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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
Praxed for Slick Steer.

Believing In the efficacy of prayer,
J. w. Horn, a farmer Of York, Pa, re-
fused to kill a sick steer after being
advised to do so by several veterina-
rians and as consequence he was
hailed before a local alderman to an
rwer a charge Of cruelty to animals.
It is said that Mr.. Horn prayed that
the steer would be cured, after having
read that the Lord had cured leprosy
and had performed other miracles.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

j A ship-building shop is maintained
In connection with the high school In
San Pedro, CAL, where, under the
practical instruction Of Z nautical A.
chitect, the students learn how to
build a boat, make and place the en-
CINE and launch and run the craft.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
Creamy Cocoa.

To make q delicious, creamy cup OF
cocoa or chocolate. add a pinch OF
salt to the usual ingredients. When
the whole comes to q boil beat with
a Dover egg heater for two minutes;
the scum, which Is so unsightly and
distasteful, will not form. A marsh
mallow placed in each cup before pour
ing the cocoa rises to the top ana
takes the place Of whipped cream %
we'll a giving o delightful flavor.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
Potato and Olive Salad.

Cut into dice four good sized boiled
potatoes and add Is stoned olives cut
into good sized pieces and two hard
boiled eggs also cut up. Sprinkle with
salt olive oil and vinegar and fold to-
gether; set on ice for an hour; add
half q cupful of stiff mayonnaise; cover
with what is left, and put few rings
of olives on top. This can be made
very attractive nicely arranged on q
bed Of lettuce leaves.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
Custard Sauce,

Add pinch Of salt to pint Of milk
and scald In a double boiler. Pour
this over the yolks of two eggs which
have been we'll beaten and added to
one-half cupful Of sugar. Stir for
few minutes, then pour back into the
double boiler. Cook until smooth and
creamy, but not too thick to pour cas-
ily. When cold flavor with one scant
teaspoonful of vanilla or almond. or.
better still. crack few peach stones.
blanch the kernels and cook them with
the custard
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
The Land Of tho Free,

Tho Prince Of Monaco, who, having
had both m English and an American
wife. knows whereof he speaks, said
of marriage at dinner: Through
marriage q French woman gains her
liberty, an English woman loses hers.
and an American woman" The
prince paused and looked quizzically
about him. sa. e.. e..
Eyes? The American woman 7" said
debutante.
"The American woman" ended the
prince. continues to do as she likes"
|-Argonaut .s. s5 4. III
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

The expression an inch Of rain re.
fefs to the mark on standard rain
gauge, the amount of rain equivalent
to the distance between two such
marks being represented by nearly 101
tons over an acre of land.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
NOTHING Too Severe.

Some Of the tortures the Chinese
inflict are diabolically ingenious."
a& "Yes," replied the baseball fan.
"some OF them would be worth trying
on the man who umpired the game
was telling you about E%G
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
Recipe for Bran Bread.

Doctors now prescribe dieting foods
largely in place of medicine. Nothing
is better for constipation than bran
bread. Here Is a recipe that has been
tested and is palatable as well as
healthful:
Four cupfuls Of sterilized bran, two
cupfuls of white -four, two cupfuls OF
buttermilk and one-half teaspoonful
soda. Bake until thoroughly done.
Add raisins II desired.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

In the days Of old Rome woman's
character was known by her dress.
The toga was worn by the men, but
the stola was the raiment for the vom-
en-. It was q loose garment worn over
the tunic, and was usually caught at
the waist by a girdle. Divorced wom-
en- and courtesans were not allowed
to wear 1t.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
Electric vehicles are now being used
Ia the btreets OF London for sprtnkling
and sweeping. s5

The meteorological service Of Rus
sia finds itself In the position, rare in
the experience of European scientific
Institutions. Of having ample funds for
it, present needs and future develop.
ment, thanks to q liberal increase IN
its budget recently authorized by the
government. r..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
Eiuht the Fly.

The flies will keep you fighting these
days Clean up every dirty spot
around the house and barn. and 90
over every floor and window screen
carefully to see that there are no
broken spaces. g..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

The Atlanta Constitution vigorously
calls attention to this situation, point
ing out that the diseases which cause
such a death rate among the negroes
must, In the close contact of urban
life. be q menace to the whites, and
that, therefore, the whites have sell
fish interest in improving the stand
ards OF negro life.-springaeld Repub-
Ncan.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
Protects Hats from Rain.

Christina Mullaney Of New York city
has patented an emergency covering
for hats, which cover Is made Of water
proof paper and can be secured to the
hat by the customary hat pins en-
Moved to hold the hat on the head.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
Give the negro a chance"

Give the negro a chance"
This was the theme that thrilled
through the address Of Booker r.
washington when he spoke at Chicago
oetore the convention Of the Interna-
tional Sunday School association in
Medinah temple.
Mr. Washington proved to be one
al the most popular speakers that
nave addressed the convention and his
appeal to the Sunday school leaders to
nelp the negro and to give him q
chance brought repeated applause
from the delegates and visitors who
nlled the big hall to OVERLOOKING.
What the black man needs ia the
old time religion" said the speaker.
That's the theology want to take to
my people. The negro is better of
close to the soil and In the South, and
l want to keep him there, II you will
bring the Sunday school to him. Take
the old theology to him, the theology
that says. Thou shalt not steal Thou
shalt not KILL Thou shalt not bear
raise witness. Thou shalt not commit
adultery
i want no mans sympathy because
| am a negro" he said. Il thank God
every day that l belong to this race.
| wouldn't change places with the
whitest man in America. We have
problems to solve, such problems as
the white man has not, and my people
need some one to lead and help them.
But remember. it is not always unfor.
tunate for race to have problems to
confront; suck problems turn races in.
to Kingdoms and nations"
The resolutions committee reported
to the convention and resolutions ia.
voring a federal law for the regula.
ton OF marriage and divorce, a single
standard of purity for both sexes, rigid
laws against commercialized vice, lot,
teries and gambling, consoring of NOV.
Ing pictures, the adjustment of child
labor under the age of sixteen, the
destruction of the liquor traffic, the
advancement Of international peace
and the observance OF the sabbath
were passed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

At an expenditure exceeding &c.,
100000 London will build a dock am
PIE enough to accommodate any mer'
chant steamer afloat or which will be
likely to enter the Thames for many
years to come.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

The United States In 1918 imported
$50 ,529, 49S pounds Of coffee, valued 1t
s105, 000, 900.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

A recent bulletin issued by the GEN.
sus bureau giving mortality figures for
tho year 1913, seems to have made a
deep impression in the South because
Of the ominously high figures for the
negroes in the southern cities. These
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

In the fall of 1913 the organized
garment workers In New York num-
bered 226,529.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

Russia 10 making great efforts to de.
velop unproductive parts Of the eau
causus by preventing river foods and
Increasing irrigation drainage and ca
nal construction.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

The National League on Urban Con-
ditions Among Negroes has for it's pur-
pose to protect colored women from
moral and financial exploitation, to
provide Fairgrounds and recreation
centers, to organize boys and girls
clubs and neighborhood unions of
adults, to secure and train negro so.
cial workers, to develop cooperation
among welfare agencies. to provide
employment facilities to fit workers
for their occupation, to provide pro-
baton care for Juvenile and adult de-
linquents, to render neighborhoods
free from vice where respectable peo-
pie may have homes, and to lnvesti-
gate city conditions among negroes.
Its headquarters are In New York.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

Argentine telegraph companies are
bringing into general use a system
whereby messages are received auto
smatically with printed type.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14
AERQ:AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

The recent visit OF DR.. Booker T..
Washington to this city and the splen.
did address which he delivered
brought to mind an incident of a few
weeks ago. relates the Chicago News.
A young negro Of what might be called
the diletante class, was heard saying
to a newly arrived stranger:
Don't tell any one in Chicago that
you are from Tuskegee institute"
To this advice the stranger without
hesitation replied to the effect that he
was proud to be identified with an in.
stitution that meant 50 much coustruc.
lively in the life Of his race. and that
any one who was conversant with the
needs of the people served by the
school could not be disloyal to it.
The former young man did not nee
essarily mean harm. but unfortunate
ly he misrepresented the spirit Of this
great city. Chicago. sharing the Amer.
iean ideal. is in harmony with move
ments everywhere which makes for
human uplift, and her representative
citizens are az eager to encourage in
Alabama as we'll as in Illinois any
organization representing an invest.
nent In useful. nondependent citizen.
ship. 49,
The Tuskegee institute is not only
an efficient school for training the
negro in manual arts and In agricul-
ture. 1t Is primarily school for hu-
man culture, indeed for race culture,
considering the important part 1t has
played and is destined to play in the
education Of the negro race.
1t took the world a long time to &C.
knowledge the truth that physical con-
troll and the workman's skill In the
manipulation Of his tools and the
practise Of his art are as essential
contributions to human welfare and
to appreciate fine are from an academ-
ic point of view or to translate class
teal writings or decipher fascinating
problems in mathematics. Those who
from aparthy. Incidence or prejudice
have not kept abreast with the trend
of education and the progress Of the
glorious humanitarian movements of
this day are the ones who date upon
what living age has buried In books.
They offer no helping hand in the So
luton of vital problems.
The Tuskegee institute is an active
agency not only in education but in So
cial amelioration. Truly there can be
no complete appreciation OF the work
that Doctor Washington is doing for
this country If the appalling need for
this work is overlooked. AS this need
Is realized so will the friends OF the
work increase, together with the en-
enlargement and inspiration OF his
benevolent supporters.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

Country negroes of the better type
are good workers and thrifty man
ayers, pretty sure to become ultimately
land owners and self.employers. Ne
gro ownership OF land in the South in.
creased $50 per cent In the first decade
OF the twentieth century. But in this
advancement Of the best of the race
from tenantry and wage working to
larger or smaller agricultural proprie-
torship the author sees bad influence
upon those less fortunate or deserving,
an agency making for the deteriora-
ton in character and efficiency in the
labor left available for the white mans
plantation; her observation and inter.
est seem to be rural and agricultural
more than urban and industrial. And
the unreliability of this labor is in
turn responsible for devices verging
upon peonism, holding the laborer to
the land with chains of debt:
For many years the South squan.
dered the fertility Of her fields. We
are learning Of late years, slowly and
painfully, to build up the impoverished
soil, and restore it to it's former rich
ness. But we have overlooked the
sQuandered fertility of labor. Until
we build up the worker the material
on which his work is spent will never
yield its normal return. The houses
Of very many farm laborers are more
than enough to sap their vitality, to
destroy ambition and self-respect and
to foster immortality and disease. Con-
ditions like these fitch from the COM
nunity its capital of human product
iveness." Mrs. l.. H. Hammond, in
her book "ln Black and White
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

Helpful TonIes,
Garlic, leeks and olives stimulate
The circulation OF the blood. ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

A thousand persons gathered IN
Epiphany church in G street at Wash
ington to bid farewell to James. For
forty-one years James, the colored sex
ton, had rung the chapel bell that
called the Pensioners and greeted
their arrival with happy face. He
was accorded honors at his funeral
service that no person ever buried
from that church has received. The
aged negro was given the distinction
Of having funeral address preached
for him, as sermons on burial occa'
sions are never given in the Eposco'
pal service Five hundred colored peo-
pie attended the service and were
ushered into their places by the usual
church attendants.
The Panama canal Is lighted along
It's entire length by electricity, for
lighthouses, buoys, etc.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-08-14

The president of Uruguay Is report
ed to be considering the advisability
of creating a national printing estab-
lishment to undertake all the printing
work of the various government de-
partments. q
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-23
DEVIL DANCERS OF cEYLoN
Natives Have Implicit Faith in Their
Ability to Cure All Forms Of
Disease.

Despite the advance OF medical
knowledge throughout India. SAYS a
writer in the Wide World Magazine
devil dancers are still called into re-
QUESTION in many parts Of Ceylon for
curing all kinds OF sickness. when a
native is taken IN his relatives first
apply medical treatment If. after
some days. thls appears TO be inc1ec-
tive. Il is concluded that the sickness
ness is one incapable OF cure in this
manner. but is caused by some inim-
ical influence. and must therefore
be due to either glance of the evil
eye, the action OF a demon. OF some
evil planetary action The soothsay-
er is then sent for. and this worthy
after examining the patient, names
the demon or spirit responsible for
the malady An Offering is then made
to the demon in the form OF food,
coin. or a piece OF cloth Then fol.
lows the professional dance. carried
out by the devil dancers Two men
clad in gorgeous garments and wear.
ing strange headdresses and masks 90
through a number of grotesque and
extraordinary evolutions to the beat
ing Of the tomtoms, making weird
noises the while. This is kept up
for hours, sometimes all night, and is
always performed within sight of the
sick person. In the complete cere-
monies of the demon called Samni
Yaka, who causes commissions, severe
toothache, headache, etc, no fewer
than 80 different masks are worn in
turn by the dancers. Curlously
enough. observers state these strange
ceremonies usually have favorable
effect upon the patients illness.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-23
President Plants Elm in White House
Grounds.

The "WilJon Elm" now occupies a
conspicuous position in the White
House grounds in Washington, and
has as its associates, trees of various
kinds planted by neqrly every other
president of the United States. The
latest acquisition of the Executive
Mansions horticultural collection was
planted by President Wilson about
the middle of December, with in
formal ceremonies, while about a
hundred persons looked on.
The Wilson Elm" is twenty-five
years old, having stood for that
length of time in the government s
horticultural grounds. 1t was mount
eG on trucks after the roots were
Grated and wrapped with burlap. II
towers forty feet in the air. The
new elm takes tn place of the Hayes
elm which was uprooted last July. : II
was regarded by experts as one of
the handsomest specimens of elms in
the country.
1t stood on the front lawn opposite
the east end of the main portico of
the White House. IL cast a shadow
several hundred feet in circumfer.
ence, and its trunk measured about
eight feet in circumference. During
the storm il was uprooted bodily and
thrown across the main driveway.
The hole i'm the ground where the
roots had been was fifteen feet deep
and about twenty-five feet in diane
ter. Since the destruction of the old
tree. resident Wilson several times
expressed his regret at it's loss.
When asked to participate in the
planting of it's successor, he readily
agreed. - Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-23
WEAK, WEARY WOMEN.
Learn the Cause Of Daily Woes
and End Them.

When the back aches and throns.
When homework is torture.
When night brings no rest nor sleep.
When urinary disorders set in,
Women's lot is a weary one.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Have proved their worth in Annapo.
lis.
This Is one Annapolis woman's testi-
mony.
Mrs. Laura Armiger, % jefferson
ST.. Annapolis, Md. says: my kid
neys were in bad shape and | had head
aches. / was also dizzy and nervous.
| heard about Doan's Kidney Pills and
got supply at Gre MS Drug Store.
They soon gave me relief. My kidneys
became normal and the pains left.
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills highly
to anyone who has kidney trouble.
Price SOC. at all dealers Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Armiger had. Foster Milburn
Co.. Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States. Remember the name Doan's-
and take no other.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-23
SNAPSHOTS.

Some men are great merely by con-
trast
Cure myself" is d good motto for
the political heller
It's al right to rise in the world.
but don't go up by the skyrocket route.
The Cynical Bachelor rises to remark
that variety is the spice of love.
Don put Up a bluff unless you are
sure the other fellow can't surmount il.
1t isn't every man who learns the
art Of saying nothing at the right time.
You can never tell. Many fellow
is dead long before the day Of his fu-
neral.
No man acquires the secret of popu-
larity until be learns to keep his
troubles 70 himself
The beauty of friendship is that we
can be perfectly frank with each other,
especially about other people
Opportunities that 90 astray are the
ones that strike other people instead
of coming to US.
You don't have to have the grip to
realize that frieze on the wall is
worth two colds in the head.
If love makes some people lovesick,
the sea of matrimony frequently pro-
duces mai de mer Of the affections.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-23
The Research EnaIneer.

About a decade ago the great ad-
vantage to be derived from bringing
the scientist directly TO the manufac
turer's workshop, provided this could
be done In the proper spirit, becomes
evident and the institution now well
known as the Industrial research
laboratory has gradually become firm
~ established There are those who
still maintain. and, no doubt. correct
ly, that the worlds greatest discov-
cries come from independent investi-
gators working alone, often amid great
hardship driven on by the fire of
their own enthusiasm and complete
absorption in one idea. Be that as
it may, the industrial laboratory has
now to its credit some remarkable
achievements. which would do honor
to any university investigator. 1t is
also worth noting that these achieve
ments are due in great measure to
that broad dictatorship over research
work which, while not imposing irk-
some restrictions, guides It toward
useful ends. While spectacular re-
suits bring great credit to industrial
research in general, and to this de-
partment in particular, 1t seems to
be a fact, nevertheless, that such de-
partments represent an excellent in.
vestment even when measured by the
value of their day-today services Of a
minor character rendered to a great
industrial organization. - Electrical
World.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-23
SlOO REWARD. slOO

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased 20 learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
Deen able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease. requires a con-
stitution8l treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work The prOprietors have so
much faith IN its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
ease that it fails 10 cure Send for list
OF testimonials
Address Z. J CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo
Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family PILLS for cOnstis
patton.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-23
CornneaI.

According to the agricultural de.
partment at Washington, cornmeal
constitutes a very nutritive and cheap
food. In fact, for three cents one can
get more nutriment out of cornmeal
than he can out OF FIVE cents worth
OF -four. That is, 60 cents worth OF
meal will give a man more bone. mus
Gle, nerve and brain than 81 worth
of -four will.
That is the commercial aspect Of
the case. but for joy, satisfaction,
health and hope the cornmeal is as
far ahead OF flour as it is in the
economic estimate. A good bowl of
mush and milk-how good it sounds
and how good it is! Take a great
spoonful of it, and it twangs the
strings of the harp of health till every
little fiber and nerve falls into a
beautiful melody of life. Exactly so,
too, with corn bread, pone and dod
ger.
In these progressive days one can
find bricks of cold cornmeal mush al
the grocers, ready for slicing and fry
ing, as much in a brick as will do
for three or four persons, the finest.
happiest, nutritiousest eating under
the sun--for five cents a brick. II
is said that the tpouble these days is
with the cost of high living. We
deny it. Here is the highest kind Of
living at the very lowest cost.-Ohio
State Journal.