Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE Officers of the General Batist 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. Jas. Swanson Maywood State Missionary H. E. Mcwilliams. State Mission Board Chairman Dr. C. C. Phillips Cor. Sec. Eld. J. D. Davis Treasurer Eld. J. E. Haywood Other Members Eld. S. H. Pruit Deacon R. Lewis Sister Sallie Thomas Chicago Sister M. Hudgin Cairo Sister J. w. winston Oinstead Sister Carrie Casy Shawnetown Keith Lobbins CITY SUMMERS Rev. J. A. Royal Chicago " L. Drane Chicago Rev. A. J. Bowers Dewmaine Rev. D. Johnson Dewmaine " B. H. Huhter Evanston " K. V. Howard Grand Chain " Robt. Grey Marphysboro " J. L. Martin Oolips Desacon J. Simpson Hallidayboro " J. Baker Brookport Eld. Thomas Morris Metropolis Bro. Chas. Skates Mound City Dsacon J. L. Taborn Cairo. Sister willie Greyer Colps Sister Emma Farrow Cairo * J. M. Owens Sparta Eld. J. B. McOry Metropolis Committee on Nomination Committees on Nomination C. C. Phillips J. E. Heywood G. H. Mitchell F. Bomar Sister Stella Duprec "willie Greer" "M. B. Taylor Elder H. C. Armstead "H. E. Mewilliams Members of various Committees of National Baptist Convention (Unincorporated.) Foreign Mission Boa.d H. E. Mewilliams, D. D. Chicago, Ill. Home Mission Board J. B. McCrary, S. T. B. Metropolis, Ill. Educational Board Dr. B. J. Prince, Chicago, Ill. Evangelical Board Elder F. Bomar, Cairo, Ill. B. Y. P. U. Board Dr. W. P. washington, Mt. Vernon, Ill Benefit Board Elder James Swanson, Maywood, Ill. Publishing Board Dr. J. F. Thomas, Chicago, Ill. Resolutions [J. E Haywood, Chicago, Ill. State of the Country Elder H. C. Armstead, Pulaski, Ill. Vice President Dr. C. C. Phillips, Golconda, Ill. 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. Subscribe For The Gazette. MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." Programm2 The Ministers' and Deacons Union of the Mt. Baptist Association, to be held Siloam Baptist Unionville, Ill., Sept. 18-23 Tuesday Morning 100 Devotionals led by Mt. Vernon and Pulaski dolls. Meeting called to order by President. Calling roll and appointment of committee on Enrollment. Welcome address by Pastor. Response by Rev. J. W. Appointment of various committees. Loyalty of Deacons to the Ministers and Deacons' led by Sparta deacon. Solo Mrs. Ellen Hunter. Sermon by Rev. Wm. Furtrell. Collection and adjournment. After-noon Devotionals led by St. John's, Mounds and New Bet. Calling roll and reading morning's journal. Introduction of visitors. Topic "The relation that Baptist minister's sustains it," opened by Rev. G. H. Mitchell of Mt. Vernon, Sermon, Rev. O. T. Banks of Miller City, alternat Brandon of Mounds. Report of committee on Nomination. Adjournment. Evening Devotional services conducted by Sandusky and H. Delegates. Reading after-noon's journal. Sermon by Rev. A. R. White, alt. Rev. W. C. Cha. Installation of officers, adjournment. Wednesday Morning Devotional services led by Terms and Cache cell Calling roll, and reading Evening's journal. Topic "What are some of the causes of failures Baptist minister's," opened by Rev. R. C. Brown of The Introduction of visitors. Report of various committees. Sermon by Dr. W. P. Throglmorton.—The Church organized? (b) By whom? Alt. Rev. W. D. Simmsion and adjournment. After-noon Devotional service led by Future City, Mt. Carmel. Cairo delegates. Calling roll and reading morning's journal. President's annual address. An old fashioned praise meeting. Sermon, Rev. G. W. Rowlett, Metropolis, alt. Rev. ent, Carbondale. Adjournment. Evening Devotional services led by Murphysboro, and Mt.tes. Sermon, Rev. S. H. Pruitt, Alt. Rev. P. B. French and adjournment. Program of the 13th Annual Session of the of the Ministers' and Deacons Union of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association, to be held Siloam Baptist Unionville, Ill., Sept. 18--23 8:30-9-00 Devotionals led by Mt. Vernon and Pulaski delegates. 9:00. Meeting called to order by President. Calling roll of officers, and appointment of committee on Enrollment. 9:30 Welcome address by Pastor. Response by Rev. J. W. Pitts. 10:00 Appointment of various committees. 10:20 Loyalty of Deacons to the Ministers and Deacons' Union. Opened by Sparta deacon. 10:50 Solo Mrs. Ellen Hunter. 11:00 Sermon by Rev. Wm. Furtrell. 12:00 Collection and adjournment. After-noon 1:30 Devotionals led by St. John's, Mounds and New Bethel delegates. Evening 7:00 Devotional services conducted by Sandusky and Hodge's Park delegates. Reading after-noon's journal. 7:30 Sermon by Rev. A. R. White, alt. Rev. W. C. Chambers. Collection. Installation of officers, adjournment. Wednesday Morning 8:30 Dhvotional services led by Temms and Cache delegates. 9:00 Calling roll, and reading Evening's journal. 9:20 Topic, "What are some of the causes of failures among the Baptist minister's," opened by Rev. R. C. Brown of Tamms. 9:50 Introduction of visitors. 10:00 Report of various committees. 11:00 Sermon by Dr. W. P. Throgmorton,—The Church, (a) When organized? (b) By whom? Alt. Rev. W. D. Simms. Collection and adjournment. After-noon 1:30 Devotional service led by Future City, Mt. Carmel, and 40th St. Caro delegates. 2:00 Calling roll and reading morning's journal. 2:20 President's annual address. 2:40 An old fashioned praise meeting. 3:20 Sermon, Rev. G. W. Rowlett, Metropolis, alt. Rev. C. W. Norment, Carbondale. Collection and adjournment. Evening 7:00 Devotional services led by Murphysboro, and Metropolis delegates. 7:30 Sermon, Rev. S. H. Pruitt, Alt. Rev. P. B. French, Collection and adjournment. W. E. and M. Convention Thursday Morning Devotional services led by Mt. Moriah, and 12th St. Calling roll of officers, reading Constitution and By-laws treatment of committee on Enrollment. Welcome address. Response by Rev. J. Bruin. Appointment of various committees. Introduction of visitors. Topic, "Methods by which we may improve the Laws" Opened by Rev. J. H. Hilly. Introductory sermon Rev. D. Parrish, Mound City. L. D. Davis, Colp. Collection and adjournment. After-noon Devotional services led by Rock Hill and Harrisburg. Calling roll. and reading morning's journal. Moderator's annual address. Reading letters. Missionary sermon by Rev. J. H. Hilly. Collection, committee on Nomination. Evening Devotional services conducted by Belgrade and Carrières. Reading after-noon's journal. Doctrinal sermon by Davis, Colp. tion, installation of officers, adjournment. 8:30 Devotional services led by Mt. Moriah, and 12th St. delegates. 9:00 Calling roll of officers, reading Constitution and By Laws. Appointment of committee on Enrollment. 9:30 Welcome address. 9:50 Response by Rev. J. Bruin. 10:00 Appointment of various committees. 10:30 Introduction of visitors. 10:40 Topic, "Methods by which we may improve the District work." Opened by Rev. J. H. Hilly. 11:00 Introductory sermon Rev. D. Parrish, Mound City. Alt. Rev. J. D. Davis, Colp. Collection and adjournment. After-noon 1:30 Devotional services led by Rock Hill and Harrisburg delegates. 2:00 Calling roll. and reading morning's journal. 2:20 Moderator's annual address. 2:40 Reading letters. 3:20 Missionary sermon by Rev. J. H. Hilly. Collection, report of committee on Nomination. Evening 7:00 Devotional services conducted by Belgrade and Carrier Milsl delegates. 7:30 Reading after-noon's journal. Doctrinal sermon by Rev. J. D. Davis, Colp. Collection, installation of officers, adjournment. Program of the 66th Annual Session of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association Devotional services conducted by Centralia, and Coben Calling roll of officers. Reading constitution and biment of Enrollment committee. Welcome address. Response by Mrs. Martha Hudgiss by the convention. Topic, "The relation of women to the church," open Laura Leake, Centralia. Appointment of various committees. Introduction of visitors, and missionary's report. Paper, "Sister Tennie Watson. Sermon, Rev. P. B French, collection, adjournme After-noon Questions conducted by Walnut Hill and Joanna del 8:30 Devotional services conducted by Centralia, and Cobden delegates. 9:00 Calling roll of officers. Reading constitution and by laws, appointment of Enrollment committee. 9:29 Welcome address. Response by Mrs. Martha Hudgiss, Cairo. Song by the convention. 9:40 Topic, "The relation of women to the church," opened by sister Laura Leake, Centralia. 10:10 Appointment of various committees. 10:20 Introduction of visitors, and missionary's report. 10:40 Paper, "Sister Tennie Watson. 11:00 Sermon, Rev. P. B French, collection, adjournment. After-noon 1:30 Devotinnals conducted by Walnut Hill and Joppa delegates. 2:00 Calling roll, reading mornin's journal. 2:20 Topic, "The need of National co-operation, opened by sister Willie Greer. 2:50 Introduction of visitors. Report of Nomination committee. Reading letters. 3:30 Sermon, Rev. C. W. Norment. Collection, adjournment. Evening 7:00 Devotional services conducted by Brookport and Unionville. 7:30 Reading morning's journal, report of committee on Nomination. Literary program by the ladies. Educational sermon by Rev. J. H. Fulton. Collection and adjournment. Saturday Morning 8:30 The Association re-assembled. Devotional services conducted by Belarrade and Villa Ridge delegates. 11:00 Sermon, Rev, J, H. Starks, collection, adjournment. 7:00 Devotional services conducted by Ullin und Zion Travoler. 7:30 Sarmon, Restricted Communion, Dr. C. Phillips 9:30 Sunday School. 11:00 Sermon, Rev. Wm. Young, Joppa. Collection, adjournment. After-noon 3:00 Memorial services conducted by Revs. J. B. McCrary, J. H. Hilly, D. Parrish. Evening 7:30 Sermon by the moderator, Rev. J. B. McCrary, collection Installation of officers. Committee Reys. D. Parrish, F. Bomar, T. M. Brandon, Sisters F. Jenkins, Annie Brandon, Enna Farrow. C. W. Houseman For County Commissioner In this issue of The Gazette, will be found the announcement of C. W. Hauseman, as a candidate for re-election for County Commissioner on the Republican ticket. Mr Hauseman has made one of the best Commissioners the county has ever had, one that tries to do his full duty as an officer for all regardless to who it is. The voters can make no mistake to re-elect him for another term. Announcement Announcement is hereby made that the Colors of the Primary Ballots to be used at a Primary Election to be held in Massac County, Illinois, on the 12th day of September A. D. 1917, by the respective parties will be as followe: Republican Party.....White Democratic Party.....Yellow Prohibition Party.....Pink .....Party...... .....Party...... Dated the 27.....day of August A. D. 1917. 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 Si-loam 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 can 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. M. J. Biake, District President. COMING TO Motropolis Illinois, UNITED DOCTORS SPECALIST Will Be At The Ward Hotel, Tuesday Sept. 11, 1917. One Day Only. Hours 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Remarkable of these Physicians is the Treatment of Chronic Diseases Offer Their Services Free of Charge The United Doctors, licensed by the State of Illinois, are experts in the treatment of diseases of the blood, liver, stomach, intestines. skin, nerves, heart, spleen, kidneys or bladder. diabetes. bed-wetting, rheumatism, sciatica, tape worm, leg ulcers, appendicitis, gall stones, goitre, piles, etc., without operation, and are too well known in this locality to need further mention. Call and see them. it costs you nothing. NOTICE. Colp, Ill., Aug. 1917. I am authorized by the State missionary Board chairman, Dr. C. C Phillips, Golconda, to serve notice of those that pledged them selves to contribute to the work of State Missions during the General Missionary Baptist State Convention, Carbondale, May 1917 to communicate with the corresponding secretary at once or not later than the 5th Sunday in September at which time the Board the Board will be called to meet at Colp, Saturday before the 5th Sunday. All members of the Board are expected to be present or contribute $1.00 one dollar. J. D. Bavis, Cor. Sec. Colps, Ill. ULLIN. Dear Sir, Rev. J. H. Hilley, was with us Sunday on his mission. He seems to be the right man in the right place. He held a session here long to be remembered. The afternoon session was like unto the day of "Pentecost," where, when all were filled with the Holy Ghost. It is being said there hasn't been a meeting of equal demonstration here for years. We pray a special blessing upon Bro. Hilley and hope, that he may be given a second mission for the ensuing year. Hoping a grand and an exceptional session of the Mt. Olive --- Copy Five Cents Baptist Association. We beg to remain, Bells Chapel church, S L Thorpe, Church clerk. Good. Let us raise the Babist Standard, spiritually, financially and intellectually. Send money to every department. Read your minutes and see what is required. J B McCrary, Moderator. SPARTA. ILL. We are more than thankful to say our church and Sunday School are getting along nicely. J. J. Taylor, acted Superintendent, in the absence M. C. Wrice, Supt. Much interest was manifested by the pupils. Some very pointed remarks were made by Brother Ed Yourg. Miss Rachel Smith, who was delegate to the S. S. Institute in Duquoin, made a worthy report, among the many other things, she stated the Round Table talk and Frontline S. S. were manifested in the minds of each delegate to be the succeeding work in each local school in the district. At 11:50 Rev P, B French, preached a strong sermon from Rev. 2:13. At 8:20 ptayer and praise [sevice in the absence of the pastor. Bro. Johnnie Richardson, made a short but strong talk from John 1:11. Ed Young, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. united with the church. The letter of Mrs. Rebecca Pendleton was read from her church, Clintou, Ky., and received. Rev. French, made an urgent trip to Centralia accompanied by T. C. Owens. Mrs. Anna Oweus made a trip to St Louis, Mo. last week. Little Anna M. Smith, went to St. Louis Mo. last week. The Carnation club will meet at the home of Mrs. Malinda Foster's this week. The sewing circle will meet in home of Mrs. Sallie Williams this week. The Golden leaf club, will meet in the home of Mrs. B. L. Terry, under the auspices of Mrs. Cushinberry. J. J. Taylor. 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 Aeroplanes One of Big Factors In World War AIRCRAFT TRANSPORT LADEN WITH TROOPS AS SEEN FROM AN AEROPLANE—AVIATOR'S AID SEATED ON THE WING OF AN AEROPLANE WHILE OBSERVING "SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND." Aircraft Have Been Used In a Hundred Different Ways-They Convoy Vessels, Attack Submarines and Mines, Guide Gunners and Destroy Enemy Positions, Taking Photographs of the Damage Done. THE development of the aeroplane in the war has been marvelous, and almost anything of a startling nature can be expected of it. The uses to which the seaplanes have been put in the present war are most comprehensibly told in "The Textbook of Naval Aeronautics," arranged by Henry Woodhouse, naval and aerial expert. Aircraft have made photography of tremendous value in warfare, says Mr. Woodhouse. Whereas at the beginning of the present war commanders thought that it was wonderful to be able to get clearly written or sketched reports of conditions from air scouts who had flown over the enemy lines, today they expect photographic evidence. It is not sufficient for an aviator to return from a raid and report that he TRANSPORT LADEN WITH TROC PLANE—AVIATOR'S AID SEATE PLANE WHILE OBSERVING "SC dropped bombs on a given place and did certain damage. He must bring back photographic proofs, and he usually does. Likewise, the observer sent out on an aerial reconnaissance brings back a series of photographs, which are promptly put together and enlarged by experts, and photographic maps are constructed therefrom, showing the exact topography of the country, existing conditions, location, composition and disposition of fleets or steamers and transports and of land defenses protecting the approaches to harbors of places of strategic importance. The accuracy obtained by aerial photography is so revolutionary from a military standpoint that it would have been inconceivable before the present war to be able to realize it. As a matter of fact, the commander can have a moving picture taken in a few hours which will show the exact conditions between any two given points and enable him to plan his operations accordingly. Proof of Damage Done. Of course the commander of the opposing forces has the same privilege—unless one side has the mastery of the air and is in a position to prevent the aviators of the other side from flying over their own lines and taking photographs. In a report of a bombing raid on the Turkish lines by a seaplanese squadron, which started from a seaplanese carrier at Saloniki, Lieutenant Francois Bernon, who was on the seaplanese carrier Ben Ma Chree, relates how, after the aviators had returned from the raid they were ordered back to get photographic evidence of the damage done. Returning to the spot to get photographic evidence, instead of waiting to take it after the smoke of the bombs has cleared away, is often wise, as the aircraft guns and the enemy's fighting aeroplanes are usually in action soon after the aviators begin to drop their bombs. The speed and accuracy in locating things permitted by aerial photography are positively revolutionary. Within a few minutes after the photograph is received the experts, with a knowledge of the height at which the photograph was taken and by means of special devices, promptly find the compass direction, location, size of objects and the distance between objects. Locating Submerged Mines. One of the most important uses to which aircraft have been put since the beginning of the great war has been the locating of submerged mines. Hostile submarines and steamers masquerading under false colors lay mines whenever the opportunity presents itself, and no ship lane is immune from them. Ships are in danger of being sunk unless lanes are properly patrolled by aircraft and subsequently, if necessary, swept by mine sweepers. Aircraft are employed extensively to direct the planting of mines and locating mine fields and mines set adrift by storms or other causes. The size of mines is different in different countries, and they are spherical or cylindrical in shape. In the United States the average contact mine is about forty inches in diameter and contains about 100 pounds of TNT, gun cotton or other explosives. They run from that size up to seven feet in diameter. Mines are usually submerged to a depth of ten feet and are usually arranged in clusters of four, the total number of mines in a mine field being unlimited. Whether in clusters or in fields, the electric contact mines protecting harbors and stations are controlled from a shore station, each mine being connected to a submerged connecting box, which is connected to this station by cable, through which the electric current is flashed to explode the mines. The officers in charge of the mine field and operating from the PS AS SEEN FROM AN AERO-D ON THE WING OF AN AERO-MEWHERE IN ENGLAND." stations on shore have detailed maps of the mined areas, showing the exact location of the mines. The maps are plotted in squares, and when a hostile ship approaches a mine field the observers at this station, who get information either through seeing the ship through telescopes or from a kite balloon or a dirigible or a seaplane, follow the ship's movements and notify the officer in charge of the electric switchboard to fire the mines of a given square, through which the ship or ships are passing. First Airship to Discover a Mine. First Airship to Discover a Mine. Dirigibles are especially valuable for locating submerged mines. The first employment of dirigibles for this work was the result of the Italian dirigible P-4 finding by accident in October, 1914, while on a cruise over the Adriatic a number of Austrian floating mines. Thereafter it was found that the small coast patrol dirigible, which is capable of flying very low and of almost standing still over a spot, is the best means of locating submerged mines. Upon locating them the observer summons the mine sweepers, or, if it is important that the mine be destroyed immediately, he destroys it by fire at it or by trolling a weight attached to a wire against it under the water. Seaplanes are also used for locating submerged mines, but less satisfactorily, owing to the fact that they cannot travel slowly or stand over a given spot. The same purpose, but less efficiently, is accomplished by the seaplane circling over a given spot until it has detected the mines that may be submerged in that spot. Aircraft can also be used for experiments in painting mines in different colors, which makes them less visible from the air. The color must, of course, change with the color of the background where the mine is located. In clear water and when the sun strikes in a way to create a shadow of the mine this ruse is of little avail, but in other conditions the locating of mines is made very difficult by painting them. Hunting the submarine is done in much the same way, as the treacherous U boat can be easily detected while under water by an aeroplane and destroyed when it comes to the surface or even below the surface. Wrecking the Konigsberg. The wrecking of a German cruiser by two British monitors, one of the most remarkable events of the war, is described in the "textbook." It was made possible by seaplanes. Following is a letter written home by an English naval officer, which describes the aid rendered by the two aeroplanes and shows how closely the gunners of the sea as well as the gunners of the land are now working as a team with the air scouts. The action described was the attack by monitors upon the German cruiser Konigsberg in German East Africa. It may be remembered she took refuge up a river on the east coast of central Africa and was a menace to British interests. She was found after many months up the river, where she was hidden from the monitors by palm trees. Aeroplanes were procured after many weeks and action started. The officer of the monitor Savern writes: "We went on higher up the river and finally anchored. Two shells fell within eight feet of the side and drenched the quarterdeck. It was a very critical time. If she hit us we were probably finished. "We had no sooner anchored than the aeroplane signaled she was ready to spot. Our first four salvos, at about one minute intervals, were all signaled as, 'Did not observe fall of shot.' We came down 400, then another 400 and more to the left. The next was spotted as 200 yards over and about 200 to the right. The next 150 short and 100 to the left. At the seventh salve we hit with one and were just over with the other. Hit Eight Times In Twelve. "We hit eight times in the next twelve shots. It was frightfully exciting. The Konigsberg was now firing salvos of three only. The aeroplanes signalled all hits were forward, so we came a little left to get her amidships. The aeroplane suddenly signaled, 'Am hit; coming down; send a boat.' As they fell they continued to signal our shots—we, of course, kept on firing. The aeroplane fell in the water about 150 yards from the Mersey; one man was thrown clear, but the other had a struggle to get free. Finally both got away and were swimming for ten minutes before the Mersey's motorboat reached them, beating ours by a short head. They were uninjured and as merry as crickets. Terrors of Flying In the Tropics. "Most serious risks have been run by the officers and men who have flown in this climate, where the effect of the atmosphere and the extreme heat of the sun are quite unknown to those whose flying experience is limited to moderate climates. 'Bumps' of 250 feet have been experienced several times, and the temperature varies from extreme cold when flying at a height to a great heat, with burning, tropical sun when on land," reads the official report after the Konigsberg was completely destroyed. "In the operations against the Konigsberg on July 6 both the personnel and material of the Royal Naval Air service were worked to the extreme limit of endurance. The total distance covered by the two available aeroplanes on that date was no less than 950 miles, and the time in the air, working watch and watch, was thirteen hours." GIRLS WHO DISAPPEAR. Tragedy of the Thousands That Sink Into Oblivion Yearly. Police statistics of New York city show that at least two girls disappear from home every day in the year. They vanish into oblivion. Soon they are forgotten, but the heartache of the mother left behind is never stilled. It will ache on through the remaining days of her life. And what becomes of the girls who disappear? That is a problem that we will not attempt to solve. We only know that they are swept away by the great whirlpool of life. The federal statistics furnished by the bureau of vital statistics show that 50,000 persons disappear each year. They vanish into oblivion. A greater proportion of these are young girls. The men who disappear turn up sooner or later in most cases, but the girls, as a rule, are forever lost. Having cut away from their social ties, having burned their bridges behind them, these disappearing girls abandon usually all thought or hope of returning and become isolated members of the social colony of which they once were members. They prefer to struggle on as best they can. It is one of life's tragedies.—Memphis Commercial Appeal. Fright and the Hair. The hair does stand on end under certain conditions, because there is a little muscle down at the root of each hair that will make each hair stand up straight when this muscle pulls a certain way. It is difficult to say just how these muscles are caused to act in this way when we are frightened. We know that when thoroughly frightened our hair will sometimes stand straight up, and we know that it is this muscle at the root of each hair that makes it possible, says the Book of Wonders, but why it is that a big scare will make this muscle act this way we do not as yet know. Foos Are Valuable. It has been discovered that fogs, especially ocean fogs, are valuable. Fogs are the principal fertilizers of the great bean fields of California. The fields are dry farmed. Rain means rain. Yet moisture is a necessity. This is furnished in just the right degree by fogs.—Detroit Free Press. The wages of sin are always paid. If there is any delay in settlement compound interest is added FARMING INFORMATION THE STOCKMAN. - Pretty soon the gaddy will - emerge from manure piles and - begin to torment the sheep. Be - ready for it. Smear the sheep's - noses with tar. - If the corn drowns out, sow - rape for the hogs. Forage helps - to put the gains on hogs at the - lowest cost. - Before letting the colt to the - mare at mealtime partly milk - out the udder. In hot weather let - the mare rest and cool off a few - minutes before the colt sucks. - If you want to see the lambs - grow, give them oats to eat of - ten. - Put the self feeder where the - pigs can help themselves. Let - them do the work until marketing time. - Colc often results from working - a horse immediately after feeding. Allow plenty of time at noon. GRAINS FOR POULTRY. Value of the Various Cereals as Meat and Egg Producers. There is more nutriment in white oats or white middlings than there is in the brown kinds. Damaged wheat or screenings full of cockle are dangerous foods, says the Farm Journal. Oatmeal if fed too freely will cause a looseness of the bowels. Millet seed contains considerable flesh forming material. There is more bone and muscle food in barley than there is in wheat, but the fowls seem to prefer the latter. Bran is inactive and should be in the daily bill of fare for both old and young. There is not the fattening property in white corn that there is in yellow. Wheat is the most complete grain, but must never be fed alone. Oats are a muscle food, while wheat makes feathers. Rye is a poor poultry food and not relished by fowls. Boiled rye will produce bowel disturbances. Broom corn seed is relished by fowls. The composition of corn is largest starch. Wheat, oats, bran and middlings are egg foods. Corn furnishes heat and fat. It has been computed that, in a hundred pounds of oats there are fifteen pounds of flesh forming material, six pounds of fat, forty-seven pounds of starch, two pounds of bone forming food and twenty pounds of husk or fiber. Barley is a grain hard to digest and should not be eaten occasionally. Clean Milk. The length of time milk will remain sweet after being faken from the cow depends almost altogether upon two factors—first, the care exercised in keeping the milk clean and, second, the temperature at which the milk is kept. Under careful management in keeping clean the parts of the machine, etc, it is possible to milk cows with a milking machine so that the milk is fully as clean as when cows are milked by hand. If the machine is kept in first class condition and if all practical precautions are taken against contamination during milking, there is no reason to believe milk will not keep sweet for a good length of time provided, of course, that it is kept in clean utensils, cooled down and kept cool following milking. - Hoarder's Dalryman. Poison Tomato Worms. Arsenate of lead spry kills tomato worms and is a more economical control measure in large patches than hand picking of the insects. Three pounds of arsenate of lead paste or a pound and a half of the powdered form in fifty gallons of water is sufficient strength, according to entomologists of the Ohio agricultural experiment station. Bordeaux mixture controls diseases and may be used instead of water with the arsenical poison. In small quantities three tablespoonfuls of arsenate of lead to a gallon of water may be used. Lime-Sulphur For Fungus. The self boiled lime-sulphur is one of the simplest and cheapest of sprays and is good for all fungous diseases on fruit, such as rot, leaf curl, mildew and also for soft bodied, sucking insects, such as the aphis, that is found on the cherries and plum. Eight pounds of lime slaked with eight pounds of sulphur and then diluted to fifty gallons of water is the formula. It is suggested that these sprays be made fresh each time one is going to use them, as their strength will be found to be better. Limberneck of Ewls This disease is indicated by a partial loss of control of the muscles of the neck, a form of paralysis resulting from intestinal poisons, generally due to eating putrid animal matter or musty grain. A fowl cannot hold its head upright, but twists it around from side to side and staggers about drunk-only. The disease is not contagious, though very often it is stubborn to cure. Determine cause of condition and treat accordingly. Give the bird a purgative, epsom salts or castor oil. The Silo. It has been said that good silage is the best, cheapest, most palatable, most healthful, greatest milk and meat producing roughage known. The silo question has resolved itself into a farm necessity. When the farmer has a good crop he can afford to build a silo, and should he see a poor corn crop coming he can hardly afford to be without a silo. MONEY IN DUCKS. Buff Orpingtons Are Good Layers and Thieve in Continent In these days the prospective breeder or beginner in the breeding of waterfowls is looking for a breed or variety that will not him the most profit, writes a correspondent of the Western Poultry Journal. In waterfowls we have some very good specimens noted for size. Then we have small specimens noted for their egg laying, and the one that combines all is the Buff Orpington duck. All waterfowls are beautiful, but the Buff Orpington ducks are the most beautiful of all waterfowls. Buff Orpington ducks, although a new variety, are becoming very popular, having been admitted into the standard under the new and shorter name of Buff ducks. They are not as tame as the large breeds, such as the Peking and Ronen, yet a two foot fence controls them, and they thrive well in confinement. In color they are a rich shade of fawn buff. The drake has a seal brown head and neck with natural variations, being a trifle darker in color. These ducks are excellent layers, great foragers, hardy and therefore easy to raise. They mature rapidly, being ready for the early market. They make an ideal duck for the table, as they are not greasy. They have a very strong game flavor and yield a bountiful supply of beautiful soft and short feathers. They lay large white eggs, and mature ducks weigh from five to eight pounds. If you contemplate breeding ducks, give the Buffle a chance to demonstrate that they they stand unapproached by any other breed as all around purpose ducks. Oh, yes; we will have to admit they do not sit! Care of Farm Tractors Spare parts of the gas tractor should be kept on hand at all times. To keep the engine running is the main thing in the harvest field. Going to town for repairs takes time which can be avoided by having spare parts at hand. Spare parts of pieces which wear the most should be carried with the tractor in order to save time in replacing parts. Cylinder oil for the gas engine must be of the best quality and highest grade to get the best result from the tractor. A cheap low grade of oil will cause frequent stops and delays and will seriously interfere with the efficiency of the engine. Overhaul the tractor at least once a week and every three days if run continuously day and night. To delay one day may result in a broken part which will take longer to repair than the time required for overhauling the engine. Salt Mixture For Hoops A supply of salt should be kept before the hogs at all times. Salt had best be furnished to hogs in the field in a sheltered box. Some hog feeders use the following mixture, which they keep before their hogs at all times, believing that it tends to keep their hogs healthy and thrifty: Three bushels of charcoal, eight pounds salt, two quarts air slaked lime and one bushel wood ashes. Powder these ingredients and mix well; add one and one-half pounds copperas dissolved in one gallon of boiling water and sprinkle over these ingredients and mix thoroughly. Watering the Horse Three times a day is not enough to water live stock. They should have, especially in hot weather, an opportunity of drinking at least five times daily—before each meal and at intervals of two and one-half to three hours apart between meals. The animal that works in hot weather on a five or six hour stretch without water suffers intensely from thirst. Frequent watering prevents water colic and other ill effects. Never allow the animal to drink when very hot. Always force him under such conditions to drink a little at a time until satisfied. Crop Bound Fowls. A hard and swollen condition of the crop is caused by an obstruction to the outlet from the crop or by gorging large quantities of grain, which swells and ferments. The fowl is droopy; it has a purplish color, and a sour smelling liquid runs from its mouth. Give castor oil or a large dose of olive oil; knead the crop with the fingers until it becomes soft under the effects of the oil and then hold the bird with its head downward and try to empty the contents of the crop. CHICKEN CHATTER. About the quickest way of creating a generation of weaklings is to breed from parents that at some time in their lives suffered from a contagious disease. A bit of powdered charcoal beats most of the so called bowel remedies that are on the market. Lice, heat and too much food make the June chick's life a short and painful experience. When you "don't understand what is the matter" with the chicks just try changing their runs. Many times the very earth where they are is foul and full of disease germs. Don't forget to give the poultry an extra allowance of water this warm weather. They may be able to pick up a good share of their living now, but they cannot pump water. ```markdown ``` In the Sport Arena By SPARK PLUG Eddie Thorpe, brother of Jim, the world famous athlete, has answered the call to the colors, along with numerous other students at the Carlisle Indian school, many of whom have won fame as athletes. The younger Thorpe has enlisted in the navy and hopes to win fame in the greater struggle, as his brother did on the football field and on the cinder path. Welch Teesaneski, a football player, and Thomas Montoya, George Cayenne, Howard Foreman, George Anderson, Luke Conley, Joe Bapho and Isaac Willis, a track man, are the other aborigines who have enlisted in the navy. Henry Broker, one time halfback on Carlisle teams, and Jesse Wofford, also a backfield man, have joined the engineering corps. George Warrington, a star lacrosse player, headed to the army, and among those who followed him are H. B. Snell, Andrew Connor, Tom Slinker, Oscar Stephens, Earl Wilbur, Joe King, Enoch Owl, John Summer, Herbert Crow and George Kaquatosh. Wilbur is the holder of the 100 and 220 yard dash records at Carlisle and was regarded as a most promising all around man. Leonard Good Finisher. While Dutch Leonard has not shown the form of last season or the season before, Manager Jack Barry of the 1 Photo by American Press Association. Dutch Leonard. Red Sox expects great things of him when the crucial test comes in the American league race. Leonard, Barry says, is a great stretch runner and will be at his best by mid- summer and in the final games of the season. Pentathlon Swim Popular. Pentathlon swimming events are popular in Honolulu. A recent competition of this kind held by the Honolulu Young Men's Christian association included the following five events: Seventy-five yard dash, any stroke; fifty yard back stroke; 220 yards, any stroke; towing person and full dress swim. Duke Kahanamoku was the principal point winner, with 3.721. Other noted stars who competed were Clarence Lane, who placed second; Harold Kruger, who was third; John Kelli and George Cunha. Kahanamoku won the 220 yard and towing events and placed second in the other three. Points are scored on the same principle as the land pentathlons. Couchman In No Hit Class The veteran Bob Coughman was added to the list of no hit pitchers in the Texas league when he did not allow Fort Worth a safety in the second game of a double header. The only run of the game was made for Galveston by Coughman with a three base hit and a man on base in the third inning. Kenworthy Becomes an Angel Second Baseman Kenworthy, who was drafted last fall by the St. Louis Browns from Oakland of the Pacific Const league, has been released to Los Angeles of the same league. Oakland would have had first claim on Kenworthy, but did not desire his return. Pinn a Yankee Sensation. Walter Pipp, first baseman of the Yankees, is one of the most remarkable players developed in the last decade by the American league. Last season, while only twenty-three years old, this clever performer earned the home run title of his circuit and also batted in more runners during the season than any other ball player of the Johnson organization. His hitting was more effective than that of Tris Spencer, Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson, Eddie Collins and several others who topped him in the official averages. Pipp bats fourth in Bill Donovan's order. Fourth place is considered the "cleanup" position. There is a fine distinction when it is remembered that J. Franklin Baker, the home run king of Connie Mack's famous world champion pennant trust, is now a teammate of the Michigan marvel. A young man who carries an offensive punch greater than that of Baker, Speaker, Cobb, Jackson or Collins has not wasted his baseball opportunities. In Pipp and Baker the Yankees possess an ideal offensive pair such as has carried more than one team to success. Walter and Frank are to New York just what Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford were to the Tigers many years before Wahoo began to slow up. Assisting Women In Their Work JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT THE CHILDREN'S HOLIDAYS MADE of Joffre blue linen is this little gown of such sensible lines. The demi-belt starts from an interesting stomach of smocking, and real slit pockets, well bound, are so convenient for marbles and pennies. The white collar and cuffs are behemitized as a finish. REMOVING STAINS. For Iron Mold—Spread the stained part on a pewter plate set over a basin of boiling water and rub the spots with brushed sorrel leaves, then wash the article with soft warm suds or cover the spot with a paste made of lemon juice and salt, powdered starch and soft soap. Expose to the sun. Mildew can be removed by the above or by wetting the spots with powdered chalk, bleaching on the grass. For Paint—Equal parts of ammonia and spirits of turpentine. Saturate well, wash in soapsuds. Perspiration spots may be removed with diluted oxalic acid. Scorched linen can be restored if the threads are not injured. Peel, slice and extract the juice of two onions, add one-half pint of vinegar, one-half ounce of curd soap, two ounces of fuller's earth. Boil well, then cool and spread over the scorch. Let it dry, then wash, Tea stains can be taken out with boiling water or glycerin. Rhubarb With Raisins Peel the rhubarb and cut in half inch slices. For a pound of rhubarb take half a cupful of raisins and a cupful of sugar. Use seedless-raisins. Cover the raisins with boiling water and let cook until the pulp is tender and the water is evaporated to two or three spoonfuls. Sprinkle the rhubarb, raisins and sugar in a baking dish in layers and let cook in the oven or on top of the range until the rhubarb is tender, but not broken. "I THANK YOU. MOTHER!" AMERICAN MOTHER LA BELLE PRINCE EVERYDAY HELPS. To Renew Black Kid.—To restore the color of your black kid shoes or gloves use a good black ink mixed with the white of an egg. When sealing jelly melt paraffin in an old coffeepot. It is a most satisfactory way to pour the wax over the jelly when sealing it. No drops will be spilled upon the table or tray. Simplified Shirring.—Lengthen the stitch on your sewing machine to its fullest extent and stitch the part to be shirred. Adjust your gathers by pulling the lower thread and your gathers will be perfectly even. To Remove Stains.—If the hands should get stained in handling mulberries, blackberries or grapes, before washing them take half a lemon and rub them, or, if you live in the country and have rhubarb growing, take a stalk of it and peel and bruise. Then rub the hands with it and you will be surprised at the result. To Kill Moths.—For moths around the edge of a carpet a hot iron is an excellent and always available exterminator. Dampen the edge of the carpet and iron with the hot iron. If of velvet or brussels hold the iron close to the carpet, but do not press it down. The hot steam will kill all moths and without the least injury to the carpet. About Pockets. We are to be "pocketed" the coming season as never before, and who will admit that this fashion feature can fail to please us and inspire in our hearts and minds a very strong and substantial desire for new clothes? About Pockets. And This Is For the Children Suggested Ways For Reducing the Meat Bills Reduce your meat bill. That is one of the steps in thrift advocated by the committee on utilization and economy, Kansas council of defense. Here are suggestions, some of which may be put into practice, the committee believes, by every housekeeper: Meat substitutes may be used, such as eggs, cheese, milk, peas, beans and nuts. Do not buy meat until you have bought one pint of milk a day for each member of your family. A dozen eggs are worth as much in the dietary as two pounds of meat. Waste in meat, the committee points out, may occur in leaving the trimmings at the market, in throwing away fats that could be used in frying, shortening or soap making; in throwing away bones that could be used in making soup and in not using the leftovers. Whole Wheat Bread One and one-half pints whole wheat flour, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, one teaspoonful of salt, three-fourths pint of cold water. Sift the dry ingredients together, the teaspoonful of soda rounding, the salt and cream of tartar level; then add the water and stir thoroughly. Put in a well greased brown bread tin, cover and steam for one hour over constantly boiling water; then remove from steamer and bake three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. This bread makes very nice zwiebak if sliced when cold and then browned in the oven. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Milk, sour or sweet, well rubbed in with an old soft flannel, will make black walnut look new. To make a handy sewing basket cover a square or oblong peach basket or any cardboard box with cretonne and line with contrasting lining cotton. Sew in pockets for necessary articles needed for sewing. Try washing the mirrors and windows with a chamois skin in place of the old way. For cleaning bathtubs dampen a cloth with gasoline and rub the surface thoroughly, then rub with a clean cloth. Use a buttonhook to wind up a curtain roller when the spring has run down. To wash a chamois skin use lukewarm water and any good white soap. Rinse in several lukewarm waters, then let water drip from it. Do not wring. UNITED STATES MAIL. A Game Which Is Played Much the Same as "Stagecoach." An enjoyable game is United States mail. Place the chairs at equal distances and in each a player. These players choose the names of cities of the United States, and the leader, who must have a good memory, will begin the game by calling out, for instance, "Buffalo and San Francisco." These two cities will now change places, and if the leader can possess himself of either vacant seat in the course of the exchange the person thus ousted must be leader in his turn. When the leader calls "General delivery" every one must move to some new seat, and the person that is left without a seat is the new leader. The old game of Stagecoach is played in much the same way except that different parts of the stagecoach and its various passengers, the horses and so on are selected by the players, and the leader must improvise a story introducing as many of these names as possible. As the name of each player is introduced he must rise and whirl around, resuming his seat. When the leader says "Stagecoach" the whole company must go through this performance, and when the climax of a breakdown is reached all change places, and in the melee the story teller finds a chair, thus forcing a new story teller to the front. What a Little Seed Did. In the city of Hanover, in Germany, is an old, neglected graveyard. Near the entrance is a tomb in which lie the remains of a lady who belonged to the old nobility and who was buried there about the middle of the last century. The tomb is covered with massive blocks of stone. On one of these stones, besides the name of the lady and the date of her death, there are these words: "This grave, bought for all my time, must never be opened." But there are mightier forces than heavy stones and iron clamps. A little seed found lodging in the crevice between two of the stones. It took root and grew until now there is an immense birch tree waving its graceful limbs over the tomb. Its roots went through the grave, and the trunk lifted the great stones and broke the iron clamps, and the little seed had opened the grave, for its power was greater than the stone and the iron. High and Low. A boot and a shoe and a slipper Lived once in the cobbler's row. But the boot and the shoe Should not bother to鞋 But the king and the queen and their daughter The Sunday School Lesson Trained Pigeons Carry Army Messages Text of the lesson, Ezek, xxxiv, 11-10, 23-27. Memory verse, 12. Golden Text Ps. xxiii. 1. A better title for this lesson rather than the one given would be "The Shepherd of a Restored Israel," for it is the record of a time yet future when they shall never again be a prey to the nations (verses 27-31), when the King of Israel, the Lord, shall be in the midst of them and they shall not see evil any more (Zeph. iii, 14. 15). Then shall the twelve tribes be one nation in their own land, and one King shall be King to them all, and they shall never again be divided into two kingdoms, and God shall make with them an everlasting covenant of peace and dwell in their midst forevermore (Ezek. xxxvil, 15-28). There are still those who say and teach that God is done with Israel as a nation because of all their sins, but such people must be wholly deaf to the words of the Lord in Jer. xxxl, 35-37; xxxiii, 23-26, where He says that until sun, moon and stars cease to shine He will never cast off His people Israel, notwithstanding all that they have done. The testimony of the Spirit through Paul is just the same in Rom. xl, 1, 2. 15-27. They are the only nation that God ever chose specially for Himself and called the everlasting nation (which is the literal translation of two Hebrew words in Isa. xliv, 7, given in the A. V. as the ancient people). They will be the first righteous nation on earth, and then will many nations be joined to the Lord and the earth be filled with His glory (Isa. lx, 1-3, 21, 22; xxvil, 6 Zech. il, 10-13). Our lesson is one of the greatest shepherd chapters in the Old Testament, but Jer. xxiii is another, and there we read that when the King, the Righteous Branch, shall have been raised up unto David the deliverance of Israel from all nations will be so great and wonderful that their coming out of Egypt shall not seem anything to be compared with it (Jer. xxiii, 3-8). The title "Shepherd of Israel" takes us back to Gen. xlix, 24, and on to Ps. lxxx, 1, and Isa. xl, 11, and Rev. vii, 17, and only in the glorious future will our precious Ps. xxiii have its complete fulfillment. Many cannot see in the lesson of today anything more than the Good Shepherd who saves us as individuals and keeps us and cares for us in every way and carries us in His arms and on His shoulders; the Great Shepherd who lives His life in us and the Chief Shepherd who will reward us at His appearing (John x; Hebi. xilit; I Pet. v), and we must see and know Him as such before we can see and know Him as the future Shepherd of Israel. It is strange, indeed, that so many believers, truly These Birds Can Fly From 100 to 500 Miles and Are Sent Out With Aeroplanes or Motorboats. Training homing pigeons as a means of converting messages between military stations of the United States is not being neglected. The picture shows two of the birds now being trained at an eastern army reservation, with their soldier instructor. The government has put in training many thousands of homing pigeons. The birds when trained have a flying radius of 100 to 500 miles, according to weather. They are sent out with aeroplanes or motorboats of the "mosquito fleet" and when released carry messages home at at the rate of 1,000 to 1,500 yards a minute. In aviation work the birds are used as emergency messengers. GEOGRAPHICAL COMPARISONS How Some Well Known Places Compare With Our Country. It is only by comparison that some things can be understood, and this is particularly true of divisions of the earth's surface. Every one has a fairly clear idea of the size of his own state or county or even of the whole area of the United States. By comparing other countries and seas with those that are familiar to us on the map a much clearer notion of them is obtained. Greece is about the size of Vermont. Palestine is about one-fourth of the size of New York. Hindustan is more than a hundred times as large as Palestine. The great desert of Africa has nearly the dimensions of the United States. Conundrums. When are two apples alike? When paired. Why is a bedcover like a mustard plaster? Because it is a counter-pane. Why does tying a slow horse to a post improve his pace? It makes him fast. Why are gloves unsalable articles? Because they are made to be kept on hand. Why is life like this riddle? Because you must give it up. Why does a boy sneeze three times? Because he can't help it. Why are some women like facts? Because they are stubborn things. saved people, have no heart for the things of His kingdom; so many preachers take no interest in Daniel or Revelation or any prophecy, and as one recently said, "If I can get my people saved and safely to heaven I do not need to bother with the things of Daniel and Revelation, which I cannot understand." Is it not a possibility that to such our Lord might say what He said to the two on the way to Emmaus, "O fools, and slow of heart, to believe all, that the prophets have spoken!" (Luke xxiv. 25.) In the days of Jeremiah and Ezekiel there were those who were more interested in the welfare of themselves than of others, who ran without being sent by the Lord, who spoke lies out of the deceit of their own hearts and caused the people to err by their lies and their lightness (Ezek. xxxiv, 2, 8, 10; Jer. xxii, 16, 17, 21, 25, 26, 32). It is possible that there are still such false prophets, and the Lord will reckon with them in due time, for He is against them, and the reckoning will be a very serious matter for them. Every true prophet or teacher should be the Lord's messenger with the Lord's message, and His word to them is, "Hear the word of the Lord, hear the word at My mouth and give them warning from me" (Hag. i, 13; Ezek. xxxiv, 7, 9; iii, 4, 17). To all such the comfort is that His word will never fail to accomplish His pleasure, and He will watch over it to perform it (Isa. iv, 11; Jer. i, 12, R. V). Let us always remember that, while in all the Bible there are words for each individual heart, when God says Israel He means Israel, the descendants of Jacob, who was called Israel, and not the church, and I have not yet found any place where the church is called Israel or Israel the church. Ezekiel was a prophet of the captivity and evidently carried away in the second deportation with Jehoiacinch (Ezek. 1, 1, 2). Daniel had been taken in the first company in the reign of Jehoiacinch. Jeremiah was left in Jerusalem (Jer. xxxix, 11-14). These men had a "Thus saith the Lord" for all they said, and through them He was comforting and encouraging His people. Our lesson verses, 11 to 16, are certainly plain and clear statements concerning the gathering of Israel from all the countries where they have been scattered back to their own hand. Verses 23 to 27 tell of the one true Shepherd who shall then rule over them, the true David or Beloved, the Son of Mary, of whom Gabriel said that He would sit on the throne of his father David and reign over the house of Jacob forever (Luke 1, 31-33). Lesson verses 17-22 give light on the sheep and goat judgment of Matt. xxv A TRICK WITH A ROPE. Releasing Yourself While Your Hands Are Tied. Procure a rope the thickness of a clothesline about twelve or fifteen feet long. Ask some one to the your wrists together with a handkerchief; then get him to draw the rope through the arms and hold the two ends tightly. Bid him stand as far away as the double ropes will permit. The performer is now to drop the rope from his arms without untying the handkerchief. To accomplish it he must pull tightly against the person holding the ends of the rope. This enables him to draw the rope well in between the wrists until on slacking the rope the fingers can easily reach it and draw it through the handkerchief until sufficient is through to permit one hand to slip through the noose of rope which is formed by this last movement. A slight pull from the assistant causes the rope to fall free of the hands and arms. Beheadings. 1. Behead not dull and leave a musical instrument. 2. A number and leave a pronoun. 3. To grin and leave a distance. Answers. — 1, s-harp; 2, f-our; *3, s-mile. Heaven. Our word "heaven" comes from the verb "heave" and means that which is heaved or raised up. A NARROW ESCAPE By ALAN HINSDALE "What's your name?" asked Farmer Doyle of a young man about seventeen years old who had applied to him to be taken on to the crop gathering force. "Peter Simple," replied the youth. "Know anything about farmin'?" "No." "What wages do you expect?" "Whatever you choose to give." "Well, considerin' that you look strong and are willing to leave the wages to me I reckon I'll take you on. I'll feed you and give you $15 a month." So Peter Simple the next day went to work on the farm. It was the sea- son when the war between the United States and Germany had been declared and the raising of cereal food was of great importance. "Amanda," said Farmer Doyle to his daughter when evening when she was wiping the dishes after supper. "I've took on a new man today, and I want to say to you that you're not to get mixed up with him." "La, pa! Do you think I'm goin' to take up with a farm hand? I want someone better'n that." Nevertheless Amanda scrutinized each new hand her father employed with an eye, if he was young, to discover whether or not he would be worth appropriating. When she inspected Peter Simple he was in shirt and trousers tossing hay on to a wagon with a pitchfork. He had a fine figure, and it showed to advantage in the costume he wore. It seemed to Amanda that he was worthy of consideration. She went into the dairy house, got a pitcher of buttermilk and took it out to him. He drank it with thanks and an admiring gaze at Amanda. Peter was secretly Amanda's favorite till her father hired Josh Whittaker. Whittaker was a man of thirty, red headed and freckled. He owned a farm, but that season he got an idea into his head that with so many farmers in the field prices were bound to go down. So he leased his farm and to put in his time in July and August went to work for Farmer Doyle. As soon as Amanda learned of Whittaker's farm and that he had $2,500 invested in mortgages she dropped Peter and took up with Josh. When a man, or, rather, a boy, of seventeen fails in love he goes down clear over his head and keeps on going down till he touches bottom. Peter, who was in a worldly heaven while Amanda was smiling at him, was ready for suicide when he found himself supplanted. Amanda's parents saw it all and, though they had scolded her for encouraging Peter, urged her on when she encouraged Josh. Many a smile passed between the couple when at supper. A week before the end of September an engagement was announced between Amanda Doyle and Joshua Whittaker. It seemed to Peter that the bottom had dropped out of his life. He tried to find Amanda alone that he might beg her before it was too late not to blight his life. He had made up his mind to tell her something that might induce her to change her mind. Lucky Peter! Farmer Doyle came along and saw him waiting for Amanda at the hour she always went to milk the cows. Doyle called Peter into the house, paid him his wages to date and told him to vacate the premises. Peter surrendered and was never again seen on the Doyle farm. Amanda in the autumn was married to Whittaker and on the wedding trip stopped over at a New England city. A football game between the teams of two colleges was advertised, and the bride persuaded the groom to take her to see it. There was the usual kicking about of the ball by small boys and the shouts of the cheer leaders and the yells of the crowd, and then the teams pranced onto the field like acrobats into a circus ring. "Good gracious, Josh!" said Amanda, "Look a-there!" "Where? What?" "That feller is Peter Simple as sure as my name's Mandy." "So he is. By gum!" There was Peter sure enough in the toggery of a football man. Both bride and groom scanned the score card to find Peter's name among the players. It was not there. "Say, mister." said Josh to a youngster on the ground directly beneath him, "can you tell me who that young man is over there taking off his sweater?" "That? That's Harkinson, the richest man in his college. They say he's worth millions." There was no more comfort for either Mr. or Mrs. Whittaker on their bridal trip. Amanda looked sour enough to turn lemonade to vinegar, and Whittaker could not look pleasant when his wife sulked. When they went home and the bride had told who Peter Simple was Farmer Doyle and his wife turned as sour as their daughter. Jimmie Harkinson in May, becoming aware of the fact that he would be flunked at his graduation school examinations, availed himself of the national demand for food producers to go farming, for the board of education promised payment to all boys who would do so. Harkinson, not caring to be known as himself, chose the name of Peter Simple that he had picked out of a story book. Had Farmer Doyle not discharged him he would have avowed his wealth to Amanda and gone to college in the fall with a millstone about his neck in the shape of a sweetheart he forgot in a fortnight. Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, - - - - - ILL. MRS. M. J. McCRARY, MANAGER. FRIDAY AUG. 31, 1917. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. 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 ix 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 RAND and MARGARET BERRY wrote so that they had hardly any hair, but after using Xelento you can see the results on their pictures. Kinky Hair cannot be made straight. You have to have hair before it can be straightened. Now this XELENTO POMADE is a Hair Crowder which feeds the scalp and roots of the hair and makes kinky, nappy hair grow long, soft and silky. It cleans dandruff and stops Falling Hair at once. Price 25c by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. Write For Particulars at Oversee EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Alanta, Ga. NOTICE. The Mt. Olive Baptist Association will convene with the Siloam 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. Heavy Annual Rainfall. The rainfall of a village among the hills of Assam, during the ten weeks from May 1 to July 9 this year, was 250 inches. The village is Cherrapunji, 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. Cherrapunji stands on a plateau, overlooking the plain of Syilha, and it is 4,455 feet above sea level.—Westminster Gazette. Invention of Cut Glue 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 Bohemian glass-maker 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 he chose. --- $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 oely 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 Druggists. 75c. Sold by all Druggists, 78c. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti- pation. Fried Fish every day at the Grand Leader Cafe. Mrs. Isabelle, wife of Dr. Isabelle of Paducah Ky. was in the city Tuesday on business, while here she called into our sanctum. Call again. Rev. Geo. Crippens and Brother Thomas Harmon, were in Brookport, Monday night and ably assisted pastor McCrazy, in the big revival now in progress at the Unity Baptist church. You are cordially invited to attend our services at any time. Rev. W D Simms of Newburg Ind who was elected as one of the missionaries at the last session of the Mt. Olive Association, is back in the district, tho too poorly to be acting but he has a desire to go about duties. He preached for Unity Baptist church Snnday and Monday nights. Wherever he goes we would ask for him a liberal collection. 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. We are pleased to learn that the Teacher's Institute held with St. Paul Baptist church, Dnquoin recently was a successs though we received no notice from the Secretary. Rev- Thomas Morris, is assisting Rev. Berry Thomas this week in a revival at Mermet. Rev. Thomas is doing a great work at Mermet and needs congratulations. Circuit Court (August Term) is in session this week with Judge W. N. Butler of Cairo, on the Bench. Monday a.m the grand Jury was impaneled and given the oath after which they went to work. Several women put an earnest plea to the Judge and succeeded in getting their divorces The criminal cases are docked for the latter part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Neely, and Mr. and Mrs. Darnell, of Jersey city, N. J are in the city indefinitely. The Massac Counfy Teacher's Instituto is being held this week in the chapel of the New High School Many Teachers of the county are in attendance. Prof. Spence the County Supt. has secured the assistance of many noted instructors. No pains have been spared to make the Institute a success. Prof. T. L. Alston, attended the Teacher's Inst ite last week at Marion, Will iamson, Co. Miss Captula Tinsley, is indisposod this week Mts. Leah Reed was a Paducah visitor Monday. 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. We solicit your patronage at the Leader 900 Pearl St. We are pleased with the many nice things said of the Gazette, but we appreciate the money you owe us the more. Attend the Musical Friday Evening at the First Baptist church Mrs. Gus Blakemore, of W. 10th St. is seriously sick this week. Miss Daisy Christy, of East St. Louis, is visiting the Long sisters in Belgrade. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McCrary, and son Jos. Edgar, Jr. worshipped at Unity Baptist church, Brookport Sunday. Alex Tranzor, who spent the greater portion of the summer in Gary Ind arrived in the city Saturday to improve over the serious accident he met while in Gary, Mrs. Morna Givens, of Saint Louis Mo. is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Campbell. Rev. J. C. Graves, of Hopkinsville, Ky. filled the pulpit at the First Baptist church Sunday. Rev. Benj. Long, and son Theodore of Choat, were in the city Monday on business. Miss Berniee Burke, spent Saturday and Sunday in Belgrade, the guest of Misses Jewel and Daisy Long. Miss Maude Porter attended the Teacher's Institute in Golconda, Pope Co. last week. Mesdames Hattie Beard and Millie Griggs attended the Free Will Quarterly Conference last week. Mrs. Beard was the elected delegate. Wm. Tittsworths of Brookport was in the city Monday to purchase a new pump for his saw mill, and Tuesday on business connected with Unity Baptist church. Misses Roberta and Maggie Burkhalter, of Elkville, are in the city visiting their two uncles Messrs Tolbert and Jim Albritton. Mr. Wm. Wyatt, left Wednesday for Cairo, to visit his brother. Mrs. Thos. Roberts went to Paducah, Ky. to be at the bed side of her daughter Mrs. Mossie Kevil, who now has a fine baby girl. Mr. Thos. Harmon, and Rev. George Crippens, were in Brookport Tuesday night, attending the revival at Unity Baptist church. Program To be rendered at the 1st Baptist Church Friday Eve., Aug. 31st 1917. Gorus ..... Choir. Iuvocation ..... Chorus ..... Choir. Reading ..... Mr. Norris Turner. Solo ..... Mr. Vercie Shaunon. Reading ..... Miss Allie Barnard. Instrumental Solo ..... Miss Lavada Martin. Reading ..... Miss Izora Rodgers. Cornet Solo ..... Mr. H. A. Taylor Reading ..... Mrs. Bessie M. Cork Solo ..... Mrs. Love M. Renfro. Reading ..... Mrs. G. M. Masterson. No door fee, but a liberal collection will be called for. Every body is cordially invited to attend, refreshments will also be served. L. A. Towles, Pres. Margie Tandy, Pianist. NOTICE. The Mt. Olive Executive Board Meeting 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 Eduational 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, camen 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, 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, preach a mission sermon once a month or a quarter, lift a special collection for missions and start the mission box plan. We have a good missionary in the person of Elder J. H. Hilley, and he needs our support. Let every church send something to the Board which meets with the Sunday School conuion at Cairo, June 13th. J. B. McCrary, Moderator. Chasing the Wolf Away. When the wolf is at your door you will be surprised how easily you can chase him away if you make the effort—Atchison Globe. We want to raise more money at Unionville, during the sixty-sixth session than ever before in the history of its existence. 300 oo is the slogan. Therefore, let every messenger and member come prepared to give $1 00 each on Sunday. The moderator is down for the 1st dollar. Dr. C. C. Phillips says pleae place his name on the list for $1.00 We want every church belonging to the Association, to be represented with as money as they can. Don't withhold the Lord's money, but send it in. Remember every department of the work, and don't forget missions, District, State, Home and Foreign, Education and the Gazette, which is your organ, speaking out for you. Every church should send up one dollar for its support. J B McCrary, Moderator New Church Windows Have Arrived. The church windows for the Unity Baptist church have arrived, and are being placed this week. They are beauties, and the members and friends who assisted in raising money to purchase them are rejoicing with the pastor because we are able to pay for them when they arrived. Surely God is with the pastor and the members though they are few in number. Whatever we place our hands to do in his work since coming to Brookport has been a success. "If God is for us who can be against us" Great Revival Now On. The revival being conducted by pastor J. B. McCray at the Unity Baptist church, Brookport has resulted much good There are five souls that are happily converted and several earnest seekers at the bench, crying for mercy. The members are much revived. The weak and slack members are being warmed up. Pray for our success. The only way to get the genuine New Home Sewing Machine is to buy the machine with the name NEW HOME on the cm 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. Printing In China. If reports are to be relied on, they had the art of printing in China "2,400 years ago." It was block printing, however, though it is said that they had something very like movable type in the middle of the tenth century. There may be some doubt as to the exact period, but these is no room for questioning the fact that for many centuries before it was known in Europe the art was well known in China Pathetic. "Tis the irony of fate," sighed the county fair aeronaut. "When a boy I wore patches on my trousers and now that I'm a man I sail the skies in a patched balloon." Qualities Widely Apart. Admiration and familiarity are strangers—George Sand. FIREWORKS ARE BIG SPECTACLE Tons of Powder Used In Mammoth Display Secured For State Fair. The gorgeous fireworks spectacle shown at the last State Fair made profound impression with all who saw it, but in the words of State Fair managers "it will not hold a candle" to the wonderful display secured for this year's fair, Sept. 15 to 21. The fireworks will be first shown on Monday of the Fair, and after that will be shown nightly up to and including Friday. C. H. Duffield of the Thearle-Duffield company, New York, has the management of the exhibit. He gave his personal attention to it and announces that the event will mark epoch in the work of his company and in all pyrotechnics in the country. "The Last Days of Pompei" will be the big special feature. This great spectacle is pronounced the greatest ever attempted and thousands will see it nightly. Included in this are two great opening numbers. One is entitled "Our Army." The other "Our Navy." Both cover four hundred square feet of ground and representations in fire of both the army and navy are to be shown. The showing of a man of war being attacked and sunk by a submarine is another of the great features of the exhibit. The first firing shows the man of war outlined in fire. The submarine then heaves into view. Suddenly a giant torpedo leaves the submarine. It strikes the great ship squarely in the center. It is seen to water and then a terrific explosion is heard and the man of war sinks with terrific detonations. A battle between a United States battleship and the flagship of the Mexican navy is another of the big features planned. The vessels are mechanically constructed and designed after the patterns of vessels of today. The guns are mounted on decks and the gun turrets are shown to belch forth fire. A shot from the Mexican ship brings a great burst of fire from the American vessel and the destruction of the Mexican vessel is a thing of seconds. These displays will be seen nightly at the race track. Spectators may sit in the spacious grandstand and witness all without becoming tired. The displays will be set off just inside the race track across from the stand. Several hundred square feet of ground are used in the events which are the greatest ever attempted at any similar gathering. Besides the fireworks ten great vaudeville acts will be going on all the time in a stand erected just across the race track in front of the grandstand. "The Six Flying La Vans" head the list. They are beheaded as the world's most famous geriatrics working on apparatus forty feet high and all advance notices indicate that they live up to their reputation. Posing, casting, bar acts, acrobatic contortion and tumbling are some of the other things which will be shown by the special talent teams secured for the amusement of State Fnr visitors. "BARGAIN" RATES TO STATE FAIR To deny one's self or one's family a trip to the State Fair this year, Sept. 15-23, will not be true economy. Aside from the positive worth of every department and every exhibit, the trip to and from Springfield is of value in itself, and during Spring Week it can be gotten at a bargain. Five railroads which connect Springfield as a hub to towns and villages of Illinois are to offer this year the usual special State Fair round trip rates. The round trip will cost approximately three-fourths the regular fare. Seven railroads enter the State Fair city—the Illinois Central, C and A., Wabash, C. P. and St. Louis, B. and S-W., C. I. and W. and I. T. S. AUTO POLO IS DEATH BY-WORD State Fair Visitors to See Aviation Thrills Thrown Into Background. The dangers of aviation and motor-dome racing contests will be backed into the limelight at the Illinois State Fair, Sept. 15 to 23, when the two original and world famous auto-pole teams meet in real combat for honors. All visitors to the State Fair of 1916 will have a chance to see this death inciting act, for it will be given the first afternoon and every afternoon and night of the Fair until Friday night of the closing week. What is auto polo, you ask? Well, the name some give it is "motor insanity." Once seen auto polo is easy to understand. The object is to pass ---