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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-29

RtdA MISS NIGy nave
been a constant reader of
your column for several
years. and l always have ad-
mired the sensible answers
you have made to the diff
cult questions.
| am DESTROYS of making
rose jar and would be great
ly indebted to you IL you
could let me have the recipe
as soon as possible.
BLANCHE b.
A.-Gather rose petals when
perfectly dry and pack I'm q jar I'm
layers two inches deep. Sprinkle
two tablespoons of salt over each
layer. When Jar is full, put I'm
a dark, cool, dry place for -
week. Then turn the contents
out ON a platter and toss about
until the whole mass Is loos-
ened. Mix thoroughly with the
following:
- OF. violet powder, 4 Or. orris
root, u or. heliotrope powder, y
OF. rose powder, u teaspoon each
msse and cloves, u teaspoon cin-
nsmon, 4 drops oil of roses, 10
drops oil of chris, 20 drops oil
of melissne, 20 drops oil eucalyp-
tus. 10 drops bergamot. 2 drains
alcohol. Pack I'm clean Jar and set
away TO ripen. In two weeks Il
will be ready for rose jars, and
Will keep for years II covered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-29

Drs. Ivan p. and CarsIey Bala
banoff will leave this week fol-
a trip abroad, sailing July L:
from Montreal for London. Dur
ing their tour of the continent
they will attend the Clinical Cor
gress of the Surgeons of Nor;
America, in London.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-29

Mrs. George Il. Burns and
daughter. Lillian, are visiting rel
atives in Salt Lake City.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-29

Dear Miss Grey: VIII you
please tell me what / could
do to make my hair grow?
IL is very thin. Please print
this in the next paper as | am
very worried. Thanking
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-29

In compliment 90 the hOuse
guests and a few invited friends,
a jolly informal dancing party
will be given at the Hotel Bonne-
vile Wednesday evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-06-29

A special business meeting will
be held by the st. Johns Luth-
eran league in the parlors OF the
church. South 5th and 1 streets.
tomorrow evening.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19
jackson Elected to Newport
City Council.

Newport, X. Nv. H
Jackson, for eight years assist.
ant door keeper at the State
House of Representatives,
was elected without opposi.
ton in the city elections last
week to the City Council from
the second ward by the Re
publican voters.
Mr.. Jackson has been on
City Republican Committee
for twenty-se seven years and is
senior member of the COM
mittee. He was elected to
the Council for two years. He
is a deacon of Mt. Olivet Bap-
tist church. His son. w. H.
Jackson. Jr., who is Sunday
School teacher, is stock clerk
for one of the leading busi-
ness houses in the city.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19
Flimsy Excuse for Lynching.

Charleston, S. C.-There
has been an alarming increase
in lynchipgs throughout the
southern states during the
past few weeks. The blood
thirty0wretches have dropped
the old cry of rape" and
murder now OH the mast film -
sy preteXt. Last week Fri
day a mob near Coward (pe-
culiar coincidence in name of
town lynched William Green,
whose offence against the law
was that he had looked at a
couple Of women. They were
both turning the same corner
from opposite directions. One
OF the women shrieked and
the mob did the rest.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19

and put it back to work. The
oftener you do this~-the less
you will hnd that you need to
do 1t: the mind will begin to
stick to its work and enjoy it.
The time will come when you
will find yourself able to tao
'kle. a thought. TO think if
through logically and clearly
to the end, and to decide what
action to take.
Don't be 10 or 20 brain
power man. Make yourself
a man of 80. 40. 5oor 90 brain
power man. Make yourself a
man Of 80, 40, so or 90 brain
TpoMer.-Age.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19
Negro Resort. for White Men
Closed.

Columbia, S. C.-Twelve
houses, containing between
forty-hve and fifty women, re-
sorts conducted by Negroes
for white men, were visited
'bs Sheriff John c. Mccain,
accompanied by five deputies,
and all Of the women ordered
to leave Richland County
within forty-eight h OF S.
Eight white men found in the
houses were elected.
The resorts were ordered
closed. the sheriff expressing
the opinion that houses Of
this character are a greater
menake to the community
|tkAn blind Tigers"
The Denver star., 1914-12-19

pligh, than is our race in this
erroniously boasted land Of
the free. There the mad rush
for pleasure. the senseless,
enui producing, passion-in-
flaming dance has been estop-
ped by serious. sorrowful con-
temptation on the awful pres
ent and grandly heroic efforts
to regain the lost. Here. in
Washington, like Nero. we
fiddle, and we dance, while
one after anyother of our right
ia swept away; while one af-
ter another of our fond hopes
is buried beneath race dis
elimination. 1he merrymak-
ing of that old debauchee
who hddled while splendid
Rome burned was not half as
reprehensible as the folding
of these other fiddlers of to-
day who hddle-who dance
the tango, fox-trot and hesi :
tation, while all about them
are the wrecks and ruins of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES f { d
rights and privileges.
Pity these other hddlers!
Arouse them to the serious
ness of the times!
Turn dance and card clubs
into rights protection bands.
Bee.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19

The Fraternal Congress. a
colored organization compos-
ed of representatives from
fourteen colored fraternal or.
ders, recently met IN Houston,
Texas, for the purpose of
"unifyine and Simplifying their
rules and methods of access
ment."
The Denver star., 1914-12-19

Mr.. w. P. Burrell of East
Orange. N. J. the National
Secretary Of the National
Negro Insurance League, an
affiliation of the National
Negro Business League, is
conducting a national educa-
iional campaign for the pur-
pose of securing sounder in
surance protection for the
race and a higher degree of
efficiency among the colored
insurance agents.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19

The Richmond Planet says,
"Mr. ]. w. Mathews. sue
cessful farmer of Efingham.
S. c., has stored away over a
thousand pounds of meat for
his own use together with an
abundance of corn and pota :
toes"
The Denver star., 1914-12-19

The Chicago and Kansas
City papers presented last
week interesting accounts of
the success of the Poro Col
lege of Hair Culture, of St.
Louis. Mrs. A. E. Malone,
the proprietor. is said to have
over 5000 representatives US
ing her system of hair dress :
ing.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19
Negro Caterer Left $139, 600
Estate.

Philadelphia. Pa.-An es-
tate valued at $4,000 was
left by John w. Holland, the
retired Negro caterer. who
died last week.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19

The Tuskegee Octette re-
Gently made eight records fot
the Victor Talking Machine
Ca.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19
XMAS
{ THOUGHTS.
Realize These Conditions? Why Stand Here Idle?

While Rome burned Nero
hdd&d. The discordant strain
froa his badly tuned musical
inst bment mocked the groans
and shrieks of the burning
humanity, and the cracking
|of he fierce flames as they
leapfng higher and higher,
Nck1d up numble homes and
maaeihcent temples. H i S
wine bleared eyes, his besott-
ed Main-the penalty for de-
baushery helped to wreath
his face with an ;diotic ex-
preston bespeaking indiffer-
ence to the shrieks of burning
humanity, and the cracking
of the flames and the falling
Of 6te e-swept temples.
These are serious times for
Ethe Negroes of this country,
land Swe in Washington-one
thundred thousand strong
areer;g ght in the torrid zone of
injustice. Apre 81 d e mt Of
|thnse United States, elected
blythe votes of the people to
be resident of all the citi-
zetss. native and naturalized,
Xhs and black. Jew and
Gentle, Catholic and Protest
ant, brazenly informs a dele
cation of Negroes that he ap-
proves of segregation because
our skin is as God created
black. A Supreme Court, the
highest tribunal in the land,
faunts into our teeth the fact
that a discriminating law is
unconstitutional but may, and
MUST continue in full force
and effect to further Cypress
and retard us. The doors of
public places of amusement
are shut in our faces; public
eating houses, cafes and ho-
tells are barred to US; the sign
For Negroes decorates dirty
foul-smelling, disease -germed
railroad coaches b &C aus e,
and only because forsooth our
skins are dark.
! Amidst all these fragrant,
open, arbitrary, defiant viola
tions of constitutional grants;
while the Presidents appro-
val of segregation is still fresh
upon us-as green as new
made grave; while the Su-
preme Courts skillful recog-
milton of mere "teehnicality"
to preclude lust and righte-
Gus decision in our favor is
still being read, some of our
best people'-the presumed
educated and thinking class,
presupoosed leaders, and hon
ored officials of the race here
in Washington are shouting;
On with the dance" and
nightly the giddy tango. fox
trot and other dancing clubs
and gossiping card clubs,
whose membership include
some of our supposed elect
and elite hold high revel, and
the craze for amusement and
pleasure. unabated by the seri
business flor us as a race) of
the times, goes merrily on.
Belgians straving midst the
srightful ruins of their once
ropulous, proud and peaceful
cities are fndau in no WORSE
The Denver star., 1914-12-19

around.
Notice that fellow doubled
lbs In the corner seat and fast
[afeer with his mouth, open:
|ybu willtbe liberalif you give
him credit for mores,than 10
brain power. See that young
girl gazing va My around or
|listly out of the window; do
not give her more than 40
brain power. There are some
people who are reading. ac-
cording to what and how they
are reading. you may mark
them 80 or 40 or so BRAIN
power here is a man sitting
there, oblivious to everything
around him: you can see by
the expression of his eyes and
his face that he is thinking.
thinkinp out some important
question, weighing it mp and
down and deciding how ne
shall act; promptly mark him
down 90 brain pewer.
Accomplishment in life dee
7Ht
pends upon brain-power. and
the magic Of securing increas-
ed brain-power consists IN
thinking. Not in memorizing.
bpt in ahipking.
s6ssefa as the possee
to take hold of the problems
of life and reduce them to the
best solutions possible 1t is
in word.the power 10 de-
eide. 1t is the power to de
eide questions ranging all the
way from the smaller affairs
oHevery day life to the prob
lens of metaphysical philoso :
phv.
Brain-power is employed
not alone in building a great
bridge or in arguing a great
law case or in writing a great
book; it may be employed in
running a farm or in digging
post holes. Men who possess
developed brain power be-
come the directors OF men
who are lacking in it and
thereby their superiors. If it
is necessary for one man to
decide for another where and
how the post holes should be
dug he becomes that man S
superior.
AS it is with individuals, so
it is with races. Those races
which are today the backward
races are those running on a
low mental speed, They are
those races that are not think :
ing and, so, are not develop
ing increased brain-power.
Perhaps at one time they were
running at higher speed, but
they have allowed their men
tai engines to slow down, and,
as a result, they have fallen
behind.
How shall we increase our
brain -powerl BY thinking.
And how shall we do that1
Why, simply by doing it. In
most people the mind is lazier
than the muscles. 1t is diff
cult to keep it on the job. 1t
likes to loaf. 1t shirks and
runs away. When you begin
to think you will probably find
that after a, few moments con-
centration the mind is wan
dering off in other fields. You
must take hold of it bodily
The Denver star., 1914-12-19

All Copy for Xmas and
New Years must be in: the
office by Tuesday.
The Denver star., 1914-12-19
:.s 81 4 u ~ =
hlaIl / y Y !: |: ! I. !.
Blhin ~ over :

~ \, 40 % 1sss8{4s.s ff y Axa& IT
] The 9nsi3l diff rsnees
anSae Ell Sftssare differences
/ 81 hogse spo,fsr., TsS ess4nt,
.agai6e reaees am ol9 men ARE
alkgences Of brain power;
- horse en&if
aoek spuip plish sths toH
sixty kbsse- plio.sef eng'ne.
pr can 4 ten brain-power
han accomplish the work of
Ny brain-power man.
spsw wby are YOU content
10 suA around As a ten brain :
powssmSaAhsn it is possible
tor yoTstaRe ! man, OF 20, OF
go. of 4o. o.:of of SO brain
power?
tEhere is no mystery about
asxeloping and increasing
bra7pppwer. it is as simple as
developing and increasing
muscular strength. We de-
yelop, muscular strength by
physical exercise. We de-
velop brain power by mental
eve.cise;.and mental exercise
.consistsin thinking.
Donot confuse the develop
ment of brain-power with the
securing of an education. Sc
curing an education may re
suit in iecyeAeed bsaiR-foSgeT,
1ij& itg = = fasi i
many an educated fool. and
there are not a few unlettered
wise men. A man with an ed
ucation is one who has learn
ed something, In the vaude-
vile theatres there are often
given exhibitions of educated
horses and dogs and monkeys,
etc but these are in no de-
gree exhibitions OF BRAIN
power.
Reading does not necessari-
ly produce increased brain
power. A man may read one
thousand books and never
have an original thought
about what he reads. such a
mon is not developing brain
power, he is merely educating
himself, storing his mind with
information, useful or other
wise. On the other hand, to
read one great thought and
then to think it through, to
unravel it, to get at the inside
of its meaning. to chew, swal-
low and digest ii mentally,
will produce increased brain
power. Thinking the thought
through gives the brain the
proper exercise. making the
Thought your own gives the
brain the proper food and it
gains strength and power. In
truth, without reading any
book at all, a man may OBJ
serve life about him. and, by
thinking over his observation.
increase his brain power. In
deed, this has been the method
followed by those men who
are the worlds mental giants.
Do you wish to make sim :
pie experiment in measuring
brain powers3 Well. you can
do it at any place where you
catch people at leisure, with
nothing to do; just watch and
see how they do it, The best
place, perhaps. is in a subway
or elevated train or in any
street car. You get into the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-02-20
WORK ABONOONEO
The Oil Wells Near Gettysburg
Prove to Be Dry

Gettysburg. Feb. 2O.-After work.
ing for several months in the hope OF
finding oil and spending from $50, 00O
to $50. 900 the Fox Oil company's Office
bears the legend, ITO Let" and the
men at the oil drill are pulling up the
inside casing of the we'll. which
reached TO a depth of over 2. 900 feet.
Some OF the drillers were paid of
last week AID left for their homes In
Bridgeport, ILL.,, after the casing al
the bottom of the we'll got out OF
place.
Ii il said the outer casing is to be
left In the we'll, which though drilled
for oil will now make another al
tesian well for the farmer owning
the land.
While the blow has been given to
the hopes of those who expected tC
find oil. it has been pointed out that
the we'll has not been sunk deep enough
for a real test for oil. The hcle is not
much pact the artesian belt. 1t il
thought that oil will never be found in
South Dakota unless the drillers use
the rotary drills which can sink a hole
to a deeper depth and through harder
places than can a drop drill.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-02-20
Twenty Years
Ago To-Day
Items Taken from The
Daily Leader Files
February 20, 1894

Miss Lizzie GrinaSor departed for
Minneapolis today to lay in u stock OF
spring millinery.
Lost. Two large fox hounds, black
and tan. DIR. W. Z. Daniels.
DIR. A. Il. Clough returned last eve
ming from a meeting of the state board
of health held at Villas. Important
action ia regard to public health and
safety was taken which will be issued
in pamphlet form in a few days.
D. j. O'Connell of Ramona is exult.
ing over the arrival of a boy at his
home.
Miss Edith Fawkes is %recoverine
from a sever attack of quinsy.
In the prize article on farming, W.
r. Reynolds Of Herman took the
tenth prize, s., and bis paper is pub
lished among the winners.
r. M. and g. b. Thomas have trad
ed a farm in Tennessee for the livery
outfit recently acquired by Thos.
Longbotham of DELL Rapids from s,
Bullock. The Thomas brothers have
leased the Bullock barn and will con.
tinue the business at the old stand.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-02-20
BACK TO SOIL
Agricultural Department E x
pending Energy in Assist
ing the Farmers

ashington, Feb. 20 The back
to the soil" movement still has plent,
of room to grow according to figures
just made public by the department of
agriculture which show that there are
today 1913, 600, 900 acres of tillable
land in the United States which hiss
never been turned by a pillow. In fact,
only 81 per cent of the land of this
country capable of being famed is
now under cultivation. The remain.
ing 73 per cent does not include 61.-
600. 900 arces which are non-tillable,
but valuable Tor pasture or fruit grow
ing.
The most thoroughly cultivated
states are Illinois and Iowa, where for
every acre titled there is 1.6 untitled.
Indiana is mex with a ratio of n to
1.S; in New York it is one acre titled
10 2 4 untitled, and that proportio IN is
general throughout New England.
Arizona has the greatest proportion of
untitled land. having 1871 available
acres idle for every acre on which
crops are now raised. In New Mexico
it is one to 31.2; in Nevada one to
80 3. and in Montana one to % Cal
ifornia's rating shows one to 81.
The entire United States, excluding
foreign territory, contains about t.
900, 900, 900 acres. OF this about 60
per cent, or Lila, 900, 900 acres. is
estimated tc be tillahle including that
which, though not tillable at presei t
may be made so by clearing, irrigating
or draining. About 10 per cent is fit
only for fruit or forage crops and 81
per cent will probably never be Of any
use from an agricultural standpoint.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-02-20
NOW GOES TO CONFERENCE
House Passes Bill for Government
Railroad in Alaska.

Washington, Feb. 20.-The admins
tration Alaskan railroad bill, author
izing the president to construct a $685.
000, 900 railroad from Alaska's coast to
its great coal fields, was passed by
the house, 230 to 81.
A similar measure already has pass
ed the senate and the bills will be
taken up at nce In conference be-
tween the two houses with a view
to sending it quickly to the president,
who has signifed his intention of
signing 1t.
AT the eleventh hour, after a sharp
parliamentary skirmish, the house
eliminated from the bill, as reported
by the territories committee, a pro-
vision authorizing a bond issue OF
$35, 100000 to finance the railroad and
to be paid off by the proceeds of gov
eminent lands In Alaska. The SEN
ate bill provided for a 10000, OOO
bond issue.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-02-20
NOT GOOD
State County Seat Law Declared
Unconstitutional

Pierre. Feb. 20.-The county seat
law passed by the 1911 legislature, In.
tended to bring about a settlement Ct
county..seat contests by Elimination, has
been declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court. The case came up on
a test from Gregory county for the
benefit Of which the law was especial
ly designed.
The court hol IL that any town may
enter the lists as q candidate for county
seat. which would invalidate thu
settlement scheme OF having only ths
two towns getting the largest vote a,
the primary put on the bs lot Ms candi
dates at the fall election. The difi,
Guilty is that the legislature sought t.
establish a new rule by mere enact,
msnt. overturning a provision in thu
state constitution.
With = requirement. for the win
ming town to get . majority Of all
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-02-20
HOG CHOLERA is FATAL
Department of Agriculture Warns
Farmers on Swine Diseases.


Washington.-At least 80 per cent Of
all deaths of hogs from disease in the
United States are caused by hog chol-
era, assert specialists Of the depart
ment of agriculture In a statement is
sued In response to numerous inquir-
les from farmers concerning methods
for distinguishing hog cholera from
other swine diseases.
Farmers are urged to remember that
cholera kills millions Of hogs where
other diseases kill thousands, and at
tention Is called to the fact that
prompt administration Of anti-hog
cholera serum is essential to success.
From a practical standpoint" says
the department, 1.-THE important thing
is to recognize hog cholera as soon as
possible after its appearance In a herd
that the serum may be applied before
the disease progresses too far. Good
serum may be depended upon to pro-
tect well hogs, and even to cure a large
percentage of those In the earliest
stages of the disease, but 1t will not
be Of much avail when used upon hogs
that are already visibly sick"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-02-20
PURE FOOD BOARD is DEAD.
Secretary Houston Abolishss Body
That Caused Wiisy's Troubles.

Washington.-The board Of food and
drug inspection In the department Of
agriculture, which often was the CEN
ter of attack by DIR. Harvey w. Wiley,
former chief chemist, has been abolish
ed by Secretary Houston.
At the department Of agriculture 1t
was said the board had been abolished
In the interest Of efficiency and econ
omy. DIR. Carl Alsberg, who succeeded
DR.. Wiley as pure food chief, will de-
eide the appeals that formerly went to
the board. He will be assisted by DR..
II. l.. Emerson Of Boston.
DIR. Wiley holly attacked the pure
food board in unmeasured terms at
various stages Of his administration.
declaring Its operations hampered ad"
ministration Of the spirit Of the pure
food law. Under the new plan the en-
forcement Of the pure food law will
virtually be intrusted to one man. That
was what Or. Wiley contendsd Tor.