run on cold air. We can't and need our money to pay bills. You need not order the paper stopped until you pay up. The law says so. We will give you this week to pay some if not all. Common Sense a Bad Matter, in creative thought common sense is a bad matter. His role criterion the judgment is that new ideas shall have the old ones. In other words, it can only not by suppressing originality. A. N. Whitehead in "An Introduction to Metafiction" BUSINESS MENACE UNIFORM TAX LAW IN OUR TAX LAW SMALL REVENUES Would Take One-Half of Income on Savings Deposits and Fully One-Fifth of the Ordinary Security Returns. Life Insurance Policies' Surrender Value Now Subject to a Tax That Would in Some Cases Equal Annual Premium—Tax Amendments Will Make Just Law Possible. The reason that the present revenue laws of Illinois have not been enforced is not because the assessing bodies have deliberately discriminated by omitting intangible values. The fact is that such values cannot be discovered by the assessor without resorting to methods which never have been applied, and probably never will be sent to, by any modern government. In the first place, intangible taxable values cannot be discovered by the ordinary processes which assessors are permitted to employ—that is to say, by seeing them and determining their value. In the second place, it is fully recognized that if the taxation of intangible values, as now provided for by law—the law being made necessary by the constitution—a business panic would be invited. All savings deposits—and there are about half a billion dollars of these—would have to be taxed at a rate that would be equivalent to one-half of their income. Nowhere—and hardly under the war taxes of Europe—is the half of an income taken by the tax-gatherer. Commercial deposits—checking accounts which pay no income at all—will have to pay in taxes from one to two per cent a year. The effect of such taxes would be to induce both classes of depositors to withdraw their money from the banks. Suppose that, say tomorrow, it became absolutely certain that these taxes on deposits were to be collected, there would be an immediate withdrawal of cash from the banks, runs, parishes and possibly liquidation of good banks. Debtors' Accommodations Taxed. The revenue law—as the constitution compiles it to be—calls for the collection of the full-rate tax upon all credits which all merchanta great or small, extend as a matter of accommodation to their customers. If the law were compiled with as to taxing these credits the merchant would be more reluctant to extend credit because, when the assessor would come around he would proceed to assess all of the credits which might be owing to the merchant; and, the tax collector would demand from one to two per cent on all of the credits on the merchant's books. And, where the merchant extended credit to a customer he would have to charge into his prices for the goods the tax rate which he would have to pay on the credit extended. Taxation on credits is double taxation because the goods sold have already been taxed in the hands of the owner, and, when they are sold on credit, the credit account also is taxed. Apparently a rigid enforcement of taxation of credits would bring a cessation of credit, which would, in many cases, create more or less hardship, and encourage creditors in a more rigid enforcement of their collection demands against their debtors. Suppose that the law were enforced—fully and completely—as to taxation on securities of all kinds. The average rate of return on securities is about five per cent. Even if these securities were made to pay only one per cent on their par value it would be equivalent to taking one-fifth of the entire income produced by them. Wherever income tax laws are in operation the income tax rate is very much less than one-fifth of the income. Life Insurance is Taxable. It is worth while also to consider that a rigid enforcement of the present law would require the taxation of all life insurance policies that have a "surrender value." The tax rate would be equivalent to a charge upon the insured of from one to two per cent on the value of his policy and in many cases would exceed the present premium which he has to pay. The collect of such an enforcement would induce many persons who are new wisely and well insured to surrender their policies. This of itself would create considerable financial disturbance and would operate as a deterrent of thrift. In general the enforcement of the revenue law as it stands would produce financial and economic disturbances of great magnitude. The Tax Amendment, to be voted on November 7, will enable the legislature to enact laws providing for reasonable rates for the taxation of all forms of intangible values and for the exemption of values which in wisdom should not be taxed at all. Send us a trial order for the Great Nature Salve, 50c a Box. Why suffer when you can be removed for such a small amount. Read our guarantee on the front page of The Gazette. Constitutional Requirement Proposed to be Amended Reduces Instead of Increases Revenue from Intangibles ONLY $1 OUT OF $20 TAXED The Amendment Will Change the Constitution So That the Legislature Can Improve Suitable Rates and Conditions of Taxation on All Taxable Intangible Valuables in Illinois. The constitution, Article 2K, says that "the general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, such that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property." The tax thus provided for by the constitution was intended to be equal on all forms of property. And, the supreme court had already said that all forms of tangible value were taxable property within the meaning of the constitution. The attempt to tax tangible property uniformly with farm lands, railroads, skyscrapers and that sort of thing, has been a failure, and the revenue which was presumed to be derived from tangible value taxes has not been fortuitously. The default occasioned by its loss has had to be made up by increasing the tax on tangible things. This statement is not fantastical nor unarguable. It is estimated that there are from three to five billion dollars of tangible values in Illinois which order the supreme court decision should be proving the same rate of taxes as that levied on farms and other tangible property. Bifrons of Dollars Pictured. In Chicago for 1888 Core was filed for record more than a billion dollars of mortgages—every dollar of which is taxable at the full tax rate. In the state of Illinois, according to federal government reports, there is more than three hundred and fifty million dollars of farm mortgage. Probably the total of all kinds of mortgages in Illinois is under, and the law, should be paying taxes amounts to about two billion of dollars. In addition to this there are taxable credits—nobody knows how much. Bank deposits amount to more than a billion dollars while stocks and bonds and stocks of corporations are organized in Illinois probably exceeds a billion dollars of value. These figures, to a large extent, are conjectural, because there are no stipulations upon this point. Assuming that there are from three to five billions of dollars of intangible taxable values in Illinois it is worth while to compare this amount with the figures actually returned to the local assessors as shown by the report of the state board of equalization. The full-valued figures for the intangible values taxed for 1918 are: Money other than banker chechy cash in hand ..... $100,631,800 Individual bank deposits and other credit ..... 134,797,605 Bonds and stocks ..... 81,780,719 Shares of capital stock in corporations not engaged in Illinois ..... 4,604,500 Mortgages — Investments opened by real estate ..... 6,027,000 Annuities and republics ..... 275,358 From these figures it will be seen that the provision of the constitution, saying that the revenues for public use shall be derived from a uniform tax upon all forms of property, is a failure. Apparently no more than about one-twentieth of the taxable fatigable values are returned for taxation. The Tax Amendment to be voted on November 7 will make it possible to derive considerable revenue from fatigable values that new do not contribute to the support of state and municipal government service at all. ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE PENDING AMENDMENT. The following active organizations have commended and pledged support of the Tax Amendment: Illinois Farmers' institute, Illinois Manufacturers' association, Chicago Real Estate board, Cochin County Real Estate board, Illinois Commercial Federation, Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Pooria Chamber of Commerce, Rockford Real Estate board, Chicago Association of Commerce, Building Construction Employer' association, Chicago Board of Trade, Illinois Bankers' association, Commercial club of Chicago, Industrial club of Chicago, Giffons' association, Hamilton club, Rogues club, Illinois Live Stock Brokers' association, Farmers' Chain Dealers' association, Illinois, Jackson, Orange, Will county, Civic Club of Kowalta, Retail Merchants' association, Real Estate association of Illinois; Supervisors, County Commissioners, County and Probate Clerks' Association; Receiving committee, Chicago Retail Drugs' association, and legislative committee, Illinois Pharmaceutical association.