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BEWARE OF The DANGEROUS
HOUSE FLY.

The Merchants Associations Com
mittee on Pollution Of the Waters
of New York has issued a pamphlet
on the house fly which, though in
tended especially for the citizens Of
Gotham, contains information Of the
utmost Importance to the whole
world I ~
The subject matter Of the DamDh-
let is of such vital Importance, and
obedience to the simple rules there
laid down may cause such a great
saving Of lives and money, that it is
reproduced in full. =,
The pamphlet reads:
Flies are the most dangerous in
sectS we have. They are much more
dangerous. than bees or hornets;
these may sting you, and the sting
as painful, but you soon get over the
pain. Flies do much more harm than
this. They walk over filthy places
like sewers and garbage cans. and
after eating the filthy food which
they find there, they come into YOUR
carrying on their feet the tiny germs
which live in filth just as you live
in house. These germs are not
only filthy and disgusting, but many
| of them cause such diseases as tv-
phoid fever, cholera infantum and
summer complaint. When the flies
bring them from some dirty place
to your food or leave some Of them
when they crawl on your face or
hands, you may swallow these germs
without knowing it and be taken III
with some of these diseases. So tho
NY that seems so harmless NAV do
you much more harm than a bee or
a. hornet.
Your parents should place screens
at their doors and windows during
the warm weather, to keep the flies
out Of the house. If they cannot
screen all the rooms, they should
screen those. IN which food is kent ,
and If anyone Is Sick In the house
lies should be kept from the sfcl,
room, so that they may not carry
germs from the sick person to the
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THEN AND NOW.

The lynching OF the Negro in Lou
1saana who sued white man for
shooting his cow shows a state of af-
fairs in some portions of the South,
compared with which, the evils Of
which Rienzi complained in his ad-
dress to the Romans were love
feast. The lash was what the Ro-
maHyl got if they but dared ask for
Justice. The Negroes at the south
get the hemp around the neck.
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Il Ssaeasfn,s Qxesfioas o., Ne ,SIE4g%S y.x,oI
Lesson By Rev: Dli: .EEinsco,r Jos the
International Newspaper Bibie StaSav, f,l,b
Copyright 1000 by Rev. II. S. Iinscss,4t 4 ,,
by Rev. II. s. Linscott, Is. ID.

! verses SO-S1.--Should a man risk
his life for ever so good a cause
wSen he knows 1t will do no good
Shodld a man ever refuse to risI
his life for a gobd tause If, by 80 do.
n.y. ne can conserve its interests?
What principles should guide Ms
10. running risks for the cause OF
God, which Is always the cause OF
humanity?
Was Paul's arst. impulse right r.
rush In among this angry crowd? ?.
When should we, and when should
we not be governed by the first i'm
pulse? = - ..,.'.....
Verse s2.-In the usual riot or
mob what proportion Of the crowd
Know what they are contending for?
Verses >33-34-What did Alexand-
or want to Say to this mob?
Why did the people cry down
Alexander? =
Can any man reason correctly who
is blinded by religious prejudice?
verses 35- 41.-How do you esti-
mate the character of this town
clerk.
Are we under as much Obligation
TO take good advice from a heather
or an infidel as we are from a Chris
tlan? CThis question must be an
swered in writing by members of the
Club.)
Who was the goddess Diana SUD-
posed to be. and what did her wor-
ship stand for? '".' 49,
Was 1t superstition pure and SIM
ple' or Is there any ground for belief
mat the image of the goddess Diana
Gid fall down from heaven?
Is 1t ever wise to act when under
the influence OF anger or passion?
Does it often happen that one COO,
level headed man can dispense q
mob? E. =.
Chapter 20: do Christians IN
these days show the love they have
one for another as they ought?
Lesson for Sunday, August 29Otb
lS09.-Paul on Christian Love-
Cor. 13H.1-13.
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THE w. VA. SE.NII-CENTENNIA

1t begins to look as if the celebra-
ton OF the fiftieth anniversary Of
the establishment of West Virginia
would be a go. This is as it should
be. West Virginia has as much right
and better reasons to celebrate it's
semi-centennial than have been ad-
vanced by some of the expostions
held elsewhere in recent years.
The question is yet in tentative
state, having gone but little further
than newspaper discussion, but the
idea is such a good one that the
chances are all In favor of it's being
put into execution If it should be
the Negro portion of the states pop
ulation should see to it that it con-
tributes it's share, even though that
share be mite, in making the cele-
bration as a great history maker
as was the event 1t will commence
rate.
II the commission, the appointment
OF. which it is reported the Governor
is contemplating, should decide upon
an exposition as the best method by
which to exploit West Virginia's
greatness, the Negro car, participate
just as he has done in all former
expositions. The Advocate thinks
that it would be not only his duty
but his pleasure to do 80, and asks
for him an opportunity along with
other citizens to promote the plar
decided upon.
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rest or the family.
Children may help to keep flies
from sWarming in and around houses
and from carrying germs of sickness
from one person to another. In the
flrSt place, they should not buy can
dy, fruit or other food which Is left
IN front OF stores or anywhere else
where flies may feed and walk on II.
Files lay their eggs chiefly in stable
manure, and if this is left without
screens or other covers to keep the
Mes away, great numbers will he
matched in every stable. If you
know OF stores where food is not
covered from flies, or of stables that
have swarms of them around, get
Your father OF. mother to- write to
the Board Of Health about them. and
the Board will make the store keen
ers or stable men obey it's rules. BIT
before you report other people for
being careless and dirty and so maxi
ing it possible for flies to become a.
nuisance, be, sure that your own
mouse is clean, and that no garbage
cans or boxes are left uncovered to
attract flies
II you and all the people you,
know will follow this advice, there
WMi not be nearly so many flies to
plague you in hot weather, and there
Will not be nearly SO much sickness
and death, especially among chill
dren, as now
| Keep the flies away from the sick,
especially those i'll with contagious
disease: Kill every fly that strays
into the sick room. His body is Gov
cred with disease germs.
Do not allow decaying material of
any sort to accumulate on or near
your premises.
! All refuse which tends in any way
10 fermentation, such as bedding.
straw, paper waste and yegeta BILE
matter should be disposed of or COW
cred with lime or kerosene oil.
! Screen all food.
Keep all receptacles for garbage
carefully covered and the cans clean
ed or sprinkled with oil or lime.
Keep all stable manure in vault
or pit, screened or sprinkled with
lime, OIL or other cheap preparation:
cover food after meal; burn or
bury all table refuse.
Screen all food exposed for sale
Screen all windows and doors. es-
| peclally the kitchen and dining room,
Don't forget, if you see flies, their
breeding place is in nearby filth. It
may be behind the door, under the
table or in the cuspidor.
If there is no dirt and filth tbere
| will be no flies.
If there is nuisance in the neigh
oorhood write at once to the HeaDth h
| Department.
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alton Of the present crushing condl-
tons Of existence.
Now the government has been
brought to do this very thing, and
an elaborate scheme that will un-
doubtedly pass the pouma has been
proposed whereby the peasant dis
tricts that report a bad harvest will
receive alienation. This includes
employment pom public works, cred
its for farmers, grain sold at low
rates or disbursed gratuitously to
those whose crops have failed and
matters Of kindred nature. Thus is
revealed the great empire, beset. with
autocracy, turning H. attention to
be denied. Russia is emerging from
the medieval stage, |passed through
by Germany France and England,
in which the land question is the
critical one, France was plunged
by. 1t into the throes Of revolution.
BY masterful. means the German
states received their qualification by
its agency: In England the country
was shyed from disastrous unheaVal
because the opportuneness OF wars,
calling for enlargement Of the coun-
try's commerce. These offset meas
urably' the, distresses that weighed
upon the people, particularly in the
fourteenth AMI fifteenth centuries.
Russia is incalculably better Dlac-
ed, being modern in all save its
scheme Of government and it's rural
districts 1t has the resources OF
modern knowledge, experience and
methods to draft upon. The provis-
ION made for the relief Of the peas
antry seems to be sound, and 1t has
promise Of doing that which must
Eventually greatly promote the prog
ress Of the population toward the
higher social ideas. The rising of
the sluggish peasantry to a full
sense Of their rights will mean the
promotion Of Russia in every way,
| aud, VIII make that nation one Of the
| most enlightened as we'll as most
powerful, in the world The period
,'of its development is a critical one
and fraught with vast problems, the
more serious because Of The draw
backs Of autocratic' rule.
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Copyright 1909 by Rev. T. S. Lin
SCOft u NJ

SCOuI, ~. u.
August END, 1909.
PaUl's Third Missionary Journey
The Riot in Ephesus Acts 1923
to col.
Golden Textile said unto me,
My grace is sufficient for thee, rcr
my strength is made periect in weak
ness.-2 Cor. 1879. -
Verses 2327.-Does the success
full presentation Of truth always
mean war with evil?
When the general welfare of the
people Is injured by the business of
the fe% 1A It Or not the duty of the
State to hake such business inegal {?
Can you give examples where the
spread of Christianity as in, this
case, has closed up injurious busi-
ness enterprises? ;.
What is the general influence of
Christianity; upon business enter
prise? -, :;
Should a worker for God cease his
efforts If he sees he is hurting some
persons business? -.
If the spread Of Christianity hurts
a class of business men, should we
compensate the lOsersc ~
II Demetrius himself had become
Christian, would it have been in
his business interest in the long run?
Can man be true and honorable
who protests, for business reasons
against the application of Christian
principles to the community?
Verses 29-29-How much sense or
reason is there in an excited and
angry individual or crowd?
Which is generally the more I'm
reasonable, if not insane, an angry
individual or an angry crowd?
Was it the danger to their bust
ness, or their religion. which most
stirred the anger of these people
Which interest most Influences the
average IMAM, his business or his re-
hgion? -. .'.S
= Who were Gaius and Amstarchus,
and what influenced their illegal
arrest
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sumed that steps similar to those
taken in Georgia will be resorted to
by white ORGANIZATIONS in other
states. One by one, these Negro fra
ternities win And themselves lesisla-
ted out OF existence, Tennessee,
Louisiana and North Carolina have
followed Georgia's lead in
the courts. 1t is now up to the Ne
gro Masons, Odd Fellows and Pyth
ians to hang together or they will
most certainly hang separately.
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WITH THE COUNTRY'S BIG 1HINkERS|
Russia's Hunger Relief.
ORION Baltimore American. }

y N''' ''cIlhlllOlG AHlSIlCdu.l
Minister Witte sought TO offset
the hunger problem of the vast en-
pre- OF Russia by drawing the peas
ants from the interior into the cities
to engage in the manufactures estab-
l1Sbed by him as part of q vast sys-
tenn for the reorganization of the
social strata Of the country. The
end Of this plan was bureaucratic in
trlGuc, government outrages, ma
tional strike, red revolution, and
finally the establishment Of parlia-
mcntary government upon some
basis Of sOundness. The agrarian
program preCiDitatcd the discord
throughout the country, and the
peasant riots were at the behest OF
munger, for which there was offered
no etfectual antidote.. Less than q
year ago an order went forth max
ing 1T a penal act, punishable by
transportation for life, for any Of the
Erected element in the moderate re-
FORM movement to organize the peas
ant life Of the country for the repair.
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Arizona and New Mexico,
(From Chicago Record~Herald.)

Q'rom Chicago Record~Herald.)
1t Is an unhappy fact that the con-
gressional operation of creating
states out Of territories in this coun-
try has been thickly scattered with
abuses" While the: population was
spreading across fertile lands any
improper haste in admitting a state
was bound soon to be corrected. The
states admitted were Of fairly uni
form size, except in the case Of
Texas, which had a previous history
to make it's peope wish to keep their
old territorial limits.
Beginning with the war, however,
much evil has been done, some Of 1t
seemingly irreparable.i Nevada is
the worst of the scandals. Arizona
and New Mexico have in the last five
years given an almost, continuous
performance Of selfish and corrupt
motives In politics. That the two
territories ought to be combined as
one state seems certain. Thai ultt-
mately they must be admitted sep
afately seems also certain as the re-
suit of the fight up, to date. But
now we hear that Eastern enemies
Of the income tax amendment are
combining to keep the two territories
but Of the Union, for fear they VIII
both approve the amendment, and
make 10 instead of IL negative state
votes necessary for It's defeat:
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eNOT SUSPICIOUS, BUT

Two months have passed since the
closing of the public schools, but the
contributing public remains as igno-
rant as at that time as to the status
OF the Garnett school piano fund. The
Advocate would not for the world
have any one think that it entertains
any ssupicions, yet and still it
would like to know what is being
done with that money.
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"A CRAZY LEGISLATURES.

b The Alabama Legislature is consd-
9ering3 bill to remove the capitol
from Montgomery to Birmingham be-
cause state senator was arrested
by policeman of the former city.
Judging from some of the bills they
have passed, one would think the po-
lice force would be justified in lock-
Ing up the whole bunch until their
sanity: can be Investigated.
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HANG TOGETHER OR HANG SEP.
- ARArETi " - - d"

Even at the risk of being consider
ed cranky on the subject, The Advo-
cate can not refrain from again call
ing the attention Of the Odd Eel
lows, the Masons and the Pythians to
the urgent need Of their getting to-
gether to devise some means to. com
bat the steps being taken by the
white organizations Of the same
names to put them out Of business
Last week, the Georgia legsla-
ire, before adjourning, passed a law,
which, if enforced, and enforced it
certainly will be, will make rather
rough shedding for the Negro organ
1zations named above. Designed pri-
marily against the Negro. Pythians
the law is 80 WOrded as to reach both
the OdUFelloWs and the Masons, and
the most sanguine must admit that
the time is not far distant when all
three will be called upon to fight
for their lives.
In fact, the passage of the bill
takes the matter out Of the realm of
speculation. These organizations
will be. required to show that they
are not bearing the same names of
white organizations, and are not
wearing the same embems 1t will
bear MO weight with the courts Of
Il. Georgia that the Negro Odd Fellows
get their charters from the original,
the parent organization of Odd Eel
lows in England, or that the colored
:, Masons are direct descendants of the
lodge established by Prince Hall I'M
der authority granted him by the
Grand Master of the British Isles.
The decree has gone forth that these
( so~cailed clandestine organizations
must go. Are the Negroes strong
enough to annul the decree? Are
there reasonable grounds for the
hope that as separate bodies, work
ing each for itself, they will be able
to protect the rights they have en-
joyed undisturbed for the past quar-.
= ter century or more?
Hardly.
s. Under present conditions, each or
ganization Jealous Of it's own rights
one does not need to be q seventh
son Of n seventh son to forecast the
end. Where. the courts are slow t.
act or litigation Is likely to be o
long duration, 1t may be safely as
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19
NOTICE me- SUNS B & ClSi| n

We our subscribers the law Of the po.
Do ~ rov.sns saSt % This
sos when this into erect subtr1bers
dropped has gone on it seems
ruling of the department has
scRes getting DELINQUENT aovsd BIZ law and
hhs again to call their attention to the ~
= 3D.. The as follows ; =. ~: r.. : ~, ~
,.."~ >~ Y /" wAsH1NaToN, ?: o.
.order oo7 ~ :f ~, =" j., :;
# Ordered That regulations be amended
fectiVo january L. 1908. as indicated below: "<f
Amend Section 4a4 paragraph postal and resula,
lions to read as follows: h
"A reasonable will ts publishers 10 -seOa4S
newed after the term for which toovax
periods: ,,"s~ , n.
:" "D"lies, Within three months. :, II, - la
"Tri-Meeklies, within months: =. :, \ =: : .
-" Semi weeklies, withiH year. -, 4I.4
"1hey shall legitimate Of suscr4betA
ing at the second class p6na bItky
mailed at the transient postage
right of publisher
with consdrstop 1n dsssnn
Ing whether the qualification entitled
ond class postage rates." \ = ~'ftN
- The New York abiding subject says -
rulings department. publishers
ONE year sehweeles more than six months da4es
than three months For violation publishers
will he fined one cent for each four ounces" I'll
ANOTHER REASON COLLECTING SUBSCRIPTIONS
THAT ~~'- -.-& -
There other why compelled collect
from its subscribers
whlch Is the principal cost that into the Advocate
each Saturday night White
that has
been increased by the postage
knows cash with strict regularity "'* ,'>."~
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Objects to Open Sewers.

(From Morgantown Post Chronicle
There Is no good reason why the
rivers Of West Virginia should be left
in the condition OF open sewers. The
discharge Of crude sewerage into O.
public water course is municipal
crime against civilization. 1t ia a
prolific source of disease, and, it sows
the seeds OF deaths harvest far and
wide. ,a..us..., so.ua .,ssn,, slais,s
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19

The National Negro Business
Leagtie, thts week. the National Med
ical Association and Supreme Lodge
OF PythiaDs, next week, following, in
September, will come the National
Baptist convention, then we will be-
gin w. figure on next winters coal
suppE Sperhaps.
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3hE OLD SILVER DOLLAR.

y ANN OLD SlLtE DOLLAR.
HoWSdear to our hearts is the old
silver dollar,
When some Kind subscriber presents
IN NJ toAview- H. = a. -.
The liberty head, without necktie or
Sollar, =.
And all the strange things that to us
Seem SO, new; ~:,s,. 49,.
The wide spreading eagle, the arrows
below 1T, ~. ...~>,.
The stars and the words with the
queer things they tell,
The coin of our fathers! We're glad
that We know it,
For some time or other twill come
- In right we'll.
. 2! -AnOnymOuS
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19

Il suppose you are one Of these
men who can drink or let it alone?"
Yes, Judge; when l has de price
drinks and when I amt I lets it
alone. Houston Post.
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The Candy Limit

(From New York World.)
A successful woman writer de-
ciares that when the spirit moves
her to write a. book she 7 bpYa{ 0Ya
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What Is the proper time to an
nounce the engagement"
Depends on how fashionable you
are. Some deny 1t right up to the
altar. kansas City Journal.
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JOkER'S PARADISE

Knicker-Where did Jones get his
stroke?
Bocker-Beating the carpets
New York Sun.
Tom-Say, did you ever kiss a girl
in quiet spot?
, Jack-Yes, but the spot was only
quiet while was kissing it.-Boston
Transcript. -: 81 : -.
"A man lives and learns" remark
ed the husband with some bitter
ness. ,-:---- -. -.....-.
We'll, the school of experience
doesn't bar co-eds," retorted his
w1te.-Mtlwaukee Journal.
II suppose you are one of these
men who can drink or let it alone?".
Yes, Judge; when l has de price
drinks and when / amt I lets it
alone. Houston Post.
What is the proper time to an
nounce the engagement"
depends on how fashionable you
are. Some deny 1t right up to the
altar. Kansas City Journal.
~~1------ :.
Mrs. Muggins-When a girl is
married she is apt to think her trou-
bles are over: E: ....-
Mrs. Buggins-Yes, she doesn't
seem to realize that things can 20
amiss with Mrs.-Philadelphia
Record.
At the summer resort-"What did
she say when you asked her to mar
ry you?" = a. :
Told me to ask her again next
week, when the man she is engaged
to at present will have gone back to
work. "-Detroit Free Press. - :
THAT lady looked at you as If she
knew you" ,, ...
Yes" replied the gentleman who
had been named as a defendant at
Sioux Falls and Reno, "she is my
mother-ln-1aw twice removed. -
Chicago Record Herald
II can't save anything. What I
want is a patent bank that will take
my pay envelope away from me eve
ry Saturday night and hand me lunch
money every day"
What you want Is wife. Pitts
burg Post
Drummer---So the coal oil got near
the butter and favored It, eh? I
suppose you'll lose it?
Storekeepar Jason~-Oh, no, stran-
ger. I've just put sign. over it,
TRY the New Petroleum Butter, %
land 1T is going like hot cakes,~--Chi-
iSsao SeMss 1GaAs>!AssAlIgAA. ii Asats.I j.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19

81 made big hit with that woman
all right" ">'
What did you say to her?''
Nothing. / just kept still and
listened" -LouisviIle Courier-Jour
nal.
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Friend-Have you had story ac-
|cepted lately?
Struggling Authorizes, my wife
believed the excuse gave her when
II got In at 3 the other morning.
Brooklyn Ltfes "a AI,ml. d,Aa,AAsM1A~A4i
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19

"A man lives and learns" remark
ed the husband with some bitter
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19

We'll, the school of experience
doesn't bar co-eds," retorted his
Journal.
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Tom-Say, did you ever kiss a girl
in quiet spot?
- Jack-Yes, but the spot was only
quiet while 1 was kissing is.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT. -... ( =.
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Mrs. Muggins-When a girl is
married she is apt to think her trou-
bles are over: =: H.,
Mrs. Buggins-Yes, she doesn't
seem to realize that things can go
amiss with Mrs.-Phtladelphia
Record. 49,,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19

Kn1cker-Where did Jones get his
stroke?
Bocker-Beating the carpets
New York Sun.
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At the summer resort.-"What did
she say when you asked her to mar
ry your" -. "a, :.
Told me to ask her again next
week, when the man she is engaged
to at present will have gone back to
work. "--Detroit Free Press. :" :