The northwestern bulletin., 1923-10-20
What Not
Column !!
How Much Do You KNOW
BY Robert p. Edwards
(For A. N. P.)


CURED at the battle of Monterey?
A Negro saved the life of General
Zachary Taylor at the battle of Mon
terey. A Mexican was aiming dead
ly blow at the general, when the Me-
gro sprang between them, slew the
Mexican and received a deep wound
from lance. The Negro was a slave
at the time, but was afterwards
emancipated by President Taylor.
SO. Did Negroes ever own and
operate Carnival?
On May "a, 1923, the first and only
Negro owned and operated Carnival
opened at Anacostia, Maryland, the
birthplace of the illustrious Fred
Douglass. The Carnival, composed
of the Jones-Jenkins Minstrels. a dog
and pony show, a merry-go-round,
ariel swings, doll rack, pile driver,
freaks and Understands, with eight
concession stands, and featuring AL
bert Gaines, acrobat, is owned and
operated by S. H. Dudley, president
and general manager; Joe ones, sec
retary-treasurer; Dad James, general
superintendent, and w. c. Brown,
general agent, all of whom are show
men of long experience.
81. Who was Mandombi?
A tablet has been put up in the
DrinoaOo paatr;oa uyord of tba T ON
don English hospital to commemo-
rate the African chief, Mandombi,
whose self-sacrifice was the means of
the discovery of the cause of the
scourge of sleeping sickness. Man
dombi was doomed by the diseases,
but with great courage submitted to
experiments which enabled DR.. Ar
thur Fagan to trace the cause of the
| disease. DR.. Fagan, as the tablet
records show, examined the blood of
the patient every four hours for two
months. The tablet has been placed
over the bed in which the chief made
his heoric sacrifice.
So. Who was Charles E. Nash?
Conspicuous in the Negro annals
of the Civil War, is the case of
Charles E. Nash. He received pri-
mary education in the schools of New
Orleans, but had educated himself
largely by his own efforts. In 1863
he enlisted in the S3rd regiment,
United States Chasseurs d'Afrique
and became acting sergeant-major of
that command. At the storming of
Fort Blakely he lost leg and was
honorably discharged. He later be-
came a member of the United States
House of Congress.
SO. What Negro soldier rode
horseback from xenia, Ohio, to
Washington, d. c.. to prove his fit
ness for war service?
During the World War, Colonel
Charles Young was disqualified as
being physically unfit, despite the
fact that he rode horseback all the
way from Xenia, Ohio, to Washing
ton, nearly 500 miles, in rs hours.
walking Is minutes out of every
hour. In september, 1921, while
serving as military attache OF the
U. S. government in Liberia, he was
dispatched on confidential business
down the west coast. He died in
Lagas, Nigeria, West Africa, in jan
uary, 1922, and his remains were
brought home and inferred, with full
military honors. in Arlington ceme-
terry on June 1, 1922.
54. From whence did come the
scale of the English and American
courts as they exist today?
If you will read Exodus, 18th
chapter, IL to 81 verses, you will be
convinced that the scale of English
and American courts as they exist to-
day came from Jethro, priest of
indian, who was the father-in-law of
Moses. Jethro, who, before attaining
the priesthood, was called Rueul,
was the son of Esau and Adah,
daughter of Elon, the Hittite, who
was Negro.
NEXT WEEKS WHATNOTS
55. Who was Antonio Maceo?
Sc. Did Negro operator ever
send out a radio program for Ne
gro club?
| 81. Whose work is the oil paint
ing, "The Birth of Christ" that