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The progress., 1890-03-22

THE injustice practiced upon the
Excelsior club by raiding its club
rooms last Sunday night and placing
in Jail twenty-five ofits members, WAS
about the meanest peace OF W prk the
police OF this town have ever done.
Here is an incorporated club. unlaw-
fully entered into by the police, its
members thrown into lail ut the dead
Of the night and afterwardsatttmpted
to be prosecuted upon lot Of shall
low, trumped up and fictitious charg-
S. The prosecution failed entirely,
and tile city il now liable III damages
for ts,police departments premature
and hnlawful actions The Excelsior
club is on the same basis a. the Ona
la, Ells, Union and Metropolitan
clubs Of this city, and yoa couldn't
pay policeman to look in the door
pf either of them, Iet alone make Il
raid The police know who gamble
and where gambling is done III this
city. but their eyes are.closed to it.
Let them take warning that their
official garb OF authority does not
warrant them in doing as they please.
The progress., 1890-03-22

The objects of this Union are to af-
ford its shareholders safe and profit
able investment and protection for
their savings and their families.
All shares are 800. It costs 50
per share to become member, and
go cents per month and 25 cents ad-
ditional every three months for five
years, when:your shares mature.
The only union stock that has a
fixed and definite time to mature.
If you want to borrow money to
assist in building home you can
borrow all you are able to give secu-
rity for at 5 per cent, providing you
are member of the union in good
standing and hold one-fourth more
shares than, you wish to borrow.
Say you want 81 900; you must hold
thirteen shares of stock to get she
money.
For all information and literature
giving explanation of how to secure
shares, call on A. S. Barnett, secretary,
Room 15 Herald, block, or G. r.
Franklin, president, 7O7 North Six
teenth street.
The progress., 1890-03-22

We hear a great deal about the di-
vision OF the negro vote being the
nearest solution to the race problem.
We fail to see how that will materially
benefit the negro generally. There is
remote suspicion that it would give
the southern negro his political rights,
but nothing else. 1t is not to be pre-
sumed. after any such division, that
the. democratic party would do any
more for the negro than the republi-
can party has done'in the way OF Sc
curing to him his full rights as an
American citizen. Human nature is
human nature, politics. politics. and
promises, promises.
The progress., 1890-03-22

The appointment OF Colonel Jas. ,,
Brady as collector Of internal revenue
for the Second district OF Virginia, was
favorably reported by the committee
on finance OF the United States, Tues
day One OF the most contemplate
and meanest fights ever made, was
made against Colonel Brady's confir-
nation, but in spite OF all, the COM
mittee reported favorably and he is
now confirmed as collector OF internal
revenue by the United States senate.
Let the lion roar and shake prejudice
from the democrats red tape.
The progress., 1890-03-22
TO THE COLORED CITIZENS
OF, NEBRASKA.

OF, NEBRASKA.
We, the undersigned citizens of Ne.
braska, do urgently call convention
TO convene in the. city of Omaha,
county Of Douglas, State of Nebraska,
on Wednesday, April 80, 1890, to
adopt ways and means for the proper
enforcement of the laws affecting the
rights and privileges of citizens in this
state. 1t has been manifestly shown
that the eolored citizens of Nebraska
do not enjoy the full benefits, advan-
tages and facilities which should ac-
crue to them under the rights and
privileges accorded to them as citizens
of this state.
Also, for the establishment of a bu-
reau Of information and imm igration,
to aid colored people throughout the
Union to purchase homes and farms
in Nebraska, and other matters OF in
terest pert aiming to the race.
Also, for thepurpose OF organizing a
permanent state league, to meet an
nually, to discuss and further the in
-erests of the race in this state.
1t is meet and proper that every
,ity, town and village in the state
should be represented in this assem-
,ly.
A. s. Barnett, DR.. NJ. o. Ricketts,,
The progress., 1890-03-22
CHURCHES.

III Vi II. Eighteenth and webster
stTrats Services al f0a0 Al A. and1:0 T.. NJ .
Sunday school mt ~. NJ. Rey. Moore, Pastor.
Baptist Church-Twwenty-nrst ana 1rant
..rcats Servicee 1890 A. NJ and T:30 +. M.
Pastor I'm charge, Rev. Ewing.
ST. Phillips Episcopal Church-Ninete
ard Cunning streets. Services lO:3O A. NJ ana
S:3O r. NJ Sunday School Mt 4 <. N. PASTOR
Rev Williams.
The progress., 1890-03-22
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NflII(.E.

All signers OF the above call will
please have their townsmen call a
mass meeting to elect delegates to the
convention. The ratio OF representa-
ton will be one delegate to every
twenty voters, or fractional part
thereof. The signers, by, virtue OF
having signed the call. are constituted
delegates without election
The progress., 1890-03-22

We are glad ID learn that the con
vention to be held April 30, will be 4
non-partisaff assembly. Nothingmars
the real intentions and probable re-
suits Of these assemblies so much as
politics. Wherever there is politics,
you will find confusion. We hope
that not the least suspicion OF politics
will loom up to ultimately defeat the
original purposes OF this convention.
The progress., 1890-03-22

How DOES this look TO YOU, illiterate
southern democrats? and what does it
show, good treatment or bad? Ac-
tions speak louder than words: In
the upper part Of Georgia. colered
men who are in the service OF the fed
eral government are prevented from
exercising rights Of their Office by those
southern newspaper representatives
And still you claim to be their friends
The progress., 1890-03-22

H. Curry. G. F. Franklin, Omaha
B. +. G. Albert, Lincoln, Edward
Jones, Columbus; Jerry Smith, J. s,
shannon, Blair; j. c. Boone, Platts-
mouth; Geo. w. Slater. Sr., aurora
Beniamine Smell, Chadron; Il. \. Allen
Overton; Abe Williams, Schuyler; J.
:. Webb, Ansley.
The progress., 1890-03-22

LODGES.

t,t q. F.-Wiliiam o Neal y. a.: l.. q. Roz-
zeile r.. S. q II. Washington, Treasurer.
Excelsior Brass Band meets Monday and
Thursday evenings, Twelfth, between noase pet
And Douglas streets Manager, j. IL. Pratt,
corner Fourteenth and Douglas streets
BARRIERS Union-President, e. +. Franklin.
A. II. and A. NJ, Ruffashler Lodge, No. "a
P, n. Overall. w. NJ. r. s. Clennen, Treas
urer; J. I'll. CuEey, Secretary Meets nrss
Tuesday in each month, corner Tenth and
Earnam.
The progress., 1890-03-22

THE Tamora Weekly Times, from
Seward county, Neb., is another new
paper we find ontour files.
The progress., 1890-03-22

We are glad to know that a colored
man is register Of the land office in
Montgomery, Ala.
The progress., 1890-03-22

The Southern democratic, cut
throats must learn that lynch law
must 60.
The progress., 1890-03-22

Pass the Blair educatisnal bill. Ig-
norance is the greatest enemy OF the
republic.
The progress., 1890-03-22

The Texas Reformer, published by
the Reformer Publishing Co. at Den
ison, Texas. showed up in our office
this week brim full OF news. II is a
large newsy paper, which exhibits
considerable enterprise on the part Q
It's publishers The good work still
goes on.
The progress., 1890-03-22

or the five colored policemen in
Memphis three have been dismissed
The progress., 1890-03-22

THERE are six Afro-American mem-
hers OF the Mississippi legislature.
The progress., 1890-03-22

The Afro-American Letter, a new
and crispy semi-weekly journal, has
made its appearance on the field Of
actron, and effective work is expected
from it. 1t is published at Leaven-
worth, Kansas. and is edited by n
Clark Smith.
The progress., 1890-03-22

CHARLESTON, $. G. has conH ted
another one of her inhuman and
beastly acts by allowing one, w. J.
Dotroville {white) to cowhide NJ
Cardoza, the colored chaplain OF the
institute. The affair threatened to
develop into a race riot, but was sup
pressed by President Dunton.
The progress., 1890-03-22

The Thurston County Republican,
from Pender, 'Neb., IS now before us.
This shows beyond doubt that the
Republican party is alive and az act
i've as ever.
The progress., 1890-03-22

WHILEit is a noticeable and hndi--
puted fact that the south is rapidly
gaining recognition in the commercial
world as a manufacturing country, it
il an equally noticeable and undisput-
able TACT that the ne4ro's condition.
iiethe land of cotton Sand Unfair eiec-
Lions. il not bettered i particle.
The progress., 1890-03-22

The Blair Educational bill was de-
feated Thursday by a.vote Of 81 to 81.
The progress., 1890-03-22

VIZ have noticed on our files for the
past three weeks, a bright and newsy
sheet, The Champion, published III
Louisville KY, and edited by Messrs.
Horace Morris and G. ". Hatton.
We are glad to see our sister city S
enterprise.
The progress., 1890-03-22
DRExEL & MAUI,
.lJllgltakGrS and EnbalnGrS.

Z Keepeonstantly on hand the most
complete stock OF METALLIC CAS-
kETS and all kinds of Wood Coffins
and shrouds.
1417 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA.
Telephone 225.
The progress., 1890-03-22

THE colored citizens of Chattanooga,
Tenn, have opened bank with a
capital of $4,000. The shares are
s25 each, to be paid in monthly in
stallments of so cents month. The
directors are solid men and from indi-
cations the Penny Savings Bank will
De success Banks have also been
organized in Washington and Rich
mond, Va.
The progress., 1890-03-22
r. p. McCABE OF Oklahoma i being

well doomed for governor.
The progress., 1890-03-22

WHEN we speak Of il treatment in
the south, it. cuts TO the core those
southern democratic editors and they
accuse the northern negroes OF trying
to wave be bloody shirt and speak OF
the negroes doing SO well and ask to
be let alone. Gentlemen! your pre-
tended friends il the south are only
wolves in sleeps clothing.
The progress., 1890-03-22

Itisissued with the intention Of drawing the
Colored People together. Particular atten-
tion will be given the pulpit schoolroonl,
workshop, stage, authors and all leading
topics pertaining to the race.
The progress., 1890-03-22

TIE Republican, says There are
two coiored To one white person n
This little planet ofours." This shot
surprising when you consider the TACT
that the word eolored" embraces
every race under the sun, excepting
rhe Caucasian, and 4 greater portion
.of that race might properly he called
"colored
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
In tho British Nimscum.

Louis Pagan, the master of prints
in the British Museum, and the only
living man who can put his hand on
every volume iii that wonderful collec-
ton, is coming to tell people on this
side the water about the treasures of
the museum. had heard it said that
Mr.. Pagan could, in just two minutes
after demand made on him, produce or
locate any treasure In his charge. 1t
hns also been said that everything
worth keeping is kept under the
roof below which he rcigns supreme.
When introduced TO him | asked casu-
ally if he would let me look Mt a copy
of the Vermont Farmers Almanac, u
pamphlet | hadn't heard of since my
boyhood, and which | didn't suppose
amy Vermont farmer even had ever
preserved. Certainly, said he, touch
ing bell and calling an old attendant
to whom he gave slip OF paper con-
tanning the name OF the thing desired
and It's location In Just Ito scconfh
the old attendant came back with u
complete li.t If tnat Alnanuc'-IntSs-
vjaW in New York World
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
Lads and Lasscs In France.

When was 4 boy mt school in France
I can well remember how we boys felt
on the subject If we heard that II
young girl, the sister OF some school
fellow, was with her mother in the
common parlor to SEQ her brother,
why, it created a perfect commotion, u
perfect revolution in the whole cstab.
lishmcnt 1t was no use trying to keep
us In order. We would climb on the
top of the seats or on the tables TO en-
deavor to see something of her, even il
1t were only the top of her hat or a bit
of her petticoat across the recreation
yard, at the very end of the school.
1t was an event Many of us would
even Immediately getinspired and com
pose verses addressed to the unknown
fair visitor In these poetical etfusions
we would imagine the young girl car
ried off by some mlscreant and we
would fly to her rescue save her and
throw ourselves at her feet to receive
her hand as our reward. Yes, we would
get quite poetical, or, in plain English,
quite silly. We could not imagine that
a woman was reasoning being with
whom you can talk on topics of tho
day, or have an ordinary conversation
on any ordinary subject. Tous u wo
man was being with whom you can
only talk of love, or fall in love, OF
maybe for whom you may die Of love.
Max O'Rell.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
Studying H.xdrostatics.

:. It did not require n person of any
great discernment to see ut glance
that the dusty roads of the country
were more familiar to his gaze and more
intimately acquainted with the soles OF
bis cowhide boots than were the pave
ments of Broadway or Fifth avenue.
He landed at the city hall "L" station
and started out for stroll on Park row,
and the "fakirs' along the row instantly
marked him for their own He invested
literally In their wares and accepted all
the sacrifices they made in his behalf,
but at last he protested against any fur
tier sacrifices "Neow, don't l tell
yeou I've got watch tew hum and
wouldn't hev tibet Mt emmy tlggeri' he
yelled ut one of them who did his tliev-
ing In legitimate way by selling time
pieces with water escapements and per.
ambulatory movements.
The innocent pursued his way down
Park row. 1t had been raining hard
and the CUTTERS were swollen with rush
Ing torrents of water The stranger
watched them disappear through the
sewer grating at Ann street, with Won
der and establishment depicted on his
countenance. He got down on lis
knees, and, laying his purchases on the
ground, pcered down through the open
ing. Then, turning to an Interested and
amused crowd of spectators, he said:
Gosh, suthin' must hev broke loose
here. l never sec sech small hole hold
such powerful sight o water"
Yes, he was green-very green-New
York Mail and Express.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
lie l. LII Ynnrs Old.

Probably the Oldest person living il
the state Of Maryland and one of the
oldest in the country is George Murray
a colored man residing at 81 Forest
street, this city. lie was born slave
near the site of tie present town Of
Centreville, on the eastern shore OF
Maryland, III years ago Christmas
His age is authenticated in rather Q
peculiar manner In his younger day:
he was the companion and body scr
want OF his master, William Harper,
and it was not only a tradition but c
well established fact that the two were
born in the same year Georges age
was kept by Mars Billy and one hai
only to go TO William Harper's tomb
stone in the graveyard 1T Centreville &c
learn that George was born in 1112.-
Baltimore Herald
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
Birds That Dance.

In his Pioneering in South BRAZIL
Mr.. Brigg-W ither relates that one morn
ing in the dense forest his attention
was reused by the unwonted sound OF
a bird singing, songsters being rare In
that district. His men, Immediately
they caught the sound, invited him to
follow them, limiting that he would
probably witness q very curious sight.
Cautiously making their way through
the dense underground they finally
came in sight of a small stony spot OF
ground at the end Of a tiny glade, and
on this spot, some on the stone and
some on the shrubs, were assembled a
number of little birds, about the size OF
tomtits, with lovely blue plumage and
red topknots.
One was perched quite still on twig,
singing merrily, while the others were
keeping time with wings and feet in q
kind OF dance, and all twittering an ac'
compartment. He watched them fol
some time, and was satisfied they were
having a ball and concert, and thor
ouGhly enjoying themselves. They then
became alarmed, and the performance
abruptly terminated, the birds all going
off in differentd irections The natives
told him that these little creatures were
known as the dancing birds"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
Cold Rolled Steel.

y new industry which promises tooe
come of vast Importance is the rolling
of cold steel bars into wire. a few
years ago wire manufacturers and met
allurgists would have said such thing
was an impossibility; that cold rolling
would destroy the fiber ofthe steel and
render the wire so brittle as TO be of nc
practical value Experience, however,
has proved these preconcclved notions
to DC incorrect. The rolling Of cold
steel wire is now accomplished with
ease, and instead of the wire being
weakened by the process, practical tests
have demonstrated that its tensile
strength is nearly doubled. n Other
words, the tensile strength of hot drawn
steel wire is sc, ago pounds to the square
inch, while that of cold rolled steel
wire is 105, 500 pounds. Chicago Trib
mo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
BABY still In the Ring.

While Buffalo family was moving
the mother Suddenly missed the baby.
The infant could be heard crying, and
the mother finally conjectured that she
was inside of q roll of carpet. 1t was
true. The baby had been left In the
middle Of the sitting room floor, and
the men who took up the carpet tossed
a breadth over her without noticing
her, rolled her up in it, and stood the
carpet up in the hall The child when
rescued was punctured here and there
with rusty tacks, and its mouth was
partly stuffed with carpet dust, but
otherwise 1t WIS quite hearty.-Deroit
Free Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
The Finest Thermometer.

''The finest thermometer in this coun-
try, and l suppose in the world, is NJ
Johns Hopkins university" remarked
Lieut. Finley, the governments signal ser
vice Inspector Lieut.. Finley inspects
q great many thermometers every year,
and he knows something about them.
This remarkable instrument, he con
tinued, lis known rs Professor Row
lands thermometer, and it is valued at
the enormous sum of $4,000. 1t is
absolutely perfect, and so fine arc the
graduations Oh the glass that 1t requires
a telescope to read them. There are a
number of fine instruments that are
rugged with telescopes But an instrl-
ment like that would be Of no possible
use to an ordinary individual. 1t re-
quires q scientific education in order TO
read them. Jewellers Review.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
A SHEEP EATING PARROT.
a Bird That Differs from All Its Kind
In Respect TO It's Food.

a Bird That Differs from All Its Kind
In Respect TO It's Food.
A singular bird has been added to
the collection in the London Geological
eardens-the much talked of carniver-
GUS parrot, which confines its love of anil
NAL flesh almost exclusively to mutton.
According to the naturalists that have
examined this rara avis, it possesses
two qualities heretofore unknown in
birds of its species The first is this
flesh eating propensity, an exception to
The whole parrot family, which is fru
givorous, living on fruits, seed, leaves,
buds and the like; and second, the fact
that this carnivorous taste is not natu-
raj, but acquired.
This curious bird is the kca (Nestor
notabiliS), or mountain parrot, and
comes from New Zealand It's general
color of plumage is green; its length
from point of bill 10 extremity of tail,
81 inches; its bill 9 inches, with upper
mandible much curved and very strong
1t inhabts the higher wooded slens and
dark rccesses of the mountain districts
of the islands above named, and, like
the owl, is generally nocturnal i'll its
habits. Although the ken has been
known to ornithologists since 1856, the
above specimen is the first of its kind
that has ever been exhibited alive In
Britain In tho time of the Maori rule
in New Zealand the bird was as innocent
and harmless Us any of the parrot
Species and it was not until the higher
tracts of the country were utilized rs
sheep runs that the kea was tempted to
desert its fruit eating habits and join
the destructive army of the carnivora.
About 1865 it was noticed that the
sheep of the uplandS were suffering
from sores and scabs in the region OF
the loinS. and that almost invariably
the sufferers We're those fatteSt and
hcalthie>t. Many discussions ensuedM
to what could De the cause of this sin
gular state of affairs At last a herdeI
said that he believed the parrot did it,
but was only laughed ut, YET subsequent
events proved his theory the correct
one. Soon after some of the shepherds
saw the feathered cannibal seated on
the hips of n sheep helping himself TO o
dish of live mutton. From that day
forward the bird was known as IL.
sheep eating parrot-thc feathered won
der of the antipodes.-St. Louis Re
rni1hlin
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
Is Consumption rncurabIc.

Read the following: Nj G. H. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says; What down
with abscess Of lungs, and friends
and physicians pronounced Inc
an incurable consumptive. Began
talking DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, am now on third bottle,
and able to oversee the work on my
farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever
made
Jessie Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says: Had il not been for DR.. King 5
New Discovery for consumption
would have died of lung troubles.
Was given up by doctors. Am now in
best of health" Try sample bottles
free at Budwell, Christian Il Barbee's
drug store. lnay25-tf.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-02
A NInn in Skirts.

IL, among others, was standing on
the sidewalk near old man Henry
Jones' store, and saw a queer looking
object coming down the street. 1t was
man somewhat above the ordinary
height, with q long, snow white beard
and a pair of white mustachcs that
nearly completed the covering Of his
face"
"Welll'
''He wore a woman's old fashioned
Fly bonnet, which Topped over his
face and concealed his head, giving
him the appearance of one of those
pictures of patrialchs that you see in
Sunday school books.
"Why did he wear it.
"Hold ON. That is not all He had
on calico frock that reached to the
ankles, cut in the old fashioned body
and skirt style, which made him look
still more like patriarch. The strings
of his apron hung down behind just
like those of country woman i'll her
every day dress of twenty years ago.
As he came striding down the street,
the legs of his heavy boots exposed al
every stride, he was about the greenes'
specimen of humanity ever struck.
There was mob at his heels and
everybody stared at him as he passed,
and it looked as if John Robinson's
circus was passing down the street in
grand parade and all East Macon ha0
WHO was he2"
''Iiis name is Roberts, and he was
born and still lives in Jones county.
For some reason that l do not know
he has worn female attire all his life
or at least since he was 10 years old
as was informed. He has papers is
sued by the state authorities granting
him permission to wear women.
clothes, and for that reason tue loca
authorities never interfere with him
de had been off somewhere and wa:
returning to his home when he passec
through East Macon. "--A:issees ( ia