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The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07

stimulus of seven thousand others
who had not bowed the knee to Baal,
and who were as loyal as he TO
Jehovah. Also 1t had deprived this
seven thousand faithful ones Of his
leadership.
So the startlingly practical message
that came to Elijah from the Mount
was to this effect. Go back among
men and organize your work. Do
your job thoroughly, but it is among
people that your work must be done.
Learn to be CO-Operator. At this
vesy moment, there are two kings to
be anointed and an apprentice prophet
to be chosen. in order that my work
may be carried olt. And don't forget,
my self-centered Elijah, that you are
not the only righteous man in the
land. There are seven thousand true
hearts in Israel. Go, work with and
for them: and quit your incoming off
here in the desert
Thus it came to pass that Elijah
had his lesson; and went back among
the people to do his work. There he
chose Elisha, different type of mar
entirely, to continue the work which
| he had begun.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07

u.s. US IS controlling factor in de-
They are best friend of o,a
who are friends Of the haS-
Propinquity filings folk
others heads, and so mos
ships come about. As pro-,
but another name for Proyi5.
is doubtless as it should h. u.
friend should be so.rr ~A
Throughout the whole wo-
price is too high TO pay for
ing of true friend, a s0ul-..r-
All else save honor is to H.
as less than this, even as I.,
priced the love of David aI.,
throne of Israel
Good people make good
Scr it is when the higheet .
of the soul are held in conn
religion, patriotism, educate.
purpose-that the noblest frie-,E,s
are achieved. Kindred tast4,
| kindred aims are timber Of wbt..r
house OF friendship is Constructed
There are some men and wona.-
whose company we are ALWAYS
best All the best stops In our ra-
are drawn out by their interena,..
and we find a music in our
never there before.-Henrv nr,
mond.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
DuPONTS REORGANIZE AT
$24O,0OO,OOO CAPITAL
(By the Associated Press J

Wilmington, Del, Sept. Af-
plication for a charter for the pro-
posed reorganization Of the Dupont
Powder Company was filed today at
Dover. The capitalizatio Of the ne"
concern is s24O, 100000 and its name
is the E. I. Dupont, DeNemours ana
Company. The incorporators inei4de
Pierre S. DUPONT, John j. Raskot ana
John P Laffey, all Of Delaware Iha
capital stock is to be divided into z
100000 shares at a par value # -
each.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
A FRIEND, THE BEST FORTUNE

Prayer Meeting Topis of the Young
Peoples Societies-Christian En-
deavOr, etc.-for September IL.
'Friendships That Are Worth
Forming: Making Them, Keeping
Them" Prov. 27:5, 6, 9, 10. ii, Il,
10,
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
In The Religious World
\ VICTOR WITH THE BLUES.

The International Sunday School Les
son for September ~ is "Ehjah's
Flight and Rcturn."-I Kings CHI.
10.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07

FOR SAL E-FANCY tKiM
clover, high in germinaroi
purity, $3.50 per bushel
Asheville. L. r. StrickieF
man, Asheville, \. c.
9-7-14
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
. ACCIDENTALLY

BROTHER - ACCIDENTAL -
covered root cures tobacco
and indigestion. Gladly SEN
ticulars. p. f. Stokes
Fla.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
QUARANTINE OFFICERS
WARNED OF CHOLERA
(By the Associated Pres

Washington, Sept Sr-e'n
General Blue Of the public heatth
vice has instructed quarantine
at immigrant ports to watch it'i &c
from Greece, Italy and Holara f''
active cases Of cholera IT 0h +"
carriers.
Cholera was reported in tn Z
camps Of Germany in 23 locailte y
Of which was traCeable, il IS re
to the seat Of war in the east
sation Of hostilities in Europe
health authorities, believe,
require greatly increased VlslI,ti.'
American quarantine officials
Mrs. Julia A. Kingman, aged
Everett, Mass, celebrated her -.
day by winning the first prIzf
whist party at her home. lht
woman has won seven such prl1'
the last year. She has preseh
the Whidden Memorial HoSpltai
quilts of her own manufacture
of which~is composed Of 3, ~
of silk, and all made within
wear.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

War which transforms noble cathe-
drals into shapeless masses of broken
stone, which spoils the. farmers In
nocent fields with trenches full CT
burrowing human beings bent on
blowing each other to pieces. which
turns kings palaces into barracks anf
gen;lemen's country houses into hos
pitals, makes its own uses also OF
places dedicated In time OF peace to
the amusement OF the populace. For
instance, 1t WAS in certain town
in the Auvergne that a number OF
German prisoners were lodged In the
hippodrome or circus. Some care was
taken to make things as comfortable
as possible for the involuntary In
mates. but the persons in charge re.
fused to remove a sign-thoughtfully
put up the previous year by humane
society. The sign said: BE good
to the animals"
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
ION new PRINCIPLE.
Windmill That Is Not at the
Mercy of the Wind.
Diagram Shows the Working Of the
Plan-complete Machine Can Be
Placed in Position at Small
Cost--Hich Power Made.

When the wind strikes a surface In
olined at an angle to the direction of
the wind the latter tends to displaee
the surface in a direction that de-
pends upon the degree of inclination.
Upon this well-known principle sail
boats. windmills and aeroplanes are
built When the wind comes in a
Numerically opposite direction--that
is to say, strikes the surface on the
other side--it tends TO displace it in
the opposite direction. It would
seem, then, TO be impossible so to
place a surface that il shall always
move In the same direction, no matter
whence the wind that moves it comes.
A French windmill maker has. how
ever succeeded in solving this appa-
rent paradox, and his device is de-
scribed in detail by r. villers in La
Nature. He makes a horizontal wind.
mill with perpendicular vanes and
axis revolyed by the vanes without
gearing.
The wind is utilized going and com.
inclined the power produced by this
strange windmill is quite high, and the
wind that reaches nine-tenths of the
wheels diameter is set to work. no
matter from what direction II is blow.
ing.
The firm that is making these mills
delivers one, complete. In France. with
mounting, pipes. pump. etc. for 600
francs, or about s120.
The wheel may be raised or lowered
on its axle by pulleys. and the upper
socket is self-lubricated from GOV.
cred tank of oil at the very top.
The turning wheel operates the
pumps through an eccentric at the
bottom OF the mast. This eccentric is
a most ingenious but simple device
for regulating the speed of the pump
according to the strength OF the
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
Mr.. BOWKER GAVE UP
Concluded He Didn't Need No
Vessel Prop'ty Anyhow"
Possibly Fact That He Had Already
Spent Almost Twice the Amount
He Was Enoeavorlne to Collect
May Have Induced Him.

When Capt John Haskell left the
schooner Maria. fifty-six years old. but
still able to anchor off Lincolnville
Beach, Maine. while he went home to
Owls Head for Easter, he owed Eb-
enezer Bowker. ship chandler. $26 for
supplies. But 1t didn't worry Eb-
enezer any. Captain John had been
trading with him Tor more than 80
years and had always paid his bills to
the last cent. And 1t would have been
all right had Captain John come back
but he didn't; he died OF pneumonia
a few days after reaching home.
After trying vainly to ind someone
who felt like paying the bin for stores,
Bowker got out an attachment. He
hired a Belfast lawyer to draw the pa
pers and got Constable Seth Pease to
serve them.
Next morning when Mr.. Bowker got
to the store he found Constable Pease
sitting on the steps waiting for him
with the information that the Maria
had dragged her anchor In the night
and was aground two miles down the
beach. and just over the line into
Knox county, where he Constable
Pease) amt got no jur-is-dic=shun."
This made 1T necessary TO go to Cam
den and get new set OF papers. While
the legal arrangements were being
made a southerner came along and
took the ancient coaster over to Isles
boro. back into Waldo county. An
other revamping OF the papers waa
then necessary. and Constable Pease
went over to Islesboro. only to find
that some fishermen, having found the
Maria adrift. made sail on her and
took her TO Stonington. Deer Isle.
which is In Hancock county.
II Mr.. Bowker had foreseen all this
trouble he would never have bothered
about HI s2e. but nov that he had paid
out $3.50 in legal expenses. and been
''joshed" by the entire community for
his inability TO catch an old tub like
the Maria, his dander was up and he
swore that he would get the old crit
ter II he had to send for the United
States navy to help. He got some moro
req tape uUHouHG 10 III tue ElAUtolA
county necessities. and employed a
constable at Stoningtc- to serve the
papers. After a day or two word came
back that a nephew OF the deceased
skipper, who had been working In the
quarries, had settled with the fisher
men who broughs the Maria 10 port
and taken possession OF the old tub IN
the name of the rightful heirs OF Cap
tain Haskell. and had sailed two hours
before the constable arrived. bound
to some port TO the wes.'ard."
Upon receipt Of this news Mr. Bow
ker gritted his teeth and looked over
his expense account He had paid out
nearly $40 IN vain attempt to col
lect s2s. Then, with energetic strokes
OF a spattering stub pen be crossed
the account of his books. saying:
let the burned old sled go TO Chiny
Z she wants 10. She needs calkin'. n
some new plankin'. n new deck
frames, tar n pitch. new main staBdin'
rfggin', n few sails n new runnin'
riggin', sides. q new foremast Shed
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

I made an awful break yesterday ~
said the fellow who Is known as Q
tightwad.
That Is unusual for you. How did
II happenG" asked the man In whom
he vas about 10 eonfide
Il met Lulu in front OF an ice cram
parlor. and I told her that her lSe
were like strawberries. She said the
only way 10 prove II was by making
the comparison. 80 had 70 biou her
10 q strawberry snndaa."
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

The sick rate In Russia has de
creased since the war began. Part OF
the improvement-do the great
er parts due y tho passing OF
vodka. but something must be said for
the curious way In which the human
frame reacts to excitement and de
yelops resistance to disease under the
stimulus OF strong interests or emo
tions.
The refugees from San Francisco
for example. had not been devotees oi
vodka. but they showed a wonderful
health record during their period OF
enforced open-air life and short com
mons.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

| The fact brought out by DR.. William
c. Woodward. health officer of Wash
ington, ID. c., before a Negro health
conference in New Orleans, that the
high death rate among Negroes is not
wholly due TO hygienic conditions, but
to racial ones as well. serves only to
increase the concern with which the
entire subject is being viewed. The
Negroes, according to this authority,
are, for physical and racial reasons,
not so well prepared as the whites
for the conditions of climate and mode
of life in this country. To add the
handicap of the raeially unfit to the al
ready heavy burden shouldered by the
Negro is to increase the load of re-
sponsibility for the white man.
When Houston. Atlanta, New Or
leans and other large southern cities
began to investigate the sanitary and
living conditions In their Negro quar-
ters recently the communities were
shocked at the revelation. In a state
of segregation the thing would have
DCCn Ddd CAOubn. P0l NOAoA C4 hAASN~t
cooks and servants of the white peo-
pie lived amid these conditions and
came daily from them to wash, dress
and nurse the children of white peo-
pie. serve their meals and clean their
houses. This fact. needless to say,
struck residents of those cities with
considerable force.
Protests had been made to the CEN
sus bureau for not separating the
whites and blacks in the mortality
figures for southern cities, the con-
tention being that the high rate was
unfair to charge against the white
people. But after the first flush OF in
dignation wore away and people gave
the subject sober second thought 1t
was realized that perhaps the white
people were in part responsible for the
high death rate among Negroes, In.
asmuch as they had done little or moth
ing to decrease the figure.
The determined effort on the part of
the white man to know in broader
terms the life of the southern Negro
has been remarked by DIR. w. ID.
Weatherford of the international com
mittee of the Y. NJ. c. A. This is
no morbid curiosity" he said at Mem
phis last spring. nor is 1t passing
fad. There are fewer magazine ar
ticles, perhaps, and less agitation, but
a book written by a southern woman
passed the 10000 mark within eight
cen months after its publication,
which is a marvellous sale for any
book dealing with social problem.
| make bold to say that there have
been more volumes on the Negro read
by southern whites in the last five
years than were read In all the so
years preceding"
This same authority cited also the
determination by the best element in
the South TO share in the religious
and social Improvement of the Negro
race. Farm demonstration agents
are helping from one to a dozen Ne
groes to become better farmers. Coun-
ty superintendents throughout the
South are holding institutes for col
ored people with much thoroughness
and enthusiasm and visiting Negro
schools as never before.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
He Would Not corrupt Him.

Edmund had Just begun to attend
the public school, and had found a new
friend. a child OF whom Edmund'a
mother had never heard. Who is
this Walter?" she asked. rs he @
nice little boy?"
Yes. ma'am. he isl" replied Ed
mund, enthusiastically.
Does he say any naughty words p
pursued his mother.
No." with emphasis. "and I'm not
going TO teach him anyl"-Youth'f
Companion.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
= 2
Kitchen caIisthenics.

You ought to take a little exer-
else every morning before breakfast,
Jobson."
'Um. What scrt?"
"Oh, dumb bells or Indian clubs. I"
That's out OF the question"
'sNonsensel It's sheer Iaziness on
your part. Get up, go through few
brisk movements and then sit down to
Jour breakfast"
That's exactly what do. I cook
my own breakfast while Mrs. Jobson
sleeps"
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
No TIme.

'Isnt Il strange that Mrs. Robin-
son never attends the Mothers club
meetings. weve Invited her time anc
again
I'm afraid she's hopes-ss old fogy.
She insists on staying home 70 take
care OF her children"
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NGS

e. Julius Williams writes in the Bir.
mingham (Ala.) Age-Herald as fol
lows
In the message sent out by the
governor of our great state, he said
Let US save the white boy and girl
by stamping out ignorance Did he
mean that we infer that he meant, to
not overlook the fact that their saliva
tion depended largely upon the extent
of consideration given 100000 Ne
groes of school age in this state?
Two races cannot live in the same
state, under the same law, enjoying
the same pursuits of happiness and
life. IL one races interests are ad-
vanced at the sacrifice of the other.
Our state superintendent of educa-
tion has not as yet found time to say
much in behalf of the Negro children.
Our county superintendents have
not spoken out in loud tones; maybe
after while they will be heard from.
when we think of it, we are not
pleasantly reminded; the education of
my people started at the head but not
at the foot, because 1t is at the bot
tom of life's ladder one must begin
life's journey. We were first taught
to make a living. when our first les
son should have been TO make life. "
Here is the remarkably practical
and workable suggestion of this man
who so feelingly writes of his race.
This matter should come to the at
tention of every man. woman and child
in the state:
IF in every home where my people
are employed as servants they are CIV
en- one-half hour-even a quarter of
an hour-each day by the third or
fourth grade child in that home teach
ing these servants to spell, read and
write their own names, what a great
school we would have through this
medium for the Negro, and how much
1t would mean to your children. Many
of the cooks live in the yard and not
a few have children. In spite of all you
do, your children will learn from them
by association.
What is true of your cook and chill
dren is true of your washerwoman and
children, nurse and children, your
driver and children, and even the men,
women and children of my race that
pass your home. Your children going
on the street TO and fro from school
in this way form habits through obser-
walton.
viii 1t pay? VIII ii be worth while
striking out ignorance among the 400,-
600 In our state?
I'VE need more laws of human kind
ness and less laws of civil punish
ment."
We cannot but realize the justice of
this mans plea; we know when the
Negro woman has been properly edu-
Gated, as is being done in a compare
lively small way by the institutions of
learning for the Negro in this state;
the tired mother may not be subject
ed to the diet of underdone or over
done food, the child will not so often
be the victim of disease and careless
nursing, through the companionship
of an ignorant nurse maid
Because the South still considers the
Negro In the light of a domestic ne
cessity. the occupation of house serv-
ant becomes their vocation. If we
desire efficiency In our Negro help we
must at least grant them education
along the lines of work they have been
placed in.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

The windmill with horizontal wheel
on It's mast. At the top Is the reeepts-
Gle for oil, protected from the weather
by a hood. Below Is seen the variable
eccentric that transmits the power 70
the pump.
wind AS the wind increases. the &c.
centricity increases automatically. SO
that when the wind is high the pump
works at great speed and quickly fills
large reservoirs.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
lin. RsnDIrsd-

How long does It take yoa 60 &c
fishlnK7"
Well. II you consider the time Z
actually nah. II takes only n few hours-
But II you count IN the time I con.
sumo waiting for conditions 20 be insk
right and arranging for bait. IL takes
several wseksr
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

A woman mounted the steps OF the
elevated station carrying an umbrella
Ike reversed saber. An attendant
touched her lightly. saying:
Excuse me. madam. but you are
likely to put out the eye OF the man
behind you"
Hes my husbandl" abe snapped
calmly.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
Raw Material.

Did you hear about Scribbier7
The police caught him walking out
Of a hotel writing room with about ten
dollars worth of the hotel stationery
under his coat"
What did he have to say for him.
self"
Said he was gathering material for
a novel"
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

Maud said 10 Jack that wasn't
going to return his ring uhtil got
one from another man.
Ethei--He told me he never expect
ed 10 get IL back.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

rs that fuiurist music you're play.
ing7s inquired hubby as his wife
pumped the pianola.
NO. dear: it's Home. Sweet Home.
but think Bobby has been using IL
as a target for his air rife"
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
A consoIIno Thought.

'Dubkins is a great comfort to me-"
Il don't see how you can say that.
He's the most tiresome chump have
ever met"
That's just 1t. Although | don't
amount to much, it's true, every time
/ look at Dubkins / feel that ] could
amount to less.'
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

Biggs-There goes stonyfellow, the
multimillionaire. He's a self-made
man.
Mrs. Biggs--Well. anyone can see at
glance that he isn't tailor-made.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06
RanlnnIna Of the End.

She (rapturousiyl--Ah. how nice II
must be TO wake up and find yourself
famonsl How | wish had name.
He (timidly)-weil. er--that's easy.
How would mine suit your
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

The fifteenth anniversary of the
founding of the Negro Business league,
of which Booker 7. Washington is
president, will be celebrated in Boston
August is to 20. The organization
was formed for the discussion and So
luton of business and economic prob
lens peculiar to the Negro race The
coming sessions will be devoted to a
consideration of the progress made
since 1900 and to practical suggestions
for new business methods and for gen
eral cooperation.
According to figures compiled by
the league, since 1900 the number of
Negro business enterprises in the
country has increased from 10000 to
$4,000; the number of Negro banks
from 2 to 81; the number of drug
stores from 250 to sos; Negro-owned
undertaking establishments from $50
to 1000; wholesale businesses from
149 to 240; retail stores from 10000
to 5000.
: Since the organization OF the
league, as revealed by the federal
census for 1910. farm property owned
by Negroes has increased 1T per
cent in value-from s177,404,6s8 to
1892, 2,S92,21S. The value of domestic
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

The upto-date var correspondents
never falls to work IN the word "im-
brogllo."
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

Lawyer-Did the defendant go home
in the interim?
Witness--Naw, he didn't. He went
t0 the horsepital in q ambulance.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

Many public bequests are contained
in the viii of William H. swasey Of
Newburyport, which was flied at
Salem. Among them is one Of $4,000
TO the Tuskegee ~r~~saal and Industrial
school
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

animals from sS5.216,337 to sf77,273,-
7S5, or 107 per cent; poultry from
s3,7Ss.792 to $5.113,756, or 36 per cent;
implements and machinery from $751;
5S6.225 to $36,S61, Alb, or ss per cent;
land and buildings from $50, 9,636.420
to s273, 3,501 ,665, or 293 per cent.
Officers of several affiliated organ
izations, among which are the Ma
tional Negro Press association, the
National Negro Bankers association,
the National Negro Funeral Directors
association, the National Negro Bar
association and the National Associa-
tion of Negro Insurance Men, will tell
the members of the league the re-
suits attained In their several lines.
Besides the business meetings social
program is being arranged.
A special train viii carry the South
ern members Of the league to Boston,
and arrangements are being made for
other trains to bring delegates from
Chicago and further. west. Emmett
j. Scott of Tuskegee, Ala, is In charge
of these details.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

The amount of whisky distilled in
Kentucky fell of two-thirds last year.
the decrease in Pennsylvania was 33
per cent and that in Maryland more
than 40 per cent. Prohibitionists say
that since whisky is kept from four
to eight years before consumption, a
corresponding decrease in usage IL
expected in that length of time
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

What We look for in friends 10 con
genlaiity, not character.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

The list of the British and Foreign
Bible society at the present time in
cludes versions in 456 tongues-the
complete Bible in 112 languages, the
New Testament in Ill more, and at
least one book of Scripture in 233 9TH
er languages.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

Lips are seldom as red as they are
painted.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

only be q bill of expense. n don't
need no vessel prop'ty anyhow"-New
York World.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

Cape Cod, the peninsula of Massa-
chusetts, is no longer cape. 1t has
been made an island by the compile
tion of the Cape Cod canal
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

Fire losses and the expense of fire
prevention cost the United States more
each year than the total value of its
production OF gold, silver. copper and
petroleum.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

A Paris scientist is trying to collec
phonograph records of all forms o.
speech.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

With English engineers doing the
work, the Russian city of Baku will OBJ
tain a new water supply from noun
tains 120 miles distant.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-08-06

wounded soldier who was oper
ated on In Paris was found to have
suffered from 68 separate wounds
Most of them were from bullets and
pieces of shell. A remarkable fact Il
that the man will probably recover.