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Shaker Sect Is
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Most, Remarkable of All Religious
Groups That Found Sanctuary
in Colonial America.
TWELVE COMMUNITIES LEFT
.Introduced Idea of Equal Rights for
Women Two Yearo Before Declara
tion of Independence Prac
ticed Real Communism.
Washington, D. C Tho Idea of
cquul rlRlits for women wus introduced
In America two yours beforo our Dec
laration of Independence declared nil
men are created euual." Spirit mani
festations, nkln to tho recent popu
larity of other world communication,
hnd a vogue In tho colonies before tho
Revolutionary war.
These facts are recalled by the pro
posed abandonment of the Shaker com
munity In Enlleld, New Hampshire,
which Is reported to havo dwindled
from 850 members to only six mir
vlvors, says n bulletin from the Wash
ington, D. C, headquarters of the Na
tional Geographic society.
"Of all tho religious groups thnt
found sanctuary on the soil of colonial
America tho most remarkable, perhaps,
were tho Shakers with their customs
that wero partly medieval and partly
far ahead of their day," the bulletin
continues. "And tho persistence of
a firmly grounded religious belief is
aptly Illustrated by their survival to
this day although their virginal vows
provided no younger generation to car
ry on their tradition, nnd their delib
erate .Isolation In Holf-sustnlnlng coffi
niunlties "cavo few opportunities to
make converts.
"Tiio HiiaKcrs never nail moro tnnn
5,000 members nnd tho 12 communi
ties remaining today reported 307 mem
bers In 1010, which means n population
ot not more tlirtrj. a thousand. The
longevity of Individual members, com
bined with their nhstlnenco from meat
and fish, their prescribed manual labor
and hygienic living, hnve made their
communities Interesting human experi
ment stntlons for tho biologist as well
ns tho geographer. Tho bodily move
ments as they worshiped closely re
,seiiiblo tho noon-day gymnasium oxer
jclsos of many an American business
man.
Arrested for Gyrations.
"Ann- Leo, self-styled, 'Ann tho
Word' but known nmong her followers
ns 'Mother Ann, founded the Shakers,
whoso otllclal tltlo Is 'United Society
of Tmo Ilellcvers In Christ's Second
Coming.' After four children died In
their Infancy Ann I.ee sought solace
among an offshoot of tho Quaker sect
In England, which hnd been Influenced
by tho early Eighteenth century wnvo
of 'manifestations' nmong what wo
would call 'mediums.' Ann could not
rend or write, and her husband later
deserted her. For her shouting, lenp-
jlng nnd bodily gyrations during her
iexhortntlons slio was arrested in Man
chester. "While in Jail tho young womnn as
serted that tho Christ appenrcd to her
In a vision, told her ho was one with
her, nnd upon serving her sentence she
gntliered a few followers and set out
to America to proclaim herself the
fMnhodlmcut of Christ 'In Ills second
wmlng.
, "On the wny across tho ship's cap
tain forbado tho Shakers to Indulgo
'in their athletic form of worship.
'Whereupon, according to Shnker liter
ature, a storm arose, a plank wns
.sprung, and the vessel began to fill.
'Mother Ann' reassured the captain
saying two angels hnd appeared beforo
.her In a vision to promise her tafo
(passage.- Just as tho crew was be
'coming cxhnusted from pumping a
'huge wnvo again struck the ship and
Jammed tho plank bnck Into plncol
"For two years 'Mother Ann' worked
In Mew York as u washerwoman, then,
Painting Given Legion Post in Paris
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Marshal Foch presenting to Amerlcnn Legion Post No. 1 In Paris tho
symbolic, canvas "America," tho work of M. Itenl-Mcl, ofllclnl painter to tho
French minister of war. Tho painting, of an Amerlcnn soldier aiding n
wounded French comrade, will hang on the wall of tho post headquarters
tin Paris.
In 1770, she founded the llrst Shnker
village at Watervllet, Now York.
"In such strange fashion wns Insti
tuted, the year that America dates her
national birth, tho Western world's
llrst experiment in communism. Lat
er societies, or 'families,' grew up In
New York, Massachusetts, Now Hamp
shire, Maine, Connecticut, Ohio and
Kentucky.
Tho Shaker Platform.
"The cardlnnl principles of the Shak
ers' rejlglon are virgin purity, con
fession of their sins, complete separa
tion from what they term tho world's
vanities, nnd a communism which ap
proaches political socialism. If a tnnn
nnd wife Join n Shaker community
they nro supposed to live as brother
and sister.
"Until recently they prohibited tho
taking of photographs and they for
bnde pictures of all kinds ns Idola
trous. Even tho cultivation of flower
gardens for decoratlvo purposes was
frowned upon In former yenrs. And
there Is still doubt among 'tho older
members about the propriety of musi
cal Instruments.
"Tlie Shnker community Is ns nenrly
self-sustaining ns possible and about
tho only Importations In their begin
nings wero Iron for their plough
shares. In their Industrial and agri
cultural development they have con
tributed many valuable Ideas which
havo been seized upon for general use.
They are credited with tho revolving
harrow, cut mills and the planing ma
chine, liaising herbs for medicinal
uso wns ono of their enrly mujor Industries."
American
Perils
-
Is Big Hindrance to Travelers
and Exchangeable for Less
Than Bank Drafts.
MRS. TENNAMT IS SEARCHED
Fined for Attempt to Leave France
With United States Coin She
Brought In French Law Lim
its Amount Taken Out.
Paris. Americans traveling In Eu
rope who persist In the time-honored
custom of carrying about n certiilu
amount of gold may profit by reading
of the disagreeable experience of Mrs.
Palmer Tennant of Hugerstown, Md.
Mrs. Tennant has Just returned to
Paris after eight months of travel
on the continent and in North Africa
with her husband. On leaving New
York last August Mrs. Tennant and
her husband bought u small amount
of gold to uso In any emergency In
case' they arrived In nn out-of-the-way
place where checks and letters
of credit did not pass current.
Mrs. Tennant kept $100 In gold
pieces In an envelope In her dressing
bag. Sho passed through various cus
tom houses without nny difficulty or
delay save for the usual formalities.
On arriving at Ilellegnrde on tho
French frontier on her way to Geneva
a few days ago Mrs. Tennant fell Into
the hands of the only woman Inspec
tor in the licllegiirde customs. This
woman, after being assured that Mrs.
Tennant hud nothing dutiable to de
clare, started to make a minute ex
amination of tho contents of Mrs. Ten
nnnt's dressing hag and picking up
nn envelope of tho Honker's Trust
company found tho live 110 Amerlcnn
gold pieces, which she Immediately
confiscated.
Sho then ordered Mrs. Tennant Into
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GIRL IS ATHLETIC STAR
m
Miss Dorothy Hough, hero seen go
ing over tho hurdles, wus a star pcr-l
former In nn athletic meet In Phila
delphia. She made tho 75-ynrd dash'
In ten seconds, tying tho women's rec
ord. Lays Real Golf Ball.
Independence, Knn. L. Kcnoycr'
famous hen Is again in tho limelight.
This biddy n yenr ago laid eggs on n
roof, shied them off and then grabbed
them as they fell. She devoured her
own eggs. One day recently sho Inld
a round egg, which Mr. Konoyer, after
treating with ncetlc ncld and formalde
hyde, finds makes an excellent golf
hull. lie tins refused $500 for tho
hen.
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Powdered shark's
polishing diamonds.
skin Is used
Gold
.Tourist
an Inside office to bo searched. Mrs.
Tennant and her husbnnd protested
strongly and pointed out tho fact that
they wero not carrying French but
Amerlcnn gold, which thoy had brought
Into France. Protests were of no avail
and Mrs. Tennant was forced to dlsJ
robe down to her Inst garment. Tho
womnn Inspector even tore tho lining
out of her lint nnd run her Angers
through Mrs. Tennnnt's hair.
After their trunks wero examined
In n vain quest for more gold, tho
Tennnnts wero marched by n half
dozen ofllclnls to the prefect of police,
who took tho American gold, figured
out n very low fato of exchange nnd
guvo Mrs. Tennairt French notes for
her gold. Ho then fined tho American
woman CO francs for attempting .to
evirry gold out of tho country. Mrs.
Tennant was so upset by her experi
ence thnt sho paid tho fine lest nny
further indignities bo offered her, nnd
continued on to Geneva with her hus
band after four hours' delay.
Subsequently Inquiry has developed
that tho woman Inspector nt Belle
garde makes n specialty of gold dig
ging, whereas the male Inspectors nt
Uellegrado usually mako only a most
cursory inspection, and, in most enses,
pass trunks without opening them nt
till, after making tho usual Inquiry ns
to dutlublo tobacco, liquors and per
fumes. An American woman with two
children had $.150 in American gold
taken nwny from her recently by tho
same womnn Inspector at Iiellegnrde.
Amerlcnn men currying gold pieces on
their watch chnlns have been similar
ly relieved.
Gold Is Hindrance.
The French law prohibits any per
son taking moro tnnn G.000 francs in
currency out of tho country. Gold la
not only n hindrance to n traveler, but
it Is exchangenble at a lower rnto
than n bnnk draft. Purls banks recent
ly pnld 10.05 francs for American dol
lars In the form of hnnk drafts or
travelers' checks, but only 10.20 frnncB
for Amerlcnn gold. Travelers coming
from Germany who admitted to tho
customs ofllcer thnt thoy wero In pos
session of moro thnn 51,000 marks wero
invited to hand over tho surplus or go
to Jail. In er.ch enso they wero given
n receipt for their money nnd In
formed thnt thoy could redeem It when
they returned to Germany.
Ono Amerlcnn, who Innocently told
n German Inspector thnt ho hud only
$500 but thnt Its equivalent wns In
German marks, hud to turn over nil
but about $150 with which to mako his
way as best ho could south, through
Switzerland, to catch his steamer. This
Incident happened nt Unsel, whero
tho German Inspection of trunks Is
most minute. Anything b -tight In Ger
many und not declared Is confiscated.
Tho Immense purchases by foreigners
In Germany has brought about tho
most rigid scrutiny of bnggage.
JAP SCHOOL BOYS SUSPENDED
Call Principal "Despotic" In Discharg
ing Old Professors Vote "Want
of Confidence."
Kyoto, Japan. Tho boys of tho high
school of Kyoto who passed a voto of
"want of confidence" In their prlnclpnl
were suspended for n week. Tho uon
conlldenco voto wns based on tho al
leged "despotism" of tho prlnclpnl In
discharging old professors. As u con
ferenco between the principal and tho'
scholars could not como to nn agree
ment, tho suspension of tho boys was
decided upon.
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lEBMSHJI BRIEF
Timoly News Culled From All
Parts of tho State, Reduced
for the Busy.
Sninuel Gibson, former veteran sol
dier of the plulns nnd now white
haired messenger In tho ndjutant
general's department in tho army
buildlug nt Onialiu, 1ms Just been
uwarded honors by his country for
"gallantry in action" fifty-live years
ago.
Millie Helnze, I), wns Instantly kill
ed In front of the home of her fnther,
Georo Helnze, near Mlmiture, when
sho ran Into the road In front of an
uutoiirobllc. A coroner's Jury absolv
ed the driver from nny blame for the
girl's death.
Iteprcsentutlves of the state depart
ment of ngrlculturo are making n sur
vey of Pawnee county m the uttempt
to eradicate the barberry plant from
the state. The barberry causes wheat
to rust.
Considerable corn In northern Ne
braska has been plowed for the last
time and farmers are now laying by
the new 10212 crop which has been
hastened nlong by penetrating rains.
Tho state legislature will be peti
tioned nt Its next session to change
the stnte boxing and wrestling law
to allow amateur boxers and wrestlers
to compete for a chninplonshlp.
Lots nt Iiko Mlnatare near Scotts
bluff, released by the government, are
to bo sold by the chumber of com
merce und the proceeds used to beauti
fy the pluco us a summer resort.
The contractor Is now on tho ground
und machinery and mnterlal is arriv
ing to start construction of the first
permanent bridge across the North
Plutte river in Garden county.
A grandstand Is being constructed
on the grounds of the Knox County
Better Live Stock und Fnlr associa
tion ut liloomtield, to bo ready for
the fair, September 12 to 15.
Sebastian Salerno, for many yenrs
a resident of Omahn, has been ap
pointed Italian consular agent nt that
place, succeeding A. Venuto, who, nt
tho uge of SO, hns retired.
Terrific rain and hnll storm, said
to havo been the most violent ever
experienced In that vicinity, caused a
heavy damage to crops and property
nround Holdrege last week.
Over 300 claims for stnte hnil Insur
ance adjustment, following tho recent
storm, faced State Hall Insurance Ad
juster L. G. Brian when he opened
his innll nnd telegrams.
Two thousand persons attended the
dedication exercises for Platte coun.
ty's new $350,000 court house last
Sunday. Governor S. It. McKelvie wns
tho principal speaker.
School board members at Dubois
signed their names 3,300 times to the
sixty bonds und coupons Issued for
building the school house now under
construction.
A home-coming celebration to bo
held Into this summer to show off the
city's extensive improvements. of tho
past four yeurs, Is being planned by
Pawnee City.
Arbor Lodge, the Inrgo estate near
Nebraska City of the late J. Sterling
Morton, founder of Arbor day, may be
offered to Nebraska fo- state ptrk
purposes.,
Frank Differ, Dlnlr poultrymari,
gntliered nn average of twenty-three
eggs from ench of his hens during
May and clenred $709 on them In the
month.
Ebon K. Long, 03, oldest Nebraska
Mason nnd ono of the curly settlers
of Omaha, Is dead ut the Nebraska
M'sonlc home nt Plnttsmouth.
Tho Endicott Stnte bank, recently
purchased from the College View bank,
has closed Its doors by requost of
Its board of directors.
Norfolk business men donated their
time and work und constructed' n new
outdoor swimming pool nt the country
club nt thut place.
Farmers of tho Dlnlr neighborhood
have Joined forces to light grass,
hoppers which nro doing dumngo in
some grain Ileitis)
Tho Missouri Vnlloy Vcterlnnrlan's
nssoclntlon will hold Its annual con.
ventlon In Omahn, July 10, 11,
and 12.
Ira Wells of Alvo wns lined $100
nnd costs for slaying u robin red
breast, contrary to the game law.
Packing houses at Omaha are work
ing over tlmo In order to keep up with
tho Increased demand for ments.
Corn generally continues In very
good condition, although the hot, dry
weather of tho first of tho week
caused some datnnge in tho state, ac
cording to the weekly crop nnd weath
er summary.
Llfo on the Nebraska ranges fifty
yenrs ngo will be reproduced nt the
Platte river round-up nt Sutherland
In August, when pioneers of Lincoln
county nnd all this section will have,
their first reunion. Forty Indians of
tho old warrior typo will t'uko part
In tho show, staging n realistic attack
on an old stage coach, the first one
operated by Wells-Forgo.
Washington county goes on record
as tin area In Nebraska which Is prac
tically free from tuberculosis among
cattle. This wns brought about as
the result of a deflulto lutcnslvo cum.
pnlgu of tuberculin testing nil tho
cattle of tho county, thereby locating
tho Infected herds nnd the diseased
en t tie.
Tho number of litters of spring pigs
In Nebraska Is20.5 per cent greater
and tho number of pigs saved 21 per
cent greater than last spring accord
ing to the results of tho pig survoy
announced by A. E. Anderson, Ne
braska agriculture statistician.
Lester Mabeus, postmaster, clcrtt
and letter carrier of St. Helena, Neb.,
nnd his bride, lute of Paris, are on
their way lo their home In the west
after she had been detained by lmml-
grntlon authorities In New York, who
were skeptical us to tho validity of
their mnrrlnge by cable. Under tho
chiiperonngo of the Travelers' Aid
Society, the two were again married
at close range nnd she was given tho
freedom of America.
The annual meeting of the Western
Dar association was held In Lexington
nnd lawyers from the Thirteenth und
Seventeenth Judicial districts and
Chief Justice Morrissey and Justice
Deun were present from the supreme
court. Addresses wero given by Senu
tor W. V. Honglnnd of North'platte,
Justice Dean of Lincoln, W. A. Stewnrt
of Lexington, and Dale P. Stough of
Grand Island.
Two thousand and nlno miles of
permanent stnte und federal highways
will have been constructed in Ne
braska by tho close of 1022, accord
ing to figures of the stnte department
of public works. This will bo almost
half of tho 4,.r)00 miles laid out In tho
stnte system ut the time of the ndopt
ion of federal aid live years ago.
A large leopard which escaped from
a circus exhibiting nt Uehling nnd
terrorized the countryside for miles
nround, wns shot nnd killed loss than
a half mile from tho place of its es
cape by one of the hundreds of farm
ers, business men uu ' boys who had
hunted the animal all through tho
night.
A sample of the first wheat thresh
ed, which came from the J. L. Harms
farm in Jefferson county, was mailed
to n Kansas City laboratory for a test
ns to tho per cent of protein It con
tained. Tho percentage was 11.20, 2
per cent greater than the average o
Inst year.
A largo barn on the stnte Industrial
school grounds at Kearney was struck
by lightning nnd completely destroyed,
with contents, by the lire which fol
lowed. Much grain nnd liny was
stored in the building, but no live
stock was housed then at the time.
Premature ripening of winter wheat
caused by high temperatures and
drouth has shrunken part of tho Ne
braska winter wheat crop, according
to A. E. Anderson, who has Just re
turned from nn Inspection trip through
out the wheat belt.
Affirming a judgment of the district
court of Otoe county the Nebraska
supremo court holds thnt tho law was
complied with In the creation of Con
solidated School, District No. 7, the
building site of which is nt Dunbnr.
A drop In taxes of approximately
.$1.00 per citizen for Lnncaster county
wns announced Monday morning by
the board of county commissioners for
the next levy. The reduct'on will h
fiiount, in total, to at least $1,250,000.
Mrs. J. Tenney wns fatally burned
and her three children, nil small, r.ro
In n serious condition nt u hospital nt
North Platte as n result of burnlrga
suffered, when gasoline exploded in
the tent in which they wero living.
Georgo Logan, n resident of Greshnm
for over forty years, wus found dead
In bed In his apartments, by neigh,
bors who were making a visit. Ho
wus n civil war veteran and hud been
living alone.
Among the 500 college men intend
ing tho Deserve Olllccr's Training
enmp nt Fort Snellln, Minn., nro
fifty-four from the University of Ne
braska and sixteen from Crclghton
university.
Further irrigation of the largo fields
of potntoes nnd enhbuge In tho vicini
ty of Gibbon will not he necessary fol
lowing the showers of Inst Sunday and
Mondny. One and one-fourth indies o
rain fell.
Mnrcella Sharp, 4, daughter of Tom
Sharp of Nebraska City, was seriously
injured when a torpedo which she hud
placed In her mouth exploded, hi cak
ing her right Jaw and loosening nil
tho teeth.
One and one-half Inches of rain, no
compnnied by high winds nnl de
structive hull created considerable
damage In the neighborhood of Fre
mont. Grain nnd fruits wero badly
wrecked.
With 109 names on Its membership
roll, tho Platte Couuty Pioneer nssoc
lntlon wns organized by old settlers
attending tho dedication of the new
court house nt Columbus.
Elmer Keckloy, n farmor nenr Osh
kosh, wns killed when lightning struck
him, the horso ho wns riding, and n,
cow, all meeting death from the sumo,
bolt.
With $5l)0,0S0 nvallublo for dis
tribution to the 0,807 school districts
ot Nebraska ns tho semi-annual July
apportionment from Income of tlio
$10,000,000 stnte permanent school
fund, this yenr's total of $1,039,000
exceeds that of any previous year,
according to State Superintendent
John M. Matzcn.
In obedience to orders handed down
by the Dodge couuty district court
nnd tho stuto supreme court, the city
of Fremont bus taken steps toward
aba'tlng the nulsnuco declared to be
present in tho Itawhide creek as tho
result of the sewer system In that city.
At nn enthusiastic meeting nt Goth
enburg, with representatives from Co
zad nnd Lexington, the Dawson County
Sorvlco company was assured, with W.
D. Hoover ns manager, for tho purpose
of establishing tho sugur beet industry
nnd forwarding tho Irrigation project
for Dawson county.
Ninety-eight boys nnd girls, repre
sentatives of in Pig clubs In Custer
county, held their llrst conferenco lust
week. There are 10 clubs In tho
county. Prof. L. It. Frlsbeo of tho
State Agricultural college, who has
charge of all the club work In tho
state, gave a talk.
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