Savannah Tribune

Savanna Cribunr. - VOL. XXVI. ‘ /SAVANNAH, GA, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1911. , p NO. 26, Printing of Stamped Envelopes and) Gave Future Emperor Sound Been Up to Mischief and Boxed Washington, D. C.—By affixing his signature to the contract for the manufacture and printing of stamped ‘envelopes and stamped mewspaper wrappers Postmaster Gencral Hiteh- cock put an end for at least four years from July 1 next to a contest that hes waged intermittently for more than a quarter of a century. The contract’ is made by the Post- office Department with Myron C. Tay- Jor, president of the Mercantile Cor- poration, of New York city, and calls tor the delivery to the soyernment of such stamped envelopes and stamped newspaper wrappers as it may re- quire during the neat four years, The Mercantile Corporation is the present contractor, but the prices to be paid by the government for the supplies during the next four years will effect & saving of $297,880, based upon the number of envelopes and wrappers used in 1910. ‘During the Jast fiscal year 40,000,- 000 wrappers and 1,560,000,000 en- velopes were supplied to the govern- ment. The selling value of the stamped envelopes was $30,287,580, the postage or stamp value was $28, 271,240, leaving for cost’ of manufac- ture and distribution $2,016,340. The «contract cost of manufacture was $1,- 277,329, leaving the cost of distribu- tion by the government $739,010. In addition the stamped envelopes are entitled, according to the figures of the Postoflicés Department to a credit of nearly $100,000 a year, which rep- Tesents the cost of adhesive stamps, whict would be used if stamped en- velopes were not supplied. EXPLOSIONS WRECK VILLAGE Chicago Thought There Had Been An Earthquake. Chicago. — An explosion that wrecked the plant of the Laflin-Rand Powder Company, in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., caused the loss of at least one Ufe, destroyed the town in which it was situated and created a vibration that was left for.a radius of 50 miles. The property loss is estimated at $1,- 500,000. Chicago was shaken from its most western suburbs to the shore of Lake Michigan and from North End to South End. Belief that an earth- ‘quake hed ben experienced was al- most uriversal for a time. Windows were shattered and houses shaken throughout the 30 miles of Chicago's length. Although Pleasant Prairie is six miles west of Kenosha, which is 60 miles due north from Chicago, the concussion was heard and the vibra- tions felt not only in all parts of this city but at Indian Harbor and other points 20 miles south and southwest -of here. People in the county building in this city felt the huge granite struc- ture shake and many of them ran to the street, fearing elther an earth- quake or that the building had been ‘shaken by some explosion. BALLINGER IS OUT AT LAST President Taft Accepts His Resig- nation. Washington, D, C.—Richard A. Ballinger’s resignation as Secretary of the Interfor, dated January 19 last, was accepted Tuesday by Pres!- dent Taft, and Wlter L. Fisher, a prominent attorney of Chicago, was appointed as his successor, his com- mission being signed immediately by the President. Mr. Fisher will take office within a few days. Secretary Ballinger tendered his resignation in a letter on January, 19, basing it entirely upon the con- dition of his health. The President replied at once, expressing his confi- dence in Secretary Ballinger; his relugtance to accent his resignation, and requested the Secretary to re- main in office until the close of the session of Congress. WATER IN BUTTER Officials to Watch for Violations of ie ‘itn Cates Washington, D. C_—Makers of but- ter, who “accidentally” work more water into their product than the law allows, w:'l, after May 1, eacoun- ter the strong Arm of the law, Com- missioner Cabell, of the Internal Revenue Bureau, with the approval of Secretary MacVeagh, having in- structed all his internal revenue col- lectors to watch for such violations. ‘Water weighs heavily in a pound of butter, but the Jaw allows 16 per cent. For several years the Department of Agriculture has superintended the packing of hundreds of thousands of pounds of butter for the Navy where not more than 13 per cent. moisture ds allowed. NOW THE 17-YEAR LOCUST NIGHTMARE 7 Wa ae eo coll SF Se: oN mn LO \ jie : EQS Se gh Se Ne th SN ale lll a ee I if li Ny) i) \\ \ ug a Ce Se ‘ oe i a (Copyright, i He | Uj oe a ey CHAIN GUARD ALONG BORDER U.S. WOULD END REVOLUTION Forces Sent to Form a Solid Military * Wall Along the Rio Grande to Stop Fillbustering and Smuggling. Purpose of America’s War- like Move. The mobilization of 20,000 troops on the border and the as- sembling of battleships within firing distance of Mexico, it was announced from President Taft's special train, are movements de- signed by the Administration to crush the rebellion in Mexico. United States troops have been sent to form a solid military wall along the Rio Grande to stop fili- bustering, to see that there is no further smuggling of arms and men and to be in readiness to cross the boundary to secure theso* results if deemed neces- sary. It was sald the sudden move was the result cither of unofli- celal representations of foreign governments regarding the situa- tion In. Mealco or the intimation that several of the European Powers, were sounding each oth- er as to the desirability of mak- ing representations to the Unit- ed States at an early date. It was said that the matter was put up to America in such a way as to call for the quickest action, if the Monroe doctrine was to be maintained. It is estimated that the cost of operations on the border will prompt President Taft to ask Congress for an emergency fund at tho opening of the special session. - Washington, D. C.—That the Ad. ministration has decided to dissemble no longer its reasons for the sudder and unprecedented movement of troops to the Mexican border, {s {n- dicated by the following statement: “AH doubt as to the purpose of the government in sending 20,000 troops to the Mexican border has at last, beer swept away., The United States has determined that the revolution in the republic to the south must end. The American troops: have been sent to form a solid military wall along the Rio Grande to stop fillbustering and to see that there is no further smug- gling of arms and men across the in- ternational boundary. “It is believed that with this source of contraband supplies cut off, the In- surrectionary movement, which hag disturbed conditions generally for nearly a year without accomplishing anything like the formation of a re- sponsible independent government will speedily come to a close. “There is a general bellef that the rapid movement of troops Into Texas and Southern California will so speedily accomplish its purpose that the net results ‘in the end will consti- tute’a valuable lesson in quick mobi- lization of an effective fighting force that will prove a revelation to the country at large, to the critics of the army In particular and a justification of the diplomatically worded ex- ‘planations that have been given out from official sources In Washington. “The Washington government un- expectedly found itself confronted by the necessity of throwing an army along the border line of Mexico to stop the source of supply to the revo- lutionists and to be in a position to invade Mexico at a moment's notice in the event of the death of President Diaz or any other untoward circum- stance which might precipitate gen- eral fighting or Tioting. “It was represented at the State Department that the United States must act and act quickly if the Mon- roe doctrine was to be maintained. Foreign interests in Mexico naturally look to the United States for protec- tion under that doctrine. “Just what part the Diaz govern- ment has played in recent events has not yet been disclosed. From time to time protests have been made to Washington regarding the violation of the neutrality laws along the bor- der. Such protests, however, would not ordinarily call out such a force as has been rushed toward Texas and the Mexican frontier. “There is no-telling, at this time, how long the big army sent to the Mexican frontier will have to remain there, It will not be withdrawn un- til the revolution has been crushed out and until conditions in Mexico are much more stable than they now are belleved to be. “The peninsula of Lower California occupies a position of great strategic importance to the United States. That commands Magdalena Bay. If law- lessness and disorder should become the rule there and Mexico should be unable to prevent the formation of a new republic, t: {3 not beyond the range of possibility that the United States,would undertake to maintain order, as it has done in the past in Cuba, . “The Administration desires to be ready for this emergency. Hence, the sending of war vessels to San Diego. “These, fh, the main, are tfasons for the great military movement that has caused the world to wonder. It can be stated, however, with, em- phasis, that the government has no information to the effect that serious trouble in Mexico is likely to break out at once. If it should, President Taft would not be going off for a vacation. Mr. Dickinson, Secrétary of War, would not be planning a trip to Panama, and Mr. Knox, Secretary of State, would be at his desk In the State Department.” AMERICANS MADE PRISONERS Thirty-Sie Taken in Defeat of Inaur- El Paso, Tex.—A message fron Casas Grandes, Mex, glves particu lars of the disastrous defeat sufferec by the Insurrecto force under Pro visional President Francisco I. Ma dero. The battle was’ fought nea Casas Grandes, and resulted, accord. ing to the dispatch, in the retreat o! the insurrectos, after a loss of 20( ‘killed. and wounded, 300 saddle horses, machine guns and 12 wagon loads of supplies and ammunition. Thirty-six Americans, fighting with the insurrectps, were taken prison: ers. Tho Americans were in the front of the battle, and four of them were found dead in one heap. The {nsurrectos stood up under a can- nonading for 12 hours before they retreated. Col. Samuel Garcia Guel- lar, of President Diaz's ‘staff, com- manded the Federal forces. To offset this hard blow to the in- surrectos the official report of Gen. Luis Torres, military commander of the region arouna Coral, Sonora, shows a severe defeat of the Federal forces under Gen. Lorenzo Torres at Cumuripa Monday. % OVER BILLION ~ CONGRESS SPENT CREATION OF ONE COMMITTEE Statement ty Chairman of Recent Appropriations Committee and Representative Livingston, Democratic Member. Washington, D. C. — Appropria- tions at the last sqssion of Congress aggregated $1,025,489,662, according ‘to the statements issued by former Representatives Tawney, of Minne- sota, and Livingston, of Georgia, who were respectively chairman and rank- ing Democrat of the House Appropri- ations Committee in the last Con- gress. Mr. Tawney says this is less than $1,000,000 in excess of the to- tal estimates of President Taft, on which the appropriations are based, pays high tribute to the executive for good faith in scrutinizing estimates and computes that the surplus of revenues neat year will be not less than $26,542,000, which with any part of the Treasury cash balance may be applied to the sinking fund, Against this Mr. Livingston says the last- session's record demonstrat~ ed that until the Democratic party comes into complete control of the government “this blilion-dollar mark for a session's appropriations, estab- lished four years ago at the urst ses- sion of the Sixticth Congress, can- not substantially be lowered, If low- ered at all.” Would Have One Committe. Mr. Tawney renews lis recom- mendation for the consolidation of the appropriating jurisdiction of the House under a single committee of sufficient sizé to be representative of all sections of the country and of all branches of the public service. Eight committees now consider and revort appropriation bills, and Mr. Tawney says no reform is more im- portant. The Committee on Appro- priations, which reports more than half of the total appropriations of Congress, reported during the first Tegular session of the last Congress , $16,393,925 less than the estimates, while the appropriations by all the other appropriating committees, ac- cording to Mr. Tawney, were $27,- 931,402 in excess of the estimates. ‘Mr. Tawney claims that I€ this con- solldating reform had been effected it would have saved $62,000,000 at that session alone. Mr. Tawney says one of the evils incident _to thls divided appropria- tion jurisdiction is the practice of making appropriations immediately available, large portions of Many ap- propriation bills being in fact, design- ed to cover up deficiencies in the preceding year. He points out that the aggregate for the pest session, which includes $4,000,000 for the Appalachian forest reserve, is $2,- 500,000 less than the aggregate for the preceding session of Congress and at the aggrogate the entire last Congress, which exact aggregate fs not given in his statement, is an increase of $609,000 over the pre- ceding Congress. os : Six Biitlon in Six Six Years. Mr. Tawney says that in the six years of his chairmanship of the Ap- propriations Committee the estimates have amounted to $6,061,257,132, of which Congress granted all but $165,- 662,264. Declaring that the Democrats want. to save the people of the country from the danger which threatens them because of the rampant expend- iture of their money that has been going on for the ‘past 12 years, Mr. Livingston, in his statement, con- tends that milita.ism Is a menace and that Democratic accession will prevent national bankruptcy. He says it is a superhuman task to re- store expenditures to a normal level, because of the enormous liability fas- tened upon the Treasury by the stat- utory increase on the enlited strength of the Army and Navy fourfold since Mr, Roosevelt was so ahappily call- ed to the ‘executive office of the Re- public. Sophle Kritchman Insane. Hartford, Ct.—Sophie Kritchman, the young Union City music teacher confined {n state prison for man- slaughter, has been adjudged insane, and, on order of Governor Baldwin, has been transferred to the Con- necticut Hospital for the Insane, at Middleton. She was tried jointly with Joseph Mitchell for the killing of Bronislaw Kulvinskas, near Union City, .in September, 1909, and was found guilty of manslaughter, the verdict against Mitchell being seo ond degree murder, * 2 7 ew Me ons at pelt ye ce eel HOW NAPOLEON WAS SPANKED ‘Mother Sided Her Time and Then Gave Future Emperor Sound Whipping. When in exile at Elba, Napoleon told a story of how his mother spanked him, One day, it appears, his mother’s mother was hobbling along the atreet in Ajaccio, when Napoleon and his sister, Pauline, followed the old lady ‘and mimicked her. Their grand- Imothier turned and caught them in the act. She complained to Madame Le- titia Bonaparte. Pauline was at once spanked and disposed of. Na- poleon, who was out in his regiment- ‘als, could not be handled, since the uniform was as sacred as the flag. But his mother bided her time. The next day, when her son was ‘off his guard, she called out: ‘“Ne- poleon! Napoleon! Quick! You are invited to dine with the gov- ‘ernor!” Whereupon the future emperor ran to his room to change his clothes. His mother quietly followed, and when she judged’ that the proper time had come rushed into the room, seized her undressed hero before he guessed her purpose, laid him across her knee, and belabored him earnest- ly with the flat of her hand. WAS USED TO SLOT MACHINES ‘Distracted Woman's Remark Was Too Much for Ticket Man at Theater. | The matinee performance was about half over when a distracted looking woman with a curly-haired youngster of six sought out the man in the bor office. | “There are boxes on your chairs ‘fin there,” she began, “and they say drop a nickel in and get a box of candy.” | “Yes, I see,” assented the man in the box office. “Well,” she continued indignant- ly. “I dropped a nickel in for my sLittle girl.” “And couldn’t you get the candy ?” queried the bor office man. “Wait, Vl see if we can get it out.” “Oh, yes,” answered the woman, “T got the candy all right, but I ouldn’t get the nickel out.” And to the ticket man at least “his remark furnished a more dra- natic moment than any in the play. IT’S A TRAVELING HAT. A plug hat loaded with express shipping tags recently was received by the American Express company. It is known as the “president's hat” and has been on the move for a year or more, traveling up and down and across the country. Whenever it ia received a an express office s fresh tag with a suitable inscription is af- fixed and it is sent on its way. There are so many tags on it haw that the outline of the hat is hidden. One of the oldest tags in the collection and the one which probably indicates the origin of the hat contains the words, “From Pueblo, Col., to President William H. Taft, Washington, D. ©.,” and 8 request that it be re- ‘turned.—Buffalo News. * MANUFACTURED DIAMONDS, In an address before the Royal in- stitute in London on_the develop- ment of explosives during the last 50 years, a distinguished scientist re- jated a remarkable story of what oc- surred during one of his experiments with a gunpowder made of cordite and carbon. After the explosion, in rhich the elevation of temperature was estimated to have been about 4,300 degrees Centigrade, a residue yas left in the explosion chamber in which the investigator afterward found diamonds. They were, of course, exceedingly minute, and must have been formed from the carbon under the influence of tho immense heat and presspre devel- oped at the moment of the explosion. HER POSITION. “You know,” said Mr. Meekton, "Sf you secure the franchise you'll ‘have to go to the polls and vote.” “Humph!” replied his wife. ‘T’d we to eee anybody make me voto if don’t feel like it” THE MOTHER BEAR’S MISTAKE) Teste pn aa His Gare. A Washington man relates how, ‘on one ocasion in the west, when he was on his way back to camp aftex a day’s shooting, he suddenly cama ‘in sight of a big sho bear with two cubs following her in single file. ‘They were proceeding along a ridge | the forms of all of them sharply fined against the evening aky. | It was a long rango for a shot, ‘but the sportsman drew a bead on the old she bear and fired. The re sult was amusing. The procession ‘stopped. The she bear scratched her- ‘self hastily, then turned round, and, regarding the cub immediately be- hind with severe disapproval, boxed its ears soundly. -. Mother Bear then went on her way, her back uncommonly rigid and unrelenting, and it was clearly apparent to the sportsman that she wes under the impression that her frolicsome offspring had been up to some mischief that must not be re peated.—Harper’s Weekly. / THE LIMIT. C8 @ ‘ q f i" fi cH ; “Was the play bad?” / “Well, I should aay it was. Why, even the gas went out at the close of the second act.” . WANTS PLAIN TITLE. Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead of the Episcopal diocese of Pittsburg in a letter to the Churchman, dis- cussing the subject of a change in. the title page of the prayer book, eays that he personally would pre- fer the simple line, “The Book of Common Prayer.” Bishop White- head adds that. this would “throw the book out for all men to use, for whatever devotional purpose, as the book common to all English speak- ing peoples, and to all others who care to translate and use it Thereby we get rid of discussjexis concerning, Catholic, Protestant of Episcopal and have a title page unsectarian, untheological, without a narrow and, doctrinal label on its very front.” SPORTSMEN PROTEST. — Williamsport sportsmen intend to circulate petitions to the legislature looking toward the abolition of bear traps. The only persons using traps are those who hunt bears for market, and sportsmen are anxious that ‘the bear be more fully protected than under the present laws. It is pointed: out by those back of the movement that the catching of bears in traps not only tends to exterminato this species of game, but is a crael prac- tice, as the animals frequently treo themselves by leaving parts of their legs in the trap.—Philadelphia Reo- ord. THE ONE REAL TEST. Mother—What makes you think, dear that you love him? Daughter—Because, mamma, all the while I was being fitted for my, new gown I kept thinking of him in~ stead of the gown. A MEAN GIRL. “J think that girl wes chaffing me, don’t you know.” a “Why so, Freddy.” “She asked me for my recipe for fudge.” ' The Farm LIME AND MANURE. Under "How to Tell Whether Lime Is Needed," the Ohio experiment station suggests that whether it is lime or humus that is needed may easily be determined by dressing a strip across the field with manure, and one at right angles to that with lime, the manure, of course, to be plowed under before the lime is applied. This should be done at least a year before sowing the clover seed. If there is a visible improvement in the clover crop on the limed strip, and especially where this strip crosses the manured strip, then it may safely be assumed that liming will pay. In most field experiments it will not answer to depend upon the eye alone to measure results, for a difference of a few bushels per acre cannot always be detected by the eye; but in the application of lime to clover the most luxuriant growth on the limed land—if lime is needed—is usually such as to leave no room for mistake.—Michigan Farmer. FLIES AND HORSES. An Eastern (Pa.) reader of the Philadelphia Record wants to know "what is good to keep flies from a horse?" The following are recommended: 1. Take the horse into the yard, and, having provided a painful of water, a sponge and a piece of carboic or whale oil soap, first wash the legs of the horse and then the whole body, leaving some soapsuds to dry upon the skin. 2. Moisten the hair, especially of the tail and nostrils, with a strong decoction of hazelnut leaves. By means of this decoctions the eggs which the flies lay on the skin of the horse are also destroyed. THE POULTRY HOUSE. Fowls must be properly housed. A good poultry house is always alry inside and admits plenty of fresh air and sunshine, without draughts. This is accomplished by having three sides tight and the south side largely open; the building should also be convenient, and not cost more than $1 for each bird it will comfortably house. In some sections less than half this cost should be the maximum. STOCK HINTS. These are first-rate days for 'tinkering around' the barn, doing odd jobs of repairs. Do not neglect the sheds and stables. See that they are sunny and comfortable, and that there are no loose boards. Whenever possible exercise the stock. Don't forget that a few 'beets, turnips or cabbage mixed with the regular rations of the dairy herd these wintry days will do much toward taking the place of the juicy grazing the animals relished so much in summer, when they filled the milk pail to overflowing. If a small pig is chilled, it can be revived by dipping it into water as not as you can bear your hand in, then wrapping it in warm fannel. Don't feed out all the clover to the cows. Save a nice lot for the sheep. They will get as much good out of it as any animal on the farm. Lop off the ration of all kinds when the horses are doing little or nothing. They are too much like a man to stand heavy feed while lying still. It is impossible to develop a colt into a sound, serviceable horse if it is kept tied on a hard day in and day out through the winter. If any sheep, or lamb is heard coughing, put it by itself and give special care and treatment. Find the cause and remove it. When a sheep gets unruly, the best thing to do is to make a trip to the meat man's and take as your passenger that trying sheep. Watch the hired man with your horses. If they cringe, dodge or show signs of fear while with him, take my advice and "fire" him. A good horse is spolled when he is a victim of fear. Stuffing the colt with hay or straw or any coarse food will spoil its looks. Keep this ration down by the use of some grain and less coarse feed. Dark hog houses are not healthful. Let in the light and keep your 'porkers healthy. With a good stool to hold up the pail you can rest at milking time after a hard day's work. Because sheep have warm coats it does not follow that they can be exposed to wet and storms. Carrots must be fed sparingly to working horses. Cut them in slices. They are a laxative and affect the kidneys also. POULTRY POINTERS If your chicks are not coming up to what you think they should, look and see that the fault does not lie with the male. Don't sell dirty eggs. A very important thing in poultry raising is in caring for the eggs after they are layed up to the time they are marketed. Green tender weeds thrown to the lowls afford them a variety of green stuff and save labor by not being allowed to seed. REDUCE YOUR ACREAGE. A great percentage of crop failure is due to starvation of the soil. It is much better to handle a few acres well fertilized and succeed, than it is to take a large acreage and endeavor to cultivate the entire acreage, using about as much fertilizer per hundred acres as would be suitable for ten acres. On rich soil, most any sort of a crop can be grown successfully. There is little danger of overfertilization, and it is much easier to cultivate and harvest the crop from a few acres than from a large acreage, about half-tilled. If you find it difficult to make your large acreage pay, why not sell off about half of your farm, put the proceeds into fertilizers and make the remainder rich? You can then grow more and better crops on the remainder with less expense and worry than you could ever hope to do on the larger acreage.—Southern Fruit Grower. TO PET A HORSE. A horse trainer says that the average person does not know how to pet a horse. He says they do not pet them in the right place. Rub his eyelids or up between the ears. In petting horses most people slight these nerve centers. They stroke the horse's nose. While a well-behaved horse will accept the nasal cares complacently, he would much prefer that nice, soothing touch applied to the eyelids—Farmers' Home. Journal. FARM NOTES. Level cultivation saves moisture. It pays to feed the colts grain. Water is of inestimable value in the garden. Disposition has an influence on the value of a horse of any type. Are you sure of every cow's yearly output of butter-fat and milk? Don't hatch more chicks than you have brooding accommodations for, and under no circumstances over-crowd your brooders. The manure from each cow is worth from $25 to $30. Don't let it waste. Calves should be well bedded so that they will be dry and warm. Be ever watchful for the appearance, in your hives, of foul brood. Every ewe in the flock should do her separate part and perform her work well. Quality, while not easy to define, is one of the most essential points in horse flesh. Turn the colts in the yard every day for exercise. Eggs with thin shells are not the best for hatching purposes. Early varieties of apples and pears should be picked before they have become soft. Leaving grain in shock for from four to six weeks is attended with a great deal of risk. Broilers must have full plump breasts and soft tender flesh. If you want to grow broilers use a broiler breed. It is often cheaper to adopt the breed to suit the conditions than to change the conditions to suit the breed. Cement or concrete silos, when well built, are practically everlasting. It the heavy mares do not produce good foals by a certain mating tan try another stallion of the same class. Do not give horses water immediately after eating. An hour after they have finished their meal is soon enough to water them. Poultry are said to cleanse themselves of insect pests by dusting their feathers and then shaking the pests off with the dust. Very young calves sometimes have a form of scours that is due to a defect in the constitution or to prenatal conditions. Milk at a stated hour both morning and evening, and keep everything about the stable and the dairy clean and fresh. Buffalo, N. Y., is the banner poultry show town of the country. Thirty tacousand paid admissions were recorded at the recent show. Eighty-seven in every one hundred Canadian farmers own their farms. It is claimed that not one producer in a hundred tests his eggs; just takes chances and ships, guaranteeing them to be fresh egg, not knowing how many old nest eggs he has put in, or how many have large blood clots and are worthless. NEGRO GIRLS' SCHOOL DEDICATED IN FLORIDA BISHOP HAMILTON OF BOSTON PRESIDED AT OPENING OF NEW SCHOOL. PROPERTY IS WORTH $40,000 New Boylan Home Presented to Community By Woman's Home Missionary Society. Jacksonville, Fla.—(Special.)—The new Boylan Home and Industrial school, just completed at the corner of Jessie and Franklin streets, in Oakland, was dedicated by Bishop John W. Hamilton of Boston, who made an eloquent and cautivating address, taking as his starting point the fact that Abraham Lincoln's one hundred and second birthday anniversary had arrived, February 12. The notable lessons of Lincoln's career his surpassing statesmanship, his "mallice toward none and charity for all, "his interest in the lowly, and his patriotic devotion to the interests of the common people, and to the Union, were clearly brought out. He commented on the new opportunity which this school, erected for colored girls, and having as its aim and purpose the training of them in industrial arts, domestic science and other self-supporting vocations, under religious auspices, affords for the colored people of this vicinity and evoked hearty applause as he urged the parents, and preachers to rally around the school and help to make it a leading institution of the region in the heart of which it is located. He called for contributions to purchase an additional supply of chairs for the chapel, and about sixty-five dollars were quickly given. He read the dedication service, in which he was assisted by Rev. Dr. R. A. Carnine, Rev. Dr. Jesse Bowman Young, Rev. J. S. Todd, and Rev. Mr. Swearingen. Mrs. L. H. Bunyon, of Richmond, Ind., chairman of the committee in charge of the work and representing the Woman's Home Missionary Society, made the presentation address, and Miss Losse, the head teacher, Mrs. F. A. Alken, recording secretary of the society, with headquarters in Cincinnati, Mrs. Julia E. Watters, superintendent of the school, and others, including President Attaway, of Edward Waters college, and Prof. Sollier, of the Florida Baptist academy, had places on the program. The property is worth about $40,000, and is nearly all paid for. It is owned b y the Woman's Home Missionary Society and has done a notably valu- able work during its twenty years of history. Some of its graduates are mission- aries in Africa; and many others are teachers in schools of high grade in various parts of the South. . Carrying the Chip. Perhaps one of the most fatal mistakes we make is going around with a chip on our shoulder. Some of our people seem to be looking always for people seem to be looking always for places and on the trains and street cars, ready to raise a row on the slightest provocation. Now it would be much better to conciliate and that will pacify. He that ruleth his spirit is mighter than he that taketh a city, and, when, we can look for the good things and ignore the slights we are taking a long step on the road to true greatness. Some people make themselves miserable and displecable hunting trouble, and the man who hunts trouble usually finds it to his sorrow. A wise maxim says: "Never trouble trouble; Till trouble troubles you." Waiting to be Aroused. Many people never get fully awakened. Go into a large store or factory and watch the people work. Many of them look as if they were not fully masters of themselves; they are but partially aroused, mere dwarfs of the possible man or woman. They have never discovered their powers. Having found that they can get along with a moderate degree of activity, they are content to do so, using the least possible physical and mental effort. The same thing is true with most of the other people we meet in life—they seem to need a few sharp words from some friend to put them in full motion. They do not know their own capabilities. No youth over amounts to much until he is thoroughly in earnest, until all his powers are brought into play, until he feels that his work counts in the grand total of human efforts, and is indispensable to the highest, fullest results. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. The trouble with some folks is that they can't see anything but rheumatism in the rainbow. The religion that does no good is no good. God can use a mighty poor stick when he has to. Great ideas are best expressed in simple language. If our enemies are God's enemies we are not in a losing fight. No man can try very hard to make the world brighter without making himself better. SERMON ON CHILD RAISING "Bring them up in the nurture and not be m admonition of the Lord."—Ephesians, does not t rl. 4. not have Looked at from any standpoint you please, there is no more important question than the bringing up of children. It has always been an important question in the past, among our conservative and plous grandparents, and was never more so than at present, when fathers and mothers are living very different lives from those their parents lived. Many parents would be content if their children could reach manhood and womanhood with the same equipment that they themselves had—mental, moral and spiritual—but this would demand the same surroundings and atmosphere. But in the present day all this has been changed and exactly those children who seem likely to live lives of pre-eminent influence and possibilities are growing up amid new and untried surroundings. Environment is the chief factor in the development of children. This is not the least impressive of the truths that science has formulated. Nor is it new, for the Word of God has for enturies been telling us that "with the holy thou shalt be holy and with the forward thou shalt learn forwardness." But there are some fallacious maxims floating around that have served to befog the real issue—such sayings as "Like father like son," "Blood will tell," etc., supposed to be based on some law of heredity, and used as an apology for neglecting children. There is no comfort for those who neglect their little ones. Modern science assures us that nothing is handed down by parents but physical likness, which also to some extent includes capacities. No matter how well you profited by your training, no matter how noble the record of your family has been, unless your child learns all this by constant association with you, supposing you live up to all you have been taught, he will have, however he turns out, little about him like you. Like whom will he be then? Let us see. The most recent authoritative book on heredity states that an English infant placed at birth in a Zulu family would grow up a perfect Zulu in all but outward appearance; beating his wives and murdering his foes. Where are the high ideals of his Christian father and the gentle piety of his prayerful mother? Don't deceive yourself; he is a savage. The environment did it. And it is not necessary to go to South Africa to. And an environment that will produce a child you will some day blush to own. The danger is mainly in the earliest years. Think of the almost incredible acquirements of this period—the training of the muscles, eye, ear, tongue and brain. Consider the vast amount of knowledge not possible to formulate which has been imbbed. Taste, bent of mind, tendency of development—these are not inherited, but acquired from those the child sees most of. Said a mother to an intimate friend under great emotion: "My God, to think that my boy would consort with such a woman! And we have spent so much on his bringing up!" Very true! Money will hire a nurse that will look almost like one of the family; she will make your child's life centre in her and you will not know you confide to your partner at bridge. In reality she is bound to be narrow-minded and superstitious and probably speaks abominal English. She rules your boy through fear of bogies, just as the Zulu would. She has him to herself in his tenderest moments and gains his love if she cares to. Her crude notions and anthropoorphisms will, form his lasting impressions of God, and her talk and that of her companions will be his conception of social intercourse. And there is worse than need Colonel Andrew Jackson Babcock of Springfield, Ill., died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Sue Graham, in St. Paul, Minn., where he had been visiting. He was eighty years old and was born in 1830 in Dorchester, Mass. He was the son of Robert Gilmore Babcock, who constructed the iron doors for the Bunker Hill mounment. There are 103 cement factories in the United States, and the number is growing all the time. Mrs. Christine Ladd Franklin is the chairman of the committee of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae to whom candidates for the Berlinner fellowship must file their credentials. The Berliner $1,200 for research in science is the largest endowed fellowship offered to women in the United States. It is urged by an archaeologist that the Mayas, who once inhabited America, had a civilization as far advanced as that of any early people except the Greeks. The dwellers in the jungles of Yucatan, Guatemala and Honduras are believed to be their descendants. Representative William Dickman, missing the customary hot biscuits and the open grafetire, became homesick soon after reaching the Illinois legislature at Springfield. He has arranged to return to his home at Edwardsville, 130 miles away, every night and gets up, at 6 a. m. to make the return trip. A Sydney paper gives an account of the discovery of a process for the extraction of refractory silver ores from tailing dumps by the use of eucalyptus oil. The process is said to be cheaper than any other known and gives splendid satisfaction. not be mentioned; suffice it that she does not let you be bothered and may not have taken any more than an occasional handkerchief. And so he is passed on to playmates similarly brought up or not brought up at all. Most parents see more or less of their children and admire them greatly. How can they help it when God has made them so lovely and dear? But this is not training them, and it is the dominant influence that tells. One might say much on the development of the child's ideals, but let us think of its religion. A child's heart is singularly open to religion. It is so natural for a child to believe and pray. It loves to take part in family prayers and listen to the Bilbe. It loves to go to Sunday-school and church and is proud to be seen there with its parents. With such habits a child can meet a deal of evil and come out all right. With most children the father is the ideal of a man and the mother of a woman. The influence they can wield in religion is tremendous. It is certain that if every man and woman went to church no child would dream of staying away. But if the parents never have family prayers and rarely go to church, how can the child help having the lasting impression that religion is only for children and hasten the time of giving it up? The words of the text are addressed to parents—to fathers. Is there responsibility laid upon us greater than this? Is there anything that will give more satisfaction when done or in the doing? Is there any curse harder to bear than that of children for having deprived them of the best in life? Then why are they neglected? It has been known that the black snake has a fondness for eggs, little chicks and birds, but few persons are aware of the fact that his snakeship relishes milk as well as a calf. Here is a true story of one blacksnake whose appetite for milk cost its life. Near the old Harrison mines, three miles East of this place, is a log cabin in which has an excavation beneath it that is used as a milkhouse. The family living in the cabin found every morning that a weighted lid had been removed from one of the crocks and the milk stolen. Finally a member of the family kept-watch in the darkness. He did not have long to wait until he saw a long, black object coming through a hole in the cellar wall. It wiggled toward the milk crock. Then there was a grating noise as the lid was moved to one side. Striking a match the watcher saw a huge black snake with its head in the crock. When the reptile had emptied the vessel it crawled back to the hole and disappeared. Hastening to the side of the cabin the watcher saw the snake moving toward a small grove and he trailed it to a dead hollow tree. The snake had vanished through a knotle. A gallon of coal oil was poured into the hole and a match applied. As the fire flamed upward the snake appeared at another knotle and was shot. It measured eight feet and five inches in length—Indiananapolis News. Some folks say ol' Satan is a gentleman. Well, it may be good politics ter speak in high praise er de man dey expects ter meet y'en dej strikes de next wort! Poverty is sometimes mighty humble; but, give it three squar meals a day an' it feels big 'nuff ter grit in de middle or de road, cuss out de gas bill an' tell de sun ter stan still! Many a fool hez got through de worl' ez silk ez grease by des shakin' lil' head an' lookin' wise w'en de big wise mens wuz actin' foolish. Unnecessary. "Do you tell your wife everything you do while she is away?" "No; the neighbors attend to that." Good Government. "What's the trouble in Plunkin- ville?" "We've tried a mayor and we've tried a commission." "Well.?" "Now we're thinking of offering the management of our city to some good magazine." — Louisville Cuorier-Journal. William of Orange pondered. "I seem to be in a fair way to become a lemon, all right," he said. "But how can I be expected to discourage this incipient Netherland insurrection myself!" Muttering that he knew exactly how T. R. felt he continued to ponder.—Chicago Tribune. The more noise a man can make with his brains the less use he has for a megaphone—Baltimore Sun. Lady Customer—Do you keep coffee in the bean?" New Clerk—Upstairs, madam; this is the ground floor.—Princeton Tiger, Proof She—I just know Charlie intends to ask papa, because he is trying his hardest to make friends with him. Her Friend—What has he done? She—The other night he had papa hooked in a poker game, and laid down an ace full on kings!—Baitimore Sun. Blacksnakes Love Milk LOG COBIN SAYINGS. Good Government. Almost a Lemon. Thinks. Should Have Known. Proof Spring Medicine There is no other season when medicine is so much needed as in the spring. The blood is impure and impoverished—a condition indicated by pimples, boils and other eruptions on the face and body, by deficient vitality, loss of appetite, lack of strength. The best spring medicine, according to the experience and testimony of thousands annually, is Hood's Sarsaparilla It purifies and enriches the blood, cures eruptions, builds up the system. Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. The Practical Agriculturist. Adam sniffed at the book farmer. "I don't believe in spraying apple trees," he snorted. In the Spring cleanse the system and purify the blood by the use of Gärfield Tea. It's easy for a pretty young widow to make a man think he wants to marry her. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS Pound drugstreet will rotand money NINTH-CLASS BLOOD OR ICHING, Blind Bleeding or Prurifying Piles in 6 to 14 days. 600. Severe Critics. Alice—I like Ton immensely, and he's very much of a gentleman, but he does like to talk about himself! . . . Grace—Yes, dear, your night hath a thousand I's.—Puck. THE HAPPY MAN. First Lady—How very happy the bridegroom looks! Really it is pleasant to see a young man looking so joyful. Second Lady—Hush! That's not the bridegroom; that's a gentleman the bride jilted six months ago. Warned. A serious-minded New Yorker, who, because of his dignified outlook on life, has sent his son, aged twelve, to a particularly strict and proper boarding school in New England, unexpectedly visited the school last week. Ascertaining the location of his young hopeful's room, he climbed the four flights of stairs necessary to reach it—and entered. On a mammoth placard suspended from a steel engraving of "Washington and Generals" (presented to the youth as a Christmas gift by his admiring parent) was the cheerful sentiment: "Don't spit on the ceiling. We have lost our ladder." Snappy. "Ten cents' worth of canine pepper," said the little boy in the suburban store. "Canine!" echoed the astonished clerk. "Why, my little man, I guess you mean cayenne pepper." The little boy was doubtful. "Maybe I do, mister," he hesitated, "but mamma said it was the kind of pepper that had a sharp bite, so I thought it was 'canine.'" EDITOR BROWNE Of The Rockford Morning Star. "About seven years ago I ceased drinking coffee to give your Postum a trial. "I had suffered acutely from various forms of indigestion and my stomach had become so disordered as to repel almost every sort of substantial food. My general health was bad. At close intervals I would suffer severe attacks which confined me in bed for a week or more. Soon after changing from coffee to Postum the indigestion abated, and in a short time ceased entirely. I have continued the daily use of your excellent Food Drink and assure you most cordially that I am indebted to you for the relief it has brought me. "Wishing you a continued success, I am Yours very truly, J. Stanley Browne. Of course, when a man's health shows he can stand coffee without trouble, let him drink it, but most highly organized brain-workers simply cannot. The drugs natural to the coffee berry affect the stomach and other organs and thence to the complex nervous system, throwing it out of balance and producing disorders in various parts of the body. Keep up this daily poisoning and serious disease generally supervenes. So when man or woman finds that coffee is a smooth but deadly enemy and health is of any value at all, there is but one road—quit. It is easy to find out if coffee be the cause of the troubles, for if left off 10 days and Postum be used in its place and the sick and diseased conditions begin to disappear, the proof is unanswerable. Postum is not good if made by short boiling. It must be boiled full 15 minutes after boiling begins, when the crisp flavor and the food elements are brought out of the grains and the beverage is ready to fulfill its mission of palatable comfort and renewing the cells and nerve centers broken down by coffee. "There's a Reason." Get the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new learns from time to time. They are genuine, true, and foll of human interest. "IS THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA WORTH SAVING?" The third number of the Journal of Race Development, a quarterly published by Clark University, Worcester, Mass. has just been issued. It contains, among other things, an article by Dimpett J. Scott, Executive Secretary of the Fuskegee Institute, and late member of the Commission of the United States to Liberia. This article is, perhaps, the best and clearest statement that has yet been published of the present condition and future prospects of the little Negro state in Africa. After reviewing briefly the history of Liberia and its relation to the United States, Mr. Scott calls attention to the fact that of the population of Liberia, there are 2,000,000 A. Emmett J. Scott. Late Commissioner of the United States of America to the Republic of Liberia. natives or Aborigines, and 50,000 civilized Negroes. Of these 50,000 civilized ...groes, only about 12,000 or 15,000 cone from America or are descendants of those who did. This means, as Mr. Scott remarks, that the influence of civilization has been extended by the America-Liberian to about 28,000 of the native population. This alone is probably more that can be said of that of any other mission of Africa has succeeded in doing at the same time. The difficulty under which the colony labors, according to Mr. Scott, arises largely out of the fact that these 50,000 of civilized Negroes are expected to educate, civilize, govern and control the 2,000,000 of natives or aborigines and they have been trying to do this, holding themselves, as fur as possible, aloof from Europeans, and as a consequence, have been kept out of touch with the civilization of the rest of the world. In spite of come failures and mistakes, Mr. Scott emphasizes the fact that the Negro colonists have not, as was predicted, fallen back into the condition of savagery of the native tribes. As a rule, their cities are peaceful and law-abiding. "Person and property," says he, "are safe; there is regard for public authority and a wholesome public sentiment. It was with us (the American Commission to Liberia), a constant source of remark, that the streets of Monrovia, the capital city, were as safe and as quiet, night and day, as those of any village we could call to mind in our own country. On Sundays," he continues, "the Liberians have a beautiful custom of raising the Liberian flag and most of the civilized people attend services in some of the churches or remain quietly in their homes. Sunday is day of especial quiet. The adjacent native villages feel the influence of the towns and cities and are also rather quiet. Mr. Scott admits that the Liberians Each human being has receiv ed from his ancestors life and a certain capacity for health and strength. The people of this generation must be the parents of the next, and thus each generation is the connecting link between all the life of the past and all the life of the future. This responsibility imposed by nature of receiving life from the past and handing it on to the future is a racial obligation; is fundamental and must receive much more intelligent and rational human care than has yet been given it.—LeBosquet. DOWN ON THE FARM Abundant harvests come only as a reward of energy. High cost of living brings no terror to the farmer who produces a surplus food crops. Going into debt to brow a crop is mighty poor fertilizer. The lad and lassie wouldn't be so anxious to leave the farm if they were given more home comforts. JUST THOUGHTS. Any schoolboy knows that history doesn't repeat itself. With some men the desire to be president is a ruling passion. - Repentance makes restitution; remorse is sorry, but keeps the goods. are not artisans, but he says that the Commission was impressed in reading through the state papers with the adritness shown in a number of critical instances, he says, "have called for much praise in high diplomatic circles." The place where the Liberians have made their mistake has been in the matter of finance. More than once in the course of their history, in their attempts to obtain capital for the development of the country, they have been made the victims of European money lenders. The last instance is the loan made by the Liberian Development company, of which Sir Harry Johnsten, formerly Governor General of British East Africa, was managing director. It is evident, from what Mr. Scott says, that the whole truth in regard to the operations of his company, has not yet been made public and it is very possible that it is now the subject of diplomatic negotiations. What Mr. Scott did say is, however, so interesting that so full of news, that it deserves to be reprinted. He says: 'Sir Harry Johnston, to whom I have referred, with the prestige of his splendid record as Governor-General of British East Africa, visited Liberia in 1904. He became most enthusiastic over Liberia's possibilities. He dangled before the delighted vision of the President and the Legislature scheme upon scheme for the development of their country with the result that Liberia, undeterred by its former experience, was ready to embark on another loan scheme, subject to agreements they could hardly have understood. "Assuming control of and amalgamating a number of rubber, mining and other corporations which had been granted concessions of one kind and another by the Liberian legislature, under the name and title of the 'Liberian Development Company', Chartered and Limited," Sir Harry Johnston announced himself as being ready to redeem Liberia from the engulfing debt in which it was wallowing, and at the same time quite prepared to start the republic on the highway of national progress. He completely overcame the prejudice among Liberians a tenet of Liberia's policy, against foreigners operating in their country. He frankly told them, and the Liberians, agreed with him, as I do myself, that there could be no great hope for the development of Liberia at the hands of the Liberians themselves. He convinced the officials that friendly Englishmen working in harmony with them could make the Liberian wilderness to blossom like a rose. He assured them that his was one of those splendid financial enterprises that would command unlimited resources in England for purposes of governmental regeneration. He proceeded to show them how, if the credit of the Liberian Government and that of the Liberian Development Company were united, they would be about to relieve all the embarrassments of the former and have enough left for projected schemes of development. It was a new destiny upon which Liberia was to embark. And what was the result? "I am estopped from discussing in detail the plans and purposes of the agreements finally drawn up, but. I am not estopped from quoting directly from the messages of the President of Liberia to the legislature, and from other official documents which have been published, and which reflect such plans and purposes. In short, the loan was for avowed public, quasi-public and private purposes. "The company, by the terms of the agreement, was to turn over to the Government of Liberia the sum of 5,000 pounds for its immediate needs, for the redemption of outstanding treasury notes. This was the cash and a further sum for 25,000 pounds WISE AND OTHERWISE. When musing on companions gone We doubly feel ourselves alone. —Scott. What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish? —Gray. What would the devil say if he came to Broadway? —New York Globe. "This is my own, my native land."—Buffalo Commercial. Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude. The world is too much with us; late and soon, Father (sternly)—Can you support my daughter in the manner she's been accustomed to? Lover—Yes, sir: I'm sure I can. Father—Well, I can't do it any longer, so take her, my boy. —Judge. "Thomas, what is the matter with your brother Johnny?" asked their mother. "He's crying," replied Thomas, "because I'm eating my cake and won't give him any." "Is his own cake finished?" "Yes'm; and he cried while I was eating that, too." —Everybody's. equivalent the government was to receive for its part in guaranteeing the loan. "Liberla has practically no highways throughout the republic, and so it was quite properly proposed and agreed that some part of the proceeds should be set aside for the purpose of road building. The Liberians, however, were not keen enough to have stated in the agreement the amount that should be expended, and the plan of audit. "Another sum was to be set aside for paying off some of the existing debenture bonds of the Liberian Development company, and take care of some of its current libiliaties, and finally, if there should be a remainder, it was to be used for certain schemes of the company, among other a bank scheme. "The government agreed to pay interest upon 100,000 pounds at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and of course to pay the principal. It was further provided that all customs should be collected under European supervision "Sir Henry Johnston in his book, quite spiritedly criticises the agreements under the loan of 1871. It is hard to determine, however, how less one-sided they were than those of his own benevolent corporation even if his company had in perfect good faith carried out their part of the bargain. The suggestion that the customs should be collected by European experts, Englishmen being understood, introduced, of course, the feature of external control into the customs service. "It is well here to say that the introduction of these foreigners did tend to promote an efficiency in administration which the Liberians have not been slow to recognize and applaud, but as showing how these things are arranged on the outer edges of civilization," it may be stated, of the so-called expest sent to Liberia under the agreement, the first one's selection was, to say the least, unfortunate. He all but confessed his utter failure after two or three months to understand what he was about, although he had been granted a salary of about $3,000 a year much more than he had received in the British service in Sierra Leone. The second one appointed has developed into a somewhat capable offivial, although his chief claim to being called an expert was, it is said, that he had successfully raised oranges in California. He certainly was no customs expert, and I learn had probably never seen inside of a customs house. He receives 500 pounds a year. The present chief spector of customs is a wholly efficient man, but while doing similar service at 500 pounds a year at Freetown, Sierra Lenco, the neighboring country, he receives a salary of 300 pounds or $1,500 per year, while the Liberians are called on to pay him a salary of 1,000 pounds or $5,000 a year. This salary, perhaps I should state, is twice that received by the president of the Republic. Efforts to reduce this salary to 700 pounds, or $3,500, have recently been made, but with what success I cannot chronicle. "Although the customs service as administered, under English supervision has been, and is costly, the Liberials have no just grievance against the present management, for it has brought up the customs receipts and has systematized the whole customs service. A gentleman is one who has no business in the world.—Punch. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice Every minute is sacred because God gave it to us to use. Great are the possibilities that are hidden in it. Let us accept is as God's offer to us, and as God's commission in which he hides the most blessed and glorious opportunities.—Chautauquán. He who is his own friend is a friend to all men.—Seneca. The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality.—Cicero. He has enough to do who holds the handle of the frying pan.—French. One knows not for whom he gathers.—French. For it stirs the blood in an old man's heart, And it makes his pulses fly. To catch the thrill of a happy voice And the light of a pleasant eye. ---Wills. government for the way in which the money had been, or was to be, expended. He persistently refused to render ed. He persistently refused to render any accounts, until he found the position he maintained was so untenable that he could not depend upon his government for support; he also found that President Barclay was about to sever all relations with his company, maintaining, in the absence of any accounting, that the government of Liberia would hold itself responsible only for the cash actually received. About $200,000 of the amount raised on the credit of the government it is said, had been frittered away on badly managed schemes. "I in dismissing this loan of 1906, may I say that no one now contends that the Liberian Development company has, or has had, any money aside from that it raised on the government's credit; today it is practically bankrupt. The relations between the government and the company have been severed, and under the agreements of 1908 with Messrs Erlanger, London, the Liberian government is responsible for the whole loan. "My purpose in referring at such length to these loan experiences is to show that the Liberians have not produced, as I have stated, a man, or men, capable of keeping them out of such financial entanglements. They have had to pay dearly for their rulous bargains." Nevertheless, with the progress of colonization in Africa, Liberia has at last come face to face with problems which seem to be beyond her strength. One of these is the problem of defending herself against the aggression of the neighboring colonial governments. The second is the problem of developing the great hinterland which is considered to be one of the richest parts of Africa, and which, it is claimed, is now held back in its development because of the lack of capital and enterprise of the Liberians. Then, there is the problem of christianizing and assimilating the masses of the uncivilized natives which is a problem that requires both tact and sympathy, as well as money. It has been charaged that under the Liberian rule there is a growing restlessness among the natives and that they have been harshly and arbitrarily dealt with by the Liberians. In regard to this Mr. Scott says: "Certainly there is no more native unrest, I should say, under European domination which has followed the partition of Africa by the powers of Europe. I do not believe that any one contends that Europeans have solved the difficulties in the Belgian Congo in the French Congo, in the Portuguese colonies, in German Southwest Africa, in South Africa, and in Egypt. I should say that Liberia should seek to attain at least as much success in dealing with the natives as the European governments have with the native problem in Liberia it is true, but it is just now rather secondary than primary, more remote than immediate." After describing to some extent the resources and possibilities of Liberia and referring to the complexities that grow out of the boundary disputes with France and Great Britian, the article concludes as follows: "Is Liberia worth saving? I believe that it is. Her people are not revolutionary in character, as are, for instance, those belligerent friends to the south of us. The Liberian reports to the contrary. The Liberians have advanced and not retrogated in civilization. They have helped to uplift the natives—to no considerable degree, it is true, but nevertheless to an appreciable degree. Finally, they have gives the lie to the statement that "Negroes cannot conduct an orderly from of government," guaranteeing to its people life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." When to Tell Things. The friends of this paper will please hand us in news items when they are fresh. We prefer not to publish a marriage after the honeymoon is over, or the death of a man after his widow is married again—Hampton, S. C., Guardian. The Unkindest Cut. Father (to his son, a doctor)—If this isn't the limit! I pay all that money for you to study medicine, and the first thing you do is to cut me off my drink.—Fflegendr Blaetter. Needed in Such a Position. "Has your son completed his theological course?" "Yes, but he is taking a postgraduate course in chess and golf so he'll get a fashionable charge." Economy. "Then this," asked the rejected sultor, "is absolutely final?" "Quite!" was the calm reply. "Shall I return your letters?" "Yes, please," answered the young man. "There's some very good material in them I can use."—Lito. "Madam, it is not faces alone that I paint: it is souls." Madam—Oh, you do interiors, then? —Boston Transcript. "So as to keep my husband home more," replied young Mrs. Torkins. "All I will have to do is to take the opposite side of a question. Then we can be paired on every election and give ourselves no further concern about it."—Washington Star. FOOLISH ENVY. 'I heard a fellow sighing yesterday and almost crying 'cause it kept him busy trying to increase his weekly pay; He had one kick coming, which is that he wasn't born to riches, but must labor in the ditches at two shiny bucks a day. "If I only had the money," he exclaimed, "life would be sunny, I would dine on bread and honey and have not a thing to do; I could lie in bed all morning, every form of labor, scorning, and I would not now be pawning the old clock to raise a sou." Now I chance to know a fellow, who has millions of the yellow coins that jingle with a mellow sort of soothing syrup sound; And at 6 a. m. he rises, to begin his enterprises, and at 8, his wife advises, in his office he is found; He's on six boards of directors, he must meet his rent collectors, chat with all the bank inspectors, and consult his lawyers, too; He has nineteen propositions, mergers, combines, coalitions that require his tender missions, he must tell what to do. He must keep track of his money, and though this may strike you funny, it's no task to make him sunny, but more apt to make him blue; He has troubles, yes, and worries, as from place to place he hurries, now and then financial flurries give him extra work to do; Not an idle minute knows he, oh, his life is not so rosy, it's a fearful grind and prosy, and his stomach's out of whack. And he dreams about the pleasure of the bygone days, ere treasure came to rob him of his leisure—and he wishes they were back. When I hear a poor man telling, in his modest little dwelling, where the fount of love is welling, just how happy he would be If he only had great riches, then, somehow, my right palm itches just to grab him, neck and breeches, and to toss him in the sea; When I hear him thus explaining he'd stay home when it is raining, every form of work disdaining, I would like to knock him flat; He is happier to go it as a poor man, and I know it, in the language of the poet, he is talking through his hat. —Dertolt Free Press. WHY NOT? This life could well be fairer And days of trouble later, If all of us together Would boost for sunny weather, And never, never borrow A doleful look from sorrow. A HOPELESS HOPE. I've traveled north; I've traveled south; From the east to the western seas; Have looked the Portugueses straight in the mouth And sought in Antipodes. I've been to Skagway, Oscaloosa, Oshkosh and Bangor, Malne; I've tried to find that lallapaloosa Even down in the sugar cane. I've been to Dublin and the County Cork And back to Kankakee. To Jerusalem? Sure! and Babylon, too— Everywhere but Africky. I've been all up on old Cape Nome And down the Pacific coast. I've scratched the world with a fine toothed comb, And, say, bub, that's no boost. I'm looking for him I cannot find— That's straight goods; that's no dope— I'm looking for a pug to lick Jack Johnson: I'm looking for a White Man's Hope. —Jem Corbutt. REMEMBER. When fair the mornings greet you And faithful comrades love you; When fair the mornings greet you And good luck runs to meet you. For Sorrow's hand may smite you And fickle Fortune slight you, Just when loud plaudits thrill you And boastful prompts fill you Jim had been far from a good boy during the day and toward nightfall he realized the fact fully. Being well acquainted with the workings of family discipline, he essayed a little diplomacy. "Shall you tell father about me?" he inquired of his mother. 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If we would know the age and origin of these plantation melodies, we must review the period when Negro slave labor was first utilized in the cultivation of unexplored and uncleared forests. The roads are narrow and dusty. The woodland on either side is green and fragrant with the scent of flowers. Now we come to a broad field that has been recently ploughed. Its elevation gradually rises as far as the eye can reach. Half way up this field is placed a large, square, two-storied wooden structure with green blinds and huge white columns. At the rear of this house are scattered many log cabin, a crib, a barn and a small house. Let us go a bit farther. Now the field is green and white as far as the eye can reach. Dotted here and there are squads of women, men and children picking the fleecy locks of "King Cotton." The crushed expression of their earnest faces are by no means lacking of the joy of the hearty strains sung by this band in the midday sun. Now they sing, "Bear in Mind Your Burdens in the Heat of the Day;" "Tis the Good Old Ship of Zion," and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;" as at random, they mop their brows drenched with perspiration, you can hear them sing, "Bye and Bye, I'm Going to Lay Down My Heavy Load," or "I'm Rolling." When, at length, they feel forsaken and tae cares of life are pressing on them, they burst forth suddenly and plead as if to rend the skies, "Steal Away," after which they turn to—Rocks and Mountains, Don't Fall on Me." Now the golden sun has sunk below the radiant western hills. They begin to retrace their steps homeward. Bared feet, short shirts, loose shirts, tight basques, straight short pants, well-developed muscles and a few bared heads, present the appearance of those striking characters who gave to the world this imperishable form of music, handed to us by tradition. Much of the present enthusiasm over these old plantation melodies is due to the genius of the late Paul Lawrence Dunbar, our singer and poet. So attractive were his first writings that he was soon recognized as the first American Negro who had demonstrated an innate distinction in literature. While many others of his race have proven themselves proficient in music, oratory and some other arts, he is recognized as the only man of pure African blood and of American civilization to keep the Negro life by speaking of the beauty in nature and art rendering it appropriate for song. In fact, he has contributed so royally to American literature, that Negro folk literature, both song and verses, has made the strongest claim for the Negro in English literature that the Negro has ever made. You may not all together agree with him, but you will hardly fail to enjoy his definition of life. "A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile an hour to weep in; A pint of joy to a peck of trouble. Never a laugh but the moans come double." Can you fall to realize the effect CURRENT EVENTS. The government of the province of Buenos Ayres has had recourse to a lottery loan for the purpose of obtaining money at a low rate of interest. Almost 20,000,000 feet or lumber have been engaged to be sent this month from Portland, Ore., to Oriental ports. Since May 1 seven steamers have been chartered for loading this month. James N. Adam, former mayor of Buffalo, wears overshoes when campaigning. He has been known to cancel speeches to hunt for them when they have been lost in the excitement of traveling from one hall to the other Chester possesses plausible claims to be the birthplace of the British turf. It was one William Lester, who about 1609, "being silver bells to be made of good value to be run for upon the Roode Bee." The mail-order system, or, as it is called in the United Kingdom, "snapping by post," has not had such development in the United Kingdom as it has in the United States. Many of the horses raised in Prince Edward Island are noted for their endurance and swiftness, and they generally command a higher price than those of the other eastern provinces of the Dominion of Canada. C. Ledyaird Blair, a New York banker, has been elected president of the old Belvidere National bank, New York, which was chartered as a state bank in 1833 and a national bank in 1865. His grandfather, John I. Blair, was the first president of the bank, which is located at Belvidere, N. J., and his father, DeWitt Clinton Blair, succeeded him. And that is life. of Negro Folk Songs, when we hear them almost daily? Read verses of it in various periodicals, and even hear some of the old familiar sayings and songs from the very lips of some of these ante-bellum pilgrims. Cau you hope to find the same modes of expression in these songs that happen in the days of slavery? Can you deny that they brought with them out of bondage the fundamental truths of religion? Who can say that they were heard to sing, "I've Been Redeemed!" "Been Washed in de Blood of de Lamb." Where was their belief in the divinity of Christ more clearly manifested than in the words, "Just Stand Right Still and Steady Yourself;" "I Know That My Readeemer Live." Has confidence over been better illustrated? Was their opinion of Satan's personality more emphatically spoked than in "Ole Satan Wears a Hypocrite's Shoe. If You Don't Mind He Gwine to Slip in You?" Who is it that can reach the goal of life if they do not bear their burdens in the "Heat of the Day?" Who is it that would refuse to take refuge in the "Ship of Zion" or I may ask, "Who does not want the" chariot to swing low enough to relieve them in time of fatal agonies! Then are we not "Rolling through an unfriendly world?" Do we always find our contemporaries to be congenial? Think of the consolation in the song, "Bye and Bye, I'm Goin to Lay Down My Heavy Load!" Name a child of God that does not feel that by and by he is not going to lay down his heavy load of cares and sorrows. How would we feel if we never rested? Suppose our hearts did not rest after each beat. When at length they rest, they will "Steal Away to Jesus," for after all we are "Weary Travelers Rolling through an Unfriendly World!" Realizing the good results of music and the harmony thereof, we do not wonder at the influence of the graphophones upon the lower animals; the sweet strains of the piano and the voice that blends with it, not only as a reformer in the civilized world, but also bearing the relation of a sister agent in performing certain duties in the school,the churca and the home. The "Folk Songs" are beautiful in sentiment; the verses that expose the modes of life, and the traits of our people are found to be most beautiful. Efforts are being made to give students such a love for these beautiful ful, utterances of an enslaved and deeply religious race, that they might strive to gather up and preserve that emotional expression which is likely to be lost in the transitory period, through which the colored people are passing. The educated Negro cannot sing the old songs as his fathers sang them. He may involve the higher and nobler music of his own, but these old spiritual songs, squeezed as they were, out of the hearts by the pressure of slavery, are a part of his history that we cannot afford to lose — a breaking forth from bondage of that which could never be enslaved—the genius of a race. You can talk about your-anthem's and your airs and such. And your modern singing that you think so rich; But you ought to have heard us youngsters in the days now far away A-singing of the old tunes, in the old fashioned way: O poor were the worth of the world, if never a song were heard, If the sting of grief had no relief and never a blast were stirred! So long as the streams run down and as long as the robins trill Let us; a merry air, sing in the face of ill. Many a jolly fellow keeps his nose to the grindstone and his eyes on the clock. Some men live to work, while others work to live; the latter have found the happy medium. The man who sings at his work glorifies his existence to a gladness which any one might envy. When work drives us, it is a sign of stupidity or unfitness. When a young fellow suddenly takes to working desperately you may put him down as balked in love. The nobility of work is in proportion to the good it brings each individual as well as practical results. Old men are glad to grind away, because more often than not it is the best way for them to forget everything else that's denied them. Two souls with but a single thought have to eliminate the preponderance of one ego. The young man knows all, the middle-aged man wishes he did, and fae old man wishes he knew it a long time ago. Let's practice an ounce before we preach a pound. The city bumpkin never dreams he's inferior to the country bumkin—and it's just as well. Strategy is some guys' method of getting what he wants, but honest folks can afford to sing out. Too often no answer at all stirreth up wrath. Charity works wonders for the fellow who dishes it out. THE GUM-CHEWERS. Who invented chewing gum? What is the name of that immortal ancient, and, pray, where was his abode? What fancy held him slave as he thought upon the sublimity and sweet aspect of the human cud? Did one of the cattle on a thousand hills, as she pressed her jaws against a rolling tengue and bit the sweet morsel of a cow's cherished vland, suggest to aim the utter woe of the human family without relief so easy and yet so long postponed? Or did the sons of Noah, watching the cattle chew with complacency as the threatening waters of the flood, rose higher, seek kindred peace by gentle emulation? Howbeit, there is a word. Codored people and Jews have completely stolen the art of chewing from all other sons and daughters of men. They chew with a constancy matched only by the beautiful working of the left jaw, aided, abetted, and easily relieved by the right. They chew morning, noon and night, waxing eloquent with tongue, teeth and chin as evening cones on. In cars they chew, and no Sunday dress is complete without a stick of gum. "Amen," cried one worshipper in a church, in response to the teleing fervency of the preaching exhortation. "Hol on," said her companion, "lem me move dis gum, an' I'm wid yer." Welltimed steps by chewing is the latest joy of the street, and the animation of private converse is excited by a cute rolling of the jaw. The highbrows buy five sticks at one purchase, while the plebians shoot the slot at one cent a go. Let us go to the balls. Two-step ping beauties and waitzing dreamy eyers, dressed like fairies favored of the gods move about to music-strains and the measured jaw-jerk of seasoned and artful chewers! The gentlemen courteously respond by chewing with one stroke to every two for the lady. It is a sight worthy not only of an artist, but also of the poet. Next to the rabbit there is no other subject as interesting as the guh-chewers. We must, however, stand by the rabbit. The rabbits is a captivating friend, steady in his allegiance since childhood. The public gum-chewer is a common nuisance—New York Age. To Say and To Do. "Do you wish to go to church this evening? Father is going to preach, you know," the minister's fair daughter asked. The young man considered. "Um! The last time I went he rather fell on some of my small fallings. Do you know what his text will be tonight?" "Yes; 'Love one another.' He regarded the round pink cheek approvingly. "Suppose," he suggested softly, "that we let the old gentleman go preacn, while we sit here and practice?"—Lippincott's. Same Cook But Different Pie. "I am sorry to be critical, my dear," said Mr. Lambkin, "but this ple is not the kind that mother used to, make—not by a long shot." "It's too bad, Henry," said Mrs. Lambkin, amably. "I don't know what to do about it. Perhaps you'd better ring up on the telephone and tell her She sent it over this afternoon."—Harper's Weekly. A Bright Boy. "Now, Tommy," said the teacher, "you may give me an example of coincidence." "Why—er," said Tommy, with some issitation—"why—er—why, my fadder and me mudder was both married on de same day."—Harper's Weekly. They Don't Fancy the Old. "We've changed the title from the Ladies' Home to the Old Ladies' Home." "Why so?" "It was becoming too crowded." Subject to Conditions. Patient Father—Dearie! Baby's eating my glove now. Is it all right? Dearie (from above)—Oh, quite all rigat — (pause) — You're sure it's yours?—Punch. Sometimes. Landlady (at Thanksgiving dinner) —We should be thankful for small mercles. Boarder (looking at small turkey) —We have to be. Definition. Mater—One who finds mates for her daughters, Lippincott's. In Disquise. Mrs. Highupp—Your husband has changed so that I didn't recognize him. Mrs. Blaso—It isn't that. I've changed husbands.—Puck. "The Unkindest Cut." Nan—I wish I had as beautiful teeth as Lil has. Jan—Yes? If you had you'd smile as often as she does, wouldn't you?—Monfreal Star. The Wisdom of Solomon. "I don't see any sense in referring to the wisdom of Solomon," said the man smartly. "He had a thousand wives." "Yes," answered the woman tartly "he learned his wisdom from them."—Buffalo Express. Sunday School Lesson for March 19, 1911. (Specially Arranged for This Paper.) LESSON TEXT—2 Kings 4:8-37. Memory verse 13. GOLDEN TEXT—"It is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink."—Prov. 31:4. TIME—This lesson belongs between Lessons VIII and IX, during the latter part of Elijah's mission. Benhadad, the Syrian king, gathered together the 32 kings of the smaller tribes allied to his kingdom and made an overpowering raid upon Israel, destroying villages and farms and orchards, paralyzing business, ravaging the homes and driving the people to the more strongly fortified towns. They were like "a tempest of hall, a destroying storm, a flood of nightly waters overflowing, an overwhelming scourge." These epithets describe in vivid speech the irresistible violence, the devastating force with which the Syrians were about to overwhelm them. It is almost impossible for us to realize the devastating power of such half-savage hordes who lived upon the country, who ravaged villages, who murdered women and children, who had an unrestrained power. They were worse than the ten plagues of Egypt. What the invaders sought was the wealth, the harvests and all kinds of valuables, without paying for them, and entirely without regard to the welfare of the people. Into our goodly country, intemperance, from drinking alcoholic liquors, has come and is doing our country more damage, to its people, to its wealth and prosperity, than the Syrans did to Palestine, the Promised Land, by their invasion. King Alcoiol comes with an army of tributaries and allies, such as the 240,000 saloons, the distilleries, breweries, hotels, clubs, personal invitations to drink, advertisements in magazines and papers, cocaine and opium habits. All invading us for the sake of their own personal gain at the expense of the community. When the invaders had reached the capital with their army and horses and chariots in an unresisted march, Benbadad sent messengers to Ahab demanding that he yield up his throne, which is implied in his imperious conceit of power; thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and tuy childen, even the goodliest, are mine. And Ahab was so overwhelmed at the power hacking the demand that he basely yielded and replied: My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. Such are the demands of King Alcohol! Benhaddad, then sent word that his officers were coming and would search Ahab's house for every pleasant thing he had and would take it away. And not only Ahab's house, but the houses of his officers and leaders. This caused a revolt. The king summoned his leading people to a conference and they decided not to yield to the demands of Benhaddad. The weak Ahab declared that for himself he would yield all he had promised, but he must deny the increased demand. King Alcohol $ ^{\circ} $became so greedy in his demands, the results of his evil work became so great, that the people were aroused in indignation against him. At first it was agreed to allow wine and beer and moderate drinking, but to resist the ravages of the more flery drinks. But this was a failure. Temperance societies were formed. Local and state prohibition were inaugurated. Investigations made and pledges taken. PROHIBITION BRIEFS. A recent decision of the supreme court of Ohio holds that malt liquor, whether intoxicating or not, can not be legally sold in the dry territory of that state. This will knock out much of the near beer curse. Will the man who defends the saloon permit his wife or daughter to spend half an hour a day for a week in the very best saloon that can be found? Not many saloon keepers would agree to let their own wives be subjected to this test. A man said recently that if he had all the money he has spent for liquor he could buy the best farm in his county. He added that liquor has not done him any good. The man who votes to sustain the saloon can not complain if his son spends both his time and money in the saloon. Detroit, Mich., saloon keepers are considerably troubled over "too many" saloons. An agitation has been started to decrease the number from 1,588 saloons to 900. The people seem determined to bring about some sort of relief. A bushel of corn worth 50 sents makes four gallons of whiskey, or 352 drinks of 1 1-2 ounces each, which retails at the bar of the saloon for 10 cents a drink—$32.20. This is robbery. A drink at 1 cent would be a big profit. Thirty-three per cent, of the dry cities and towns of Indiana have decreased their tax rates. This always follows true prohibition. T. D. Foster, of Ottumwa, Iowa, declares that if closed saloons in that town raises taxes he will pay the increased levy of every employee of his large plant. PHYSICAL WRECK RESTORED TO HEALTH BY GREAT KID- NEY REMEDY PHYSICAL WRECK RESTORED TO HEALTH BY GREAT KID- NEY REMEDY Some time ago I began the use of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root with the most remarkable results. For years I was almost a wreck and was a great sufferer. The doctors who treated me made me believe that my great sufferings were due to female trouble. I was so bad at times I would faint away and had sinking spells. Finally a new doctor was called in and he said that I had kidney trouble and gave me medicine, of which I took several bottles. I obtained some relief from this but I was getting weaker all the time; I could not sleep and suffered so much pain that my husband and children had to lift me in and out of bed. After this time two friends sent me word to try Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, which I did, and I am glad to state that the first dose gave me great relief. After taking the third dose I was helped into bed and slept half of the night. I took several bottles of Swamp-Root and I feel that I owe my life to this wonderful remedy. The two family doctors said that I could not live three months; my urine was in a terrible condition—thick and slimy—and I would have to be helped in and out of bed ten to twenty times every night. After taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root for two days I was entirely free from getting up and could sleep soundly. MRS. D. E. HILEMAN. Tunnelton, West Va. Personally appeared before me this 11th of September, 1909, Mrs. D. E. Hileman, who subscribed the above statement and made cath that the same is true in substance and in fact. JOSEPH A. MILLER. Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will convince anyone. 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During Booker T Washington's recent visit to Chicago he addressed the members of this club. OF INTEREST TO OUR WOMEN ```markdown ``` WASHING HANDKERCHIEFS. Delicate handkerchiefs can be washed easily at home, and careful handling causes them to wear much longer than when they are laundered in a city laundry. Wet them, rub with good, white soap and soak in tepid water owed night. Squeeze out and place in a small enamel pan. Cover with cold water and half teaspoonful of powdered borax. Boll slowly, pour into a basin, add cold water and squeeze out all the soap. Immense in clear, tepid water and rinse about in this. Then plunge into cold water tinged with blue. Leave for half an hour, squeeze out and dip into a light stiffening. Squeeze and roll carefully each handkerchief in a towel. Then iron with a moderately hot iron. OATMEAL MUFFINS. Heat three-quarters cup of milk in a double boiler, add one rounding tablespoon of sugar and half a level teaspoon of salt. Coow until lukewarm and add one half-year cake dissolved in one-quarted cup of lukewarm milk. Work one cup of cold cooked oatmeal into two and one-half cups of flour; add to the first mixture, heat, cover and let rise until light. It mixed in the morning the batter will be ready for muffins at noon, if a whole peast cake is sued. Fill buttered muffin pans two-thirds full, let rise slowly and bake about half an hour in a moderate oven. FIG AND PECAN SANDWICHES. Clean the figs, remove the stems and chop fine Moisten with hot water and cook in a double boiler until a paste is formed. Add a few drops of lemon juice and cool. Then spread on thin slices of buttered bread. Sprinkle with finely chopped pecan meats and cover with slices of buttered bread. Remove crusts and cut in small shapes. FRUIT STAINS. If table linen is stained with fruit stains the latter can be removed by stretching the piece of line across a basin and pouring boiling water from the kettle, in a thin, steady stream directly on the spot. Then wring out the piece of linen and pour water on the reverse side. DATE PIE WITH APPLES. Wash one cup of dates in warm water, stone them and cut into small pieces, add one cup of stewed and sweetened apple and bake between two crusts as you would plain apple pie. LABELS ON JARS. The label on a glass par will keep clean and in place longer when pasted on the inside. Of course this only applies where dry material are used, such as rice, tapiace, etc. The ends of canles come in handy on wash day, as they gice gloss when added to the starch. FASHION NOTES. One of the prettiest novelties of the reason is the hatpin of Irish crochet to be worn with the dainty summer hat. Wide tulle scarfs are becoming accessories with dancing frocks and black sheer scarfs are much used. Even foulard parasols are veiled with plain colored chiffon with effects that are just as good as those secured in gowns. Several varieties in square mesh ceilings are shown. Some of them are strong in effect, others are of the filet style, with the designs in orthodox fires, such as one sees in filet laces. Shadow effects are seen in some of the new veilings, and these, as well as the simple mesh ones, are to be had in extra widths, so that one may surely have a veil wide enough for the broad-brimmed hat. ```markdown ``` A DUTCH CARD PARTY. A pretty new evening party is the Dutch card party—everything being decorated in Holland's national colors, blue and red, with yellow flowers. Only bulb blossoms should be used, as Holland is famous for them. The scene can be kept by stringing tiny pretzels on a ribbon of delft blue, at the end of which is a wee wooden shoe. A large toy shoe filled with flowers makes a pretty table centerpiece, with smaller ones filled with bonbons at each place. Dutch postals can be used as place cards, and the prizes should all be bits of delft. For the supper every dish should be strictly Dutcan—not German. SIX DON'TS Don't try to broil over a slow fire. Don't try to broil over a smoky fire. Don't leave the kitchen door open when you are roolling meat. Don't put coal on the fire just because you wish to use the broiler. Don't leave the kitchen while you are roolling. Don't forget that it is better to broil on a hot, dry frying pan than over a poor fire. USE FOR OLD BROOM. When a broom is beyond use for sweeping purposes it will be found excellent for scrubbing the kitchen floor. Go over the floor with the broom and hot suds, then mop with clear water. Never use a good broom for this purpose. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Put into turpentine all the gum campior it will cut and keep in a glass stoppered bottle to apply to burns. It will not only heal the most severe burn, but prevent a scar. A tablespoonful of castor oil poured on the ground around the roots of palms and ferns once a month will give them a rapid growth and make them look fresh and green. If vessels in which milk is to be boiled are first well greased with butter the milk will not burn as bad. This hint is especially useful when one is making hasty or minute pud dug, corn starch, etc. If towel rack or hooks in kitchen, pantry and bedroom are not nick-cled they should be dipped in enamel paint and horoughly dried before being screwed in. Then there will be no rust spots on towels or cloths that are hung on them when damp. To make small hanging baskets ous off the top of a cocoanut and use the shell to hold a sword fern. It makes a neat, holder and will soon be entirely covered with the long fronds. It retains the moisture and one shell will hold the roots of one large fern for a season or two. By placing a thin rubber band around a package of toilet paper before hanging up the sheets of paper will not be blown over the bathroom floor and there will be no waste of paper. To clean a white belt make rather a thick paste of cream of tartar and cold water and rub the belt with it. Leave for an hour and then rub with a mixture of alum and fuller's earth in equal parts. Next day brush the belt with a clean soft brush till all the powder is removed. Rub again with some coarse oatmeal to which a little powdered whiting has been added. When using marking ink to put initials, etc., on linen do your work first with an ordinary lead pencil and then use the marking ink over this work. The pencil will prevent the ink from spreading and giving the linen a blotted appearance. Try mixing flour and wafer for thickening with a fork instead of the usual spoon. It is less likely to turn lumpy. Fried chicken with cream sauce and corn fritters is an, old dish, but one that too seldom finds a substantial place in the home. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. PRICE, $1.00, retail. FAMILY PRIDE. AERO CLUB Prof. Stork—And how are we getting on with our studies, Ernestine? Have you been promoted to the flying class yet? Little Miss Quacker—Oh, no, professor. Mother has decided that I shall not take that course. She says anybody can fly—but only the best families take to water naturally. WOULD LIE AWAKE ALL NIGHT WITH ITCHING ECZEMA "Ever since I can remember I was a terrible sufferer of eczema and other irritating skin diseases. I would lie awake all night, and my suffering was intolerable. A scaly humor settled on my back, and being but a child, I naturally scratched it. It was a burning, itching sensation, and utterly intolerable, in fact, it was so that I could not possibly forget about it. It did not take long before it spread to my shoulders and arms, and I was almost covered with a mass of raw flesh on account of my scratching it. I was in such a condition that my hands were tied. "A number of physicians were called, but it seemed beyond their medical power and knowledge to cure me. Having tried numerous treatments without deriving any benefit from them, I had given myself up to the mercy of my dreadful malady, but I thought I would take the Cuticura treatment as a last resort. Words cannot express my gratitude to the one who created 'The Cuticura Miracles', as I have named them, for now I feel as if I never suffered from even a pimple. My disease was routed by Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and I shall never cease praising the wonderful merits they contain. I will never be without them, in fact, I can almost dare any skin diseases to attack me so long as I have Cuticura Remedies in the house. I hope that this letter will give other sufferers an idea of how I suffered, and also hope that they will not pass the 'Cuticura Life Saving Station.'" (Signed) C. Louis Green, 929 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 29, 1910. Home and School. Home and school are two different spheres and have of necessity different duties to perform and different work to accomplish in the training and teaching of the child. But unless the ideals are the same and unless there is a systematic attitude of mind between parents and teachers, the best result cannot be achieved and the child must suffer—Mrs. E. L. Franklin, Secretary Parents' National Educational Union, England. Important to Mothers Important to mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles H. Plattner. In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. No Apparent Reason. Reporter—Colonel, you and I know there was money used in electing Littlebrayne. How much did it cost him? You may as well tell me, for I'm going to find out. Politician—What makes you think there was—er—brbhery? Reporter—why, blame it, man, he was elected! LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES one size smaller after using Alice's Foot-Base, the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives instant relief to corns and bunions. This is an easy test: Sprinkle Alice's Foot-Lose in one shoe and not in the other and tell me the difference. Suck everywhere. Kc. Don't accept any substitute. For FREE trial package, address Alice N. Limited, LeRoY, N. Y. Among Colleagues. "I am afraid that man speaks before he thinks." "Impossible!" "Why?" "He never thinks." TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM Take the OI Standard GROVES TASTELESS CHILLI TASTELESS to know what you are asking The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Online and Iron in a tastele- sform. The Online drive out the malaria, and the Iron built up the system. Sold by all dealers for 30 years. Prices 60 cents. Fortunate. Mrs. Woggs—She is enormously wealthy. Mrs. Boggs—Yes. She was an only wife, you know! Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen is Nature's great remedy—Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup and Whoooping Cough and all throat and lung troubles. At druggists, 25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle. A man likes to repeat the smart things his children say, because he imagines it is hereditary. WEAK BACKS MADE STRONG. Backache in most cases is kidneyache, and usually accompanied by irregularities of the urine. To remove the pain and weakness you must cure the kidneys. Do so with Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Perry Hillman, Monongahela City, Pa., says: "I was so bad with kidney disease I despaired of relief. I had inflammatory rheumatism and finally dropsy set in. My ankles became bloat- ed, my heart was affected and the doctors gave me no relief. Soon after using Doan's Kidney Pills, I grew stronger and ere long I was able to do my housework." Remember the name—Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. "The Grand Old Man of Highgate Ponds," William McKenzie, Long known as "grandfather" by his fellow members of the Highgate Lifebuoy Club, has passed away at his North London home. He was in his ninety-third year. A Helpless Invader Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's A woman who is sick and suffering try a medicine which has the record of a Vegetable Compound, is, it would allow for her own wretchedness. Read what Richmond, Mo. — "When my second month's old I was pronounced a hopeless I had a consultation of doctors and they said of ulceration. I was in bed for ten weeks and was pronounced to be in a dangerous insisted that we try Lydia E. Pinkham's and brought me six bottles. I soon began for it had all been taken I was as well as friends hardly recognized me so great we Woodson Branstetter, Richmond, Mo. There are literally hundreds of those the United States who have been benefited old remedy, which was produced from thirty years ago by a woman to relieve Up to six weeks ago Mr. McKenzie was bathing in Highgate Ponds, where he had bathed for many years. His unfalling regularity at the age of 92 probably constitutes a record in natation. Until three years ago he joined in the winter lifebuoy bathing sports. His practice was to walk over the two miles from Highbury and back for his swim—London Chronicle. Let us never be afraid of innocent joy; God is good and what he does is well done; resign yourself to everything, even to happiness; ask for the spirit of sacrifice, of detachment, of renunciation, and above all; for the spirit of joy and gratitude, that genuine and religious optimism which sees in God a Father, and asks no pardon for his benefits. We must dare to be happy and dare to confess it, regarding ourselves always as the depositories, not as the authors of our own joy.—Amiel. "I see from the papers," said Dawson, "that there is a great scarcity of chorus girls this year." "I was afraid there would be," said Wiggles. "It's only another case of cause and effect. The French champagne crop has practically failed, and lobsters are scarcer than hens' teeth this season."—Harper's Weekly. Wife—I want a cap, please, for my husband. Shopkeeper—Yes, madam. What size does he wear? Wife—Well, I really forget. His collars are size sixteen, though I expect he'd want about size eighteen or twenty for a cap, wouldn't he? Jonesboro, Texas.—"I have used Lydia ble Compound for myself and daughter, qualled for all female diseases. I would anything. I wish every mother in America to use it as there would be less suffering. I am always glad to speak a word of praise ham's Vegetable Compound, and you are testimonial."—Mrs. James T. Lawrence, Since we guarantee that all testimonial is genuine, is it not fair to supply Pinkham's Vegetable Compound had these women it will help any other woman from the same trouble? For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget Compound has been the standard remedy; female ills. No sick woman does justice herself who will not try this famous media Made exclusively from roots and herbs, has thousands of cures to its credit. If the slightest trouble appears when you do not understand, write to I Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., for her advice—free and always helpful. For FOLLIE and GRIP Hickle *these* medicines—modyelly leaving the aching and feverishness—cures the Cold and restores normal conditions. It's commensely, 100°, 220°, and 400° at drug stores. Father—I think the baby looks like you. Mother—Yes, it shuts its eyes to an awful lot. You will sneeze; perhaps feel chilly. You think you are catching cold. Don't wait until you know it. Take a dose of Hamilins Wizard Oil and you just can't catch cold. And the man who is driven to drink by adversity probably would have it brought to him by prosperity. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE." That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. GROYE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. Ed. Every penny saved means one less pang of foreboding. is only one of many symptoms which some women en- lure through weakness or displacement of the womanly organs. Mrs. Lizzie White of Memphis, Tenn., wrote Dr. R. V. Pierce, as follows : Is only one of many symptoms which some women endure through weakness or displacement of the womanly organs. Mrs. Lizzie White of Memphis, Tenn., wrote Dr. R. V. Pierce, as follows: "At times I was hardly able to be on my feet. I believe I had every pain and ache a woman could have. Had a very bad case. Internal organs were very much diseased and my back was very weak. I suffered a great deal with nervous headaches, in fact, I suffered all over. This was my condition when I wrote to you for advice. After taking your 'Favorite Prescription' for about three months can say that my health was never better." E's Favorite Prescription weakness and disease of the feminine organism. It allays ration and soothes pain. Tones and builds up the nerves. Best dealer to substitute for this medicine which has a trees. "No, thank you, I want what I ask for." Pellets laduco mild natural bowel movement once a day. AM FADELESS faster colors than any other dry. One like package colors all fibers. They dye in cold water batt rt. Write for free booklets here to Dra. Bleach and Mix Colors. MONROE DRUG O Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is a positive cure for weakness and disease of the feminine organism. It allays inflammation, heals ulceration and soothes pain. Tones and builds up the nerves. Do not permit a dishonest dealer to substitute for this medicine which has a record of 40 years of cures. "No, thank you, I want what I ask for." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets laduce mild natural bowel movement once a day. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One lice package colors all there. They dye in cold water better than any other dye. You can dye any garment without rupping it. Write for free beckies. Send them to Dra. Beach and Nux Colors. MONROE DRUG OD., Quincy, Illinois. It's an easy matter for a married man to keep posted on what's going on in his home neighborhood. All druggists sell the famous Herb remedy, Garfield Tea. It corrects constipation. A woman's club sometimes reminds a man of a hammer. Seven Pensioners in One Family. Seven brothers and seven sisters living in Foulsham, England and the adjacent parishes are receiving old age pensions. The oldest of the seven is eighty and the youngest seventy-one. Their united ages total 530 years. Their father was Philip Lambert, a carrier between Foulsham and Norwich, who had a family of 16, all born in Foulsham and of whom 11 are now alive. The longer we live the more we realize what we might have done but didn't. ook Prematurely Old e ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. PRICE, $1.00, retail. "BETTY FUTURE WOMAN DEVIL" Went Swlmmlng at 92. Dare to Be Happy. Cause and Effect. A Matter of Size. Domestic Amenities I A Helpless Invalid Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound A woman who is sick and suffering, and won't at least try a medicine which has the record of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, is, it would almost seem, to blame for her own wretchedness. Read what this woman says: Richmond, Mo.—"When my second daughter was eighteen months old I was pronounced a hopeless invalid by specialists. I had a consultation of doctors and they said I had a severe case of ulceration. I was in bed for ten weeks, had sinking spells, and was pronounced to be in a dangerous condition. My father insisted that we try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and brought me six bottles. I soon began to improve, and before it had all been taken I was as well and strong as ever,—my friends hardly recognized me so great was the change."—Mrs. Woodson Branstetter, Richmond, Mo. There are literally hundreds of thousands of women in the United States who have been benefited by this famous old remedy, which was produced from roots and herbs over thirty years ago by a woman to relieve woman's suffering. Read what another woman says:— Jonesboro, Texas.—"I have used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for myself and daughter, and consider it unqualified for all female diseases. I would not be without it for anything. I wish every mother in America could be persuaded to use it as there would be less suffering among our sex then. I am always glad to speak a word of praise for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and you are at liberty to use this testimonial."—Mrs. James T. Lawrence, Jonesboro, Texas. Since we guarantee that all testimonials which we publish are genuine, is it not fair to suppose that if Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound had the virtue to help these women it will help any other woman who is suffering from the same trouble? For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. No sick woman does justice to herself who will not try this famous medicine. Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and has thousands of cures to its credit. If the slightest trouble appears which you do not understand, write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., for her advice—it is free and always helpful. PROOF POSITIVE. He—Oh, yes; I write verse occasionally—but I tear it all up as soon as I write it. She—Ah! I knew you were clever. Plenty of Time to Fatten Up. Cheerful Old Idiot—I say, you'll excuse me, but d'you know that you are the thinnest policeman I've ever seen. Robert—Yes, I'm a new hand, and haven't got to know the cooks yet.—London Opnlnon. Garfield Tea corrects constipation, cleanses the system and purifies the blood. Good health is maintained by its use. Her savings are the saving of many a business girl. A woman can straighten up a man's desk in five minutes so effectually that he won't be able to find anything he wants in five hours. Backache Seven Pensioners in One Family. Seven brothers and seven sisters living in Foulsham, England and the adjacent parishes are receiving old age pensions. The oldest of the seven is eighty and the youngest seventy-one. Their united ages total 530 years. Their father was Philip Lam- RHEUMATISM THERE IS HOPE Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy relieves pains in the legs, arms, back, stiff or swollen joints. Contains no morphine, opium, cocaine or drugs to deaden the pain. It neutralizes the acid and drives on all the metabolic solvents from the system. Write Prof. Munyon, 534 and Jefferson Sts., Phila. Pa., for medical advice, absolutely free. REMEMBER PI50'S for COUGHS & COLDS FOR ALL EYE DISEASES Pettus Eve Salve FOR SALE. Moving picture film. I can per foot. Meacham KG. H. ILLAIS. Waterloo. VIC. less valid Pinkham's Vegetable Compound suffering, and won't at least record of Lydia E. Pinkham's would almost seem, to blame Read what this woman says: My second daughter was eighteen a hopeless invalid by specialists. and they said I had a severe case for ten weeks, had sinking spells, dangerous condition. My father Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, soon began to improve, and be- as well and strong as ever,—my to great was the change." — Mrs. and Mo. Reds of thousands of women in been benefited by this famous acced from roots and herbs over to relieve woman's suffering. says:— used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- daughter, and consider it un- certain. I would not be without it for in America could be persuaded suffering among our sex then. Word of praise for Lydia E. Pink- and you are at liberty to use this lawrence, Jonesboro, Texas. all testimonials which we pub- er to suppose that if Lydia E. found had the virtue to help other woman who is suffering AYDIA E PINKMAN A Country School for Girls in New York City Best Features of Country and City Life Out-of-door Sports on School Park 92 acres near the Hudson River. Academic Course from Primary Class for Advanced Special Students. Music and Art. Summer Session. Certificate admits to College. School Coach Meets Day Pupils. Miss Ranges and Miss White, Riverdale Ave., near 2526 St., West Readers of this paper desiring to buy anything advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all substitutes or imitations. DEFIANCE STARCH for starching finest linens. If afflicted with} bore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 11-1911. SS DYES in cold water better than any other dry. You can go E DRUG OO., Quincy, Illinois. bert, a carrier between Foulsham and Norwich, who had a family of 16, all born in Foulsham and of whom 11 are now alive. The longer we live the more we realize what we might have done but didn't. y Old E, $1.00, retail. Read all communications from the District Grand Secretary and all advertisements in The Atlanta Independent about the Rally to the lodge or Household, carefully, at each meeting. 2. Appoint a Rally Committee of three or five, including the P. S. and N. G., whose duty it will be to canvass every member of the Lodge or Household and see to it that each subscribes and pays in at least $1.00, five days before Rally Day. Place all Rally funds in the regular treasury of the Lodge or Household. Impress every member of the Household or Lodge with this truth, that it is the duty of every member, out of respect to his or her obligation, to share equally with their brethren and sisters, the duties and responsibilities the Order imposes. 4. Collect the free will offering from each brother and sister at least five days before Rally Day, and it is the duty of the Rally Committee to see to it that no brother or sister gives less than $1.00. Don't wait until Rally Day to make the offering. Keep a list of those who do not pay, if there be any so wanting in sentiment and the principles of the Order. Let the Rally Committee, P. S. and W. T. of each Lodge or Household buy a money order or check Saturday before Rally Day and read the check or money order at the collection, Sunday, instead of handling the money. Let the Committee then mail check or money order to the D. G. S. in a Rally Envelope the same or next day after Rally. 6. Let Rally Committee see to it that every member of the Lodge or Household places his or her name on the Honor Roll by giving at least $1.00. 7. Talk about the Rally and sing Rally Songs at the opening and closing of each meeting. Just rally all the time. Write to the District Grand Secretary for Rally Songs and Rally Buttons. Send for as many campaign buttons as you have members and give every one a button who says he will give at least $1.00 to put his name on the honor roll. Buttons are free. 9. Out of the public collection, give the Rally Committee all above expenses to add to the check or money order. Let the Committee buy another check or money order. Monday, to cover the amount from collection and send it along with the offering, the members give. Make all checks and money orders payable to the District Grand Secretary. 10. This is the system by which we can do the work, and let us work it for $50,000.00. Won't you push the Rally at least $1.00? Committee Ways and Means DR. A. D. JONES, Chairman. G. W. CARROLL, W F. MEREDITH, DR. S. A. PETERS, R. E. PHARROW, S. S. MADDON, E. W. MATHEWS, WILLIAM DRISKELL, W T. GIBSON, J. S. WHITE, L. L. LEE Approved. B. J. DAVIS, District Grand Secretary. Among the Masons. A man without a mission, without a purpose, may exist, but is a mere floater, driven hither and yonder. Every wave from the crafts of the sturdy ones, bent on the achievement of life's well-defined purposes, makes rough seas for his sails.—Bro. Owen Scott, Illinois. In popular government the minority is expected to give way to the majority, but it must not be forgotten that Masonry is not founded on the idea that the will of the majority is always right. It was established in a great measure for the purpose of doing away with, not abolishing, tyranny, either popular or individual. The rights of the minority are as sacred in the eyes of Masonry as those of the majority. Masonry worthy of the name hates tyranny.—Scottish Rite Bulletin. Ours is more than a mere selfish and mercenary friendship—more than the flattering shadow that follows the sunshine of wealth and fame; more than the beautiful semblance of a substance which cynics have derided and misanthropes have spurned. Ours is a generous friendship founded on brotherly love and esteem, which no misfortune can weaken, no disaster destroy—one which stands the warm kisses of the sun and the tempestuous wave of the storm.—R. H. Taylor, Arkansas. A Masonic trial was in progress in a certain lodge. Several brethren were very diligently prosecuting a wayward brother for an infraction of the moral code. The brother had no one to defend him, but one good Mason took compassion on him and assumed charge of his case. The evidence clearly showed that the brother was guilty, but it also showed the fact that while the brethren who were prosecuting him had knowledge of the mis-conduct for some time not one of them had ever gone to him, laid a kindly hand on his shoulder, and whispered in his ear that good counsel which was his due. It soon became apparent to the members present that while the brother in question had been at fault, several of his brethren had been equally faulty in not living up to one of the important duties imposed upon every Mason. The result was that the brother got off with a reprimand. The above case only goes to prove that very many Masons are prone to prefer charges against a wayward brother without first going to him and assisting him to reform. The time to prefer charges is when the good offices of Masonry have proven of no avail—Illinois Free- 10. At a recent non-sectarian meeting in New York, the Rev. Madison C. Peters spoke on "Masonry," saying in part: "Masonry is religious, but not a religion. It selects for no man the mode or manner of his religious worship, but the open Bible is the first thing the candidate for membership sees in its lodges. I believe the church of the future will be as broad in its teachings as the Masonic order. And when that comes you will have a church as popular with the man as the lodges now are. The Jew, the Mohammedan and the Christian all enter its lodges under the universal sentiment of brotherly love. While the church has been torn into a thousand sections, Masonry has been preserved pure and unchanged without a pillar fallen or a principle abandoned. Never in a thousand years has there been a forward movement for the world's betterment that did not have the wisdom that comes from its teachings. When a man goes wrong he is expelled from the churches, but when a brother goes wrong we put our arms around him and teach him that he is too good to be a slave to his habits. The real purpose of Masonry was not so much to bring men to heaven, but to bring heaven down to men.—Scottish Rite Bulletin. Wealth Cannot Save Us. In these days there is a mighty search for material wealth. With thousands the height of ambition is to become at least a millionaire, and enjoy the earthly luxury and pleasure. To these wisdom and understanding are secondary, if given even a thought. To these "Trust in God" is far out of mind. Chiefly, if not utterly, their trust is in themselves and their worldly wealth. To them, in a parable, the first great light of Masonry says: "They that trust, in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him." No one of them can redeem his own soul nor save himself from death and the grave. No chemical and no material will save his dead body from corruption. No earthly power can, for multimillions of dollars, restore to it its soul. No one but God can do that, for he alone is "the resurrection and the life." Freemasonry is wise. In its first great lesson it teaches its candidates to divest themselves of trust in all material dependences, and to trust in God for wealth of soul and immortality. It encourages them to erect their Masonic edifice—their temple of the soul—on that perfect foundation, and thus doing, to fear no spiritual danger in time nor in eternity. Here many of them may have to toil for their mason. Let Every Inmate in Georgia Rise as One Woman and Make Our Free Will Offering $15,000 MRS. J. P. FORTUNE MRS. L. P. FORTUNE, D. G. W. R. daily bread and may enjoy no luxury; "over there" they will have crown of rejoicing and suffer no want.—John W. Brown. WEST SIDE RESTAURANT THE UP-TO-DATE TAILORS COOPER & ODREZIN OCULIST'S NEW .DISCOVERY Theory of Process of Vision Is Changed as Result of Series of Experiments. A new discovery with regard to the phenomena of the sense of sight has been announced by Dr. F. W. Edridge, Green, an eminent English authority in visual research. He has found by an interesting series of experiments and tests that the process of vision is not the simple transmission by the optic nerve to the brain of objects photographed upon the retina. The new discovery in non-technical language amounts to this: In front of the retina there is a small chamber or sac of clear liquid which is in constant motion of currents or eddies. Dr. Green finds that this liquid itself contains distinct perceptive nerve power which plays an important part in conveying impressions to the brain. In other words, this wonderful fluid contains liquid nerves, so to speak, which transmit to the understanding a considerable part of the impression it receives of color, form, etc. Take Kaiser to Task. Emperor William of Germany is in receipt of a singular petition forwarded to Berlin by the Passaic (N. J.) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It calls attention to the fact that "in the fine equestrian statue of your majesty erected at the entrance to the new railway bridge at Cologne the tail of the horse is docked." The petition sets forth that "your majesty is no doubt aware that the docking of the horse's tail constitutes one of the worst cruelties practiced on a dumb beast." It adds: "In our humble opinion it would be a mistake to leave the statue in its present form. A beautiful long tail might be put in the place of the stump. Such an alteration would not only add much to the beauty of the statue, but would also stop adverse criticism regarding your majesty's feelings toward a humane cause." The emperor has not yet replied to the petition. In February. First Father—"It must have cost you a lot to send your son to college." Second Father—"It did." First Father—"And what have you received in return?" Second Father—"My son."—Cornell Widow. WEST SIDE RESTAURANT 461 West Broad Street. Near Union Station. The place to get first-class meals Everything neat and clean Meals prepared in an appetizing manner and at all hours daily. Meals 15 and 25 cents. MRS. A. S. SCOTT, Proprietress. CHICKENS, DUCKS. TURKEYS, ETC. G. B. Young & Sons Wholesale and retail deaers in Live and Dressed Poultry. All kinds of games in season. All orders properly attended to and delivered free. Stall 12, City Market. Phone 2722 R. H. YOUNG, Manager. GO TO— Young Bros. For your TOBACCO, CIGARS and FRUITS Of all kinds. 309 West Broad Street. THE HIGH ART TAILORS Just received a new and Upto-date-line of Spring Goods at reasonable prices Satisfaction Guaranteed Come and place your or- der soon At 321 Broughton St. East Next door to Red Cross Pharmacy. FIRST-CLASS Boarding & Lodging At 120 Cannon St., West, Charleston, S. C. A nice cool spot; your patronage solicited. One-block from the Belt Line. Mrs. P. C. Burgess, Proprietress. It costs ten thousand dollars year to live." "Why does he spend his money s foolishly?" I am so deeply interested in the welfare of the Order and the call to arms of fifteen thousand Ruths to rally around our standard-bearer in helping to raise the $50,000, for a building in Atlanta, that I can not refrain from taking this method of seconding the earnest appeal that Sister R. L. Barnes has made to the inmates throughout her jurisdiction. I have such implicit confidence in the loyalty of our women, that I do not believe there will be any faltering in our ranks, but that every sister will do her full share to make this $50,000 rally a unit. In co-operating with my good sister, I earnestly appeal to the Ruths of the State to respond freely to the call of our husbands, brothers, and fathers. that the Odd Fellow-building shall be a complete realization before June, 1912, when the efforts and struggles of the administration are for the furtherance and progress of the grand old Order, whose growth, success and prosperity demonstrate its moral worth and financial strength, then if by our combine support we can encourage and assist the present forces to erect a building that will ever perpetuate the name of the Order in this State; then the administration should have the unanimous support of every Odd Fellow and Ruth in the State, as it will not only be beneficial to the Odd Fellows of this State, but to the humblest Negro who has a scintilla of race pride. My last word is, Let us give freely the paltry sum of one dollar to help lessen the burden and responsibility of our brothers and make the prospective building a real building—a monument to the Georgia Odd Fellows; for we can do anything we wish to do, and I know that you will do this. First Class Workmanship Guaranteed. If you hesitate to have your shoes repaired on account of looks, you don't know the kind of repairing we do. We promise in advance to make your old shoes look almost as good as new—and at a very reasonable cost. Unless you have all kinds of good shoe money to throw away you should make the old ones last as long as possible. Let us show you how we can make old shoes look like new ones. J. H. WASHINGTON, Shoemaker and Repairer. 309 WHITAKER STREET. Johnson Undertaking Establishment COMBINE D WITH The Royal Undertaking Company (Incorporated.) Funeral Directors and Embalmers Finest line of Coffins, Caskets and Robes. White and black funeral cars. Office and warerooms 825-331 Jefferson street. W. R. FIELDS, Manager. Residence Phone 2032. Livery Stable Attached. Office Phone 978 GAREY'S Variety Bakery. Goods delivered promptly to any part of the city. 509 West Broad Street, Near Gasien Phone 1331-L Masonic Books & Regalias. Regallas. LODGE SEALS, FINANCIAL CARDS and BLANKS of every description. Publishers' and Manufacturers' Prices Liberal Discounts Will Be Arranged The Palative The only Colored Cafe of its kind in the city. SEA FOOD AND GAME in season. Home cooking a specialty. EDWARD JOHNSON, Proprietor and Caterer. 817 Burroughs Street. Open all night. COLD WAVE Freezing Every Day. W. H. Johnson The Real Ice Cream Man Phone 2685-J: Ice Cream served free to ladies every Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. Corner Duffy and Cuyler Streets. =| =a a So ane <a