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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1928)
Make Nightly Climb to Rocky Stronghold What ts believed to be the oldest town in America is Acoma. situated on top of a great rock that stands 350 feet above the surrounding coun try in New Mexico. It was in exist ence 300 years ago when the first Spanish missionaries came into the country. Acoma is the most pic turesque of the three pueblos of the Laguna Indians visited by the party of Jesse L. Nusbaum, archeologist, and described by Deric Nusbaum, the scientist’s son, in St. Nicholas .Maga zine. Clinging to their ancestors’ dis trust of all strangers, the Indians re fuse to give up the ancestral defense afforded by the barely accessible rock. In the valley below, at the foot of the rock, they stable the horses with which they work their farms, but every human habiiation is reached by the 350-foot climb up steep steps cut into the rock. The village Itself is made up of two streets of stone and clay houses two and three stories high, the upper floors being reached by ladders from the lower. All of the building materials, even the great wooden beams of the church, one of the oldest of the Spanish missions, have been carried up on human pack trains after having been transported across the country for distances as great as 20 miles. “Father of Medicine” Was Well Grounded Hippocrates gets his name carved on the friezes of libraries as the fa ther of medicine, but probably few who see it there realize the great ex tent of his knowledge of that science or the cycle that the practice of med icine has traveled in the 2,302 years since the famous Greek died. His general ideas are those held by the most advanced medical men to day. He placed a strong reliance on the recuperative powers of the body to eliminate or overcome disorders even of the serious kind if aided by proper regimen and improved environ ment. With this was coupled an equally strong disinclination to inter fere with the normal functions of the organism by the administration of drugs. Thus, his prescriptions often or dered merely a change of climate, or an altered or limited diet, or the se curing of conditions that would pro vide absolute quiet and long hours of sleep. Frequent bathing of the entire I body, sometimes in cold, and at others in warm or hot water, was also a tavorite method adopted. It is held probable that this sensible system brought him the high reputation ac corded him by contemporaries.—Kan sas City Star. Shocking! He entered the newspaper office in a manner that suggested murder. He reached the counter and took a news paper from an inner pocket. “I was intensely shocked this morn ing to read in this wretched journal an intimation of my engagement,” he said. The clerk behind the counter looked at him with some concern. “I am almost beside myself with rage,” the agitated man went on. “I cannot tell you how angry I am. I am worried. My fiancee is worried. I am dreadfully annoyed. My fiancee is dreadfully annoyed. We are all an noyed. Give me 50 copies of the pa per.” Easy Way to Clean Silver Put a teaspoonful of salt and a like amount of soda in a new aluminum pan and pour boiling water over them. Place your tarnished silver in the solution. When the tarnish is re- ' moved, wash and dry with a soft cloth. - This method will not injure the sii- I ver, which is cleaned as thoroughly as by hard rubbing and Is not scratched as it may be when pastes or powders are used. This method leaves the silver with a soft dull finish, which can be heightened to a high polish by rubbing with a chamois or ' soft cloth and the use of silver paste. —Capper’s Farmer. Thought and Conduct The right thought has much to do with the right conduct, and If one thinks and acts kindly in life to oth ers he creates that personality which speaks of a nobility that cannot be surpassed. There are many today who have bitter recollections that they might have done so much better toward their fellow creatures if at the moment they had thought differently,j and our brother who apparently re grets some of the past has still time to ease a troubled conscience.—East London Observer. Out of Her Depth The popular preacher had excelled himself, and the congregation were discussing his sermon as they left the church. “Wasn’t that a fine sermon?” said one woman admirer to her com panion. “Yes,” said the other; “but did you understand it all?” “Understand it!” replied the first. “Oh, no. I wouldn’t presume to un derstand such a great preacher.” Why Dog Fleet “It’s a wonder Mrs. Axelfritz doesn’t understand why her dog doesn’t like to sit on her lap while she eats,” ob serves Grandma Matson. “No self-re spectin' dog likes to be used for a .napkin "—Farm and Fireside. Simply Couldn't "See** Chow Puppies at $50 “In front of a fashionably located dog store window containing a dis play of Chow puppies, I saw two Chinamen laughing and slapping each other on the back in their outbursts of glee. I don't know when I ever saw Chinamen so emotional. Out of curi osity I sauntered near and tried to see what had amused them. It wasn’t any cute antics of the Chow puppies, because all were asleep. Finally, I asked one of the Chinamen what they were laughing at. This brought a fresh outburst, but, after gaining con trol of himself, the one who seemed to have the best command of English pointed to a small sign which I bad not previously noticed. It gave the price of puppies as $50 each. That price was what made the Chinamen laugh. “Dogs tike that in China cost fl' cents—maybe ten cents,” one of them explained. “But how about a trained dog?” 1 asked. “Suppose it was an extra good dog?” "Oh, thirty-fi' cents,” declared the more conversational one, and his friend nodded agreement. “Then what does a cat cost?" I In quired. “Cat, him cost more,” promptly re plied my new acquaintance. “Good cat catch mice—cost $2."—Fred Kelly in Nation's Business Magazine. First to See Value of Big Advertising Robert Bonner, for whom Bonner Springs, Kan., is named. New York publisher, was the first to use full page advertising; and the first jour nalist to pay large sums for feature articles. When Edward Everett was raising funds to purchase Mount Vernon Bon ner gave him Slo.ooo for 52 articles known as the Mount Vernon papers, ■ ’id a like sum to the fund. He also artled the literary world by buying eight pages of advertising in the New York Herald. When the press room of the New York Ledger was de stroyed by fire he inserted in the daily papers of New York. Philadelphia and Boston the following advertisement: “Unless we are burned out more than once a week the New York Ledger will he ready on the news stands of the United States, the Sandwich islands and New Jersey.” His recreation was driving expeu sive trotters, owning the best in the land.—Griffith Bonner in the Prism. Why She Enjoyed It "Don't mlk to ine, my dear," said Mr. Subub firmly. “I say it Is a very good thing for servants to go to the theater sometimes. It makes them re turn more happily to their work; it also teaches them how to conduct themsel .es.'‘ “Mary,” he said to the housemaid, "here is a ticket for the theater to uight. You must go and enjoy your self.” “It was lovely," said Mary next morning, when they questioned her on her evening out. "Did you really enjoy it?" In quired Mr. Subub. smiling triumphant ly at his wife. “I did indeed, sir. It was splendid. You should have heard that there servant girl in the play sass her missus!"—Weekly Scotsman. Services of a Friend A blessed thing it Is for any man or woman to have a friend; one hu man soul whom we can trust utterly; who knows the best and the worst of us, and who loves us, in spite of all our faults; who will speak the honest truth to up, while the world flatters ns to our face, and laughs at us be hind our back ; who will give us coun sel and reproof in the day of pros perity and self-conceit; but who, again, will comfort and encourage us In the day of difficulty and sorrow, when the world leaves us alone to fight our own battle as we can.— Charles Kingsley. Obtaining Crop Figures The Department of Agriculture crop correspondents are asked each month the percentage of a normal crop that they expect. At the end of the sea son they report the yield per acre. Technically a normal crop is that yield in the crop correspondents’ minds at the time reports are made. The advantage of reports on the percent age of a normal crop is that any in teutional or unintentional distortion of the truth Is eliminated by compar ing the condition reported on each date with what the same group of men reported on the same date In previous years. Fig Bloaaoma Hidden No blossoms are ever seen on a fig tree. They are on the Inside of the fig and produce the seed which features the fruit The fruit appears late in May and Is perfectly ripe In August. Then a strange thing oc curs. If the fig is not picked, it slow ly dries out, tne. water evaporates and the fig drops to the ground. Daring the drying process more than 65 per cent of the fruit pulp tarns to fruit sugar.—The New Age Illustrated. Don’t Blame the Women Nothing Is going to stop the prodi gality with which women spend time and money on cosmetics because not only women, but the men who admirt them, are convinced that it is worth all it costs.—Woman’s Home Com panion __ Chinaman First to Put Out Dictionary The first extended dictionary of the English language was published In 1755, representing the monumental la bor of Samuel Johnson, who died De cember 12, 1784. Doctor Johnson's dictionary, which occupied many years of his life, was the most remarkable work of its kind ever produced by a single person. Noah Webster’s American dictionary was first published in 1828, and Wor cester’s English dictionary appeared in 1800. The first dictionary compiler was Ba-Out-She, u scholarly gentleman of Cathay, who flourished about 1000 B. C. He perfected a standard dic tionary of the Chinese language, the same containing about 40.000 charac ters. One Julius Bollux compiled a Greek dictionary about A. D. 177, and pre vious to this date (about 100 B. C.) one Varro made up a Latin one. A polyglot dictionary in eight languages was compiled about 1500 by Calepini, a Venetian friar. Vauglas edited the first French dictionary, issued by the French academy in 1091. A Spanish one was Issued in 1720, an Italian In 1729 and a Russian one in 1789. B:g Executives Have Their Own Troubles Amos R. Bump, assistant general sales engineer of the Killzem Rat Trap Associates, Inc., was concentrat ing. Upon his nice, clean desk was a nice, clean pad, aud upon that pad in a nice, clean hand Mr. Bump was writ ing. lie paused and surveyed what he had written. Then he wrote again. Miss Wince, his secretary, padded into the room. “Mr. Schimmel. of Schimmel. Scbim niei, Schimmel & Schimmel, is here,’’ she whispered. 'He has a luncheon engagement with you.” Mr. Bump groaned. He hated hav ing a train of thought derailed. “One Interruption after another,” he growled. “How is a man to find time in solve his problems?” Aud he slumped out to greet Mr. Schimmel. Upon that desk, on that nice, clean pad, exposed to the gaze of those who cared to observe, lay ttie fruit of Mr. Bump's morning endeavor. And this was the message, reading from left to right: “Amos R. Bump—A. R. Bump —A. Remington Bump." Silk Industry Old According to Chinese records the filament produced by the silkworm was first successfully woven by Ki IJnjM'ht, empress of China, in 2700 It. It was not until the Sixth cen tury that the art of making silk was introduced in Europe. In 1609 James I brought the silkworm and the mul berry tree into England and shortly after this the Company of Virginia was formed by a group of Englishmen to promote the silk industry in the United States. The first experiment met with disaster. Four years later, influenced by the crown, the colonial legislature passed an act requiring ten mulberry trees to be planted on every hundred acres. There was a fine for neglect of this duty and a premium for every pound of silk pro duced. Remembered Famous Jump Little Kathryn, who was driving through the country with her uncle, clamored to be taken back to the city, claiming that there was nothing to see in the country. “Why,” said her uncle, trying to dis tract her attention, “see all the pretty cows over In tlle pasture, and they can’t hurt you because there is a fence around them." Kathryn was silent a moment and then expressed her skepticism. “Huh," she said “A cow Jumped over the moon once, so I don’t see why It couldn’t Jump over a fence.”—Chil dren, the Magazine for Parents. Handy Man In this changing age of machinery. It lias been aptly put by a Manhattan epigrammatist, many hands do not make light work light. The weight of this heavy argument, he points out. lies in the fact that because of mod ern facilities there no longer Is need for the purposeless handy man about the house or factory with bis inconse quential and makeshift antics. In a word the walls no longer have Just ears but amperes'. Electricity is do ing the work of 350,000,000 men with out losing its temper, Its force or Its friends. Pedestrian’s Haven Bermuda Is one of the few places in the world where the pedestrian Is never wrong, liere he Jaywalks at will and woe betide the bicycler or the carriage driver who Infringes on his freedom. The laws of the islands re quire that all vehicles, including bi cycles, must give right of way to foot passengers, no matter on which side of the road these may be walking. The rule of the road Is the opposite from what It is in America.—Bermuda Dispatch. Causes of Eclipses An eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon, as It moves around the earth, happens to get exactly between us and the sun. An eclipse of the moon occurs when the earth gets be tween the sun and the moon, the shad ow of the earth falling on the moon and cutting off the sunlight from It. Therefore it Is physically impossible for eclipses of the sun and moon to I occur hi the same time—Exchange. East Indians Happy Under Feminist Rule Among the Khasis. a hill tribe in Assam, northeastern India, the raa triarrhial system is still in force. Property belongs to the women ; any thing a man earns before marriage be longs to his mother, and after mar riage to his wife. The men are extremely Jolly, says Basil Allen, late of the Indian civil sendee: the women, despite their privileged position, have lost none of their charm, and are no more logical or masculine than their sisters in less feminist countries. They wear a mill ritude of clothes, unlike their neigh hors, the Garos. who wear extraor dinarlly little A woftian's dress is about twelve InHmn long, a man's is even less. Mr Aden says that per sons who are shocked at the scant! ness of modern f nivle dress should note Mutt fn the A^iun hills “the more fjothps you wear the naughtier vot: are** Several thousand* of Assam hlllmen went to Prance in labor corps and those who returned told their fellows sornejlrng of the war—“and what a curious u »t it was' How turn would tie gathered t- gmlmr and a box would arrive, and \v! n tic box was *»• -nod men died." T! at was the Mikir’s description of a bursting shell Concerning Love and Things of That. K'ni "Most of the troubles men suffer from consist in being loved too well by the wrong woman and not being loved well enough by the right one." “The man who makes a good lover is the man who loves women 8rst and a woman afterwards. Every woman should learn this vital fact and never forget It. . . . From the general to the particular is the rule in love. To know how to love one woman you must love all women, or the idea of woman, which is the same thing." "If you want to lose your wife there’s two ways to do it. One way Is to take her where there’s nothing to spend money on, no matter whether It’s in the United States of America or in some hick town in Patagonia. And the other way Is to take her somewhere where things ore better than she’s used to. and where she’ll get Ideas in her head. Before you know where you are she's too good for her own country or her own town, and you can’t get her home again. If you want to keep your wife, keep her where you found her and make out that she’s better than her neigh bors.”—From "Now East, Now West," hv Susan Art? Triumph Over Handicap Although he lost his irnntis througn burns when he was only two years old M. Wilson, an engineer's clerk, ha reared a family, and writes, sketches paints, swims and plays cricket anu billiards. He has been pushed into a burning rubbish pile, twice saved from drowning, smashed up in buggy and bicycle accidents, injured by kicking hor.ees, has chopped off a foe with an ax end has sustained Injuries to hl head. He has a wife and six children He lives at Woolloomooloo. Australia, and can write the name himself. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Mrs. Mary' Stith has returned home from Omaha, where she underwent a surgical operation for goiter. She is reported doing fine. Mrs. Alice Cowens has been re moved to her home from the hos pital. Mother Margaret Brown is confin ed to her bed at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Mosley, 1335 Rose street. Mrs. Anna Christman is home from the hospital. Patrons who attended the Mount Zion Baptist church last Friday night, enjoyed a very fine musical treat, when Madame EvanB and her corps of singers appeared in concert. It is said that Mrs. C. C. Christman, Messrs. Bruce Hammond and E. Wil ford won especial attention of the good audience. Rev. S. H. Johnson of the New man M. E. Church is holding revival services, and is extending the public an invitation to attend. Mr. R. A. Adair has returned home from Gary, Ind. N. A. A. C. P. The executive committee of the Omaha branch of the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of .Col ored People met at the residence of Russel Taylor, 2724 Parker street last week. All of the 13 members, except four, were present. The com mittee was organized for the year’s work as follows: Executive commit tee, H. W. Black, chairman; member ship committee, Rev. P. M. Harris, chairman, Rev. J. A. Harris, vice chairman; educational comm ittee, Rev. John A. Williams, chairman; le gal redress and legislative committee, Dr. John A. Singleton, chairman; junior work, H. L. Anderson, chair man, Rev. J. H. Jackson, vice chair man; press and publicity, Rev. Russel Taylor, chairman; entertainments, Dr. Wesley Jones, chairman, Rev. C. H. Trusty, vice chairman. To the finance committee, of which the treasurer, H. L. Anderson is chair man by virtue of his office, Mr. J. D. Hines was added as the third member. After considerable discussion the apportionment of $300 to be raised for the national office was accepted, and plans considered for raising the same. At the close of the meeting members of the committee present i were served with hot coffee, sand wiches and cake by Mrs. Taylor,1 'which were enjoyed very much. The branch meets in regular bus iness session at the Y. W. C. A. next j Sunday at 4 p. m. Every committee 'chairman is expected and urged to be present and give an outline of the work he expects his committee to undertake and accomplish the ensu ing year. It is hoped that the auditorium of the “Y” will be filled to capacity at i this first meeting under the new board. PROBATE NOTICE — IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE of JOHN Q. GREER, deceased. Notice is Hereby Given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, be fore me, county judge of Douglas county. Nebraska, at the county court I room, in said county, on the 28th day of March, 1928, and on the 28th day of May, 1928, at 9 o’clock, A. M., each day, for the purpose of present ing their claims for examination, ad justment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 25th day of February, 1928. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4t-l-27-28 County Judge. • * • • • A. -A -A -A -A A. AAA -A • -•_•_•_•_•_A-A AAA I C. P. WESIN I Grocery Company ‘j* Now one of the ^ | Red and White | Chain Stores f jj* Same Prompt and x *{• Courteous Service y | Better Prices. £ | 2001 Cuming Ja. 1248 ^ THE i I RITE-WAY SYSTEM J 24th and Patrick £ Are still selling GROCERIES jf and MEATS at the LOWEST £ prices in Omaha. % “Trade the RITE-WAY and ? Bank the Difference” 4 AvJWWWVWWAVlWrtVW I Phone ATIantic 9344 .j! Y Res. 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