Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE To the Baptist Churches of Mt. Olive Baptist Association It is to be hoped that all of our churches will respond to the urgent need and appeal of our missionary on the field just now. Brethren, it is a sin to place a man on the field to look after the neglected churches and fail to see after his support, while we are at home faring sumptuously every day with our families and congregations. It is wore than a crime to allow his family to suffer, while we are responsible to to sent the gospel into destitute places. "How can they hear without a preacher, and how can they preach except, they are sent?" Brethren, bestir yourselves as never before; the eyes of our old fathers who have let their montles fall on us are expecting us to evangeize this field in they labored so earnestly contending for missions and the missionary. Remember the great commission, and let us take the State for Christ. The harvest is white, but the laborers are few. Lift up your eyes and look upon the field. The true missionary spirit is lax in most of our Baptist churches in Southern Illinois. PROCESS Of The Thirty Seventh Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. C. nual Institute, Sixteenth To be held Mt. Moriah Baptist June 20th to INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY 8:20 a.m. Meeting called neal, Centralia. Devotional exe- cises 9:00 a.m. Welcome a Mrs. Kittie Hill, Mt. Vernon 9:20 Appointment of co- 9:40 Music. 10:00 Topic-"What is the ed by Rev. Levi Thompson, Mt. 10:30 Blackboard exercise 11:00 Sermon, Rev. J. H. 12:00 Collection and adjour- Afternoon 1:30 Devotionals-Brookp 2:00 Roll call. Reading 2:15 Paper, "Christian lor, 12th St. Cairo. 2:20 Introduction of visit 2:30 Paper, "The great ers" Carbondale delegate. 2:45 Music-Mt. Moriah ch 3:00 Sermon. 4:00 Round table talk-"T ers in our district"-Mrs. Ruth 4:30 Report of committee 5:00 Collection and adjour- Eve 7:30 Devotionals-Duquoin 8:00 Sermon-S. H. Pruitt 9:00 Installation of office B. Y. PROGRAM Of The Thirty Seventh Annual Session of the Olive Baptist S. S. Convention, Nineteenth Annual Institute, Sixteenth Annual B. Y. P. U. To be held with the St. Moriah Baptist Church, Cairo, III. June 20th to the 24th, 1917. INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING 8:30 a.m. Meeting called to order by the Pres. J. W. CorcCentralia. Devotional exercise Joppa delegates. 9:10 a.m. Welcome allness-Mt. Moriah, Response, Kittie Hill, Mt. Vernon 10:20 Appointment of committees. 10:40 Music. 10:00 Topic: "What is the purpose of the Institute?" Open-Rev. Levi Thompson, Mt. Vernon. 10:30 Blackboard exercise, Institute Conductor. 11:00 Sermon, Rev. J. H. Hilley, Alt. Rev. John Bruen 12:00 Collection and adjournment. Afternoon 1:30 Devotionals-Brookport and Belgrade delegates. 2:00 Roll call. Reading morning journal. 2:15 Paper, "Christian Development" Mrs. Hattie Tayth St. Cairo. 2:20 Introduction of visitors. President's annual address. 2:30 Paper, "The great need of competent S. S. Teach-Carbondale delegate. 2:45 Music-Mt. Moriah choir. 2:00 Sermon. 2:40 Round table talk- "The great need of Missionary workour district"-Mrs. Ruth Nichols, Metropolis. 2:40 Report of committees. 2:50 Collection and adjournment. Evening 2:00 Devotionals-Duquoin and Ullin delegates. 2:00 Sermon-S. H. Pruitt, St. John. 2:00 Installation of officers. Collection and adjournment. B. Y. P. U. Of The Thirty Seventh Annual Session of the Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. Convention, Nineteenth Annual Institute, Sixteenth Annual B. Y. P. U. To be held with the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Cairo, Ill. June 20th to the 24th. 1917. WEDNESDAY MORNING 8:30 a.m. Meeting called to order by the Pres. J. W. Corneal, Centralia. Devotional exercise Joppa delegates. 9:10 a.m. Welcome address-Mt. Moriah, Response, Mrs. Kittie Hill, Mt. Vernon 10:00 Topic: "What is the purpose of the Institute?" Opened by Roy Lei Thompson, Mt. Vernon. 2:00 Ron call. Reading 2:15 Paper, "Christian Development" Mrs. Hattie Tay- 10r, 12th St. Carlo. 2:20 Introduction of visitors. President's annual address. 2:30 Paper, "The great need of competent B. S. Teach- Cordendale, delegate 3:00 Sermon. 4:00 Round table talk-"The great need of Missionary workers in our district"-Mrs. Ruth Nichols, Metropolis. 7:30 Devotionals-Duquoin and Ullin delegates. 8:00 Sermon-S. H. Pruitt, St. John. 9:00 Installation of officers. Collection and adjournment. THURSDAY MORNING 8:30 Devotional exercise led by Harrisburg delegate. 9:00 Meeting called to order by Pres. Edgar S. B. McCrary, Metropolitan Ill. 8:30 Devotional exercise 9:00 Meeting called to our Metropolis, Ill. 9:10 Roll call of officer 9:30 Welcome Address-B Response, D. H. Young, Centr 10:00 Of what use is the ed by 12th St. delegate. Disc 10:30 Solo- Mrs. Ellen E 10:40 Report of Enrollm 10:50 Paper, Optional- Metropolis. 11:00 Sermon-Rev. P. B 12:00 Collection and adj Aft 1:30 Devotionals-New H 2:00 Roll call. Reading 2:15 Address, Mrs. Lee colis B. Y. P. U. 2:30 President's Annual 2:40 Reading letters. R 3:15 Praise Service. 4:00 Paper, "Waste of T 4:15 Report of committe 8:30 Devotional exercise led by Harrisburg delegate. 9:00 Meeting called to order by Pres. Edgar S. B. McCrary, Opolis, Ill. 9:10 Roll call of officers. Appointment of committees. 9:30 Welcome Address-Mt. Moriah B. Y. P. U. President, Anse, D. H. Young, Centralia. 10:00 Of what use is the B. Y. P. U. to the church? Open- 12th St. delegate. Discussion. 10:30 Solo- Mrs. Ellen E. Hunter, Cobden. 10:40 Report of Enrollment Committee. 10:50 Paper, Optional- Miss Iola U.quhart, Cor. See'y. Opolis. 11:00 Sermon-Rev. P. B. French, Sparta. 12:00 Collection and adjournment. Afternoon 1:30 Devotionals-New Bethel and Mounds delegate. 2:00 Roll call. Reading morning journal. 2:15 Address, Mrs. Lee Belle Duke, President of Metrop- Y. Y. P. U. 2:30 President's Annual Address. 2:40 Reading letters. Rally, etc. 2:15 Praise Service. 4:00 Paper, "Waste of Time." Miss Myrtle Long, Belgrade. 4:15 Report of committees, collection, and adjournment. Evening Metropolis. 9:10 Roll call of officers. Appointment of committees. 9:30 Welcome Address-Mt. Moriah B. Y. P. U. President, Response, D. H. Young, Centralia. 10:00 Of what use is the B. Y. P. U. to the church? Opened by 12th St. delegate. Discussion. 10:30 Solo- Mrs. Ellen H. Hunter, Cobden. 10:40 Report of Enrollment Committee. 10:50 Paper, Optional- Miss lola U.quhart, Cor. Sec'y. Metropolis. 2:00 Roll call. Reading morning joe. 2:15 Address, Mrs. Lee Beile Duke, President of Metropolis B. Y. P. U. 2:30 President's Annual Address. 2:40 Reading letters. Rally, etc. 3:15 Praise Service. 4:00 Paper, "Waste of Time." Miss Myrtle Long, Belgrade. 4:15 Report of committees, collection, and adjournment. Evening 7:30 Devotionals. Future City delegate. 8:00 Roll call. Reading of journal. 8:10 Solo Mrs. Edgar S. B. McCrary. 8:20 Sermon, Rev. D. Parrish, Md. City. --- Let us put out mission cards, preach a mission sermon once a month or a quarter, lift a special collection for missions and start the mission box plan. We have a good missionary in the person of Elder J H. Hilley, and he needs our support. Let every church send something to the Board which meets with the Sunday School conuion at Cairo, June 13th. J. B. McCrary. Moderator. Dear Editor: Allow me space in your valuable columns to say that the Ladie's Trustee helpers of the A. M [E church, to thank Mrs. G. Martin, who so kindly entertained the club last week at her residence and not being a member. We thank you Mrs. Martin and trust you will invite the club again. Mrs. Andy Winston, President. Mrs. Hattie Beard, Secretary. Good Advice. Since thou art not sure of a minute, do not throw away an hour. INSTITUTE B. Y. P. U. MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." 9:00 Installation of Officers. Presentation of B. Y. P. U. Banner. FRIDAY MORNING 9:30 Devotionals Colp and Grand Chain delegates. 9:10 Meeting called by president, Dennis Farrow, Cairo 9:20 Roll of officers. Appointment of committees. 9:30 Welcome Address, Pastor, F. Bonar. Response, Cobden delegate. 9:30 Devotionals Colp and G 9:10 Meeting called by p 9:20 Roll of officers. App 9:30 Welcome Address, Cobden delegate. 9:40 Topic, "How can we ity from the S. S. Opened by Ca 10:10 Solo, Mrs. Ellen Eld 10:20 Report of enrollment 10:30 Round Table Talk- The results. 11:00 Preaching, Rev. Jno 11:50 Duet, Mrs. Lee Bee dy, Metropolis. 12:00 Collection and adj After 1:30 Devotionals Md. City 2:00 Roll Call. Reading n 2:10 Reading letters. Intro 3:00 Sermon, . H. Starks 4:00 Collection and adjou Even 7:30 Devotionals 40th St. 8:00 Sermon-Rev. H. E. I 9:00 Announcements, coll Nails Colp and Grand Chain d ing called by president, Dea officers. Appointment of e nne Address, Pastor, F. I "How can we free our Indiv Opened by Carbondale dale Mrs. Ellen Elder Hunter, Co of enrollment committee. Table Talk-" The S. S. ( thing, Rev. Jno. Bruen. Mrs. Lee Belle Duke and section and adjournment. After-moon Nails Md. City delegate. All. Reading morning journ g letters. Introduction of vi n., H. Starks, Cairo. ion and adjournment. Evening Nails 40th St. Cairo. h-Rev. H. E. McWilliams, encrements, collection and ad 9:40 Topic, "How can we free our Individual Responsibility from the S. S. Opened by Carbondale delegate. Discussion. 10:10 Solo, Mrs. Ellen Elder Hunter, Cobden. 10:20 Report of enrollment committee. 10:30 Round Table Talk-"The S. S. (a) Its object (b) SATURDAY MORNING 8 30 Devocionals Tamms o 9:00 Roll call. Reading E 9:12 Reading of letters, e 9:45 Paper Optional, Mrs. 10:00 Report of various co 10:30 Solo J. W. Corneal, 10:40 Address Harrisburg 11:00 Sermon J. H. Willim 12:00 Collection and adjourn After- 1:30 Devotionals Carrier L 2:00 Roll call. Reading mo 2:30 Report of committe 3:00 Reading letters. 3:30 Topic "Caring for Opened by Mrs. Kittie Hill, Mt. 4:00 Collection and adjourn Every 7:30 Devotonals- Unionville 8:00 Roll call. Reading s 8:15 Literary program cor M. Convention, Mrs. M. J. Blake 9:00 Reception tendered Adjournment. Monals Tamms delegate. Mall. Reading Evening journal. ing of letters, etc. Optional, Mrs. Lillie A. T. tet of various committees. W. W. Corneal, Centralia. ress Harrisburg delegate. Mon J. H. Willingham, Md. Ct. tion and adjournment. After-noon Monals Carrier Mills delegate. Mall. Reading morning journal. of committees. ing letters. "Caring for the Social life Tattie Hill, Mt. Vernon. Disc tion and adjournment. Evening Monals- Unionville delegate. Mall. Reading afternoon jour ery program conducted by Pr Pers. M. J. Bleko, Eodges, Pa tion tendered delegates by 8:30 Devocionals Tamms delegate. 9:00 Roll call. Reading Evening journal. 9:12 Reading of letters, etc. 9:45 Paper Optional, Mrs. Lillie A. Towles, Metropolis. 10:00 Report of various committees. 10:30 Solo J. W. Corneal, Centralia. 10:40 Address Harrisburg delegate. 11:00 Sermon J. H. Willingham. Md. City. 12:00 Collection and adjournment. After-noon 1:30 Devotionals Carrier Mills delegate. 2:00 Roll call. Reading morning journal. 2:30 Report of committees. 3:00 Reading letters. 3:30 Topic "Caring for the Social life of the young," Opened by Mrs. Kittie Hill, Mt. Vernon. Discussion. 4:00 Collection and adjournment. Evening 7:30 Devotonals- Unionville delegate. 8:00 Roll call. Reading afternoon journal. 8:15 Literary program conducted by Pres. of W. E. and M. Convention, Mrs. M. J. Blake, Hodges, Park. 9:00 Reception tendered delegates by Mt. Moriah S. S. Adjournment. SUNDAY MORNING 9:30 S. S. conducted by M. 10:30 Devotionals. 11:00 Memorial service, J. D. Parrish. 12:00 Collection and adjourn Afternoon 2:00 White dress Parade. 3:30 Instrumental Solo. M. 3:45 Miscellaneous Business 4:00 Collection and adjourn Eve 6:30 B. Y. P. U. Local P. 7:30 Devotionals, 8:00 Sermon, Elder J. B. B. Olive Baptist Association. Alter 9:00 Awarding S. S. Bann 9:30 Collection and hand Adjournment and Benedict Comma ELI BR Conducted by Mt. Moriah Super- visionals. Merial service, J. D. Davis, C. tion and adjournment. Afternoon Address Parade. imental Solo. Miss Ann Lyde aneous Business. tion and adjournment. Evening P. U. Local Pres., Frank L. onals, Elder J. B. McCrary, Modi ociation. Alternate, Elder a ing S. S. Banner and install- tion and hand shaking. t and Benediction by speaker Committee— ELDER JOHN J " D. H. Y. BRO. J. W. COH 9:30 S. S. conducted by Mt. Moriah Supt. 10:30 Devotionals. 11:00 Memorial service, J. D. Davis, C. W. Norment and D. Parrish. This is to tify every S. S. of of the Mt Olive Baptist S. S. Congress will meet in Nashville, Tenn, from the 13, to 18 of June, and as we are you, Institute Conductor will ask that you please send us $1, each on Monday after the 4th Sunday in May to assist us in our fare as we want to bring new methods to our Convention when convened with the Mt Moriah Baptist church Cairo, in June. The superintendents and pastors will please take this matter up at once. J. B. McCrary, Institute Conductor. Baptizing Nezt Sunday At 12:00 Rev. Thos. Morris, pastor of the Antioch Baptist church will ptize some candidates in the Oio river, Sunday at 12:00 noon. All Weather Good. Sunshine is delicous, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing on bad weather, only different kinds of good weather—John Bursa. ```markdown ``` NOTICE. All Weather Good. delegate. evening journal. etc. Lillie A. Towles, Metropolis. committees. Centralia. delegate. Bingham. Md. City. enment. moon Mills delegate. warning journal. s. the Social life of the young," Vernon... Discussion. enment. wing de delegate. afternoon journal. ducted by Pres. of W. E. and L. Rodges, Park. delegates by Mt. Morinah S. S. St. Moriah Supt. D. Davis, C. W. Norment and environment. oon miss Ann Lyde Thomas. ess. environment. evening res.. Frank L. Jenkins. McCrary, Moderator of the Mt. crate, Elder J. H. Starks. er and installation of officers. shaking. on by speaker of the evening. mittee— DER JOHN BRUEN " D. H. YOUNG O. J. W. CORNEAL. Officers of the General Batist State Convention Committee on Nomination beg to report as follows: Moderator Eld. J. F. Thomas, 1st Vice Mod. " W. P. Washington. 2nd Vice Mod. Eld. C. w. Norment. Recording Sec. Eld. P. B. French Corresponding Sec. E. d. J. B. McCrary. Treasurer Eld. H. C. Armstead. Added Members Eld. F. Borar Cairo Eld. J. E. Haywood Chicago Eld. Jas. Swanson Maywood State Missionary H. E. Mcwilliams. State Mission Board Chairman Dr. C. C. Phillips Cor. Sec. Eld. J. D. Davis Treasurer Eld. J. E. Haywood Other Members Eld. S. H. Pruitt Deacon R. Lewis Sister Sallie Thomas Chicago Sister M. Hudgin Cairo Sister J. w. winston Olmstead Sister Carrie Casiy Shawstown Rev. J. A. Royel Chicago " L. Duane Chicago Rev. A. J. Bowers Dewmaine Rev. D. Johnson Dewmaine " B. H. Huher Evanston " K. V. Howard Grand Chain " Robt. Grey Murphyaboro " J. L. Martin Colps Deacon J. Simpson Hallidayboro " J. Baker Brookport Eld. Thomas Morris Metropolis Bro. Chks. Skates Mound City Daacon J. L Taborn Educational Board Chairman Dr. B. J. Priace Chicago Cor. Sec. Sis. Frankie Jenkie Cairo. Sister willie Greyer Colpa Sister Emma Farrow Cairo " J. M. Owens Sparta Eld. J. B. McOry Metropolis Committee on Nomination C. C. Phillips J. E. Heywood G. H. Mitchell F. Bomar Sister Stella Duprec " willie Greer " M. B. Taylor Elder H. C. Armstead " H. E. Mcwilliams Members of various Committees of National Baptist Convention (Unincorporated.) Foreign Mission Board H. E. Mcwilliams, D. D. Chicago, Ill. Home Mission Board J. B. McCrary, S. T. B. Metropolis, Ill. Educational Board Dr. B. J, Prince, Chicago, Ill. Evangelical Board Elder F. Bomar, Cairo, Ill. B. Y. P. U. Board Dr. W. P. washington, Mt. Vernon, Ill. Benefit Board Elder James Swanson, Maywood, Ill. Publishing Board Dr. J F. Thomas, Chicago, Ill. Resolutions J. E Haywood, Chicago, Ill. State of the Country Elder H. C. Armstead, Pulaski, Ill. Vice President Dr. C. C. Phillips, Goloonda, Ill. On to Cairo, in June To the officers, and members of the Mt. Olive B. Y. P. U. Convention of Southern Illinois, Greetings:— Just one month from the time this article was written until the Mt. Olive B. Y. P. U. will be called on in another annual session with the Mt. Moriah Union, Cairo We ask that every Union represent by delegate or letter as we are striving to make this the year. We are sure of $100, this year if you will only do your duty. Remember the Banner that will be given away to the one representing with the largest amount mount of money. a Mrs. L. B Duke, president of the Metropolis Union, says, 'they will still hold the Banner, and will continue until they get tired and give it up.' We ask that the other larger Unions see about her report and get it once. The Union will couvene Thursday before the 4th Lord's day in Jnne. Let us surpass the meeting in Carbondale, Spiritually, numerically and financially. Come prepared to take an active part in the meeting. Iola M Urquhart, Ccr. Secy., Metropolis, Ill In the Sunken Submarine. "It's too annoying that we should be stuck down here. I bought myself the most splendid tomb only last week."—Lustige Biaetter. The Profits of Gardening. In this unjust world a large part of the profits of a town garden are made by the hardware store.—Atchison Globe. SPARTA. ILL It is very much appreciated by me to say something through the organ of your paper concerning our church and Sunday School which was opened at 9:30 a.m. the lesson was unusually interesting. The school was reviewed by Rev. French. At 11:00 Rev D. G. Hutson ascended the rostium and to k for a text John 3:7 from which he delivered a strong sermon. At 6:30 p.m. it being Children's Day an excellent program was rendered under the supervision of the Supt. M. C. Wrice. At 8:00 Rev. Hutson, preached another strong gospel sermon from Rom. 7:24 The Carnation Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Malinca Foster this week The Sewing Circle will meet at the home of Bro. J. T. Lavesque, this week. The Golden Leaf Club is invited to meet at the home Mrs. Birdie Terry. Mr. Wm Nance and his sister-in-law visited relatives in Cairo, last week Bro. Henry Webb, of Okolone, Miss, came forward and united with the church as he is now located here J. J. Taylor. HODGES PARK Editor Gazette: If all us the great pleasure to speak through the columns of your paper. Our church work is somewhat dull as we have had no pastor for 2 or 3 months and we have had a deal of sickness in our little hamlet. Quite a few deaths, and many have been shocked by the storms in the vicinity near here. There were four persons killed in the cyclone on the 30th which was very sad. The hail damaged gardens considerably, however we are yet in good spirit for we know the Lord is over all. Tuesday night June 5, Rev. J. H. Hilly, the missionary visited us and preached a soul stirring sermon to a good audience and the sermon was enjoyed by all. We hope he will return and preach for us again. He left here Thursday morning for New Bethel. On Sunday June 10, we visited Sandusky for a rally and Children's Day exercises and found Rev. Chambers and his good people doing good work. We presented the claim of the S. S. and B. Y. P. U. Convention and they informed us they would do their part and also remember Rev. Bomar by aiding him. We hope to make this the banner year in Southern Illinois for the Baptists. We look earnestly for the Gazette each week as a letter from home. We hope each auxiliary will remember the education and send delegates prepared for the program. Yours in the work. M J. Blake, Marines Usually First In Fray A MAN FROM THIS HOUSE IS SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RECRUITING STATION This is to certify that Mr.....has patriotically offered his services to the United States Marine Corps but has been rejected for physical disabilities. Corps Slogan "First Into Action and Last Out" Has Resulted In Almost Filling the Ranks to the Authorized Strength—Marines Have Taken Part In Nearly Every Fight the United States Has Been In. THE marine corps is : favorite among recruits anxious to get into the thick of the fighting. Its familiar slogan of "first into action and last out" has borne large fruit. The marine corps is not far short of the authorized strength of 17,400. One of the means used to stimulate recruiting is to place on the home of an enlisted marine a sign reading, "A Man From This House Is Serving In the United States Marine Corps." Another idea adopted by the corps commander is to issue certificate; to those who apply for enlistment, but are refused because of some defect. The marine corps is older than the republic itself. An act of the Continental congress in 1775, a year before the Declaration of Independence was made, called it into being and stipulated that the service should be organized along the lines of that then in existence in Great Britain. One historian has said: "The marine dates back to the days of the Persian empire. Marines are especially mentioned in connection with the battle of Lade, in the time of Darus L. king of Persia, about 405 B.C. From that time till the present it has been recognized that the efficiency of a ship of war is greatly increased by the addition to the regular ship's force of a body of men whose peculiar training fits them for military service both on land and at sea." Trained In Several Branches. The training of the marines above referred to includes not only the signal drills, searchlight and heliograph practice, in which the soldiers of the army are trained, but also the drills peculiar to the management of a ship of war, such as the use of the wireless, wigwag signaling, semaphore signaling and in many cases the handling of small boats. The "cutlass crew" of the last century is gone. Inasmuch as future naval engagements probably will begin at a range of ten miles and battleships of opposing forces cannot by any possibility get within five miles of each other, the marine's usefulness as a boarder is gone forever, but there is plenty of work left. To say that the marine corps is the military branch of the United States navy possibly best describes these men. The first United States marine corps covered itself with glory throughout the war of the Revolution. Believing that its purpose had been fulfilled, congress formally disbanded it on April 11, 1782, but so conspicuous had been its service that public opinion compelled its reorganization and permanent establishment as a branch of the armed forces of this country on July 11, 1798. From that time until the occupation of Vera Cruz, in April, 1915, nearly 116 years later, the corps has distinguished itself every time the naval forces of this nation have been called upon. One of the chief features of their training is that which is calculated to give them great mobility and ability to land at a moment's notice. A battleship, such as the New York, Wyoming or Pennsylvania, carries about eighty marines. These can be paraded in camp gear and landed as a hostile force for actual field service in much less time than could a similar force from a transport. Their equipment is especially designed for stowing on UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Trained In Several Branches. A MAN FROM THE MORNING IS SERVING UNITED STATES MARINE OFFICE shipboard and also for the greatest service ashore. To this end several improvements have been added to the "gear." The high type of the United States marine is largely due to the rigid requirements and tests made at the recruiting stations before a man is accepted. A man must be a pretty good physical and mental specimen. As the marine corps is now filled up and in need of no recruits, the officers can afford to be properly particular. It has been estimated that even since the trouble with Mexico began only about one out of every fifty applicants for enlistment has been accepted. This is not because a low type of men apply for enlistment, but because the popularity of the service makes it possible to reject all but the highest grade men. An example of the work which may be expected of them was furnished in 1863, when a detachment of these sea soldiers marched 600 miles across the African desert to subjugate the pirates of Tripoli. They pulled down the flag of the Tripolitans, who had been guilty of the vilest outrages on the high seas, and hoisted the Stars and Stripes for the first time over an old world fortress. The popularity of the marine corps is largely due to the variety of the service expected of it and rendered by it. While the soldier may languish at an interior post for several years, the marine is constantly being shifted from post to post or off on a cruise. In 1900 the marines fought practically a three days' battle with the allies at Tientsin. It was the marines who captured a board of silver at the Tientsin mint and turned back into the treasury of China $371,300 as their share of the money seized. They later marched on to Peking. Just 100 years after their march to Tripoli the United States marines touched again on African soil, but this time their mission was more peaceful, although scarcely less adventurous. They were detailed to escort a representative of the state Department into the interior of Abyssinia for a conference with King Menelik, r. d the soldiers of the sea showed their versatility by taking to camel back for a ride of several hundred miles as naturally as they would walk the deck of their ship. Between the Peking expedition and this they also had a touch of excitement at Samar, Panama and Colon, and even while the detachment was crossing the Abyssinian sands another band of their comrades was adding in quelling the insurrection of 1903 in Seoul. Cuba, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Porto Rico and Chile have also been the stages of their activities. Soap has played a large part in medicine. Medicinal soap when pure is said to be made of caustic soda and either olive or almond oil. It was much employed in the form of pills intended to have a gently apertent, anti-acid action. While there are many kinds of soaps, it is said that those commonly used may be divided into three classes. The first class comprises fine white soaps and scented soaps, the second class the course household soaps and the third class the soft soaps. An Expert In Motives. Cousin Henry is an expert in motives. If you were reading off a list of names and overlooked Henry he would understand. He would know exactly the motive that prompted you to do it. If you don't think to introduce him to the man who is with you he can see through it. He may have to go back four or five years, but he Recruiting Officer Must Have Good Eyesight. In a Three Days' Battle. Soap as Medicine An Expert In Motives: MARINE CORPS MARKS HOMES OF ITS MEMBERS Photos by Marine Corps Pub. Bureau. will make a complete case against you. In less than an hour he will know what your motive was. Right now he is angry because his daughter was not selected as valedictorian of her class. You may think that the other girl deserved to be selected, but you don't know all that Henry knows. It is a long story, but he is willing to tell it to you, and after hearing it you will understand the motive—you will understand that it is a case of spite work. —Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star-Telegram. REAR ADMIRAL PALMER. Chief of Navigation Bureau a Responsible Office. As chief of the bureau of navigation Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer holds one of the most responsible billets in the United States navy. The duties of the bureau of navigation comprise the issue, record and enforcement of the orders of the secretary of the navy to the individual officers. It also has charge of the enlistment, assignment to duty and discharge of all enlisted CLINEDINST Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, persons and the operation of the radio service, naval militia and naval districts. Rear Admiral Palmer is a native of Missouri, forty-four years old and was graduated from the Naval academy in 1896. During the Spanish war he served on board the armored cruiser New York, then flagship of the North Atlantic fleet. He has had a wide experience both afloat and ashore, having served as director of target practice and chief of staff of the Atlantic fleet. During President Taft's administration he was naval aid at the White House. While serving as chief of navigation he has the rank of rear admiral, although his actual rank is that of commander. Necessities of War When Lloyd George in England undertook to organize the ministry of munitions a glazer began to stamp out cartridge clips; a manufacturer of muscle rolls used his equipment to make gauges; a concern engaged before the war in preparing infants' food began delivering plugs for shells; an advertising agency manufactured shell adapters; watchmakers began adjusting fuses; a manufacturer of baking machinery became a contractor For six inch high explosive shells; a jewelry house devoted itself exclusively to periscopes; a phonograph concern sent millions of delicate shell parts to the assembling stations; a firm which made nothing but sheep shearing machinery started turning out shell cases; a cream separator factory manufactured shell primers. Among other producers of finished shells were candlemakers, flour mills, tobacco manufacturers, syphonmakers and the manufacturers of sporting goods.—World's Work. FARMING INFORMATION BROODER IMPORTANT. Where Large Numbers of Chicks Are Raised It is Indispensable. That the importance of the brooder in rearing large numbers of incubator chicks cannot be overestimated is the opinion of N. L. Harris, superintendent of the Kansas State Agricultural college poultry farm. Some artificial means of brooding chicks must be provided when incubator chicks hatch in cool or cold weather. Where a small flock of birds is to be raised it is not profitable to use either the incubator or brooder, but where large numbers of chickens are handled the brooder becomes a matter of convenience. Keeping chicks in large flocks minimizes the labor and reduces the cost of houses and yards. Where hens are used for brooders in cold weather only a few chicks can be given to each hen. This requires a large number of coops, and the attendant is compelled to give each group nearly as much attention as would be required for one large flock cared for by the brooder. A large percentage of the hen brooded chicks suffer from the effects of head lice. These not only are bothersome to the newly hatched chick, but continue to be a source of trouble through the entire season. Where hens are not available and only a few chicks are to be raised it is possible to construct a homemade brooder. These usually require considerably more attention than those on the market, but will give fairly good results. The most common method of heating these homemade brooders is by means of a jug of hot water. A box which contains sufficient room for from 50 to 100 chicks and which is tight on all sides excepting the front is the first requirement. Some method of ventilation should be provided on the top of the box. A two gallon jug of hot water furnishes the heating plant. The jug should be wrapped in burlap to protect the chicks and aid in retaining the heat. This brooder will keep a limited number of chicks perfectly comfortable. There are nearly as many makes of brooders on the market as there are incubator factories in the country. Many of these brooders are so cheaply constructed as to be in constant danger of fire. Many small brooders are on the market, however, which are practically fireproof and which have a capacity of from 50 to 100 chicks. TREATING OATS FOR SMUT. Simple and Effective Method of Destroying Fungus on Seed. Treating oats for smut requires no implements or machinery more complicated than a scoop shovel or sprinkling can. The formaldehyde treatment has proved to be more reliable and much cheaper than any of the commercial preparations. Perhaps the easiest way to treat oats, says W. E. Hanger of the Ohio State university, is to pour them out on a clean floor and sprinkle them thoroughly with a solution consisting of a pound or pint of formaldehyde and forty gallons of water. It will usually require nearly a gallon of the solution per bushel of oats. After the oats are thoroughly moistened they should be heaped and covered with sacks or blankets for three or four hours or overnight. They may then be raked out into a thin layer and dried. In no case should they remain in the pile more than fifteen hours, as the germination of the seed is liable to be injured. If they are sown the day after treating it will be necessary to set the drill to sow two more pecks to the more than usual on account of the swollen condition of the oats. If they are resacked the sacks should have been soaked in the same solution. Drills should also be thoroughly sprinkled with the solution. Aids to Corn Club Work. Educational moving, picture films, illustrated posters and instruction sheets will be added as features to the corn club work which has just been transferred from the state board of agriculture to the Ohio State university. In addition, visits by university representatives will be made to local club meetings of the boys. The clubs which are to be formed will consist of from eight to twelve boys, who will meet regularly to study corn problems and talk over their experiences. Inasmuch as arrangements already have been made for offering the prize trips to Washington, they will be carried on this year in order to save disappointment, according to Clark S. Wheeler, director of the Agricultural college extension service. Save Sheep Droppings. Not a bit of the droppings of a sheep flock should be wasted, and a flock wintered in roofty quarters under cover will give an increased profit. The litter will absorb all the liquids, and the flock will keep the mass packed down so it will not heat. Sprinkle land plaster over the pen frequently to keep down any odors. Keep the pens well littered with clean, bright straw, and keep them perfectly level. Effect of Biotf Foods Potash aids in the formation of starch in the grain, strengthens the stalk and encourages healthy growth. Nitrogen hastens stalk and leaf growth, lengthens the season of growth and gives the plant a quick start. Phosphoric acid helps fill the grain, improves the quality and hastens maturity - New York Sun. FOR BETTER DAIRY SIRES. Bankers Aid Wisconsin Farmers to Secure Pure Bred Bulls. In some sections the problem of securing good sires is a serious one, says a Wisconsin farm bulletin. Often bull clubs are formed by the farmers themselves, who combine their purchasing power to get the services of good sires co-operatively. In other communities bankers, merchants and cremery owners furnish funds on long time notes, making very satisfactory arrangements for their payment at the end of a two year period. A system of leasing sires, whereby a part of the money received from each farmer for service fees is used to pay the cost of bulls, is in use in several Wisconsin communities. The plans described here have all been worked out. They are practical. There are undoubtedly many other successful ones. If your community could be benefited by a similar plan start it yourself. Don't wait for the business men to make the first step. Live stock raising is the biggest business in Wisconsin. Many country bankers realize it, and they will meet you half way, for they see the importance of profit producing farm animals in the proper development of their communities. Here are a few suggestions about buying: First:—In buying a built, get as good a one as you can afford. The sire, if a good pure breed, is more than half the herd; Second:—If possible buy from a breeder whom you know. Third:—Be sure you get stock from disease free herds. Fourth.-Do not expect to buy good cows cheap. The poorest cows are those that are for sale in most herds. Fifth.-Your best investment is to get heifers which have not freshened, but which have been bred to a registered sire of the same breed. Sixth.-Buy as near home as possible. You save expenses, and if animals are not satisfactory your chances for redress are much better. GUARDING THE CROPS. Colorado Potato Beetle Most Destructive of the Tuber's Enemies. The potato grower should begin watching for the attack of the Colorado potato beetle as soon as the young potato plants come through the ground, says Professor George A. Dean, Kansas Agricultural college. The Colorado potato beetle is the most common and destructive enemy of the potato grower. The adult insects hibernate in the earth in the winter months. The warm sunshine of April or May brings them out. One of the most effective remedies for this pest is paris green. For small patches it may be used dry dry mixing it with fifty times its weight in flour, slacked lime or land plaster. This mixture should be applied in the morning when the dew is still on the plants either by a perforated can or some sort of a powder gun. On large fields it is best to apply the mixture in the form of a spray. One pound of paris green and one pound of freshly slacked lime will kill the larva, but it is necessary to use two or three pounds of paris green to kill the beetles. Many growers prefer to use three to five pounds of lead arsenate to a barrel of water, because it is more adhesive than the mixture of paris green, and there is no danger of burning. Powdered lead of arsenate may also be used as a dust spray just as soon as the insects are found working on the plants and the application repeated when the other generation of insects appears. Value of Skimmilk The department of agriculture has discovered that about 17,000,000,000 gallons of skimmilk are annually wasted in this country. Every farmer knows that skimmilk will fatten hogs. That proves that it has a nutritional value. The food value of milk is not entirely destroyed by the removal of the cream and butter fat. There is a lot of protein in the residue, and this protein is good for the human system. Some people cannot drink whole milk; it disgreses with them. These same people thrive on milk from which the cream has been removed. The department of agriculture is right in calling attention to the fact that 17,000,000,000 gallons of excellent food have been overlooked in these days of high cost of living.—Cleveland Leader. The Pure Bred Is Valuable. The pure breed is valuable because he has been bred for so many years without the admixture of any other blood and because each male representing a pure breed is possessed of the power to transmit the breed characteristics of his kind. Pure bred also means that there is a continuous line of pure bred individuals back of him. It must be remembered that where grade stallions or grade bulls are used no progress is made. It is the propensity of the breeding that makes it possible for the Angus bull to sire a large proportion of black polled calves from different colored or horned native cows. The pure bred is valuable in grading up. The progress in grading ceases as soon as the pure bred sire is discontinued. Look Ahead. "Be a speedway," said Brother Dickey, "but onderstan" well how ter slow up. Reason so many folks gits pitched over de fence into de brier patch er life is kaze dynno dat de fence is dar until dey hits it. So watch out what you is an' how is you!"—Alanta Constitution. Clyde Milan of the Senators made the first hit of the 1917 baseball season at 3:05 on the afternoon of April 11 in the first inning of the Washington-Philadelphia game. The Senators also led off with the first run, when Smith singled in the V Photo by American Press Association. Clyde Milan. second inning and raced home at 3:15 on a triple by Judge, which wont siz- zing over Thrusher's head. The Polo grounds furnished a close second when Hooper's the first man up for the Red Sox, slim; led to right at 3:21 and scored at 3:28. A sacrifice, an infield hit and a three bagger, the latter by Walker, sent Hooper around. We Have Best Jumpers. The latest budget of athletic news from London includes an item to the effect that Philip of Harrow had set a new English interscholastic record for the running high jump at 5 feet 9 inches. This does not compare very favorably with the American interscholastic mark of 6 feet 3½ inches, credited to Wesley Oler when he was at Pawling. The difference between the British and American high jump records is quite a true index to the general superiority of our schoolboy athletes over the English. While the men from Oxford and Cambridge generally can give our best college athletes a good contest, the status of scholastic athletes in the tight little ile is far inferior to that here. The English schoolboys do not go in as intensively for track and field sports as do the youths of our schools. The English schoolboy athlete is more of a general performer. Entire Team Enlists. An entire baseball team has left n church league in Cook county, Ill., to enlist for service with the national guard. Six members of the team representing the Bethlehem Norwegian Lutheran church have enlisted in the First Illinois cavalry, four others are preparing to follow them, and the manager of the team, Karl Peterson, a former navy man, has announced his intention of returning to the navy as a gun pointer. Albert Christensen, shortstop of the baseball team, was unable to qualify for enlistment because of his weight, but his companions fed him bananas and water until he acquired enough weight to pass the examination. Billy Sunday Gets a Pass. Billy Sunday received a season pass from John K. Tener, president of the National league, and the baseball community of New York will be glad to learn that Mr. Sunday intends to make use of it. The gift from the National league head was tendered in the spirit of appreciation for what Mr. Sunday has done for the national game. In 1883 the famous revivalist was a big league outfielder in Chicago. John K. Tener was a pitcher on the Boston team in the same circuit, and the occasions were many when they faced each other on the diamond. Jones to Coach Lebanon Nine J. Edgar Culliney, in charge of athletics at the American Iron and Steel works of the Bethlehem Steel company, announced the selection of Tom Jones, former star first baseman for the Detroit Tigers, to coach the Lebanon team in the Bethlehem Steel Company Baseball league race, representing the six Bethlehem plants in a ten game schedule. Yanka Release Infielder Knaupp. The New York American league club announced the release of Shortstop William Knaupp to the Toledo club of the American association. The Yankees retain an option on the player. The Oil Bird. One of the animal curiosities of South America is the "oil bird," or quamacho. It breeds in rock caves, and one of its favorite haunts is the island of Trinidad. It lays its eggs in a net made of mud, and the young birds are prodigiously fat. The natives melt the fat down in clay pots and produce from it a kind of butter. The caves inhabited by the birds are usually accessible only from the sea, and the hunting of them is sometimes an exciting sport. Department for Modern Women M. Suitable for wear with almost any suit is this hat of rough black straw, brim offset by a crown of colored faille silk, which is quinty ornamented by prime little roses and their foliage made entirely of the straw. This is one of the modish sailors. Suitable for wear with almost any suit is this hat of rough black straw, brim offset by a crown of colored faille silk, which is quinty ornamented by prime little roses and their foliage made entirely of the straw. This is one of the modish sailors. KITCHEN HINTS. Helps For Mrs. Newlywed In Her Struggles to Succeed. Everybody does not know that food in general should not be allowed to cool in tin, copper or iron. It must be placed while hot in agate, china or well glazed earthenware. Green vegetables should be dropped into boiling water, to which a pinch of bicarbonate of soda has been added. Put in salt when the article is half cooked. If you have covered a pan in which meat is to be roasted never open it to baste the meat. Keep it covered from start to finish. The idea is that the pans are filled with steam, which penetrates the fibers of the meat. If desired to brown the outside leave the cover off for the first half hour in a quick oven. The shank bones of mutton, of so little general value, if well soaked, add to the richness of gravels and stock soup. When boiling haricot beans or dried limas do not put in the salt until they are nearly cooked; otherwise they are apt to split and come out of their skins. They should be brought to the boiling point, the water poured off and fresh boiling water poured over them. Two quarts of flour, a pint sweet milk, a tablespoonful lard, a tablespoonful salt and one of sugar, a cake of compressed yeast. Heat milk with lard, but not to boiling point. Put flour in crock, make hole in center, put in milk and lard. Stir in enough flour to make thin batter and add the yeast cake. Set at 9 o'clock in the morning and let rise until 12 o'clock. Mix up stiff, knead well, put back in crock until 4 o'clock. Roll out, cut with cutter and butter, turn over half, let rise until light and bake in moderate oven. "TER THE LAND OF THE FREE." J. W. Tea Rolls. SUN BATHS. Health Tips About This Popular Way of Getting Strength. Prolonged exposure of the human body to bright sunlight in those not accustomed to its rays is dangerous. The damage is more than the sunburn which results, for physicians have shown that headache and symptoms of meningitis have developed after youths under their observation had been lying several hours in the sunlight with unprotected head and no clothing but bathing trunks. The symptoms shown by these patients demonstrated that the sun's rays had evidently penetrated the skull, thus indicating that a sunstroke is the consequence of direct exposure to the sun. Sun baths are most popular with anemic and nervous city/indoor workers, but too much sun is most apt to harm the nerve system of nervous people. Instead of being benefited by long exposure to the sun the nervous are rendered more nervous, and when the summer is over they are tanned, but otherwise in poorer condition than in spring. No one welcomes more than the physician the "back to nature" tendency of recent years, but they are now being careful to warn against excesses and abuses in the "enjoyment of nature." Oatmeal, three tablespoonfuls; water, one pint. Cook slowly three hours in a double boiler, adding water, as it evaporates so as to make a pint when done. Salt slightly. Strain through a cheesecloth. Oatmeal water or gren sours quickly in warm weather and should always be made fresh daily. For young babies use two tablespoonfuls of oatmeal or even less to the pint of water. J. W. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Oatmeal Gruel. Romping With the Little Ones FASHION CUES. Points About the Very Latest Spring Tags Are Here. Despite all the rumors to the opposite effect, there is a strong directorec influence in some of the spring suits and frocks. Especially is this true of the Paris collection. In the suits this effect is obtained in the placing of the belt and in the size of the revers. As for the materials used, there is a quantity of satin and charmeuse besides figures and striped fouland and figured mousseline. Embroidered chiffon is used to drape over satin or charmeuse. There are seen both the barrel and the draped skirts, while the skirt for the suit is narrower and occasionally plaited. Jackets for the two placed suits are short, for they reach to the waist, not even the conservative finger tip length that had been predicted for the early spring. These short jackets frequently show panels of accordion plaits and a combination of materials, but in a different order from that which we have been accustomed to—for instance, the skirts will be checked material and the jackets of plain. At the southern resorts, for cycling, which is eminently southern sport, the suits are most attractive, the skirts short and the bloomers of the fitted riding type, and these of a striped, checked or blocked material, and the jacket of the predominating tone of the figured material. The material used for these sports clothes is home-spun, and this, by the way of a change, is quite acceptable and very attractive. The skirts as often as not are divided, and the knickers are, of course, of the same material. On all sides we hear of the slip-over effect of suits and blouses and even wraps. Organdie and linen make a southern wear frock on this order. Top coats come in all the bright new colors and are most attractive in design. Some have quite a directive effect, while others show belts at the natural waist line. Velvet ribbon enters into the trimming of these as well as the dresser suit. Bindings Ready. When making children's clothes have bias binding and facing ready to put on. Save pieces of lining lawn, colored linens and glaid gingham, and cut them into one inch bias strips and sew together and fold into neat rolls and put in the machine drawer, where they will be handy when needed. The linens and gingham are excellent for pipings on contrasting materials for children's school dresses. A FLOWER GAME. A New Way of Playing "Drop the Handkerchief." A new version of "drop the handkerchief" is played by forming a ring with one child staying out. Each child takes the name of a flower or shrub. The child outside the ring has a small branch in her hand, which she drops behind the player, calling out the flower name of the player. As she does this she starts to run around the ring, with the one called close at her heels. Whichever reaches the vacant place first wins, and the other must stay outside the circle. If she forgets the flower name or calls the wrong one she must pay a forfeit. All forfeits are paid when the game is ended. The following method, which is taught in nearly all English elementary schools in India, is the quickest way of proving multiplication, and it will be found that it is absolutely correct in every case. Example: Multiply 84.680 by 5.214=441.508.446. Add all the digits of the multipland till one digit is obtained; thus: 8+4+6+8+9=35=3+5=8. Do likewise with the multiplier; thus: 5+2+1+4=12=1+2=3. Multiply the two results and add the digits till one digit is obtained: $8\times 3=24=2+4=6$. Lastly, add the digits of the product till one digit is obtained, thus: $4+4+1+5+6+8+4+6+4=12+4=2$, and if the result agrees with the result obtained by adding the digits of the preceding sums the product is correct. We get 6 in both cases. Hence the product is correct. Machinery. An Indian Game. "Flying the arrow" is a game that Indian boys like to play, and they are very skillful at it. A clever player sometimes has ten in the air at a time, but you can be glad if you have three arrows up at once. Provide yourself with a bow and several arrows. Shoot up in the air, and the aim of the game is to have as many arrows as possible up in the air before the first arrow falls to the ground. Alertness in fitting the arrow to the string is the most important part, and the sending of the first arrow way up high is the other necessary achievement. Like the Seashore The man was reading his paper the other evening while his wife put her hair up in waves and curls and his little daughter played about the room. Said the daughter after a long silence: "Dad!" Dad grunted, "Well?" "Isn't it funny," remarked the observant child. "Ma's hair is all waves, while yours is all beach!" Later she observed that pa had a particularly heavy hand. The Sunday School Lesson THE FIRST DAY OF THE WAR IN THE WORLD You American, boys and girls, are you awake? Are you doing everything in your power to help good-old Uncle Sam now that he calls on you? There are many things you can do. Here, for instance, are New York school-girls marching in a patriotic parade in New York to help in the "Wake up, America!" movement. Text of the lesson, John xx, 1-18 Memory verses, 15, 16. Golden Text I Cor. xv, 20. As the next lesson will be the quarterly review, we must endeavor to summarize the last two chapters in this lesson. It may be a little difficult to arrange all the events of the resurrection day and of the forty days before His ascension in their correct order, but that is a grand and comprehensive saying in Acts i, 3, "He shewed Himself alive by many infallible proofs." Then in John xx, 31, the reason of John's gospel, "These are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through His name." In His great prayer He said to His Father, "This is Life Eternal that they might know thee, the only True God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent" (John xvii, 3). He is alive forevermore, has the keys of hades and of death and has all power in heaven and on earth, (Rev. i, 18; Matt. xxvii, 18), and it is for us to show these facts in our lives that others may know Him too. It does seem an amazing thing that even Peter and John had not received any of His sayings that He would rise from the dead on the third day (verse 9), though he had again and again so plainly said so (Matt. xvi, 21; xvii, 23; xx, 18, 19). Neither had Mary Magdalene nor the other women received these truths, with the one exception of Mary of Bethany. How wonderful that He should appear first to Mary Magdalene and call her by name! (Mark xvi, 9; John xx, 16.) His reason for not allowing her to touch Him is so clearly and simply stated in xx, 17, that we cannot but wonder that it does not satisfy every one. The other women met Him a little later and held him by the feet and worshiped Him (Matt, xxviii, 9, 10), so that between these two appearings He must have been to His Father and returned. Between His death and resurrection He was surely with the Father, according to Luke xxiii, 43, 46, but He was on His way to His Father in His resurrection body when He appeared to Mary and called her by name. Some time that day He had a special interview with Peter, then the walk to Emmaus with the two, and in the evening He appeared in the midst of those who were gathered in the upper room, with the doors shut for fear of the Jews. He showed them His hands and His side and twice said, "Peace be into you" (xx, 19-23). He also commissioned them to go in His name and proclaim the forgiveness of sins. "See also Acts xxii, 38, 39. It was on that evening that He said, "A Spirit Little America, Photo by American Press Association. You American, boys and girls, are thing in your power to help good-of-there are many things you can do. I girls marching in a patriotic parade in America!" movement. Children and Books Dr. Johnson held views far in advance of his age on the subject of children's books. The child itself, he held, was the best judge. "I would put a child into a library (where no unit books are and let him read at his choice," he said. "A child should not be discouraged from reading anything he takes a liking to from a notion that it is above his reach. If that be the case the child will soon find out and desist. If not he, of course, gains the instruction, which is so much the more likely to come from the inclination with which he takes up the study." Blind Bell. All players but one are blindfolded and scattered about. The one who is not blindfolded carries a bell in one hand, so that it will ring with every step. The blindfolded try to catch the one with the bell, who will have to use alertness to keep out of the way. Whoever catches the bellman changes places with him. One player is fox and the others sheep. The fox may only catch the sheep at midnight. The fox stands in one corner of the yard inside of a marked off space. The sheep are in a diagonally opposite corner. The fox leaves his den and wanders about, after which the sheep scatter out and hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have; handle Me and see that it is I Myself," and He ate a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb before them (Luke xylx, 38-43). Thomas missed a whole week of peace because he was not with the others that evening. But a week later Jesus came again and with the same "Peace be unto you" and asked Thomas to do just what he had said to the others he would need to do before he could believe that Jesus was risen from the dead. He saw and believed and exclaimed, "My Lord and my God." Jesus said, "Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed" (xx, 24.29). We should walk by faith, not by sight, for it is as we believe that we see (John xi, 40; 11 Cor. v, 7). In chapter xxi we have the record of the seven who went fishing, led into it by Simon Peter, perhaps because they were hungry, had no money and, it may be, had not seen the Lord for some time. Well, their tail was fruitless, for they caught nothing. So it is always without Him—nothing. In the morning some one called from the shore, "Have ye any meat?" and they had to answer, "No." At his bidding they cast the net on the right side of the ship and caught 153 great fishes without breaking the net. Then John recognized the Lord. When they came ashore, before they brought the fish that they had caught, they found that their need had been anticipated, and they saw a fire of coals with fish laid thereon and bread. And Jesus said, "Come and break your fast." Greater faith in Him might have saved them the night of fruitiness toil, for the blessing of the Lord makeeth rich, and toil addeth nothing thereto (Prov. x, 22, R. V.). It was at that time Jesus three times asked Simon Peter, "Lovest thou Me?" perhaps because of his threefold denial, and gave him the three repeated command, "Feed My sheep and My lambs." He also told Peter by what manner of death he should glorify God, reminding us of Paul's determination that Christ should be magnified in his body either by life or death (xxl, 18, 19; Phil. 1, 20). As Peter inquired what His plan for John was, Jesus replied: "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou Me" (xxl, 21, 22). The following verse makes it plain that Jesus never meant death when He spoke of His coming. Many are too much concerned about others instead of following Jesus fully themselves. Note that whether it was wiping Mary, or the fearful disciples, or doubling Thomas, or the disappointed fishermen, the cure for all was the revelation of Jesus Himself. Little Ones Are You Awake? you awake? Are you doing every- Uncle Sam now that he calls on you? here, for instance, are New York school- New York to help in the "Wake up, come as close to him as they dare. They keep asking him the time, and he answers any hour he chooses. If he says any hour except "midnight" they are safe. But when he answers "Midnight," they must run for the sheepfold. Any sheep caught changes place with the fox, and the game goes on. Boy Scout Troops In his report James E. West, the chief scout executive, said that of the 9,720 troops registered on Dec. 31 last 1,827 troops were in communities with less than 1,000 inhabitants, 2,973 troops were in communities with less than 3,000 inhabitants and 3,348 troops were in communities with less than 5,000 inhabitants; total enrollment, 245,073, of whom 190,728 are boy scouts and 54,345 are men. Conundrums. Why are pretty girls like fireworks? Because they soon go off. Why is a loaf of bread on the top of a tower like a race horse? Because it is high bred (bread). Why is it impossible to have the last and with a chemist? Because he always has a retort. Adam's Luck. Adam had one thing to be thankful for. He never had to weed his father's onion bed when all the other boys had gone down to the river swimming. By PEARL POLAND A a little fellow I wasn't very strong. I had the measles and the scarlet fever and all kinds of children's diseases. Any boy of my age could lick me very easily. When I was about eighteen years old a feller come round givin' boxin' lessons. I went to see him give a lesson—it was in a barn—and I was mighty tickled the way he polished off some o' the big fellers that he was teachin' He wasn't big himself, though he was wiry; there wasn't any knotty muscles standin' on his arms and legs; they was jist good ordinary arms and legs. As for length, I reckon he measured about five feet six in his stockin'. It was all in the way he done it. A feller who could throw a hundred pounds o' hay up into a loft on the end o' a pitchfork would make a lunge at him that if it had hit him square without gloves would 'a' made jelly of him. But the little man wasn't there to be hit. Before the big one could git back into' position he got a blow on the jaw. I persuaded dad to give me the money to take boxin' lessons, and after a dozen lessons I was the best boxer in the county. What made me stuck on it was that I was a little feller with no great muscle, and after I'd learned to box I was cock o' the walk. None o' the big ones who took lessons could down me. The reason for this was that I was mighty spry, and I could tell by watchin' the other feller's eye jist what he was gain' to do next. One day dad says to me, says he: "Josh, you've got a lot of learnin' in yer fists. I reckon you'd better git some in yer head. There's a young woman opened a schule over to the crossroads; you better larn somethin' about readin', writin' and 'rithmetic.' I thornt I was too old to go to schule, but when I got there I found the scholars was mighty mixed. There was scholars all the way from twelve to twenty four years old. The schulemarm was a young thing weighin' about a hundred pounds and not more'n eighteen years old. The first few days things went mighty quiet, but after the novelty wore off some o' the big fellers begun to get tired o' behavin' theirselves and showed a disposition to do purty much as they pleased. -When teacher told 'em to stop talkin' to each other durin' schule hours they'd stop for awhile, but it wasn't long before they were at it again. John Whittaker began ticklin' Sam Talfer with a 'feather, Sam sittin' in the desk in front of John. Teacher told John to stop. He did, but in a few minutes began agin'. This time when teacher told him to stop he kept right on. I held up my hand, lettla' on I want ed to speak. "What is it, Josh?" asked teacher. What is it, Josh? "asked teacher: "Please, teacher, kjn John Whittaker and me take a recess?" She looked at me, and John looked at me, and we all understood one another. "If you wish to be excused you may go out," she said to me. "How about me?" asked John. "You may be excused too." John and I went outside, and as soon as we got there he says to me, says he, "Reckon you want somep'n o' me." And I says, says I: "Reckon I do. I want you to agree to behave yourself in schule. What d' ye mean, a great hulk like you settin' yourself up again a little gal like that?" "It's none o' your business," he says. "I'll make it my business," I says, and before he knew what had happened he was sprawl'n on the ground. He got up and come for me like a mad bull. But what could he do? I was never where he struck at, and when I aimed a blow at him he was always there. The second punch I give him was in the nose, and the blood bothered him. The third was in his left eye and closed it up. There wasn't anything tender about him, and I was obliged to take him under the jaw with all my might to put him out o' the fight. While we was at it I caught sight o' the winders of the schulehouse, and they was full o' the scholars. I reckoned teacher couldn't keep 'em at their lessons while there was somethin' so much more interestin' goin' on outside. Some o' the older scholars came out to watch the proceedin' and stood around wonderin' how such a little shaver could knock about a great bulk of a feller jist as if he was a bag o' sand. When I tuk John under the jaw I knocked it out o' plumb. He got up show, but he didn't come for me agin'. Holddn' on to his cheek, he went off to a doctor to get it put in place agin'. The rest of us went back to our schule work. Nobody made any disturbance. Oncet two fellers started to whisper, but I jist thrown a glance their way, and it had the same effect as if I'd thrown a stone. They stopped right away. When schule let out teacher she beckoned me to lag behind, and I did. She talk my hand and squeezed it, but she didn't say nothin'. I reckon she feel so much she couldn't talk. "Don't you worry about the scholars' behavior," I said. "They won't get cuttin' up no more." "I don't think they will," she said, "so long as I have such a sergeant-at-arms to keep order." John Whittaker didn't come back to schule any more, and the other big fellers didn't make any disturbance. I didn't get much I arnhn'. I reckon it was 'cause I had to watch the scholars. Anyway, it wasn't teacher's fault. Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS. . . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. MOCRARY, MANAGER. J. B. MOCRARY, EDITOR FRIDAY JUNE 15, 1917. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. 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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 Fine Strawberries, Lettuce, Beets, Onions, Beans and New Potatoes Friday night for Saturday morning, at the Grand Leader Cafe. Edgar Gibbs returned from Chicago, Sunday Front Delishman and George Javison returned from Milwaukee Wis., where they have been working for some time. Alex Tran:o, left for Gary, and. Monday where he has a good job. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's catarrh cure is the ocular positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's catarrh is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. cHENEY & co., Tole do, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Fried Fish every day at the Grand Leader Cafe. Mrs. Ollie Dowthard left for Chicago, Tuesday to join her husband who is at work there, she was accompanied by her aunt Mrs. Emma Renfco who goes to visit her daughter Mrs. Marjorie Taylor. Mr. James Wright is very sick this week. Mrs. Ruth Watts of East St. Louis is in the city visiting her sister Mrs. Mattie Howard. The wife of Mr. John Waters was buried Tueseay. Pease to her ashes. Mr. Lenier Harding has gone to Dixon Tenn. to visit his family. Mr. Rufus Mitchell is still on the sick list Mrs. Sims Jackson of Nashville. Tenn. arrived in the city Sunday accompanied by her husband. Mrs. Millie Long is somewhat improved this week. Mrs. Adeline Kimball died Saturday night with heart trouble. She was taken to Paducah, Ky. for interment Sunday morning. Her husband, sister, Mrs. Mattie Howard, niece, Mrs. Mable Rowden, nephew, Mr. Otto Rowden, daughter accompanied the remains to its final resting place. N. W. Long had charge of the body. Let all those who are in arrears to Gazette, come prepared to settle at S. S. Convention. No excuse will be accepted. We need our money. Mrs. Mamie Harmon, of Cairo Ill. is in the city visiting her mother Mrs. Leah Reed. Mrs. Rosa Simms left Wednesday for Jefferson City, Mo. to be present at the graduating exercise of her brother James Reed. Prof. Touissant Alston is at home on a vacation from his school. Mrs. Francis Wilson of Mayfield Ky. visited Rev. B. C. Long and family last week. The High School entertainment Monday Evening at the Odd Fellow's Hall under the management of Prof. G E. Masterson was a success in every way. Rev. J. H. Smith of East St. Louis preached the funeral of Mrs. Charity Waters, assisted by the pastor Rev. I. S. Stone. There will be baptizing next Sunday by Elder G. W. Rowlett, acting pastor of the 1st Baptist Church. Mrs. Luella Gunn attended the funeral of Mrs. Addie Kimball in Paducah Monday. Rev. I. S. Stone was in Paducan Ky. Monday to assist in attending the funeral of Mrs. Addie Kimball, who dted in this city last Friday night. Rev. George Crippens, was in Brookport, Sunday and preached for Rev. Reddick in the morning, and J. B. McGrary, at night. J. Blaine Alston has moved into his beautiful home on W. 8th St. NOTICE All Sunday Schools of the Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. Convention that are not supplied with letter blanks can be supplied by the Cor Sec'y. at the Convention when in session at Cairo. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank the friends for the kindness shown during the illness and death of our wife, mother, daughter and sister Mrs. Charity Waters, who departed this life Sunday June 10, 1917, at 6:45 a.m. We also thank those who presented us with such beautiful floral offering, also Rev. J. H. Smith, East St. Louis, who officiated at the funeral, assisted by the pastor, Rev. I. S. Stone. When in need of similar sympathy call upon us Signed. John Waters, Husband Connie water, Son Harriett Barnes, Mother K. D. Barnes, Brother Sisters Mrs. Emma Lewis, Miss Annie Barnes Miss Agusta Barnes. The Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. Convention meets in Cairo, next week with the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Will you meet the editor there preparek to pay your subscription. We are sorry that we can not meet with the St. Paul Baptist Church, Duquoin, the 3rd Sunday as we will be attending the National Baptist, S. S. Congress, Nashville, Tenn. D. Moore went to Evansville, Ihd. to take an examination for training camp. Notice to Women. To the Editor of Gazette:— A letter has gone out to every Protestant Church in this city from the Woman's Church Federation asking how many women there there are in the church who can drive an automobile, who are able to compound a prescription, or who can keep books. In anticipation of the call soon to be made by the woman's committee of the Committee of National Defense, the churches of every city and town in Illinois are being asked to register the women of their congregation, so that the information will be available as soon as official registration cards are sent out by the federal body. Mrs G. McMathes, president of the Woman's Church Federation, is urging this form of service as the most vital thing that can be done just now for the country. Each pastor's wife has been asked to appoint a woman in her church to conduct this census. The facts to be obtained include name, age, local address, country of birth and whether married or single. The government will want to know just what things the women of this town are best fitted to do. It is predicted that before the war is over the women of America will be compelled to take the places of many men who have been called to the army and navy, just as have the women of Europe. Every nurse, student of Red Cross course, atenographer, telegrapher, telephone operator, hospital attendant, playground director, and other persons will be needed by the government. --- There are several vacant churches in Southern Illinois, and good pastors are very much in need, especially in the Mt. Olive District. We need broad men, men who are able to construct and reach the unreached and unsaved. We need and must have a good sound gospel minister in the Mt. Olive District for Missionary. Who will it be? It will require an able man, of exceptional qualifications one apt to teach, pray for the work and that God will send more laborers into this vineyard. Where are the license ministers? of our churches? Have the churches been making and encouraging young men to prepare for the ministry to take the places of those who have passed into their reward, and others who will shortly do so? We must have recruits to fill the places made vacant or soon the Baptist pulpits and churches will be lost for leaders. The churches and older ministers have made a sad mistake by not encouragifg the younger men. They turned down their own for others and now you are in dire need of men, your own men who should follow in the footsteps of their fathers. The crisis is upon us, turn your eyes upon the harvest and see that the laborers are very few indeed. Will you correct this evil by appciating your young men. "Take what you have and make what you want." you can make strong preachers if you will, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT of the MT. OLIVE BAPTIST S. S. CONVENTION, CAIRO, ILLINOIS APRIL 15, 1917. To The S. S. Composing The Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday School Convention. GREETINGS: Dear Co-Laborers, The Thirty-Seventh Annual Session will be held with the Mt. Moriah Baptist S. S. on Friday before the fourth Sunday in June at Cairo, Ill. We hope to see every school in the district represented in full. Let us try and make this year 1917 the banner year, notwithstanding we are on the verge of the World's greatest war, and handicapped with the high cost of living, with God as our leader we will be successful if we trust him We hope the delinquent school will come prepared to pay their full indebtness to the convention as we need the money for the expenses of the convention. The convention offers a beautiful banner to the school that send up the largest amount of money. What school will win? There will also be a white dress parade on Sunday June 24th let every delegate come prepared to be in the parade with a white suit. All schools are requested to elect their delegate not later than the second Sunday in May. Send one copy to Rev. John Bruin, Mt. Vernon, Ill., one copy to the president. If you fail to comply with this request and your school is not on the program dont blame the committee or the president. Hoping that we will be spared to meet altogether in June I am your in the cause of Christ and his Kingdom. 459-15th St, Cairo, Ill. HOW SHALL WE PAY FOR THE WAR? A Constructive Criticism on the House Revenue Bill. LOANS BETTER THAN TAXES Five Reasons Why Excessive Taxes at the Outset of War Are Disadvantageous—Great Britain Example Worthy of Emulation—How the Taxes Should Be Apportioned. By EDWIN R. A. SELIGMAN, McVickar Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University. On May 23, 1917, the House of Representatives passed an act "to provide revenue to defray war expenses and for other purposes." In the original bill as presented by the Committee of Ways and Means, the additional revenue to be derived was estimated at $1,810,420,000. The amendment to the income tax, which was tacked on to the bill during the discussion in the House, was expected to yield another $40,000,000 or $50,000,000. In discussing the House bill, two problems arise: 1. How much should be raised by taxation? II. In what manner should this sum be raised? I. How Much Should Be Raised by Taxation? How was the figure of $1,800,000,000 arrived at? The answer is simple. When the Secretary of the Treasury came to estimate the additional war expenses for the year 1017-18, he calculated that they would amount to some $6,000,000,000, of which $3,000,000,000 was to be allotted to the allies, and $3,000,000,000 was to be utilized for the domestic purposes. Thinking that it would be a fair proposition to divide this latter sum between loans and taxes, he concluded that the amount to be raised by taxes was $1,800,000,000. There are two extreme theories, each of which may be dismissed with scant courtesy. The one is that all war expenditures should be defrayed by loans, and the other is that all war expenditures should be defrayed by taxes. Each theory is untenable. It is indeed true that the burdens of the war should be borne by the present rather than the future generation; but this does not mean that they should be borne by this year's taxation. Meeting all war expenses by taxation makes the taxpayers in one or two years bear the burden of benefits that ought to be distributed at least over a decade within the same generation. In the second place, when expenditures approach the gigantic sums of present-day warfare, the tax-only policy would require more than the total surplus of social income. Were this absolutely necessary, the ensuing havoc in the economic life of the community would have to be endured. But where the disasters are so great and at the same time so unnecessary, the tax-only policy may be declared impracticable. Secretary McAdoo had the right instinct and highly commendable courage in deciding that a substantial portion, at least, of the revenues should be derived from taxation. But when he hit upon the plan of 50-50 per cent, that is, of raising one-half of all domestic war expenditures by taxes, the question arises whether he did not go too far. The relative proportion of loans to taxes is after all a purely business proposition. Not to rely to a large extent on loans at the outset of a war is a mistake. Disadvantages of Excessive Taxes. The disadvantages of excessive taxes at the outset of the war are as follows: 1. Excessive taxes on consumption will cause popular resentment. 2. Excessive taxes on industry will disarrange business, damp enthusiasm and restrict the spirit of enterprise at the very time when the opposite is needed. 4. Excessive taxes on wealth will cause a serious diminution of the incomes which are at present largely drawn upon for the support of educational and philanthropic enterprises. Moreover, these sources of support would be dried up precisely at the time when the need would be greatest. 5. Excessive taxation at the outset of the war will reduce the elasticity available for the increasing demands that are soon to come. Take Great Britain as an example. During the first year of the war she increased taxes only slightly, in order to keep industries going at top notch. During the second year she raised by new taxes only 9 per cent, of her war expenditures. During the third year she levied by additional taxes (over and above the pre-war level) only slightly more than 17 per cent. of her war expenses. If we should attempt to 44 as much in the first year of the war as Great Britain did in the third year it would suffice to raise by taxation $1,250,000,000. If, in order to be absolutely on the safe side, it seemed advisable to increase the sum to $1,500,000,000, this should, in our opinion, be the maximum. In considering the apportionment of the extraordinary burden of taxes in war times certain scientific principles are definitely established: How Taxes Should Be Apportioned. (1) The burden of taxes must be spread as far as possible over the whole community so as to cause each individual to share in the sacrifices according to his ability to pay and according to his share in the Government. (2) Taxes on consumption, which are necessarily borne by the community at large, should be imposed as far as possible on articles of quasl-luxury rather than on those of necessity. (3) Excises should be imposed as far as possible upon commodities in the hands of the final consumer rather than upon the articles which serve primarily as raw material for further production. (4) Taxes upon business should be imposed as far as possible upon net earnings rather than upon gross receipts or capital invested. (5) Taxes upon income which will necessarily be severe should be both differentiated and graduated. That is, there should be a distinction between earned and unearned incomes and there should be a higher rate upon the larger incomes. It is essential, however, not to make the income rate so excessive as to lead to evasion, administrative difficulties, or to the more fundamental objections which have been urged above. (69) The excess profits which are due to the war constitute the most obvious and reasonable source of revenue during war times. But the principle upon which these war-profit taxes are laid must be equitable in theory and easily calculable in practice. The Proposed Income Tax. The additional income tax as passed by the House runs up to a rate of 4.00 per cent. This is a sum unheard in the history of civilized society. It must be remembered that it was only after the first year of the war that Great Britain increased her income tax to the maximum of 34 per cent., and that even now in the fourth year of the war the income tax does not exceed 42% per cent. It could easily be shown that a tax with rates on moderate incomes substantially less than in Great Britain, and on the larger incomes about as high, would yield only slightly less than the $322,000,000 originally estimated in the House bill. It is to be hoped that the Senate will reduce the total rate on the highest incomes to 34 per cent, or at most to 40 per cent, and that at the same time it will reduce the rate on the smaller incomes derived from personal or professional earnings. If the war continues we shall have to depend more and more upon the income tax. By imposing excessive rates now we are not only endangering the future, but are inviting all manner of difficulties which even Great Britain has been able to escape. Conclusion. The House bill contains other fundamental defects which may be summed up as follows: (1) It pursues an erroneous principle in imposing retroactive taxes. (2) It selects an unjust and unworkable criterion for the excess-profits tax. (3) It proceeds to an unheard-of height in the income tax. (4) It imposes unwarranted burdens upon the consumption of the community. (5) It is calculated to throw business into confusion by levying taxes on gross receipts instead of upon commodities. (6) It fails to make a proper use of stamp taxes. (7) It follows an unscientific system in its flat rate on imports. (8) It includes a multiplicity of petty and unlicrative taxes, the vexatiousness of which is out of all proportion to the revenue they produce. The fundamental lines on which the House bill should be modified are summed up herewith: (1) The amount of new taxation should be limited to $1,250,000,000—or at the outset to $1,500,000,000. To do more than this would be as unwise as it is unnecessary. To do even this would be to do more than has ever been done by any civilized Government in time of stress. (2) The excess-profits tax based upon a sound system ought to yield about $500,000,000. (3) The income-tax schedule ought to be revised with a lowering of the rates on earned incomes below $10,000, and with an analogous lowering of the rates on the higher incomes, so as not to exceed 24 per cent. A careful calculation shows that an income tax of this kind would yield some $450,000-000 additional. (4) The tax on whisky and tobacco ought to remain approximately as it is, with a yield of about $250,000,000. These three taxes, together with the stamp tax at even the low rate of the House bill, and with an improved automobile tax, will yield over $1,250,000,000, which is the amount of money thought desirable. The above program would be in harmony with an approved scientific system. It will do away with almost all of the complaints that are being urged against the present. It will refrain from taxing the consumption of the poor. It will throw a far heavier burden upon the rich, but will not go to the extremes of confiscation. It will obviate interference with business and will keep unimpaired the social productivity of the community. It will establish a just balance between loans and taxes and will no succumb to the danger of approaching either the tax-only policy or the loan only policy. Above all, it will keep a undisturbed elastic margin, while must be more and more heavily drawn upon as the war proceeds.