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Instinct Makes Hubby Take Refuge in Lies American husbands instinctively lie to their wives, contends Charles J. McQuirk in an article in Liberty. “Even In those circles that keep up the fiction of the supremacy of man,” the writer maintains, "the Influence of the American wife reaches, causing husbands to lower their voices and think up lies. “For corollary to this tyranny, and chiefly responsible for it,” the writer explains, “is the cowardice of the American husband. There isn’t a nor mal married man in the United States, who has been that way for a year and upward, who wou’t cower and look guilty when suddenly asked a ques tion by the woman be swore to love, cherish and protect. "It makes no difference how inno cent the question may be. Instinct and experience cause his mind to dive beneath the inquiry’s surface in search of the ulterior motive that prompted it. Generally his answer is untruthful but highly exemplary. His motto is. Safety First. “If you ask these husbands why they lie, they will tell you, ‘To keep peace In the family.’ That is true as far as It goes, but it doesn’t go far enough. The real reason lies deep In their subconscious minds. It is an unconscious memory Inherited from their millions of husband-ancestors. It Is the Instinctive knowledge that a wife will believe a lie quicker than she will the truth. She prefers fic tion to fact.” Opposition to Census Traced to the Bible During the census taking itv Russia, j government officials charged with this task, encountered strong and persist ent opposition in certain peasant dis tricts against the count. They ex plained to the authorities that count ing the human beings and the horses would bring bad luck and that this was an ancient belief, which h d many times been put to the test. This ' strange feeling of impending danger In ttie face of counting possessions is not restricted to Russia. Flemish peas ants never count their sheep or geese uor any of their personal possessions in the belief that counting will bring an end to a run of good luck. The origin of this curious belief, that seems so widespread, Is to be found in the Bible. It will be recalled tbal David, the king of Israel, was severe ly punished by the Lord for his census of the people. The Lord counted It as evidence of pride and Insufficient trust in the strength of the protector of Is rael.—I’ierre Van Paassen, In the At lanta Constitution. Cats Had Revenge ? A story that recalls Bishop Haft to and other medieval legends comes from a small Hungarian town and la reported In the Pestl Hlrlap. A than of seventy was found dead wltli a broken skull and his face bontbly mutilated. He was a recluse, bad no friends and bis only companions had been some tame pigeons, which he had treated with the greatest affec tion and care. On their behalf be waged a relentless war against the neighborhood's cats, whose cadavers he threw on the manure pile. His face was discovered In an almost un recognizable state. bitten and scratched, and the nose had entirely disappeared. The peasants believe that the cats took revenge, fomned a shock battalion, attacked him en masse and did away with him.—Pierre Van Passen, In the Atlanta Constitution. Geographic Boundartea Various factors acting upon the primitive races of mankind influenced tbe using of boundaries. Men were originally nomadic. They moved from place to place In search of food. Dur ing the various migrations favorable conditions of climate, soil productive ness, etc., would Induce them to flettle in a certain locality, where they would have the opportunity to develop. These tribes generally established themselves in regions having definite geographic boundaries, such as mountains, rivers or seas, which could be easily de fended from aggression. With the progress of civilization these boun daries became clearly defined. Idea of Daylight Saving Daylight saving was suggested as early as 1907 by an Englishman named William Wyllett, in his book entitled “Waste of Daylight." The following year a bill for daylight saving was Introduced Into the house of commons, but failed to pass. The subject was brought up In Germany In 1916, when the German federal council passed a measure to set the clock ahead one hour Within three months twelve Eu ropean countries had followed, name ly, Holland, Austria. Turkey, England, France. Norway. Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Portu gal. Egg Signifiea Welcome The gift of an egg is the usual form of greeting accorded visitors by the Dyaks of Borneo. This greeting holds true to the old primitive Ideal that a guest must be welcomed with a gift, says William Beebe In Liberty Magazine. Throughout the whole country, If you find favor In tbe eyes of a tribe, you are formally presented with an egg on the day of your ar rival In the village. And In the heart of Borneo, where food Is, In the na ture of things, a more or less undeter mined quantity, the possession of an egg is a matter for profound con gratulatlon. Mixtures of Bloods Among Earth's Races Racial iW latlonships go a good deal deeper thaf j the facial kind, according to H. Mui o Fox, professor of zoology at Birml/ ighum university, England. The relations of the races are literal ly a bli/od relationship, he declares, for the / composition of an American Indian's blood is not like that of a white loan or a negro and there are even iV iTerenees between the blood of certals, European nations. If a biolo gist pii-epares a serum from the blood off ont> animal and Injects it Into the veins of an animal of a different spe cies. the serum Is Immediately pre elplttited—in other words, thrown out. Tills Is accomplished by things called anti* bodies. about which nobody knot vs very much. There are four "secum groups.” and they have a dell nlte relation to the various races of me| i—and monkeys. Chimpanzees liaye one kind of substance, orang utiuns have two. South American mon key s have a kind different from the chinupanzee. and still other monkeys rial e neither. In northern and cen trrfl Europe there Is one type of bloodi fuf flier east quite another kind, and stilil another In India. Hut the varl oils characteristics have an odd way of appearing In mixtures—showing itrat the various races of mankind ha ve been mating with one another fo»r a long, long time.—The Forum. F ew Illusions Left in Evening of Lift The life of Individual man is of a a ilxed nature. In part he submits to t lie free-will Impulses of himself and i.thers, In part he is under the Inex imlile dominion of law. He Insen sibly changes his estimate of the rela tive power of each of these Influences as he passes through successive stages. In the confidence of youth he imagines that very much Is under bis control. In the disappointment of old age very little As time wears on, and the delusions of early Imagination wear away, he learns to correct his sanguine views, and prescribes a nar rower boundary for the things he ex pects to obtain. The realities of life undeceive him at last, and there steals over the evening of his days an un welcome conviction of the vanity of human hopes. The things he has se cured are not the things he has ex pected. He sees that a Supreme Pow er has been using him for unknown ends, that be was brought Into the world without his own knowledge, and Is departing from It against his will. —J. W. Draper. Father Paid Dearly “Recently a little chap, known to us as ‘Junior,’ cried for a whole day because his mother made him wear a little suit all trimmed In ruffles and the boys down at the corner garage called him 'Betty'," write* Pansy from Urban a. “That night when his father re turned home he met with Instant sym pathy, and be explained to him that he need never act like a ‘Betty,’ even If his mother did Insist sometimes that he look like one. “So the next morning, still wearing his ruffles. ‘Junior’ went down to this same corner garage and heaved almost a whole brickbat through the front window. A father, with considerable pride, paid the bill.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Firat Iron Bridge The first Iron bridge tu the world was Iron bridge, in Shropshire, Eng land. which spans the River Severn. The work was put in by band and the various parts cast in 1778 at the Coal brookdale ironworks, the proprietor of which, Abraham Darby, was the de signer of the structure. Approximate ly 500 tons of Iron were used In the construction of the bridge. All the castings are keyed together, no weld ing or screws having been used. The roadway, which is 24 feet wide, has an iron foundation, upon which Is laid a few inches of clay, which in Its turn Is covered by the usual road metaling forming the surface. The main arch has a span of 100 feet. Poaaibilitiea of Caa A gas company has figured out that 1,000 cubic feet of gas will: Cook 18 meals for six persons; heat shaving water for 1,000 days; roast sufficient coffee to make two cups daily for 70 years; light two cigars a day for 500 years; boil 275 gallons of water, bake 1,700 three-quarter-pound loaves of oread in a continuous oven; do the work of two hens in hatching eggs; Droll 70 three-pound steaks; barbe cue enough bain to make 1,750 sand wiches. _ These Make Happiness Six tilings necessary for a normal happy life. Dr. William 8. Sadler be lieves after 20 years of study are: 1. Good health. 2. Congenial work. 3. Discipline or self-controL 4. Human companionship. 5. Reasonable leisure, 0. Religion. Hard to improve this list Yet many achieve happiness with less.—Cap per’s Weekly. Out of Fashion “Wealth does not always bring hap plness!" “1 should say it doesn’t," answered Senator Sorghum. “Out my way they've been using so much money that anyone who wants a chance Id the political game has to pretend to be as poor as possible." Fish Has Odd Pounr to Benumb Opponent In the winter ol when the writer whs at work on tlie Ms lies ot Key West, a tourikl came to It is of tioe, bearing a sfn.ill rny or skate ot which he told a curious story See lug the little fish close to shore, he stabbed It with a pocket kniffl At once be felt a sliwrp shock like that from a Leyden jar, which, for the mo ment. paralyzed hist arm. So he brought tint tish to me. ft be longed to die famIQy of torpedoes or electric rays, being; one of the small est kinds of these fishes. Narvlne hraslllensls. It Is locally known to the Bahama and Ivey West fishermen as numb fish or crump-fish, and to the Spanish as entemifdor These Hsltes the torpedoes or eluctrlc rays, are vary mueh like the ordfinar.v skate In up pearance, but softer In body and more rounded In form, the flesh being vely watery and the skin everywhere per fectly smooth. The torpedo yields a quick, sliarj, shock when touched, benumbing ab I enemy for the time being. The shock I Is well carried along a metallic con ductor, such us a tnlfe or sja-ar. II Is said to have the- qualities of mag netlsm, “rendering the needle imig netlc and decoinpo.-ing chemical com pounds.” However discomforting to one who feels ft. It Is not dangerous The exercise of th Is power soon ex hausts Its possess,,if and a period ol rest Is 1 needed.—BTof. David Starr .Iordan In the Scientific Anterlcau. Had to Have Stror.g Coffee on Broadway Duriug her recenl week-end visit to a town on the South shore the Woman stopped In a fruit and vegetable store to make some purchases for hei friend. The clerk was having a rath er difficult task, fnr the customer up on whom he was waiting wanted to know the history of each purchase. “What kind of coffee have you?' she asked. “Good coffee!” promptly responded • the dark-eyed soni of Italy. “Yes. 1 know. But what brand li lt?' “These one. she’s drink by all the i people downtown. New York. Fifty nine cents a pound." “Oh. that's too expensive” “Well, here’s another, only 4!) cents.' j 'hastily volunteered the man. “Is It strong?" asked the lady du blottsly. “I like strong coffee.” “Sure. Wonderful strong. They ; drink these kind on Broadway. They gotta have strong <cofTee there. They stay up all night.”*—New York Sun. Hope-Malting Plant Much of the peninsula of Yucatan la very stony, and as there are prac tically no rivers, the planters depend on rain to Irrigate their fields. Sisal hemp, or henequln, is the chief article of growth and export throughout the peninsula. I The sisal Itself is an evergreen plant .closely related to the century plant or American aloe. The fiber Is extracted from the curving, swordlike leaves, which are cut at the end of the third or fourth year of growth. The leaves 1 are macerated, or made lnt<» pulp, and i the fibers torn apart by machine. Thp pulp is then wiashed away and the fibers dried and bleached b.v the sun. land when the process Is completed . this yellowlsh-whlte fiber ranks next , to Manila hemp Id making rope.— - .Washington Star. — Recalling Early Day» With plenty of patience, ptsppr ano a pencil. It Is possible for you to re member what happened when you were six months old. asserts Dr E Plckworth Farrow, English puycholo gist. In Popular Science Monthly For periods of one or two houru at a time, he says, write down any and every thought which occurs to you. Repeat the process several tin;,. Then, us memories of recent happen ings gradually are “worked off" on paper, you will go back to recollec tions of your early life. Colore and Mentality That different colors may have im portant effects oa the mental state of people has been believed for many years. Some psychologists have gone ■o far as to prepare charts of the ' mental effects of different colors, red being stimulating and exciting, blue depressing, and so oa. In a long series of tests made on children several months ago It was found that most of the children preferred red and orange colors to blue and violet oneR. Red for most people Is a cheerful, Inspiring color. ? Not Copied From Nature | My sculpture is not copied from na. i'ture I follow a definite and preconceived Idea about sculptor* t. and from that I make a sketch In t clay. . . . What I search for Is th p ! disposition of volume In space, th e t figure In light and air. I search for an ample form and the copying of an ,actual figure Is of no Interest tip me. , . Who could copy nature & Even the Greeks never attempted 1 t ;• • • What Is Important Is the get i eral idea. It can’t be explained, bttt (has to be felt.—Maillol. — Knowledge and Power A great many people “know” mat ly things they really don’t know. Soule |one has sold that what Is not knov fn 'would fill more books than ever ha pe been printed. Human knowledge 9s limited, yet a little knowledge m gy exert tremendous power—Grit. Ancient Jewith Tribunal Sanhedrin was the name of the M preme judicial council of the Jews from the time of the Miiccahees to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans under Titus in the year 71 A. D. This council consisted of 70 members. Including the chief priests, ciders Slid scribes, and was presided ever by the high priest Its jurisdic tion extended to every Jewish settle uient. After Judea became h Roman province the power of Inflicting the death penalty was taken from the Sanhedrin COLORED DELEGATES , ATTENDING NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CONG. There are some twenty or more i delegates, ministerial and lay, at tending the National Council of t'ongregationalists in session in Oma ha. They are a fine body of intelli gent, well-educated men and are tak l ing an active part in the deliberations of the council. RELIEF HEADQUARTERS Persons desiring to make contri butions of money or supplies for the flood sufferers through the Omaha branch of the N. A. A. C. P., may do so fit the North Side Bazar, 2112 North Twenty-fourth street. MEMORIAL SERVICES BY ROOSEVELT POST Theodore Roosevelt Post, No. 30, American Legion, in conjunction with the G. A. R. and Spanish-American War Vetrans and their women aux iliaries will hold memorial services on Sunday, May 29, at 2 p. m. at St. John’s A. M. E. church. Efforts are being made to have Dr. Henry H. Proctor of the largest col ored Congregational church in Amer ica at Brooklyn, N. Y., to make an address. We invite the public to come arid assist in justly honoring these heroes. ! EMERSON’S LAUNDRY . £ The Laundry That Suite All 1301 No. 24th St. Web. 0820 SHOE REPAIRING •benjamin & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reason able prices. All work guaranteed. 1415 North 24th St., Webster 6084 Tel. JA. 1248 We Solicit | the patronage of the readers of the MONITOR and assure them prompt and courteous service and treatment. C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. 2001 Cuming Street Classified FOR RENT—Two rooms, neatly furnished, strictly modern. Pri vate kitchen and bath. The new Janies Apartments. Call at 2221 No. Twenty-fifth St. Web. 3634. FOR RENT—Furnished room in strictly modern home. 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