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Webster 1250. 4t LODGE DIRECTORY Keystone Lodge. No. 4. K. of P . Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursdays of each month. M. H. Hazzard, C. C.; J. H. Glover, K. of R. and S. Ask the grocer, merchant, etc., with whom you trade: “Do you advertise in our paper, The Monitor?” All returned soldiers are requested to send their names and addresses to The Monitor office, 304 Crounse block. Smoke John Ruskin cigar. | EUREKA GARAGE ;j; ? Cars stored and repaired. * y Sundries supplied ;i; | 2411 N. 24th. Web. 182 | DR CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone W'eb. 4021 t . ... ... ... ...... . . ... . . . . ... ■ ■ ■ -i Res. Colfax 3831. Douglas 7150 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 13th and Farnam $ J. C. WHITESIDE & SON I Y 5623 South 30th St. •{• Y Full line of Groceries and Meats *:* y Prices right. Support of pub- .j! y lie desired. <• X South 3390. X A • -x-x~x~xx~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~> -x-X"T x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x | MRS. B. A. BOSTIC $ £ PORO SYSTEM $ y Hairdressing and Manicuring. 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In the spring of 1S64. a Wisconsin lumberman, by a brilliant ex ploit, saved the Red river fleet of the Mississippi squadron from de struction. He thereby incidentally af forded a capital illustration of that fertility of expedients and mechanical genius which chiefly distinguished the northern soldier In the Civil war from his southern opponent in arms. To thwart the intrigues of Napoleon in., who had sent a French army into Mexico, the federal government de sired to gain a strong military foot hold In Texas. To this end It was planned to send a Union army and fleet into Interior Texas by way of the Red river. Since the Red river was navigable only in the spring, as that season approached preparations were made for launching the cam paign. The army under General Banks, supported by Admiral Porter's fleet of gunboats, began the ascent of the river. But matters went badly for the Invading force almost from the beginning. The union leaders quar reled among themselves; the prepara tions made were Inadequate; much delay was encountered In establishing a civil government in Louisiana; worst of all, the Red river suddenly began to fall, when by all precedents It should have risen. Admiral Porter, fearful that his fleet would be caught Lieutenant Colonel Bailey. In the shallows, hurriedly descended the stream, and the army, deprived of its support and already savagely han dled by the opposing Confederate force, followed after. At Alexandria, in central Louisiana, the retreating federate found them selves face to face with a crisis. At this point the Bed river Is broken by a mile of rapids; the stream had fal len so quickly that the gunboats could no longer navigate this stretch of the channel. The stage of the water wns but three feet four Inches, whereas Sorter’s larger gunboats, with their heavy armament, drew at least seven feet. Here was indeed a desperate situa tion—the army far from Its source of supplies, in the midst of a hostile country, the victorious enemy pressing In hot pursuit, and the $2,000,000 fleet marooned by fulling water. It seemed to almost every one that the only course open was to blow up the vessels to prevent their falling Into the hands of the enemy. But not to every one, for a brave Wisconsin soldier had another Idea of the matter. Lieut. Col. Joseph Bai ley of the Fourth Wisconsin, who was serving at the time us acting engineer of the Nineteenth army corps, came forward with a plan for bringing the Ironclads to sufety. It was to raise the level of the water above the rap ids by constructing a great dam across the river. When a sufficient depth of water had accumulated he proposed to break the dam in the center, thus forcing the vessels with the outrushlng flood through the shallows and Into the deep water below. Before the war Colonel Builey had been a lumberman. ■BcaaagtaHv —WM—wm and had often seen this scheme em ployed In the Wisconsin pineries to | "lift" stranded rafts of logs to safety. The project was at first received with ridicule hy Colonel Bailey's superiors. It was declared Impossible of aehleve I ment by the best engineers In the army. Only General Franklin. Bai ley’s Immediate superior, offered any encouragement. But there was nothing else to be I done, and at length the Wisconsin I lumberman was dubiously granted j rtermlsslon to put Ins project to the ! proof. Ills first step was to requisi tion detachments of “pinery boys” from the 23d and 211th Wisconsin regi ments. who understood what was to be dene and how to go about It. In all, 3.000 men were employed In the enterprise. Brawny lumberjacks from Maine vied with those from Wis j cousin in prosecuting the work; eateh j Ing the spirit of these instructors, sol diers who had never seen a log-raft also worked with a will. Hundreds | of men were set to felling trees; other hundreds toiled In the quarries that were opened for the occasion; and 200 or 300 wagons were engaged in the essential work of transporting the materials for the dam. Up to their necks In the swift current, which swept over the rapids at the rate of nine miles an hour, under the blister ing southern sun, the men toiled with utmost good humor and never a word of complaint. At the end of eight days the river was sufficiently high to permit three of the lighter gunboats to puss the upper falls, where they had been held, and come down to a position Imme diately above the dam, ready to pass the lower rapids. One more day, and the dam would be high enough to permit all to come down In readiness for the final attempt. With success thus about to be achieved, however, a discouraging dis aster occurred. On the morning of the ninth day the steadily Increasing pressure of the water caused two of the stone barges In the middle of the dam to swing aside, and through the opening thus created the accumulated torrent swirled. The three lighter vessels that were In position to make the passage, together with a fourth that had meanwhile come up, promptly took advantage of the break, and pass ing the remaining rapids on the flood tide, safely reached the deeper water below. Somewhat encouraged by the escape of at least four of the vessels, the men bravely set about repairing the damage that ha<> been done. Within three days the break had been closed, nnd in addition two wing-dams con structed on the upper falls. The re maining gunboats, somewhat lifted by the backwater of the wing dams, were now hauled over the upper falls, I and on May 12, atnld the tumultuous : cheers of 30,000 soldiers lined up along the shore, made the perilous paxsnge over the lower falls to the deep water below'. » “Words are inadequate to express the admiration I feel for the ability of Lieutenant Colonel Bailey,” wrote Ad miral I’orter In his official report to the Navy department. “This Is with out doubt the best engineering feat ever performed. Under the best cir cumstances, a private company would not huve completed the work under one year, and fo an ordinary mind the whole thing would have appeared an impossibility. Leaving out his abil ity ns an engineer—the credit he has conferred upon the country—he has salved the Union a valuable fleet worth nearly $2,000.000; more, he has de prived the enemy of a triumph which would have emboldened them to carry on the war a year of two longer, for the intended departure of the army was a fixed fact, and there was noth ing left for me to do In case that event occurred but to destroy every part of the vessels so that the Con federates could make nothing of them.” On June 11, 1864, congress adopted a resolution of thunks to Lieutenant Colonel Bailey “for distinguished serv ices In the recent campaign on the lied river, by which the gunboat flo tilla under Rear Admiral David D. Porter was rescued from Imminent peril." A few months later the offi cers of Admiral Porter's fleet pre sented him with a beautiful sword and loving cup, and before tile year was over he had been promoted, by order of the War department, to the rank of brevet brigadier general. Thus did one Wisconsin luraberjuck win his spurs and at the same time va liantly serve his country. In the great civil conflict of half a century ago. The visitor to the museum of the WIs eonsln State Historical society, at the foot of University hill at Madison, may still see the sword and loving cup which Colenel Bailey's admiring brother officers presented hitn. J.’fKTTW1""1 1 - i—a I HOW THE FLEET ESCAPED. • Length, twelve Inches. The dark spot on the side of the neck djstlp guishes this bird from all other native doves and pigeons except the white winged dove. The latter has the up per third of w ing white. Range: Breeds throughout the Unit ed States and in Mexico, Guatemala, and southern Canada; winters from the centra! United States to Panama. Habits and economic status: The food of the mourning dove is prac tically all vegetable matter- (over 99 per cent!, principally seeds of plants Including grain. Wheat, oats, rye, corn, barley, and buckwheat were found in 150 out of 237 stomachs, and constituted 32 per cent of the food Three-fourths of this was waste grain picked up after harvest. The prin cipal and almost constant diet is weed seeds, which are eaten throughout the year and constitute S4 per cent ol the entire food. In one stomach were found 7,500 seeds of yellow wood sor rel, in another 6,400 seeds of barn grass or foxtail, and In a third 2,600 seeds of slender paspalum. 4,820 ol orange hawk-weed, 950 of hoary ver vain, 120 of Carolina cranesbill, 50 of yellow wood sorrel. 620 of panic grass, and 40 of various other weeds. None of these is useful, and most of them are troublesome weeds. The dove does not eat insects or other animal food. It should be protected in every possible way. To Save Pencila. A great saving of lead pencils may be effected by using metallic pencil holders which can be bought at the stationer's for 10 or 15 cents. In this way yon will get the use of almost the entire length of the pencil. Or dinarily about one-third of the pen cil goes to waste. An ordinary stenog rapher or clerk will by this plan save about 30 pencils a year.—Thrift Mag azine. “There are three books the Negro needs,” said Bishop Hamilton recently. “They are the spelling book, the Good book and the pocketbook.” % FRIEDMAN’S PLACE f y Fine Watch Repairing. Red 7914 .j. V We Buy and S^l y Jewelry, Clothing, Shoe*, Trunk* Suit Case*, Etc. ❖ y MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS * V 1211 Douglas St. Omaha, Neb. y XMXMX..X‘*X"X“X*.XMX*.XMXMX**X RACE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS Our Boys and Girls A weekly newspaper for our youth, $1.00 per year; 50c for 6 months. 54 We. t 140th St., New York City. The Negro in American History By Prof. John W. Cromwell, $1.40 and worth more. 1439 Swann St., N. W., Washington, D. C. The Negro Soldier By John E. Bruce “Grit”. The glor ious record of America’s black heroes, 25 cents (no stamps.) 2709 Madison Ave., New York City. The Crusader Magazine The Greatest Negro Magazine of America. 00 per year and cheap at that. 2299 Seventh Ave., New Yoik City. A monthly Review of Africa and the Orient, $1.50 per year. Monitor office or 158 Fleet street, London, E. C. 4, England. The glory of a good man is the tes timony of a good conscience.—Thomas a-Kempis. Jl ST OFF THE PRESS "Brown Boys in Khaki Brown,” a snappy, stirring, catchy race song. Suitable for stage, church or school. Sung about our own boys in our own songs. Words and music by Eva A. Jessie. Copies at 25c at Monitor office, or send 25c to Eva A. Jessie, 309 West Street Boulevard, Muskogee, Okla.— Adv. PROBATE NOTICE In the Matter of the Estate of Clara D. Jones, Deceased. Notice Is hereby given: That the cred itors of said deceased will meet the exe cutrix of said estate, before me. County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, In said County, on the 29th day of August. 1919. and on the 29th day of October. 1919. at 9 o clock a. m., each day for the purpose of pre senting their claims for examination, ad justment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 24th day of July, 1-19. I BRYCE CRAWFORD, 6-26-4t-7-17 County Judge. tl Monitor office, Douglas 3224. u I Dancing at the Orpheum Garden j Auspices Young Men’s Argumentum League Every Sunday Evening i k MUSIC BY ADAMS’ JAZZ BAND f » V A X 15th and Harney Streets. Admission 35 Cents | >M^x~x~X“X~x~:”:**x~X“X-:**x~x~X“X~x~:"X~X”X~x~x~:”X“X-x~:-o | OLE W. 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J ^ | Western Real Estate Co. | | 413-14 Karbach Block. OMAHA, NEB. Douglas 3607 | •X”X“X“X“X“X"X"X"X“X"X"X“X**X"X":"X“X"X"X*v-.“X"X”X"X“X"X' THE MONARCH CAFE C. R. TRAMBLE, Proprietor A nice, clean up-to-date cafe for ladies and gentlemen. First class j service. Private dining rooms. Your patronage solicited and ap preciated. 197 South 14th Street. Tyler 4591-J <■