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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28
LOOK OUT FOR NOEL.

1t may look like Quitting in. but
this is an excellent opportunity to re-
MIND the brethren Of the three links
that West Virginia has a candidate
Tor the Subcommittee Of Management
IN the person Of District Grand Master
John S. Noel. 1t would not be wise
Tor any of the factions to ignore him
in their slate making.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28
Flu Inf0r nation ;: 4
On the Convention
of State BaDHSts

The next annual session Of this
convention will be held with the
Scott Street Baptist church, Blue
field, w. Va, August 34th-27th. All
churches, societies. Associations,
unions and district conventions
should be represented.
Basis Of Representation.
The constitution provides that
any church, society, association,
union or district convention repre-,
senting in said convention shall pay
three dollars delegate which must
be recorded in the column on the
letter blank designated "Represen-
tation," 1t further provides that
any member In good and regular
standing in a Baptist church and
favorably reported in his or her
community may become an annual
or life member by paying one dollar
or ten dollars respectively, and that
such members shall be entitled to
every privilege grained delegates
representing churches.
Credentials.
There Is a Regular little blank
on which the bodies representing
should make their report, in which
space Is given for money to be
designated for all departments of
our conventional work and It ia de-
sired that all churches will CON-
tribute literally to these causes. The
blank Will be furnished by applying
to Clerk Prof. H. B. Rice, Charles
tom. w. Va. .6s,znnmn,s
Route.
Bluefield is situated on tho Nor
1oIk & Western railroad in Mercer
county. People living in the c. g.
o. section will find 1t more conven-
rent TO come over the Virginian via
matoaka by observing the following
INSTRUCTIONS. Those living between
henova and Prince should come tn
Deepwater on Nos. fourteen and Ar
teen trains and take the VireInian
train Tor Matoaka at which point
they will take the Norfolk and
western trains for destination
lhose living east Of Prince ahonld
come Via P1ney Branch, changing at
9ulnnlmont and Lester, the latter
station at which they will take the
'rgin1an train for Mataoka. Those
living in the northern part of +b,
State VIII come to Charleston. tho
pest route they can, and take four-
teen train on the c.! 60. for Nation
ma Ihese In the Norfolk and
Western section will anplv r. rsi1-
road agents for route to BIuefield
Inc matter Of rates is being consid-
ered by the railroad companies, Of
winch you will be notified through
the papers. The Virglnian and the
Norfoik and Western roads will tho
asked TO carry special cars for de1o.
gates going on Tuesday and return-
ing Saturday.
for further information apply to
J. j. TURNER,
Corresponding sec'y.
noA T. MT. Carbon, w. Va.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28
---------A-%Ss-S--
LIDERIAN TROOPS DEFEATED
IN Trying to Quell an Uprising
Among the Native Tribes.

Washington, ID. c., July 21-
severe fighting among the tribes Of
Liberia in the vicinity of Cape
thomas has broken out again.
Commander John F. Luby, of the
cruiser Des Moines, which cleared
from Monrovia today for the Canary
islands, reported to the Navy De-
partment that the Liberian troops
nave been signally defeated in an
eHort to quell the uprising.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28
THERE ARE OTHERS. RJ,T-

IN the three cornered fight for the
Grand Mastcrship of the Grand United
order of Odd Fellows; the Advocate
has no choice. 1t only hopes that the
man best fitted will win, but even
then 1t is doubtful whether the office
VIII be filled so acceptably as when our
own lamented Jimmie" Jones sat in
the seat Of the mighty.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28
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"A WILD BLIZZARD RACINo

A.
oflnStng danger, surrertnp-ofton
ue"',-to thousands, who take colds,
coughs and 1agrdppe-that terror ~
winter and Spring: It's danger ste-
hals are stuffed up" nostrils. lower
part or the nose, chills and fever
PAIN IN back Of head, and q throat,
Silpp'ng cough. When Grip attacks
as you value your life, don't delav
getting DR.. Kings New Discovery
que bottle cured me-" writes A. l.
uunn' OF Pine Valley, Miss, after
oe1ng laid up three weeks with Grin D
ror sore, lungs, Hemorrhages, Colds
coughs, Whooping Cough, bronchitis
As'nma, Its supreme. soc. $1.O0
guaranteed by all druggists.
7-7-4t.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

w. J. Bryan has. had SO much ex,
pcrienCe as a losing candidate that his
removal from the leadership of his
party in Nebraska is not likely to re-
party.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

tional Forum. Washington. D. c.. had
more original matter in the Charles.
ton Mail last Friday. than has ever
appeared in one issue Of his paper.
And at that he did not have column.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

Nothing daunted by several repeat
ed failures to pick the winner, we
venture the assertion that no moro
will be done to punish those guilty
of the last Ohio lynching than hap
pened III the Springfield cases.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

Wonderful the Colonel will entertain
Shc NATIONAL Negro Business League
with recital of his experiences with
their brethren in the Dark Continent.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

me writer has no personal know
leoge of the fact, but relying on COM
mon report, he ventures to warn
negro men to refrain from selling
1heir votes as they are said to have
done Saturday. 1t may strike you
as a good stroke of business to get
dollar and a drink Of whiskey or
O""r for voting az some white man
'e'I8 you, but you lose In the end.
HdlDn White fbo odifnr nf IA, NJ,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

Cox said it would be Brown in
Ohio. but Cox is not necessarily in
fallible because he happens to be the
boss Of Cincinnati.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

Are you going to the Nationa
Negro Business League meeting il
New York next month?
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

TIT VIII want to learn to rcsiIVex
w ~" old mirrors and make new
ones? Pleasant easy work. Profit
nVe dollars a dag. Sample and par
thuiars free. THE GROWN On.
14s2 8 ST., Washington, ID. O.
1-S7-3 %, ,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

Rucker out; Mckinlay in. Is there
any reason for congratulation from us
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28
Charleston
DIR. Bells Electric Machine

DIR. Bells Electric Mnchine.-Dr
D. Edward Bell, specialist on the
diseases Of the eye, ear nose and
throat, has installed in his Offices in
the X. Of P. Building, Washington
and Dickinson SITS, an electric bat
terry for tho purpose of treating per
sons affected with asthma, bronchi-
It's, lame or weak back, catarrh
coughs, nervous or blood diseases
he scalp, headache, indigestion, dys
pepsia, stomach troubles, kidney
and liver complaints, bright's dis
ease, neuralgia, piles, paralysis,
5lceplessness, varicose veins, rheu-
matism, and diseases of women, for
which he gives special electric treat
ment. He fits and duplicates eye
glasses and spectacles and carefully
examines the eye ear, nose and
throat consultations being free.
Will call at residence If desired.
Office hours: 9 q. m. to IL m. 1870
p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Sunday and
other hours by appointment. Home
Phone, 1493x. s.,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

"A Narrow Escape.-Mrs. w. o.
Terry returned Monday from Berk-
ley Springs where she spent the past
three weeks. While at Berkeley Mrs.
Terry had a narrow escape from a Sc
rious If not fatal injury. A day or
two prior to her leaving, she was
examining an old army pistol sup
posed not to be loaded. The ham
mcr slipped as she attempted to
lower it, the pistol was discharged
and its contents tore a large hole
through the wall Of her room. One
Of Mrs. Terry's fingers was badly
spraned by the recoil and her hand
was badly burned by the powder.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

Going to Parkersburg.- General
Jas A. Campbell's personally COLI
Quoted steamboat excursion to the
Pythian Grand Lodge session at Par
kersburg is scheduled to leave the
wharf promptly at eight oclack
Monday morning and is expected to
reach Parkersburg the following day
in the forenoon. The First Regiment
band, K. Of p, the members Of the
brigade staff and the two local com.
panies Of the Uniform Rank are ar
ranging to take the trip and will
likely be joined by many Of their
friends. The social sdc has not been
overlooped in the program for the
week at Parkersburg and all visitors
are assured Of pleasant time.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

a Monster Cabbage.-The Advo-
cate was the recipient, last week, Of
a cabbage, which for size and weight
was far above anything seen this sea-
son in the local markets. The mon
ster' weighed between sixteen and
seventeen pounds and was raised by
the Agricultural department Of the
West Virginia Colored institute. Of
"hlch A. w. Curtis Is the head. Mr.
Curtis brought other cabbages,
equally as large II not larger, which
ne gave to the three other local pa
pers. He says he has many more
at the school down the river and ia
VIII pleased with Z be outlook for
both his garden and field crops.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

A. NJ. f. Church Notes.-The La
dies Aid Society was very agreea.
bly, entertained, Friday night, at the
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

Miss DickersOn Dead.-After an
illness Of many months, Miss Mary
Dickerson, aged 20 died Saturday,
of tuberculosis at the home Of her
mother in Ruffner's alley. Miss
Dickerson had a large circle Of
friends to whom her death, though
expected for some time was a shock.
She is survived by a widowed moth
err, who is nearly blind, a brother,
a victim Of the same disease, and
two others, one of whom lives in
the city The funeral of the dece-
dent was held yesterday at the First
Baptist church, Rev. B. r. Reed, the
pastor, officiating.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-07-28

halph White the editor Of the Ma
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
Buruiar's Besettino Sin.

The burglars besetting sin is heed
lessness. The chances are that it was
heedlessness that first drove him out
Of honest employment and made bur-
glar of him. The burglar ransacks
house and carries away a spoon hold
er, card tray or some other inexpen-
sive souvenir of the occasion. and be
overlooks the thousand dollar bill on
the dining room table and the rope OF
pearls on the towel rack. This heed
lessness seems to be common to the
whole fraternity. We do not know
what the experience of other cities is.
but in Newark the burglar leaves an
astonishing amount of portable wealth
behind him invariably. When he reads
on the day after the robbery that he
took Mrs. De Stiles chatting dish and
ignored her $500 ruby bracelet beside
it or that he upset the Pompleys'
dresser dra wer to get the revolver and
failed to see the government bonds
that lay in plain sight on the wash
stand. how be much gnash' his teeth
and hate himself for neglecting to de-
velop his powers of attention and OBJ
servation in his youth!-Newark News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
4 Strict Dramatic Censor.

Vienna once possessed the strictest
dramatic censor ever known in the
person of Franz Hoegelin, who held
that post in the Austrian capital at
the beginning Of the last century.
Hoegelin published manual for the
guidance of censors. "a pair of lovers
should never be allowed to appear on
the stage alone. They must always
be accompanied by third person of
mature years." Marriages out of ones
class were also strictly forbidden by
Hoegelin on the stage, and he quotes
an instance of a play which he re-
fused to pass because the author made
the hero. Count Valdemar, marry
gardeners daughter "Such misalli-
ances have unfortunately been known
to occur in real life, but that is no
reason why they should be allowed on
the STAGE" he said,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
Persian tests,

An exceedingly ugly man. says the
Persian Joe Miller. was once in the
mosque, asking pardon CT Allah for
his sins and praying to lie delivered
from the fires of hell. One who over
heard his prayers said to him: w here
fore. O friend, wouldst thou cheat hell
Of such countenance? Art thou re-
luctant to burn up face like that?"
Another story the Persian jester tells
is that certain person with a hideous
nose was once on time wooing. wo
man. Describing himself to her and
trying to make an attractive picture,
he said. II am a man devoid of light
ness and frivolity. and am patient in
bearing atflictions!'
Aye" said the woman. "Wert thou
not patient in bearing Affections thou
hadst never endured thy nose these
forty years!'
All of which is more witty than kind.
-Harper's.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
Tho MAKING of Lense...

The essential part Of any device for
the study Of the starry millions the
suns. planets. comets and the nebuIae
that are perhaps new worlds il the
making-is the lens or the optical train
that consists Of a series Of lenses Ii
is this that makes the modern science
of astronomy possible. There is abso-
lutely no other human occupation that
requires the accuracy Of observation
and the delicacy Of touch that are
requisite for the making Of the finest
lenses. These are the most perfect
products of human hands 1t may
convey some idea Of the labor requir-
ed in the making Of a large lens to
say that at least one years time is re-
quired for the grinding and polishing
of a thirty inch object glass, little
lens two inches in diameter requires
the unremitting care and attention of
skilled workman for Two or three
days 1t is easy, then. to see why it is
that even lenses of high class photo
graphic work are costly. A forty inch
object glass for large telescope can
not be made in much less than four
years time. and if everything does not
60 just right it may require much
longer than that.-Kansas City Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
A Crows Strataqem.

A crow had been captured by the
children in southern family and
brought home and tanned. They were
very fond of the crow and treated it
with kindness. AS in most houses
where there are children, there was
also a pet cat The cat and crow were
not friendly. One day an unusually
nice morse was given to the cat. This
the crow not only looked at with en-
vious eyes. but made several attempts
to secure. The cat beat off each at
tempt, however, and the crow had to
resort to stratagem. Disappearing
through the open door, he returned in
a few moments with long string that
had been raveled from rag carpet.
Placing this on the floor some little dis
lance in front Of the cat, he proceeded
to Wriggle it as he had seen the chill
dren do when playing with the cat.
The cat instantly jumped to catch the
string. This was, Of course, exactly
what the crow wanted, and he
bounced upon the coveted morsel and
flew away with it.-Harper's Weekly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
The Power Of Paderewski.

A hard headed business man went to
hear Paderewski play, says a. q.
Thomas in Success Magazine. The
man is not a musician. He spends his
days trying to buy cotton when 1t Is
low and sell it when it Is high. This
is how be described his experience at
the piano recital.
you know. I'm not easily stirred up.
and don't know anything about mu-
sic. | wouldn't know whether man
was playing the piano extremely well
or just fairly well. But do know
that Paderewski played one thing that
afternoon that stirred me up as | new
er was stirred in my life l. don't re-
member what it was. | couldn't have
told whether be was playing an hour
or five minutes, All | know is that it
stirred up feelings within me ! had
never felt before. Great waves OF emo
ton swept over me wanted to shout
and | wanted to cry, and when the
last chord was struck found myself
on my feet waving my umbrella and
shouting like a wild Indian. went
out of that hall as weak as rag and
happier than I'd been in years. | can't
account for it. l've tried. but l can't
explain it. Can you?'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
How to Quit Smoking.

Do not light the first cigar less than
half an hour after breakfast. The more
difficult this delay may be, the more
need there is for a cure. The remain
der of the day smoke the same as
usual. It is only the first cigar with
which we are dealing. Keep this up
for a week. then lengthen the interval
to an hour for another week, then
make it one and half hours. two.
two and half, and SO on. If you
have an "all gone" sensation. long
ing for something and don't know
what sort of feeling. eat an orange or
apple or almost any kind of fruit. but
don't smoke until the time is up. The
nerves being deprived Of their morning
stimulant are crying for nourishment.
which nature is Fastening to supply
through increased appetite to supply
digestion. By the time the first cigar
is entirely eliminated the cure is ef-
fected with no serious arrangement of
the heart or digestive apparatus. 1t
now requires only moderate Will
power to make the cure permanent
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
What "GarbIer" Once Meant.

"Garble." "garbled," ''garbler," are
words which nowadays convey quite
different meaning from that which
was formerly accepted. "Garble" orig
inally signiied simply Ito select for
purpose" At one time there was an
officer. termed 1.-The garbler of Spices"
whose duty it was to visit the shops
and examine the spices, ordering the
destruction OF all impure goods, His
duties were similar to those of the in
spector of the modern health depart
ment, who forbids the sale of decayed
vegetables or tainted meat. The word
comes from a root meaning Ito slit"
The impurities sifted out have in the
course of generations corrupted the
term till "garbled report" is no long
er* a report wherefrom all uncertainty
has been removed, but one that is full
of misrepresentation and made mis-
leading With deliberate intent.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
Bohemians and Wedding Rings.

Here are two wedding rings that
have just made over" said the jew
eler. They are for Bohemian women
They lost their own rings, so they had
their husbands rings cut down to tit,
That is custom in their country.
Both husband and wife wear wed
ding rings there If the man loses his
ring he has to buy new one. but if
the woman loses hers she wears her
husbands. do good deal of that
kind of work Other women who lose
wedding rings just buy another one
and say nothing about it, but these wo-
men are too conscientious for that.
Usually | have to make the mans ring
smaller, but once in awhile it has to
be spliced to make it fit. The women
are always considerably chagrined
over the splicing and offer all kinds of
explanations to account for their big
fingers" -New York Sun. -1<.&
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
Tho Roulette Ball.

That capricious little ball that de-
cides our fortunes at the ever fasci-
mating game of roulette at Monte Car
10 occasionally flies from the skillful
croupier's hand. though not often.
One afternoon it slipped from it's
manipulator's fingers and found its
way into an Englishman's coat pocket
So impressed was the EnglishmaD
that he promptly lost couple Of: hun ~ 2:
dred pounds But the little ball once
found a far stranger destination than
that Escaping from the croupier's
hand, it flew straight into the mouth
of a German onlooker, and he was so
impressed that he promptly swallowed
tt.-London Bystander.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
His Name In tho Directory.


Zone funny thing have learned
about human nature" said the drug
store cashier. lis the habit many peo-
pie have Of marking their own names
in the city directory. They dc that be-
cause the directory is the only place
where their names ever get into print.
and it has such fascination for them
that they can't resist calling attention
to it. A funny old man who likes to
talk tells me that he has made special
trips 10 different parts Of the city just
to mark his name in the directories Of
the neighborhood. He puts little
cross in red ink before it. l asked him
what good it did. He said none posi-
bly,. although he is a teacher of Ian
guages and may get few calls on ac-
count of that queer advertisement.
But his is IN exceptional case. Not
many persons spend time and money
hunting city directories. but every
time they happen to see new one
they can't help looking up their names
and putting some kind of mark
around them" New York Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
WaIkinu.

The Almighty has not freighted the
foot with a single superfluous part
Every inch of every foot is meant for
use. When man walks in the right
way, speaking literally. the back of the
heel strikes the ground first. Then the
rest Of the heel comes down, after
which the outer edge Of the foot takes
the bulk of the burden until the for
ward movement shifts the weight to
the ball of the foot and finally to the
toes The ideal step is a slightly rock
ing motion. At no time should the en-.
tire foot be pressed against the ground
Heel to toe is the movement. Try it
and see how much farther and more
easily you can walk. It's the Indians
way. and what poor 10 doesn't know
about footwork can go into the discard.
New York Press,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
Mansfield's COACHING.

"I,ichard Mansfield" said an actress
who played in his company, was a
great teacher. but terribly relentless
shall never forget a time when | was
playing with him in The First Vio-
lin could not, strive frantically as
would. do the thing he wanted. He
was gentlesat first, and then, persisting
in my failure. he began to lash and
whip and sting me with his words
until thought | should have to run
away. In agony Of impotent despera.
ton l cried out:
IL cannot! Oh, | cannOtr
= MIR. Mansfield threw up his hands
in gesture of relief. and a smile play
ed about his lips
!"'Why.' he said sweetly. you're do
ing the very thing right now. No one
on earth could do it better And then
I knew what he meant. and those lines
were a triumph to me all that season"
Detroit Free Press
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
mississippi Steamboatina.

The steamboat age on the Mississippi
began about 1921 and dourished for
fifty years. As early as 1884 the num-
Der of steamboats, on the Mississippi
and it's tributaries Is estimated at 230,
and in 1912 there were $50 vessels,
with value of $25.O0O,OOO But the
golden era was from 1S4S till the war.
Never did the valley and steamboating
prosper more than then. Thousands of
bales of cotton were annually shipped
to southern markets. and the wharfs
of St. Louis and Memphis and Vicks-
burg and other large ports were stack
ed with piles of merchandise and lined
with scores of steamers.-Travel Mag.
aZine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-03
Tea In PARAGUAY.

When the natives of Paraguay drink
tea they do not pour it from teapot
into a cup. but fill a goblet made out
of a pumpkin or gourd and then suck
up the hot liquid through long reed.
Moreover. the tea which they use Is
altogether different from that which
comes from China. being made out OF
dried and roasted leaves of palm.
like plant which grows in Paraguay
and southern Brazil. The natives say
that this tea is an excellent remedy
for fever and rheumatism.