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. E. McCrary. Treasurer Eld. H. C. Armstead. Added Members Eld. F. Bomar Cairo Eld. J. E. Haywood Chicago Eld. Jas. Swanson Maywood State Missionary H. E. Mewilliams. State Mission Board Chairman Dr. C. C. Phillips Cor. Sec. J. D. Davis Treasurer Eld. J. E. Haywood Other Members Eld. S. H. Cruitt Deacon R. Lewis Sister Sallie Thomas Chicago Sister M. Hadgin Cairo Sister J. w. winston Olmstead Sister Carrie Casiy Shawnetown Urish Jenkins Rev. J. A. Royal Chicago " L. Drane Chicago Rev. A. J. Bowers Dewmaine Rev. D. Johnson Dewmaine " B. H. Huther Evanston " K. V. Howard Grand Chain " Robt. Grey Murphyboro " J. L. Martin Oolps Deacon J. Simpson Hallidayboro " J. Baker Brookport Eld. Thomas Morris Metropolis Bro. Chas. Skates Mound City Deacon J. L. Tabor Educational Board Chairman Dr. B J. Priase Chicago Cor. Sec. Siz. Frankie Jenkile Cairo. Sister willie Greyer Colps Sister Emma Parrow Cairo " J. M. Owens Sparta Eld. J. B. McOrary Metropolis Committee on Nomination C. C. Phillips J. E. Heywood G. H. Mitchell F. Bomar Sister Stella Dupree " willie Greer " M. B. Taylor Elder H. C. Armstead " H. E. Mowilliams Members of various Committees of National Baptist Convention (Unincorporated.) Foreign Mission Bos.d H. E. Mowilliams, D. D. Chicago, Ill. Home Mission Board J. B. McOrary, 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 the churches in due time so as the churches may be enabled to take an intelligent report at the association. Subscribe For The Gazette. MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." Programme 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 dole. Meeting called to order by President. Calling roll on 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' call 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 Bethlehem. Calling roll and reading morning's journal. Introduction of visitors. Topic, "The relation that Baptist minister's sustain it," opened by Rev. G. H. Mitchell of Mt. Vernon, Sermon, Rev. O. T. Banks of Miller City, alternate 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. Charlson. Installation of officers, adjournment. Wednesday Morning Devotional services led by Tamms and Cache delegate. 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. Throogmorton,—The Church organized? (b) By whom? Alt. Rev. W. D. Simms, organization and adjournment. After-noon Devotional service led by Future City, Mt. Carmel, T. 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.nt, Carbondale. Adjournment. Evening Devotional services led by Murphysboro, aud Mt. Sermon, Rev. S. H. Pruitt, Alt. Rev. P. B. French and adjournment. 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 off- cers, and appointment of committee on Enrollment. 9:30. Welcome address by Pastor. Response by Rev. J. W. Fitts. 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 de- legates. 2:00 Calling roll and reading morning's journal. 2:15 Introduction of visitors. 2:30 Topic, "The relation that Baptist minister's sustain to the District," opened by Rev. G. H. Mitchell of Mt. Vernon, Ill. 3:00 Sermon, Rev. O. T. Banks of Miller City, alternate Rev. T. M. Brandon of Mounds. Collection. 3:30 Report of committee on Nomination. 4:00 Adjournment. 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 Tamms 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) Waan 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. Carlo 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. Program of the 13th Annual Session of the W. E. and M. Convention Thursday Morning Devotional services led by Mt. Morinh, end 12th St. Calling roll of officers, reading Constitution and By- 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 I" Opened by Rev. J. H. Hilly. Introductory sermon Rev. D. Parrish, Mound City. 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, mittee on Nomination. Evening Devotional services conducted by Belgrade and Carri- tes. Reading after-noon's journal. Doctrinal sermon by Davis, Colp. ion, installation of officers, adjournment. Thursday Morning 8:30 Devotional services led by Mt. Moriah, end 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. Program of the 66th Annual Session of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association 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. 9:20 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-moon 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 Belgrade and Villa Ridge delegates. Devotional services conducted by Centralia, and Cobd. Calling roll of officers. Reading constitution and by tment 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 Devotionals conducted by Walnut Hill and Joppa dele --- 9:00 Calling roll, reading Thursday evening's journal. 9:20 Reading letters. 9:50 Report of various committee. 10:20 Missionary's report. 11:00 Sermon, Rev, J, H. Starks, collection, adjournment. After noon 1:30 Devotional services conducted by Round Knob and Miller, City. Calling roll, reading morning's journal. 2:00 Miscellaneo's business. 2:30 Praise services. 3:00 Sermon. Collection, adjournment. Evening 7:00 Devotional services conducted by Ullin and Zion Traveler. 7:30 Sermon, Restricted Communion, Dr. C. C. Phillips collection, adjournment. Sunday Morning 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 Revs. D. Parrish, F. Bomar, T. M. Brandon, Sisters F. Jenkins, Annie Brandon, Emma Farrow. Associational Letter Greeting:— To the Mt. Olive Baptist District the Dear Brethren:— The Lord hath done great glad. We send to sit with your tor Eld. and Bro. or Sister Our Statistics A (a) ... Received by Baptism (b) ... Received by Letter (c) ... Received by Experience (d) ... Received by Restoration (e) ... Total received since last Dism (a) ... Dismissed by Letter (b) ... Dropped (c) ... Excluded (d) ... Deceased (e) ... Present Membership Ordained Ministers Licensed Ministers Missionary Visits (a) ... Money paid to the miss (b) ... Money sent up for miss (c) ... Money sent up for the (d) ... Money sent up for the Normal School, at Me (e) ... Money sent up for the (f) ... Total amount of money (g) ... Total number of members For our Brethren and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ your hearts, that you may have Done by order of the church A. D. 191 Eld. No. Bro. or Sister No. City, Take notice. Cut this Blank out a Baptist District Association Baptist church, Illinois. We have done great things for us; to sit with your deliberation; Our Statistics Are As Follows: ed by Baptism, ed by Letter, ed by Experience, ed by Restoration. Received since last session. Dismission ed by Letter, ed, ed, ed Membership Ministers Ministers. Missionary Visits, if any, or not paid to the missionary this year, sent up for missionary this year, sent up for the Association, sent up for the Rebuilding of School, at Metropolis, Ill. sent up for the Gazette. Amount of money sent up to the number of members in good standing and companions sake, with word Jesus Christ; and the love you may have a splendid session of the church, this Southern City. In this Blank out and use it if you do Take notice. Cut this Blank out and use it if you don't receive letter. Address of Mrs. M. J. O. Connor President of W. E. and M.-Society, of East Mt. Olive Baptist Association. Sister President, Bro. Ministers, Officers, members, and friends of the Baptist W. E. So- --- Baptist church, of Illinois, send Cristian Institution Association in session with Baptist church, of Illinois. Things for us; whereof we are deliberation; our beloved pas- sion. As Follows: Sionary this year ... $ Sionary this year ... $ Association ... $ Rebuilding of the Livingston Tropolis, Ill. ... $ Gazette ... $ Sent up to this session $ Pers in good standing ... $ Opiations sake, we pray that the and the love of God will fill a splendid session. This day of ... Pastor Street, Illinois. Church Clerk Street, Illinois And use it if you don't receive letter. ciety, of the East Mount Olive Association of Southern Ill. I bring greetings: Another year has passed, and time has brought us together again, in another annual meeting according to previous arrangements, for which I am grateful indeed to my Heavenly Father, I really believe we are grateful to Him for this blessed opportunity. Seeing and realizing His merciful kindness toward us, we should give thanks unto the Lord, and praise God from whom all blessings flow. Prior to this time loved ones have been taken from our sides, and from our midst. Loved ones that were with us in our last meeting, and shared a faithful part with us in this great mission work. God in His own wise Providence saw fit to call them from labor to reward. We must take this time to mention it, and that is our dear beloved sister Della Hamilton, of Dewmaine, our most worthy corresponding Sec. of the Bapist W. E & M. Society of the General Baptist State Association. We feel the lost of sister Hamilton, but we feel our lost is Heaven's gain. Let us be subject to the will of the Master, and say, 'Servant of God well done, rest from thy love employ, the battle's fought, the victory's won, enter thy Master's joy. My dear sisters, let us work and labor until the Master comes let us consecrate our selves to the service of God that our labor be not in vain. My dear christian women, we are needed in the Divine work to help raise fallen humanity, to help spread this God given message. We are needed at home and abroad, both far and near. We are needed religiously morally, prayerfully, collectively, individually and financially. Let us see to it as far as it rests upon us, our duty as well as a privilege, do all we can to bring, send and carry this gospel message until it has reached all nations kindred and tongue of every nation shall have been emerged and they can be seen as well as heard. There rests upon us as christian women a great responsibility, the responsibilities now are greater than ever before in all history of our lives, and we must take the Holy Ghost for our guide, and Jesus for our Counsellor. Friend and Brothers to withstand the crisis that we are confronted with today, as Jesus worked out his mission while on earth, so let us do in the same like manner, by taking our crosses and following in His foot steps. Let it be said of us as it was said of the woman that annointed the feet of our blessed Lord, she has done what she could. One year ago this thy humble servant, was elected to this honorable position, understanding at the time you elected me that this the Baptist W. E. M. Society was a prime factor in Educational work, as well as in religious work knowing to the intelligence of my people. Knowing my weakness, if I had not of given my self to God and his cause some one else would be here in my stead tonight addressing you as President of the W. E. S. I hope to be to the world as Jesus was while He was in the world that people might have life, and that more abundantly. 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. General Staff Directs All Army Moves They Work Out All the Many Maneuvers Used In Warfare, Also Serve to Avoid Unnecessary Red Tape and Make the Tasks of Commanders at the Front Lighter. FEW of our hundred millions of population know the nature of the general staff corps, that division which is generally called "the brains of the army" and of which Major General Hugh L. Scott is chief. And while it is an intricate organization there is really no mystery about it. Every business organization of any importance has its general staff, as have all considerable railroads, all large law firms and engineering firms. Their job is to investigate, form expert opinion upon and place at the disposal of the chief whom they serve plans for doing well the jobs in hand and for doing better the jobs still to come. Thus every law firm has employees and even partners who never have been known to make an argument before a court or jury, but who prepare and arrange arguments or arrange adjustments which others use or carry through. General Staff In All Business In any large business you will find men who are constantly at work studying materials, machines, processes, competitors' successes, whom the general manager of the company directs and whose advice is very nearly law to them. Every hospital has on its staff experts in diagnosis, in bacteriology, in this disease and that operation, who form its general staff. And the Pasteur institute, the Rockefeller institute and all the other laboratories where plans, methods, judgments of carrying on the warfare against disease are being worked out might fairly be called the general staff corps of the nation's department of health. The general staff principle is, in a word, 公 Major General Hugh L. Scott, Chief of Staff of the Army. just this: Use of the best brains available to guide and aid the leaders of action. The army's need for a general staff is not so recent as our civilian ignorance of what war is leads us to suppose. It is—to army men—a very far cry from the Indian fighting and Philippine fighting warfare which to you and me (until 1914) war signified. Our devoted service men (and a very few thinkers among the political leaders) realized many years ago that war is not any longer a matter of policing a few tuberculous bands of Indians. It is not just since Aug. 4, 1914, that our army men have been aware that war demands officers practiced in maneuvering with large fleets or large troop units, demands an organization firm and flexible, requires a supply department manned and managed as soundly as a railroad company, calls for signal corps, field railroad building corps, engineer corps, air service corps of men highly trained and used to working together under military discipline. Ellihu Root recognized this. It is due to his efforts that the general staff corps of the United States army was formed. That corps has never exceeded fifty officers. A larger corps would have required larger appropriations, and our congress, which is the body that decides upon this highly important matter, had other plans for spending. The peace value of the general staff is—if that be possible—even greater than its value in war. By doing its duty of bringing the material—the guns, supply of shells and everything else, from airplanes to intrenching tools—and the personnel—officers and troops—up to the highest point of efficiency and finally by planning the operations of defense with careful knowledge of all probable theaters, the general staff corps makes certain in advance as far as is humanly possible several of the factors that will decide the result of the great early battles of a war. It is, of course, clear that in modern wars such early battles—as, for example, the Marne—may settle the fate of nations regardless of all later efforts. Not French spirit only could have held the invader at the Marne. It was French preparedness that saved France and Belgium and the British empire by the bank of that diver. The gist of the United States general staff law is an order to that corps to do exactly what other staffs are expected to do—to get officers, troops and all their instruments and supplies up to the highest point of effectiveness for instant war service and to plan the operations of defense. No one, however unblessed with a sense of proportion, will call this a small order for any corps in any group of men in any land. When one stops to consider the lack of respect for the expert, the contempt of legal orders in this country, the unwillingness for discipline and preference for happy-go-lucky ways in our country and P. Major General Erasmus M. Weaver, Chief of Coast Artillery. congress, it seems work for all the strong men in the country teamed up and pulling as one. There are the following divisions of the work, each requiring the presence of a full section of picked officers: Communication (railroad and motor truck transportation and service and wire service). United States army organization (to see that no part rots dry from overorganization or officers deficient in "pep" and common sense). Armament. Foreign military conditions (concerned chiefly with military and political situations that may endanger the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. Fortifications, surveys, maps, archives. Maneuvers, army war college and other service schools. Central section directly under chief of general staff in change of all questions relating to personnel and administration of United States army. Flexibility Needed. Organization, like all other good things, can be overdone. Its red tape can tie, hand and foot, the men who are part of it. For example, in the Russo-Japanese war fur overcoats were delivered to the troops in the spring and summer clothes at the beginning of winter, not because of a lack of organization, but because organization was too cumbersome, too much in a rut, too lacking in intelligence. It is the job of a general staff to make certain that organization does not outrun team play. It is no less their job to lead on the army to new levels of co-operative effort, to a higher and higher degree of organization. If they fail in this larger task it will be possible for the Germans, with armies smaller than our own by far, to beat us and make us submit to their terms. Not without reason, therefore, is the general staff called "the brains of the army." Some people nowadays are willing, shamefully willing, to admit the ability of other nations to whip us. But it has not yet reached the point where people are willing to admit that we are the A. B. Major General William C. Gorgas, Surgeon General of the U. S. Army. inferiors of the Germans in our ability to use our brain power. "The brains of the army" should surely be given especial support and whatever number of officers are needed, for the usual reasons and further because custom as solid as law provides a civilian head for the war department of the United States. With a civilian head a strong body of experts to advise the experienced chief is more than ever necessary. Under the present law the general staff is also deprived to a large extent of the constant attention, aid and direction it should receive from its head. The chief of staff under the present law supervises the following departments as well as all troops of the line: Adjutant general, inspector general, judge advocate, quartermaster general, medical corps, corps of engineers, odnance department, signal corps. With such heavy duties it is entirely out of the question for him to give to the general staff the time and energies which it rightfully may expect from its chief. Decides Conduct of War. And in time of war what does the general staff do then? The answer is that it practically decides the conduct of the war. For a Napoleon it was possible to say "I require obedience, not advice!" and to win consistently by carrying out that principle. Suppose that Napoleon himself had his headquarters today "somewhere in France." The changes of a hundred years would make it entirely impossible for him to sit silently upon his white horse on some hilltop to watch the battle unfold around and beneath him, solid divisions upon divisions going forward in thick masses to carry out his plans. His men would be drawn out in thin lines over hundreds of miles of ground and stationed in trenches so low as to be invisible. The hilltop headquarters he would have to abandon for some central point far back of the line of fire, where a few hundred telephone wires and a daily report from the sectors in the form of sketch maps would be his only means of "seeing" the battle. Would he still refuse advice? The question is a nice one; but, after all, whether we can answer it or not matters not at all, for a Napoleon occurs only once in half a dozen centuries. If we are uncertain about whether he would need advice and guidance today, no such doubt exists about the best generals in the fighting armies of the present time. While the names of certain commanders are the only names we know, we civilians, all soldiers know that it is not they who really make the great decisions on which campaigns are decided and nations rise and fall. The central brain of the military body- Brigadier General William Crozier, Chief of Ordnance of U. S. Army, the general staff—could scarcely be less active in wartime than in peace years. It is their judgment, backed by their united knowledge and experience, which directs the strategy and the course of every campaign. The personal responsibility for orders issued, the energy with which they are executed, rest with the commanding general. But how far he is merely advised and how completely he is under the direction of the general staff is a matter only of degree. Such is the work done by the general staff that is effective. Hoecakes and Their Origin. The hoecake is the most common form of corn bread found in the south. It was named by the southern slaves in early slavery times. The women slaves hood cotton and rice by the task. When a task was begun in the morning it was completed before going back home. Sometimes they would get hungry; then the hoe was detached from the helve, a fire started and a hoecake was cooked then and there upon the hoe. It was discovered by the planters that meal cooked thus was palatable, and the hoecake was henceforth made part and parcel of a complete plantation dinner. For a hoecake take one pint of sifted meal, one half teaspoonful of salt; add hard or fried meat grease and mix with enough lukewarm water to form a thin paste. Spread on a hot and greasy griddle. Bake both sides brown. Serve hot with vegetables, fish, bacon, pork, etc. For corn pone use the above formula, but make the dough or paste thicker. Make into loaves and bake in a hot oven.—A. W. Brabham in New York Sum. Handicapped by His Name. The handicap of a poet's name was illustrated in the case of Mr. William Wordsworth, who was the eldest surviving grandson of the poet. Mr. Wordsworth was a grat scholar and a poet himself of high distinction. A volume of his sonnets was issued privately some years ago. On account of the similarity of his name with that of his grandfather, he always refused to publish any of his poetical writings, though pressed to do so by people of such high authority as Matthew Arnold, who described one of his sonnets as the finest in the English language. —Montreal Star. Food For the Farmer's Brain KILL CABBAGE WORMS. Spraying or Dusting With Insecticides Will Save the Crop. Cabbage worms, the most destructive insect enemies of cabbage, cauliflower and related crops, begin depredations in early spring and continue till the crop is harvested. Spraying with either paris green or arsenate of lead or dusting with pyrethrum after the heads form is recommended by the Ohio agricultural experiment station to control such pests. Spraying with a pound of paris green in fifty gallons of water or with four pounds of arsenate of lead paste (half as much powder) in fifty gallons of water, along with two pounds of dissolved soap as a spreader and sticker, will kill the several species of worms on cabbage. This should be used whenever the caterpillars are numerous up to the time heads are half formed. After heading begins one part of pyrethrum to four parts of fine lime or flour is preferable. This may be dusted over infested plants once a week when the leaves are wet with dew or rain. A fine material like road dust, lime or flour stops the breathing pores of cabbage worms and often is used; alone as a means of control against these pests. Heading is often delayed several weeks, and frequently plants are made nearly worthless by cabbage worms. The adults are commonly white butterflies or sober colored moths, while the caterpillars are about an inch long and green in color. LATE HATCHED CHICKS With Proper Care They Can Be Raised at a Fair Profit. The principal reason late hatched chicks are usually a failure and usually unprofitable is because of the heat, because of vermin that flourish space during said heat and because they usually have to compete with earlier hatched and older chicks. These being the facts, the thing to do is to avoid them as much as possible. A hot, dry summer is hard on them, but in usual summers a large, well ventilated coop and some natural shade are all that is needed to combat heat. Lice any one can fight successfully if he will only look for them and use the well known and often published methods. And on farms at least it is usually easy to put these late hatched chicks along some lane, woods, field of corn or somewhere where adult poultry and older chicks cannot trouble them and where the ground is clean and sweet in a poultry sense and plenty of natural food still to be found. This isolation of late hatched chicks is perhaps the one important thing that makes for success or failure with them. In any case try raising some late hatched chicks this year. There will be a market for them at good prices. Profit In Late Beans On account of too much rain and cold weather our garden bean crop first planted in the spring of 1916 was hopeless, writes a correspondent of the Farm and Fireside. The weather continued so unfavorable our last planting was not made until the middle of August, when four rows of beans were planted three rods long. From this planting we gathered thirty gallons to can, beside supplying the family with green beans. The vines were also well filled with small beans when frost came. To get such good results from so late a planting we encouraged the growth by good tillage. This result with late planted beans will encourage us to follow the same plan in future years. To Check Celery Blight. Spraying with bordeaux mixture and destroying diseased parts will check the spread of celery blight. Bordeaux is made with four pounds of copper sulphate, four pounds of quicklime and fifty gallons of water. The use of this spray material is advised by the Ohio agricultural experiment station on young seedlings before transplanting and afterward as needed. For best results the leaves must be well covered with the spray in plant beds. Burning diseased plants and leaves nids in control of celery blight. Debris left on the plot may harbor the disease over winter. DAIRY WISDOM. Type is not the real test of a cow's value. The scales and tester are better indications. Every year the farmer wonders how the pasture is going to hold out, says the Farm Journal. It is a pretty safe guess that it will fall off about August. Be ready for it. Don't overload the pastures. Salt, shade and water are essential to the development of a dairy herd. Stagnant water is unfit for the stock. Drain the marshes and ponds or fence the cattle away from them. Where chronic dysentery is present in a dairy herd try washing the cows' udders with a 2 per cent solution of coal tar disinfectant before allowing the calves to suck. - A cow with the ability to make - good records is hindered in production if handled by an ignorant herdsman. - ```markdown ``` POULTRY PICKINGS. Don't sell all the strong, sturdy birds. The farmer must have that kind to pay him a good profit. If we want chickens with life enough to chase a grasshopper we must avoid inf breeding. The chicken stunted in growth never becomes what it might have been had the development been continuous. A too heavy diet of grain is apt to produce vertigo in geese. Turkey's are extensively grown in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. The latter state, it is estimated, produces the greatest number. ```markdown ``` FARM FERTILIZERS. Barnyard Manure Gives as Good Results as Commercial Kinds. As a part of its thirty-five year fertilizer experiments the Pennsylvania State college has devoted a number of plots to a comparison of commercial fertilizer and barnyard manure. In this comparison the manured plots and the complete commercial fertilizer plots have maintained the yields about equally well. Where commercial fertilizers have been applied no organic matter has been plowed down except the stubbles and the second growth of clover and timothy, and even the latter was cut and removed from the plots in eleven of the thirty-five years. The complete fertilizer plots have slightly outyielded the manured plots in five of the seven five-year periods. In this connection the college calls attention to the fact that such applications of commercial fertilizer are too expensive to give the maximum net return. Assuming an arbitrary price of $1.50 a ton for barnyard manure, the value of the crop less the cost of treatment is greater for the manure than for the complete fertilizers. This net return is nearly the same for plots receiving phosphoric acid and potash, the plots receiving complete fertilizer with twenty-four pounds of nitrogen from nitrate of soda and those receiving six tons of manure. HOG CHOLERA SERUM. Take No Chances With Ailing Swine, but Act Quickly. "Don't take a chance with a sick hog. Act quickly. Get a veterinarian or a trained man immediately. Don't wait a single hour when you suspect disease in your herd. Use the tele- phone or send to town at once. Only prompt action will stop hog cholera losses. Every hog saved will help win the war." This is the message of tre- mendous importance which government officials are sending to farmers. The time for argument about antihog cholera serum is past, declare the hog specialists. Explicit figures prove unmistakably that when administered in time by competent persons hog cholera serum will keep well hogs from taking the disease for a period of three to six weeks. Not argument, but quick action, is imperative to get serum and a trained operator to the farm to treat the hogs. Hogs will be saved and the nation's meat supply increased if every farmer will immediately upon sign of disease call in the nearest available expert to diagnose the complaint and administer treatment. Late Corn Cultivation Doubtful. Several extra cultivations for corn late in the season have doubtful value in the light of tests conducted at the Ohio agricultural experiment station for three years. Yields have been increased only about two bushels by three extra cultivations. Alternate plots of corn have been given three extra cultivations about ten days apart after five ordinary cultivations have ceased. During three years thirteen tests have been made. The average yield for ordinary cultivation has been 59.86 bushels per acre, for late cultivation 61.95 bushels, or a gain of 2.00 bushels for three cultivations. Dried Apples In Big Demand. It is now the intention to renew the usefulness of some of the apple evaporating plants that in many cases proved unprofitable when in use several years ago on account of the small demand at that time for dried and evaporated products, says the Farm and Fireside. There is also a lively interest now being manifested in municipal and community drying undertakings in the hop kilns in those areas of New York, Oregon, Washington and California where hop growing and drying has in the past been more important than at the present time. Banish Weeds From Orchard. Clean culture is generally regarded as the ideal method of caring for an orchard. Weeds rob the trees of moisture and fertility, harbor insects and rodent pests and render it difficult to get around in the orchard to prune, spray and to pick fruit. A weedy orchard is clearly an abomination, and the arguments against weeds are overwhelming. The clean cultivated orchard presents a pleasing and well kept appearance, in striking contrast with a weed choked orchard, the earmark of a slovenly farmer. The Dairy Cow. Give the dairy cow sufficient care and feed for best results and handle her products in the most sanitary way necessary for production of best human food. In the Sport Arena By SPARK PLUG Jeffries' New Venture. James J. Jeffries, ex-heavyweight champion, is possessor of a powder manufacturing secret that may make him a munition king if present developments are any indication. Buried in the mountain fastnesses which loom beyond the former gladiator's ranch, near Los Angeles, Cal., is a little powder plant from which Jeffries is confident of making a great fortune. It is known that the British government has begun a thorough investigation of the product which Jeffries and his partners believe will prove superior to the best powder now being manufactured in this country. Jeffries is reticent concerning his latest venture, but he offered as his ophioni that it will prove successful. Comiskey Does His Bit. Charles Comiskey, president of the Chicago team of the American league, has given Orson Smith, treasurer of the Chicago branch of the American Red Cross, his check for $2,219.11, representing 10 per cent of the gross receipts of his club for the first home series of ten games. President Comiskey, who has volunteered to give 10 per cent of his receipts throughout the season, informed Mr. Smith he was willing to increase the amount if necessary. Barrett In Aviation Service Barrett in Aviation Service. Charley (Chuck) Barrett of Cornell fame, who signed a contract as coach and player with the Patrician football team, has enlisted in the mosquito fleet of Uncle Sam's service and has gone to take up his duties. Barrett's place probably will be filled by Delle Mahan of Harvard. EAT ORANGES AT NIGHT. Then You Will Sleep Soundly and Rise Happy In the Morning. If you are troubled with sleeplessness or if you are restless at nights, eat oranges before retiring. Oranges are the best sedative in the world. A man on the orange diet will never get rheumatism, and be will have no appetite for alcoholic liquors. Both apples and oranges cure the liquor habit. Oranges, eaten before retiring, will make you sleep so soundly that you arise in the morning invigorated and refreshed, with the notion that you have been drugged with some potion that makes life all the happier and joyous. The acid of the orange will help purge you in case you need purging, and the sugar of the orange will sweeten your breath and your whole body. The coolness of the juice will reduce the fevers of your digestive tract, and you will be 1,000 per cent better off for the orange diet. Orange buds and orange leaves steeped in hot water and made into a tea are also splendid sedatives. The orange was originally a berry in Asia. It was brought into Europe by Alexander the Great, and it has been greatly improved since Alexander's time, especially by the horticulturists of California. The oranges are not growing here for nothing. They thrive here because nature intends them to be used by you as a food—Los Angeles Times. AUSTRALIAN STORE TALK. Their Term "Soft Goods" Means What We Call Dry Goods. The United States is not the only country that takes liberties with the mother tongue. Australia speaks a language of trade that would not be understood elsewhere. For instance, "dry goods" is seldom heard, the Australian term being "soft goods". This generally applies only to piece goods, with some inclusion of ready to wear articles. The house or shop that carries articles for men's wear is known as a "mercury" and never as a "haberdasher's". "Haberdashery" means what in America is covered by "notions." The shop that handles women's wear is known as a "draper's" and the organization composed of members of the trade is called the Master Drapers' association. The "mantle" department is the one that handles women's coats and suits. The manager of the store or shop is known as director, and an "assistant" is a salesman. "Warehouseman does not mean a man who stores goods for others, but a wholesale dealer in "soft goods" and the like. The business of what is known in America as that of warehouseman is conducted in Australia by "bulk stores."—New York World. Writing to the Press I have sometimes thought that I would write a letter to the paper and sign it Ira H. Pinhead or Henry Stern Wheeler, and in this letter I would excoriate the editor and tell him just how the country ought to be run and how little he knew about it. But you know how you put off these things, so I did not do it for many, many years. Then I sat down and just burned the paper. I added a sarcastic line; then of course they would not dare to print my letter. I know that well enough. And they didn't. It never appeared. Wasn't that a good joke on the paper? -Minneapolis Journal. Fixed Ammunition It is to Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, whose reign began in 1611, that history gives credit for the invention of fixed ammunition. In his cartridges the bullets and the charge were united in a paper case. It was not, however, until 1850 that the first successful metallic cartridge was patented by an American. Assisting Women In Their Work THE FASHION WEEK Please note how the lines of this white volle frock are designed to reduce the avoiduplosis of its owner. Surplice waist and lengthwise tucking and inset of fillet lace also elongate the skirt. An interesting point about the ornate front panel is the fillet petals of the embroidered roses. Interesting to Housekeepers Interesting to Housekeepers Gooseberry Pudding. Two cupfuls of gooseberries, two cupfuls of diced stale bread, a cupful and a half of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of butter, a pinch of salt. Remove the blossoms and stems and cut the gooseberries in halves. Brush a baking dish with butter and put alternate layers of bread, berries and sugar—three of bread and two of berries and sugar. Put butter on top, cover and steam for an hour. Uncover and put in a moderate oven for an hour. Hash Croquettes Two cupfuls of ground meats, a small onion, a tablespoonful of powdered sage, a tablespoonful of fine breadcrumbs, two eggs well beaten and salt and pepper to season. Mix all together well, if too dry add $ \frac{3}{4} $ few drops of sweet milk. Mold into cakes, roll in flour and fry in deep hot fat. Drain and serve at once. How to Can Tomatoes. Select firm, well formed tomatoes. Scald a minute and a half or until skins loosen. Dip quickly into and out of cold water. Peel and remove stems and cores. Pack directly into cans or hot jars. Press down with a tablespoon (add no water). Add a level teaspoonful of salt per quart. Put the rubber rings and caps of jars into position, but do not tighten fully. Seal tins containers on a false bottom in a vessel of water sufficiently deep to cover them SUCH A TOUGH, UNCOUTH PERSON! AND TO THINK WE EVER ASSOCIATED WITH HUM? BEER WHISKEY L. D. N. by an inch and allow to remain at a boiling temperature for twenty-two minutes when using hot water bath canners. Biscuits Without Shortening. Into two cupfuls of buttermilk put half a teaspoonful of soda, beat till light and foamy, add half a teaspoonful of salt, a quart of flour, a teaspoonful of baking powder, slifting all together. Mix with a spoon, put on floured board, roll out and cut. Bake in a moderate oven twenty to twenty-five minutes. Scotch Hash. An onion cut fine and cooked a little in beef dripping, then add cooked meat that has been put through a meat chopper and a quarter as much fine crumbs of dried bread. Add salt and pepper and some gravy. If small amount add a little hot water after cooking awhile. Cook slowly half an hour or more, turning carefully to brown it all. This is very rich and is better made of cooked roast beef which is generally the poorest meat for hash. No potatoes in this hash. Graham Bread. Two cupful graham flour, one cupful white flour, one-half cupful sugar or molasses, one teaspoonful salt, one-half teaspoonful soda, one egg, one and one-half cupful sour milk or butter-milk. The last thing melt a lump of butter and add. Bake in a moderate oven. O THINK WE ASSOCIATED HIM! WHISKEY --- —New York Tribune. And This Is For the Children NURSERY NOTES. Small Points About Proper Care of the Baby. Try laying the baby on a bed or table while you wash him. It is easier for you and better for the baby, too, as he feels the unsteadiness of your lap and wriggles accordingly. Did you know that all white walls and woodwork are bad for the nursery? It is declared by scientists that white reflects too much light for the baby's eyes. Try gray or light tan. A baby basket can be made from a medium sized laundry basket. Give it two cots of enamel on the outside and wad it inside with cotton batting. Cover with a blue or white satin and dotted swiss or point d'esprit. A pretty way to quilt the baby's wee comforter is to tie it with baby ribbons through the points to be tacked, using the bow of the ribbon for the center of an embroidered wild rose or forget me not. It is a good plan to remember that when making any of the small garments out of white flannel future shrinking can be avoided by pressing the flannel with a wet cloth before making it up and lining it. Laundering of wee clothes is an important detail of nursery regime. Nothing but pure white soaps should be used. Everything pertaining to a baby's clothes should be thoroughly rinsed, especially diapers. Bolling, sunshine and fresh air are all sterilizers. Why Clothes Become Yellow. Why Clothes Become Yellow. The yellowing of clothes can usually be traced to one of the following causes: Insufficient rinsing. Most liquid blings on the market at present are iron compound. If soap is left in the clothes it decomposes the bluing, freezing the iron, which leaves yellow streaks on the clothes. Using cheap yellow laundry soaps. Such soaps contain a large amount of resin. When the clothes are boiled the resin is set free and is deposited in yellow spots or streaks on the clothes. About Blouses. The blouse for summer is to be thoroughly comfortable. That much the early fashions indicate. There are some high neck garments, but these will not be nearly so popular as the ones which are cut round or V shape at the neck. Furthermore, the long sleeve is giving way to the elbow length one. In sport blouses as well as those for dressy wear the shorter length is preferred. The sleeves are fuller or wider at the elbow, and this is a factor in the wearer's comfort. TRICK PAPER. A Bit of Mystery Which Will Fool Your Friends. Boys who are fond of performing tricks in the parlor when company is being entertained will find a piece of fireproof paper quite a mystery making thing. Take a bit of paper—say a sheet of ordinary note paper—and dip it in a strong solution of alum water. Let it dry and repeat process, again drying it. After it has been dipped and dried three or four times press it quickly and gently with a warm iron and place back in the box of stationery. When you decide to show the trick remove the sheet of paper from the box casually, as though it is the same as the other paper, and hold it over a lighted candle. It will not burn. The trick must be performed within a few minutes after the las. application of alum water. It can be prepared after the company has arrived, the boy doing so in the kitchen secretly and some member of the family slipping it into the box of stationery for him as he talks to the company about tricks, explaining what he is about to do, etc. Don'ts In Handling Books. Don't leave a book lying open face downward. It might split the back. Don't handle any book before you are sure your hands are clean. Don't lean upon a book. It makes you look lazy, and besides, the binding won't stand it. Don't turn down the corners of the leaves to mark your place. Make a bookmark for this purpose. Don't hold a book near the fire. The binding might not be able to stand the heat. Don't use a textbook without putting extra covers on it. Don't increase your library at the expense of anybody else's. Of course we don't mean to say that you mean to keep any book that does not belong to you. You simply "forget." But don't let your memory clog up in this matter. The Blushing Tree. Among the many wonders of the vast Florida swamps there is nothing more surprising than the blushing tree. It actually blushes when the rain falls upon it. The mysterious and beautiful glow of color which it assumes in a rainstorm baffles description. When the cool rain drenches a tree a changing of color is noted. Gradually, yet unmistakably, the green hue gives way to pink. In a few minutes the green fades from sight. Only in a few half hidden spots beneath lower branches and on its trunk is there a tinge of green to be seen. The tree is as pink as the cheek of a healthy girl. After an hour or more, when the shower passes over, the wonderful tree assumes its familiar green once more. The Sunday School Lesson Looking For Flaws In a Balloon THE BALLOON IS IN THE WORKING STAGE. THE BALLOON IS IN THE WORKING STAGE. THE BALLOON IS IN THE WORKING STAGE. You may have seen an ordinary balloon, but it is doubtful if you ever saw a military dirigible. If you have you are more fortunate than other children in this country, because the United States has very few of these airships. Here are seen workmen inflating and testing the envelope of a big ship of the air for the army. See the man in the center smelling for a gas leak. Text of the lesson, Dan. iii, 16-27. Memory verses, 17, 18. Golden Text, Isa, xiii, 2. We shall not understand this third chapter of Daniel unless we have grasped in some measure the second chapter. The Bible must be studied as a whole, and each book as a whole, and yet each as an essential part of the whole revelation of God's eternal purpose by His Spirit. As the heavenly bodies of our solar system and all the systems in the universe move in circles, so is it also with God's heavenly truths. The last two chapters in the Bible complete the circle, which begins with the first two, telling of this earth without sin or sorrow or death. The third chapter from the end (Rev. xx) completes the circle which began with Gen. iii, telling of the great adversary, his beginning in relation to the earth and man and his end. We have seen in recent lessons that we have come in the Bible story to the beginning of what is known as the times of the gentiles, but this book of Daniel covers the whole period and tells us of the end of those times, which we are now in the history of the world approaching or are already in. In chapter ii we have God's revelation to Nebuchadnezzar of the whole period which began with Him and will end with the setting up of the kingdom of heaven after the times of the gentiles, a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, but shall stand forever, and these things are certain and sure (Dan, ii, 44, 45). In chapter vi we have the same period covered in a vision given to Daniel and ending in the same consummation (Dan, vii, 13, 14, 27). To a man of the world like Nebuchadnezzar the vision was fascinating, as are the things represented by gold and silver and brass and iron to such people, but to a man of God like Daniel the whole thing was represented by wild beasts devouring each other. Chapters iii and vi are another pair showing what it costs to stand for God in these evil times, while chapters iv and v are another pair showing how God will humble all pride, to bring to repentance if at all possible or, if not, to bring to everlasting punishment. The vision of empire given to Nebuchadnezzar so affected him that instead of making him humble by the honor thus conferred upon him by the God of heaven he became filled with pride and had a great image of gold made and set up in the plain of Dura and caused all the people of his kingdom to assemble to worship it, threatening with death in the fiery furnace any who would dare to refuse to worship the image which he had set up. Now here is another strange circle of truth, for at the very end of the times Looking For Fla You may have seen an ordinary be a military dirigible. If you have you in this country, because the United S Here are seen workmen inflating and the air for the army. See the man in As it is changing back to emerald the spectator suddenly realizes the secret of the phenomenon. Certain thy insects and not the tree itself change. These peculiar parasites are possessed of the power of chameleons. Short Cuts This may be a series of games or discussions lasting through the evening. It may begin by some one showing a few pictures and in a brief talk taking the guests by a "short cut" to Europe, California or wherever the pictures may fit. If there is music let the selections be "cut short" before reaching the end. Start conversation in groups on some suggested subject, then "cut it short" by introducing the game of "follow my leader." Everything the leader does must be imitated exactly by the entire company, the fun consisting greatly in of the gentiles during the last three and a half years after the church has been taken away there will be another image set up by the world power that shall then be, and all who will not worship that image shall be killed (Rev. xiii, 14-18). The pride and blasphemy of the king of Babylon are seen in such a saying as "Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?" (lif, 15). But it will be exceeded by the blasphemy of the antichrist of the last days before he shall be sent alive to the lake of fire (Rev. xiii and xix, 19, 20). Of all the multitudes who were assembled on the plain of Dura that day only three young Jews dared to refuse to bow down to the image, and that was because they knew and worshiped the only Living and True God. When offered a second opportunity to bow down and thus spare their lives they most decidedly refused in the glorious words of verses 17, 18. May our hearts ever cry, "Our God whom we serve is able." Bound in their clothing they were cast into the burning fiery furnace, which had been heated seven times hotter than usual, so that the flames slew the men who cast them in. But the three young men walked about in the furnace, unharmed, because the Son of God was with them, and they lost nothing but their bonds. I do most heartily believe what the king's counselors and great men saw when these three came out of the furnace—that there was no smell of fire upon them, nor was a hair of their head singed (verse 27). So it will be in the last days when some shall refuse to receive the mark of the beast or worship him (Rev, xv). See in verses 28-30 of our lesson how God was glorified in these men by the decree of the king that no one should dare to speak anything amiss against a God who could deliver in this way. The only place where God was seen that day was in the burning fiery furnace, and when God allows any of His people to pass through fiery trials of any kind it is that He may be seen with us and in us, and He will fulfill the words of our Golden Text. In chapter iv we see this proud king humiliated, and the last word in his worldwide epistle is "Those that walk in pride He is able to abuse" (iv, 37). We would do well to adopt as our own the words of Paul in II Tim, iv, 18, "The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom." We should remember also that it is the purpose of the Lord to stain the pride of all glory and bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth that the Lord alone may be exalted (Isa, xxlii, 9; 11, 17). aws In a Balloon balloon, but it is doubtful if you ever saw are more fortunate than other children states has very few of these airships. testing the envelope of a big ship of the center smelling for a gas leak. the rapid changes and sudden stops which the leader introduces and which some of the company will be slow to follow. It will be noticed how much easier it is to begin some things than to stop—even at a given signal. The laggards must be given some penalty, to work out later. Conundrums. In what part of the church do they ring the bell(e)s? At the altar. What is that of which the common sort is the best? Sense. Where did Noah strike the first nail in the ark? On the head. Enough for one, too much for two and nothing for three; takes one to make and two to keep? A secret. Why is a girl not a noun? Because a lass (alas) is an interjection. Why is a kiss like a rumor? Because it goes from mouth to mouth. THE KING'S VALET By RUTH ORAHAM The king was dead, and the people would have cried, "Long live the king!" but they did not know which of two claimants would secure the throne. Prince Ludwig, the representative of a legal dynasty, was at the capital, but the Crown Prince Rudolph, who had been banished by his father, was in Paris. Rudolph was the choice of the people, but the Austrian government desired to place Ludwig on the throne. Rudolph made his preparations to go to claim his crown, and, being obliged to pass through Austrian territory, the government desired to intercept him. "Your majesty," said Rudolph's bosom friend, Count Ernest Gerhart, who proposed to accompany his sovereign to his capital, "I suggest that we travel as master and valet. I to be the master, you the valet." "An admirable plan," said Rudolph. "We will adopt it." That night the two started, the count disguised as a bourgeois merchant, Rudolph as a German valet. The two carried their parts well, the count enacting a shopkeeper who had made money and was consequently purseproud, Rudolph playing a servant who had all the spirit beaten out of him by a tyrannical master. Count Ernest being the king's intimate friend and faithful adherent, took pleasure in giving him plenty to do and abusing him soundly at the slightest remissness. Passing down the Danube by boat, the two attracted the attention of the old Baroness von Valleinstein and her beautiful daughter Bertha. "Hans," cried Count Ernest, "bring me some hock and soda water, and don't spend the whole day gabbling with the other servants. Be quick!" Hans moved away, and Bertha von Vallenstein, who had looked up from her book, cast an indignant glance at the count for the severity of his tone. When the valet returned with the bock and soda Count Ernest berated him for having been gone so long. Bertha von Vallenstein, indignant at the count's abuse, called Hans to her and said to him: "Do you wish to leave the service of the man who treats you so harshly? If you do I will engage you at once. My mother and I need a manservant." "Thank you, fraulein," stammered the astonished king incognito. "He pays me such good wages that"—"I will pay you double." The king was in a quandary. Count Ernest, who saw what was going on, ordered him away on another errand and when he was gone said to the young lady: "Pardon me, fraulein. This servant whom you think I treat so unjustly must be handled with great severity. He has overridden every master he has served till he came to me, and at the slightest evidence of kindliness he would turn upon me with violence." After that Count Ernest, seeing his mistake in attracting attention by his feigned severity, treated his servant less harshly. They pursued their journey, eluding the spies both of Prince Ludwig and the Austrian government, and at last Rudolph found himself safe over the borders of his kingdom. He immediately threw off his incognito and, having been joined by a number of his adherent nobles, moved on toward the capital, everywhere greeted with great joy and affection. Bertha von Vallenstein and her mother, having taken a direct route while the king was obliged to take a very circuitous one, arrived long before him. She could not put away the image of the valet who had borne so patiently the harshness of his master, and she looked for him every day to appear and enter her service. Her mother laughed at her, assuring her that after what his master had said of him she would run a great risk in engaging him and tried to persuade her daughter to proceed with her on their journey. Then the news came of the arrival of Prince Rudolph at the border, and the baroness and her daughter decided to remain and witness his entry into his capital. Meanwhile the whole kingdom had gone overwhelmingly for the legitimate heir, and preparations were made for his reception. It was a beautiful morning that Rudolph entered his capital mounted on horseback, attended by his nobles, Count Ernest Gerbart riding beside him, and followed by a large military escort. As he passed the hotel where the baroness and her daughter were stopping he looked up at the windows till his eyes caught those of Bertha, when he smiled and bowed, removing his hat with especial deference. "Mother," gasped Bertha, withdrawing from the window, "what does it mean? Am I dreaming or am I delirious? The king has the features of the valet Hans." "Nonsense, my dear! There is a resemblance, and since that valet has turned your head you magnify it." The king was proclaimed, and to the state ball following the proclamation invitations came to the Von Vallenstein. When Bertha was presented to the king, he was observed to whisper something in her ear, and she passed on with an expression of delight on a face also covered with blushes. What the king whispered was this: "I am ready to enter your service, but not as your valet." And so it happened that King Rudolph XII, took a wife not of royal blood, but as he received with her an enormous fortune, most of which was spent on the poor of the kingdom, the match was highly approved by his subjects. Reading. If you like to read and have many books, be careful lest you read too much and think too little. Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON PRINT BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. MOCRARY, MANAGER. J. B. McCRARY, EDITOR FRIDAY SEPT. 7, 1917: Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. Address all communications to J. B. McCRARY, 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 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. We are authorized to announce I. A. SURGIS, as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the Republi- can Primary, Wednesday Sept. 12th. 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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 350 inches. The village is Cherrapunjil, the rainstick 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 Syilea, and it is 4,55 feet above sea level.—Westminster Gazette. Money Long in Use Hindus for centuries have used new honey as a laxative and old honey as an astringent. Aborigines of Persia offered honey to the sun. Greeks still mix it with milk of water and use it as a libation to the dead. In one section of India milk and honey are handed to all bridegrooms as they arrive at the door of the bride's father, and in ancient Egypt honey was long a chief ingredient of embalming fluid. $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 oily 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. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti- pation. Fried Fish every day at the Grand Leader Cafe. Mrs. Doll Henry is sick with a burned foot. Mrs Edgar Upshaw, of Rock- ford, is in the city on account of the illness of her mother Mrs. Tommie Herron. Mrs. Lena Phillips, left Saturday for Centralia, to take up her school, she was accompanied by Miss Mable Parks, on her way to Chicago, to visit relatives. Mrs. Ellen Cobb, and grandchildren left for Chicago, after an extended visit to her sister Mrs. Mary Robinson. Miss Allie Barnard, left Monday for Champaign, where she is to attend Brown's Business school We wish her much success. Mrs. Mamie Maxwell, of Brookport was down Monday, to see her aunt Mrs. Lurauia Blakemore, who is sick. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas Green died Wednesday at noon. The Gazette is much in sympathy with the bereaved parents. Misses Gertie Hall, and Rubie Smith were in Brookport on business. Rev. W D Simms of Newburg And who was elected as one of the missionaries at the last session of the Mt. Olive Association, is back in the district, the 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. Miss Captula Tinsley, of St. Louis Mo., left for her home, after visiting her father Mr. Henry Tinsley and other relatives. Mrs. M. J. McCrary, was in Brookport Sunday, attending the revival.' She reports a splendid meeting. Bros. Thos. Harmon, and Wesley Dance, worshipped at Unity Baptist church where Rev. J. B. McCrary is conducting a revival. Mrs. Birdie Lloyd left Wednesday for St. Louis Mo. Misses Margie Tandy, Alvena Brown, Vivian Hall, Lavada Martin and Mrs. Minnie Newell, went to Paducah, Ky. "Labor Day" and report a pleasant trip. Rev. I. S. Stone, preached for Rev. J. B McCrary Tuesday and Wednesday nights at Brookport, he was accompanied by Rev. Geo. Crippens. Neurigia and Rheumatoid Faina yield quickly to the influence of Dr. Miles' Anti-Fain Faina. He had a great effect. 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. 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. Prof. McClinton Smith, opened his school at Belgrade Monday. Mrs. Essie Daugherty and children, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mingo Long at Powers. Dunbar school opened Monday with a large attendance, all teachers present except one. Edgar S. B. McCrary was in Brookport on business Tuesday. N W Long, was in Brookport on business Tuesday. Angus English, who has been in Chicago all summer at work, came home to go ro school. Mrs. Benj Long and daughter, Beaulah, from Choat were up shopping Saturday. John Edmunds of Unionville, was up Tuesday with a fine load of mclons. Mr. Doss Shelton of Joppa is in the city attending his brother's trial Mr and Mrs. Vercie Shannon, Mesdames Jennie Wood, Mae Lillie Nesly, and Mr. Major Sultzer went to Paducah Ky on Labor Day. Mr Rufus Roberts, of Mound City was in the city Saturday and Sunday to see his nephew. Mr. John Crabtree went to Brookport Sunday to see his "Best Girl." Miss Blossom Bradley, of Joppa and brother Jessie, of Chicago motored to Metropolis Wednesday to see the soldier boys and their relatives. Mr. Ontrue Cowper, went to Fredonia, and Princeton, Ky. Rev. Berry Thomas, has just closed a very successful meeting at Mermet, with one conversion. Pastor Thomas was assisted by Revs. Thos Morris and Rev. W. D. Simms The members of the A. M. E. church, Brookport, have put in their window's and are holding services in their new building although it is not finished. Great Revival Now On. The revival at Unity Baptist church, Brookport, is still in progress, with eight conversions to date. We have five for baptism, and three additions. Baptist Zion is much elated over the success. Large crowds are being attracted to the church every night. Pastor McCraary, is leaving no stone unturned to make a success in his field of labor. Come, you are welcome to all of our meetings BAPTIZING Pastor J. B. McCrary of Unity Baptist church Brookport, will baptize the 3rd Sunday at 12.00 m. Every one is cordially invited to be present. We are trying to raise $300, 00 at next session of the Mount Olive Baptist Association. Let every delegate and minister bring along one dollar for the $1 00 rally. S. I. Richards, is in the city wishing his son Joy, before he leaves for the training camp. 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 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 that this subject be special attention in the arsociation 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. 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 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. Qualities Widely Apart. Admiration and familiarity are strangers.—George Sand. We want to raise more money at Unionville, during the sixty-sixth session than ever before in the history of its existence. 300.00 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 otgan, speaking out for you. Every church should send up one dollar for its support. J. B. McCrary; Moderator NOTICE 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 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. Blake, District President. COMING TO Motropolis Illinois, UNITED DOCTORS SPECIALIST 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. Laboratories. Milwaukee. Wisconsin. Point Possibly Overlooked. western man advertises for a wife, and stipulates that the woman must be the widow of a man who has been hanged. The inference is that he wants to show up well in comparison with her former husband, evidently overlooking the fact that not every man who deserves it is hanged.—Philadelphia Inquirer. False Hope. After Dave Darrington lost his voice he used to rap on the trough of his pig pen at feeding time. Then a woodpecker went to live in the pig pen, and the hogs went crazy.—The Ramroddera. Bad Enough. The men have enough other foolish notions without caring much for cut glass dishes.—Atchison (Kan.) Globe. Colp, Ill., Aug. 1947. I am authorized by the State missionary Board chairman, D. C. C. Phillips, Golconda, to serve notice of those that pledged themselves to contribute to the work State Missions during the General Missionary Baptist State Convention, Carbondale, May 1911 to communicate with the corresponding secretary at once or no 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 member of the Board are expected to be present or contribute $1 co ondollar. C. C. Phillips, Chairman. SPARTA. ILL. Our S. S. was opened at 9:30 with good attendance. The Teacher's were present and manifested much interest in the classes. Rev M. E. Parnell was with us, and took a great interest in reviewing the les on. Our pastor Rev. P. B. French, made a report of the Institute, he impressed the people the necessity of a front line Sunday School, and nominated Bro. A. Haigler, as president of the home department, and Sister Willie B. Browning as teacher of the Cradle Roll class. At 11:20 our Pastor introduced Rev. M. E. Parnell who chose for his text Malachi 3:18, from which he preached a strong and powerful sermon. The church re-assembled at 3 o'clock and had a glorious meeting. Rev. Parnell ascended the pulpit and preached another gospel sermon, choosing his text from 46 Psalm, after which the pastor administered the Lord's Supper. At 7:35 Rev. Parnell preached another soul stirring sermon, using these words for a text, 'Blessed is the man that walketh not in the council of the ungodly.' 1 Psalm. The Carination club reported for the third quarter $91.95, sister Malinda Foster. Mrs. Jeannette McGowan of Cleaton, Ky. united with the New Hope church The Carnation Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Anna Owens. Mrs. Sallie Williams went to St. Louis, Mo. shopping last week, Revs. P. B. French, and M. E. Parnell are both St. Louis visitors. Mr. Arthur and Oscar Sales were St. Louis visitors last Sunday. Miss Mable Nance, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nance is very sick with malaria, and is under the care of the physician. J. J. Taylor. 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. The New Home Sewing Machine Company. ORANGE, MASS.