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WOMAN IN JAIL ON MURDER CHARGE LIFTING LIFT T $2.00 a Year— State Historical Society MISSISSIPPI LYNCHING BRINGS WIRE TO PRES. COOLIDGE Advancement Association Contrasts New York Lindbergh Day Triumph With "Degenerate Barbarians" New York City—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth avenue, telegraphed June 14, President Coolidge, calling to his attention that on the very day New York and the nation were celebrating Charles Lindbergh's and America's triumph before the world in aviation, a crowd of "degenerate barbarians" in Mississippi tied two Negroes charged with murder to a telephone pole, saturated them with gasoline and burned them alive, humiliating this country before all civilization. The as yet unpunished lynching of Aiken, S.C., is also cited as justifying the plea that the president demand a federal anti-lynching law at the next session of Congress. The telegram to President Coolidge, signed by James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is as follows: "On the very day that millions of people in New York City were celebrating a feat of courage, skill, sagacity and scientific forethought, which has added luster to the name of America throughout the civilized world, a crowd of degenerate barbarians in the state of Mississippi tied two human beings to a telephone pole, saturated them with gasoline and burned them alive, thereby besemirching the name of this land wherever civilization is known. The victims of the Mississippi mob, the second and third respectively to be publicly murdered by unpunished mobs in that state this year, were Negroes deprived of any semblance of due process of law. It is safe to say that in no spot on earth except the Southern states of America, in particular the state of Mississippi, would such a degenerate and bestial violation of all decent human instincts as the burning alive of two human beings accused of murder, be tolerated. The occurrence of this mob crime on the very day that New York and the nation were acclaiming Charles A. Lindbergh's feat adds weight to the demand for a federal law to extend the power of the nation to the backward, ignorant and brutal communities in which neither human life nor the Constitution nor the good name of the United States is respected. May we again call to your attention at this time the mob murder in Aiken, S. C., of a colored woman and two colored men, of whom one had been declared innocent in court, new trial ordered for the other two by that state supreme court. This mob murder is as yet unpunished and the mob murderers go unmolested and flaunt their guilt. "In the name not only of the colored citizens of the United States, but of all the citizens with any pretense to respect for the honor of their native land, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urges you to demand of Congress at its next session the prompt enactment of a federal antilynching law." WEST AFRICA NEEDS SCHOOLS Washington, D. C.—Although on the Gold Coast of West Africa alone there is a school population conservatively estimated at 300,000, fewer than 40,000 can be taken care of at present. Conditions on the Ivory Coast are even worse. OPPOSE HOSPITAL Kansas City, Mo.-The Linwood Improvement association, which led a fight to prevent colored persons from living in white neighborhoods, renewed its activities when its members filed a vigorous protest against the proposed location of the new colored hospital at Twenty-sixth street and Michigan avenue. THE MONITOR MOB VICTIMS BRING SUITS FOR DAMAGES Two Men Were Hunted by Lynchers Following Girls' False Charge Against Negroes, Bring Coffeyville, Kansas — Close after the arrest of a white man and a white girl for conspiracy to incite race riot growing out of the riot which occurred in this city several months ago, additional damages suits have been filed by colored persons who were victimized by the rioters. The latest suits were filed recently by Curtis Smith, barber, and Vanges Harden, who were both held as suspects in connection with the attack which the whites charged three Negroes committed on two white high school girls resulting in the riot March 17. Held as Suspects Smith filed claim with the city commission asking $500 damages for injuries he says he received when forced to crawl through the rafters of the cupola of the city hall to escape the infuriated mob. Harden, who is 16 years old, was also taken into custody in connection with the attack when bloodhounds led officers to the Harden home, where Smith, Vanges Harden and his brother were found, also filed a damage suit through his mother. Made Nervous Wreck The boy's moth if charges his son had been ill before he was taken from home by the officers and that as a result of his experiences he is a nervous wreck. She asks $6,500. The two claims bring the total damages asked as a result of the mob to $80,425. The city commission Tuesday placed on first reading a series of ordinances carrying penalties for overt acts on the part of citizens or groups of citizens in a time of public unrest. ANOTHER ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH COFFEYVILLE RIOT Coffeyville, Kansas—The third arrest to be made in connection with the race riot which took place here March 18, occurred last Saturday when Frank Attebury, a white shoe salesman of Independence, Kansas, was taken into custody by police. Attebury is being held with Julia Mooney, 19-year-old white high school girl and Ira Kennedy, 30-year-old white automobile salesman of Wichita, Kans., on a charge of complicity in a purported attack on two white girls by three colored youths March 17. ANTHONY OVERTON AWARDED 1927 SPINGARN MEDAL Capitalist Wins Honor Through Success in Long Business Career. Heads Powerful Financial Institution New York, N. Y.—The coveted Spingarn medal, which is awarded each year to the colored American adjudged to have accomplished the most outstanding achievement, has been awarded to Anthony Overton, organizer and capitalist, according to an announcement made by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People recently. Mr. Overton is the first business man to have received the Spingarn medal, the others being composers, artists, authors, educators and a social worker. The outstanding work of the now powerful capitalist was in distinguishing himself in the recent movement of Negroes for economical freedom, which has resulted in the rise of powerful industrial and financial concerns among the race. His success in a long business career and the crowning achievement of securing the admission of the Victory Life Insurance company to do insurance business under the rigid requirements of the State of New York. The Victory Life Insurance company was the first race insurance company to be permitted to operate in New York. At the present time Mr. Overton is president of the Victory Life Insurance company and Douglass Na- OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1927 EDITORIAL Since the fight for the eminent, since we once had them, our Public schools is to be relentless tinued until victory is won, it is instructive to recall the story of one of our first colored teacher in 1893 opposition then came from and what it has come during the past intendent of Education, Mr. A. Education were favorable and the accomplishment. The oppositorough, principal of the Norma hardest to prevent the applicant. In 1893 Miss Lucinda W. Central High school and present admission to the normal class. Suade her from taking the exam would be a waste of time and being because "no colored girl weing in Omaha." Miss Gamble permitted to take the examinaday's examinations Mrs. Sudbor Gamble continue the examination of the School Board as to the weing class and the possibility of provided she were successful in The president was Jonatherviewed him. He said: "By The question of appointment we don't see why Mrs. Sudborough any objection to your entering the same privileges as are the one so go back and take the exam training school, and if you are she the matter of your appointment sidered." Miss Gamble was successful took the two years' normal course diploma and certificate and filiement. A committee of colored clate W. R. Gamble, E. R. Overa Collins and M. O. Ricketts; and mitt, Alphonso Wilson and other on the Board of Education and able had qualified that she be a public schools. The writer was to the board. Superintendent Marble fran reasonable and right and that point of teachers upon the was concerned the committee application would be fairly consord board gave like assurances. The about it. At the regular election of pointed, and taught for six year without friction, first at the Doo until the time of her marriage a mer pupils being successful busier her most kindly. In June, 1901, Miss Eula from the Normal School at Pension as the second colored teach successfully for nine years, one years at Mason and six at Co pupils, too, being prominent man speak of her in highest terms, when she became the wife of D. It may be noted, in passing children taught by either of the children, but children of all girl teachers, they were highly esteemed. For fifteen consecutive yeone colored teacher on her co died they doubtless would have precedent having been set, no progressive cities, the number of applicants, however, having pears, the door was shut, and if door would be kept shut and be still some men and women in and fair play and who are deter to be opened and kept open for to teach. Other doors of opportunity tinue to qualify and not lose her by those who claim "there will youth to follow the calling or paired. Prepare and persevere. right for the employment, or rather because had them, of colored teachers, was to be relentlessly and uncompetitive is won, it may not be unintelligible the story of the efforts for the trained teacher in 1895, thirty-two years, came from an entirely different time during the past seven years. The education, Mr. A. P. Marble, and the favorable and the task was there present. The opposition was from M. Palal of the Normal Training Class, sent the applicant qualifying for the Miss Lucinda W. Gamble was girl school and presented herself for the normal class. Mrs. Sudborough, taking the examination, advised of time and effort for her to no colored girl would have any class. Miss Gamble, however, insisted like the examination. At the elections Mrs. Sudborough insisted that the examination she should send the possibility of her being permitted was Jonathan Edwards. Mr. He said: "By all means take the appointment will be a later course. Sudborough should send you to enter the class. You begins as are the other young ladies and take the examinations for act and if you are successful, when your appointment with that of other people was successful in the entrance years' normal course, and in due time certificate and filed her application. Free of colored citizens, among white, E. R. Overall, George F. Fr. O. Ricketts; and M. F. Singleton, Wilson and others, who still survive of Education and requested that she be appointed as a teacher. The writer was chosen to preside Marble frankly stated that he right and that personally he teachers upon their merit and that the committee could rest assured be fairly considered. The principal assurances. There was no "pass" regular election of teachers Miss Gough taught for six years acceptably, so, first at the Dodge school and then of her marriage in June, 1901, many successful business men of today kindly. 1901, Miss Eulalia Overall, have local School at Peru, was elected to and colored teacher, and taught for nine years, one as a supply teacher and six at Columbian, many prominent men and women on highest terms. She resigned on the wife of Dr. L. E. Britt. noted, in passing, that comparison by either of these young women children of all groups, and that, where highly esteemed by their predecessive years, then, Omaha teacher on her corps. Had they notless would have been teaching been set, no doubt by this times, the number would have been ever, having presented themselves was shut, and if some could have kept shut and barred; but thanked and women in Omaha with a sword who are determined that door and kept open for those who quarrels of opportunity will also be open and not lose heart or courage or claim "there will be no chance by the calling or avocation for wife and persevere. Since the fight for the employment, or rather re-employment, since we once had them, of colored teachers in the Omaha Public schools is to be relentlessly and uncompromisingly continued until victory is won, it may not be uninteresting or uninstructive to recall the story of the efforts for the appointment of our first colored teacher in 1895, thirty-two years ago. The opposition then came from an entirely different quarter to what it has come during the past seven years. Then, the Superintendent of Education, Mr. A. P. Marble, and the Board of Education were favorable and the task was therefore quite easy of accomplishment. The opposition was from Mrs. Grace Sudborough, principal of the Normal Training Class, who tried her hardest to prevent the applicant qualifying for the position. In 1893 Miss Lucinda W. Gamble was graduated from Central High school and presented herself for examination for admission to the normal class. Mrs. Sudborough tried to dissuade her from taking the examination, advising her that it would be a waste of time and effort for her to take the training because "no colored girl would have any chance of teaching in Omaha." Miss Gamble, however, insisted upon being permitted to take the examination. At the close of her first day's examinations Mrs. Sudborough insisted that before Miss Gamble continue the examination she should see the President of the School Board as to the wisdom of her entering the training class and the possibility of her being permitted to teach provided she were successful in taking the prescribed course. The president was Jonathan Edwards. Miss Gamble interviewed him. He said: "By all means take the examination. The question of appointment will be a later consideration. I don't see why Mrs. Sudborough should send you to me or raise any objection to your entering the class. You're entitled to the same privileges as are the other young ladies of your class; so go back and take the examinations for admission to the training school, and if you are successful, when the time comes, the matter of your appointment with that of others will be considered." Miss Gamble was successful in the entrance examinations, took the two years' normal course, and in due time received her diploma and certificate and filed her application for appointment. A committee of colored citizens, among whom were the late W. R. Gamble, E. R. Overall, George F. Franklin, George Collins and M. O. Ricketts; and M. F. Singleton, T. J. Mahammitt, Alphonso Wilson and others, who still survive, then waited on the Board of Education and requested that since Miss Gamble had qualified that she be appointed as a teacher in the public schools. The writer was chosen to present the matter to the board. Superintendent Marble frankly stated that the request was reasonable and right and that personally he favored the appointment of teachers upon their merit and that so far as he was concerned the committee could rest assured that the application would be fairly considered. The president of the board gave like assurances. There was no "passing the buck" about it. At the regular election of teachers Miss Gamble was appointed, and taught for six years acceptably, successfully and without friction, first at the Dodge school and then at the Cass, until the time of her marriage in June, 1901, many of her former pupils being successful business men of today, who remember her most kindly. In June, 1901, Miss Eulalia Overall, having graduated from the Normal School at Peru, was elected without opposition as the second colored teacher, and taught acceptably and successfully for nine years, one as a supply teacher, for two years at Mason and six at Columbian, many of her former pupils, too, being prominent men and women of Omaha, who speak of her in highest terms. She resigned in June, 1910, when she became the wife of Dr. L. E. Britt. It may be noted, in passing, that comparatively few of the children taught by either of these young women were colored children, but children of all groups, and that, just like other teachers, they were highly esteemed by their pupils. For fifteen consecutive years, then, Omaha had at least one colored teacher on her corps. Had they not married or died they doubtless would have been teaching yet, and the precedent having been set, no doubt by this time, as in other progressive cities, the number would have been increased. No applicants, however, having presented themselves for several years, the door was shut, and if some could have their way the door would be kept shut and barred; but thank God, there are still some men and women in Omaha with a sense of justice and fair play and who are determined that door is again going to be opened and kept open for those who qualify themselves to teach. Other doors of opportunity will also be opened if we continue to qualify and not lose heart or courage or be discouraged by those who claim "there will be no chance for a colored" youth to follow the calling or avocation for which he is prepared. Prepare and persevere. Those who have won Spingarn medals in previous years are: Dr. E. Just, biologist, Howard; the late Col. Chas. E. Young, West Point U. S. military academy graduate and commander of the 10th U. S. Cavalry; Harry T. Burleigh, composer; W. E. B. Dubois, author; Charles E. Gilpin, actor; the late Mary B. Talbert, social worker; Prof. George W. Carver, chemist, Tuskegee; Roland Hayes, singer and composer, and Dr. Carter G. Woodson, historian. CENTURY OF HONEY RUINS FARM HOUSE Gomshall, England. — There's so much honey in the roof of a fifteenth century farm house here, called --- tional Bank of Chicago. Employment, or rather re-employ- colored teachers in the Omaha- only and uncompromisingly con- not be uninteresting or un- the efforts for the appointment 1895, thirty-two years ago. The entirely different quarter to seven years. Then, the Super- P. Marble, and the Board of the task was therefore quite easy tion was from Mrs. Grace Sudal Training Class, who tried her qualifying for the position. Gamble was graduated from her herself for examination for Mrs. Sudborough tried to dismination, advising her that it effort for her to take the train-uld have any chance of teach-however, insisted upon being ion. At the close of her firstough insisted that before Miss on she should see the President sodom of her entering the train-her being permitted to teach taking the prescribed course. An Edwards. Miss Gamble in- all means take the examination. I will be a later consideration. I should send you to me or raise the class. You're entitled to her young ladies of your class; minations for admission to the successful, when the time comes, with that of others will be con- in the entrance examinations, be, and in due time received her her application for appoint- citizens, among whom were the tall, George F. Franklin, George M. F. Singleton, T. J. Maham-ams, who still survive, then waited requested that since Miss Gam-appointed as a teacher in the chosen to present the matter awkly stated that the request was personally he favored the apir merit and that so far as he would rest assured that the apidered. The president of the there was no "passing the buck" teachers Miss Gamble was aprs acceptably, successfully and age school and then at the Cass, on June, 1901, many of her for-ness men of today, who remem- media Overall, having graduated you, was elected without oppositer, and taught acceptably and as a supply teacher, for two clumbian, many of her former men and women of Omaha, who She resigned in June, 1910, Mr. L. E. Britt. that comparatively few of the these young women were colored groups, and that, just like other named by their pupils. ars, then, Omaha had at least trips. Had they not married or have been teaching yet, and the doubt by this time, as in other would have been increased. No presented themselves for several some could have their way the curred; but thank God, there are Omaha with a sense of justice termed that door is again going for those who qualify themselves will also be opened if we con- or courage or be discouraged will be no chance for a colored" avocation for which he is pre- "Cole Kitchen Farm," that the ceiling of the room immediately underneath is giving way beneath the weight after 100 years service as a gigantic beehive. T. H. English, the owner, says nobody ever tried to get the honey because it would necessitate removing the roof. In the swarming season the place is smothered with bees. Hampton Institute, Va.—Farmers' community clubs in Virginia will within the next few days select delegates to send to the annual Hampton Farmers' Conference, June 28 and 29. Farmers and wives from Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and visitors from more distant states will participate in the program, to which they look forward annually. Coolidge Sends Greeting to Race Relations Conference Coolidge Sends Greeting to Race Relations Conference DER CH Coolidge Sends Race Relatio Expresses "High Regard for Most Valuable Work" of Advance-ment Association Indianapolis, Ind., June 22—President Coolidge has sent a warm letter of greeting to the eighteenth annual conference of the National Association of Colored People, which opens here tonight, and in his letter the president expressed his "high regard for the most valuable work" being done by the association. President Coolidge in his letter states that "your organization, including as it does able and sincere men and women—white as well as colored—has been most effective in its efforts to secure for your race the rights and privileges that are the common heritage of us all." In the letter transmitting President Coolidge's message of greeting, his secretary, Everett Sanders, states his gratification that the race relations conference is being held in his native state of Indiana and the hope that increased good will will be the result of its proceedings. President Coolidge's letter, which is addressed to James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is in full as follows: White House, Washington, D. C. June 8, 1927. "My dear Mr. Johnson: "It is always a pleasure to express my high regard for the most valuable work. Colleged deity by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and, I thank you for the opportunity of sending a message to be read at its eighteenth annual conference. "When we recall the history of the colored man in this country, the long period of his bondage—during which he established a record for industry and fidelity—when we consider his lack of educational and other opportunities for many years, we cannot but marvel at his advancement. It has been steady in the face of many discouragements. We find the colored man today not only an important factor in our industrial and agricultural development, but successful in business and showing skill in the professions and in the arts. That his achievements and standing in our communities will continue to increase BISHOP CLAIR SPEAKS HERE TUESDAY NIGHT The Rt. Rev. W. M. Clair, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, will deliver an address Tuesday night at Grove M. L. church, Twenty-second and Sevard streets, Rev. T. V. Oville, pastor. Bishop Clair has just returned from Africa and will speak on his observations there. A social hour, giving the public an opportunity to meet the bishop will follow the lecture and refreshments will be served. Public invited. There will be no admission charged but a free-will offering will be taken. Miss Rachel Rice left the city Saturday for St. Louis where she will spend the summer with her mother and brother. GROWING — THANK YOU Whole Number 622 CHARGE Greeting to ons Conference is certain. To that end he should receive every assistance that may be given. "I would like to repeat and em- phasize here what I said in my last annual message to Congress: 'The social well-being of our country requires our constant effort for the amelioration of race prejudice and the extension to all elements of equal opportunity and equal protection under the laws which are guaranteed by the Constitution. The federal government especially is charged with this obligation in behalf of the colored people of the nation. Not only their remarkable progress, their devotion to duty and their loyalty, but our duty to ourselves under our claim that we are an enlightened people requires us to use all our power to protect them from the crime of lynching. Although violence of this kind has very much decreased, while any of it remains we cannot justify neglecting to make every effort to eradicate it by law. 'The education of the colored race under government encouragement is proceeding successfully and ought to have continuing support. An increasing need exists for properly educated and trained medical skill to be devoted to the service of this race.' "Your organization, including as it does able and sincere men and women—white as well as colored—has been most effective in its efforts to secure for your race the rights and privileges that are the common heritage of us all. "My best wishes for the future. Very truly yours, (Signed) CALVIN COOLIDGE." In his letter transmitting the President's greeting, Mr. Sanders writes: "As an Indianian I should like to say that I am glad personally that this conference is to be held in my native state; and I am sure that the people of Indiana will welcome so auspicious an event. We shall look with interest to the addresses to be delivered by the distinguished guests of your conference; and we shall expect that great and mutual good will between the groups of our citizens will result from the interchange of views broadcast from our meetings." WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HUSBAND HELD FOR MURDER Mrs. Alma Wright, who it is alleged shot and killed her husband, Allus Wright, a Pullman porter, following a quarrel at their home, May 24, and was freed by a coroner's jury, has been rearessted and is held to the district court without bond on a charge of first degree murder. This is the case, as The Monitor readers will recall, in which it is alleged that some time after a quarrel at their home, Mrs. Wright took a revolver and went hunting for her husband, who had gone away from home, threatening to kill him, and intercepting him on Twenty-fourth street, shot him, killing him almost instantly. Inasmuch as there had been several similar homicides recently among Negroes and coroner's juries had freed persons accused a strong sentiment prevailed among the law abiding members of the race that the attention of the county attorney's office should be called to this apparent laxity where only Negroes were involved and cases of this character should be more rigidly investigated and prosecuted. This was done, with the result that County Attorney Beal ordered a further investigation of the Wright case. As a result of this investigation Mrs. Wright was rearrested on a charge of murder. She waived preliminary trial in police court last Friday morning and was bound over to the district court. Judge Ben Baker and N. W. Ware have been retained as her attorneys THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter, July 2, 1915 at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 8, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS Editor W. W. MOSLEY, Lincoln, Neb. Associate Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 PER YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. The postal regulations require that for newspapers to be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed for renewals. 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WILLIAMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 PER YEAR Advertising Rates Furnished Address, The Monitor, Post Office Telephone W AN IMPORTANT WORD The postal regulations are be sent through the mails so advance. A reasonable time renewals. At the expiration scriptions are not renewed, If this is not done, postal publication. Those, therefore, when The Monitor must see to it paid, as the law requires, in ing sent to all those who owe and unless your subscription to cut off your paper which to do. We, as publishers, MUU pay the penalty. "COMPANIONATE MARRIAGES" Some people, high in station and supposedly of sound mentality, are advocating nothing less than prostitution, although they call it by another high-sounding name, as a substitute for honorable marriage. They call it "companionate marriages." Such association between the sexes is not for the establishment of families, but for the gratification of sexual desires. As soon as this companionship becomes unsatisfactory to either party, each is at liberty to take up with some one else. If this be not a form, and a most vicious form, of prostitution, we do not know what it is. It is argued by a learned jurist, evidently laboring under a brainstorm, that out of such "companionate marriages," permanent homes may grow. Preposterous! No matter who advocates such a theory as this, it is vicious and immoral and will be spurned and rejected by all right-minded people. Honorable marriage, sanctioned by some ceremony, however simple or elaborate, and entered into or solemnized with an idea of permanence, the establishment of a home and the rearing of a family, has been considered by pagan and Christian as the very foundation and mainstay of the state and nation. The sanctity of the family cannot be too carefully guarded. It is endangered now by many evils, but nothing would more speedily hasten its destruction than the form of prostitution called "companionate marriage." Despite many things that may have a tendency to make one bitter, keep sweet and sunny and you'll win. Church Rev COURTS ARE BULWARK OF NEGRO, WRITES STOREY IN MESSAGE TO CONVENTION Indianapolis, Ind., June 23—Moorfield Storey, of Boston, former president of the American Bar association, and national president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in a message read at the opening mass meeting at the eighteenth annual conference here last night, called attention to two victories of the association won this year before the U. S. supreme court as evidencing the protection given to the Negro in the courts of the land. Mr. Storey, who was secretary to Senator Charles Sumner during reconstruction, could not make the journey from Boston to Indianapolis, because of his advanced age of 83 years, and sent a message to be read. "We have had fresh evidence this year," said the message, "that the principles on which our liberty rests will be upheld by our courts. The attempt of New Orleans and the supreme court of Louisiana to over rule the supreme court of the United States and maintain a segregation ordinance was a pitiful failure when its advocates came before the court. "The attempt of Texas to exclude the colored Democrats from Democratic caucuses failed as soon as it came to the bar of the supreme court and the door was opened so that colored voters can take part in the government under which they live, and now it is for them to use their power. Negroes Should Use Vote "Voters count. People who cannot or do not vote do not count in making the laws under which we live, and it is encouraging to see that some of the political contestants in the South are beginning to realize that the colored vote is a force which can be used and which is large enough to carry many elections. Sooner or later there will be white men as anxious to bring out and use the colored vote as they have been to suppress it." Aiken, S. C., "Plague Spot" Referring to lynching in the South and particularly to the lynching in Rev. John Albert Williams, Rector THE MONITOR Alken, S. C., Mr. Storey's message said: "The proud old state of South Carolina found its governor, its courts, its leading journals, powerless to enforce the law against a group of well known men in Aiken, who had murdered three Negroes charged with crime, of whom one had been acquitted, and two others were relieved from conviction by the supreme court and granted a new trial. The New York World, after investigation by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, day after day published the facts. The evidence was convincing. But the grand jury closed their ears and obstinately refused to indict the murderers. The country cannot tolerate plague spots like this and every man who values his country's honor must do all that is in him to end them." Aksa Protection of Negro in U.S. Criticizing the sending of fleets and soldiers to protect Americans abroad, while American Negroes are not safeguarded in their fundamental citizenship rights in their own country, Mr. Storey's message said: "Citizens whom the United States drafts into her armies, whom she taxes, on whom she imposes all the obligations of citizens, are certainly in their own homes entitled to protection against outrage. We are spending hundreds of millions and employing thousands of officers to punish men for selling, carrying or drinking liquor, beer and wine, and not a cent to punish men for cruel murder, not an officer to enforce the rights of twelve millions of American citizens. The president without consulting Congress and without power under the Constitution taxes us all and sends our soldiers as police to preserve order in Nicaragua, but finds no power to punish murder in our own states. "The Constitutional amendments won by four years of Civil War which secure the fundamental rights of our own citizens are treated as dead letters with the result that 86,341 votes elect eight representatives in the South while it takes 592,246 votes to elect the same number in the North. The white voter loses his own rights when he ceases to protect the rights of his colored brethren." Peonage Disclosed by Floods Mr. Storey in his message also alluded to the peonage conditions disclosed by the Mississippi river floods as existing on delta plantations: "The floods in the South have brought out how nearly slaves are the colored workers on Southern plantations," said the message. "These conditions cannot last. Our duty is to bring out the truth and make our fellow citizens realize what barbarism thrives under beneficient laws which we do not enforce. "Be of good cheer, my friends, and stand together, fight on in the courts and in public meetings. Look back on what we have won since 1865, and look forward with fresh courage to the future with assured faith that victory awaits us." The annual sermon for the Sir Knights and Daughters of Tabernacle was preached by Rev. H. W. Botts last Sunday afternoon at the Mount Zion Baptist church. There was a fair turnout of the order. Rev. Mr. Staar, an evangelist, has arrived in the city and began a series of revival meetings for Rev. M. C. Knight at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church Sunday. LINCOLN, NEB. Lebanon Lodge No. 3, A. F. A. M., held their St. John's services in their hall Sunday afternoon. Rev. I. B. Smith was the speaker. Only a slight attendance was on hand. Miss Agnes Thomas and Mr. Ray Holcomb were united in marriage last Saturday afternoon by Rev. M. C. Knight. Mrs. C. R. Johnson returned home Sunday from Parsons, Kansas, where she attended the annual session of the Heroines of Jericho. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold their picnic at Patrick's farm, three miles north on Twenty-sixth street Monday, June 27. Go out and have a joyous time. Henry Botts, jr., left Saturday night for Omaha where he joins Mr. H. L. Anderson, and leaving there Sunday morning for Nashville, Tenn., to attend the National B. Y. P. U. and Sunday School conventions. Mrs. Jennie Johnson is reported on the sick list this week. Miss Izetta Easley of Lincoln, and Mr. Cornelius M. Monroe of Kansas City, Mo., were united in marriage here Monday. Messrs. H. L. Anderson, grand secretary, and W. L. Seals, relief member of the Masons of Omaha, visited Lebanon Lodge No. 3 last Tuesday night. Painted Rocks Record Where Indians Played "Painted Rocks," in the Rio Grande national forest, record the recreation activities of Indians. Many moons before the white man invaded that part of Colorado the forest was the favorite play and hunting grounds of the Indians. Here they held their annual games in connection with their hunts. The forest is rich in Colorado history. Spaniards traversed the mountains more than 200 years ago; Fremont forced his way through, and ruins of his fortifications still are visible at Wagon Wheel gap. Adventurers, trappers and prospectors thronged the country, and old-timers will relate scores of thrilling stories to the auto tourist. The forest itself contains more than 1,000,000 acres and the granite back of the continental divide has jagged peaks and vast canyons as it bends and twists for 125 miles. Coffined in Coconut In Honolulu may be seen two coconut fire caskets, woven to represent in effigy King Liloa, who reigned over Hawaii in 1500 A. D., and his great-grandson, Lenol-kama kohiki. Inside the caskets are the bones of the kings. Such coconut fiber caskets, shaped somewhat like an Egyptian mummy case, are extremely rare. These were found in one of the ancient burial caves of Hawaii. The Hawaiians often secreted the bones of dead kings in inaccessible caves to prevent defilement by an enemy. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA --- 2116 North Twenty-fourth Street Webster 6014 Webster 6014 Special Prices to Churches and Lodges Open Early Open Evenings Telephone Your Order. Prompt Attention Vocalion, O. K. and Paramount Race Records Open evenings. Mail orders given special attention. 1803 North Twenty-ourth Street Ak-Sar-Ben Field~Omaha RUNNING RACES JUNE 1st to JULY 4th 29 DAYS RAIN OR SHINE Ladies Free~Tues. & Fri. Tips to Bosses Don't hire a man with light hair and blue eyes for an office job unless you're going to give him a great deal to do and a heap of credit for doing it. Men work harder if they think they are appreciated. Half an executive's job is to learn when and how to praise men under him. Most of our great students, philosophers and scientists have rather dark complexions. Most of our leaders, pioneers and executives have had a leaning toward light hair, eyes and skin. To reach people you have to approach them as friends, not as policemen or teachers. Golfer's Alibi On the St. Andrews links an enthusiastic player with a most irrescible temper was faced with a critical short putt. He addressed his ball, studied the line, steadied himself carefully, putted—and missed. Instinctively he glared round but the entire party might have been so many statues—not a caddie had moved, not a player had budged. His eyes roved the horizon in vain. No one outside the match was in sight. Then he gazed aloft, while breathless silence invested the scene. At last the explosion came: "D—n that lark!" Bees Dumb. Says Scientist Bees may be busy, but not bright, says J. B. Millet, a French scientist who has been investigating their efficiency in gathering honey. Experiments have proved to him that the buzzers are guided solely by odor, and they often pass by scentless flowers with stores of honey and go to those that have a sweet perfume and little sugar. He says that they even try to extract honey from perfumed artificial flowers. Eats Fruit Tree Pests The orchard oriole, sometimes called basket bird, is found in eastern North America, over the central plains, south to the gulf of Mexico. The tribe is of sufficient numbers, says Nature Magazine, to be useful to the agriculturist as a destroyer of injurious insects and their larvae, especially those affecting fruit trees. Spread of Education Compulsory education in the United States occurred first in Massachusetts. As far back as 1642 the selectmen were enjoined to compel parents to teach their children themselves or procure teaching for them. The following list shows the dates at which the several states enacted compulsory education: Massachusetts, 1852; District of Columbia, 1864; Vermont, 1867; New Hampshire, Michigan, Washington, 1871; Connecticut, New Mexico, 1872; Nevada, 1873; New York, Kansas, California, 1874; Maine, New Jersey, 1875; Wyoming, 1876; Ohio, 1877; Wisconsin, 1879; Rhode Island, Illinois, Dakotas, Montana, 1883; Minnesota, Nebraska, Idaho, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, 1885-1890; by 1908 almost all states. Ships and Tonnage Tonnage of a ship refers not to its weight, as is often supposed, but to its carrying capacity. The term originated in the time of King Henry VII of England, who introduced one of the first navigation acts of its kind in which the importation of Bordeaux wine in any vessels except those owned by the lieges was forbidden. The liquor was carried in huge barrels called tuns, and, since then, the cargo capacity of a ship has been measured by tunnage or tonnage, the modern term. In connection with war vessels, however, the word refers to the weight of water they displace, or their displacement tonnage, the common way of describing the weight of other ships. Advance Information Every trade has its stock of well-known yarns, but occasionally a new one does occur only, alas, in time to become a classic. A certain well-known newspaper man was holding forth to a group of writers among whom was a rather famous novelist. The journalist was saying that he had recently been engaged in revising the obituaries held in readiness by his paper. Turning to the novelist, he added jocelys: "Ive just been writing you up." But the novelist, apparently, had not been following very closely. Waking up with a start, he asked eagerly: "When is it going to be published?" Old Nick Old Nick is an ancient name for the devil derived from that of the Neck or Nikke, a river ocean god of the Scandinavian popular mythology. "British sailors," says Sir Walter Scott, poet and novelist, "who fear nothing else, confess their terrors for this terrible being, and believe him the author of almost all the various calamities to which the precarious life of a seaman is so continually exposed." Scott wrote this many years ago, and superstition has greatly decreased since then. Nothing Left Little Ted, five years old, was continually losing his pencils in school. Seldom an evening went by that he didn't come home in tears because he had lost his pencils again. To put an end to it, his mother wrote Ted's name on them one morning. That evening he came home weeping as usual. "What's wrong?" asked his mother. "They're gone again," stammered Ted through his tears; "name and all." "Buge" Don't Charge for It Science, we are informed, is coming to the aid of farming by doing a job for him formerly done only by a kind of bacteria. The job is to take the nitrogen out of the air and turn it into a nitrogen compound which can be used as fertilizer. The bacteria do a better job than that. They put it right on the roots of the plant and don't charge a cent.-Capper's Weekly. Ed. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust Building, JACKSON 2841 or Harney 2156. A. P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer. Large experience. Handles all law cases. 2810 North Twenty-second street. WEbster 4162. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitely, 2724 Miami street, entertained at dinner Tuesday in honor of their tenth wedding anniversary. Covers were laid for ten. A pleasant evening was spent bal all. Mr. T. H. Slater arrived in the city Monday from Atlanta, Ga., to visit relatives and friends for a month. She is the house guest of her niece. Mrs. Eva Peoples, 2707 Corby street. FOR J. E. McBRADY toilet preparations, call WE. 3025. Mrs. Emma Perkins of Los Angeles, Cal., arrived Monday and is the house guest of her sister, Miss Anna Holder, 2810 North Twenty-seventh street. The John H. Grant club met at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Wood, 3030 Pinkney street, Friday, June 17. Eight members and three visitors were present. Hostess served a delicious luncheon. FOR RENT—Furnished or unfurnished rooms. Near carline. Reasonable. WEbster 1053. Miss Goldie Wallace of Clinton, Ia., is the house guest of her aunt, Mrs. Frank Perkins, 2522 Burdette street. Emancipation dance at Roseland Gardens, Sixteenth and Douglas, Monday night, July 11. FOR RENT—Four complete rooms of furniture and plano for sale cheap. Party leaving town. Will rent the apartment. ATlantic 7237. Mr. Saybert C. Hanger will leave Saturday evening for St. Louis where his marriage to Miss Ione Williams, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth J. Williams, will take place Wednesday evening, June 29, at All Saints Episcopal church. Will share my nice apartment with responsible couple or single person. At. 7287. James Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Lee, 2417 Maple street, was graduated from the eighth grade at Lothrop school last Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Peebles entertained at a surprise birthday party in honor of their son William, at their home, 2906 North Twenty-fifth street, Saturday evening, June 18. "Bill," as he is called, was really surprised, and he and the thirty or more of the younger set spent a very happy evening. He was the recipient of many useful gifts. Miss Grace Dorsey, who is taking the summer course at the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln, Neb., spent the week-end here with her family, at their home, 3643 Parker street. FOR RENT—Two light housekeeping rooms or will rent separate. 3025 Pinkney street. Public installation of U. B. F.s and S. M. T.s Thursday evening, June 30, at 8:30 p. m., Masonic hall, Twenty-fourth and Parker streets. Public is invited. ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. Amos B. Madison has reopened offices at 2401 Patrick Ave. Phone Webster 4655.—4-T. M. --- Mrs. Ceasar Haywood, formerly of Omaha, Neb., now of Chicago, who has been visiting in Albright as the house guest of Mrs. Phil Alston, left for her home Saturday. Accompanying her home was Master Billie Vance, who will visit his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Richardson. FOR RENT — Light housekeeping rooms. Call Webster 2343—1t. A number of the friends of Miss Mae Crumbley and Mary Sampson attended a party given in honor of their graduation from the eighth grade at Howard Kennedy school at the home of Miss Crumbley, Twenty-eighth and Binney streets, Saturday evening, June. 15. A very pleasant evening was enjoyed by all. Miss Adele Johnson entertained at dinner Sunday in honor of Miss Bernice Fowler, who graduated from the Technical High school last week. Covers were laid for six. Miss Ora Whiteside, daughter of Mrs. J. Whiteside, 2875 Binney street, passed away Sunday morning after a lingering illness of several months. She was buried Wednesday afternoon from the Myer's funeral home. The Rev. Charles Trusty and O. W. Burkhart officiated. She is survived by her mother, two sisters and a brother and hosts of friends. Floral tributes were many and beautiful. Mrs. W. D. Gooden returned Tuesday from an extended trip to Nashville, and other points in Tennessee. The Woman's Auxiliary of St. Philip's church held a very pleasant meeting at the residence of Mrs. Charles Hicks, 2532 Maple street, last Thursday. This was the closing regular meeting for the season. The auxiliary will hold a meeting once a month at a park during the summer months. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Jones, formerly of Omaha, arrived Thursday from Denver, Colo., where they have been residing for several years, and are the house guests of Mrs. Jones' parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Middleton, 2122 North Twenty-sixth street, for an indefinite stay. HOWARD KENNEDY The following pupils were graduated from the eighth grade at the Howard Kennedy school last week: Helen Bradley, Izell Brooks, Lonzo Bryant, Mae Crumbley, Carlton Goodlett, Delmar Kirtley, Sellers Johnson, Hurdo Longmeyer, Lineal Peek, Mary Sampson, Gerald Shipherd, Pearl Wright and Gail Wright. The Monitor congratulates these pupils and hopes they will continue their work in our high schools. We would be glad to publish the names of pupils from other schools if they are sent in. CELESTINE SMITH GRADUATES Mr. and Mrs. John A. Smith entertained Omaha's younger set, their parents and a number of other friends at one of the prettiest and most delightful dancing parties ever given in Dreamland hall, Monday, June 20, in honor of their daughter, Celestine's graduation from eighth grade. Celestine is but 13 years of age and made a wonderful record at Lake school where she had the distance honor of leading her class with 12 A's and two B's. She wore a clever little dance frock of pale blue taffeta, the bodice fashioned on plain lines and the skirt made slightly bouffant, with flounce of taffeta and tulle, finished at the back with a large taffeta bow, the work and gift of her father. A number of out-of-town guests were present, among them Mrs. T. H. Slater of Atlanta, Ga., Celestine's aunt for whom she is named, who made the trip at this time to be present at the party. Celestine was the recipient of many beautiful and costly presents from a host of admiring friends. More than 200 guests attended. o'clock A. Mation, the courier and grant attate to Sherm suitable person element there B 3T-6-10-27 TWO MORE MEN ARE SHOT BY WOMEN ONE DIES: OTHER Mistaken identity led police Tuesday to record the death of the wrong wounded man and set the official machinery going Wednesday before the matter was straightened out. Roosevelt Williams, Negro, 512½ South Twelfth street, shot Saturday by his wife Mary, is recovering at St. Catherine's hospital. He was reported to have died Tuesday forenoon and his death was so recorded. But it was Louis Burton, alias Pat Patterson, alleged to have been shot by Mamie Hill, 2808 R street, who died Tuesday. A coroner's jury for Burton sat Wednesday afternoon. The jury recommended that Mamie Hill be held. She surrendered Wednesday afternoon and Thursday was held to district court on a manslaughter charge. CANCELLED LECTURE The Rev. John H. Grant received a wire Friday from Kelly Miller advising that he could not fill his lecture engagement at St. John's A. M. E. church, Wednesday night, June 22. SERVICES AT ST. PHILIP'S The services Sunday at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon will be as follows: Holy communion, 7:30 a. m.; Church school, 10; sung eucharist with sermon, 11; evensong, 8 o'clock. CENTRAL HIGH GRADUATES Among the graduates from Central High school who received their diplomas Saturday night at commencement were the Misses Helen Lancaster, Madeline Shipman and Mildred Gordon. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney Patterson Building PROBATE NOTICE IN THE MATTER of the estate of Nebraska, at the county court room, in said county, on the 21st day of July, 1927, and on the 21st day of Henry O. Wood, deceased: Notice is Hereby Given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the executrix of said estate, before me, county judge of Douglas county, September, 1927, at 9 o'clock, a. m., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 18th day of June, 1927. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4T—5-20-27 County Judge. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HENRIETTA WATTS CARRALL, DECEASED. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon her estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 2nd day of July, 1927, and that if they fail to appear at said court on the said 2nd day of July, 1927, at 9 Home Phone Web. 0248 o'clock A. M. to contest said petition, the court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to Sherman Yost or some other suitable person and proceed to a settlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 3T-6-10-27 County Judge. JOHN ADAMS, Atty. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WASHINGTON PRIDGETT, DECEASED. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 2nd day of July, 1927, and that if they fail to appear at said court on the said 2nd day of July, 1927, at 9 o'clock A. M. to contest said petition, the court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to Mattie Pridgett or some other suitable person and proceed to a settlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 3T-6-10-27 County Judge JESSE P. PALMER, Attorney NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SPENCER BURKE, DECEASED. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 9th day of July, 1927, and that if they fail to appear at said court on the said 9th day of July, 1927, at 9 o'clock, a. m., to contest said petition, the court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to SEYMOUR L. SMITH or some other suitable person and proceed to a settlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 3T—6-17-27 County Judge. W. G. MORGAN, Attorney IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MALCOLM WEAVER, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the county court room, in said county, on the 19th day of August, 1927, and on the 19th day of October, 1927, at 9 o'clock, a. m., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 16th day of July, 1927. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 3T—6-17-27 County Judge. Reid-Duffy PHARMACY FREE DELIVERY Phone Web. 0609 24th and Lake Streets and 24th and Cuming OMAHA, NEB. I. Levy DRUGGIST PRESCRIPTIONS Our SPECIALTY 24th & Decatur—We. 5082 PROBATE NOTICE NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SIE ABENATHY, DECEASED. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said court, praying for the probate of a certain instrument now on file in said court, purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 8th day of July, 1927, and that if they fail to appear at said court on the 8th day of July, 1927, at 9 o'clock, a. m., to contest the probate of said will, the court may allow and probate said will and grant administration of said estate to ANNA McDUFFY or some other suitable person, enter a decree of heirship, and proceed to a settlement thereof. 3T—6-17-27 County Judge. FOR RENT—Two rooms, furnished. Strictly modern. For two men. Tel. 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Buns and Weinnie Rolls and Sandwich Bread for the Picnic Hot days have come when cook, so for Saturday and have Potato Salad, Vegeta Mayonnaise, Thousand Virginia Baked Ham. Thull Pl 24th and So s have come when it is not so pl for Saturday and all next week toate Salad, Vegetable Salad, Bake rise, Thousand Island Dressing, ked Ham. ull Pharma 24th and Seward Streets Hot days have come when it is not so pleasant to cook, so for Saturday and all next week we will have Potato Salad, Vegetable Salad, Baked Beans, Mayonnaise, Thousand Island Dressing, and Virginia Baked Ham. Come in and See Our New ICELESS, SANITARY FOUNTAIN Installed to give you BETTER SERVICE! Free Delivery Furniture H Hartt Everything f 413-18-17 84 Delivery Webs Furniture Headquarters Iartman Everything for the Home 412-15-17 South 16th St. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska IN THE MATER OF THE ESTATE OF WALTER BELL, DECEASED. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 9th day of July, 1927, and that if they fail to appear at said court on the said 9th day of July, 1927, at 9 o'clock, a. m., to contest said petition, the court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to ADELINE BELL MOORE or some other suitable person and proceed to a settlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 3T—6-17-27 County Judge LINCOLN MARKET is still drawing crowds. There is a reason. Groceries and meats which please. 1406 No. 24th. Web. 1411 Family Service" s' and Gents' Wearing Household Furnishings LAUNDERING - - 4¢ per lb. - - 6¢ per lb. Dry—Family Finish —Blankets, Etc. SHERMAN AND CLEANERS Lake Street WE. 6055 Bakeries and Ames—1806 Farnam er and beautifully decorated. e Sunday dinner and supper. k Walnut Cake and Iced as you desire. in, Cherry, Raspberry—Pies n it is not so pleasant to d all next week we will table Salad, Baked Beans, island Dressing, and Viz- narmacy ward Streets Webster 2000 headquarters man's w the Home uth 16th St. PAGE THREE PAGE FOUR Kindness to Animals Trait of Portuguese The Portuguese are the only Latin nation that is kind to animals. For hundreds of years noble Arabian steeds were raised here and the Portuguese rider sits well in the saddle by second nature. The donkeys here are smaller than in other Latin countries, and the largest beast of burden is the ox. In Portugal this creature is a strong, red, well-cared for animal, with wide-spreading horns. The streets are full of yokes of oxen pulling carts with solid wheels bound fast to their axles. Since the axle is ungreased, a frightful squeaking announces the approach of these wagons, which can be heard a mile away. Oxen are particularly common in northern Portugal, where the yokes themselves are made of beautifully carved hardwood decorated with many colors. The wheels of these wagons bearing tremendous burdens, clatter on the streets of Oporto. I have never seen a driver maltreat his animals. In the country the cowherds guide their flocks with enormous bamboo staffs.-Roda Roda in Uhu Berlin (Living Age). Famous Charter Oak Honored by Funeral There is one instance on record in which a tree was given a funeral. It took place on an evening in 1856 in Hartford, Conn. Flags and mourning streamers covered the shattered stump of a tree on the hillside, while hundreds stood around with bared heads. Amid the crashing thunder of a fierce storm the mighty Charter oak had fallen and the entire state of Connecticut was honoring its passing. There is little of which this state is prouder than its ancient charter granted by Charles II, endowing the colony with liberties far exceeding those of the others. It was strange coincidence that this charter, which was hidden in an oak for safety's sake, bore the seal of a monarch who himself, years before had taken refuge in a tree of the same variety. Visitors to the State library at Hartford today may see a copy of the original charter, its frame containing fragments of the celebrated oak preserved under glass these many years —Grit. Subtle Rebuke Cupid has shown himself to be utterly indifferent to matters of state and messages of great moment. In 1777 James Wilkinson, who later became a general in the United States army, was an aldee to Gen. Horatio Gates and by him was sent to congress at Yorktown in Pennsylvania with the dispatches giving an account of the surrender of Gen. John Burgoyne and the British army at Saratoga. On the way Wilkinson stopped to spend a whole day with his sweet heart at Reading. When he finally delivered the dispatches and they were read in congress, a measure was introduced to reward the messenger who brought such pleasing news. Gov Samuel Adams thereupon, with grave and solemn face, moved that the young man be presented with a pair of spurs.—Kansas City Star. "The Marseillaise" "The Marsellaïlaise" has been, the French national anthem for over 100 years, since the time of the French revolution. In April, 1792, when a column of volunteers was about to leave Strassburg, the mayor of the city gave a banquet on the occasion and invited an officer of artillery. Rouge de Lisle, to compose a song in their honor. He wrote the words during the night, adapting the music from an oratorio, and the song was sung with enthulslasm the following day. The Army of the North took up the song, which was introduced to Paris by the Marsellaïlaise battalion and became known as the hymn of the Marsellaïlaise. Desolate by Winds There lies between Formosa and the coast of China a group of 21 islands interspersed with innumerable reefs and ledges, which are called the Pesadores islands. According to the investigations of certain geologists these islands have suffered in a remarkable manner from the northeast winds which blow with violence there during nine months of the year. The original area of the islands has been greatly reduced by erosion, and their surfaces are barren and desolate, so that the wind-whipped group forms a quast desert amid the green island world of southeastern Asia. Wild Wild-Animal Stories The story of two Idaho men who killed a mountain lion with rocks is not quite so good as the story of the African hunter who, unarmed, met a lion. He held the beast's mouth open until it starved to death.—Atchison Globe. And neither is quite so good as that of Baron Munchausen who meeting an angry bear, thrust his hand down its throat, grabbed it by the tail and jerked it inside out—Caper's Weekly. Toleration's Great Value Tolerance is the most lovable quality men and women can possess. Its vision enables them to see things from others' viewpoints. Its generosity concedes to others right to their own opinions. Its very bigness wishes others to be happy in their own way.—Grit. Child Training That Too much or too little affection of parents is equally harmful and both spoil character. The training that produces docile obedience spoils the child's native aggressiveness and leaves him to be easily beaten in the later competitions of life by minds superior only in their inner preparation. The authority of a parent is a responsibility rather than a privilege. Another risk assumed by parents, which is not so commonly understood, is that of hurting their children by affection. With human beings the love attitude may persist in such a way that the child never actually matures and comes to have a fully developed self-life, or indulgence heaped upon the child by the parent may spoil the zest of life and keep the child emotionally infantile. He may become fixed upon the parent so that he is essentially parasitic in his inner emotional cravings and cannot maintain normal relationships in business, social contacts or later family life if he ever attempts to establish a home of his own.—From "Social Problems of the Family" by Prof. Ernest R. Graves. Famous Brigade That Two reasons are given for the naming of the Orphan brigade of the Confederate army. Kentucky tried to be neutral when the Civil war broke out, but neutrality was violated and many Kentuckians decided to fight for the South. The famous Camp Boone was formed near the Kentucky line, a few miles north of Clarksville, Tenn. Fifty companies from 84 counties in Kentucky enlisted. These composed the larger part of the First Kentucky, better known as the Orphan brigade. One of the reasons why this command was called the Orphan brigade was because so many commanders were lost, either by reason of promotion or by death on the battlefield, says a contributor to the Pathfinder Magazine. Another is that the members were away from Kentucky during nearly all the time of their service and so cut off from communication with friends or family. Meal Time in China The Chinese consider the stomach the source of intellectual life, and therefore the fattest man goes for the wlesst one. They affect to believe that foreigners come to China to eat because they have not enough to eat at home. It is considered a mark of refined politeness to treat a guest or a visitor to a meal at any time of the day. For the most part only those who have families take their meals at home; the rest eat at hotels. They usually have two substantial meals a day—one an hour after getting up in the morning, the other between three and four o'clock in the afternoon. The well-to-do class take three or four meals a day. Often the father alone eats meat, while the rest of the family have to be satisfied with rice. Feeling Like a Lord I have a cottage in Colebrook row, Islington. A cottage, for it is detach'd; a white house, with six good rooms; the New river (rather elderly by this time) runs (if a moderate walking pace can be so termed) close to the foot of the house; and behind is a spacious garden, with vines (I assure you), pears, strawberries, parsnips, leeks, carrots, cabbages, to delight the heart of old Alcinous. You enter without passage into a cheerful dining room, all studded over and rough with old books, and above is a lightsome drawing room, three windows, full of choice prints. I feel like a great lord, never having had a house before.—From "Letters to Barton, 1823," by Charles Lamb. Wonderful Alpha Rays The Alpha rays from radioactive matter, it appears, consist of veritable atoms of matter projected at a speed averaging 6,000 miles a second. It is the great energy of motion of these swiftly expelled masses that gives rise to the heating effect of radium. Yet they do not go far. The swiftest alpha particle travels seven centimeters in air, under ordinary conditions, before it is stopped. But on its way it plunges straight through every molecule in its path, producing positively and negatively charged ions in the process. On an average, an alpha particle, before its career of violence is stopped, breaks up about 100,000 molecules.—Washington Star. His Own Religion I often wonder at religious men, they have such varying ideas on the subject. I was talking lately with a prominent man—one whose name is really a household word—and he said: "I was brought up in a religious family. I have chosen to accept religion in my own way, but never bother others with it. I have no desire to convert the world. I wouldn't give a d—n to convert anybody tomorrow." —E. W. Howe's Monthly. Wren's Sweet Song While Jenny Wren is incubating, her mate perches nearby, untrifling warbling his sweet song, says the Nature Magazine. After the young are hatched there is little rest for either of them. Caterpillars, beetles, bugs and spiders must be supplied in astonishing numbers all the time, until the youthful wrens are ready to help in the hunt. THE MONITOR Romance and Flowers In the development of gift-making in courtship a certain amount of romance centers around the flower. The flower is the gift of lovers, and in early Greek times a flower was worn as a sign of the engagement, the full-blossoming flower suggesting love awakened. The Polynesian men, as well as the women, wear flowers behind their ears when they are in love. The survival of another picturesque medieval custom centering around the flower is found in the bride's flower girls of today. In olden times these little girls, usually sisters, dressed exactly alike, carried garlands of wheat before the bride in the marriage procession as a symbol of fruitfulness and plenty. The very old and universally observed custom of throwing rice after the departing bride and bridegroom as a symbol of a fruitful union had its origin with the ancient Persians. Rice has always played an important part in the marriage ceremony of these people, while the wheat shower, expressing the same sentiment, was common among the early Anglo-Saxons, and certain other people employed corn. Another interesting tradition regarding the rice shower is that rice was thrown after the bride and bridegroom for the purpose of giving food to the evil spirits that were believed to accompany newly married people, and that it was to appease these spirits that rice throwing originated. Maui, one of the islands of the Hawaiian group, has for its motto the phrase "Maui no ka oi," meaning "Maui the First." The island authorities have just cited a number of historical facts in support of their b-st. Maui has Haleakala, largest extinct volcano crater in the world, the scene in 1823 of the first Christian funeral of a Hawaiian chieftain. The earliest island newspaper, as well as the first on the Pacific ocean, was published there in 1834. The paper was called Ka Lima Hawaii, meaning The Arm of Hawaii. David Malo, earliest Hawaiian historian, was a Maui man. The island also had the first telegraph line strung between Haku and Wailuku in 1878. The first Hawaiian wheat was planted at Makaawao, Maui, in 1845, and not long afterward the first potato plantation was started at Kula, where tubers were raised for the California gold miners. Normal air contains about 21 per cent of oxygen, says the United States bureau of mines. Man works best at this proportion of oxygen. A candle or oil flame will not burn in atmosphere containing less than approximately 16% per cent oxygen, yet man is sufficiently adaptable to get along fairly well in 17 per cent of oxygen. He will breathe a little faster and a little deeper. But most men cannot work in air with oxygen below 13 per cent, the point where an acetylene flame is extinguished by oxygen deficiency. In an atmosphere containing between 10 and 13 per cent oxygen, men become dizzy, pant, have a rapid heart beat, and often suffer from headache; 8 to 10 per cent usually produces unconsciousness and ultimately death. Lord Birkenhead recently boasted a lifelong devotion to cigar smoking, but he can hardly claim to have given more thought and time to his hobby than did Anthony Trollope, remarks the Manchester Guardian. Trollope, as soon as his income was large enough to stand the expense, had one entire wall of his library equipped with air-tight little bins fitted with sliding doors and numbered. These he kept filled with choice cigars, laid across and across like planks of timber, to get thoroughly seasoned. True to the Trollope tradition, he worked through the bins in methodical fashion, refilling each as it was emptied with special imports from Havana. Thus, he declared, he attained the most perfect smokes in the world. Porpoise's Fish Appetite The porpoise has a great appetite, is feeding constantly as opportunity offers and lives principally on fish, and scientists were able recently to get a clew to the number of fish a lively porpoise may eat when a giant porpoise was caught and 15,193 otoliths were found in its stomach. The otolith is the carbone of a fish, is very hard, supposed to be the last remnant of a fish that is reduced by the chemical process in the mammal's stomach, and the large number found may be far less than the number of fish served live and wiggling for the satisfaction of the porpoise. At any rate, it bids fair to hold first place as a fish eater. The Arabian Nights The author of the original Arabic work, and the period in which it was composed, is unknown. But the Arabian Nights, as it stands at present, is the work of many hands, and numerous references in the stories show that they were added at different times. The work was introduced into Europe from Syria, where it was obtained in the latter part of the Seventeenth century, by Antoine Galland, a French traveler. It was first translated and published by him between 1704 and 1717. Hawaiian Island Has Oxygen in Air Trollope's Cigars The last lines of "The Star-Spangled Banner" were written in a rowboat by Francis Scott Key and were not penned in the hold of a prison ship as the old school books taught. Legendary history was that Key was a prisoner of war while watching the British bombardment of Baltimore and Fort McHenry during the war of 1812. The correct story has been brought to light by the Woman's Home Companion, which shows that Key was permitted to go to the British flagship under a truce signal to obtain the release of a friend who had been taken prisoner, and arrived just as the enemy was ready to open fire. The young poet developed his verses during the anxiety of the night, but it was while returning to shore in a small boat the following morning that he wrote exultantly "Tis the Star-Spangled Banner. Oh! long may it wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Then the Fun Began A young university undergraduate had to present himself for an examination in which he was expected to read a short thesis on Greek tragedy. Knowing nothing of the subject, he asked the help of a friend, who was an expert. This gentleman wrote and gave him a masterly little treatise, of which the only fault lay in the penmanship. 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