Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE Officers of the General Statist State Association 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. J. J. 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. Prutt Deacon R. Lewis Sister Sallie Thomas Chicago Sister M. Hudgin Cairo Sister J. w. winston Olmstead ter Carrie Casiy Shawnetown Urish Jenkins J. A. Royal Chicago L. Drane Chicago J. Bowers Dewmaine Johnson Dewmaine Hubter Evanston Howard Grand Chain Grey Murphysboro Martin Colips On J. Simpson Hallidayboro Baker Brookport Thomas Morris Metropolis B. Chas. Skates Mound City Daeon 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. McOry Metropolis Committee on Nomination C. C. Phillips J. E. Haywood 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. McOry, 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, Golconda, Ill. Notice. Notice. To the members composing the Educational Board of the General Baptist State Association. This is to notify you that the Board will meet with the Mt. Morish Baptist church of Cairo, Saturday Aug. 18, 1617. It is hoped that each member will be present. Dr. B. J. Prince, Chairman Chicago. Mts. Frankie L. Jenkins, Corresponding Secr L. N. BUNDY, NEGRO DEN TIST AGGUSED IN EAST ST. LOUIS RIOTs, HELD IN CLEVELAND Prisioner Denies He Was Implicated in Any Violence During Recent Disorders. Leroy N. Bundy, negro dentist and politician of East St. Louis, charged with being a leader of the mob that killed Detective Sergeant Sam Coppedge and Detective Frank Wodley and wounded Patrolmen Hobbs and Walker, was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday. Chief of Police Frank Keating was notified of the arrest. Sheriff Logan vellion now in Chicago, will proceed to Cleveland and return with Bundy, who left East St. Louis, July 3, the day of the rioting, and is supposed to have been in St. Louis several weeks. Several witnesses before the grand jury and coroner's inquest testified, it was said, as to Bundy leadership of the negro mob whose action in firing on the police led to the race riot the following day. It is not thought that Bundy will be taken through East St. Louis on his way to the County Jail in Belleville. Bundy was arrested on a mimus issued at the coroner's inquest, which was a secret investigation. Negroes in St. Louis, have known where Bundy was, it was said, but they were inclined to assist him. They had heard, they said, that he had been blamed for inciting the negroes and certain factions had offered a reward for his death. A friend speaking for Buudy said: Bundy has said he has no fear of arrest or for the consequences of any part he may have had in the riots. Bundy is hiding because he is afraid he will be taken back to East St. Louis, where his life would be in danger, he would readily surrender. Bundy denied to the Cleveland police that he was implicated in any violence during the riots. IS BADLY BRUISED UP. Last Wednesday night about 11 o'clock Robbie Kimball (colored, and a member of Co. M. 8th Ill. Inf.) was pretty badly beaten up by, what he claims, three other members of his Company. It is stated that a number of colored men were at the home of Mrs. Bogan and that some of them were drinking quite freely and a row soon broke out, among the colored revelers and Robbie Kimball was pretty badly beaten up. A long deep gash was cut across his head and his jaw was almost broken and he was beaten into insensibility, so Kimball claims. Kimball is said to be a pretty hard case and was but recently released from the county jail to join his company, where he was held on a charge of cutting a woman with a knife. Dr. C. E. Trovillion was called and sewed up the wound on Kimball's head and he is said to be getting along alright. —Journal Republican. MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHVRGE Friday morning Jessie Shelton a colored man of this city was tried before Judge Smith charged with assaulting Bertha Dixon, a 15 year old colored girl. The assault was made, it is said while Shelton was drunk. He was held under $1,000 bond which he failed to give, and was placed in jail to await the action of the grand jury. Shelton lived in Joppa but has been making Metropolis his home for some time — Journal. ARRESTED AS SUSPECTS Sunday night Chief of Police Prannon and Sheriff Shirk arrested two colored men in the east part of the city who were suspected to have been implicated in the murder of an officer at Paducah, Saturday They were searched by the officers and a big gun was found on one of them, Burton Cups, and he was fined $25.00 and the usual trimmings by Judge Smith Monday. While it was found that the men who were arrested were not connected with the murder of the Paducah officer their actions were enough to excite the suspicion of the officers here and had they been the right men the officers here would not only have done a good act by arresting them but would have pulled in a $100.00 reward that would have fallen their way as a result of the arrest. Culp, who was fined on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon on Monday failed to remit the amount of his fine and was locked up. What made the matter all the more suspicious was the fact that the two colored men had walked into the city from Brookport, as they stated later, and when discovered they seemed to be in a great deal of a hurry and tried to avoid being seen by anyone, together with other queer actions caused them to get arrested as suspects.—Journal. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Executive Board of the General Baptist State Association will meet with the Mt. Moriah Baptist church, Cairo, Aug. 18, to transact business of importance Your attendance is requested. Dr. J. F. Thomas, Chicag o Moderator. J. B. McGary, Cor. Sec. Metropolis, Ill. NOTICE To the auxiliaries of the W. E. & M. Convention of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association. Greetings: You are called to meet with said association at Siloam Baptist church, Unionville, Ill.' on Friday before the fourth Sunday in Sept. 1917. Each auxiliary is expected to send a delegate to this meeting. Dear sisters the time is near and let us send something for Educational Building fund. My dears the 2nd Bapt. Church of Centralia, has held the district banner for some time let the local auxiliaries get busy and see if we cant raise the financial standard by sending up some money for the building fund and the locals sending in the largest amount of money for that purpose will receive the banner. We ask the pastors of the different churches to encourage the work, for with their encouragement we feel that the work will be a success. All moneys over expenses have been ordered to be paid to treasurer of the Livingston Building Fund. Attend this meeting. UNITY, ILL. Dear Editor: Please allow me space in your paper to say a few words concerning the B. Y. P. U. of the Mt. Olive Baptist District Association. To introduce and adopt new ideas and methods and raise the standards of the B. Y. P. U. Our services has been revised so as to maintain the very high standard. The Union is the the teaching service of the church and has as much justification for its place in in the church as the preaching service every church should have one. The Union of Mt. Zion church is progressing rapidly and has a large number of member The B. Y. P. U. had an interesting program Sunday evening. The members of the Union take great delight in the work, we also hope to do more this year than we did the last. We have Mr. Roy Vaughn, as president, he is a young man and takes great interest in the work. Mr. Editor: We are truly glad to say thru your paper that our church and Sunday School is moving along nicely under the leadership of the efficient Supt. M. C Wrice, by whom said church was opened at 9:30 a. m. with a good attendance, much interest was manifest ed. At 11:25 a. m. Rev, P. B. French having ascended the pulpit selected for his text, Jeremiah 12:7, from this he preached a strong gospel sermon. The B. Y. P. U. met at 5:00 p. m. with a large attendance under the supervision of Miss Amanda Haynes. 7:30 Our pastor again ascended the rostrum and read John 1:3 after which he introduced Bev D. G. Hutson. The said Rev, selected Rev. 3:4 from that he preached a stirring sermon. The Caination Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Randall's this week. The Golden Leaf will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Birdie Terry. The Sewing Circle will meet at the home of Mrs. Anna Owens. Mrs. Lillie Smith of St. Louis Mo. is in the city visiting her parents. Mr. Daniel Lafford is very sick at this writing, we hope a speedy recovery. Mr. Noah Carter is not any better yet. Mr. Lewis Ekron, returned to his home in Humbolt, Tenn after visiting his daughter Mrs. An a Nance. Rev. P. B. French will meet the Executive Board of the General Baptist State Association which convenes in Cairo, Aug. 18th with Mt. Moriah church. The S. S. has delegated Miss Rachel Smith to meet the S. S Teacher's Institute of the Mount Olive S. S. Convention which convenes in DuQuoin Aug 17-20 Messrs E. C. Wortham and W. H. Nance are improving this week. J J. Taylor CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank all for their kindness during the illness and death of our beloved dauguter and sister, also we desire to thank those who brought floral designs, and 1st Baptist choir for service rendered. Columbus and Elizabeth Lassiter, Parents. OBITUARY. Martha Hodge was born at Shady Grove, Massac County Ill. July 16, 1895, died Aug. 9, '17. Age 25 years 23 days. She moved from Shady Grove with her grand parents to Brookport Ill. in 1899, and resided there until death called her from labor to reward. She professed a hope in Christ in March 1908, was baptized by Rev. W. P. Washington on the 15th day of March 1908, and joined St. Paul church, which is now changed to Unity Baptist church. She was very active in the S. S. and church work always willing to do what she could in the pushing forwrad of the Master's cause. The last talk she made she said she knew she was truly converted, and she was praying. She was loved by all who knew her the parents a loving daughter, the church a faithful member. She leaves a father mother, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Our loss is Heaven's gain, Farewell dear sister, thou has left us, we will hear thy loving voice no more, may we with the faithful hearted, meet beyond the parting shore. OBITUARY. Miss. Ollie Lassiter, was born near Metropolls, Dec. 26, 1861, died Aug. 11th 1617. Age 25 years and 8 months. She leaves to mourn their loss a father, mother, 3 brothers, 2 sisters. 4 nieces and friends. She asked her sister, would Mrs. Morris and her mother-in-law pray for her? They did. She then sat up and caught her sister's hand, and told her that she and her husband had done all in their power to save her, but she was going to leave them. She also said I have two children in Heaven and I want to meet them, she told all in the house good bye. The funeral was attended by Rev. J. B. McCrary at two thirty Sunday at the home of Mrs. Josie Clark's her sister, in the pres ende of a large audience, after which the remains were deposited in the Kidd's Cemetery to await the Resurrection. Perce to her ashes. We are in sympathy with parents and relatives. The only way to get the genuine New Home Sewing Machine is to buy the machine with the name NEW HOME on the arm and in the legs. This machine is warranted for all time. No other like it No other as good The New Home Sewing Machine Company. ORANGE, MASS. Let the committee get the programs of Mt. Olive Association ready for distribution to the several churches at once. We hope the corresponding secretary, Rev. J. H. Starks, will get the church letter blanks to the churches in due time so as the churches may be enabled to make an intelligent report at the association. NOTICE. Rev, W. D. Simms, of Newburg, Ind. who was elected one of the District Missionaries of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association at their last session which convened in Colps, but who for several months was unable to tour the district on account of sickness is now ready to take up the responsibilities of a missionary. He arrived in this city Wednesday Eve, and will preach at the 1st Baptist church Thursday night. He intends to visit all the surrounding churches before the coming Association which convenes in Unionville with the Siloam Baptist church. Every church in the District that receives the services of the said Rev. Simms is requested to do their full duty as the Rev. is much ih need of aid having been indisposed since our last coming to-gethert The Gazette has just received another lot of new type faces and other material which adds much to the output of the work of the office. We deserve your patronage. We have a full line of cards, Letter Heads, Envelopes and other material. Let us do some of your work. Let us do your minute work and any other church advertisements. All Weather Good. Sunshine is delicious, 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. Subscribe For The Gazette. Alfonso of Spain, Postman of Europe He transformed an Entire Floor of His Palace In Madrid Into a Postoffice and Bureau of Inquiry In an Endeavor to Reunite Soldiers and Their Families. If you were king would you have done what Alfonso XIII, of Spain did? Undoubtedly you would. However, this is what has caused soldiers and their sweethearts to lavish praises upon him and the reunited "missing" to offer prayers for his well being: Soon after the war started his majesty turned over an entire floor of the royal palace at Madrid for use as a bureau for the handling of mail, pleas and inquiries of all descriptions, coming alike from the lowest peasant and the lady of royal lineage. There has been an average of 50,000 pleas daily pouring into this great bureau of relief. Needless to say, this gigantic work of mercy has cost a fortune, but Alfonso counts it. he says, but a small contribution—a part of what should be his share in lifting the heavy burden of sorrow and suffering from the shoulders of the women. "Alfonso XIII, Messenger of Hope and Knight of the Tender Heart"—such is the new title which has been conferred by the women of Europe upon him, for the young monarch, clad in the armor of his country's neutrality, bore at his lance head the colors of love, rode into the lists of war to do battle, not with any of the nations at strife, but with that ominous word "missing," which follows the names of so many soldiers in reports at the war offices. Sometimes it has been that an unidentified body lay in a nameless grave; sometimes that a wounded man lay unconscious in the enemy's country; sometimes that the soldier was safely, though perhaps not happily, lodged in a faraway prison camp. But, whichever of these things has happened, all the wealth, the power and the diplomacy of Spain, to say nothing of the Hapsburg will of her king, were brought into play to lift the veil of mystery and send home to the waiting wife, sweetheart or mother the news of the loved one. From the greatest lady of high rank and vast wealth to the lowest peasant who must get the village priest to write for her—mistress or maid, duchess or shopgirl—each has called upon Alfonso for aid, sure of his personal interest and help. Fifty thousand such pleas have poured in daily to the royal palace at Madrid. Here are sorted out the letters from French countesses or little milliners, from English shop girls and British gentiewomen, from Russians and the tragic Belgians, and these are then read by specially engaged secretaries familiar with the various languages, who list them with the facts. Alfonso was not satisfied with this and read as many of the letters as possible himself and, what is more, insisted that every letter be answered, that the woman who wrote may know that the king enlisted all his powers in her service. Every Spanish ambassador in the various capitals of Europe was instructed to keep, as fully as the government would let him, the lists of wounded men and prisoners, and the instant that the king received through them or through his many private agents working along the battle front news of any man he has been asked to find he at once telegraphed to the waiting wife, then sent the fuller details by wire. The young king grieved personally when bad news had to be sent of some missing husband and father, and as often as possible he himself has written the tactful letter that tells of a brave death in the forefront of battle or in the trenches. To find the beginning of all this, however, one must go back not merely to the start of the war, but to the days when Paris was the gayest city in the world and Alfonso was still a slender lad who spent happy holidays in the French capital. He was the idol of France as well as of Spain, and tales of his chivalry, of his daring and his youthful braggadocio were always on the lips of the French people and are still, told like fairy tales to the children. On his part, Alfonso considered the French capital the most wonderful playground in the world and was as familiar with it as with his own beautiful Madrid. The Adventure In Paris. His friends there included all classes, and among those he met on one visit in particular was a shy and pretty little Parisienne just out of the convent, who was greatly awed at being introduced to royalty. His majesty, seeing her shyness, put himself out to be kind and to help her enjoy what was, as it turned out, her first party. As a result, the Spanish king reigned in her mind in all the years that followed as a dark haired Sir Galahad, and when war came and her husband's name was on the tragic list of the galant men who were "missing" it was to the king of Spain she turned, feeling that his power and his chivalry must bring her some word of the missing man. Her own government was unable to help her, and her plea to the German government failed to reach the proper officials, but her letter to Alfonso reached him without delay. "Site," she wrote, "a desolate lady asks your protection and help. Spain is the land of chivalry, and your maj- Alfonso XIII. esty is the greatest hildalo of Castile, and I feel certain you will hear me." Then with a pathos that was entirely unconscious she told of her own futile efforts to learn of her husband's whereabouts, adding sadly that she had given her husband gladly for the service of his country; that with all women she was content to suffer his loss if God decreed it so, but the uncertainty of the word "missing" was too horrible to bear. "If I could only know," she wrote, the letter blistered with her tears, "where he is and that he is not suffering and dying alone in some forgotten corner I could be patient, and so I am appealing to your majesty to ask if you can help me." She recalled to him his long forgotten kindliness to the little schoolgirl, but it was her closing words, telling of how many, many other girls and women waited and longed and prayed for the news that did not come, that went most polganity to the heart of the king. "That shall be my part hereafter—to get the news for them," he is said to have cried out after reading the letter, and at once messages were dispatched to the Spanish ambassador in Berlin saying that his majesty Alfonso XIII desired news of the missing young French officer. Within a week the man had been located safe and well in the prison camp near Leizig, and a telegram carried the glad tidings first to Madrid and then, with his majesty's own name signed to it, to Paris. In her joy and gratitude the little Parisienne told all her friends, and they, half timidly, half hopefully, followed her example and sent their pleas to the king, asking for news of loved ones who were missing. The prompt replies from the palace of Madrid and later the reports—sometimes sad, sometimes happy—which came as a result of SPEED OF A MOTORCAR. Fast Running, Besides the Danger, Piles Up the Cost. "The driver who persists in operating his motorcar at high speed may elude constables and police," says a writer in the Farm and Fireside, "but he cannot escape from the penalties which natural mechanical laws levy upon his car. Here are ten reasons why it is expensive, dangerous and inconsiderate of others to speed: "Tires last about twice as long on a car that is driven at fifteen miles an hour as upon cars driven at thirty miles an hour. Speeding generates heat, which is an enemy to rubber. "Driving a car around a sharp corner at twenty-five miles an hour does more damage to the tires than 200 miles of straight road work. Excessive side pressure on tires may pinch the tubes, and it always strains the side walls of the casings. "High speeds are likely to cause skidding and breakage of springs and steering gear, any of which are dangerous when speeding. "In proportion to the mileage obtained, high speeds require more gasoline and oil than a moderate rate of traveling. "Driving a car at excessive speed, especially over rough roads, subjects the bearings to enormous strains." "High speed may cause crystallization of rapidly moving metal parts that are subject to strain, and these may break at any time without warning. "High speed interferes with the accuracy of steering, as is shown by the number of reckless drivers who have gone over banks and into ditches, especially on curves. "It is a strain on the eyes and the nerves of the driver and also of the other passengers in the car. "Finally it is a menace to the pleasure and safety of others who use the road. "The majority of modern motorcars develop their maximum efficiency with lowest expense at speeds ranging from fifteen to twenty-five miles an hour, depending on the make of car and condition of the road." Constituents of Soot. Soot consists chiefly of carbon, tar and mineral matter, with smaller proportions of sulphur and nitrogenous compounds, and frequently has an acid reaction. The proportion of the various constituents varies greatly with different factors, such as the nature of the coal, the completeness of combustion and the distance from the fire at which the soot was deposited. his majesty's inquiries spread the news not only through Paris, but through all France and even to other countries at war. And first dozens, then hundreds, then thousands of letters came pouring into Spain asking for news or including tender messages to be delivered to some soldier, each one telling its own little story of the bravery and suffering of the women sitting at home waiting and praying for word from the front. The king was, however, ready for all these pleas, some couched in the smooth diction of the upper classes, some in the illiterate incoherency of the very poor, since he had organized his "postoffice staff" to receive and read them, and no letter went unacknowledged. His Majesty's First Intention. At first it was his majesty's intention simply to locate the missing soldiers of France and Russia, and for some weeks it was only to the soldiers of these countries that Spain forwarded tender letters and messages, but so many pleas came from Great Britain that Alfonso enlisted the services of United States Ambassador Gerard, then in Berlin, in his work, and thus Spain and America, once at war, were united in a great work of mercy. The Spanish king took care, too, that Ambassador Gerard got the credit for his part in the work, as is shown by the letter received by the wife of one of the English soldiers, then a prisoner in Germany. This letter, sent by his majesty's personal secretary, says in part: "Although his majesty's embassy in Berlin is charged only with the interests of France and Russia, his majesty, being desirous nevertheless of demonstrating his interest in British subjects, has graciously acceded to your request and has communicated with the Spanish ambassador in Berlin, commanding him to communicate with Great Britain's representative there—the United States ambassador—in order that the necessary investigation may be made. His majesty earnestly hopes that these inquiries may be the means of procuring satisfactory information for you." The news was indeed "satisfactory" when it came, for it told that the missing man was safe and well, interned with many other English prisoners and somewhat tired of "war bread," but hopeful and not in the least danger. This message of good cheer Ambassador Gerard passed on to the Spanish ambassador, who forwarded it to Madrid, from whence it sped back to England, carrying relief and joy to the sorrowing wife. Equal care was taken in locating the "missing" son of a British charwoman, who was among the wounded after one of the great battles, while in scores of little French villages and the desolated towns of Belgium women are hugging to their hearts letters bearing the royal seal of Spain, which promise help or carry the news of loved ones who marched away so many months ago to brave death for their country. RUNNING AND BREATHING. Why the Exertion Makes the Lungs Gasp For More Air. It is hard to breathe after running awhile, because your body requires more blood in circulation. The efforts of your heart, brain and lungs make breathing difficult. We breathe to take air into the lungs, where the blood which has once been through the arteries and comes back on its return trip to the heart is exposed to the air in the lungs before going back into the heart. The air which we take into our lungs purifies the once used blood and makes it into good blood again. When you run the heart pumps blood into your arteries fasten to enable you to run, we are told by the Book of Wonders. Thus also the arteries' send much more blood back to the heart through the veins, and this must be purified by the lungs before going back into the heart. To attend to purifying this extra amount of spoiled blood the lungs need more air, and thus you are made to breathe in more air for the purpose. Unless you are in good training—your wind in good condition, as we say—it is almost impossible for you to supply the lungs with enough air for the purpose, but whether you can do it or not the lungs call upon you for more air and cause you to try to get it, and that is what makes you get out of breath. Iron and Steel Made Rust Proof If iron is placed in a weak solution of phosphoric acid a coat of insoluble ferrous phosphate is formed on it, which an oxidizing agent makes black and basic. If there is more acid phosphate, salts of calcium, magnesium, barium or other alkali earth metal in solution it will react much less violently than when free phosphoric acid is present. By using hydrated manganic oxide and air as oxidizing agents in the presence of this acid phosphate a layer of black ferroso ferric phosphate is formed of suitable thickness, rendering the metal rust proof.-Popular Science Monthly. Churchyard Yew Trees. One reason given why very old pew trees are so often found in country churchyards is that originally these trees were planted to supply the peasants with wood for their bows, for in lawless times it was soon discovered that the only place where trees would be safe from nightly marauders was the churchyard, where the most hardened thief dared not venture between darkness and dawn—London Mall. Food For the Farmer's Brain ************************************************************ FARM. AND GARDEN. Use the poultry droppings where they will do the most good. Celery, onions, lettuce and cabbage are especially benefited by applications of poultry manure. The beet plant is easily transplanted, especially when the ground is moist and the weather cool and cloudy. An excellent plan is to use the surplus plants where the rows are thinned. Golden Bantam sweet corn is at the top of the list for quality, but it will not yield so large a crop as Country Gentleman and Stowell Evergreen. These later varieties should be selected for drying. Don't grow small grains in the orchard. This for the reason that they grow and require much food and moisture at the same time the trees are growing—namely, in early summer. Field beans, where they can be grown, are excellent orchard crops and are not subject to the objection sometimes raised against corn, that it shades the young trees. SAFEGUARD HAY CROP Alfalfa and Clover Should Not Be Stacked on Old Stack Bottoms. Clean the haymow and burn the old stack bottoms as a safeguard against damage to the new alfalfa crop by the clover or alfalfa hay worm, is the suggestion given by George A. Dean, professor of entomology in the Kansas State Agricultural college. Clover hay worms destroy many tons of alfalfa each year. The work of these pests is often mistaken for a mold. These insects have increased in numbers in Kansas due to the extensive growing of alfalfa. They are found in almost all parts of the United States where alfalfa, clover or timothy is grown. The worms or larvae usually are noticed near the bottom of the stack, but in two-year-old hay they may be all through the stack. The larvae are active and of a whitish to brown color, with the heads more or less reddish. They spin silken webs in the hay and sometimes suspend themselves by a thread. The worms work in the hay during the fall, winter and early spring. In the late spring they pupate and spin a thin silken cocoon about themselves. This insect is always more abundant where new hay is stacked on old bottoms or in mows where old hay is allowed to recumbate from year to year. The moths are often noticed resting on the walls within barns where alfalfa and clover have been stored. The methods of control are preventive ones. Never stack alfalfa or clover on old bottoms or tops of stacks. Old bottoms should be burned and mows should be thoroughly cleaned before new hay is stored. The only safe plan to follow is never to put new hay on the top of old hay. Sheep on the Farm. Sheep are good farm help. They will range a farm from early spring until late fall, feeding off weeds and growths that other stock will not touch. A small flock will mow the orchard and keep down the weeds about windbreaks, fences and buildings. All of this is simply incidental "velvet," as the wool clip pays for the flock's keep. The mutton return is the main source of profit. Besides, the high value of farm land, which compels farmers to fence their acres for hogs and other stock, lightens the added expense for keeping sheep. This year with wool at 10 and 15 cents a pound above normal prices and mutton higher than it has ever been. any farmer is assured handsome returns if he gives his flock reasonable care. Green Feed For Chickens. Chickens confined to small yards should always be supplied with green feed, such as lettuce, sprouted oats, alfalfa or clover, but the best place to raise chickens successfully is on a good range, where no extra green feed is required. Where the chickens are kept in small bare yards, fine charcoal, grit and oyster shell should be kept before the chickens all of the time, and cracked or ground bone may be fed. The bone is not necessary for chickens that have a good range. Contagious Diseases Among Plants All the fungous diseases of plants, such as mildew, seab, blight, rust, rot, etc., are contagious. The contagion is carried from year to year in the diseased part, be it leaf, fruit or branch. The presence of any of this diseased material in the orchard or vineyard increases the chance of the appearance and spread of the disease another year. Nothing is so destructive to the fungous spores as fire, and all affected plants or parts of plants should be cut out and burned. Dairy Stable Floors. Only concrete floors should be permitted in a dairy barn. They cost more, perhaps, originally, but they are the cheapest in the long run. For one thing, they make it possible to save some of the liquid manure, a very valuable item. IMPROVING WOOD LOTS. Rundown Forests May Be Put In Good Condition by Underplanting. Rundown wood lots can be put into good condition again by an improvement cutting, followed by underplanting with useful species. The purpose of such a cutting is to remove all trees of bad form, of undesirable kind and those in defective condition. This may open up the stand very considerably, especially where the lot has been neglected for a long time, and it will be good forestry to underplant with some useful kind of tree when such trees of valuable kinds are lacking. Nursery grown white pines which have previously had one transplanting make a good tree for such underplanting. In addition, along exposed borders a belt of four rows of Norway spruce may well be set to form a protective mantle to shut out drying winds. An improvement cutting which followed this method was completed this winter on one of the Cornell (New York) university wood lots under conditions which seem to indicate that it is practicable near any fair sized town. Where there is a market for lumber and fuel the wood removed by the improvement cutting may be sold to good advantage. Under such a plan a new forest wholly of useful trees can be had by the underplanting. After eight or ten years the remaining trees of the old stand can be removed. Because of the larger growing room and greater supply of light which they will receive they will have made a rapid increase in girth during the period. On steep slopes the underplanting will tend to hold the soil in place and to prevent washouts on the hillsides. SHEEP INJURE TREES Animals Should Not Be Pastured In Small Orchards. "Don't pasture the sheep in the orchard unless you have such large areas to feed over that no damage will be done to the trees," is the advice of Albert Dickens, professor of horticulture in the Kansas State Agricultural college. Sheep are good feeders and will clean up a weedy orchard or any other patch of brush land in a short time, but the great danger comes in feeding sheep in a small orchard. Too many men believe that they can pasture any number of sheep in a small orchard without injury. The animals, however, will eat off the leaves, limiting the fruit buds for the next year, and will tramp the ground, destroying tilth of the soil and slowing up growth and productiveness of the trees. Some men have had success with feeding sheep in their orchards, but their conditions are different, as they have large orchards of 500 acres or more. The danger of injury to the trees is thus considerably lessened by the large areas which the sheep have to feed over. The best plan is to keep the sheep, out of the orchard and let them clean up other weedy places of the farm. Pruning Necessary Pruning is a necessary part of orchard practice, says C. W. Rapp of the Oklahoma Agricultural College of Horticulture. An unpruned tree is much like an untrained horse—both can work and will work well if properly trained. It is true that an untrained tree will produce some fruit, but it will not do its best. Much of the energy that should be directed toward fruit production will be used to produce useless wood. The tree will grow excessively and will often become misshaped. Proper pruning—the removal of dead, dying, diseased and excessive wood—together with the proper shaping of the tree, is an essential part of successful orchard practice. Such treatment must be followed if the orchard is expected to produce fruit as it should. When to Harvest Beans Harvest beans when at least three-quarters of the leaves are ripe and when there is the least danger of rainy weather. Use a bean harvester or pull by hand. Allow the vines to dry at least two or three days in the field, and turn them occasionally to prevent spoiling. Keep Down Insect Pests. Extra precautions should be taken in early summer to keep the young chickens free from lice and disease, both of which cause thousands to die every year. ******* POULTRY PICKINGS. During the period of high egg production many eggs are cracked, broken and lost because ample nest room is not available. Give chickens plenty of ventilation at night. Give them enough floor space in their hovers. Don't force them to stay in small quarters. Put in fresh nesting material often and insure clean eggs. Gather the eggs at least once daily. Keep them in a cool, dry place. Eggs absorb odors very rapidly. Keep them away from decaying vegetables, onlons, kerosene or other strongly odorous things. Market the eggs regularly, two or three times a week if possible. Covington Batting .428. In the Southern association Covington of Little Rock is the leading batsman, with 428. He also leads in home runs with 3. Knapp, New Orleans, is out in front among the sacrifice hitters with 12, and with Edmondson, also of New Orleans, leads in stolen bases with 6. E. Miller of New Orleans is leading in runs scored with 22. Chattanooga tops the clubs in hitting with 279. The leading batters are: Covington, Little Rock, .428; Pitler, Chattanooga, .410; Manning, Little Rock, .368; Baker, New Orleans, .367; Hyatt, Chattanooga, .362; Edmondson, New Orleans, .347; Mayer, Atlanta, .347; Smith, Birmingham, .333; Munch, Atlanta, .329; Kennedy, Little Rock, .320. Throws Greatest Curve. Andy Coakley, the old Athletic pitcher, likes to sit in the press stand of the Polo grounds, New York, right in back of the catcher. Coakley occupied his favorite point of observation at a recent Giant-Cub clash. He was particularly interested BROOKLYN Photo by American Press Association. in the hooks and curves of Ferdinand Schupp, the Giant pitching pride. "That fellow," said Andy, "is some pitcher. I don't see how any one bats against him effectively. He has the best curve ball I ever looked at, and I've looked at a few in my time. "The most remarkable thing about it is his control of it. He sweeps it over the outer edge, high or low, or on the inside with as great ease as Matty used to do. I never saw a southpaw pitch that way. The more stuff they have' the wilder they usually are. Schupp has wonderful poise. He never lets the batter work him. He keeps the upper hand all the time." Change For Speelman. Jacob Speelman, director of athletes at Lawrence college, Appleton, Wis., has been named as the new assistant professor of physical training and varsity football and basket ball coach for Oberlin by Athletic Director C. W. Savage. With the exception of Paul Des Jardien of the last football season, Speelman is the first graduate coach for Oberlin since the time of Harvey Sulder. Speelman was a four year football, basketball and wrestling star at the University of Missouri, where he was all conference end in football and captain in his senior year. Speelman's appointment must be ratified by the college trustees, but there is little doubt that the action will be favorable. Former Yale Star Lieutenant John Reed Kilpatrick, famous as one of Yale's greatest football players, has received a lieutenant's commission in the officers' reserve corps and is eager for active service. Kilpatrick was an end on three Yale varsity elevenes and was the man who brought victory to Fred Daly's team over Princeton in 1910 by scoring a touchdown on a spectacular forward pass after Princeton had kicked a goal from field that apparently had won the game. Champion Runner Enlists Andy Ward, holder of several A. A. U, track championships and a member of the team which competed in the Scandinavian games in Europe, is going to make another trip across the ocean. Ward has enlisted in the regular army as a private. Golf Champions Healthy. It is a notable fact that forty-two of the forty-four national amateur and national open golf champions of this country, who won their titles since the tourneys were started in 1895, are still hale and hearty. WOMEN'S FASHIONS and THE HOME THE LADY OF THE ROOM WHITE net trimmed with flower clusters of colored beads makes a charming summer frock for formal occasions. The wide brimmed hat of horsehair takes a facing of blue georgette crape wreathed with large daisies and their foliage. Please note the brim's line. WHITE net trimmed with flower clusters of colored beads makes a charming summer frock for formal occasions. The wide brimmed hat of horsehair takes a facing of blue georgette crape wreathed with large daisies and their foliage. Please note the brim's line. CORN SUBSTITUTES FOR WHOLE WHEAT FOODS As a substitute for wheat breakfast foods try white or yellow cornmeal or miny grits served with cream and butter, sirup or fresh or dried Calro Sister W Sister W is a substitute for wheat biscuits, rots or toast the housewife can employ a dozen different forms of corn bread, such as hocake, dodgers, soft or spoon corn bread, hominy bread, cornmeal and rye Boston brown bread, Zunf Indian bread, etc. Fried cornmeal mush, fried hominy or cornmeal pancakes made with very little wheat flour will be found a pleasing variation from wheat cakes. Cornmeal codfish cakes, cornmeal scrapple, cornmeal coquettes, cornmeal or hominy cooked with meat, fish, cheese, eggs or milk will supply nourishing dishes for the hearty courses. Hominy grits and coarse hominy (sometimes called samp) may be boiled and used like macaroni or other wheat pastes to serve as side dishes with meat. For dessert Indian pudding, cornmeal and fig or apple pudding, apple dumplings, cornmeat doughnuts, gingerbread, cake, fruit gems, etc., will contribute variety as well as nourishment to the bill of fare. The housewife who wishes to substitute corn for some but not all of the wheat flour can make excellent raised or light bread, pancakes, waffles, muffins, rolls, graham flour Indian bread, etc. "MONARCH OF ALL HE SURVEYS." New York World --- FLOWER FADS. The Snapdragon Is Coming Into Fashion Just Now. Fashions change even in flowers. There was a time when the fuchsia was all the rage. Then the dahlia had a time of immense popularity, and hundreds of new varieties were on the market. Then came the turn of the chrysanthemum, but as it needed a house and a lot of attention it was soon left to the specialist, like the orchid. Then came the great sweet pea boom. Anybody who had a garden at all filled it with sweet peas, and new varieties were called after every imaginable person of note on earth. Now there is a new star—the snappadragon. People used rather to despise this flower. But, lo, the expert has taken notice of it, and it has suddenly become the rage. If the seed pods are nipped off they put out new shoots, which bear flowers until one imagines they are, like Tennyson's brook, going "on forever." Fitting Candles to Candlesticks. Those of us who use candles have found often they are too large for the candlesticks. Instead of shaving off the surplus wax, plunge them for a moment in boiling water. The candle is then in condition to be pressed into the stick, it fits, and there is no waste of precious material. Lettuce and Egg Salad. Cut with kitchen scissors white lettuce leaves into crisp ribbons. Place the cold boiled egg cut in pond lily fashion in a, nest of the lettuce and heap with mayonnaise. SOMETHING for the BOYS and GIRLS AVOID WASTE. Little Economies In Kitchen Pointed Out In Brief Warnings. The housewife must remember that when trying to save the little things one usually discards there must be system. Have a definite place for bits and look them over constantly. Beware also these little wastes, as they mount up into many dollars: Dried fruits left unprotected to grow wormy. Good sheets used for the ironing table. Flatirons wiped on the ironing sheet instead of cloth or paper. Napkins used for dish towels and dish towels for holders. Soap left to waste in dishwater. Soap left to waste in diswater. Soup set away covered while hot to sour. Meps and brooms not hung up and carpet brooms used to scrub with. Tin dishes or wash boilers set away wet to rust. Wooden pails and washtubs left dry to fall apart. Real kitchen preparedness means looking after every little leak. Don't Frazzle Baby. There are cross babies and happy babies, placed babies and nervous babies, ugly babies and smiling babies. The only difference between a baby with a mean disposition and the grown up person with a mean disposition is that the baby usually has a cause for his meanness which may be remedied. Although a cross baby is not always a sick baby, something is certainly wrong if a baby cries much of the time. Now and then there may be a baby that is cross because it does not receive too much attention. Nothing makes a baby more peevish than to be trotted around all day for the amusement of the family and part of the night for his own amusement. A baby tires very easily and, like his older relatives, he is usually cross when he is tired. Garden Aprons as Gifts. Apropos of gifts, a farseeing little woman has made up several fascinating garden aprons to give to friends who work in their garden plots. Some are of washable awning stripe, others of a heavy smocked chambery. The most serviceable of the lot are those of rubberized drill in a charming corn color. This material is not at all heavy and may be washed off with a sponge. She also has made several small aprons of the same material to be used as play aprons for children. A GAME OF WORDS. "Three Lives" Can Be Played by Any - Number of Persons. Three lives is a word game played by any number of persons. The first player thinks of a word and gives its first letter. The second thinks of one beginning with that letter and gives the second letter. The third thinks of one beginning with these two letters and gives the third. This goes on till some one is unable to think of a word beginning with all the letters given or till some one's letter finishes a word of four or more letters. In either of these cases the player is said to "lose a life," and the one next in order begins a new word. When any one has lost three lives he drops out of the game, and the victor is he who remains in at the last. Thus suppose the first player thinks of "house" and says "H." The second thinks of "happy" and says "A." The third thinks of "harness" and says "R." The fourth thinks of "harpy," but cannot say "P," because that completes the word "harp," so he thinks of "Harlem" and says "L." The fifth is unable to think of any word beginning with "harl," and so loses a life. When only two or three are left in the game it becomes more exciting, each one trying to give the word such a turn that the next will either not be able to go on with it or will be forced to complete it. When a player cannot go on and has thus lost a life he may require from any one before him to tell what his word was; otherwise a player might merely add a letter without thinking of any word at all. The Bargain Counter. This is a good test of memory as well as observation. The bargain counter may be a table in the middle of the room. On the counter place a number of articles—toys, books, vases, any small objects at hand. One child is chosen to take charge of the shop and a second one, after carefully looking over the collection to notice and remember every article, leaves the room. While he is absent a third person selects and hides one of the pieces. When the second child is called in he must try at one guess to say which of the articles was sold in his absence. If he guesses correctly he may be the next shopman. The Hermit Crab. The hermit crab likes to live in a little pool left by the tide on a rocky or shelving shore. With the slightest alarm the little creature retires into the shell and guards the opening of it with one claw, which is much larger than the other, the hard points of the feet also projecting a little. This crab can hold on to its shell so firmly that, though it may be pulled to pieces, it cannot be pulled out. The Sunday School Lesson Give the Feathered Tribe a Chance Text of the lesson, II Chron. xxxiv 14-33. Memory verse, 31. Golden Text, Ps. cxix, 16. The first verse of our lesson, with the marginal reading, might indicate that the book they found was an original copy by the hand of Moses, but it might have been another copy, according to Deut. xvii, 18, 19; II Kings xl, 12; Josh, l, 8. It is sufficient to know that it was the Book of the Law of the Lord, which, when it was read to the king, caused him to rend his clothes and send to Huldah, the prophetess, to inquire of the Lord, through her, what they should do (xix, 22). This was in the eighteenth year of his reign (xxiv, 8; xxxy, 19, and Jeremiah began to prophesy when thirteen. Therefore why send to Huldah instead of to Jeremiah? Perhaps because Huldah was there in Jerusalem and Jeremiah was probably at Anathoth (II Kings xxii, 14; Jer, l, 1). It is interesting to notice in this connection the honor placed upon such women as Huldah and Deborah and Hannah and others and to remember that Mary of Bethany knew the Lord better in many ways than any of the other women or even than Peter and John. Some women see¹ to have keener eyes and cars and a more open heart for God than most men. I often ask God to give me guidance through my dear wife, who walks so humbly with Him; then all goes well, Huldah had a good message for Josiah, because of his humility and tender heart, when he heard the words of the Lord, for, although God is the high and lofty one who inhabiteth eternity, whose name is holy. He has regard to the contrite and humble spirit that trembles at His word (lsa, lvii, 15, lxvi, 2). Josiah called together all the people of Jerusalem, priests and Levites, and all the inhabitants, great and small, and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord, and he promised with all his heart and with all his soul to perform the words of the covenant and caused all present to stand to it. And all the days of Josiah they departed not from following the Lord God of their fathers (verses 26-33). The expression "with all his heart and with all his soul" (verse 31) reminds me of the only thing that I ever remember reading that God says He will do assuredly with His whole heart and with His whole soul, and that is place Israel in their own land and rejoice over them to do them good (Jer, xxxii, 41). According to Luke xxii, 15, 16, 29, 30, this will be at the time of the final fulfillment of the Passover, for the Passover marked the birth of the nation, and the great fulfillment Take care of the little birds. Give them a helping hand and they will repay you a hundredfold by their songs as well as in the destruction of harmful insects. The vital factor in attracting birds is the food supply. This may be furnished either by providing artificial food, such as crumbs, suet, chopped nuts and the like, or by planting trees, shrubs and herbs which will produce fruits or seeds that the birds themselves may gather. Winter feeding is the most familiar phase of bird feeding, but there is no reason why birds should not be attracted throughout the year by a supply of food. For artificial feeding the biologists of the United States department of agriculture suggest the use of several devices. A food shelf may be placed against the side of the house near a window, or a food tray may be fixed to the top of a post. A wooden house, open on one side, mounted on a pivot and provided with vanes to keep the open side away from the wind, may also be used as a feeding place. Things to Know. It takes about three seconds for a message to go from one end of the Atlantic cable to the other. While an agriessian well was being sunk at the Savoy hotel, London, two fossilized oysters were discovered at a depth of 176 feet. For over 2,000 years the fashions for women in Japan remained unaltered, European costumes, however, have now been introduced, and their vogue is rapidly extending. Tree Puzzlers What is the coronologist's tree? Date. What tree is adapted to hold shirt waists? Box. What tree will keep you warm? Fir. What is the Egyptian plague tree? Locust. What is the tree we offer friends at meeting and parting? Palm. What Mother Said. will be when they shall have their regeneration, never to be broken up again (Matt. xix, 28; Acts iii, 21). It was in the year that the book of the law was found (xxxiv, 8; xxxv, 19), that Josiah caused to be kept the greatest Passover in the history of Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet (xxxv, 18; II Kings xxiii, 22). It was written of Hezekiah that there was no king before him or after him who trusted in the Lord, his God, as he did, but it is written of Josiah that there was no king either before or after him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might as he did (II Kings xviii, 5; xxiii, 15). Hezekiah excelled in one way and Josiah in another, but the Lord noted each fully. We are reminded of the way the saints are spoken of by Paul—some succored others, some laid down their own necks for Paul's sake, some were helpers, some labored and some labored much, some were in Christ before him (Rom, xvii—and thus it will be at the judgment seat of Christ, all service will be remembered and all manner of service and the special zeal of each one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor (I Cor. iii. 8). In connection with the passover always remember that it was the blood on the door that made the firstborn safe in that house, not the blood and something else, but God said, "When I see the blood I will pass over you" (Ex. xii. 13). It was to be a lamb without blemish, and Christ our passover is the Lamb without blemish and without spot (Ex. xii. 5; 1 Cor. v, 7; I Pet. 1, 19). The flesh of the lamb was to be roasted with fire and eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs (Ex. xii. 8), suggesting His sufferings and our fellowship with Him in sufferings, and as there was no leaven or evil in Him so we who are redeemed by His blood must put away all evil, as it is written, "Be ye holy, for I am holy." Eating the lamb did not add to nor increase their safety, but indicated fellowship, as He said, "He that eateth me shall live by me" (John vi. 57). If the firstborn, being under the blood that night, could not eat a bite of the lamb because of nervousness or for any other reason that did not at all affect their safety. Whether it was the house of an Israelite or an Egyptian on which the blood was there could be no death under that blood. The lamb was never too small for the household, but if the household was too little for the lamb they were to share it with their neighbors (Ex. xii. 4). And in the sight of God is not our neighbor any one with whom we can share the lamb, whether in foreign lands or on the same street with us? The Bird 9s Man's Friend; Protect It! Origin of Sirloin. The word sirloin came from the French "surloin," which means "beside the loin." The spelling was changed to sirloin as the result of a joke on the part of James L. of England. One evening he was feasting after a long day's hunt, when a sirloin of beef was placed before him. It was so delicious that, laying his sword across it, he knighted it, saying, "Not surloin, but Sir Loin." Always from that time this cut of meat has been known by its noble name of sirloin. Riddles. Why was Shakespeare a good broker? Because he furnished many stock quotations. Why does a hen fly over the fence? It can't go around it. What word is shorter when you add a syllable to it? Short. Why is a horse like the letter "O?" Because gue (g) makes it go. Why does a miller wear a white cap? To cover his head. What is the most dangerous kind of man? One who takes life cheerfully. ```markdown ``` My earliest recollections are of leaving home in the east and journeying to Colorado. We went part way by rail and the rest by stagecoach. Our home was on the stage road between Denver and Georgetown. My father was engaged in mining operations of one kind or another for ten or twelve years. My mother died at this time. A short distance from where we lived an old lady kept house for her son, who had prospered in having bought a mine which turned out to be very valuable. His name was Henry Ashurst. As a little girl I used to look up to him as something very far above me. When I was fourteen years old my father struck a vein of ore which promised to produce a fortune. I remember seeing certain holes that had been dug, but that was all I knew about the mine. My father died suddenly before his mine was developed enough to be sure of its value. Before passing away he asked Mrs. Ashurst to take care of me and appointed Henry Ashurst my guardian. I was then fifteen, and Henry was twenty-eight. By way of consoling me at the time of my father's death they told me that I was heiress to a large fortune in the mine my father had discovered. I was not consoled by the information. I was at an age where I could not appreciate the advantage of wealth. I only knew that I was alone in the world. At the same time I was fortunate in having a home with two such persons as Mrs. Ashurst and her son. They were both very kind to me, and I was assured that I was to remain with them always. I was still a child in feeling, and my bearing toward my foster father was that of a child. He had been my real father I could not have borne myself any differently toward him. I always kissed him good night before going to bed and on meeting him in the morning. He often went either to Denver or to Georgetown, and sometimes when he journeyed on horseback I went with him. I had my own horse. I went to school in the east, but not for long, being homesick for those who had taken the place of parents to me, and when I returned I don't know whether they or I were more delighted at our reunion. Nevertheless, there was a different feeling between Henry and me. While I was gone from home I had changed from a child to a woman. There were no more father and daughter kisses mornings and nights; no more sitting on his lap while he told me stories. Besides, when we went away from home together, Mrs. Ashurst went with us. It was not long after my return from school that I noticed anxiety on the faces of Henry and his mother. Something had gone wrong with them, but they did not tell me what it was. Nevertheless, I heard certain things that led me to believe that Henry had been investing the money he had made in certain properties that had turned out worthless, and he and his mother were impoverished. This information came to me about the time I reached my eighteenth birthday, which was the age when I could claim my property and release my guardian. One day Henry Ashurst called me into the library. He was sitting at a desk with papers spread out before him. He placed a chair for me beside him and began to tell me about my property. "I have now to give an account to you of my stewardship," he said. "I have been prudent in the management of your estate, preferring to lease rather than that it should be worked by the owner. There are fourteen different lessees, and they are at present paying royalties amounting to about $20,000. The expenses that you as owner incur are about $4,000, leaving you an income of $16,000." "And this is all mine; none of it yours?" "Certainly. Your father and I were good friends, although he was older than I. He relied on me to take care of the property for you and make it pay you." "Did he expect you to do this for nothing?" "There was no provision made in the will for compensation of guardian." "You were then well off, weren't you?" "And you have since met with financial losses?" "I have." "I can't manage this estate." I said. "I must have a husband to manage it for me." He winced at this and asked me if I had any one in view. I told him that I had. "There is a man whom I dearly love. I propose to turn over the management of my property to him at once. If I can win his love afterward well and good." He was evidently much disturbed at this, but pulled himself together and said that all was ready for the transfer, and I had only to name his successor. "I desire," I replied, "that you shall succeed yourself." He looked at me with a puzzled expression. I snuggled up against him as I had done when I was a little girl and looked what I did not say. He understood and folded me in his arms. "But"- he began. "No buts," I broke in. "What will the world say?" "The world has nothing to do with the matter." His mother was overjoyed when we announced what had occurred. Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. MCCRARY, MANAGER. J. B. McOBRARY, EDITOR FRIDAY AUG. 17, 1917. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. Address all communications to J. P.MOBRARY, 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. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year . $1.50 In Months . 75 Three Months . 40 Single Copy . 05 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. We are authorized to announce the name of C. W. Hauseman, as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Commissioner at the Primary Wednesday Sept. 12th. XELENTO Quinine Pomade Copyrighted JANIE HAND and MARGARET BERRY wrote us that they had hardly any hair, but after using kinetis to you can see the results on their pictures. Kinky Hair cannot be made straight. You have to have hair best it can be straightened. Now this EXELENTO QUININE POMADE is a Hair Grower which feeds the scalp and creases of the hair and makes kinky, nappy hair grow long, soft and silky. It cleans dandruff and stops Falling Hair at once. Price $25 by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. Write For Particulars at Ossas EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Allenton, Ga. NOTICE The Mt. Olive Baptist Association will convene with the Sioam Baptist church Unionville. Tuesday before the 4th Sunday in Sept. 1917 Let every pastor and church represent with a full representation and make this one of the best in the history of the organization. Come singing and praying as never before with one aim in view that of doing more efficient work for the Master. We ask that you bring money to represent every phase of our work. More next week. J. B. McCrary, Moderator Heavy Annual Rainfall The rainfall of a village among the hills of Assam, during the ten weeks from May 11 to July 9 this year, was 450 inches. The village is Cherrapunjil, the rainiest spot in Asia and presumably in the world. Its annual rainfall is something over 450 inches—say, fifteen times as much as London. Cherrapunjil stands on a plateau, overlooking the plain of Sylvan, and it is a 455 feet above sea level.—Westminster Gazette. Invention of Cut Glass Pressed glass was invented by an humble carpenter of Sandwich, Mass., but in the primitive state of affairs it profited him little. More than 200 years ago a Rohoman glassmaker conceived the idea of making cut glass. This idea was destined to revolutionize the entire glass industry of the world. The inventor began by making the walls of the article on which he was working thicker than he was wont so that he might cut the glass with a sharp knife into figures as the ghoe. ```markdown ``` $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 ooly positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's catarrh is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & cO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggista, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Fried Fish every day at the Grand Leader Cafe. Mrs. Lena Phillips has returned from St. Louis Mo. where she went to visit her sister. Mrs Myrtle Thomas of East St. Louis is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hughs Mr and Mrs. Edgar McCrary and little son have returned from Chicago. Mrs Daisy Renfro of Carbon-dale is in the city visiting relatives and friends Rev. Thos. Morris returned from the Association of East Mt. Olive, Murphysboro, and reports a good meeting and over $250 rsised. Mrs. Ella Huntley of South Chicago is in the city visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Thos. Turner. The editor attended the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association last week at Murphysboro, and was royally entertained while there. They had a spleadid meeting and the interest was high. They gave us a small donation on our fare and contributed to the paper for work done through its columns for which we thank them Much interest was manifested in the W. E. and M. Institute. Rev. J. B. McCrary left for Future City and Cairo Wednesday, being invited by the Shiloh Baptist church Future City. Mrs. Lucy Bradley, of Paris Tenn. is in the city visiting Mrs. Georgia McGhee. Mrs. Cora Burtou, of Paducah, Ky. who has been very, very sick is in the city visiting her sister Mrs. Leah Reed. Rev. B. C. Long, of Choat was in the city Tuesday. Rev. J. E. Reddick, of Brookport was in the city Tuesday on business. Rev J. B. McCrary was called to Brookport, last Saturday to preach the funeral of sister Martha Hodge, a member of Unity Baptist church. The remains were buried in the Siloam Cemetery Unionville. Mr Earnest Nichols is indisposed this week. Mr. Rilev Lyons an old citizen of Metropolis died at his home on North Vienna Tuesday a. m., after a long illness of complication of diseases. Those on the sick list are: Mssrs Green Hodge, George Collins and Lester Ho'land, Mdames Celestine Sultzer, and G. E Williamson. Mr. William Wheeler returned to his home in Chicago after spending several days in the city visiting old friends. Mrs. Pearl Wheeler, Stewart of Shady Grove was in the city visiting her cousin M. Eliza Wheeler. Mr. Thos. King of Unionville and son, mot red to Metropolis Sunday in his new car. Please psy up your subscription. Can you afford to loose your race papers for want of support? It is up to you. What are you going to do about it Mr. non payer? Decide by paying up please. If you have any Race pride and leve for truth, you will pay your subscription. We are toiling day and night to give you the news. Notice The members of Unity Baptist church, Brookport, are requested to meet their pastor Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on business of importance, as we are invited to attend the corner stone laying at A. M. M church in the after-noon. Let every member be present. We are pleased with the many nice things said of the Gazette, but we appreciate the money you owe us the more. We solicit your patronage at the Leader 900 Pearl St. NOTICE. To our women auxilliaries connected with the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association. Dear Sisters the time is near at hand for our great annual meeting which convenes at Murphysboro, Ill., with Shiloh Baptist church Tuesday before the second Sunday in August. Dear sister, let us rally to the standard and push the cause of Christianity and humanity. Working side by side for the betterment of our race and the betterment of our denomination. Sisters, let us work and pray and God will bless our efforts. Each one come prepared to take a part. Mrs. M. J. O'Connor. President. Ruth L. Rowly. Corresponding Sec'y. NOTICE We dont propose to be a figure head for no one for the sake of office. If the majority of the messengers find someone else that they think that is more entitled to the office, and is better prepared to carry out the business of said office better than we, that will please us. But whether in or out of office we will be the same man, contending for the principles laid down by Jesus Christ, and will see to it that the land marks of our fathers will not be removed. McCrary Moderator. Origin of Christening ships. The ceremony of christening ships is a survival of a barbaric custom when sacrifices were made to the gods, and some living victim or offering was held up and its throat cut so that the blood flowed over the prow of the ship being launched. The vessel was baptized in warm blood. Now sprinkling wine or pure water is used, and the change has many advantages, though the symbolism remains. From His Own Experience A west end school teacher told a funny one the other day. The teacher was attempting to drill the class to the use of the word "felt." She expected some one of the children to say "The ice felt cold" or "The stove felt hot," or something of the sort. She was much discouraged when one little alien who had raised his hand to volunteer a sentence said: "I felt downstairs."—Boston Post. Just Holding Gum In Trust. A little seven-year-old Boston girl came into the house the other day chewing gum vigorously. Her mother was horrified and ordered the little one to throw the gum away. The usually obedient child shook her head firmly. "I can't throw it away," she said, "because it ain't mine. It belongs to Barbara, but she lent it to me till two o'clock." Since thou art not sure of a minute do not throw away an hour --Franklin A short session of the executive board was held in Cairo, on Saturday June 23, with the Mod. Elder J. B. McCrary, presiding. The first thing under considera- was to find a place for the Association to hold its forthcoming session, as the Shiloh Baptist church, Future City could not care for it. After carefully considering the invitations, a motion prevailed to meet with Siloam Baptist church, Unionville, on Tuesday before the 4th Sunday in Sept. 1917. A motion prevailed that the Educational space on the church letter blanks, be changed to read Livingston Normal Rebuilding and Educational Tax. A motion prevailed that the Woman's District auxiliary be requested to turn over to the treasurer of Trustee Board, all of the money they have on hand for education and same placed in the Bank by him on interest. Eld. H. E. McWilliams, came in and was permitted to speak on the Co opperative Missionary work. A motion prevailed thus this subject be special attention in the association next fall. Eld. J. D. Davis. paid the missionary money of $4.00 for the Mt. Olive church, Colp. This closed a short and sweet session of the Board. Elder J. B. McCrary. Moderator, Elder J. H. Starks. Corresponding Sec. Reporter. 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 thap 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, 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 consion at Cairo, June 13th. J. B. McCrary, Moderator. Institute Program Mt. Olive Baptist S. s. Convention St. Paul Baptist Church, Duquoin, Ill., Aug. 17-20, 1917. Miss Ann Lyde Tlomas Should each Sunday School have a Cradle Roll? Why?—Miss Ruby Hawkins Blackboard Review on object lessons—J. W. Corneal Front Line S. S. what it takes to make one Round Table Conference (3) Cadets—Led by Rev. J. B. McCrary Blackboard exercises and drills will be held at each session under the direction of the Institute conductor, Rev. J. B. McCrary. Every one come prepared to take an active part on the program and make it the best program of the year. Good music, lively discussions and interesting papers will supplement the program. Note-we ask all of the district to send up messengers and $1.00 to assist in the expense. We look for Sparta, Centralia, Mt. Vernon, Carbondale, Murphysboro, Colp. to be present especially as they are nearby. Any others are welcome. Mrs. M. J. Blake, President of the W. E. and M. Society will be present. J. W. Corneal President, J. B. McCrary, Institute Conductor. THE COMPLETE CONSERVATION TRUTHS. LETTER WRITER Bow while you are young and you'll reap when you are old. This applies to grains of industry as well as to wild oats. The following suggestion for "The Complete Business Letter. Writer for 1918," by A. Parker Newn, is going the rounds of the press. Model No. 1. Quoting Price for Goods. Smith Manufacturing Company. Never be fearful of doing more than is required of you. If you wait for more pay before you do more work the millennium will probably find you on the same old job. Referring to your letter (see Postal Regulation, p. 128, pp. 44) of the 28th, we (a corporation organized under the laws of Ohio, certificate filed in the office of the Secretary of New York State, New York) beg to advise you that we can quote the price of $20 (see United States Revised Statutes, Laws of 1914, sec. 18) per ton, carload lots (see Interstate Commerce Ruling 256; see also dicta in 128 U. S., 264; Brown v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 166 Pn. 267). This quotation is special to you (see ruling of Department of Justice in the matter of Brown Milling Co.) and is made subject to our right to claim immunity (see N. Y. Penal Code, pp 48). If you receive a better quotation from any other of our competitors you will, of course, advise us under the authority of U. S. Revised Statutes, pp 2247, sub. 2. We shall be glad to fill your order (subject to rule laid down in leading case of Jackson ca. Cobb, 123 U. S. 232) and will ship according to your instruction (see Rulls 37, New York Public Utility Commission). Very truly yours. Remember that an sittator never yet filled a pay envelope, although he has helped to keep many a one unfilled. It takes three forces to run a business or factory—labor, capital and executive management. Men who betray their country are not the only traitors. There are also men who betray their employers, their families and their friends. Safety first—Industrial patriotism always. Industry is of the people, by the people, for the people. Let us all get together. The average reformer is only opposed to capital so long as the other fellow has it. Let him get a slice of the melon he condemned and his radicalism will be cured for all times. J. P. JONES, President, JONES MANUFACTURING CO. State of Ohio, County of Fairfield, us; J. P. Jones, being duly aware, deposits and says: That he has submitted the foregoing letter to his counsel and has been advised that it is legal. That deponent is not a director of any bank, trust company or transportation company. That the Jones Manufacturing Company has never had its sharter forfeited, nor has deponent ever been indicted by either State or Federal Grand Jury. Success In Industry: Of 200,000 corporations in the United States engaged in manufacturing and mercantile business over 100,000, according to the Federal Trade Commission, are merely existing. They do not earn a penny of profit. The 22,000 failures annually in the United States show that businesses cannot run along at a loss indefinitely. P. P. WHITE, Notary Public. ODDS AND ENDS. Business success depends on good management; efficient loyal workers, from the head of the firm down to the messengers; and freedom from outside interference. The lives of practically all men famous in the business world as shown in the history of industry during the past twenty-five years will prove to you the practical value of the "stick to it" principle of life. Armour stuck to beef, Harriman and Hill to railroads, Edison to electricity, Carnegie and Schwab to steel, Rockefeller to oil, Morgan to finance, and so on without end. All these captains of industry and thousands of others that might be mentioned had the faculty of "sticking" to a job until they made good. Where Do You Stand? Someone has divided mankind into four classes—those who consistently do less than is expected of them; those who do what is expected of them but no more; those who do things without having to be told, and finally, those who have the magnetic power of inspiring others to do things. All the failures in this world are recruited from the first class. The second class comprises those who scrape along in some form of drudgery or hackwork. Men of the third class are always in great demand in the factory and in the office, but the fourth class represents the highest rung in the ladder of success. "The time has come," said James W. Wadsworth, Jr., United States Senator-elect from New York, recently, "when business men should give heed to what is going on in the legislative bodies of the country. I see in the future except this heed is given a development which will prevent the individual from carrying on his business, honest though he may be, with his own initiative and enterprise." In the world of industry the fourth class is attained by the diligent few who have caught the spirit of their task and are able to impart it to the men under them. They are the men who, without being slave drivers, are able to increase the output of an industrial plant. — Industrial Conservation. N. Y. Common Sense a Bad Mistake Common names are bad names. In creative thought common names is a bad master. Its sole criterion for judgment is that new ideas shall look like old ones. In other words, it can only act by suppressing originality. A. N. Whitehead in "An Introduction to Mathematics."