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 send 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 evangelize 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. Let us put out mission cards, breach 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. SPARTA. ILL Mr. Editor: We ae thankful to say through your paper that our church and Sunday School are yet alive. The school was opened at 9:30 a.m. by the Supt. I. C. Wrice. Miss Luna Terry the delegate made her report of the Convention which convened in Cairo. She reports a success. At 11:30 Rev. French ascended the rostrum and preached an excellent se mon. His text was found in Matt. 11:28. At 3:00 the church re-assembled in prayer and praise service the pastor read the scripture for the occasion and then administered the Lord's Supper. Three persons united with the auruh. At 6:30 p. m. our pastor pieched another logical session. We had a good meeting all day both spiritual and financial. Just a Little Too Much. A business man called his stenographer and dictated as part of a notice "guadal public institutions." It came to him in typewritten form across public institutions." He is a new stenographer. Applied Learning. Applied Learning. The Absent-Minded Professor—"My lor has put one button too many on r vest. I must cut it off. That's any; now there's a buttonhole too any. What's the use of arithmetic?" Source Officers of the General Batist State Convention of Illinois 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. Ed. J. B. McCrary. Treasurer Eld. H. C. Armstead. Added Members Eld. F. Bomar Cairo Eld. J. E. Haywood Chicago Eld. Jas. Swanson Maywood State Missionary H. E. Mewilliams. 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 Shawnetown Urish Jenkins Rev. J. A. Royal Chicago " L. Drane Chicago Rev. A. J. Bowers Dewmaine Rev. D. Johnson Dewmaine " B. H. Hunter Evansten " K. V. Howard Grand Chain " Robt. Grey Murphysboro " J. L. Martin Colps Deacon J. Simpson Hallidayboro " J. Baker Brookport Eld. Thomas Morris Metropolis Bro. Chas. Skates Mound City Deacon J. L. Taborn Educational Board Chairman Dr. B J. Priace Chicago Cor. Sec. Sis. Frankie Jenkie Cairo; Sister willie Greyer Colps Sister Emma Farrow Cairo " J. M. Owens Sparta Eld. J. B McCray Metropolis Committee on Nomination C. C. Phillips J. E. Hey.vood G. H. Mitchell F. Bomar Sister Stella Duprec " willie Gracr " M. B Taylor Elder H. C. Armstead " H. E. Mewilliams 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. Educationai 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. Armatead, Pulaski, Ill. Vice President Dr. C. C. Phillips, Golconda, Ill. Unanswered. "George," she asked, "if we were both young and single again would you want me to be your wife?" "Now, my dear," he absentmindedly replied "what's the use of trying to start a quarrel just as we have settled down to enjoy a quiet evening?"—Chicago Record-Herald. Mousehold Philosopher. "Strange what a difference there is," said the household philosopher, "between things we need and things we want. There are many things we need in the house, but never can find the money for, while somehow we can always find the money for things we want that we personally fancy." MOTTO : HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. Beer and Wine Must Go Too Chicago Pastors Insist Beer and Wine Must Go Too Chicago Pastors Insist BY THE REV W B. NORTON While loathe to criticise President his appeal to the leaders of the dry facture of beer and wine. Chicago unyielding yesterday in their stand, beer are necessary for successful pros. The Rev. L. P. Cain, pastor church, refused to be a party to dressing his congregation on the sun following telegram:—"No indulgent mitted the fighter. Abolish wine and beer." Dr. Cain said in his sermon, stay at home indulgence in both." McBride's F. Scott M. Bride, steward and league, who returned from Washington no intention on the part of the dry the elimination of beer and wine. "The prohibition of the manufacture of the food supply, but it of manhood of the nation, which is." "The bifl as it went through the in the senate has been spoken of as true. It prohibits the manufacture prohibit the sale. As long as there last for three or four years there will and the distillers will get the benefit their prices, "We concede to President Wine measures as he thinks best for the secure such legislation as congress leaders in Washington asking why them to compromise and yield insturers to be patriotic for the good of the Church Editor. The Rev. E. Robb Zarig, editor Advocate, said: "It would be a temperance forces to compromise the same argument that prohibits the nation does want it, and we do not need from having prohibition by the financially by perpetuating the saloon representatives of the people who be prohibited during the war agree brewing interest will have secured. Their fate is inevitable and their hope this time of emergency will only must certain." Prof. Herbert L. Willett, press council, said: "Those who believe ship have reason to be grateful that his advocacy of the law prohibiting liquors during the war. This is a press toward a saloonless nation." Incise President Will of the dry forces to Chicago minister their stand that the successful prosecution Cain, pastor of the party to any con on the subject, so indulgence in the bish wine and beer crime to sell to a this sermon, "and in both." While loathe to criticise President Wilson in a time of war for his appeal to the leaders of the dry forces to consent to the manufacture of beer and wine. Chicago ministers and dry leaders were unyielding yesterday in their stand that the prohibition of wine and beer are necessary for successful prosecution of the war. The Rev. L. P. Cain, pastor of the Edgewater Presbyterian church, refused to be a party to any compromise, and, after addressing his congregation on the subject, sent President Wilson the following telegram:—"No indulgence in the noncombatant not permitted the fighter. Abolish wine and beer." "The law makes a crime to sell to a man in uniform wine of beer." Dr. Cain said in his sermon, "and yet allows the men who stay at home indulgence in both." McBride's Views. independent of on Washington yes, of the dry leaders, and wine. In the manufacture of ply, but it will not which is the imp through the lower token of as a bone- manufacture curri- sing as there is end as there will be as the benefit, for t President Wilson the first for the nation; the congress will give asking why Presid- yield instead of ap- good of the coun- church Editor's Vic Marig, editor of the could be a serious promise their pos- hibits the manufactu- rition likewise of publisher of the C Created unless the n we do not propos- on by the brewers ing the saloon. If people who believe the war agree now to have secured on'y and their holding will only make the millett, president of who believe in sob- grateful that Presid- ew prohibiting the This is a notable nation." F. Scott M. Bride, superintendent of the Illinois Anti-Saloon league, who returned from Washington yesterday, declared there is no intention on the part of the dry leaders to give up the fight for the elimination of beer and wine. "The prohibition of the manufacture of whisky will in the conservation of the food supply, but it will not help in the conservation of manhood of the nation, which is the important thing," he said. "The bill as it went through the lower house and as proposed in the senate has been spoken of as a bone-dry law, but this is not true. It prohibits the manufacture during the war but does not prohibit the sale. As long as there is enough whisky in Lord to last for three or four years there will be as much drinking as ever and the distillers will get the benefit, for they probably will raise their prices. "We concede to President Wilson the right to advocate such measures as he thinks best for the nation; we reserve the right to secure such legislation as congress will give us. I found the dry leaders in Washington asking why President Wilson appealed to them to compromise and yield instead of appealing to the wet leaders to be patriotic for the good of the country." The Rev. E. Robb Zarig, editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate, said: "It would be a serious blunder on the part of temperance forces to compromise their position at this time. The same argument that prohibits the manufacture of whisky from grain would demand the prohibition likewise of beer." Oliver E. Williams, publisher of the Corticot, said: "We do not want prohibition enacted unless the nation wants it. But the nation does want it, and we do not propose that it shall be prevented from having prohibition by the brewers and others who profit financially by perpetuating the saloon. It from patriotic interest the representatives of the people who believe that all intoxicants should be prohibited during the war agree now to a halfway measure the brewing interest will have secured only a temporary exemption. Their fate is inevitable and their holding a club over congress at this time of emergency will only make their day of reckoning more certain." Prof. Herbert L. Willett, president of the Church Federation council, said: "Those who believe in sober and orderly citizenship have reason to be grateful that President Wilson has announced his advocacy of the law prohibiting the manufacture of distilled liquors during the war. This is a notable step forward in the progress toward a saloonless nation." Bro. Editor, please allow space in your paper to say that we the Mt. Moriah church had a splendid service Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School opened by Supt. The lesson was well reviewed by brother Osby. At 11 o'clock we had general praise meeting and 12:30 we went to the pool and baptized 3 candidates and had a soul stirring sermon at the water. At 3 o'clock we entered the prayer neeting at 6:30 p.m. the B Y. P. U. opened with some what better attendance than usual At 8:00 the pastor, Rev. F. Bomar fed our souls from the 18 verse of the 1st chapter of Isa., afterwhich we had the Covenant and fellowshipped about 8 into the church. .we feel much encouraged to do more in the church work in the ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` CAIRO future than has been done in the past. The Sunday School convention was a great inspiration to us in every respect. We were especially interested in the address of Rev. H. A. Bypd, of Nashville, Tenn., as to the Front Line S. S. The sermon delivered the clos of Convention on Sunday night on the "Security of the Church," by moderator, J. B McCray, was spoken of in the highest terms by all those who heard him. He is recognized as a Baptist strong in the faith an able preacher, a splendid and progressive pastor and a strong advocate of the Race. Our pastor and members extend him a standing invitation. We are especially pleased to see the good work he is doing as Institute conductor. We have one of the best pas- tors in the city and our church is second to none Reporter BROOKPORT. Mrs. Ledora Davis, daughter of Mrs. Mary Wymbly, died suddenly Saturday night of heart failure caused from overwork and loss of rest from waiting on an invalid husband who has been confined to his room for several weeks. She seemed to be in perfect health when the crisis came. She was a good christian and a loving mother and an affectionate wife. The funeral was preached Tuesday morning by Rev Ranson Reddick, pastor of the A. M. F. church of which she was a member, assisted by Rev. J. B. McCrary, pastor of Unity Baptist church. The remains were taken to Unionville, for burial, where they will rest in the old Mt. Zion graveyard. She leaves a mother, husband, two children 4 sisters and 5 brothers and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. She was a member of the Eastern Star and Ruth and a past matron of the chapter. Services at the Unity Baptist church Sunday were well attended, Covenant meeting in the forenoon. At 3:00 there was a Red Cross meeting at above named church with Rev. McCrazy, presiding, who made a short address and introduced Rev. W. A. E. Campbell, of Metropolis, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and Senator D. W. Helin, who addressed the meeting as to the purpose and work of the Red Cross. Mrs. Adkins, who had charge of the committee work in Brookport, made a short talk and appointed a committee to take charge of the soliciting for members. NEGRO EXODUS IS INGREASING Desire to Earn Higher Wages and for Better Conditions Socially, Presents New Problems to Both South and North. The exodus of the Negroes from the South to northern manufacturing points, stronger within the last month or so, is regarded as likely to increase considerably as the season advances and to continue throughout the summer. Not more than a quarter of those leaving the South, it is expected, will return. The condition is totally without precedent since reconstruction days. As to the situation in Chicago, A, L. Jackson, executive secretary of the Wabash Ave. branch of the Y. M. C. A., says: "The Negroes are coming into Chicago, pretty regularly, and in larger numbers now." I had a man watch the railroad stations recently for ten days and the police department also had a man take a careful census. In one week they found 500 arrivals and in another week from 1,200 to 1,500. All, of course, do not stop in Chicago. Many go on to Wau gan. Indiana Harbor, and Gary, Detroit. Moline and various other manufacturing centers. In two days my agent found two parts of from 50 to 75 Negroes using Chicago as a transfer point. The flow has been steady through good weather. The real reason for the migration" continued Mr. Jackson, him-elf a Negro, and in authority locally. "is the cesive sire of the Negroes to better their school, housing, social and sanitary conditions. The exodus is coming for the most part from Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana, with Mississippi leading, because of two conditions—lynch law and peonage. In Alabama and Virginia, so called 'good states, they are not feeling the' Negro migration, but in the state with lynch law and poor school, they are leaving in large numbers." The re-adjustment of the Negro population and higher wages will help them all around, thinks Mr. Jackson. In the North better wages will raise the standard of the Negroes; and in the South the shortage of them will make their labor more valuable and increase their bargaining power, assuring them more consideration in those questions of law enforcement, schools, housing and conditions of cleanliness. Illinois Idea TENTH CAVALRY Somewhere in France, in a deep trenches hidden the famous "Tentb Cavalry," the black fightmen of America-Africans, but not foreigners. These soldiers, it is reported, left America just two days behind their fearless leader, Genetal Pershing. Before the General left he made demand that his black troops be sent with him, and it is said, would have declined the honors if he had not been pledged his black command. It is gegenerally conceded in army circles that the Tenth Cavalry is the best of soldiers America affords, being evidenced by the commanders. When an officer is promoted or transferred to command the "Tenth" his next promotion is commander general of the army of the United States, Gen. Miles won fame with the "Tenth" and was put in command of the army of the United States, Gen Woods then took command of the famous "Tenth" and is now commander of the entire army of the United States. It is unfortunate that the white press will not publish what troops are now in France because of Jealousy of Negroes making more history as the first to shed blood for his country, but when the "Tenth" gets a chance to shoot and dash forward in victory the French will Publish the record of gallantry of our black boys, of whom we are so proud.—Ex. 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 Elettter. How Housewife Can Stand by the Flag THE FLAG Economize on the Things You Serve at Meals—Department of Agriculture Tells Women How to Plan Without Reducing Nutritive Value of Food, and at the Same Time Lower the Cost of Living. meat, eggs, milk, etc. are found abundance at breakfast and dinner is not necessary to include them supper or lunch, or if a person prefers a light breakfast he may leave out nitrogen rich food and perhaps so of the other foods in the morning is make up for it at the noon and evening meals. In the following lists suitable for the different meals grouped according to the kind of nutritive materials which predominate each, and the groups are given in order in which they are usually in their tables without reducing the nutritive value of the food served by giving more thought than usually is given to the selection, preparation and combination of foods. In fact, where carelessness has been the rule (and carelessness is not related to the size of the income) the specialists of the United States department of agriculture say careful planning may make possible both a reduction of cost and an increase in nutritiveness and palatability as well as help the country at this serious time in our history. If any changes are to be brought about in the menu to which a family has been accustomed, however, by eliminating certain articles or substituting less expensive ones, care should be taken that the resulting diet is rational—that is, that it does not contain, on the one hand, too great a proportion of foods of any one type, such as meats and meat substitutes, or starch, sugars and fats, or vegetables and fruits, and that, on the other hand, it is not deficient in any of these types of food. Should Eat a Variety. In general, habit and custom, shaped by normal appetites, have led to the general adoption of adequate and varied diets in most families where the means are sufficient for any range of choice. Thus when meat, a food rich in nitrogen, is eaten, potato, rice, bread or some other starchy food and fruits and vegetables and perhaps foods of the other types usually are served with it. If a person's food habits are good he will eat a reasonable quantity of all the foods provided and obtain a varied meal and not a one sided one, as might otherwise be the case. The list of foods given at the end of this article are intended to show different types of food and different examples of each type. If the foods combined in the diet are chosen according to these types—that is, according to the purpose each group serves in the body—and are eaten in proper proportion, the meals will furnish all the kinds of nourishing elements which the body needs. The five types or groups are: First—Foods depended upon for mineral matter, vegetable acids and body regulating substances, such as fruits and sucrose vegetables. Second—Foods depended upon for protein, such as milk, eggs, meat and dried legumes. Third—Foods depended upon for starch, such as cereal breakfast foods, flours, meals and foods made from them. Fourth—Foods depended upon for sugar, sugar, molasses, sirups, honey, jams, thick preserves, dried fruits, sweet cakes and dessert. Fifth.—Foods depended upon for fat, such as butter, cream, salad oil and other table fats, lard, suet and other cooking fats and oils, salt nork and bacon. Must Have Some of Each In order that the meals may supply all the needed nutritive elements, one must make sure that all groups are well represented, not necessarily at every meal, but when the family diet is considered day by day and week in and week out. Quantities should vary, particularly of the energy yielding foods, for persons engaged in different pursuits necessitating different amounts of exercise. The heavier the work the more food is needed. In planning meals in accordance with the method here suggested choose only a few dishes and make sure that the different groups are represented in the daily fare. Foods in groups 1 and 3 are less expensive, as a rule, than those in group 2 and for this and other reasons should be used freely as the basis of the diet, with sufficient amounts of foods from groups 2, 4 and 5 to round out the meals. Remember that the materials used in cooking or served with foods—flour, milk, fat, sugar, etc.—add their food value to the diet. Remember also that it is not necessary to supply all the types of food at every meal, providing enough of each is supplied in the course of the day. For example, if the foods which are depended upon for nitrogen meat, eggs, milk, etc.—are found in abundance at breakfast and dinner it is not necessary to include them at supper or lunch, or if a person prefers a light breakfast he may leave out the nitrogen rich food and perhaps some of the other foods in the morning and make up for it at the noon and evening meals. In the following lists dishes suitable for the different meals are grouped according to the kind of nutritive materials which predominate in each, and the groups are given in the order in which they are usually introduced in family meals. The dishes mentioned are examples only. Housekeepers will readily think of dishes of similar kind which they may prefer. The important thing is to know which foods belong to the different groups and then to see that all the groups are represented in the family meals. Breakfast. Breakfast is a much more elaborate meal in some American families than in others. Where it is hearty all five of the food groups may be represented, though usually in dishes which do not require elaborate preparation and with more from the bread and cereal group than from any other. When a lighter breakfast is preferred it usually consists mainly of the bread and cereal foods (group 3), with a little fat and possibly sugar (groups 5 and 4) to make it palatable, and perhaps a little fruit (group 1). Such a breakfast is made more hearty by including milk or an egg from the protein group (group 3). 1. —Fruits and Vegetables. Stewed prunes, dried peaches or other dried fruits or fresh or canned fruits when obtainable at reasonable prices. If preferred, sweet dried fruits, jam or thick preserves (representing also group 5) may be used instead. Because of their laxative properties as well as food value succulent fruits are eaten for breakfast and are particularly desirable if vegetables and other fruits are not freely used at other meals. 2. — Breakfast Cereals and Breads Breakfast Cereals.—Cornmeal mush, cracked wheat mush, oatmeal mush, rice or other cereals. Wheat raised on the farm or bought from a nearby feed store and coarsely ground in a coffee mill is a good homemade cereal. So is popcorn. Breads.—Graham bread, whole wheat bread, wheat flour and rice bread, muffins, popovers, griddlecakes, etc. With bread, butter (representing group 5) would usually be served and sometimes with griddlecakes, butter and sirup (representing group 4) also. 3.—Eggs, Meat, Milk; Similar Foods Eggs (scrambled, boiled, poached, etc.), egg toast, meat balls, codfish balls, hash (from leftover or corned meat) and milk. Milk taken with breakfast cereals or used as a beverage is an important source of nitrogenous material, a glass supplying as much as two ounces of lean meat or one egg. Cooking cereals with milk instead of water is a convenient way of adding nitrogenous material to the meal. 4.—Sugar and Other Sweets Sugar, sirup, molasses, honey, thick dried fruits, jam and heavy preserves. Sugar, honey, molasses or sirups are usually added to other foods in cooking or wher they are eaten. Dried fruits may be cooked with cereal and so may take the place of sugar added to them. This group serves much the same purpose in the body as group 3, but is ordinarily used in smaller quantities and is important for flavor purposes as well as nutritive material. 5. Butter and Similar Foods Cream, butter and other fats used in cookery, bacon, fat pork. With the exception of fat meats, the fat foods are usually eaten with other foods or used in them or in cooking them. Luncheon or Supper. Luncheon or supper may include dishes from all five groups, but in simpler form or smaller quantity than at dinner, though such an elaborate meal is by no means necessary. If a light luncheon is desired group 2 (meats and similar foods) may be omitted or used in smaller amounts, or if a still lighter meal is desired dessert (represented by group 1 or group 4) may be omitted also. When the other meals are abundant both meat and sweets or fruit might be omitted and bread and but- ter or bread or cereal and milk used alone. Eggs. Meat. Fish and Cheese. Eggs: thick dried bean soup (soy or goo beans or cowpeas, if obtainable, are as desirable as navy or other beans more commonly used), meat stock soup; toasted cheese and crackers; chipped beef with white sauce—i. e., thickened milk sauce; dried beans or peas baked or boiled; baked peanut or other nut loaf (ground or chopped and mixed with breadcrumbs, an egg, milk and seasoning); meat stew or pie deftover meat or cheap cuts) or codfish balls; sliced meat (from roast of previous day); baked or boiled bean salad; canned or fresh fish salad (if fish may be obtained cheaply); stuffed eggs egg, nut, cheese (often used in made dishes or with crackers in place of sweet dessert) or meat sandwiches or milk. Either hot or cold dishes are used for luncheon, according to convenience. The above list includes both. Bread, Rolls and Similar Foods. White bread, or "light" bread, rye bread, toast, corn bread, rolls, buns, crackers. Either hot or cold bread may be used, as desired. Cooked cereals (see list of breakfast dishes) are suitable for use when a light luncheon or supper is desired. Butter and Other Fats Butter, cream, table oil and other fats and oils used on the table and in cookery. Cakes and Other Sweets Sugars, jams, jellies, thick preserves, sweet dried fruits, simple cake, cookies and leftovers from dinner desserts. Fruits and Vegetables. Fruit (fresh or stewed); warmed over potatoes; leftover vegetables; fresh vegetables used in salads, such as lettuce, celery, young onions, radishes, etc. Fruits fresh or stewed are commonly eaten at lunchmeet or supper as dessert. Sometimes fruit is served at the beginning instead of at the end of lunchmeet or supper. Dinner. Dinner is usually the heartiest meal of the day and commonly a meal at which all the five groups are substantially represented. Generally speaking, the fewer times each group is represented by a principal dish the simpler the meal. For instance, a dinner with a meat soup and a meat is not so simple as it would be if the soup were omitted. Meals seem more abundant if several representatives of group 1 (fruits and vegetables) are used instead of only one, and it is a common custom to serve one or more vegetables besides potatoes. Using a simple dessert which requires little time to prepare, such as fresh or stewed fruit or preserves with cake, or omitting dessert altogether, is a good way of simplifying dinner. Meat. Fish. Cheese. Baked, scalloped or fried fish, meat stew, pot roast or meat loaf with gravy (inexpensive cuts) or other meat and fish dishes; baked beans (soy beans or cowpeas, if obtainable, are as desirable as navy or other beans more commonly used); cheese with macaroni or rice; bean or peanut loaf. Potatoes, Green Vegetables, Fruits and Similar Foods. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots, pansnips, beets, onions, greens (beet tops, kale, spinach, etc.), celery, lettuce, cabbage, collards, tomatoes, green corn, snap beans, green peas or other green or succulent vegetables grown in the garden or which may be cheaply procured; fresh, stewed or canned fruits. Members of group 3, such as rice, hominy or macaroni, are often served in place of a vegetable. When this is done care must be taken to supply fruits and greens in order that mineral matter and fruit and vegetable acids may not be lacking. Breads, Biscuits and Similar Foods Wheat bread or corn bread, hot or cold; rye bread, biscuits, rolls, crackers. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are an important source of starch and similar nutrients in the diet and in this respect resemble bread and other cereal foods. However, they are included in group 1 because of their special importance as a source of mineral and other valuable substances. Puddings, Cakes and Similar Foods. Bread pudding, cottage pudding, simple fruit puddings, custard or other simply made desserts, dried sweet fruits, jams, preserves. Fresh or canned fruits representing group 1, cheese representing group 2, with crackers representing group 3, or nuts representing group 2 may be used for dessert for variety. Butter, Cream and Similar Foods. Fish and Brain. The saying that fish is the best brain food comes of an old long tongue windbags years ago saying. "Thought is impossible without phosphorus." So a Swiss chemist, knowing that fish contained phosphorus, put two and two together and brought forth a saying that will never die. Symbolic. "Could you suggest some suitable badge for our Don't Worry club?" asker the typewriter boarder. "How would a pine knot do?" asked the cheerful idiot—Indianapolis Journal. Information for Farmers CHAMPION DAIRY COW. Segis Fayne Johanna, Which Produced Fifty Pounds of Butter In a Week. Segis Fayne Johanna, a Holstein cow owned by Oliver Cabana, Jr., one of Buffalo's foremost business men, today is world's champion, having produced an official test the equivalent of over fifty pounds of butter in one week. The test was conducted under the supervision of the New York State Agricultural college of Ithaca, and the cow's performance has been formally chronicled in the official records of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Up to this time no other cow of any breed has been able to attain the fifty pound mark. Johanna's record for the seven consecutive days is equal to 50.68 pounds of butter, and she produced in the same time 750.8 pounds of milk. The average butter fat percentage was 5.547. The previous high record was made by a cow owned by M. J. Smiley of Belle Fourche, S. D., and falls 3.91 pounds below the mark set by the new champion. The seven day test began Dec. 28 at Pine Grove Farms, Mr. Cabana's country place at Elma Center, N. Y. On the strength of the showing made it was decided to continue the official test in the hope also of securing the thirty day record. At the end of two weeks the following figures were recorded: Butter, fourteen days, 95.415 pounds; milk, fourteen days, 1.458.1 pounds; per cent fat, fourteen days, 5.235 pounds. Segis Fayne Johanna is of the ideal type of the big patterned black and white species, some of her pronounced characteristics being her deep barrel, square udder, well placed teals, remarkable development of the mammary veins and her vigorous and rugged disposition. She was allowed to go dry three months before freshening Dec. 22 last and at this time had run her weight up to 1,000 pounds. Her normal weight is 1,450 pounds. BANISH CATTLE PESTS. Method of Treatment to Eradicate Lice on Farm Animals. This is the time of year when lice begin their worst work. Live stock, especially calves and colts, suffer torments and grow thin and rough looking when much of their grief is due to the unchecked ravages of lice. Many a cow has struggled through the winter trying to furnish milk and feed an army of crawling, blood sucking pests besides. Lice can be got rid of without much expense or labor. The sheep dips on the market mixed to a strong house solution well warmed and sponged on to the animal, going the wrong way of the hair, will do the business. Don't just dampen or wet the animal in a few places, but soak every inch thoroughly. Do this in the sunshine on a warm day and provide shelter until dry. Repeat again in ten days and wash mangers, posts and rubbing places around buildings with the same solution. Farm Notes. Lime-sulphur spray gets peach leaf curl. Apply in fall or winter or any time the leaves are off. Shrubs that attract birds by their fruit are worth planting around the farm home. Painting farm implements and vehicles is a good odd job, for winter. Of course they are all under cover. Snow is said to be the poor man's fertilizer, and it is—in the sense that any man who depends on it is bound to be poor. Systems of drains in land that has been filled, but that was more or less wet, have usually paid for themselves in four or five years a 1 often in much less time. Grow Rhubarb In Your Cellar To cultivate a fine specimen of rhubarb you do not need any garden at all, but just a corner of a cellar and an old barrel or deep box. Bore a dozen holes in the sides of your barrel for ventilation and a few in the bottom for drainage. Then place in it a layer of cinders about two inches deep and cover this with ordinary garden soil. Now, plant your roots side by side, and cover them with another layer of earth. Water them occasionally and keep the top of the barrel covered with a piece of carpet.—Pearson's Weekly. Tripled Her Baking Capacity "One day, when baking cookies," says a housewife in the Woman's Home Companion. "I expressed a wish for larger pans. My husband said, 'Why not have some made to fit the oven?' He then measured the grate and went down to the hardware store. In a few days I had two Russia iron pans 19½ by 18½ inches and one inch deep. As these pans hold three dozens of cookies I can do my baking very much more quickly than I could with the old pans, which only held twelve cookies." It will be necessary to plant a succession of pasture crops for your hogs if you do not have sufficient permanent pasture. Cheap pork cannot be produced in pens. The hogs must have pasture crops that supply plenty of grazing of the right kind. Even where one has but one brood sow and expects to raise two litters a year some grazing must be had to give the proper gains on the pigs. Make your arrangements for pasture crops for your hogs. SHIPPING DAY OLD CHICKS. As They Need No Water Nor Food For Sixty Hours It Is Easy. When little chicks come from the shell they need neither water for food for sixty hours. That fact has given rise to a new business. Day old chicks are sold and shipped by people who operate incubators. Those who buy are relieved of the trouble, of the inconvenience, and to some extent of the uncertainty of hatching. Only a small percentage of day old chicks perish while on the way from shipper to customer. People are thus enabled to get the little chicks and begin the poultry business without the necessity of purchasing an incubator. Special boxes of pasteboard are made for shipping purposes. Some have a capacity of twenty-five chicks, some of fifty and some of 100. It is doubtless best that no more than twenty-five shall in any case occupy a single compartment. The walls of the boxes are moderately thick, and some soft material as grass is put in the bottom. Otherwise there are no especial provisions against cold weather. However, the chicks themselves may be depended upon to cluster together and in this way keep one another warm. The boxes are not to be opened en route nor are the chicks to be given food or water. Successful shipments have been made for 2,000 miles.—Popular Science Monthly. WATCH HORSES' TEETH. Mouths of the Animals Should Be Examined For Discarded Malaria A horse's teeth should be examined every two years for such irregularities as sharp points and edges, elongated molars, decayed condition and abscesses, in the opinion of Dr. R. R. Dykstra, professor of surgery in the Kansas State Agricultural college. Sharp points and edges are caused by the fact that the upper and lower grinding teeth in the mouth of the horse do not hit squarely. Because of the construction of the mouth, the inside edges of the lower molars and the outside edges of the upper molars do not strike anything when the horse chews, and consequently do not wear. The lateral motion of the jaw when chewing is not sufficient to allow uniform wear on the edges of the molars, so sharp points and edges result. All decayed teeth or abscessed teeth should be removed as soon as discovered. When a tooth is removed the corresponding tooth on the opposite jaw will grow far enough into the empty space to hit the gum. If the teeth are examined and filed every two years the elongated molars and sharp edges will cause no trouble. The teeth may be examined by putting the hand into the mouth when it is held open by an instrument intended for that purpose. The animal cannot masticate its food properly when the teeth are subject to any of the irregularities mentioned. Spray For Cabbage Worms. Spray For Cabbage Worms. The common cabbage worm, the most destructive insect enemy of cabbage and related crops in the United States, begins its depreduations as soon as the young plants are set out in the spring. Steps to combat it should be taken at an equally early date. These are now pointed out in farmers' bulletin 706 of the United States department of agriculture. Spraying with a solution of two pounds of powdered arsenite of lead, four pounds of arsenate of lead in the paste form or one pound of paris green to fifty gallons of water should be begun as soon as the plants are set out and should be repeated as often as examination of the plants shows it to be necessary. Sprays should be applied in a fine mist, since coarser applications tend to gather in drops on the leaves and run off. Refuges For Birds. The bird reservations of the United States, fostered by the National Association of Audubon Societies, now number seventy. They include refuge for gulls and terns on the Maine coast, asylums for egrets in Florida, a line of reservations along the Mississippi river migration route and a reservation larger than Connecticut in the Yukon delta of Alaska. An important one exists in the Hawaiian Islands, and there is one in the canal zone. Dr. T. G. Pearson of the Conservation Commission of Canada urges the need of reservations in the northern part of the hemisphere and especially in Labrador, where the waste of bird life is enormous.—Nebraska State Journal. DEMAND IS KEEN Disease, such as cholera, has been taking a smaller toll the past season than in recent years; more pure bred and high grade hogs are available than ever before; prices of hogs are now past the sixteen cent level; demand for pork for home consumption and for export is keen, all of which means that the farmer who does not raise hogs is losing a chance to increase the supply of pork and thus serve the country and at the same time expand a profitable phase of farming. United States Department of Agriculture. Larry Doyle a Wit. Larry Doyle, former Giant captain and second baseman, now with the Cubs, is one of the funnest mea in baseball. He is not of the clown type, like Herman Schaefer or Nick Altrock, but more of the Steve Evans style, the fellow with quint remarks on conditions that arise during the game. J. M. Ward tells of hearing Doyle pull a rather good one on Al Mamaux (pronounced Mam-moi) of the Pittsburgh club. Mr. Ward was in Buffab at the time, and Larry was visiting some friends in the Bison City who were theatrical folks, and through them J. M. saw quite a bit of Doyle. His stay extended over a period of five days because of a badly sprained digit on his throwing hand. "Al Mamaux was having quite a run of victories just at this time," said Mr. Ward in relating the incident, "and we asked Larry if he really was hard to hit or just lucky. "Hit him!" says Larry. "Why, I cannot even pronounce him." Mogridge In Spot Light. George Mogridge of the Yankees jumped into fame when he subdued the BROOKLYN Photo by American Press Association George Mogridge. world champion Boston Red Sox without allowing them a single hit. Mogridge was going well last year when he sustained an injury in mid-season. He was particularly successful last year against the Red Sox and White Sox. Cover All Bases One could hardly guess what Charles A. Comiskey considers the fundamental of successful baseball. It is not natural ability to hit the ball and field. It is just horse sense, and he gives this one instruction to every manager who works for him. Moreover, he followed the same rule when he himself was piloting ball clubs back in the early days. The rule is never to allow a bag to be uncovered. This includes home plate. Here is Comiskey's logic: "When the ball is hit there is no reason for a bag to be left vacant longer than momentarily. If one of the basemen is fielding a ball or relaying a throw there are pitcher and a shortstop to cover the bag. The men should not be elsewhere, because a base runner is not going to cross the infield or run into the outfield. He is going from base to base consecutively by the shortest possible route. When those corners are constantly guarded the chances for putouts are increased. Faithful observance of this rule will almost keep a poor club in the first division." Call Off Golf Tourneys There will be no golf competition conducted by the Western Pennsylvania Golf association this year, and all funds above those required for the expenses of the association will be donated to the Pittsburgh chapter of the Red Cross. In taking this action the Western Pennsylvania body is following the example set by the Metropolitan Golf association of New York, the New Jersey Golf association and other leading organizations in the United States as a patriotic move resulting from the declaration of war. Eans 25. Enlists as Chaplain. PART 23. ENLIST as Chaplain. A. C. MacKinney, captain of the William Jewell baseball team of Liberty, Mo., who struck out twenty-five batsmen in a game with Tarkio college, announced he had volunteered his services as an army chaplain. He added, however, that he would serve wherever needed. Assisting Women In Their Work THE FILM MAKES A SUCCESS IN THEATRE. Voiles are holding their own for thin frocks and were never so beautiful as this season. The gown picture is figured voile as well as checkered, small rose wreaths on a black and white background. White net provides dainty vestee surplice and cuffs picked out with ball crochet buttons. Voiles are holding their own for thin frocks and were never so beautiful as this season. The gown picture is figured voile as well as checkered, small rose wreaths on a black and white background. White net provides dainty vestee surplice and cuffs picked out with ball crochet buttons. FOUR-IN-HAND TIES. An Easy Way to Iron Them After They Have Been Washed. It is not an impossible task to wash a four-in-hand tie. The difficulty comes in ironing it in such a way that its original shape will be restored, writes Emile Parent in the Popular Science Monthly. To do this it is necessary to proceed carefully. Start by placing the wide end of the tie upon the board with the seam up, then sturst in the finger and take hold of the lining. Grasp the silk cover in the other hand and pull it back from over the lining for about half of its length. Then with a hot iron run over the lining to straighten it but. Cut a piece of stiff cardboard to fit into the wide end of the tie and long enough to reach to the narrow band. Slip this in between the fining and the seam side of the outer layer. Then turn the material back in proper shape, dampen a clean cloth, lay it over the tie and iron in the usual way. The cardboard form will prevent the pressure of the iron from causing a glossy mark to appear on the silk front opposite the seam. When through put the form aside for another time. Summer Clothes For Growing Children During the hot months children should wear just as little clothing as possible. Babies require only a diaper and one other garment, while run about babies and children up to five will be amply clothed in waist and NOT A SLACKER. I'M SORRY MRS JONES. I SHAWT BE AT THE BRIDGE CLUB TODAY, YOU KNOW I'M BUSY SEWING FOR THE - RED CROSS - OUR BOARDERS WILL NEED WRITTEN SORT BARBACA THE RED CROSS MUST HELD drawers, with one outer garment, preferably a cotton slip, apron or rompers or one of the many similar garments illustrated in the pattern books. The one piece dress is a great boon to busy mothers, being easy to make and to wash and iron. If the kimono sleeve is used the dress will be cooler, but in some garments the set in sleeve is less cimmy and wears better. Rompers loose at the knee and low necked and short sleeved may be used for little girls and boys alike. Denim overalls are rather cumbersome for the hottest weather, but are adapted to cool days. Starched, frilled and fussy garments are all alike unsuitable for young children, whose clothing should be such as will make them perfectly comfortable and permit the freest play. No child should have to think of his garments during the play hours. He should, of course, be subject to reasonable restrictions upon willful or mischievous soiling or destruction of his clothing. Cotton is the best material for outside garments since a child of this age should have no clothes that cannot be washed. Make a light salt brine and let stand over night. Then drain them off and pack in glass jars. To two dozen nice green cucumbers allow a large cupful vinegar, one and one-half cupful granulated sugar, a small teaspoonful of black pepper and a dozen small red peppers. Boll together and pour over the cucumbers and seal. BLACKER. SOLDIERS ALL HEED WITHER SOULS DOJAMA BANDAY THE RED CROSS MUST DONNELL Sweet Spiced Cucumbers. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. And This Is For the Children KNIT YOUR BIT. Sarah Comstock of the Vigilantes Gives Advice to Women. The word has gone forth that a warm sailor is better than a cold one, says Sarah Comstock of the Vigilantes, an organization made up of authors, artists and others for patriotic purposes. This is no sentimental, catch phrase; it is a literal physiological fact. A warm sailor can work and fight with a steadier nerve, with an increased physical efficiency, with a higher courage, for the effect of warmth is to stimulate. Now, then, what can you, as a woman, do about it? You, a woman, with a pair of knitting needles, can keep at least one sailor warm. And remember, the sailor that you keep warm is going to be a better defender of your flag. The government supplies many of his wants, but there are three articles not supplied, and these are the sleeveless knitted jacket, the muffler and the wristlets. He will use them when he is doing exposed work—this may be laying a mine or serving on picket duty or in submarine and patrol boat service. The comforts committee of the Navy League of the United States, with headquarters in Washington and at 509 Fifth avenue, New York, will help you to form an organization for knitting or to purchase wool, or will receive your finished articles that you've made alone in old times, when Susie was quiet in the bathtub or Johnny busy feeding the rabbits. But if you're going to knit do it according to directions. Here they are: THE MUFFLER. No. 5 celluloid needle. One-half pound dark blue knitting yarn. Sew up, leaving two inch space for thumb 3 inches from top. Knit two, purj two stitches for four inches. Knit plain till sweater measures 22 inches. Knit 28 stitches, blind off 24 stitches for neck. Knit 28 stitches. Knit 19 rows on each shoulder, cast on 24 stitches. Knit plain for 19 inches. Purl two, knit two stitches for four inches. Sew up sides, leaving nine inches for armholes. armbones celluloid needle. Three-fourths pound knitting yarn. Something With Which You Can Mystify Your Friends. In this claimoyant trick one person goes out of the room while a word representing some object is chosen. When he returns his confederate asks him, "Is it a — " naming some article the first letter of which is the first letter of the word he is to guess. The guesser replies in the negative. The questioner then asks, "Is it $ \hat{h} $ —?" naming some article the initial letter of which is the second letter of the word to be guessed, and so on until the word is complete. Thus suppose the word was curtain. The questions might be: "Is it a candle?" "Is it an umbrella?" "Is it a rat?" "Is it a table?" "Is it an apple?" "Is it ice?" "Is it a needle?" To all of these the person questioned has answered "No," but he has been following the first letters of the words, and when the next question comes, "Is it a curtain?" he answers "Yes." If it is preferred to make the trick seem more magical when he has heard the word spelled out he may suddenly interrupt his questioner and, rubbing his forehead say: "Wait, I know what it is. Is it a curtain." However, the company will be more apt to guess the trick if it is done in this way. Some Clever Parrots A Boston man has a parrot that puts its claws before its face and shyly croaks, "Polly had a letter this morning—an offer of marriage for Polly." And a Philadelphia parrot earnestly admires the children to "Hurry up to school—last bell is ringing. You'll be late." Another poor parrot was owned by a young man who tried to teach it to welcome a rich relative with the words "Good morning, uncle." The bird was slow to learn, so he lost his temper, took the bird by the neck and shook it, exclaiming angrily, "Say 'Good morning, uncle' you fool!" The next day the young man heard a terrible noise in the heenery. On making his way there he found three hens dead on the floor, while on a perch in the corner was the parrot, holding a hen by the throat and shrieking, "Say 'Good morning, uncle' you fool!" Game of Rimes. An instructive and entertaining game may be played in the evening or on rainy days, when children are compelled to remain indoors. Blank cards are distributed to each one, and every child writes on his two lines of any poem he has learned at kindergarten or school. The cards are then handed to some one who has been chosen to read them. As soon as the first line is read any one who remembers the rest of the poem writes it and receives the card on which the The Sunday School Lesson "RALLY ROUND THE FLAG. BOYS!" THE FEDERAL MILITARY CENTER The boy scout has at last found that he has special duties to perform outside of the little things he is taught to do. His country has called on, all its citizens to do their part toward helping Old Glory, and the boy scout is responding everywhere. He has taken to farming and other activities. In the picture one is seen acting as a bueller at a street corner recruiting station. Text of the lesson, II Chron, xxviii, 1-27. Memory verses, 1, 2. Golden Text, Heb, xi, 6. This is a hard lesson about a desperately bad man, one of the very worst of the kings of Judah, of whom it is said, "This is that king Abaz" (verse 22). Manasseh may have been worse in some respects, but he repented, while of this man we read of no repentance. There were always some who feared God, a Godly remnant, and the sixteen years of this man's reign must have been a heartbreakening time for them, but no doubt a time of humiliation and unceasing prayer to God, and in due time deliverance came, as we shall see in our next lesson. Days of trial are always times of faith and patience on the part of God's people, and the terrible days still before us, of which we are having already some foretastes, will give great opportunity for the manifestation of such graces (Heb. vi, 12, 15; Rev. xil, 10). All life's story as well as all the Bible story is either a manifestation of God or the devil, and so it will be until a king shall reign in righteousness and peace and the devil be shut up in the pit for a thousand years. It is written of Abaz that he did not right in the sight of the Lord, but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and they, without exception, walked in the steps of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. What Abaz did that was wrong and desperately sinful is quite fully recorded in our lesson chapter and in H King's xvi. He burned incense to other gods not only in Jerusalem, but in all the cities of Judah and on the hills and under every green tree. He burned his children in the fire like the heathen whom the Lord had cast out. He leaned on the king of Assyria and worshiped the gods of the kings of Syria. He had an altar made like one he saw' in Damascus and put it in place of the brazen altar of the Lord and offered sacrifices upon it. He took the great laver from off the brazen oxen which supported it and set it on a pavement of stones. He cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord. It seemed as if he could not do enough to show his hatred of God and His commandments. Yet he had a good father, Jotham, who beams mightly because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God (xxvii, 6), and he had a good son, as we shall see in our next lesson. These things are a great perplexity, just as similar things are in our own times. But there is rest in the Lord, and in Him alone, and in the fact that He cannot fail nor be discouraged (fsa). Is For the "RALLY ROUND T Photo by American Press Association. The boy scout has at last found the side of the little things he is taugh its citizens to do their part toward is responding everywhere. He has tak the picture one is seen acting as a bug rest is written. The one who gets the most cards wins the game and receives some small prize. A Feat With the Feet. Place a cork upon the floor. Measure four lengths of your foot from it and, standing at this distance, attempt with one foot to kick the cork over and recover position (both feet together) so that the foot that does the kicking does not touch the floor till it has returned to its mate. The efforts of any one trying to maintain a balance in performing this stunt will arouse considerable mirth. Conundrums. Who is more to be admired than a promising young man? A paying one. What man has a thousand hands? The man who employs a thousand men. What is white, black and red all over? A newspaper. Why do white sheep eat more than black sheep? There are more of them. xlii. 4). The Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz and because they had forgotten the Lord God of their fathers (verses 6, 19), but they did not repent nor turn to Him again. Isaiah and Micah were the Lord's messengers in those days, as we learn from the first verse of each of these prophecies, and the Lord sent Isaiah with a special message to Ahaz, telling him that if he would turn to the Lord the purpose of the Syrians against him would not stand nor come to pass and that he might be quiet and not be afraid of them, but that if he would not believe he would not be established. On that occasion Isaiah was to take with him his son, Shearjashub, whose name signifies the repnant shall return, for, as we said earlier in this lesson, there is always a godly remnant, and it seemed like saying to Ahaz that if he would not turn to the Lord the remnant would (Isa. vii. 1-9). It was to this same Ahaz the Lord said, "Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above," and Ahaz said, "I will not ask; neither will I tempt the Lord (Isa. vii, 10-12). He had provoked the Lord seemingly beyond all endurance, yet hear him say, I will not tempt the Lord. If he meant to say, I will not ask the Lord for anything nor have anything to do with Him, we could understand him better, for that is what his actions were saying and perhaps what he meant to say. Now hear this wonderful message from the Lord to such a man representing the house of David and at such a time: "The Lord Himself shall give you a sign. Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call His name Immanuel" (Isa. vii, 13, 14). We cannot but think of the first assurance of the great deliverer being made to the devil himself (Gen. lii, 14, 15), and we know that when the devil shall come to the time of his very worst opposition to and defiance of God then shall He who in the fullness of time was really born of a virgin come in His glory to overthrow all His enemies and set up His king-dom. When the devil incarnate, the coming antichrist, shall have gathered the kings of the earth and their armies against Him who is coming on the white horse, the Lamb shall overcome them, for He is King of kings and Lord of lords (Rev. xvii, 14; xix, 19). That will be the morning of the Sun of Righteousness of which David spake in his last words, but there will be no morning for such as Alzah, who have no use for God or His word (11 Sam. xxiii, 3:5; Isa. viii, 20. R. V). The glorious assurances of Isaiah xi and xi sili surely cry aloud to us. the Children THE FLAG, BOYS!" at he has special duties to perform out- t to do. His country has called on, all helping Old Glory, and the boy scout en to farming and other activities. In ler at a street corner recruiting station. In Half a Century. All these things took place within a short space of fifty years: The Spanish-American war and the establishment of the Cuban republic. The discovery of the Roentgen rays. The discovery of the sources of the Nile and Niger and the exploration of interior Africa. Rise and fall of Napoleon III. and the establishment of the present French republic. The unification of Germany and the Franco-German war. The civil war and the abolition of slavery in the United States. The extension of the Russian powers over central Asia. The establishment of ocean steam navigation. The discovery of the electric telegraph. The discovery of the telephone. The laying of the huge ocean cables. The discovery of modern photog phy - Brooklyn Eagle. HUNTING FOR A BIRD-LIKE LAUGH By Ethel Barrington I WAS working up a trout stream. It was early summer, and the birds were flitting among the trees that grew on both sides of the brook and united above, forming a complete arch and shade except where the sun threw bits of light between the leaves. There is a bird—I think it is the thrush, but I am not sure that continually gives out two notes, the first higher than the second. These two notes were repeated time and again in the trees above me and came from a distance. They were very musical, and I loved to hear them. In short, they put the finishing touch on a perfect morning. Suddenly there came one of these brief songs, not from above, but apparently from the other side of trees beyond which I knew there was a road, though I could not see it. I was in doubt whether the sound proceeded from a bird or a human being and, if from a human being, whether it was an imitation of the bird or whether it was one of those short laughs that may come from a child or a girl while conversing and something pleasing or funny is said. Hearing voices approaching, I became more interested in the song than the trout, and, wading to dry ground, I went up the bank a short distance and, craning my neck, caught sight of a bevy of girls passing down the road. I could see only their backs, but by their figures and their light tread I knew they were young. I caught only a glimpse of them before they were hidden by the trees, in another moment I heard again those two melodious notes. I knew that they came from one of these girls and were a response to some facetious remark. We are grownup children. A child will chase a butterfly, but will be turned aside by a gray squirrel. I had been intent on fish, but my interest in them had been suddenly turned by two musical notes of the human voice, Imagination stepped in and constructed the girl. I pictured her fair, of a happy disposition and altogether lovely. I wanted to haul in my line, put away the fly and go after that girl. If I did I would have to appear before her in khaki suit and rubber boots to my thigh. If I did not I would probably lose her forever. I decided upon immediate action. My reel clicked for a few moments; then putting my rod under my arm and catching up a few trout I had hooked I climbed the bank and set off down the road. I was too late. I did not catch the girls I had seen passing. Where they had gone I could not discover. But a short distance from my point of departure I came to one of those country huts where guests abound in July and August and are deserted the rest of the year. On the porch were a great many persons, old and young, among them several girls, but I did not notice any feminine group such as I had indistinctly seen. However, it seemed to me that quite likely they belonged here; that they had been for a tramp and, having returned, had gone inside. If this hypothesis were not correct they must have flown up and away in the air. I could readily conceive of the girl with the bird notes doing so. It is singular that a man with many attractive women to choose from should set so much store by one he has never seen, but has been attracted to by nothing more than a couple of flute-like notes emanating from her throat. It goes to show that the imaginary is stronger than the real. Be this as it may, I resolved to leave the hotel where I was stopping and take up my abode at the place I hoped to find my imaginary idol. Returning to my quarters, I got into more presentable apparel and the same afternoon rode down to the inn. One of the first things I did was to make inquiries whether there was a girl in the house who laughed as a bird sang. The question was well calculated to make me ridiculous, and it was not long before I was known as the man who was hunting for a girl with a birdlike laugh. Having been presented to several ladies sitting together on the porch, I asked my question. One of the group remarked to the others, "That must be Annette Thurston. I've noticed that little laugh of hers, and now that my attention has been called to it there is something birdlike in it." Though all the group knew Annette Thurston, no other of them had noticed what was so attractive to me. As soon as the young folks in the house learned that the girl I was looking for might be Annette Thurston she was informed that a man had fallen in love with her laugh and was hunting for her. A young fellow of seventeen came for me and took me to her for an introduction. Naturally the meeting was a trifle embarrassing. Miss Thurston, who found herself the center of a bantering circle, blushed, but I noticed that she looked at me as an object of interest. The boys and girls ran away, and I throwing off my embarrassment, reassured myself and began a conversation. I took up my quarters at the hotel and paid much attention to Annette Thurston. At first she was rather shy of me on account of, the finn poked at her by the other young people, but I was not long in winning her love. All this happened years ago. I am now known as the man who married his wife so that he could always hear her laugh. How little romance most persons have in theirs. Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON PRINT BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . . ILL. MR. M. J. MOCRARY, MANAGER. J. B. MOCRARY, EDITOR FRIDAY JUNE 29, 1917. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. sB. address all communications to J. B. MOCRARY, Box 107 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. One Year.....$1.50 ix Months.....75 three Months.....40 single Copy.....05 In Advance. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. KINKY Hair Grows Long, Soft, Silky Gestioneer I was sending you my picture to let you see what your EXCELLENT Quining has done for my hair. It has grown to 26 inches long and in very thick, silky and silky and I can grow it. You can grow it in the world. LAUHA BANKS. 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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 o, 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. WAR IS HELL War. is hell, is the way one writer puts it. If that is true, it is also true that the way the white people murdered, burnt, li laged the homes of defenceless Negro men, women and children in East St. Louis, this week is worse than "shell." $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 catarah cure is the oely positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarah being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's catarah 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 & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Fried Fish every day at the Grand Leader Cafe. Mrs. Mamie E. Jones, of Murphysboro, returned home after visiting her mother-in law Mrs. Nannie Jones. Thos. P. King, was in the city Saturday. Mrs. Desma Whitman of St. Louis, Mo, is in the city visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts. Company M. of the 8th Ill. Reg't is expecting to leave July 25th. Several of our people spent the 4th in Paducah, Ky. There were several fishing parties July 4th. Rev. B. C Long, daughter-in-law and Rev. Geo. Crippens went to Hickory Grove, Ky., the 4th Sunday. The church was opened for the first time for service, a baket dinner was spread, and $50.00 was raised. This is to the credit of Rev. Long who is the pastor and manager of the new building. He is a successful farmer. He has in 100 acres of fine wheat which will average 40 bus. to the the acre He recently purchased another 60 acres of land for $3, 000.00. He also conducts a fine strawberry farm which netted him $1000 this year. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Cork, visited Mr. Mingo Long, and family the 4th. Mrs. Sophronia Martin, left for Indiana Harbor, Ind., Thursday to visit her son and daughter. The Metropolis Giants, won from the Paducah Sterling in Padueah, the 4th. The score was 7-3. The Giants have a strong team this year, and, are ready to meet all comers. They purchased new uniforms this week. They will play in Cairo, Sunday, and will play the fast Colps, team here the following Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McCrary, assistant editor left for Chicago, Saturday where he will work until witer. Miss Love Phillips, left Saturday for Elkville, Chicago, Desmoines, St. Louis, on her summer vacation. She was accompanied as far as Carbondale, by Odes Renfro. There were services at all of the churches Sunday. Rev. Rowlett occupied the pulpit at the 1st Baptist church Sunday morning and night and he preached for Rev. I. S. Stone of the A, M. E. church in the afternoon in a rally. Rev. J. B. McCrary, attended his regular monthly meeting Saturday and Sunday at Brookport. Miss Izora Ferrell, of Duquoin is visiting Miss Izora Rodgers. Miss Izora Rodgers returned home Sunday from Colp, Elkville and Duquoin, where she visited last week. Rev. I. S. Stone, and Misses Maud Porter and Francis English returned from Colp, Saturday where they attended the A. M. E. S S. convention. They report a splendid meeting. News From the State's Metropolis Special to the Gazette: Despite the threatening train storms the churches all over the city Sunday were well attended. Olivet Baptist church the largest church in the city was crowded at 11:00 a.m. service. In the absence of the pastor, Dr. L. K. Williams, the Ass't. pastor, Rev, Geo. E. Duncan, filled the pulpit and preached a wonderful sermon. More than 20 united with the church. The choir under the leadership of Prof. Johnson, was at its highest. Sunday School and B Y P. U. were well attended. The topic was unusually interesting. At 8:00 p. m. the Rev Dr. Stewart, was introduced and delivered a logical discourse from John 6:9. Every christian heart was made to rejoice. Rev Stewart is a national speaker. Rev. Dr. L. K Williams, is spending his vacation in Texas. Ebenezer Baptist and Bethel A. M. E churches were taxed to their capacity a both coming together. Several accession to each church. Drs. Thsmas and Cook are pastors respectively. Several members of the different churches are indisposed. We trust a speedy recovery. At Olivet. The Pasters Aid met in their annual basket picnic July 4th. Every Pastor's Aid member was to be present at the Washington Park, between 52nd and 53rd Cottage Grove, was the place. 1:00 p.m was the time. Mrs. K. Griffin, President. All young women are especially invited to attend the Junior Missionary Circle every Monday afternoon at 1:30. You will enjoy the time spent in this Circle of young women studying the life of Christ. Mrs. B. Stroad, Pres. Mrs. B. Freeman, Sect'y. Mrs. L. K. Williams, Supervisor Mrs. J. C. Mapp, Teacher Report of the Sec. for Sunday. June 24, 1917. Visits ..... 175 Helped ..... 15 Accessions ..... 26 Receipts ..... $237.83 E. Baker, Secretary. Reporter. HARRISBURG Editor of Gazette, please allow space in your paper to say that Rov. Starks our pastor was with us on the fourth Sunday and preached two great sermons. Our S. S. is progressing nicely The pastor baptized Monday and took in four new members. The church is moving upwards, and our Sunday Shool is doing nicely. At 11:30 Elder Geo. Brown, was introduced by Rev. Smith, and preached a short but strong sermon, text, Heb 10:20. The brethren of the association needs to adopt a rule on studying, for there are many men filling our pulpits who does not know the doctrine and the tenets of the church Rev Geo Brown. Rev. Brown, should be the last to write on the short coming of the preacher, if we are allowed to judge. Let the preacher alone he has enough to contend with without your fault finding. The people will find out about what we know. Study to show yourself a man, not how wise you are or how little the preacher knows. —Editor. --- 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 encouragifif 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. DuQuoin. Ill. To The Brethren Composing the Mt. Olive Baptist Association, Dear Brethren. I am very sorry that I could not be in the Gairo, meeting. It was due to my having to pull through many struggles, as you know all pastors are thrown into at times. I just returned home from the State Convention at Paris, Ill. and rushed two delegates off to see after the district work, while I remained at home planning for the Western States Convention in July at DesMoines, Iowa. I take this method of saying to to the brethren that as long as I am pastor of this church you all are welcome to come to our church and preach. Our choir, deacon board and people are always ready o assist in making your stay a pleasant one. I close hoping to meet you in your next meeting. I am yours for the work. company's money spent in improvements has been spent to make Fore River a better place to work. There are still many departments needing new buildings, new washrooms, new locker rooms, and many other improvements to make this yard the kind of a yard you and we both want it to be. "We expect to pay a fair tax, but will not pay an exorbitant one. This matter is of interest to you. Think it over. "(Signed) J. W. Powell, "President." A Texas legislator recently offered for enactment a bill designed to prevent head-on collisions between railroad trains in his State. The main part of the text said: "When two trains, coming from opposite directions, approach a crossing, both shall stop, and neither shall cross until the other has passed." CONSERVATION TRUTHS. The man at the bench is the coworker of the man in the office. Let them get together for the common good. Stick to your job. The man who jumps from one job to another never learns enough about any particular class of work to become valuable in it. All Weather Good. Sunshine is delicous, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather—John Ruskin. A CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN PATRIOTISM Founder of Simmons Hardware Company Instructs Traveling Salesmen to Distribute War Literature Prepared by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. St. Louis—The following patriotic appeal to the army of traveling saloons representing the Simmons Hardware Company, has been sent out by the founder of the company, E. C. Simmons: WE MUST WIN THE WAR----IF WE DON'T WIN THE WAR, GOD HELP US: I am more and more impressed, every day, with the fact that as a whole the people of the United States have not even a faint realization of the immense gravity of the present situation. I am equally impressed with the absolute conviction that until our people are generally aroused to a realization of existing conditions and that this war is for us a life and death struggle the very existence of our country is in jeopardy. If we don't win the war Germany will. That means that Germany will levy upon us as they have upon Belgium, enough to pay their entire cost of the war, as Germany openly stated she intended to do. This statement is positively made by our own Ambassador to Berlin, Mr. Gerrand, and his statement is confirmed by one of Germany's leading newspapers, The Kolnische Volkszeitung, which editorially remarks: "We need not worry about the American fleet. Certainly the heads of our army and navy weighed the possibilities carefully in the balance before deciding on ruthless submarine warfare and we can leave the future in their hands. We are entitled to a thumping war indemnity and we do not care who pays it. Those States which have sacrificed immense sums will be unable to pay it. Therefore, America, which has earned thousands of millions through munitions and supplies, will have to unbutton its pockets." I look back with a distinct personal recollection of conditions at the beginning and during the progress of the Civil war, and as an old man who is still blessed with all of the vigor and clearness of mind of younger days, and also with 'tol'able good health, thank you," I feel it lily duty to impress with all the strength at my command the absolute necessity not only upon each one of you, who are our representatives traveling throughout the entire United States and visiting every county in it, but also through you upon all of those many friends in the trade who have honored this company with their confidence and respect for more than half a century, that we must immediately STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN. We must realize that the boys fighting in France today are just as much our boys as if they were born and raised in our own home town, and that they are fighting our /hatties FOR US THERE, in the hope and expectation that they will thus make it unnecessary that we should fight a harder battle on our own soil. Soon our own boys from America will be fighting side by side with them—a million of them, and more, I predict—and justly so. For without that kind of help and assistance we cannot win THE WAR and we cannot perpetuate the ideals and principles of American life, bought by the blood of our forefathers, and by which alone life will be worth living for us, or our children, or our children's children. I have today received a brief statement issued by the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The membership of that organization, as you know, comprise all of the leading commercial clubs and trade organizations of our cities, large and small, from Maine to California. It speaks for five hundred thousand firms. It is the voice of American business. This statement is so comprehensive, so concise, so conservative, and yet absolutely true in its prediction, according to my judgment, that I am reproducing it herewith and sending it to you with the following request: list. I want you to read it carefully, not once nor twice but three times at least, and when you have read it I want you to write me that you have done so. 2nd. I want you to leave a copy of it with every customer that you call on for the next thirty days, and ask him as a personal favor to me to read it and suggest that I would greatly appreciate it if we would drop me a Line that he has done so. I don't often ask favors of the trade, but in this case I feel warranted in suggesting that through you, because is doing so I believe I am serving my very good friend of many years' standing—the Retail Merchant of the country—as it has always been my greatest pleasure to do. Do not limit your distribution to our own customers, but hand one of these statements to your fellow travelers, and when you have time go into the dry goods stores, into the grocery stores, into the shoe stores and other stores in the towns you visit, and ask the proprietor if he won't be good enough, as a loyal American citizen, to read this statement of the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and then possibly he, too, may be willing to drop me a line and tell me he has done so. I would be very glad, indeed, if you would ask your customer if he doesn't know some newspaper man, and you go with him and let that merchant make the request of that newspaper man that he will publish this statement. We want to take advantage of the facilities which our organization offers to reach people of the country with these facts, so that they may realize conditions as they exist. We, in a certain sense, have the power to spread these plain facts as no other organization can do. I am too old to go to the front, but I can do my bit in many other ways. Letters from people who have read this statement will be proof to me that I have perhaps been the means of bringing these facts home to thousands and even hundreds of thousands of good Americans—that I have helped to prepare their minds for the trials and sacrifices that are ahead of us all. After we are awakened to a full realization of things we will stand, as ever, a united people, ready and willing to pay whatever price is necessary to wipe off the face of the earth, for all time to come, the idea that any King or Emperor and his immediate followers can bring rule and distress to hundreds of millions of people throughout the world, and thus we will maintain forever the human doctrine of Liberty, Freedom and Democracy. E. C. SIMMONS. The communication from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the resolutions referred to by Mr. Simmons are as follows: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. General Offices, Riggs Building, Washington, D. C. May 24, 1917. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES: The Executive Committee of the National Chamber, which has recently been holding very frequent meetings at Washington for the purpose of keeping closely informed regarding conditions which arise from war, has today adopted resolutions for which it asks your immediate attention. The subject of these resolutions is developed in a statement which is attached. The resolutions are presented here with. The Executive Committee hopes that the response to its request for an expression of opinion will be very prompt. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. Resolutions of the Executive Committee May 24, 1917. Whereas, the Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America is thoroughly convinced of the vital necessity that the people of the country should be authoritatively informed in regard to the actual situation of the war and the part that each citizen must play in co-operation with the government in order to bring the war to a successful conclusion, and Whereas, there exists today throughout the country a lamentable lack of information and understanding on these points, and Whereas, no authoritative agency now exists for the purpose which is distinct from and serves to offset the necessary restrictions of censorship and the emergency is so immediate that procedure by the Chamber through the ordinary process of referendum is rendered impracticable; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the National Chamber, as such Committee and without attempting to speak for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States as a whole, endorse and undertake to advance, so far as its authority permits, the proposal about to be submitted to the President of the United States by a representative and non-political body suggesting the creation of a definite branch of the government under the direction of the President to conduct a campaign of constructive education of the people as to the war and the important operations of the government regarding the war so that the people may understand in advance the necessity for the various actions taken by the government in behalf of the people; and be it further Resolved, That these resolutions be transmitted at once to the entire membership—Organization, Associate and Individual—accompanied by a request that they advise President Rhett IMMEDIATELY by wire at the headquarters of the Chamber in Washington, of their opinion or action thereon and that he be authorized by the Executive Committee to make known to the proper authorities in the government the contents of these telegrams. THE EXIGENCY AND THE PLAN. 1. THERE is the strongest reason for believing that the United States will