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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

mented the fact that he could not find more spe-
cies of the little mammals than he did in the
White House yard. | always have thought that
the reason was to be found back of the eagle on
the state department front. The two sparrow
hawks kept the lawns pretty well clear of the
minor rodents.
The marsh hawk, Circus hudsonius. is one of the
most beautiful birds of prey in the United States
and one of the most useful. The adult male has
a blush slate body, streaked with white, and be-
coming pure white Just above the tail and under.
meath. The underparts are lightly specked with
reddish brown. The adult female and the young
are rusty in color, with a good many streaks.
Marsh hawks, as their name suggests, haunt the
wet places, but frequently they are seen flying low
over the dry fields and the prairies. Perhaps one
cannot do better than to quote Vernon Bailey on
the subject of the marsh hawk. He writes:
The intelligent farmer usually recognizes the
value of this hawk and the fact that it almost
never touches his poultry. He sees it %skimming
over his meadows and diving into the grass for
mice, and wisely lets its live; but nevertheless he
would be surprised if he could figure out how
many dollars it saves him during the year"
1t is virtually impossible within the scope of a
comparatively short article to give anything like
a full list with descriptions of all the beneficial
hawks in the United States. They form a feath-
cred legion. Let us. however, take one or more
of these birds of prey for a little advisory dis
course. The Swanson hawk, Buteo swainsoni, is
distributed from the far arctic regions way south
ward to the Argentine Republic. In the United
States, it is fairly common from the western
ocean to Wisconsin and Illinois, and occasionally
it Is found in the East.
Major Bendire. the army ornithologist, wrote of
this hawk, which he studied for a long time:
The food of Swainson's hawk consists almost
entirely of the smaller rodents, principally striped
gophers and mice. as we'll as grasshoppers and the
large black cricket which is very common, as
well as destructive, in certain seasons. and the
bane of the farmers in eastern Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho, Nevada, and other localities in the
Great Basin, destroying and eating up every green
thing as they move along. | cannot recall a sin
gle instance where one of these birds visited a
poultry yard. From an economic point of view
consider it by far the most useful and beneficial
of all our hawks"
Now for something about a few of our bene-
fetal owls. Everybody knows. OF ought to know,
the little screech owl which sits at the entrance 10
its hole in a hollow tree and utters its querulous.
curious cry, This little bird has two outstanding
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10
Looks Bleak and Rarren.

has gorgeous cuplike flowers, four
inches across, of yellow marked with
orange?
Many old farmhouses are very poor
INTELLECTUALLY. The ideal is a new
and better home; the next best thing
is remodeling; but if neither Is prac-
teal. can't you hide the unattractive
part by planting, and show the attrac-
tive? Even a house that is false and
ugly may have some good detail. Study
once more the house you think hope
less, and hold your hands before your
eyes in such a way as to hide the bad
and show the good. Then see if you
cannot find trees that will do the work
in a reasonable time.
You can greatly increase the value
of your property by planting the right
sort of trees at either end of your
house, so as to frame a picture of your
home. Many a rich man pays hun
dreds of dollars extra for a farm be
cause the old house is surrounded by
cen%tury-old elms. He builds a big
new house under the old trees and at
once it looks old and mellow. Phe
pioneers thought only of shade and
shelter from the wind, and so they
commonly planted trees all around the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10
RULES EASILY UNDERSTOOD.

The Little Citizens" mmitte of the Bella
Vista playground in Oakland. Cal. asked to draw
up rules and regulations on conduct of tile
grounds. submitted the following series:
mo cigarettes. They're no good. ANY boy
found smoking will be shown the gate.
You've got to keep paper and trash off the
grounds, If you eat here, do it decent and take
the refuse away with you. II you don't. look out
for trouble.
Small children must be given a chance all the
time. If any boy takes anything away from a III,
tie kid, he'll get his.
Say thanks 1t don't hurt you. and being
politeeAint a crime."-From the Playground.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

Now that hot weather has come, re-
member that lawn grass is now maxi
ing its most vigorous growth, that un-
der the best conditions it roots but a
few inches deep and therefore needs
an abundance Of water; more now ~
needed than in the hottest weather to
supply the new and succulent growth.
1t will pay to watch lawns closely,
and not water them until it is needed.
but do it most thoroughly, so that as
the water supply lessons the roots will
go deeper to find moisture. In this way
a resourceful lawn may be made, one
that will not dry out in midsummer If
left without watering for a few days.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

last, and of 81 owe the year before. the
total number being 905. Two hundred
and siXty-two new students were ad-
mitted during the year Hours of study
and recitation and the number of
schooldays in a week have been so in.
creased as to add two months to the
school year. The summer school en-.
rollment of 445 was ten more thar
in the previous year.
Encouraging reports are received
from the Whittier Training school,
where 4SS boys and girls from Hamp-
ton and Phoebus receive instruction
and the library, the museum, and the
departments devoted to sewing, music,
athletics and religious work have made
good progress. Close communication
with the graduates of Hampton has
been maintained, and returns from
Hampton's Indian students show that
Ss1 Of them are living. One hundred
and twenty-five of them are graduates,
and 80 received agriculture or trade
certificates. They represented 81 tribes.
Mr.. Frissell recommends the celebra.
ton Of Hampton's iftieth anniversary
which will occur in 1918, and the EN-
ployment of a competent person to
write tho schools history.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10
Travel MADE SAFE.

The terrors of the desert will have no fears for
the transcontinental tourist making the trio by
auto over the Lincoln highway. 1t is planned to
run a double copper telephone wire along the Lin.
coin highway from Salt Lake City to El,. and
thence to Reno. Cutin stations will be established
one mile apart along the way, and by means of
these stations no traveller could ever become
stranded at a greater distance than a half mile
from a telephone station from which he could
call for relief. A traveller will be able to procure
an instrument at either end OF this route bv ma.
ing a small deposit on II. just sufficient to insure
its return in proper condition when he reaches
the station at the other end of his journey.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

Doctor Washington's ability was rec
ognized by every teacher and every
employee and everyone of the thou
sands of students that have attended
his school, as we'll as by all other
men that have come in contact with
him. But he himself was quick to
discover and make use of the ability
of any other man. He had gathered
about him more than $50 instructors.
scores of whom would be able to OPP
crate Tuskegee institute today If put
in charge. There is Emmett J.. Scott.
his private secretary, not only n Of
the brainiest Negroes of today but
one of the most conservative, and was
maintained as Booker 7. Washing.
tons secretary because of his conser-
vatism and because his very makeup
was so much like Doctor Washington's
himself. And there is Warren Lo-
gan, Doctor Washington's treasurer
and lifelong coworker-another man
able to carry forward his work. Tus-
kegee as an institution will. Of
course, mourn the loss of Doctor
Washington, but he has so built him
self into the very bricks and mortar
Of the institution that it will go for
ward in the future as it has come for
ward in the past.
But Booker Washington's work was
not all at Tuskegee, nor even the
greater portion of tit was being
carried forward throughout the South
with as much of a determined spirit
as those who had caught the inspi-
ration' could muster Here, at this
institution, are 35 young men and
young women teachers, most of whom
have sat at his feet, who have gained
from him inspiration and who have
determined that the spirit of Booker
T. Washington shall live through
them and those with whom they come
in contact. And not through this in
stitution alone but the hosts of others
-Eatonville, Fla; Centerville, Ala.
Denmark, S. c.; Port Royal, s. c.;
Topeka, Kan; Fort Valley, Ga; Snow
Hill, Ala, and II large number of 9th
er institutions that have sprung W
from Tuskegee will go forward fol
years, doing a telling work for the
principles for which Booker T. Wash
ington lived and died.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

farmhouse, generally too near one an
other and too close to the house. Con-
sequently, the houses look dark, damp,
and gloomy in winter, while in sum-
mer they look hot and stuffy. The
best thing is to cut out enough Of the
old trees to give some light and air,
and frame the view of the house from
the road.
Illustrations in this article published by
courtesy Of Landscape Extension Division
of University of Illinois.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

An Egyptian noblemans tomb. built $500 ears age and prese,,ed :, &c
entirety. "a been placed o n exhibition in the Metropolitan Muserm OF Art
in New York City az
men is preparing Ito buy booded mares in North and South Ar,erca
IS oon ss opportunity arises and to- dispose of them at auction To b,eedsrs
n farmers in various parts Oft the empire.
After a exhaustive series of tests a group of Chicago endnaer, do,,,oA
nat proper tenders IN automobiles will reduce the number Of persons rn
over when struck to 2 per cent, and the number of seriously mir,ed 10 1s
per cent 20
Navigators say that the highest tide in the world is in the Bay of Fundy
between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The tide there sometimes rises
to tn height o. u feet. and the increase is occasionally as much a IS a foot
every Ave minutes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

During the past year the farm OF 600
acres connected with the Hampton in
stitute, on which are 126 cows. q
horses, 1.063 chickens and 142 pigs,
has been strengthened by the addition
of a poultry expert, and progress has
been made in the growing OF seed
corn, in the breeding of hogs, and in
improving the character of the dairy
herd. Prominent place was given the
schools exhibit at the Richmond fair,
and extension work, in cooperation
with the department of agriculture,
has greatly increased.
Practical work in the trade school
included. last year, blacksmithing,
bricklaying, cabinetmaking, carpen-
try, machine work, painting, printing
shoemaking, steamhtting, tailoring,
tinsmithing and wheelwrighting. The
men not only work in the shops. but
build houses on the grounds, install
the plumbing and electric fixtures, and
make the concrete walks. They build
trucks and wagons. which are sold to
railroad and steamship companies, and
orders have been shipped to "a states.
the District of Columbia, and Canada.
An increase of 16 is shown in the
enrolment for this year over that Of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10
camphor Production.

Florida is the only state of the
Union in which camphor trees are
grown, and there they are used only
for decorative purposes. Experiments
in the production of camphor in this
country have not succeeded in estab-
fishing any American industry. Most
of our camphor comes from Japan. The
camrhor tree, or more properly, the
camphor laurel (cinnamonum cam
phora), also iourishes in Formosa and
ceatral China. There are also arti-
hciai processes for the production Of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

Y Helps Y.
TREES HAVE DEFINITE VALUE
Setting Of a House Has Much to Do
With Its Neutrality-suspicious.
Ground Easily Made.

A background makes all the differ
ence between a house and a home.
Your house will be twice as easy to
sell II it is seen against woods or
orchards rather than empty sky. If
your house is already located and has
no background, plant some ~tall-grow-
ing trees behind It. Why not plant
some Of the trees that reach great
height, the sycamore, the linden, the
sweet gum, and the tulip tree, which
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

The Chamber of Commerce of Buffalo, n. Y, has gone o n record Is
opposed to tag days.
Competition of American lnoleum factories is every year decreasing
Scotands export to this country n a
In a Paris aerodynamic laboratory for testing model aeropanes wind
speeds up to II miles a hour are produced by ingenious machinery.
A Vienna statihician figures that the Austrian infantry has fired 1900
100000 cartridges and the artillery 12000O0O shells since the beginning OF
the war
After ten years of work and a expenditure Of nearly s15O0OO0O, India
recently completed the greatest irrigation project It yet has undertaken
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

Small gasoline engines for starting
larger engines on seaplanes and air
ships are now being tried in England.
The engine weighs only % pounds,
develops more than four horse power,
and operates at more than 1000 revo-
lutions a minute. A few years ago
it would have been thought impossi-
BILE to make a motor of any kind so
powerful for it's weight.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10
wAFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

Houston has always been and will
continue to be in an increasingly de-
gree a sort Of guide to other cities in
a great many ways-educational and
economical. Especially is this true
with the status of the Negro popula-
ton. This city is destined to become
a great and growing metropolis. One
quarter of its population is colored,
and whatever good or bad comes to
Houston, the Negroes to a degree are
affected thereby"
This was the outstanding feature Of
an address delivered in Houston, Tex,
recently at the colored evening high
school graduating exercises by /. M.
Terrell, president of the Prairie View
State Normal and Industrial college.
A corps of well educated Negro
teachers in Houston have ~espoused
these ringing words of the successful
colored professor. They are calling
these words an expression Of their
sentiments. They are more de-
sirous of instilling into their race a
greater degree of eagerness for edu-
cation thar ever before.
They are aware that educational
training will, quicker than any other
agency, lift their race higher. They
are confident that educational train
ing will in a measure tear off the
shackles of crime and inspire them to
labor for higher ideals and for attain
ments by which they can serve their
community, and in so doing not only
better their own standards of living
but serve society in a more useful
manner.
While all the colored schools in
Houston maintain courses of study
of a high quality, especial attention is
given to industrial art. There are
13 regular day schools, including one
high school in the city and four night
schools. The industrial arts are
taught in all of these schools. These
courses are not elective, but every
student is compelled to include one
of the industrial arts or more in his
or her course of study.
There was an average total enroll.
ment of 6,329 students in the colored
schools during the past year. OF this
number 754 we're enrolled in the foul
night schools.
In the night schools the students
for the most part were of mature age
their ages ranging from fifteen tc
seventy years. The younger students
of the night schools are enrolled il
most instances with the object O.
learning something about the indus
trial arts in order to be of better serv
ice to the community, and to be NOR
efficient for their own benefit.
Most of the older and extremely oil
people have an entirely different oh
ject in view. Many of them are abou
ready to make their peace with thei
God. They want to be prepared TO
death. They wan to read the Bibl
to learn what is required of them il
their declining days. They want Il
be able to read it and interpret tn,
meaning of the passages according
to their own notions. Still anothe
object of the older students is to learl
to write so that they may correspont
with their friends and relatives il
other parts Of the country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

While digging stumps on the farm
of Gen. A. r. Benson lear Dover, Del,
Negroes uncovered a great quantity
of gold, jewelry and other v~aluables.
It is believed the articles comprised
the loot Of a robbery committed ten
years ago.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

To encourage boring for oil, the gov
eminent OF South Australia has offered
a large cash bonus 10 the first rarRen
or corporation producing 100, coo gal
Ions Of crude oil 30 per cent petroleum
from q well.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10
Well, Why Not?

Bachelor la~wbreakers outnumber
married ones by more than two to one
reports the New York district attor.
ney. Why not try marrying a criminal
instead OF putting him in jail?-cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

To give concrete columns for build
ing wide foundations a German en-
gineer has invented a method for
blasting AVA the earth with dyna'
mite. making a hole which soft con-
crate quickly fills.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

camphorS Camphor is distilled by
the action of steam on the Clipped
wood of the camphor tree. the product
being freed from volatile oils by drain.
ing and pressing and the crystalline
mass remaining behind is purified by
~sublimation. There are other kinds
of camphor. produced from other
plants, but the camphor of the cam
phor laurel constitutes the bulk OF
the camphor Of commerce.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

Tuskegee was not a one-man school,
any more than Harvard was a one
man school when John Harvard was
president. That Doctor Washington
welded a great influence over the
destinies of our people was due, first,
to his native ability and keen insight,
and, second. because Tuskegee was
the first profitable experiment of the
kind conducted wholly by Negroes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

Remarkable work among the Ne
groes vas done by evangelists Of the
Southern Baptist church during the
past year, according to the report made
to the convention by the home mission
board.
There were 12,O additions to the
Negro churches, as against 500 during
the first year of this work. The two
evangelists have learned how to or
ganize their forces for the best results,
the board says. Better feeling between
the races has been another tangible re-
suit of these meetings, according to
the report.
Evangelism made a gratifying ad-
vance during the veal under the direc.
ton of DR.. Weston Bruner. AS the
result of the work Of IS evangelists
there were 27,714 additions to the
churches and 3O,709 for baptisms. Vol
unteers for the ministry number 1856.
Most effective work vas done in Dali
las and Washington. D. c., with 2.100
additions at the former place and 1900
at the latter. Evangelical work was
started in 1907 with five evangelists.
The first year showed 1,047 additions.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

Carelessly thrown away cigar and
cigarette stubs are blamed for 1906
fires in New York city last year
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

So that a window can be left open
without danger of damage to a room
when it rains a canvas trough has
been invented that is intended to fas-
ten to a window sill to catch the wa
ter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10

Little Jobs carefully tended have a
habit Of growing.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-10
birds Of preyThatI Help,
the farmer Ddva4dbuark
Most AazUky and 0zNLS
are beneficial Uncle
San 7OantS TO project
Why not assist
him in ms good z0orkS

AMLET said that he knew a hawk
from a handsaw. Perhaps 1t is bet
ter to know one hawk from another.
Counter to the general belief,
most Of our North American hawks
are b%enefcent in their lives. In
the course of a year they do much
more good than harm, and yet they
are shot ruthlessly on sight. 1t
would profit the man with a poultry
yard and a farm to study the habits
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
Lack Of Breeding.

Probably breeding-or the lack Of II
lis never more clearly demonstrated
than when travelling, and the woman
Of gentle manners is always cOnsid.
crate of travelling companion.
We pay for only one seat when we
anter train or car. OF course, we
are entitled to the best part of it If we
enter first, but the minute another WON.
an appears we should in all fairness
remove our wraps from the vacant
part-the part we did not pay for.
On long trips, where one occupies q
sleeper, it should be borne in mind
that other women in the compartment
wish to Elk up" a bit before breakfast.
How thOughtless--how unparlOnably
selfish-it is for the woman first in the
toilet room to occupy it SO long other
women become not only impatient but
justly indignant ut such unfair treat.
ment, and the same spirit of selfish
Indifference is encountered every hour
In the day wherever human beings
cOngregate. First come holds the fort
against all others.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
GROUP or REAL COMMUNISTS
Remarkable Settlement on the Coast
Of the North Sea Founded by
Louis XIV.

Communists may be surprised to
learn that an absolutely cOlnmunistic
settlement exists in France on the
coast of the North sea between Grave
lines and Dunkirk. Jacques Bertil-
Ion has lately described this remark
able colony.
1t is called Fort Mardyck and was
founded by Louis XIV. It was then
only Il bare point of land ard was fire.
quently visited by pirates. Here the
king established four families from
picardy to ocrrry the fort, giving them
Il vast uncultivated territory on condi-
ton that they would never sell 1t nor
divide it up. TIE descendants of these
families, almost all fishermen, have
adopted the following regulation
Everyone born there who marries is to
receive 2,400 square meters of land,
but possession of this property is only
temporary. On the holders death the
property returns to the community,
which may dispose of it to someone
else.
Each section has now become a gar
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
The Indian Lanauaae,.

The bureau of American ethnOlogy
Of the Smithsonian institution, which
conducts studies and Investigations
among the Indians, is constantly bonn.
barded with requests for "the Indian
word" for this and that. 1t may be
worth while to explain to the public,
therefore, that there is no one Aneri.
can Indian language. On the contrary
there are about 1000 languages in the
two Americas, and practically 800 dis.
tinct Indian languages north of Mexico
It becomes, then, impossible to give
"the" Indian word for any English
equivalent, and consequently it is
usually chosen from the language Of
the tribe which inhabits, or once inhab.
ited, the particular section of the co,ln.
try from which the request comes; fol-
example, the word may be chosen from
the Sioux, Delaware, Cherokee, Seneca.
Zuni or other language.