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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-01
WOmen's Club Notes

The Philanthropic Section met
Monday afternoon at the L c.
Home with large number in
attendance The chairman. Mrs.
Lenora Fisher being sick, Mrs.
Lizzie Brooks presided. Much
business Of importance was
transacted. A very interesting
praise service was conducted by
the chairman for thirty minutes.
The granite shower amounted to
So. A special prayer was offer
ed by Sister Glenn IN behalf OF
our sick sisters, Mesdames Leno-
ra Fisher and Stella Gray.
The Boys meeting will Re
held at ST. John church. Sunday,
May 2, at 4. 80 p. m. Addresses
by Hon. G S Gibbs and DR. N
B, Ford Parents, come out and
bring your children to these
meetings. Mrs Bette Watson
will superintend this meeting.
The members of the original
l.. G Home Board will expect a
good attendance of the citizens,
Monday, May 10, at the 18th an
nlversary and supper which will
be served by them on that day.
Any donation will be accepted by
the committee
The club S annual service will
probably be delayed until the
fourth Sunday in June.
Every member Of the club is
requested to come out Monday to
the business meeting and hear
the report of the entertainment
given at Arion Hall on the 22d.
Any person holding tickets
please turn them in before this
da'e, May 3.
We wish to thank the Union
Baptist church for their dona
ton of SO. so, Sunday, April 25,
for L. @. Home.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-01

Buy your shoes at the East
Erd Shoe Store, 1907 E. Capitol
avenue. Open Saturday, May Z,
}. p. Roberts, proprietor. Re.
pairing neatly done while you
wait. Old telephone 1914
Miss Katie Johnson of w. Viii.
llams street, has accepted the
agency of the A. Nj. E. Book
Concern and will solicit for relig
ious books and periodicals. You
should encourage her by taking
something on the first call.
Miss Hattie B. McTier has
Dunbar's complete life works in
one volume. illustrated. for only
S1.75 This is a work that nc
intelligent home can afford to be
without. The book can also be
had at The Forum Office.
A cOlored man S furniture store
is the latest business venture il
this city, located on n. 9TH ST.
Let's make it a success.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-01
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.

The revival at the Third Chris
tian church continues with great
interest. Elder Hancock is an
able speaker and his sermons are
inspirations to all his hearers.
Mrs. George Hoagland is in
disposed at this writing.
Miss Edna Stearles entertain.
ed the Elete Thin BILE club at her
home, Thursday afternoon.
Attend the literary at the Rest
Rooms every Tuesday evening.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-01
Y. M. G. A. March.

We have yet few copies the Y
NJ Q. A. March by that brilliant
young composer, Maurice Thomas.
This is one of The prettiest compost
tionS we have heard in recent years
If the piano lovers will give it a
trial. we are satisfied that it will 20
big in this city. This music is for
sale at this office.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-01

Bishop G. T. Shaffer, D. D.,
will preach at ST. Paul A M. E.
church Sunday, May 9, at 1920
A M, and at ST. John church Z
30 p, m. On Monday night he
will lecture at st. Paul church.
and a joint banquet will be Civ.
en- in his honor.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-01
Rally at st. John.

Tomorrow, all day. there will
be rally at st. John A. M. E.
church, t4th and Mason streets,
for the purpose of cementing the
walks in front of the church, a
very creditable and progressive
thing. The public is invited to
attend. This is commendable
and shows real progress.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-05-01

A number of our young people
are anticipating attending the
Track Meet at Springfield, next
Friday.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
Marathon in Uganda.

Fever for long distance races has
spread all over the world. Recently
they held one In far-off Uganda. II
was from Entebbe to Kampula. Nc
one around here may know much
about Entebbe and Kampula, but they
are 26 miles apart.
Although the staple diet of the
natives consists of bananas and pota
toes, the men often show great stay
Ing power over long distances when
carrying letters, and 1t was hoped that
the Olympic time might be beaten
This was not so, however, as the win
ner took three hours and three min
utes over the course, being closely fol
lowed home by the second and third
men. When, however, it is considered
that they were unframed, that they
finished fresh enough to leap and run
about, that the cyclists merely patrolle6
the road and did not pace the runners,
that the race took place in the hottest
part Of the day and was partly over a
road wet with recent shower, no one
will deny the mems ability. 1t lie
amusing to note that three of the
runners carried umbrellas and that
the winner on finishing danced about
salying that he was very fine fellow
and knew how to run well.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
FOUNDED NEW SECT
JOHN WROE FOUNDER OF CHRIS.
TlAN lSRAELiTEs.
Had Many Followers, Particularly In
Australia, Many of Whom Still
Believe That He Is
Not Dead.

The alleged bogus burial of the
duke of Portland as bruce makes one
think of John Wroe. He died in Coll
ingwood, Melbourne, February 5, 1868
aged 81, and yet some fanatics appear
to believe that he is still alive, mas
much as he is reported to have said
he would never die.
Johanna Southcott died in 1874
aged GA. Her followers believed she
would give birth TO the Messiah, says
the Imperial Review. Six doctors ties
titled that they would believe she was
about to become mother II she was
young enough. A siVered cradle cost
ing 5000 was prepared for the in
FAINT and 800 more was spent in
gold spoons, pap boats and what not
Wroe was her first principal follow.
err. With her sect as nucleus he
formed the Christian Israelites. He
preached his doctrines for nearly, half
a century throughout Britain, Europe,
America and Australia.
A follower named Stanley gave him
$500 with which a temple was
built at Ashton, Eng. Afterward it be.
came theater. Yet Wroe never sue.
ceeded anywhere so well as in Mel.
bourne. His followers there sub.
scribed and bought him a mansion
Melbourne house-in Wakefield, Eng.
No portrait was ever taken of him,
as he forbade portraiture. He is de.
scribed as an exaggerated likeness Of
Gen. Booth, with hook nose, fiery eyes
and shaggy hair and beard. The Chris,
tian Israeltes are also called Wroe.
ties and Beardies. The sect is still
prosperous in Melbourne.
Visiting its church, handsome
blue-stone place in Ftzroy, on re.
cent Sunday evening we found what
was described as an unusually small
attcndance-about forty ladies and
20 gentlemen. Twenty-eight of the
ladies were in white straw bonnets,
The Younger ones had them coquet
tisbly trimmed with feathers and
they inclosed pretty faces, too. We
thought of Carlyle's saying when
Queen Victoria came to the throne,
Poor girl. At an age when she can
hardly be trusted to buy her own bon
net"
An outcome Of the Wroeites was the
Fisheries. When Wroe died James
Fisher, charcoal burner of Nunawad-
ing, eight miles from Melbourne, then
in the wild bush tried to obtain the
succession. Failing this he made a
secession. He founded the Church Of
the Firstborn and obtained 120 fol.
lowers, with an astounding combina'
ton of Wroeism, Mormonism, Spirit.
ualism and Freemasonry.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
OFFICIAL COUNTY and CITY PAPER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS. 1909
BURIAL VAULTS OF CEMENT.
Method of Entombing the Dead Which
viii Resist Decay.

The manufacture of concrete burial
vaults is becoming quite large indus
try In various western states, says
Cement Age, New York. At Joplin,
Mo-, there has been organized a COM
pany which operates large plant. In
the manufacture Of concrete burial
vaults a full body of steel reinforce
ment is set up within solid mold at
an exact center of the cement which
strengthens the vault at every point
Steel thus protected is everlasting. 1t
cannot rust and collapse with time, as
such vaults must which are made en-.
tirely of steel. The vault is made alb.
solutely waterproof by the addition of
a waterproof compound which is in,
italy mixed with the cement. The
vaults remain in the molds for three
to five days until thoroughly set, after
which they are allowed to season
about thirty days. A trip to the GENE.
terry shows the vault lowered in the
grave, followed by the lowering of the
casket and the putting on of the vault
lid, which snugly fits upon the vault
A mixture of pure cement and water.
proofng is then poured into the space
between the vault and the lid, making
the vault and lid practically one solid
piece.
At Lawrence, Kan, there is another
company engaged in the same line OF
work. This concern has been con.
Quoting some interesting tests of their
cement vaults. In one instance the
vault was immersed in tank of water
to demonstrate that it could withstand
any amount of pressure. The vault,
which is made entirely of cement, is
constructed in two parts. Instead OF
fitting the cover on the top of the
vault and then sealing it, the vault fits
down over cement slab. When the
vault is lowered over the casket, 1t is,
of course, filled with air. The vault it.
self is nodded or made in one alright
piece, open only at the bottom which
fits down over cement slab. A per
fectly tight space from which the air
cannot destend or escape Is formed.
The water, when rising to level with
the bottom OF the vault, will be
checked by air, which is now firmly
incased by the vault on sides and top
and the water on the bottom, and wa,
ter can never rise in the vault. A
piece of glass is fitted into the top OF
the casket, so that spectators can look
down into the vault and see that
everything is as dry as it was when II
was put in.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
First published February is. 1902
PUBLICATION NOTICE
. OF Kansas, Ford county, S..
district Court of Ford Co., Kan,

state OF Kansas, Ford county, IS.
In the District Court of Ford Co., Kan.
The state of Kansas to George C. Farnum'
Frank Il. Ford and his wife Mrs. Frank K.
Ford, If living, or II dead, then the un
known heirs, devisees, executors, admins
traitors and trustees of the said Frank X.
Ford and his wife Mrs. Frank e. Ford.
GREETING
You and each OF you are hereby notified
that Won have been sued In said court In an
action therein pending wherein Hulda A.
Early is plaintiff and you and each of you are
defendants, and that unless you answer the
petition filed in said cause by plaintiff on or
before April 9TH, 1909 the allegations OF said
petition will be taken rs true and judgment
renderedao ,ordingly against you and each OF
YOU for the cancellation of q mortgage made
and executed by one Jesse l.. Trebilcock to
FORD O, d Farnum on March 9Th, Is 8, filed for
record March 18th, 1888, in the Office Of the
Register OF Deeds OF Ford County, and re-
corded In Volume 1T" page % Of the mortg.
age records of Ford County; which mortgage
covers the lands and tenements described In
plaintiffs petition, t0.wit' Lots one ID and
Two (2), block eighty one (sl), lots seven az.
eight 49, and nine 10y block eighty.two (82),
and lot one ID. block eighty eight 1857, all in
Ford CITY, Ford County, Kansas, and that the
plaintiffs title to said premises be Quieted,
confirmed and adjudged to be perfect as
against you and each OF you and that you
and excluded from setting up or asserting
any right, title, interest or estate In or to said
premises Diverse to plaintiff, her heirs and
assigns; and for such other relief as shall be
agreeable to equity and conscience.
In testimony Whereof have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal OF said
court this 18th day of February, 1909
(SeaD I. Z. FRENCH,
Cleek District Court.
Richard W, Evans, Jr.,l attorney for Plaintiff.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
That "BIue" FeeIind.

The use of the word blue" to de
note melancholy or terror, as in the
phrases to feel blue" blue devils" a
"blue funk" and SO on, is not entirely
figuratiye, If we are to credit a re.
cent medical writer. The class of
phenomena that includes fainting, yer.
tigo, nausea, etc, is controlled by Ger.
tain brain centers that also bring
about a sort of cramp of the externa'
muscles of the eye. The resulting
compression Of the organ causes OBJ.
jects to look gray or blush, and ulti.
mately produces apparent darkness.
The use of the word, having physio.
logical basis, is common to many Ian.
guages. The French say, for instance:
Il see blue" A writer says that the
French word advertisement (giddi.
ness) should be spelled advertisement,
and has the same origin.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
Pens of Price.

The pen used by Charles Dickens
Just before his death, which has been
sold at Messrs. Sotheby's rooms for
219 los, must yield the palm of cost.
Illness to the well worn gold pen used
by "Boz" for many years, which found
q purchaser some time ago for over
a40. At the sale Of the Dalhousie col.
lection a quill pen used by yelling.
ton when writing to Queen Victoria in
1874 brought only 5h guineas; while
one of Sir Walter SCOTS pens, Sc.
lected by Lord Dalhousie in 1929
from SCOTS writing table at Abbots.
ford, only realized three gulneas more.
Among the most valuable pens in the
world are one owned by Isaac Reed,
Of New York, carved from a portion of
George Washington's lens box, and
used by Lincoln when president, and
the quill of golden eagles wing, the
property of the Empress Eugene, with
which the treaty of Paris was signed
in 1S56.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
ALL HAIL THE FOOD TARLETsl
No Dishes, No Kitchen Work, Hence
No Household Drudgery.

How would you like to throw away
all your kitchen utensils and most Of
the dishes; send your flour, meats
spices and other pantry stuff to @
charitable association; turn the htch
en- into a den or sunroom; turn the
pantry unto coy corner, and live on
nuts, fruits and food in tablet form!
It's a long question and it isn't abso
lutely new, but 1t comes in for consid
Grafton in connection with the recent
discussion Of "How to Get Rid Of
Household Drudgery," says the Kan
sas City Times.
The suggestion was made In good
faith by woman who believes in the
system. She advocates it without re-
gard to the fact that such plan OF
near eating" would rob life Of It's
dearest privilege, that of gazing on
and devouring the luscious roasts and
broils that competent cooks prepare
to say nothing Of potatoes mashed,
hashed or Drowned with butter and
gravy and pumpkin pie.
"This is no jest" the writer Of the
essay says. 1T has been my dream
for years. There is only one solution
to the problems of housekeeping, only
one way to escape the ills that come
from unwise eating. Do away with
the kitchen and pantry, live on fresh
fruits, nuts and condensed foods in
tablet form. Have a refrigerator or,
better still, cold storage room where
drinking water may be cooled and the
fruits chilled. An ornamental jar or
cabinet will hold enough tablets to
feed family for a week or more.
Think of the time saved that might
be devoted to reading or outdoor exer.
else! And with the money saved we
could buy motor cars or electric car
riages."
Think Of the saving of time and
energy, too! No more luncheons to
put up in newspapers every morning
for the children and father. A tablet
or two in their pockets and possibly a
nut for dessert and away they 60 to
the Office. Can you see fathers face
when he comes home at night, tired
and cross, the children romping in
from school with cold little noses and
empty stomachs, ready to grow rap
turous over a plump, fat chicken or
pan of Irish stew and hot biscuits?
Can you see the faces Of the children
light up with joy when you point one
finger at the tablet jar and go on with
your Browning or Emerson? No
dishes to wash, no scraps to throw
away-nothing to do except read, sing,
play and eat fruits, tablets and nuts.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
Violent Method of Courtship.

w. PETIT Ridge, the English novelist
Is good story teller, and most of his
stories concern people in the poorer
ranks Of life, and by far the greater
number of them have the merit of be-
Eng true. The following contains a
gare touch Of human nature, and
speaks for itself. A certain club for
working girls in the East end Of Lon
don had recently elected a new mem
Der. and one day the secretary hap
pened to look out Of the window,
and was surprised to see the new mem.
Der rush up to a strange lad in the
street, punch him violently on the
mead, and then run away. The secre.
gary demonstrated with her sharply,
to which the new member made re.
ply: I'm very sorry; won't do It no
more, IL it's agin the rules; but per-
maps you won't mind telling me, then,
now am / ever to get engaged?"
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
Unappreclated Sympathy.

The soda-fountain clerk was en-.
gagged in vigorously shaking up a
chocolate and egg, says writer in
the Bellman, when suddenly the glass
broke in his hands, and the ensuing
deluge made him look like human
eclair. The Mortified customer leaned
over the counter and tried to be SYM
pathetic. Not knowing exactly what
to say, he finally blurted out, consol-
ingly:
"Oh-er-too bad! Did the glass
break?'
Dripping from head to foot, the
clerk looked at him witheringly.
"Did the glass break?" he repeated.
did the glass break?" And then with
freezing sarcasm, ooh, no, not at all!
You just happened to stop in while
was taking my morning shower
Youths Companion.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
Who Supports the Wife?

Rev. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman had de.
bate the other day in New York, the
question being, do husbands support
their wives?" Rev. Anna Shaw said
that they do not but that in this
semi-civilized country in 3S of the
states the title to the children rests,
not In the mother, but in the father.
Women can not legally possess their
own children nor own their clothes.
The more work woman does the less
her husband gives her. Mrs. Gilman
said that IL stenographer earning
$25 week married an invalid and he
stayed home and did the work while
she made the money, people would
say she supported him, and logically
the wife doing the same thing was
supported. The audience, however,
voted in favor Of the proposition OF
DR.. Shaw.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
Pretty Slow.

Horace L. Moore was lieutenant col
onel of the noted Nineteenth Kansas
cavalry. He could lead men for Ion
ger period without rest, on a single
ration of cheerful good humor, thar
any other officer. Though not given tc
jokes, he was the reputed author o.
as many astonishers as Lincoln
One time on the march, he sent ar
orderly with a message to an Officer
at some distance Before the man was
out OF hearing Moore shouted Hey
orderly! Come back here?"
He came galloping back, sitting
Imply In the saddle.
Moore dropped his voice, and as
Stunning a half-confidential manner in
quired: Orderly, in the course Of
your life have you ever seen a snail? p
Eyes, sir" was the astonished re
ply.
"You met him, then, replied Moore
"for you'd never overtake one"-Kan
sas City Journal.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
BANKING Control,

Six banks in New York control the
stock market. They can elevate or de-
press prices at will. They can make
ready money one per cent. or 300 per
cent. They have no compunctions Of
conscience, because thye have no con-
science. Here's bank with enormous
deposits. 1t pays no interest; but It's
president and directors speculate with
the money as If they owned 1t. Why
do people intrust their money to this
institution? What do they get out Of
it? If the bank fails the depositors are
ruined.--N. Y. Press.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
Teaching Girls to Ride Horses.

Almost all the little girls who are
taught to ride horses these days are
put on cross saddles. They may or
may not ride astride when they get
bigger, but they all learn that way.
1t is safer position in the first place
and 1t gives confidence never acquired
by youngster in a side saddle. As a
rule the small equestrienne is clad In
boomers and the briefest of skirts.
Often she discards the skirt when the
lessons are given in the country. The
instructor holds her pony by lead.
ing strap and, Of course, he rides q
horse easily able to overtake her
mount in the event of bolt. Only
for the first few lessons is the child's
belt buckled to the pommel of her
saddle. Until she acquires firm
seat she is kept close enough to the
Instructor to be caught by him If she
starts to fall.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
First published rrary 18th, 1903.
PUBLICATION NOTICE

The state OF Kansas to the unknown success
ors, Trustees and Assigns Of The ShoWalter
Mortgage Company, domestic corporation
that has ceased to have legal existence,
rrceting. -,
You and each of you will take notice that
YOU have been sued In the District Court OF
Ford County, State of Kansas, by John j.
Fitzgerald, as plaintiff. and that unless you
answer the petition filed in said suit by SAID
pluinoiff on or before the 3rd day OF April,
1909, sad petition will be taken as true and
Judgment will be rendered against you and
each Of you accordingly quieting IND con.
tirming plaintiffs title and possession In ana
10 the following described real estate to- wilt
the northeast quarter of section Gig hteen (lS),
township twenty eight l2Sl south, range
twenty-four 24) west OF the 9Th NJ. In Ford
County, State OF Kansas. and said judgmen
will bar and f0reclose you and each or you
ola from any and all right, title and inter
est you or any Of you may have or claim to
have In or to said real estate or any part
thereof.
witness my hand and the official seal OF
the above named court this 18th day OF Feo-
ruary, 1909. -
T. Z. FRENCH,
(SeaD Clerk of the District Court.
Sutton q Van Ripper, Attorneys for Plaintif.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
First published February II, 1909.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE,
The State of Kansas 90
Ford County

The t STATE U of Kansas IS
In the Probate Court In and for said
county.
Notice is hereby given, that letters OF ad'
ministration on the estate OF SOPHIA Herman
drceased, were granted the undersigned, on
the 18th day Of January 1909, by the Probate
Court OF Ford county Kansas. Now, all per
SOM having claims against the said estate
are hereby notified that they must. present
the same to the undersigned for allowance,
within one year from the date Of sad letters,
or they may be preclud9d from any benent
Of such Estate and that If such claims be not
exhibited within three years after the date
o. sad letters, they shall be forever barred.
WIN. llFRrMAKN, Administrator.
Executor Of the Estate OF Sophia Herman,
deceased.
Feb. 4th, 1909.
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
Marches and Marches.

A school teacher In Jersey town
saw some Of George Eliot's works dis
played in the window OF the gen
eral store" and went in to inquire II
they had "Middlemarch."
mo, we haven't that" said the red.
checked girl who served as clerk, "but
we have some Of the new ones. VIII
one Of Gousa's DOR
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
No Mechanics in Hers.

II understand that Mrs. Comeup
has the greatest horror Of trade OF
working In any way"
@Yes. 80 much SO that she cut Mrs
jerks off her visiting list because she
heard lady she was anxious to cult.
vate say that Mrs. jerks had an.
sWered some questions in a mechanical
manner"
The Globe-republican., 1909-02-18
First published February IS. 1900.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
The State of Kansas a.
County of Ford 90

In the Probate Court for said county.
In the matter OF the Estate Of Phillip Luding,
deceased,
Notice Is hereby given, that letters Of ad-
ministration have been granted to the under
signed On the estate OF Phillip Luding, late
OF said county, deceased, by the Honorable,
the rebate Court OF the County and State
aforesaid, date the i2th day Of February.
1869. Now, all persons having claims against
the said estate are hereby notified that they
must present the same TO the undersigned for
allowance. within one year from the date OF
said Letters, or they may be precluded from
any benefit Of such Estate; and that II such
claims be not exhibited within three years
aitei the date of said Letters, they shall be
forever barred.
". j. DAVIES.
Administrator of the Estate OF Philip
Luding Deceased
February 18th, 1909.