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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15

ed and found out that the asser-
lions here made, are true. We
take the liberty to assign the fol-
lowing primary and major causes
1st breaches and teachers in the
churches and Sunday school who
are inefficient. Cd Home train
ming not thorough, or not as tho
rough as the other churches
Bible students with only sur :
face education. Sd Lax rules
and poor discipline. 4th In.
sincerity-you tell your children
to go to Sunday school. Why
not take them there? You allow
them to go from Sunday school
and even from church at night,
unattended, down town on Wash.
ington street. How many of you
go over the Sunday school les
sons with your children and read
he Bible to them, explaining
this and Celebrating on that por.
ton of the Scripturey You ask
me if the Lutherans do that? l
answer yes-do the Episcopals
do that? l answer yes. Not only
that, at their church services
they teach you what prayer is
and how to pray-why this or
that should be accomplishment
for bad and the reward for good
deeds done, here on earth where
heaven mas its beginning Anoth.
er thing: We will select a person
superintendent of a Sunday
school who is not competent, just
because we like him. Our men
are called to preach without
preparation, but other men Of
other denominations must pre-.
pare. We have too much of the
theoretical emotional religion
while others show theirs ia their
piety, integrity, love, true love.
for the other, morality and chris.
tlanlty-in fact too many of our
men placed in the positions where
leaders and teachers belong are a
travesty OF christianity and
detrlment to the progress not
only of the race, but of the church
and the nation.
The thing to do now is to see
If these allegations are true,
then see your error and let us
proceed to mend them.
90 down oftener to the Luthe
ran church or the white churches
and to the Episcopal Mission
and see this bush though it is
During is not consumed. Yes
investigate and if The Forum is
not right, write an article of sub.
stantia refutation.
This is a serious question.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15
Wonen's Club Notes.

The Springfield Woman's club
will meet at the residence of the
president, Mrs. J. G. McClain,
400 N. 4th street; on Monday,
Aug II, at the hour of 2:30 p.
N. Please come on time as some
business of Importance must be
transacted by the club. All the
members who have not paid their
annual dues will please do so at
once. By order of,
Mrs. ]. G. McClain, Pres.
Clara Blackwell, Sec y.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15
Taft's Speech Of Acceptance

Week before last at his home
10 the historic city of Cincinnati
overlooking the crystal waters OF
the Ohio, William Howard Taft
was officially notified that he is
the Republican nominee for Pres
ident, made his speech of accep
lance which is lengthy docu-
ment dealing com prehensively
with all the VITAL questions of the
day. Among those subjects
most delicate, Mr.. Taft handled
with profound sagacity Some
Of these qu ,stions are: The In.
juncLlon law, Personal Monopoly
Tariff and the Democratic Party
and the Race Question. On the
race question Mr. Taft says:
Rights OF tho Negro
The Republican Platform re.
fers to those amendments to the
Constitution that were passed by
the Republican party for the pro-
lection of the negro The negro
in the forty years since he was
freed from slavery; has made re
markable progress. He is be.
coming more and more a valuable
member of the communities in
which he lives The education
of the negro is being expanded
and improved in every way. The
best men of both races, with the
North .as well as at the South,
ought to rejoice to see growing
up among the southern people an
influential element disposed to
encourage the negro in his hard
struggle for industrial indepen.
dence and assured political status
The Republican platform
adopted at Chicago. explicitly
demands justice for all men with
out regard to race or color, and
just as explicitly declares for the
enforcement. and without reser.
walton in letter or spirit of the
thirteenth. fourteenth and fif-
teenth amendment to the Consti
tuition. 1t is needless to state
that l stand with my party squar-
ly on that plank in the platform
and believe that equal justice to
all men and the fair and impartial
enforcement of these amend
ments is in keeping with the real
American spirit of fair play.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15

Let every precinct, every ward
and every coun>y and district in
the state organize and get work
ers. We will show these fellows
what manner Of man Deneen is.
We fear not Stevenson.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15
BREWERY C(
City Brewery
Their Bottle Beer IS Fine
Books Special
Can't be Beat
Try it!

DR.. J. H. Magee prophesied
the election of Hon. John G.. Og
lesby at the time he made his
announcement as a candidate for
lieutenant governor,
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15

DR.. J. H. Magee dominates
Hon. James A. Rose for govern.
or in 1912 and says he is a win.
ner as we'll as peacemaker be-
tween friends.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15

One thing is noticeable: You
cannot hear even from the Inter.
Ocean, that unfair methods we're
resorted to by Deneen to get the
nomination.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15

1T is no benefit to have given me
something, but it is benefit to have
enabled me to obtain something for
myself" Emerson.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15
The Forums Staff.

The Forums Staff.
E. L. Rogers, Editor-in-Chief and
Business Mgr.
Will H. Barbour, Asst Editor.
w. L. EDWARDS, Political writer.
Miss DAISY DONALDSON,
Proof Reader and Stenographer.
~ e. s~.n Office Clerk, Book
keeper - ia
Mrs. E. l.. White, Contributor.
H. A. Donegon, Lincoln.
MISS BLANCHE HOAGLAND,
Bloomington Agent and Correspondent.
Address matter for the paper to The
Forum, 305k So. Sixth st.
Matters of business or information
to E. L. Rogers, Mgr.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15
The Dunbar
News Company

Is the place where all colored papers
and magazines can be had. Call at SIS,
S13 E. Washington, or 3061a S. 9th.
purpose, step by step, to create a reg
ular news store, handling all colored
literature, books, etc, also the big
Sunday dailies, and leading white mag
azines. Telephone 99S. E. L. Rogers,
Manager.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15

We will run the cards, announcing
the place and meeting nights of all
Lodges, for Csc per month.
ooh, Douglas! Thou hast passed be-
yond the shore,
But still thy voice is ringing DER the
gale
Thou'st taught thy race how high her
hope may soar,
And bid them seek the heights, nor
faint nor fall"
Paul Laurence Dunbar on Fred
Douglass.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-15
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A medium of new thought-Learn
fundamental thinking, logical deduct.
tons and science. A high class
magazine of tranScendent ideas for
literature and further instruction and
information.
Write WALTER H. SERCOMBE,
Sociologist Instructor,
139-141 e. Sc ST., Chicago, III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
St. Margaret

Of which Miss Lippincott and Miss Baker
are principals and which formerly bore their
has during its two years on Connectl-
cut and California avenues. shown great
increase in attendance and facilities.
Every convenience for the pupils, both
in the boarding department and day school,
and every advantage is eagerly sought after.
In consequence, the equipment and thor
ouehness of the school have for it its
wide reputation, and its kindergarten stands
alone in the city in beauty and attendance.
Among the pupils many children not
only of the diplomatic circles, but of the old
families of Washington.
For the benefit of those who wish to
study at the school, day boarding depart
rnent has been added The children awaiting
themselves of this department have their
lunch, their regular exercise periods and
study hours, with all of the advantages of
the boarding department.
The speciality of this school, where boys
under nine years received and girls
der seventeen, is thorough foundation work
and preparation for college.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
Man Who Is Always "Just Going
To-"

From Success Magazine.
He meant to insure his house. but it
burned before he got around to it.
He was just going to pay note when
it went to protest.
He was just going to help a neighbor
when he died.
He was just going to send some flowers
to sick friend when it proved too late.
He was just going to reduce his debt
when his creditors "shut down. on him.
He was just going to stop drinking and
dissipating when his health became
wrecked.
He was Just going to provide proper
protection for his wife and family when
his fortune was swept away from him.
He was just going to introduce better
system into his business when 1t went
to smash.
He was just going to call on q customer
to close a deal when he found his COM
petitor had preceded him and secured the
order.
He was just going to quit work awhile
and take q vacation when nervous pros
tration came.
He was just going to repair his sidewalk
when a neighbor fell on 1t and broke a
leg.
He was just going to provide his wife
with more help when she took to her bed
and required nurse, q doctor and a
maid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
PREHISTORIC GAME.
Monsters With Which Antediluvian
Man Contended.
From the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph.
The remains of the Dryopitheous or
fossil man discovered on the banks of the
Bengawan river, in Java, mixed as they
were with fossil bones of reptiles. of the
Cainozoic age, and lying in the cretaceous
strata, clearly prove that man was con-
temporary with the later of the giant
Saurians. Moreover, the discovery OF the
Nampa image, a piece of handiwork
found in the cretaceous strata in Ada
county. Idaho. would imply that he had
attained some slight degree of art. As
Stunning then that man was living in the
Calnozoic age. the question is, How did
he survive his acquaintanceship with the
gigantic Saurians. any one Of which could
pillow his way through a suburban street
death? How did he escape the shining
horns Of the Tricertops and Ceratosaurus
or Plesiosaurus? The answer to these
questions Is that even then man possess
ed intelligence far in excess of that Of
the other animals. He could supply his
lack OF natural weapons by means Of
sharpened rocks and fints, and could, by
reason of his greater courage, take ref
uge on the sides Of volcanoes and other
dangerous places where his gigantic foes
dare not follow him. At any rate he not
only survived the huge creatures of the
later reptilian era. but passed into the
Tertiary era or Mammalian stage as the
first and greatest of the Mammals
The animals which fourished in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHING
Training Afforded in School Con-
Quoted by the Misses Lippincott.

The Misses Sara Katharine Lippincott
and Susan C. Baker conduct what is re-
garded as one of the best known of the
local schools for young girls and for Older
girls desiring to receive training for
kindergarten teaching.
The school is housed in an old-fashioned
southern residence at the corner of Cali
fornia and Connecticut avenues north
west. This is in the residential section of
the city and on one of the highest emf
nences of the District.
In caring for their pupils the principals
put particular stress on the need for
physical development as a means of pre-
serving health. The younger pupils are
taught physical culture and opportunity is
given for outdoor exercise. On the walks
taken for exercise the pupils visit govern
ment buildings, museums, parks and other
places of interest. Thus the mental and
physical development are closely allied.
In their announcements the principals
point out that the classes are small and
therefore each pupil practically receives
individual instruction Each pupil is ad-
vanced as rapidly as possible. without re-
gard to the progress made by others IN
her classes and pupil who finds some
branch of study particularly difficult is
given special instruction in that branch.
In the kindergarten training department
OIQef SlTlS are TtEiStcTcu AItcT COupICt-
ing one years work. the pupil receives
certificate; after two years, diploma,
and after the full four years course,
trainers diploma. Theory and practice
are combined in the. instruction, the stu
dents mastering the science Of kinder
garten teaching and then learning how to
put the theories into practical use.
instruction in music. drawing and
botany Is an important feature of the
kindergarten training course, as the prin-
cipals believe knowledge of them is es-
sential to successful kindergarten
| teacher. Lessons in physical culture. it
is also stated, are a part of each week s
program throughout the year
Announcement has beeD made that the
day and boarding school will open October
l and will end May 81. and that the
| kindergarten training school begins Oc-
tober and closes May Is. The pupils are
allowed vacations of two weeks at Christ
mas and one week at Easter.
Students who come to this school from
| outside of Washington, the principals say,
are given special opportunities to visit the
Libraries and public buildings, to see the
prominent men who gather here each
winter and to study the workings of the
government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
LAW OF BROKEN HEARTS.
Curious Breach of Promise Laws in
Other Countries.

From Tit Bits
England is the best place-from the
plaintiffs point Of view-for = breach of
promise action. All other countries seem
to regard with grave suspicion any at
tempt to recover monetary compensation
for the loss of prospective husband,
and unless the plaintiff has very :trong
case indeed it is never worth her while to
carry her grief into the law courts.
In France breach of promise cases arc
rare for the simple reason that the law
requires the plaintiff to prove that she
has suffered pecuniary loss. Now this is
not an easy thing to do on the part of
the lady, especially in country where a
girl without dot-that is, marriage
husband. Holland and Austria have
adopted the French system, and the re-
suit has been about the same. Breach
actions are rare. the injured damsels or
their relatives usually taking the law into
their own hands.
Practical Germany. as might be expect
ed. has perhaps the best method for solv-
ing this problem. When a young couple
become engaged they have to go through
a public betrothal ceremony that ought
to knock all the Shyness out of them. In
the local town hall the pair declare their
affections willingness to marry, etc, end
ing by signing a collection of documents
that apparently leave no loophole for es-
cape.
But if either party to the contract
wishes to withdraw another journey is
undertaken to the town hall and another
collection of documents signed. witnessed
and sealed. Then the authorities deter
mine the, question of compensation
1t may be said that the man can. and
often does. claim solatium for his
wounded feelings. The usual award is
one-flfth of the marriage dowry. It Is
easy to understand. when all this is re-
membered, how loath the young people
of Germany are to break their betrothal
oaths.
AS the law of Italy offers little or no
protection whatever to Tilted damsels and
SWANS. it is not surprising that the sti-
letto should be the favorite mode of d.
Gliding breach of promise cases. The
Italian law demands that the person SUI
ing for breach" shall produce a written
promise to marry from the defendant;
otherwise the action cannot proceed. This
difficulty is almost insurmountable. and
the Italian Judges are seldom troubled to
adjudicate between one-time lovers.
To bring an action of breach of prom
Use of marriage against reigning mon
arch is an achievement but 1t has been
done. and by an English lady. 1t is now
fifteen years since Miss Jenny Mighell
sued the Sultan of Johore, and as there
was a doubt whether the dusky one was
actually a reigning monarch. the case
was allowed to come into court. But the
judge quickly disposed of the action by
ruling it inadmissible for the reason re-
ferred to- and Miss MigheH was nom
suited
1t is remarkable that one of the two
actions which have brought verdicts of
10000 each to the plaintiffs should have
had for its defendant the editor OF mat
rimonial paper. The second case was be-
tween a we'll known actress and the eld-
est son Of an earl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

those of the Mesozoiac era. Tough as
were the hides of the giant Sloth the
Mastodon, the Macherodus or saber-
toolhed tiger and the Sivatherium giant
elk), they could not withstand the sharp
ened end of a flint driven by the hand of
our six-foot-high long armed. pre- -histor-
ic ancestor. Despite his smallness man
was still the lord of creation. His BRAIN
crude and undeveloped though il was
proved more than a match for the mere
brute force of the lower animals and al
ready he was laying the foundation of
his supremacy in the animal world
Even while the Saurans were rolling
through the muddy marshes which form
ed the site of London and the hairy
and two-tusked rhinoceros
made the primeval forests echo with their
believing, man had begun his weary
climb up the hill! of evolution. on the sum-
NIT of which he now so proudly stands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

Tertiary era were neither SO large nor
so ferocious as those of the preceding
age. The greatest of them was the
Mylodon or giant Sloth, which measured
twenty five feet In height. weighed fifteen
tons, and was possessed of such gigan-
tic strength that 1t could easily pull down
a big tree and quietly chew off its foil
age There is a magnificent plaster cast
Of the skeleton of one of smaller species
of these giant animals (the Megatherium
in the National History Gallery of the
British Museum. 1t is over eighteen feet
in height. and it would take three or four
men to lift some of the bones. There
is q special interest attached to the giant
Sloth inasmuch many Psychologists
believe that there are living specimens
of this animal roaming about the prac-
tically unknown territory of Patagonia
Indeed. some years ago an expedition I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

der Mr. Hesketh Pritchard, the novelist,
set out to capture and bring back a live
Mylodon. The project was undertaken on
account of the description given by DR..
Moreno, of the La Plata Museum, of a
Mylodon's skin which he found hanging
inside a cave in an UNEMPLOYED portion
of the Patagonian hinterland. The ex-
petition was, unfortunately. not success
full, so that visitors to the geological
gardens may have to wait some time
before they are gratified with a glance
of this grim survivor of a long dead past
Stranger even than the story OF a living
Mylodon is that which has just come
from Los Angeles of living dragons Or
Pterodactyls, one of which was recently
seen by two Scotch gentlemen in a cave
in the Santa Monica mountains in Mali
bu.
animals of the Tertiary era than with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
FIND BLOODY FLATIRoN.
Police Suspicious Of Chester s. Jor-
dams Story

BOSTON. September 5.-The belief ex-
pressed by the medical examiners after
their autopsy on the disme mbered body
of Mrs. Honorah Jordan yesterday, that
she was struck upon the head with
some blunt instrument before being cut
up by her husband, Chester s. Jordan,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
has been apparently corroborated with

has been apparently corroborated with
the finding in closet of their home in
Somerville of f1atiron which was COW
cred with blood and to which chung a
quantity of hair.
The finding of the blood covered fiat
iron tends to discredit a portion Of the
confession OF Jordan. who stated that
the only blows which he dealt his wife
after her taunt were by his fist, and
following which he remembers nothing.
This discrepancy has led the police to
believe that other portions Of his story
may be equally wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
Qncorporated)
Telephone Main 1898.

School of Accounts, Practical Commercial
Training and Civil Service.
that ONE THING
thing WELL who s WELL PAID.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-06
FIVE MINUTES AFTER EATING
ONE % GRAIN TRIANGULE ALL
INDIGESTION AND SToM.
ACH MISERY GOES.

When your stomach is weak or lacl,
ing in Grastric juice. anything that you
eat no difference what It is. will scur
on your stomach. raise the bile AMI
acids to cover your food like oil on
water, causing Indigestion. dyspepsia.
stomach nervousness and belching of
sour poisons. which produce foul oil
ors. nasty taste. bilious headache.
heartburn, intestinal griping and make
you an object of misery This is stom-
ach trouble which can not be overcome
with ordinary digestice medicines. 1t
is caused by fermentation Of your
focd. which will be remedied at once
by few 22-grain Triangules of Dia.
pepsin, a preparation pleasant to take
aud as harmless as candy though each
sill digest and prepare for assimilation
nto the blood 5000 grains Of food.
Indigestion is a result. not cause
If your troubles. If the stomach is
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-06
TELLS READERS HOW TO Get
RELIEF FROM INDIGESTION

Iseur and unhealthy your food becomes
tainted, and that's what is causing
the indigestion and gas on stomach
and other miseries. Pape's Diapepsin
Is an Antacid, most powerful digestive
ami thorough regulator for weak stom.
'achs. These Triangules will dfges,
any kind Of food YOU put in your stom-
ach and will cleanse the stomach
and in'estines in natural way which
makes You feel fine five minutes after.
wards.
Any good Pharmacy here will sup
ply you with a case of Pape's Dia-
pepsin for fifty cents. which contains
complete curative Instructions: also
tells the formula. so that you know
exactly what you are taking. Just
reading about Dilpepsin will not help.
You should go now and get case.
Put your stomach I'm fun health and BIS
tomorrow you wiz forget the misery
IF stomach trouble. Your case is no
It isn't stomach nerves or
latarrh of the Stomach. or Gastr'tic. |
'r Dyspepsia. II Is Food rctting-I
FOOD Fermentation-that's all-anA /
axes about five minutes to overcome.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-06
NEWS OF THE RIVERS ::
Observation-Disclosures

The river marked 24.5 feet on the
CaiEo gauge last evening and was
rising. although no measurable
change was noted for "a hours.
The Harry Brown brought emptias
From ST. Louis ana will return with
coal
The excursion steamer w W."
after the Woodmen's excursion here
went UP the Mississippi yesterday.
The towboat T. II. Davis came ont
from Joppa and took back barge OF
lumber.
The Dick Fowler from and to Pa.
dueah had fair business yesterday.
She will be the paducah packet today.
leaving at z:5n n m.
The Scotia went to the Tennessee
river after railroad ties for W. H.
White & Son.
The John Summers came up with
barge OF logs.
Over a million bushels of coal will
come out from Pittsburg on the latest
rise o. the river Most OF 1t will come
cut by the sprague.