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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31
=. A STEP FURTHER:

eyes" said the male half of the
cabaret team, I'VE do . sensational
dance" Al "A
Ahr' remarked . friend. ''The
grizzly bear" .s l5l .s5
". "No. We call It the cinnamon bear.
IT. % much spicier. Chicago Even.
Ing Post. (; I, q 4,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31
TOMATO BUTTER.

Scald 20 pounds Of ripe tomatoes
and remove the skins. Put them into
q porcelain-lined kettle or stone crock
with pounds of apples, pared, cored
and quartered; stand them over q
moderate fire and cook slowly for one
hour, stirring frequently to prevent
sticking. Add pounds OF sugar, the
Juice Of six lemons and some green
ginger, sliced. Cook the mixture un-
til 1t becomes thick. When cold put
1t in tumblers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31
REPORTING IT LITERALLY.

A certain congressman, who was
aware Of his own ability to talk, was
somewhat startled at the notice which
appeared In q paper in a town where
he spoke at some length one night.
The notice read: Congressman Blank
made an excellent speech last night
and this morning. Buffalo CONNER.
cial. 2f3 n q p
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

country deserve much credit for the
interest they have thus taken In the
welfare Of the Negro and It 10 safe to
say that should the matter be prop
erly canvassed and representative
data gotten together the country will
doubtless be favorably impressed BY
the marvellous exhibition Of race prog
ress. The senate did nice thing
when It did that Durham Reformer.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31
picture by Telegraph.

A miracle Of modern science wa
performed the other day In Berlin "
Professor Glatssl, who transmitted !.
picture in fifteen minutes from Beflln
to Monte Carlo, where It was receiVeu
at the long distance photography st|
ton by Professor Korn. The pnottv
graph, which was one Of the Primes
OF Monaco, was 20 good that It was er
hibitstd q the Casino the same ~
ming. " "
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

can well remember that in 1874 q lady
known as Pine Toe Nanny was
brought into the market place with q
halter round her neck and sold for
80 shillings to { man who parted with
his watch to raise the price. Nanny
changed hands again q year afterward
and married one Jim Smith, with
whom she lived happily ever after
ward Country Life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULu|NCS

mean public neglect, OF course the
Negro Is not In position just now to
be left to himself He needs help
now and will need 1t for the next four
or ave generations. We are OF the
opinion that emigration will not
solve the Negro problem but may ere
ate new problems that will take the
place OF the old and may be more
intolerable. 1 .,a.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

Colonel G. M. Quarles, tobacco
planter in Christian County, KY, had
dark man servant named Nose.
Nose was driving his boss into town
one day, when he suddenly remarked:
"Marse Garrett, dey had me up be.
foah my church>las' night fur dancin'."
II don't suppose you were guilty
were you, Mose?" asked the colonel.
"Yas, sub; vas, suh," said Nose. II
was guilty Of dancin' and dey proved
hit on me too; but l come clear.
My friends stuck to me close, and
after dem other niggers had done tes-
titled against me. my friends all got
up and testified dat, though 1t was
true / danced. was so drunk at de
time didn't know wuht + was dom.
So come clear-and the preacher
scused me!"-Ex.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

Another prophet has arisen who
confidently claims that the immigra-
ton Of foreigners into the south will
solve the Negro problem. Just how
This IL to come ID not made as clear
10 one could desire. It Is certain that
the Negro problem is not going to be
solved by increasing the competition
which the Negro now has unless Ne
Sro efficiency 10 going to be increased
out Of proportion to his competitors.
lOf course this u impossible because
every foreign element admitted to our
citizenship IL going to get better
school advantages than those accord
Cd the Negro. In this respect the
introduction Of foreigners to the
south means tho curtailment Of en-
ployment for Negroes and the cor
responding neglect Of those facilities
which are designed to better At and
prepare q people for the fuller life
OF our civilization. All Of the bene-
dts which the negro may hope to de-
rive from foreign immigration are
indirect rather than otherwise. The
increase Of the population Of the
south will diminish the social and po-
.litical Importance Of the Negro and
An this way the race may drop from
public discussion. This, will be an
indirect benefit and one too that may
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

Don't md 30 many reasons for re-
fusing to patronize institutions op-
Grated by your own people. Take a
lesson from your white neighbor. He
is trying to build up his white brother.
Consider your children and build
something for them. The Dallas Elk
press. U 4, a
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

It is always easier to be ritualist
than q sincere Chrirtian, pretender
rather thar. . thorough-going confess
sor Of the faith, but II religion IL
worth anything, it is worth every
thing, and God will reject all pre-
lenses, while He will crown all true
endeavors and sacrifices In His name.
It is impossible to deceive God, whb
reads the hearts alike Of Pharisees,
sadducees and Publicans.-N. Y. OBJ
server. S.' st >S' Z. ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

Rev. John Peterson of Annapolis,
Illinois, knowing that It is not good
for man to live alone, decided to take
unto himself better half. The date
was fixed and a fellow minister was
engaged to tie the nuptial knot, but
when the hour arrived, the invited
minister was nowhere to be seen.
Bro. Peterson rose to the emergency
by calming performing the marriage
ceremony himself-for himself. We
think that in the matter Of nerve the
good brother not only takes the cake,
but walks away with the bakery.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

Nj No man thinks hs can bs incon-
5sistent therefore I'll reasonable
women should baniah the very
thought
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

At the final session Of the inter
national conference on the negro, at
Tuskegee, Ala, the task of appointing
a committee to carry out the sugges-
lions of the committee on declarations
to provide for a continuance Of these
international meetings was referred
back to the original committee with
power to act.
This committee agreed to name DR..
Booker T. Washington, who served
as presiding officer of the first confer
ence, and Emmett ]. Scott, its secre-
tary, together with DR.. Hollis B. Fris-
sell Of Hampton, Va; Robert E. Park
of Wollaston, Mass, as members of
this committee, and authorized them
to add three others to their number
these to serve as permanent execu-
tive committee Of general commit
tee, referred to further on, for the
purpose of making the necessary ar
rangements for second international
conference on the negro, three years
hence.
1t was agreed that this general COM
mittee shall consist of the members
Of the executive. including the three
others to be named, together with the
members Of the committee on Decla-
rations and other members to be NOM
mated by the executive committee
within the next twelve months. As
finally constituted, 1t Is intended that
the general committee shall represent,
If possible. all the countries in which
the negro constitutes any consider
able portion OF the population. as we'll
as all the interests that are concerned
in any way with the education, moral
or religious, of the negro, or the in
vestigation and study of negro life,
or the employment of negro labor.
Signed: '" .F''" Z ''>~>'
J. r. Williams, Director Of Educa-
ton of jamaica. =. "&r-''s>..
w. I. Thomas, Professor Of Sociol.
ogy. University Of Chicago.
Maurice s.. Evans, Representative
OF the British.African Society, London,
England, I rrF 3F@r %.<.s
3 James Denton, Principal Of the
Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone,
Africa. @5r' g.. a.t-'ss:& rs Ss.-s2. ~t.s...
& Isaiah B. Scott, Bishop Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Monrovia. L.
IBERIA. s,;s.%
Washington Harper, Representatives
from Barbados, B. w. ]. % IL =. r..
Robert e. Park, former Secretary Of
the Congo Reform Association In
America. 4, ,,a5,:a5s.s *; ,lt:.' q.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

when ! man lnarries, no puts On =
vanishing halo: With tho woman,
Someone slss pits Il On, md Il growD.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

Old maids are 30 particular that 1t
Will take them more than one year
to choose . martyr.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

Disoord Il root and it, branches a.
ways spread broader and more mias-
mats 4. a n
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CON.
FERENCE, 1915.

The matter which follows Is a mem.
orandum of the meeting of the com.
mittee appointed to nominate a com.
mittee to arrange for a second inter
national conference on the negro in
1915.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

This II among sO11e OF the great mis-
takes cur girls are making tsome OF
theml a. they seemingly try to have
Ill the sweethearss In the town. from
. -funkie" down. We will say Its Q
shame to see them, intelligent in some
Instances. strolling and palarving In
leisure with these '.beauts." when
they could have demanded higher so
c1al privileges had they kept them
selves from this class OF gentlemen.tD
Some OF these, Of which we speak,
their parents. whose history Is with
out blemish, to them they are
disgrace and shame to the entire
race.
The most of them think they are
pretty and the smartest Of all human
beings, when they are nothing but
fools in human form.
OF course some are bribed in this
kind of society by their escorts, AZ
many among them think that the
beauty Of man is his high-heei shoes
and 80 or 40-inch coat and those
beautiful peg-top pants"
Clothes, dear girls. do not make
man; it Is principle, ability and such
other things that are honorable and
manly that constitutes men OF real
service and benefit to his people and
the country.
Call yourself to a standstiil and con-
slider that you are making the mistake
OF your life and will never be OF any
service to those dear parents who sac
rificed all but their lives for you and
would have sacrificed their lives had
1t been necessary.
How can you allow yourself to dis
grace those who are SO dear to you!
This is a very important thing that
all parents should try to observe
the company in which your daughters
are associated, for associations, what
ever they may be, will be inherited
by them. Draw in your reins, girls,
and be q better exponent Of the race
BY doing this you will add many
stars to the crowns that await US In
the future. This rowdy and unprom-
Using class among US should have no
charms for any respectable person
who Is trying to hold their heads
above the waves OF this sin-trying
(Tex.) Plaindealer.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-05-31

1e IL QOl QlBuC6Eteuluk luIuS ~
60 through life under the harrow Of
debt, struggling to get release under
circumstances that give no hope OF
relief IL 1t not unfortunate to feel
that we can never lift the mortgage
from the home, that in spite Of all our
efforts It must finally be sold over
the heads of those dearer to US than
life itself? But all this Is nothing
compared with the mortgage Of vice
upon the character which blights the
life. Many a man has died without
.he!af able to lift mortgage from his
home, yet has been real success. for
he has kept his manhood clean, his
integrity unstained, and, although he
left no material wealth, he has en-
riched the lives Of all who knew him.
The nicotine mortgage upon your
vitality, the alcohol mortgage which
hardens your nerve fiber. benumbs
the brain cells, paralyzes the power
to achieve and makes you a slave in
stead OF a king, are encumbrances
compared with which the mere mort
gage upon your home is blessing. If
you are mortgaged to the cigarette
habit, which demoralizes your ambi-
ton, poisons your blood, benumbs
your nerves and vitiates your aim: If
you have a whisky mortgage, an i'm
mortality mortgage on your character
which you have been trying for years
to lift, this IL Infinitely worse than
your chattel mortgage or real estate
mortgage.
The mortgage on your home may
not touch your real self. In spite OF
It, you may be man. respected, look.
ed up to, admired. II your life has
been clean you may have made every
acre Of land in your vicinity worth
more. But II your character is mort
gagged to demoralizing habit; II you
are the victim of q degrading vice
that holds you down, cripples your ad-
vance. this 10 q thousand times worse.
IT loses you not only your respect, but
also the respect of those who know
vou.-Success Magazine. [~g@
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
Answering the Critics.

Some members Of the congregation
Of the late Dr.. Joseph Brown Of Glas-
cow objected to his frequent absence
from home and complained OF ft-some
Of them to him personally and more OF
them behind his back. When he
thought he had heard enough OF it he
addressed bis congregation one Sun
day thus:
with regard to objection concerning
my absence. have to say. first. when
am out Of the pulpit l am usually in
some other body's pulpit When you
are not in your own pew. are you in
some other body's pew? Second. when
am out Of my pulpit put some other
body into it When yon& ere cut OF your
pew. do you put some other body into
It? Third. when am out Of my pulpit
I sometimes get better men than my
self to All it. and you have a chance OF
hearing the leading preachers in the
church, and sometimes get worse
men than myself to I'LL 1t, and the
chance Of hearing them ought to make
you thankful for your mercies."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
Ices Of Palermo.

II you wish 10 realize what devotion
TO ices means you should go to Paier.
mo- All over the south Of Italy ices
are eaten 10 an extent Of which we do
not dream. but in Sicily and Palermo
n particular the custom has attained
amazing proportions. Ices are eaten
By people of. all ranks and ages from
morning to night Where true Briton
would demand a glass Of beer the Pa
lermian asks for ao Ice. Morning, noon
and night the consumption Of ices goes
on. They are in wonderful variety
and cheap. The stranger in that beau.
tiful country finds the cafes invaded
between and by ice eaters He sees
officers and men Of the army, mer-
chants and work people. the rich and
the poor Of both sexes consuming ices
with susto No one evades this pleas
ant duty. Lines Of carriages draw up
at the side Of the pavement before the
cafes. the occupants. the coachman and
the footman all with their fayorite del
icac!. At first the stranger wonders,
then he falls victim.-London Chron-
{n1o
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
What Makes a Nation.

believe there is no permanent
greatness to a nation except it be
based upon morality. do not care
for military greatness or military re-
nown. I care for the condition Of the
people among whom 1--we. Crowns,
,coronets, riters. military display, the
pomp of war, wide colonies and a
huge empire are, in my view, all ti'
fes, light as air and not worth constd-
ering unless with them yon can have
81 fair share. Of comfort. contentment
and happiness among the great body
Of the people. Palaces, baronial cas-
ties. great halls. stately mansions, do
not make nation. The nation in eT-
cry country dwells IN the cottage, and
unless the light Of your constitution
can shine there. unless the beauty Of
your legislation and the excellence Of
your craftsmanship are impressed
there on the feelings and condition Of
the people. rely upon it you have yet
to learn the duties Of government
John Bright
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
HC{d Nassau

Nv ~Ot0 Nassau.
I,&he history Of Princeton universi-
II Is found the following entry after It
had been decided to seat the college IN
Princeton:
ut was the desire Of the trustees to
name the new building after the pa
tron and benetactor Of the college,
Governor Belcher, but with rare mod
esty he declined the honor, requesting
the board to call the edifce Nassau
Hall as expressing the Honour we re-
tain, in this remote Part Of the Globe,
TO the immortal Memory Of the Glori-
GUS King William the Sd, who was
branch Of the suustrious House OF
Nassau This request was compiled
with In the following terms:
"'Whereas his Excellency Govr. Bel
cher has signihed to us hi4declining to
have the Efifce we have lately erected
at Princeton for the Use and Service
OF New Jersey College to be called aft
er his Name. and has desired and for
Good Reasons that it should be calld
after the Name Of the illustrious
Honse Of Nassau: It IS therefexe vot-
ed and It IS hereby ordered that the
I'd Ediace be IN all time TO come called
and be known by the name OF Nassau
! Eallss
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
Grim Humor Saved His Life,

When spy was caught and brought
before Marshal Bassompiere the mar
shal addressed him with the formula
he always used when sentencing man
to death: Brother, You or l must Ger
tafnly be hangedr' Next day as the
spy was being dragged to the gallows
he adjured his jailers to allow him a
last interview with the marshal, as he
had something Of supreme importance
to say to him. The jailers were so i'm
pressed by his intense earnestness that
they begged the marshal to give him
audience.
Bring the dog inv' cried Bassom-
pierre. Whats your business" he
asked the spy impatiently when he
was dragged In. "Onlysthis, my lord
At our last interview you said either
you or must be hanged Did you
really mean that? It's Of supreme i'm
portance to you or me. because II you
wont be hanged l must, that's all"
The marshal was so dckled with the
mans hunor that he ordered his re-
lease.-London Mall.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
When ships Wer. Sui. In the Woods.

When ships Were Suit In the Woods.
: In colonial days the shipping for our
home trade and for sale abroad was
built chiefly In the district Of Maine
and In New Hampshire. These two
colonies built, rather more than one
half tho entire American tonnage in
the days Immediately preceding the
Revolution. The older ports could not
compete with the new settlements
amid the timber. When the great trees
had been exhausted on thesrHer banks
gangs or sMpwrights went . mile esor
two into the forests and here on the
uptanGs would build a vessel of 100
tons Or more. mount her on strong
siedges Of timber. hitch on sasteam OF
200 oxen and drag It iuso steady pun
over the snow to the frozen surface
Of nayigable stream. Such team OF
oxen wenld. be a quarter Of mile
long. and II took the teamstership Of a.
major general to start them all at
once &c wasEcalled raising them
and this work cnce done nothing must
stop them tilI the ship rested on the
ice.-Boston Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
Funny Peasant Notions.

Z
The astronomical lore Of the Russian
gpeasantry OF the north, center and
south Of the empire is limited to q
knowledge of the existence Of the sun
and the moon and stars, Of three CON
Isteliations. Of the Milky way. OF one
planet, OF comets: shooting stars and
meteors. The sun IS to all a mysteri-
ious and henefcent being.
The: moon. covered with ice and
snow, IS ever In fight from its broth.
er, the sun. Upon its disk IS portray
ed the murder OF Abel by CAIN the
latter being done to death with
pitchfork. The lunar rays are mafg-
nant and eva comes to those who
sleep unprotected tsom them. The
hc1ns Of the moon afford information
as to the weather.
The stars are lamps or candles light.
ed and exdnguished by the Eternal. A
shooting star is the soul Of one Just
passed away. Comets are heralds Of
war and famine. No Russian ever
forgets that the Napoleonic war fol-
lowed the great comet OF 1s11.-Ex-
change.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
Tia paaoda on the Balanced Rock.

The Pa9oda on the Balanced hoek.
One Of the curious sights Of Burma
s huge bowlder on Kelasa heights
that rests in delicate poise on the very
brink Of rounded cliff s.. Instable
IS the equilibrium that the rc:k tren-
bles in the wind Very naturally this
odd freak has attracted the attention
OF the supersttious natives. who look
upon It as a miraculous work OF the
gods They believe that the rock is
held in pla nee by hair Of Buddha-
Hence they have clambered to the top
of The rock and built there pagoda
which Is about twenty-five feet IN.
height Should the bowlder ever fall.
as is quite likely to happen. and dash
to death. handful Of worshipers the
blind faith Of the devout people would
not be shaken. for in the catastrophe.
no doubt, they would see but a mani
festation Of divine wrath at some un-
conscious sin Of commission or onois-
sion
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
Saved by his Wife.

4 She's wise woman who knows just
what to do when her husbands life is in
danger, but Mrs. r. J. Flint, Braintree,
VT, is OF that kind. ''She insisted on
my using DR.. Kings New Discovery, "
writes Mr.. F. .sfor 8 dreadful cough,
when I was so weak my friends all
thought I had only aahort time to live,
and It completely cured me-" A quick
cnre for coughs and colds, it's the most
safe and reliable medicine for many
lthroas and lung troubles grip, bron-
ichitis, Group, whooping cough, auinsy,
itonsilitis, hemcrrhages. A trial will
convince you. SOC and S1.00 Guaran-
teed by all druggists.