By the Way (Continued) lier's." She thought there might be oil on the farm, and insisted on digging a well before she and her husband quit the place. Mr. Fowler yielded to his wife's whim, and raised the money to dig the well from among his more prosperous neighbors. The greatest flow of oil in many years followed the digging of the well, and Fowler's neighbors got $15,000 for every $100 they had lent him. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler are now oil millionaires. "Cartoons" has this on the Pullman porter: "Traveler- Did you find a roll containing fifty dollars under my pillow?' Porter-Yas, suh; thank you, suh.' We quoted lately from Mr. Enos A. Mills's book about "The Grizzly." Here are two more incidents which show a distinct sense of humor, or at least of fun, in the grizzly's makeup: In the south west corner of Yellowstone Park a number of boys were bathing in a stream, when a young grizzly came along and for a moment stood watching their pranks. Then he slipped quietly behind some trees upon the bank of the stream. When the boys ap proached this spot, with a wild "Woof, woof," he leaped into the water among them. This caused great excitement and merriment, plainly just what he desired. As he swam hurriedly away, he looked back over his shoulder with satisfaction. Another amusing incident also happened in the Yellowstone. As the stage arrived at the Cañon Hotel one of the passengers, who had been having much to say concerning bears, put on his raincoat and got down on all fours, proceeding to impersonate a bear. While this demonstration was on a grizzly arrived. He made a rush at the man and chased him up a tree, amid laughter and excitement. The bear made no attempt to harm any one and plainly enjoyed this prank merely as a prank. London "Punch" quotes the following extract from the War Trade Department under the heading, "Our Official Naturalists:""I am instructed by the Director of the War Trade Department to request you to state if the pedigree colt is a shorthorn steer." Mr. Plumb, of the Plumb Plan, was asked by a Congressional Committee what he meant by a "revolution." He at first said it meant that those who do not agree with the new ideas shall be removed from office, by the use of the ballot. "That is not revolution," said a Congressman. "Well," said Mr. Plumb, as reported, "it means that the people are going to get liberty through Constitutional and lawful forces if they can, but if the powers of reaction prevent it, it will come in some other way." Later Mr. Plumb volunteered another definition of the word "revolution" by quoting from a speech by a Congressman to the students at Yale, advising them to "spread the gospel and raise hell generally." "That is about what these men mean," he said. 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Another addressed himself to the grievances of the laboring man: but those present seemed very much surprised when a young Negro, who had come in and taken a back seat, rose and said that twelve million American Negroes are exceedingly dissatisfied with the conditions under which they live, and the quicker those conditions are changed and the American Negroes treated precisely the same as all other citizens the better it will be for all parties concerned. It was at the close of this meeting that the speaker of the evening, a former editor of a leading business journal in America. approached the young Negro and asked, "What does the Negro want?" In a recent article in The Outlook, August 20, under the caption, "What Does the Negro Want?" the writer, a native of Mississippi, answers the question as follows: Only this. As good a chance for their boy and girl as you and I want for ours. But they feel that they get that chance most surely by staying in their own crowd.... We need not have been surprised had these Negroes desired mixed schools and social intermingling. On the contrary, this community, while reaching up toward white standards, prefers racial seclusion." The writer is quite certain that the gentleman from Mississippi is mistaken in his conclusion that the Negroes in Cincinnati or any other place in the United States prefer racial seclusion. The fact that the Negroes in Cincinnati are making the most of segregated schools is no argument that they prefer racial seclusion. As a matter of fact, Negroes, like all other races, are unalterably opposed to "staying in their own crowd." They are all social beings. They prefer their own to all others, but they have no idea of limiting their social intercourse to their own racial group. The public school is the bulwark of American democracy because it tends to produce mutual understanding. In the public school the children of all classes and races meet on a common plane. They learn to understand and respect each other, and so lay the foundation for the future peace and happiness of the Republic. This mutual understanding cannot be developed if we have one school for Negroes, another for Indians, another for Chinese, and still others for the various groups of the white race. What does the Negro want? He wants to be let alone and permitted to work out his own salvation as any other race in America. He wants every right and privilege guaranteed to every American citizen by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. M. W. BULLOCK. Boston, Massachusetts. 'APPERSON The Eight with Eighty Less Parts THE Franklin Tire Mileage PROOF of the tire econ omy of any car comes only from owners' results. The reports on Franklin Tire Mileage made in a recent nation-wide investigation, show Franklin owners as authority for the average record of 14,500 miles to the set of tires. This is more than double the mileage delivered by the average car, nearly three times the usual tire mileage guarantee. It is undeniable proof that it is car design principally which influences tire economy. Before this recent test of the Franklin Car could be made, it required two years of waiting for tires to wear out. This is significant to owners accustomed to replacing tires in their first season. And in 14,500 miles of running, Franklin owners averaged only three punctures. Blowouts or other tire accidents are practically unknown. Experienced motorists will appreciate what this means in freedom from tire anxiety, trouble and expense. It explains why Franklin Cars are rarely seen carrying spare tires and why Franklin owners never have expensive spare tire investments. Franklin Light Weight and Flexible Construction create this tire economy and freedom from trouble, just as they give riding comfort, easy driving and safe control, by lessening the shocks of the road. Direct Air Cooling (no water to freeze or boil) adds its influence to the all-around. reliability of the Franklin Car. These fundamental principles are also the reason why Franklin Cars frequently deliver more than is actually quoted for them |