Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE BAPTIST ARMY TO ASSEM= BLE IN AUDITORIUM . Nashville Baptists Ready For Convention. Still More Lynching British Government Demand Investigation By U. S. A. OLD RAMBLER RAMBLES Evanston, Ill, Aug. 15, (Special). It was announced today during the session of the North Wood River Association over which Dr. B. P. E. Gayles is presiding. that all arrangements have been completed at Nashville, for the great delegation which is expected to attend the session of the National Baptist Convention convening here September 5th. Dr. G. B. Taylor, of Nashville, Chairman of the Board of Trustees wired Dr. Jones, president Still More Hot Springs, Ark. Aug. 2—Punk Harris, a negro, was lynch today and his body dragged thru the streets of the business district. It is alleged that Harris shot and mortally wounded Maurice Conley a young business man, last night when the latter surprised him robbing Conley's home Conley died this morning. Lynching in Georgia Holston, Ga., Aug. 1—John Glover, who has been persued by a mob for several days, surrendered to the police last night and was lynched. Whites Murder And British Government Demand Miami Fla., Aug. 3 — The wanton, murder and robbery of Captain Edgecomb, Negro captain of the British schooner William H. Albury, by white thugs has again roused the interest of the British representatives in Florida. Following the maltreatment of a colored blacksmith, a British subject, and the running out of a Florida town of British clergyman a few months ago this last evidence of southern brutality is expected to be followed by definite action. Miami police are following the usual southern dodge when a Negro is murdered by white men and claiming that they have been unable to locate the murders. it is generally known here that the murderers are members of the OLD RAMBLE Saturday Aug. 12, we left Metropolis, for Mound City, where we had an appointment to preach on Sunday Aug. 13, for the First Missionary Baptist church, with Rev. A. F. Daniel, pastor. We took the Hood and Meyer Auto Bus Line to Karnak, making the distance of 22 miles via this route. We were in company of Rev. S. H. Pruitt, who had been attending the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association in Metropolis, and HY TO ASSEM= TORIUM . ready For Convention, of the Convention that the Ryman Auditorium had been secured and would be used during the Convention. The Association at once ordered Dr. H. W. Knight to make arrangements for a special train from Chicago to Nashville leaving Chicago, Tuesday September 5th at 8:45 p. m. from the passengers while; a freight to car came a short nak, w Four trai 6:19, an in Md. o way to Daniel, stay in our sup all astir Daughte ing they in the co they rep The delegation from Evanston, Chicago, and Illinois will be unusually large. President Jones also announced that Dr. J. A. Royal of Chicago, would deliver the introductory sermon. Lynching After his surrender the police turned the prisoner over to the mob of about two hundred men and boys, who took their victim to a nearby telegraph pole, swung him up and riddled his body with bullets. Glover was charged, according to mob-law, with having participated in the murder of a deputy sheriff who was killed in a pool room Satnrday night. At that time a race riot was narrowly averted. Doubt is expressed whether Glover did the killing. Rob Negro Captain d Investigation By U. S. A. auxiliary schooner Falcum. The murder occurred off Gun Key and $2,000 was taken from the murdered man's safe aboard his schooner. The progress of the case, will be watched with interest. Colored residents of Florida coast towns are watching to see the effect of British interest in her colored nationals. Students of international affairs are interested to see the outcome of the British action in view of the fact that the United States disclaim responsibility to foreign governments for protection of aliens against violence committed under state statutes. The passage of the Dyer bill would fix responsibility on our National Government. was in enroute to Cairo, to preach on Sunday. Mrs. Willie Crossland, of Metropolis, who was going to Md. City, to visit relatives and a young lady whose name we did not learn, who was returning Md. City, her home from a visit of several weeks with Mrs. Crossland, and Mrs. Nila Casey who was going to Joppa, for a visit. We made the trip successfully to Joppa, but a short way out from Joppa, the truck broke down MOTTO: "HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." from the heavy load of freight and passengers. We were stuck for a while; a wagoon took part of the freight to Mermet, and a touring car came from Metropolis, and in a short while we were in Karnak, where we boarded the Big Four train for our destination at 6:19, and at 7:00 p. m. we were in Md. City, and soon made our way to the home of Rev. A. F. Daniel, thre stopped during our stay in the city. We soon had our supper. We found the city all astir, as the Sir Knights and Daughters of Tabor were celebrating the anniversary of the order in the court house yard. At 8:00 they repaired to the hall, where the officers were installed by the Chief Grand Mentor Rev. Fisher. of Lovejoy. As the Mt. Olive Baptist Association is to convene with the First Missionary Baptist church Md. City, Tuesday before the 4th Sunday in September, we went there in the interest of the district work, being moderator of the Association. We visited the S. S. at 9:30 a.m. and after the close of the lesson were called on to review the lesson and at 11:00 entered the pulpit with Rev. C. W. Scates, and the pastor. We delivered a short sermon from Matt. 7:25, to the satisfaction of a small but an appreciative audience. At 3:20 Rev. C. W. Norment, pastor of St. John Baptist church, Mounds, his choir, and congregation filed into the church and soon the service was opened. We read the 1st chapter of Romans and Music by the choir, then Rev Wm Bell, pastor of New Bethel Mounds, offered prayer; music by the choir of Mounds. Then Rev. C. W. Norment, was present ed to the congregation and selected for a text, Rom 1:16 from which he preached a strong spiritual sermon Collection $12.55. The St. John Baptist church choir rendered some fine music We find that the First Baptist church has a splendid choir and they say that we will hear some singing during the association. At 7:45 we preached again to an attentive congregation and they were well pleased with the services rendered during our visit. We found that Rev. Daniel had the church work well in hand and the members looking forward and making preparations to care for the association and large delegation that will gather at that church in September. Rev. Norment and his congregation of Mounds have promised to help in case of need, the Zion Traveller Baptist church, Rev. Cole, of the A. M. E. church and the local ministers have likewise expressed a willingness to assist in entertaining the delegation. The officers, members, ministers, Rev. Scates and wife authorized us to urge all ministers and messengers coming to the association to come prepared to stay over Sunday, as they would be prepared to care for all who came. Rev. Bell pastor of the New Bethel Baptist church, came to see if the First Church was going to care for the association, if not, he said that above named church members said in their business meeting on Saturday they would take it off their brands but he was soon told that the association would be cared for royally. The amount of money raised during day $23.50. The pastor and church haave put on a trhee weeks financial drive. We attended the Ministers' Alliance at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the A. M. E. church, the meeting was quite interesting. A short review of the sermons delivered on Sunday by the different preachers was given, then an important discussion followed as to the proper steps to be taken by the ministers and churches to curb the S ncy baseball and the churh members attending the dance and dancing which is sapping the spiritual life and usefulness from the young christians. Seveal plans were advanced, some of which will be finally worked out. The place the Bible should occupy in the public school was also discussed. Then came the adjournment after a very profitable meeting. We returned to the home of Rev. Daniel where we ate dinner. We were well cared for while in this lovely home. Sister Daniel is an excellent cook and takes delight in entertaining a minister $ c $ God. We left at 3:40 p. m. for Vienna, leaving behind us mary friends. We arrived at Vienna, at 5:00 p. m. and went to lovely home of Brother and Sister S. T. Oliver, our old friends, and found her awaititing our arrival, who met us at the door with a cordial welcome and we were soon seated feeling very much at home. She had expected us on an earlier train and had sent Master Paul Latham, to meet us. After a short chat the hostess repaired to the kitchen and in a very short while we were invited into the dining room to supper where we partook of a very bountyfully prepared meal. She is a splendid cook and takes delight in preparing for her guest. At 7:45 we were ushered into the church and to our surprise found Rev. H. Green, of Harrisburgh, awaiting our arrival, who preached for them on Sunday and hearing of our intended visit remained over to meet us. He was to preach for them Wednesday night the 16th. Devotional services was conducted by deacon Oliver, then our old friend Rev. G. W. Wheeler, read the Scriptures, and prayer was offered by Rev. H. Green, afterwhich Rambler was introduced and delivered a short sermon from the subject "Work," Matt. 7:24. At the close of the sermon singing and the hand of fellowship was given then Elders Wheeler and Green, spoke in glowing terms of the sermon and its affect on a sleepy and decaying church. There are several church members here but the spiritual life is at a low ebb. After the benediction many persons came forward and shook our hand, inviting us to return soon and preach again. We found many of our old acquaintances, but for the most part the ones we formerly knew had either died or moved away. May God infuse new spiritual life and christian energy in these members that they may realize their responsibility to God for fruit and light bearing in the community and they may get up and UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC! This is to inform you that the Meeting Company will still continue its own new manager during the absence of O. Crary, the Licensed Embalmer and he gone to Chicago, to better equip himself of work in order that he might be best look after the interests of our people. During his absence the businessful and prompt attention, under the superintendency of a competent Licensor. We will guarantee satisfaction and both as to work and price, and all we trial, and WE will convince you of true the above statement. When the unfortunate moment he Death invades your home, or your friends', don't hesitate, but call us at Ring 3, and leave the rest to us. Confidence and we will prove to your sympathy with you in the hour of sadness. We have made arrangements with the Casket Companies of the Northwest, our command a Negro Casket Man. St. Louis, Mo., also the only exclusive Co., of the city, with the largest selection from, consisting of all sizes, good prices. We have been in business at 903 quarter of a Century, and that of enough as to our reliability. We are at your Service either Nine Phone 229 Ring 3 If you fail to reach us by Phone send a messenger and we will pay the Respectfully M. Why Will You Not Help In Old Ministers' Located at Golconda, Ill. Recent the General Baptist State Adsorption $20,000,00. This is to inform you that the McCrary's Undertaking Company will still continue its operation under a new manager during the absence of George L. B. McCrary, the Licensed Embalmer and Manager, who has gone to Chicago, to better equip himself along his line of work in order that he might be better prepared to look after the interests of our people. During his absence the business will receive careful and prompt attention, under the new management, superintendency of a competent Licensed Embalmer. We will guarantee satisfaction and fair treatment both as to work and price, and all we ask of you is a trial, and WE will convince you of truthfulness of this the above statement. When the unfortunate moment happens to you and Death invades your home, or your neighbor's or friends', don't hesitate, but call us by Phone, No. 229 Ring 3, and leave the rest to us. Take us into your confidence and we will prove to you, that we are in sympathy with you in the hour of sadness and distress. We have made arrangements with one of the largest Casket Companies of the Northwest, and also have at our command a Negro Casket Manufacturing Co., of St. Louis, Mo., also the only exclusive Undertaking Co., of the city, with the largest supply of caskets to select from, consisting of all sizes, grades, colors and prices. We have been in business at 903 Pearl St., over a quarter of a Century, and that of itself is guarantee enough as to our reliability. We are at your Service either Night or Day. Phone 229 Ring 3 If you fail to reach us by Phone have Central to send a messenger and we will pay the messenger fee. Respectfully yours. M. L. McCRAY Why Will You Not Help In Paying For The Old Ministers' Home Located at Golconda, Ill. Recently purchased by the General Baptist State Adsociation of Ill., for $20,000,00. ```markdown ``` go to work for the Master, is our prayer. After spending the night in the home of Brother and Sister Oliver we left for home, arriving there at 10:30 a. m. We will preach for Zion Traveller Missionary Baptist church, of Md. City, Monday night August 21st according to an invitation and promise, and hope to have an appreciative audience and the full c-operation of all the pastors. Adelbert S. Moore, of our city was honored by being appointed Supervisor of Dist. 3 of the G. U. O. of Odd Fellows of Ill., and Jurisdiction, by Grand Master, Geo. T. Kersey. This is the first appointment given to this end of the State in about 15 yeaes, and speaks well for Mr. Moore., as to his ability and knowledge of Odd Fellowship, it being his first visit to the Grand Lodge. This commission gives him the authority to visit as star up as Joliet, and takes in the Southern tier of counties. The Gazette Staff is in deep sympathy with County Superintendent of Schools, Luther L. Evers, in the loss of his wife. We commend him to God who doeth all things well, for consolation in the time of his great sorrow. He alone can bring peace to his heavy heart and troubled soul. May that heart be healed with the blessed thought, that she has gone from a world of sorrow and sickness to a land of eternal bliss, and you may meet her again if you are only faithful until death. It is not so much in what you say about paying for the Old Ministers' Home, but what you give in dollars and cents that will count in the Rally the Fifth Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Baptist. We are depending on your dollar, don't be too small at heart to give to the cause. Shall we be disappointed in you? Surely not. At the close of the S. S. Convention of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association, Bro. J. W. Carneal, the president returned to Centralia, his home and told his S. S. that no School had invited the Convention, and the 2nd Baptist S. S. extended an invitation to hold the next annual session with them in 1923. Good for Centralia. All ministers and messengers who intend to attend the Mt. Olive Association next month at Mound City, send in their names to Rev. A. F. Daniel, pastor, at once, so he may be able to have his committee secure homes If you will do this, you will greatly lesson the burden of the committee and pastor. J. B. McCiaray, Moderator. It is said, that the miners are threatening to vote the Democratic this fall because of some things President Harding said in his efforts to settle the strike. Whether this threat will be carried out will be seen later. We doubt very much whethr this is the wise course to take or thing to do. East St. Louis Gazette The Metropolis Gazette Publishing Co., has Established a Branch Office East St. Louis, Ill., where a Job Office will be operated under competent management. Splendid inducements have been assured us by the leaders of the city. We have plenty machinery and force o take care of the situation. Rev. J. B. McCray, is now in the city perfecting arrangements. We have 25 years experience in type setting, job and newspaper work.—The Editor. Office 1318 E. Broadway, East St. Louis, Ill. Phones Bell, E. 1987. St. Clair 1969. Call or Phone us the news and your next Job or Ad. ST. LOUIS PHONES EAST ST. LOUIS PHONES Bomont 3148 Night Calls Office: Bell. E. 1987 Central 3798-L Promptly Answered St. Clair 1969 R. M. C. GREEN FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Free Funeral Parlors Automobiles For All Occasions Office: Office: 2635 Market St. 1318 E. Broadway ST. LOUIS, MO. E. ST. LOUIS, ILL. Phone: Bell, E. 1987 MRS. D. L NOTARY NOTARY PUBLIC 1318 E. 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Rev. J. B. McCrary. Moderator of Mt. Olive Baptist Association and Pastor of Unity Baptist Church, Brookport, Ill., wishes all of the pastors and members of the District Many Conversions. "Every Colored man woman in the United States ought to make it this primary business to see that the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill H. B. 13, is passed by' the Senate. Six human beings, all of them Colored people, were burned at the state in the United States during the fifteen days in the month of May, 1922. If that is not enough to stir Colored Americans to action, then nothing will or can. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored people offers every one an opportunity to --- ```markdown ``` L. GREEN, PUBLIC EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. Liniment Neuraligia Liniment. Neuraligia, Aching and Swell- mains, including Corns, Bun- tere are two sizes $1.00 and ent through the mail for less ent is guaranteed. ERS. M. J. McCrary Pearl St., Metropolis, Ill. T HALL, Atlanta, Ga. S. McCrary. Mt. Olive Baptist and Pastor of Bistist Church, l., wishes all of members of the conversions. work for the Dyer Bill. Telegraph your Senator. Join the N. A. A. C. P. Write us for information if you want it at 70 Fifth Avenue, New York. Do it now or, victory or defeat, remember, you had opportunity to take part in a great fight and failed. Sunshine is delicous, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.—John Ruskin. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. Kin. St. Clair 1969 All Weather Goog. TRADE WITH THE FAR EAST Writer Points Out How It May Be Developed Almost Beyond the Imagination. Some people say the Chinese are so poor that it will be difficult to increase their trade with us, writes Robert Dollar in the Nation's Business. I say that opportunities in China are greater than in any other country, and I will illustrate how this trade can be enlarged with a conversation I once had with a Chinese on a street in his native city. I said to him: "We are going to increase trade here by increasing the purchasing power of the people." "But," said he, "it cannot be done." At that moment a wagon load of lumber from my lumber yard came along; it was being pulled by thirteen men. It was in the winter and snow lay on the ground, but those men were all barefooted. I was paying them eight cents a day. I said: "You take those thirteen men off that wagon, put a horse there with one man to drive and put the other twelve men into a factory and you will increase their purchasing power. They will buy more and develop the commerce of your country." I asked him how many persons in China were going barefooted, and he repited that there must be 100,000,000 anyway, if not more. I told him that they were going barefooted from necessity and not from choice and that if they could earn more they would not go barefooted. Each one of them wanted to buy a pair of shoes and stockings. Maybe a shoe manufacturer will read this. What would it mean to him to supply 100,000,000 people? And bear in mind that shoes are not the only necessities that these 100,000,000 people are doing without for the simple reason that they have been too poor to buy. ORIGIN OF COATS OF ARMS Employed as Method of Recognition in Days When Learning Was in Its Infancy. Almost every name of European origin, which has been passed down for the centuries unchanged, except for a slight alteration in its spelling, had in the earliest time, before surnames were used, and when language was undeveloped and few could read or write, a totem or seal, which represented it. The toten was used as a seal. All persons of property had a seal, and when knighthood was introduced in feudal times, after the Roman era, the device of the seal was painted on the knight's shield, and he was known thereby when the helmet was closed in warfare or in tournaments. The earliest knights had no crest. Later, when the knights in a family multiplied, crests on the top of the helmets were adopted to distinguish those who bore similar arms on their shields. Crests represented the Christian name, the arms the surname. The arms were often printed or embroidered on the knight's mantel and horse blanket, and hence was termed "coat of arms." Odd African Bush Tribe. The strangest people in the world, according to Mrs. Harry Kaigh Eustace, who is here on her way to England and Africa, are the women of a bush tribe in the Gordonia desert, central southwest Africa. These women, she says, have developed glands in the back in which they store water, like camels. When they drink a great deal of water, the glands make them appear deformed. After a few days in the desert, with little or no water, their reserve supply is absorbed and they look normal. They can go without water longer than a camel. Mrs. Eustace, whose husband is a big game hunter, is English, and has spent 12 years in Africa shooting big game with camera and gun. She is preparing for her ninth expedition, and is in New York after a visit to San Francisco. She says snakes are really affectionate when you get to understand them, and make good pets. Home Hunters Take All Except Ghost. It was a haunted house in a gossip neighborhood, relates the New York Herald. Residents assembled daily and talked in muffled tones of spirits and queer noises. With such advance advertising the real estate agent found it difficult to get a "prospect" near the house. As a last resort he decided to have the place redecorated and to install new electric fixtures and plumbing. The work had scarcely been completed when the agent heard a "live one" had visited the property. Rushing off to the caretaker he inquired breathlessly: "Is it true that someone has taken the house?" "No, sir, not yet," replied the caretaker, "but they've taken the fixtures, piping and doorknobs. Perhaps they'll come back for the house." The Last Resort. In answer to the returned summer visitor's questions as to the welfare of Mr. Padgett and his whereabouts, Mr. Dorkin replied that "Jake" was teaching at the little red schoolhouse on Harly's hill. "But I thought—" "Well, he is," admitted Mr. Dorkin, understandingly, "an' he gets more 'n' more muddleheaded all the time. But what else could we do? We had to put him in as schoolmaster to keep him off the town. "We ain't groin' to pauperize a man," he added, to lotly, "if we can find anyhin' for him, to do."—Pittsburgh Dispatch NEW YORK IN FIRST PLACE American Metropolis Has Crowded Out London as the Largest City in the World. New York has surpassed London in population, according to the New York city census committee, if the same radius of territory is included within the New York city limits as is calculated in the London figures. In a statement issued by Dr. Walter Laid- law, executive secretary, figures show that within a radius of nineteen miles of the City hall there was on January 1, 1920, a population of 344,508 more persons than in the metropolitan police district of "Greater London," says the New York Herald. Greater London, it is explained, includes not only London county, but an "outer ring" in which the metropolitan police have specified powers and duties. The Greater London suburban area, irregular in outline, extends as far in some directions as nineteen miles from Charing Cross," says Dr. Laidlaw. "It seems proper, therefore, to include in comparing Greater London and New York suburban territory within nineteen miles of the City hall." This radius reaches Tottenville, Staten island; part of Westchester and Nassau counties, and the part of New Jersey that includes Newark, Jersey City and other large population centers immediately adjacent to New York. The population of Greater London on June 19, 1921, was 7,476,168, while that of "Largest New York," including the outlying districts, on January 1, 1920, was 7,824,676. London increased in the thirty years between 1931 and 1920, 1,844,362 persons, while Largest New York increased, between 1900 and 1910, 1,879,546 persons. SIAM HAS LEPER "VILLAGE" Plague-Stricken Patients Fill Offices in the Town Government and Assist in Work. A progressive Siamese leper "village" is described by the Bangkok correspondent of the London Daily Mail. Wonderful progress has been made during recent times with regard to the treatment of lepers in this neighborhood, many scores having been housed at the Chengmai leper asylum, which was established with the joint aid of the Siamese government and the mission to lepers some thirteen years ago. This asylum is run on the lines of a Siamese village, with a village headman chosen by the lepers themselves. The leper has been made to think that he is still a useful citizen of the state, and not a social outcast as heretofore. They work under their headman, look after the roads, and attend to the clearing of the jungles. There are two schools within the settlement for children of the lepers and the attendance is good, despite the fact that most of the pupils suffer from the terrible disease. The plague-stricken boys and girls, with their nerveless, deformed fingers, work as hard as their more fortunate leprosy-free schoolmates in the other school of the asylum. The asylum has its own currency, so that the coins can be avoided by the outside world. Steam Shovels Disturb Indians' Sleep The slumbers of prehistoric Indians buried in the Southwest before the time of Christ will be rudely disturbed this summer by the raucous growl of the modern steam shovel. Self-dumping cars, trackage, derricks and other up-to-date paraphernalia will be used for scientific excavation in the ancient Pueblo Bonito, in Chaco canyon, by Dr. Neil M. Judd, curator of American archeology of the Smithsonian institution. Doctor Judd left Washington to conduct this work under the auspices of the National Geographic society. He thinks his work may result in connecting the period in which these Pueblo Indians lived with the Mayan race in British Honduras, of whom there is record as far back as 95 B. C. Mosquitoes Dislike These Odors. Where mosquitoes abound, a preparation combining one ounce of oil of citronella with four ounces of melted vaseline should be rubbed on the face and hands. Persons who object to the odor of citronella could use this: castor oil one ounce, alcohol one ounce, oil of lavender one ounce. Both preparations were used by workers in the Panama canal zone and gave great relief until the extermination of mosquitoes was undertaken. Neither preparation should be allowed to get into the eyes. Miles of Wire in This Apparatus. A million-volt transformer of 1,000 KVA capacity is being built by a leading electric company for its experimental laboratory at Trafford City, Pa. The windings of this transformer contain nearly 70 miles of wire. The terminal bushing is the largest ever built in the Westinghouse shops. Special machines had to be fitted to turn the bushing on this account. Its length is 19 feet, and it is $41\frac{1}{2}$ inches in diameter. The static shield will be 10 feet in diameter and 20 inches deep. The bushing will weigh about 9,000 pounds when completed. Force of Habit. Baseball Manager—Say, four men stole bases on you today. You've got the longest wind-up I ever saw. Pitcher—It's my former environment, boss. I used to be a maker of eight-day chicks."—Wayside Tales. Page Three AN OPEN TO THE COLORED H We wish to say to our people the surrounding territory, thereto by a number of my people, also my white friends who wish to seek for all returning soldiers, business. I have finally decided with a view of serving my peo employment, feeling that I can go than members of the other race, relation with all the other undertain that relationship throughout. I am perfectly qualified to give will guarantee satisfaction. I was born and reared in Me Sts. 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Gertrude Buchanan ee Ses Ocal fhiaae tit 2nd Vice, Odessie M¢Cullum,... sereeinetineernets temmennrrinrnnee MG, City. 3rd Vice, Demus, Sparta Recoding Sec. Daisy Moore... . Pee prt tegen elas TRE Corresponding Sec. Lois Mason «oven 816 Howard St., Ceotralia Missiodary, Rev. R. S, B, An- derson, Centralia, Il. WE ste representing the largest and most reliable custom tanners and manufac- : turers in this country, the DUBUQUE TANNING & ROBE CO, DUBUQUE, 10wA HB Ween p00 have ies 0 fas to be HIRI tsnert,'wr yoo sant eo buy fa ores HIB ben lab’ fr, come’ ta We tae sve yes pucanted merchants st eter price GEORGE L. B. MCCRARY, Agent, Metropolis, ill. y —_____ ee Walker's Indigestian Gure. Rev. J. B. McCrary is agent for Or. 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Not a Reduction in Quality The price reduction does not mean that either the quan- tity or quality that Globe Democrat readers have grown ac- customed to willbe reduced, Regular readers will continue to enjoy and benefit by the same extensive up-to-the last-mine ute news service, the same accurate complete market and fic nancial reports, the same editorial page, renowned and quoted ail over the world and the same vast store of unequal features that have placed the Globe-Democrat among the leading news- papers in the universe. THE GLOBE PRINTING CO., Publishers St. Louis, MO. In southern Oklahoma not far from the ‘Texas boundary, a group of 30 healing springs, al! of cold sparkling water, were set apart by congress. in 1904 under the title of the Platt national park. 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It is the roe of the bushra which is sult- ed down, mild-cured and sun-dried to a.firm compactness which makes the article almost asThard as wood, ‘Then it is steeped in and given an effec tive coating of beeswax. ‘This will preserve it for years and the slightly fragrant beeswax film will hold its faint honeylike oder for as long. ‘This is the real original Turklsb kavior. mrss cee o : 5 are prepared for High Grade | We have had over 23 years of Active Experience in the print- ing office and will give you the benefit of same just for the ask- ing on that next job of yours. “Let Us Show You.” Try us. We print from a visiting card to a large size poster. BOOK WORK A SPECIALTY We give courteous attention to all inquiries and your patronage is earnestly solicited. Out of town work done promply. Send us the next job please? We do all kind of Job work Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Statements, Envelopes : Dodgers, Calling Cards, § bio Bi AD COR CHL RAMEE CD E Birds That Fell Trees. A bird's nest ng bix-as # house! It sounds 4 tall order, und-you might think that only soine kind of super- ostrich could make tt. AS n matter of fact, it Is built by @ Uttle fellow uo bigrer than a canary. South African society birds like com pang. ‘They live in lurge colonies, all the members of which bulld In the same tree. Each pair constructs # nest of mtv, Joining itx walls to those of its next door neighbors, Ax the colonies are several thousand strong, the bird town soon reaches a very respectable size. ‘The following seayon the Colony oc- cupies the same tree, building new nests on top of the old ones. The tree ereaks and grouns, but the society birds take no notice. c Sometimes the huge mass of nests comes crashing down, and the air Is filled with dust, feathers, and fright- ened squeaks, But often the tree it self is welzhed down by the industrt- ous colonizers, until eventually It col Japses beneath the weight of thelr homes. : Cuictous -Maciterrenéah Pick. A creature which has a beak Ike & parrot, cheek pouches like those of a monkey, and chews its cud like a cow inhabits the warm waters of the Mediterranean. It browsesson_ the weeds that flourish on the sea foor, Its upper and lower Jaws have be come hardened into a sharp curved beak, which is just the tool required for lopping off tough seaweed, Each piece snipped off by the beak ii passed Into one of the two curious pouches which adorn the cheeks, and there It remains until the parrot fish feels that it has collected enough for ‘@ good meal. It then chews the eud by means of the splendid set of teeth, whieh nature has placed not in ite mouth, but in its throat, 100 Negro Boys andjGirls Wanted as Reporters and Agents for The Gazatte. The largest and the , best Selting 'Tp Negao Newspaper in Southern Illinois. Agents wanted in every town and village. Liberal Com- mission. Keep cwn ccmmission before sending to com- pany. Write for particulars if interssted. eae MRS. M. J. MCCRARY, 3 Manager, 903 Pearl St., Metropolis, HI Freak Memory of a German. Herr Otto Schrader of Berlin 1s reputed to have the most marvelous memory in the world, ‘The German Meteorological society tested {t re- cently. “What was che weather the other day—say November 26, 18902” the president of the society asked Schrader. Schrader never hesitated: “ft was very clear before dawn,” said Schrader. “In the afternoon it was cloudy, with snow flurties. ‘The tem- perature was two or) three degrees above freezing.” and, Schrader was right, the German scientists found out on checking up. Several American theatrical men ure said to be after bim to appear on the vaudeville stage In the United States this summer. Pay your Subscriptions to The Gazette Please.