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Mr. M. Grant Lucas. Fifteen Years in the Public Schools—A Usefull Career. Mr. M. Grant Lucas has been quite a successful teacher in the public schools of this city for fifteen years. After going through the graded, High and Normal Schools he was appointed to a teachership September 1, 1890, immediately upon graduating from the Normal, in which he took high rank. During his first year in the corps he taught two schools simultaneously, one without pay. One of these was taught in the forenoon and the other in the afternoon and in the same year he took the regular course in the Spencerian Business College, attending the night classes. Desiring further preparation for his chosen calling he entered upon a four years' course of study in the Howard University, completing it in 1895, and receiving the college degree, while at the same time he kept up his work of teaching an afternoon school. During his senior year in college he succeeded in taking the junior year in the Law School, from which he graduated in 1896, by attending the college classes in the forenoon, teaching in the afternoon and attending the law classes at night. In the fall of 1896 he was promoted to the fourth grade principalship of the Payne School and having been signally successful in bringing up the school's attendance it was raised to a fifth grade and he was consequently promoted to the fifth grade principalship in 1897. In 1898 he was transferred and promoted to the sixth grade principalship of the Lovejoy School and in 1900 he was taken from the Lovejoy principalship and advanced to a seventh grade school which he has since taught with marked earnestness and efficiency. SERVICES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL ROOM. Mr. Lucas has always exercised a becoming interest in all public questions which concern the wellbeing of the people whose children he instructs. He has frequently appeared before the Bethel Literary and Historical Association, of which he is now corresponding secretary, and before other organizations which stand for the moral uplift of the race. When the dual school system in the District was abolished by Congress in 1900 the original bill as passed by the Senate provide together with other things, for only one assistant superintendent, two clerks and five members of the Board of Education. It was at this time that Mr. Lucas had the courage to draft and circulate a petition to Congress asking that two assistant superintendents be provided for instead of one (one of whom should be colored and in charge of the colored schools) for three instead of two clerks and for seven instead of five members of the Board of Education. Over four thousand citizens and taxpayers signed the petition. It was sent in to the Senate and presented to that body thy the chairman of the District Committee, the late Senator MacMillan, and as may be seen from the Congressional Record, the changes asked were granted. Mr. Lucas also took the initiative in an effort to secure the appointment of a Douglas Day in the schools. Shortly after the death of Frederick Douglas, at one of the regular meetings of the teachers held in the High School Building, he drew up and presented a set of resolutions honoring the memory of Douglas and requesting the superintendent and trustees to set apart a Douglas Day to be observed with appropriate exercises. The resolutions were adopted and published in the local papers. The sentiment grew, and finally the day was set apart by the school authorities. In 1901 he edited and published a school journal of a high standard devoted exclusively to the education of the colored race in this country. He was compelled later to suspend the publication on account of his lack of sufficient capital to continue it. In 1903 he wrote a handbook on the lives of some of our prominent teachers who are decreased, which was endorsed by school officials, white and colored, and also by the teachers as a useful little volume, containing many impressive lessons of inspiration. PRESIDENT OF REPRESENT Mr. Lucas is now president of the High School Alumni Association, which he organized and which held an unusually successful reunion on the 17th of last June, there being over two hundred graduates of the High School present. This organization is one of the most potential agencies of its kind for good in the community, representing as it does over a thousand High School graduates. Its active members consist of many of our leading men and women among whom are ministers of the gospel, doctors, lawyers, school teachers, government clerks and business men. Some years ago Mr. Lucas was a Sunday School superintendent and church clerk, and he is now an active member of the Berean Baptist Church. He is married and has an interesting family. He has an orderly and systematic mind and approaches whatever tasks devolve upon him with directness and method. He is a man of pure morals and upright character, and singularly bent on doing substantial good in the community. POPULAR TALKS ON LAW. Copyrighted 1905, by Wm. C. Sprague President The Sprague Correspondence School of Law. LANDLORD AND TENANT. NO. 4.—THE OBLIGATION TO MAKE REPAIRS Aside from any agreement by which the tenant has bound himself to make repairs he is under no legal obligation to do so, where the damage is ordinary wear and tear or came by inevitable accident or by the wrongful act of a stranger. This means, therefore, that aside from an agreement to a different effect, the tenant is bound only to take reasonable care of the premises. He must so treat the property that it may revert to the landlord unimpaired by any wilful or negligent conduct on his part. Where, however, the tenant has agreed to make repairs, he must make good all loss or damage, and must even rebuild in case of a partial or total destruction of the premises, even though without his fault. Usually the contract to repair contains the expression, "ordinary wear and tear and damage by the elements excepted." Just what "damage by the elements" is not definitely settled by the courts. Some incline to hold it is the same as an "act of God" or such a happening as man could not foresee, nor provide against, and such as that human agency in the matter was absent; hence a loss by flood from the breaking of a dam was not a "damage by the elements," and the tenant was held bound to repair. But in most states probably, in Michigan surely, such language excuses the tenant in case of damage by flood or fire where the tenant was not at fault. Aside from agreement, as stated, the tenant is not bound to repair damage that is ordinary wear and tear, or where caused by an inevitable accident or the wrongful acts of others. So a tenant need not replace a plate glass window broken by a stranger, or make good a loss from a falling chimney. In Georgia, Louisiana, and California, in the absence of agreement, the statutes make it the duty of the landlord to make repairs, and Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey have statutes exonerating the tenant from rent in case the premises become untenable without the fault of the tenant. But in these states the provisions of the lease will govern notwithstanding the statutes. As a further apparent exception to the general rule that the tenant is bound only to take reasonable care, it is generally held that he must keep up fences, and keep the premises wind and water tight. This obligation of the tenant is rather one of protection than one of repairs. The tenant is generally bound to take reasonable measures to protect the premises, though not called on to repair them. As, if there is a leak in the A parole promise to make repairs, given by a landlord, after a lease has been executed, is void. The landlord has, in general, a right to enter and make necessary repairs, but must do so at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner. Where a landlord has agreed, in the lease to make repairs, he is entitled to notice before he is in default. roof he could not be excusable for resulting damage if, knowing it, he permitted the water to soak through the floor and ruin the ceiling, when, by the placing of a receptacle under the hole in the roof the damage could have been easily averted. He should stop up holes in windows, doors, etc., but when the defect was not caused by him, he is not bound to make the windows and doors good. Also, aside from agreement, the landlord is not bound to make repairs save in the states named above, where statutes so provide. This is so even though the building is destroyed. In that case he may still collect his rent, save in the states of New York, Minnesota, California, Georgia and Louisiana. To be continued. Gen. Peter C. Hains and B. M. Harrod, Panama Canal Commissioners, have returned to the United States. WASHINGTON What I Saw And Heard Recorder J. C. Dancy denies that he was refused at the Interior Department lunch table, but that Judge Robert H. Terrell was. Mr. Dancy stated that he has only been there once and he was served. Justice Terrell called to see Chief Clerk Dawson last week and stated to him just how he was refused. I can't see why any citizen should be refused to be served in a government building. This is a case that should be investigated by the secretary. There is too much of this business going on in the government departments. The chief clerk of the Treasury Department made a visit to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing last week and ordered three windows to be put in the back wall of the "Jim Crow" department of the Bureau. This is the "Jim Crow" corner of the Bureau, otherwise known as the "hot rage house." I am informed that no white man will work in this room. When Chief Meredith made a visit to this room the other he asked Geo. W. Conrod when Chase was there. The chief said that "it must have been a hot day, because it was warm in his room." That he was MR. M, GRANT LUCAS, PRE SCHOOL AL Shoe compelled to pull off his coat, while the electric fans were in operation. These colored laborers only receive forty-five dollars per month. Just think of it! Only forty-five dollars per month! It is a place where every man's health is in danger of being ruined. There is a colored laborer there now who has been poisoned by the ink. His system is in a fearful condition. I am glad to know that the chief clerk of the Treasury Department is about to remedy the evil that exists in the "Jim Crow" corner. I hope, also, that he will see that all laborers who enter the repartment are treated alike. What the men want also is more pay. They deserve it. The police court building is to be torn down. The temporary quarters will be occupied next week. There is a young man in the assessor's office by the name of Mr. Alvey. He is popular with his clerks because he is a fair man. No man is better liked than Mr. Alvey. The colored Republicans in the state of Virginia are playing a waiting game. If the Democrats nominate a good and fair man the colored vote will decide. mission of Grand Duke Cyrin, to marry the divorced Gess of Hesse. It is said that the worst years, struck Bridgeport, Ohio urday. It did thousands of a age. The storm was accor blinding flashes of lightning. An unknown fire original beef beds of the local plant Company. The entire beef was destroyed. The loss is 000. Major Walter A. S. Thur 29th Infantry, has been reactive service of thirty year own request. Mr. John Ross, of 1207 W painfully injured on Monday his foot crushed in an elevator to be dressed at the Emerg eal. His many friends are so him. The United States gover decided to send a representa international conference on reforms. Walter Brown, the banker Ind., was sentenced on third counts and abetting Justiceick president of the Indian FAIRPLAY. The members of the local bar will urge Attorney L. Melendez King for Justice of the Peace to succeed Justice Robert H. Terrell. Mr. King would make a competent officer and his appointment would give entire satisfaction. Paragraphic News BY MISS BEATRIZ L. CHASE. The Navy Yard authorities have a large number of men at work improving the square of ground between 4th and 6th streets, M street and the Eastern branch, in the Southeast, which was purchased by the government about two years ago. The seventh annual congress of Zionites opened last Thursday in the grand hall of the Casino de la Ville at Basle, Switzerland, in the presence of over one thousand delegates, who are representing the leading forces of the Zionist movement throughout the world. It is said that General Duronvo has been appointed a member of the council of the empire, as governor general of Moscow, in the place of General Kozloff. Deputy United States Marshal, Zack Wade, while trying to arrest Cephus Poindexter, an outlaw at Union Hall, Va., last Saturday night upon a capias from the federal court, charging the illegal sale of liquor, was shot through the abdomen and killed by Poindexter, who made his escape. Emperor Nicholas has refused per- PRESIDENT OF THE HIGH ALUMNI. mission of Grand Duke Cyril, his cousin, to marry the divorced Grand Duchess of Hesse. It is said that the worst storm in years, struck Bridgeport, Ohio, last Saturday. It did thousands of dollars damage. The storm was accompanied by blinding flashes of lightning. An unknown fire originated in the beef beds of the local plant of Swift & Company. The entire beef department was destroyed. The loss is about $50,000. Major Walter A. S. Thurston, of the 29th Infantry, has been retired from active service of thirty years, on his own request. Mr. John Ross, of 1207 W street, was painfully injured on Monday by having his foot crushed in an elevator. It had to be dressed at the Emergency Hospital. His many friends are solicitous for him. The United States government has decided to send a representative to the international conference on Moroccan reforms. Walter Brown, the banker of Elkhart, Ind., was sentenced on thirty-four accounts and abetting Justice L. Broderick, president of the Indiana National Bank. He was sentenced to eight years in jail. The funeral services of E. J. Dowling were held last Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the residence of the deceased on 8th street. N. E., and the interment was held at Rock Creek Cemetery. The Hume Cooperage Works, owned by W. S. Hume & Co., which is said to be the second largest establishment of its kind in the United States, filed a deed of assignment in Richmond, Ky., last Tuesday. It is said that the firm owes nearly $400,000. The United Orthodox Rabbis held a long discussion on assimilation of the Hebrew by the Anglo-Saxon, especially in regard to marriage ceremonies, at their meeting last Tuesday, at Spring-field, Mass. Thomas Codwell, President of the Codwell Lawn Mower Company and noted inventor, died at his home in Newburg, N. Y., last week. Fifty people were injured in Kansas City, Mo., last week in a wreck on the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway at Ozark. Secretary Taft being in the Far East and Assistant Secretary Oliver in Canada, Lieut. General Chaffee, chief of staff, acted as Secretary of War last Monday, by special designation of the President. A mass meeting was held in Boston last Monday, in memorial of the late Theodore Herzi Horace M. Kalleen of Princeton University delivered the eulogy. The Pope received Bishop Kelley of Savannah, Ga., and Bishop Northrop of Charleston, S. C., in private audience this week. Fire totally destroyed the plant of Baldwin Steel Co., at Cold Springs, N.Y., last Monday. It was recently moved from Pittsburgh there. Sixty men are out of work. The buildings of the Knickerbocker Ice Co., and the five-story warehouse of Granby Rubber Co., at the foot of Jarvis street, were burned at Toronto, Can., last Sat.rday. The loss was $7,00.00. The American schooner of Honolulu, of which Mr. Nielson is captain, has sailed from Shanghai March 25th, for Port Townsend, is now said to be lost. The cloudburst which was in Warrens, Pa., did much damage. Many lives were endangered and great damage was done to preperity. After a banquet given to Col. W. J. Bryan last week by the Democrats of Wisconsin he told a few of his intimate friends that he would soon start for a trip around the world. The trip it is said will last from one to two years. DEATH OF PROF. WALTER B. HAYSON. THE BEE has just learned, with painful regret, of the death of Prof. Walter B. Hayson, which occurred at his Kenilworth home on the 31st of July. Prof Hayson was appointed a teacher of advanced Latin in the colored high school of this city in 1894, and in 1901 was made the leader of Lincoln Temple choir, both which positions he held until his death. In the death of Prof. Hayson the race loses one of its brightest and most exemplary young men, and the Temple one of its most faithful and consistent members. The musical world also is a great loser by the demise of Mr. Hayson. An artist in the purest sense, his ability was universally recognized and conceded, and his ardent work in behalf of the Temple choir brought that institution to a degree of efficiency and excellence never before attained in its history, and set the pace for similar organizations. His place will be hard to fill. To the bereaved family and sympathetic friends THE BEE extends its heartiest condolences. ALIBI SAVED NEGRO Judge Orders His Discharge from Custody After Positive Identification. Roanoke, Va., July 27.—Horace Webk the negro youth charged with the robbery of three white ladies and an attempted criminal assault on Mrs. J. E. Gebbart, was to-day dismissed from custody by Justice Bryan, in the case of testimony by all the ladies positively identifying the negro. His alibi, testified to by reputable white people, including Robert B. Moorman and wife, who had employed him, accounted for every hour of his time when the alleged assault and robbery took place. It was evidently a case of mistaken identity, and the robbery of Mrs. S. C. Turner, Mr. W. W. Rule, and the three ladies, who identified the Webb boy as their assailant, must have been committed by another negro whose description tailed with that of Webb. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD SUNDAY, AUGUST 6. SUNDAY, AUGUST 6. Special train will leave Washington at 8:30 A. M. An opportunity to spend all day Sunday on historical grounds. The Bee GREAT ADVERTISING MEDIUM. TRY IT! we want possible news! Do you want we advertise? Do you want news and advertise in THE BEE Call For Meeting Of Nation- AL AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL. AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AUG. 30, 31 AND SEPT. 1, 1905. To the members of the National Afro- American Council, Delegates from Local Councils and Affiliated Organizations, such as Colleges, Benevolent Societies, Newspapers and other Race Organizations. GREETING: The Eighth Annual Session of the National Afro-American Council will be held at Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 30, 31 and September 1st. The Necessity for the Meeting. The Necessity for the Meeting. The recent dangerous (and on the part of the police officers scandalous) race riots in New York City, the lynching of seven negroes at Watkinsville, Ga., the demonical ravings of Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi and the Jim Crowing of the street cars of the leading cities of the South, call loudly to the derelict members of the Afro-American Council and the friends of fair play to arouse themselves and to do something to check this onslaught upon their civil political rights. The hostility upon the part of the enemies of the race has been so persistent that many of our friends have become timid and indifferent in our defense. It is with the view of combating this opposition of our enemies, strengthening the hands of our friends and working for the absolute undoing of all discriminations against the race, that this meeting is to be held, and we ask the hearty co-operation of every Afro-American who is interested in the welfare of the race. Why They Should Be Supported. It has been stated again and again that the Council has not done anything worthy of support, therefore it should not be sustained; this is a mistake. I know of no civic organization in my history that through annual addresses sent to the public has done so much to create favorable public sentiment as the Afro-American Council. What other organizations of Afro-American had the hardship to meet at the Capitol of the Nation and in the shadow of the White House to openly and above board, criticise the President (Mr. McKinley) for refusing to make some utterance against the massacre at Wilmington, N. C., of a number of inoffense and innocent negroes. A committee of the Council was sent to visit the President and to call his attention to this dereliction of duty; he said he had been advised by some prominent negroes to keep quiet on the subject, but promised in his next message to Congress that he would advise against lynchers, which he did. The Afro-American Council was the first organization to institute a test case against the constitutionality of the election laws of the Southern States. It was the Afro-American Council that was successful in getting an expression from President Roosevelt against the lily-whitism of the South. Indeed the representatives of this body were present at the White House when his manifesto breaking the backbone of this heresy was issued. Basis of Membership. Article 111 of the Constitution. Section i. The Afro-American Council shall be composed of the members follows: 1st. All persons who hold life membership. 2nd. Council Delegates, representing organizations duly accredited. Local Councils. 3rd. Affiliated Dedegates, representing organizations of similar plans and purposes co-operating with Afro-American Councils. Disfranchisement the Paramount Question. As far as possible all the rights of the race will be considered, but disfranchisement is to be the paramount question. Speaches Must Be Short and to the Point. By the action of the Afro-American Council, each speaker is limited to twenty minutes, and in view of the fact that a portion of the Caucasian press of the country is ever ready to misrepresent the words of Afro-Americans, all speeches must be in manuscript, in order that there may be absolute proof of just what each speaker said. It is our earnest desire that every church, college, benevolent society and other organizations should send representatives. We have every reason to believe that the Detroit meeting will be the largest ever held within the history of the organization. Let all the organizations named above elect their delegates as soon as possible and to send their names to Cyrus Field Adams, Secretary, 934 S. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Continued on Last Page. A PECULIAR PEOPFE "Peculiar People" is a new book for the millions. By Mrs. Arabella Virginia Chase. NEW SUBJECTS. Every division, which are twelve (12) is discussed in a new way. The book will tell who the peculiar people are: 1. THEIR ORIGIN. 2. HE BECOMES A PECULIAR. 3. A MISAPPLICATION. 4. USELESS LEGISLATION. 5. NO LONGER BEGGARS. 6. HIS ABODE. 7. BUSINESS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. 8. IMITATIVENESS AND RESULTS. 9. THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE. 10. GOOD CITIZENSHIP. 11. UNWHOLESOME PRAC TICES. 12. EXCERPTS AND COM MENTS. SUMMARY. MRS. ARABELLA V. CHASE It is a book that should be in the library of every citizen. KNOW YOURSELF. To know yourself you will have to read this book. One dollar per copy, postage prepaid, sent to any part of the world. Send money order or registered letter. Address: Mrs., Arabella Virginia Chase, 1212 Florida avenue northwest, or THE WASHINGTON BEE, 1109 Eye street northwest, Washington, D. C. ONCE SOCIETY'S HOME GOTHAM DISTRICT HAS UNDERGONE GREAT CHANGE. Italian Squatters, Factories and Lum- der Yards Now Reign Where Pa- trician Leaders Once Lived— Some Good Examples. New York.—In no part of old New New York has the hand of change pressed more heavily than on the countryside that is covered to-day by Astoria and Flushing. Fifty years ago this stretch of land, all the way from Hunter's Point to Flushing meadows, was the resort and the home of a society even more select and fashionable than that which now migrates to its Berkshires, its Bar Harbors and its Newport. In their simple, general way, they were the patricians, instead of the plutocrats, of their day, and one needs only to read such names as La Roque, Blackwell, Lawrence, Riker, Rapelye, Holmstrom, Potter, Barclay and Wolcott among them to realize that this little colony across the river was indeed the home of the very leaders of New York. Great weather-worn mansions still stand there to testify how stoutly they were built, and on how stately a plan; but they are shut in to-day among cheap modern dwellings, with here and there a mill or a factory. Buildings crowd in on the burial places of these old New Yorkers on every side, and the whole historia district is taking on the appearance and the airs of city life. The completion of the Blackwell's Island bridge, which will open this section to great development, will hasten the transformation which now is under way. Of the hundreds of persons who pass along the main thoroughfares in the clanging trolley cars only an occasional antiquarian understands why the entrance way to a tile factory has mossgrown walls round it and wide gateways sweeping inward, through which the road runs on under an avenue of stately shade trees to a pile of modern brick. Only he cares to read the story told in the view of a weatherbeaten old house with Corinthian columns and spacious porticos, jammed in among lumber yards and factory walls. Yet it is safe to say that between Newtown creek and Hallett's cove there are still standing more than 200 of such old mansions, all of which are deserted save for a few Italian squatters. Most of the buildings date back to the early THE LA ROQUE MANSION. Section of New York Where This Building Is Situated Has Greatly Changed) fortles, which is about the time that rich New Yorkers as a body first began to appreciate the beauties of the eastern shore of the river and buy land there for their homes. But there were others who made their choice here long before for the old Woolsey mansion was built in 1656, and the Wolcott manor house was put up in 1726. Recycler and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Agent for Southern Bouquet Whiskey. Louis J. Kessel, Importer of and Wholesale Dealer in WINES AND whiskies Sole Owner of the..... ... Following Brands: Private Stock, Old Reserve, Hermit Oxford, Tremont 425 TENTH SREET,I.N. W. Telephone-Main-160. HIDDEN ISLES OF THE SEA. Many a noble ship, richly laden with the proudest spoils of human industry and enterprise, and freighted with that which is dearer still—human life—has passed away the morning sunlight glitteri snowy canvas, passed away, ne arrive at its destination; passed away, forever from the ken and knowledge of men as completely as if it had never been in existence. What has become of those vanished argosies? Whither have they go When the seas give up their old ocean lays bare its sec PETER H. human skeletons, the virgin gold, the priceless gems, the costly jewels, and the wrecks of those vanished ships will be found strewn amid the tremendous passes and deep defiles of those submerged mountain ranges which are the backbones of lost continents, upon those topmost peaks, projecting near the surface of the seas, these lost convoys have been dashed to destruction! The mariner's compass and the navigator's chart have not been able to protect commerce from the wreck and ruin of these submerged, ridges, but the good COLUMBIA CLUB W.G. DOWNER'S ST. LOUIS BARRY FOR K. D. WOODS W. SMITHSTON, D.C. ship "Columbia," richly laden with its precious cargo of "Columbia Club," the purest and best whiskey in the world, launched and navigated by William J. Donovan from the famous Baseball House, located at 1528 Seventh street, N. W., with the Stars and Stripes glittering from its gaff and defiance to all competitors thundering from its steel-clad turrets, has weathered every gale and returned safely from every voyage, because Mr. Donovan knows the highways of successful business enterprise are strewn with the derelicts of pretension and misrepresentation, and that quality alone, and quality strictly and strenuously adhered to, is the only chart and surest recommendation of those who wish to indulge in the delicious, stimulating, health-giving virtue of a truly honest American whiskey—the "Columbia Club." In The Trust ITY ICE ar K St. Market Trust ICE CO. Market N.W. 100 PURE SPRING water. Delivered at Sells largest 5 ceut piece of ice of any FOOD and Coal. eCompany-cor5th IGH·DEGR of satisfaction is a rare thing $2.50 shoes. Shoes at this really lack style or comfort or boo The style of more expensive good solid value are found in o Signet $2.50 S because of the exceptional att towed on the making. 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A Coodyear-welted shoe, made on several of the season's handsomest lasts, in the most popular leathers. Looks first rate and wears that way every time. It's worth your while to come in and look the Signet over, even if you're not ready to buy Always welcome. Wm.Moreland, 49iPenna Ave HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND. BIGN OF THE BIG BOOT MILAN SICK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE UP TO $25.00 PER WEEK WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE ON VERY LIBERAL TERMS PAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH. AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO., FIFTH and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C. PARKER.BRIDGET&CO. PARKER.BRIDGET&CO. Among friends and acquaintances the question is often asked, "Who made your suit?" that is, of course when the suit is meritorious enough to call for comment. One of the best advertisements we have is when our patrons answer the question and tell the cost of the suit. Men's Top Coats, $12 to $35. Men's Spring Suits, $12 to $30. Youths' Clothing, $10 to $25. Boys' Cloth Suits, $3.95 to $10. Boys' Wash Suits, $1.50 to $6. The-Better Kind of Clothing.) arker, Bridget & Co ND PENNTYLVANIA AVENUE, NOR EAD-TO-FOOT OUTFITTERS get & Co. A AVENUE, NORTHWEST, CUTFITTERS Parker, Bridget & Co. AND PENNTYLVANIA AVFNCE, NORTHWEST, EAD-TO-FOOT CUTFITTERS APROPOS OF BALD HEAD Men Who Lose Their Hair, Says a Barber, Make Much Fuse Over It. "Yes," remarked the barber, "I have had considerable experience with bald-headed men, but I don't propose to discuss the subject unless I'm urged. Nobody can go out of this shop and complain that I talk him to death." Having been urged, relates the Providence Journal, the barber continued: "I never could understand why men who lose their hair make so much fuss over it. Most of them wouldn't be beautiful if they had tresses that they could braid and do up high on their heads. But I can't remember that I ever met one who didn't behave as if he was spoiled for life when his hair fell out, and to their last gasp they'll grasp at any kind of a tonic or restorer as drowning people will climb into a boat. What's more, they all deceive themselves into thinking that they're improving under treatment. First and last. I've used tanks of washes and discoveries on them. "Do any of them tone up and restore? None of them is satisfactory, to tell the truth. Now and then I run across a scalp that isn't entirely dead to the world, and I manage to induce a growth; but it is disappointing. It's a downy, fluffy growth, and it doesn't match in length or color what's left of the original crop. On top a man'll look as if he'd just broken the shell—just been born—and on his neck and around his ears he'll look every minute of 60 years old. The effect is very peculiar and laughable. On the whole, however, there's but one thing for a bald-headed man to do, and that's to be a brave, bold, bald-headed man." MEXICO'S FRENCH CLARET. The Russian peasant is an admirer of bright colored clothes, and as a consequence for many years there has been an excellent market for log wood in Russia, as a brilliant red dye is extracted from it, says Modern Mexico. The market, however, for this dye wood has been very poor indeed during the last eight or ten months, on account of the war with Japan, which is making the people so poor that they are unable to wear as many or as brilliant clothes as formerly. The port of Bordeaux is also a good market for log wood, where it helps to make "first-class, pure claret." One of the arguments of the temperance folks against wine drinking is that most of the red wines are dyed and adulterated with log wood. However, if anything, this is really an argument in favor of the wine, as the juice of log wood is a very excellent tonic and in the coast countries of Mexico log wood chips steeped in water, which is then made into a lemonade by the aid of lemon juice and sugar, is one of the standard tonic remedies for people who are run down from malaria, and besides being a tonic it is a very pleasant drink. Probably from a health point of view the French claret would be better if made entirely out of log wood. In France one of the remedies used by physicians in cases of extreme debility is a bath in, claret wine, as in the same way in the hot countries of Mexico baths in an infusion of log wood are used. Uncle Sam's Warships Salute "the Entire Navy" of a South American Republic. A traveler from the regions of Central and South America vouches for the following, states the New York Times: A United States man-of-war entered the harbor of one of the smallest of the Latin-American republics. At anchor in the harbor was present what the traveler describes as "the entire navy" of the republic. When the situation was explained to the officers of Uncle Sam's vessel the customary salute was immediately fired. But among the officers of the navy of the republic satisfaction at the homage thus paid to the dignity of the republic was sadly impaired by the impossibility of returning the courtesy. In "the entire navy," which the traveler states consisted of one "converted tug," there was no powder! Gloom prevailed, until the commanding officer had an inspiration. The officers of the man-of-war now beheld a rowboat leaving "the entire navy" and approaching them. They received the bare-footed commander with all due courtesy, did the honors of the ship, and finally, with controlled emotions, loaned him the powder for which he asked. Upon the return of the rowboat the salute of the big stranger was punctiliously returned. The British Way. It has been said that the English are a masterful race, and nowhere do they show this more than in the determination to carry their own amusements with them into whatever country they may chance to go. Our colonists in South Africa wanted to have some fishing, and so they started a Transvaal Trout Acclimatization society, and no doubt in the near future trout fishing will be one of the regular amusements of South Africa.—Country Life. The Wise Friend "Yes," said the bride of a week. "Jack tells me everything he knows, and I tell him everything I know." "Indeed!" rejoined her ex-rival. "The silence when you two are together must be oppressive."—Home Chat HE CAUSED A GREAT WAR. Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern Gave Bismarck His Coveted Chance at France. Berlin.—Of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, the man who caused the Franco-Prussian war, few photographs existed. Most of them, too, were commonly bad likenesses. The accompanying picture was secured from a member of his family and is a satisfactory portrait of the famous member of the German reigning family who died several days ago at the age of 69. Prince Leopold was buried with imposing military honors. The kalser, at M. (He Was the Direct Cause of the Franco-Prussian War) the head of 10,000 picked troops of the Berlin garrison, lent martial splendor to the obsequies of the personage so intimately associated with the great struggle of 1870-71. It was the selection of this Hohenzollern prince by the Spanish cortez to fill the vacant throne in Madrid that provoked Emperor Napoleon III. to protest and make such representations to Germany that war became inevitable. Although this incident precipitated the conflict, it is a fact that Bismarck had craftily adjusted European politics so as to make the struggle between Prussia and the allied German states with the last French empire practically certain in any event. Prince Leopold was taken ill suddenly at the palace of his son, while attending the crown prince's wedding festivities, and died of heart disease the same day. He was the head of the older, but not the reigning, branch of the house of Hohenzollern. Prince Leopold took active part in the war which he brought about, and served with the crown prince, later emperor, Frederick III. He was popularly known in the army as "the rabbit," a German colloquialism denoting anyone who "starts things." THE ESQUIMAU KNOT. It Is More Ingenious Than Those Tied by the Sailor Man on Shipboard. St. Johns, Newfoundland.—The average sailor is usually expert in tying knots and cording. Some folk are apt to think that this talent rests wholly with the men who go down to the sea in ships. But there is a notable exception in the work of the Alaskan In- THE TOWER dians which is not shown in anything pertaining to boats or the rigging thereof. It is exhibited to best advantage in the sinew cording by which sections of a bow are held together. Such a bow is usually made of strips of bone and caribou horn interlaced. So well is the cording done that the implement holds together for a long time, as though made of a single piece. Fish and Fowl in Reservoirs. Some of the great reservoirs in the country districts that supply certain English cities with their water have become popular breeding places for water fowl and are well stocked with valuable fish. Pure iron is a curiosity of the laboratory. It is a silvery color, has beautiful luster, and is soft and tough CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN OUTPUT DURING 1904. Lead and Spelter Production Also Buns Far Ahead of Last Year's Figures—Interesting Particulars. Washington.—Mr. Charles Kirchoff, special agent of the United States geological survey, has computed the quantity and value of the copper, lead and spelter produced in the United States during 1904. He has in preparation detailed reports of these industries, which will be published in the survey's forthcoming volume, "Mineral Resources of the United States, 1904." A very considerable increase took place in the production of copper during ing 1904. The production amounted to 812,537,267 pounds, valued at $105,129,845. The production for 1903 was 938,044,517 pounds. The most noteworthy increase occurred in Arizona, where both the Bisbee and Globe districts added largely to the product. The imports in ore and matte amounted to 18,947,772 pounds; the imports in bars, ingots and old bars to 142,344,433 pounds. The exports of copper amounted to 564,544,880 pounds, a noticeable increase over the exportation of 1903, which was only 320,322,627 pounds. The amount of copper consumed in the United States during 1904 was 485,284,592 pounds, a decline from the figure for 1903, which was 566,429,885 pounds. In spite, however, of this decrease in consumption, it was necessary to draw upon the stocks in producers' hands to the extent of nearly 56,000,000 pounds. To arrive at the production of merchant lead obtained from the mines of the United States is a complicated problem. A careful study of the figures justifies the statement, however, that it amounted to 307,000 short tons in 1904, valued at $26,402,000. The yield in pig lead from ores smelted by works that treat argentiferous material is estimated, after undergoing the smelting, desilverizing and smelting operations, at 95 per cent. of the contents of the ores. The result is a tonnage of 218,000 for 1904 as contrasted with 199,000 short tons for 1903. To these figures are added 89,169 tons of soft lead for 1904 and 83,444 tons of soft lead for 1903, making an approximate total of 307,000 short tons for the lead production of the United States in 1904, as compared with 282,000 short tons for 1903. Returns from all the producers of spalter in the United States show that the production for 1904 amounted to 186,702 short tons, valued at $18,670,200. The production of 1903 was 155,219 short tons. This extraordinary increase in output was due chiefly to the growth of the industry in Kansas, where a number of new plants built in 1903 were in full operation. A partial report of the stock carried by producers of zinc shows a reduction from 10,538 short tons on January 1, 1904, to 6,521 short tons on January 1, 1905. FINGER-PRINT QUERIES Candidates for Police Job Are Puzzled by Examination Technicalities. Chicago."What is an ullnar loop? A whorl? Arches? Tented arches?" One of the 13 men who tried to answer these questions and many others like them is on the way to a fat job in the city police department, but the civil service members and employees who conducted an examination at the city hall the other day confessed themselves stumped. Some of the candidates looked desperate and left blank spaces. It has something to do with finger prints, and the examination was held to fill the vacant place in the bureau of criminal identification. "Maybe Pudd'nhead Wilson, Mark Twain's famous character, would know." said Secretary Corcoran, "but I suppose it's all right, as the questions were made out and forwarded to us by a St. Louis identification expert at our request." "I'll have to take it for granted that the questions will bring out the qualifications of the candidates," said President Errant. The examination was designed to bring out the qualifications of the applicants as experts in the Bertillon system. NURSED HER OWN SLAVE. Her Former Mistress Rescues from Want and Cares for an Aged Negress. St. Louis—A bit of sentiment and pathos of the old south found expression when Rachel, an ex-slave, was buried by her former mistress, Mrs. Leroy B. Valliant, wife of an associate justice of the supreme court of Missouri, from the fashionable family home, where for five years the aged negress had been cared for as tenderly as a child. She had been rescued, an invalid and in poverty, after Mrs. Valliant had spent two weeks travelling in search of her in 1900, to take care of her during the last five years of the old woman's life. As soon as she heard that her former maid was ill and in need of assistance, Mrs. Valliant went to Covington, Ky., where Rachel was supposed to be living. But she was not there. By diligent inquiry, and after spending two weeks in the quest, the jurist's wife finally located her at Winchester. Ky. She brought her here, and at the funeral the Valliant carriage followed the hearse. The Real Want. Wizard Burbank may be able to produce a tomato that tastes like a fruit, but what the world more particularly desires just now is that he evolve a cantaboupe that will taste like a cantaloupe. FORTUNE FOR WORKINGMAN Forgotten Relative in Texas Leaves New York Laborer Over $3,000,000. New York: Wonderful news came to the little cottages near Woodlawn, L. I., occupied by Thomas O'Keefe and his wife, in the form of a letter from a sister in Ireland. It told him that he is heir to $3,825,000 as his share of the estate of an almost forgotten relative, who settled in Texas a century ago, and who died years ago, leaving $1,500,000. O'Keefe, until two years ago, was a section foreman of the Long Island railroad. He had been so employed far nearly 40 years, when, having acquired a modest competence from his wages of $1.20 a day and the earnings of his wife, who took in washing to aid the family exchequer, he bought a six-acre farm, which he has been working in rustic contentment. The O'Keefees were celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of their wedding when the golden news came in the letter from Ireland. Romance surrounds the O'Keefe inheritance, but investigation by lawyers and by Douglas Conklin, cashier of the Bank of Huntington, establishes the fact that the millions have a very substantial foundation, and that from an income of $438 a year, the former section boss and present owner of a six-acre farm is about to step into one of $150,000. In 180 Dennis O'Keefe, of Killkee, County Clare, Ireland, left his home and shipped as a sailor. He wandered over the world, and finally settled in Texas, acquiring many acres of land, and on nearly all of it oil has been found in immense quantities. The oil was found years after old Dennis O'Keefe died, and since scores of lawyers have been searching for his relatives. Finally, a lawyer, named Hildeth, discovered one of the three heirs to the estate, Mrs. Maria O'Keefe Fennell, of Killkee, Ireland. Mrs. Fennell notified her two brothers, Patrick McGuire, who lives in Ireland, and O'Keefe. BUILDING HER OWN HOUSE Massachusetts Woman Has Started, Unaided, a Two-Story Structure. North Adams, Mass.—Mrs. Elizabeth Hollis, young, muscular and handy with tools, has started in to build, unaided, a two-story frame dwelling on a plot of ground recently purchased by her at Lorraine, a suburb of the city. She has already started the cellar excavation, and has a good portion of the work done. She has ordered stone, and plans to put in a heavy foundation wall. Mrs. Hollis feels she will be forced to call for assistance when it comes to handling the heavy framing timbers, but aside from this she will put up the house and finish it without help. The Building Trade council of the city practically controls the building in the city. They will offer no objection to the woman doing the work. In fact, the council, has offered to furnish a couple of men to do any work which Mrs. Hollis is unable to do, but she declares emphatically that she will get along very nicely after the heavy framing is done. Mrs. Hollis declares she will have but little difficulty in doing the inside finishing, plastering and papering. Several men residing near her have offered to lend a hand in digging the cellar, but she prefers doing the work herself. NO RACE SUICIDE THERE. California Woman Becomes the Mother of the Twenty-Fifth San Francisco, Cal.-At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Mello, of Berkeley, Mrs. Mello says: "John, we have another." He replied: "All right, Marla." Mrs. Mello was born in the Azores 46 years ago. She began married life at the age of 15, and has had 25 children. She has been wedded twice. Her-first husband was the father of ten infants, and to John Mello belongs the responsibility of 15. Mrs. Mello is the youngest of 20 children by her own mother, and knows of several additional half-brothers. "I don't know just how many," says Mrs. Mello; "I think ten, but maybe more." After her marriage Mrs. Mello came with her husband to California. And before she was 16 Manuel arrived to prove to his grandfather that the family tradition was just as strong in the new land as in the old. Such was the beginning. The records of to-day show 25 children in 30 years, with seven pairs of twins among them, each time, until the last, a black-eyed boy and a blue-eyed girl. Talking Good for the Teeth Somebody has advanced a new theory to account for the rapid decay of the teeth of human kind. It is due, this wiseacre says, to the decline of conversational powers. Talk exercises the jaws, and jaw exercise is beneficial to the teeth. The more talk the more benefit. Our ancestors were forced to talk because there were few amusements to silence them. Their teeth were more shapely and stronger, and they endured. Nowadays cheap entertainments of many kinds entice the teeth owners and cheap literature of an engrossing character draws them from the natural exercise that their mollars and incisors so sorely need. University Statues. The class of 1904 at the University of Pennsylvania has voted to put a statue of Benjamin Franklin in the university grounds. The class of 1905 is to erect on to William Smith, the first provost of the university. GOLD GOING ABROAD. INCREASE IN AMOUNT TAKEN TO EUROPE BY AMERICAN. New York.—The recent gold exports, small in volume as they were, are suggestive of the relations which this market bears to those of Europe and serve to recall the fact that one of the potent factors in shaping the course of exchange between New York and European centers is the summer expenses of Americans sojourning in Europe. This is an item which naturally does not appear in the reports of our foreign trade, but it is of sufficient importance to materially modify the balance of trade in our favor representing the excess of exports over imports. These expenses of Americans in Europe go on of course in some degree all through the year, but the amount spent abroad is naturally largest in summer, and it is during this season that the effect of this particular feature of the international exchange situation is most felt. With the increase in travel to European countries the amount spent in this way by Americans has largely increased in recent years. It is of course impossible to estimate closely the amount of money which is annually lost to the United States in this way, but that the amount is large is universally admitted. On the other side even closer attention is given to this particular phase of our foreign relations than we ourselves give to it. A New York banker who was recently abroad largely in connection with important exchange transactions, in discussing this question the other day stated that while in Paris he met a French banker who had made careful investigations with a view of ascertaining so far as possible the actual amount of this particular factor in the exchange market. The estimate finally reached by this banker was that the amount spent annually by Americans traveling in Europe was close to £80,000,000, or $400,000,000. This is fully $150,000,000 in excess of the estimates that have been current for some years. This is one of the things which explains why, despite the large trade balances in our favor, the New York market is frequently placed in the position of a debtor abroad. This item and perhaps an equally large amount annually paid to foreigners for freight and insurance charges on ocean traffic make up a sum which it takes a very large trade balance to offset. TAX VALUE IS INCREASED. Assessment to Be Levled in New York City on a Total Estimate of $5,912,156,227. New York.—According to the final estimates of the commissioner of taxes and assessments, New York city this year is worth $5,912,156,227 and will pay taxes on this amount. This is an increase of $271,613,570 over the assessed value last year. Of this increase $206-120,522 is charged against real estate and special franchises, the latter, under the law, being charged as real estate. The balance, $65,493,038, represents the increase in the value of the personal estates of the residents of the city which the commissioners have been able to place on the tax rolls. This increase will cut the tax rate of $1.51342 on each $100 of last year to $1,46885 this year. The reduction this year, the last of Mayor McClellan's present term as mayor, does not equal the rate in 1903, the last year of Mayor Low's administration, however, when the tax rate was $1.41367. Andrew Carnegie still leads the list on the personal tax rolls, being assessed at $5,000,000 on his personal estate. In addition Mr. Carnegie's residence on Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street is assessed at $2,270,000. He will be required to pay a bill of $107,000 when the taxes fall due next October. John D. Rockefeller is second on the personal list with an assessment of $2,500,000, and Russell Sage is third with an assessment of $2,000,000. Unfit Marriages An eminent physician, writing to the London Dally Mall, demands legislation which will prohibit marriages between persons afflicted with either mental or physical diseases. He asserts that his investigations show that a large proportion of the inmates in hospitals and lasane asylums are committed to those institutions because they inherited their affliction. "In savage races," he adds, "natural selection remorselessly cuts down the diseased, the race does not become contaminated, and thus a high standard of health is maintained. We, on the other hand, surround the weaklings with an artificial environment, and we struggle with all our strength against the law which condemns the unfit to extinction." Tonsorial Geniuses Some time ago an English author, George R. Sims, invented a new hair restorer. Now Gabrielle D'Annunzio has distinguished himself by concocting an essence for the perfuming of the bath. The exploit has led one of his commentators to hint that "one sometimes feels his need of a perfumed bath after the perusal of his unexpurgated works." Few Qualify for Navy There were 28 vacancies in the grade of assistant paymaster in the navy. For these positions 2,000 young men applied. Only 24 stood the various tests and received their commissons. New Cash Register Gives Further Protection Against Dishonest Clerks. Washington.—A cash register appears to be an essential piece of apparatus in all mercantile establishments, and the elaborations and embellishments that have been devised for the greater protection of the purchaser and the seller have made this device the most complicated piece of mechanism in use by the general public. Not content with the protecting feature already provided, one of the largest manufacturers has just secured a patent which affords still greater protection for both parties to a transaction. The distinguishing feature of the new improvement is a display of the amount of the sale at a distance from the cash register. This unique end is attained by the introduction of electric commutators, contacts and electrically lighted universal numerals, operated automatically by the manipulation of the register keys. The numerals are formed of black letters, illumined with electric lights and so designed that any numeral can be fushed out of the same space by varying the contacts—that is, by observing certain lines and illumining others. Whenever a sale is registered the amount of the sale is flashed out in large figures on a conspicuously located electric sign, so that there does not appear to be the slightest opportunity for false registration without detection. The indicator comprises a rectangular frame with a semilapaque front of frosted or ground glass. MAIL BOXES TO BE GREEN. Aluminum Color Is Found to Be Detective After Having Been Given Long Trial. Washington.—Green soon will be the color that will guide writers of letters when they wish to commit their missives to the care of Uncle Sam. Aluminum-colored post boxes are doomed, and the order has gone forth that boxes in Chicago and everywhere else are to become of a brilliant grass hue. Transformation of the 4,000 boxes in this city will commence soon, and by the late fall, it is expected, aluminum-tinted boxes will be a thing of history. The change is because aluminum paint has not proved satisfactory. "There's nothing like green," declared Assistant Postmaster Hubbard yesterday. "Green retains its virility and freshness much longer than does aluminum. Aluminum paint becomes dirty, dingy and rusty, while green remains spick-and-span. The change is simply a common sense move and is a return to the green boxes that preceded the present ones. Twelve years or so ago the old green boxes were done away with. Boxes in other cities also will assume an emerald hue, and the citizen will recognize his good friend the post box by its complexion anywhere in the country." SUSTAINS BULL-FIGHTING. Young King of Spain Classifies Torres ros with Players of the Madrid—King Alfonso has stamped bull-fighting with the seal of approval not to be questioned. Recently the young ruler gave forth an edict to the effect that the Scriptural injunction that on six days only one may labor was the law of Spain as well as the law of God. Thereupon arose an outcry for fear that this might apply to bull-fighting, but promptly it was announced that since the bull-fighters did not labor on the other six days they were within the letter of the law even were it not that they were artists and not artisans. According to the proclamation the toreros rank with the players of the semi-sacred dramas, whose work is also exempted from the restrictions of the law, and they are officially declared to be artists, a fact which is no doubt gratifying to the heroes of the bull ring. EARLDOM NOW EXTINCT. Death of the Seventh Earl Cowper Without an Heir Ends London.—Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper, seventh Earl Cowper, who was lord, lieutenant of Ireland from 1380 to 1882, is dead. There beijng no heir, the earldom is now extinct. Earl Cowper was born in 1834. The baronies of Dingwall and Lucas, which Earl Cowper held, go to his nephew, Auberon Thomas Herbert, son of Auberon E. W. M. Herbert (third son of the earl of Carnarvon), and Florence, daughter of the sixth Earl Cowper, and the barony of Butter is shared by him with his sister, Ethel Anne Priscilla Herbert, and Lady Amabel, wife of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, sister of Earl Cowper. Cashler Saw Him. Edward C. Stokes, governor of New Jersey, recently invited a friend to dine at a Trenton restaurant, and afterward discovered that he had forgotten his pocketbook. "I am the governor of New Jersey, and will settle this little matter when I come in again," explained Gov. Stokes to the cashier. "I'm President Roosevelt and you'll settle now," said the cashier, who was new. Happily the governor found somebody who could vouch for his honesty. Statistics of Literacy In Germany there are seven illiterates to the thousand. In England there are 33, in France 46, in Belgium 101, in Italy 233. LAW OF FRANCE WILL ORDER HAPPY MARRIAGES. The Revision of the Napoleonic Coda Will Contain Most Explicit Instructions to That Paris.—Love is henceforth to be legally recognized in French marriages! That is one of the great reforms determined on by the committee now revising the Napoleonic code. Hitherto the French marriage law had not acknowledged the existence of love in wedlock. Perhaps that explains many plots of plays and novels. But these in a few weeks' time will be hopelessly out of date. In future French husbands and wives will be legally bound to love one another, which is not the case at present, and, as there is no country where the public has so great a respect for law as France, happy marriages are soon to be the rule. Art. 212, chap. 6, sec. 5, book 1, of the civil code says: "Husband and wife owe to one another mutual faithfulness, help, assistance." The next article adds: "The husband owes to his wife protection, the wife owes obedience to her husband." But affection finds no place in the code, which affords no counterpart to the "love, honor and obey" of the religious marriage service. A particularly enlightened commission, however, is now revising the Napoleonic code. In spite of the protests of aghast lawyers, such rank outsiders who know naught of law, but only know life, as MM. Paul Hervieu and Marcel Prevost, were appointed among the commissioners. The former, M. Hervieu, is the brave man who has ventured to introduce the word "love" into the law. He defended his motion with some heat and carried the day. The commission decided that article 212, aforesaid, shall read: "Husband and wife owe to one another mutual love, faithfulness, help and assistance." Thus the law will now actually lay it down that the first duty of man and wife is to love one another. This revolutionary committee of reformers has further brought its ax down on the following article (213), half of the text of which, given above, has been clean cut away, which is to run: "The husband owes protection to his wife. The rights of husband and wife are equal." This is tantamount to deleting the obnoxious "obey" from the lady's promise—a tremendous triumph for her. JAGUAR HOLDS UP TRAINS. Escaped Circus Animal in Colorado Tunnel Raises a Dis- Colorado Springs, Col.-More than 2,000 persons and four passenger trains on the Colorado Midland railroad were held up to-day at tunnel No. 6, two miles west of Manitou, by a fierce South American jaguar. Before he was captured the animal clawed Joseph Bennett, of this city, cutting a severe gash across the right leg. Miss Delmont, a passenger, became frightened and in trying to scale a high cliff fell 20 feet, breaking her left leg. The jaguar and a polar bear occupied compartments in a large cage on a flat car of the train belonging to a circus. The cage was too high to enter the mouth of the tunnel and it was torn off. The keeper threw on the air brakes, stopping the train. He threw rocks at the bear and fired blank cartridges at the jaguar to keep them from escaping. The animal crawled under the car and during the efforts to drive it into another cage Bennett received his injuries. The animal was finally driven into a small cage, but before the door could be closed the train started and the jaguar again leaped for liberty. It dashed through the tunnel, but on emerging at the other end found itself in a narrow cut. After some effort the animal was again captured and placed in his cage. WED AT PIKE'S PEAK. Daughter of Indiana Judge. Runs Away to Marry a Full-Blooded Armenian. Denver, Col.—A pretty romance reached its climax at Manitou the other evening when Miss Emma C. Bender, daughter of Federal Judge Bender, of Indianapolis, became the bride of Satem Wahhe El Kafoury, a wealthy Armenian importer of San Francisco. The ceremony was performed in the Iron Springs hotel, at the foot of Pike's peak, by Rev. J. W. Neeley, of the First Congregational church, Manitou Kafoury is a full-blooded Armenian and typical of his race. He is about 40 years old. His bride is a beautiful blonde of scarcely 24 summers. The wedding took place in Colorado because Judge Bender was opposed to his daughter marrying the Armenian, and forbade him to come to the Bender home in Indianapolis. Miss Bender recently completed an eight-years' course in an eastern convent. How and when she first met Kafoury is not known, but it is said that the bride ran away from home in the Hoosier state to be married. She confided in a sister who sympathized with her and assisted in a bold plan of an elopement. Mr. and Mrs. Kafoury will make their home in San Francisco. Something Doing. Additional interest would attach to the sporting pages if records were printed daily of the work done by colleges athletes in the Kansas wheat fields. { LANDS FISH WITH LASSO. Sturgeon Welgling 104 Pounda Fights for Ovar an Hour Before He Is Finally Caught. Watertown, N. Y.—The most exciting fish story, that is well authenticated, heard so far this season, comes from Massena, where Orville A. Babcock, a famous fisherman of that section, had a battle royal the other night with a monster sturgeon. A few nights ago Orville, who was passing near the racks of one of the Massena canal power houses, saw a sturgeon of gigantic proportions in the foaming waters near the racks. Orville took a rope, and, after a half hour's trial, succeeded in getting a noose over the sturgeon's tail. For another half hour he fought to fire the fish out, and finally, when it lay quiet against the racks, he got down, rasted one knee on the girt of the gatehouse wall, and, with his shoulder against the racks, reached down into the water to pull the sturgeon out. After hauling the fish well up out of the water, he found that he was unable to secure a hold lower down on the silly monster, on account of having cling to the girl with one hand. He got a firm grip with his teeth on the tail of the fish, but the denizen of the deep gave a flop and tore loose, leaving a hunk of the tail between Orville's jaws. After another 20 minutes' wrestle, the noose was slipped over the head of the fish, and Orville hauled him out. He tipped the beam at 184 pounds. LEGACY FOR HERMIT BARON Gleaner of Garbage Dumps in Arizona Town Comes Into Com- fortable Sum. Phoenix, Arlz.—A legacy of $9,000, a first installment on inheritance that amounts to much more, has been received by Philip E. Neville, of Phoenix, who now appears as one of the nobility of England, though for three years past a gleaner in the garbage dumps of Phoenix. He bears the title of Baron 'Latimer, a barony whose estates escheated to the crown centuries ago. For 17 years he has been an exile, keeping his locality a secret from his relatives till only a few months ago, when he wrote to demand legacies he knew were due him. Since receiving the money he \has given $250 to the Presbyterian church, where he has been a devout attendant. Neville's home is on the river bank below the city, where he has gleaned tin cans from which to melt soldier. He is about 50 years old. Though letters have come addressing him as Lord Neville, and imploring him to return to his old family home in Herefordshire, he says he has cast off his family and will remain free in America. His only companions, are burros, with which he has made most of his journeysince starting on his lonely pilgrimage from Winnipeg 17 years ago. SILVER FOR THE FISHES. Fine Service Intended for Yacht Club at Sea Gate Dropped Over- New York.—The mermaids that disport off Sea Gate have been presented with a silver service worth $300. The knives, forks and spoons were intended originally for the Atlantic Yacht club, whose house is at Sea Gate. Packed in a fine case, the silver was put on board the steamboat Atlantic, which piles between the Battery and Sea Gate. Capt. Drake, of the Atlantic, placed the silver in charge of one of his men until it should be delivered to Superintendent Stewart at the yacht club. When the Atlantic reached the yacht club's landing the man put the case on his shoulder and started to go ashore before the gangway was run out. He stumbled, and the silver went overboard. The crew of the Atlantic and employees of the clubhouse started grappling for the precious case, but the sand there is somewhat like quick-sand, and the waves quickly bury anything that goes down. Some of the yachtmen put on bathing suits and dived for the service, but the mermaids were stirring their cold tea with the spoons. A professional Jiver will seek the silver. ONLY TWO BILLS EXIST. Sixty-Dollar Banknotes Issued in 1812 Are Worth One Thousand Dollars Each. St. Louis.—The only two $60, bills in existence have been found. One belongs to an eastern collector and the other to Mrs. Julia Turton, this city. They are worth $1,500 each. "My mother was a Bryant," said Mrs. Turton, "and the bill was one of several paid my grandfather, Col John N. Bryant, who fought in the war. of 1912, by the father of Mark Twain. The payment was made in connection with a land deal in Tennessee, the details of which I. have never been able to learn. The bill was an inheritance of mine, but I never realized its value until I saw it mentioned in a dispatch. I value it as a family heirloom." Earthquake Refugees Escapeing from the recent great earthquake, a number of refugees bulk themselves huts at Mandi, India. A few days later the huts were struck by lightning and 23 of the occupants were killed. Fantastic Fish. About 40 varieties of fantastic fish from the Bermudas are to be sent to the New York aquarium. Over 1,000 specimens will be included in one shipment. PUBLISHED AT 1109 Eye St., N. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. On copy per year.....$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three Months.....60 Subscribe monthly.....20 The disposition to call on Hercules to help us out of every difficulty is deeply imbedded in our natures. Almost unconsciously, we think it somebody else's duty to do things which in most cases, we can do for ourselves, or we are willing that others should assume the risk attached to some dangerous enterprise, when really the duty of undertaking it is equally incumbent on us. If we can but shift responsibility from our own shoulders and place it upon the backs of others, we immediately assume an air of pharisaical respectability and look with contempt upon publicans who are sinners by omission and commission. There is a suggestion of this in a recent contribution by Mr. H. H. Grinke to a newspaper controlled by Mr. Booker T. Washington. Mr. Grinke is very greatly dissatisfied with the federal office holder by presidential appointment, because, as he says, said office holder is cringing, servile and complaisant. The description and analysis which Mr. Grinke gives of this species of the genus homo Africanus may be accepted as true in the general outline. But we think Mr. Grinke falls into the error, altogether too prevalent, of believing that holding of presidential office constitutes leadership. As a matter of fact, this error exists nowwhere except among the negroes. Among white people, the moment a man accepts a bureau leadership, he relinquishes somewhat of his natural and accustomed leadership. We can recall no case of a bureau officer in the present administration who is a leader of thought along any line of national development, except it be Mr. James R. Garfield, of the Bureau of Corporations in the Department of Commerce and Labor. The real leaders of white men are not in office. They are business men lawyers, ministers, publicists and editors. So it must be among colored people, we must stop associating leadership with federal office. It is true, as Mr. Grinke points out, that Douglas, Langston and Downing were men of heroic mold and courageuos purpose, of Mr. Langston, in particular, it may be said he obtained more appointments in the departments here in Washington for colored young men than any other leader of the race. But office added nothing to the greatness or usefulness of these men. Their minds had been developed and their courage, usefulness and worth established before they obtained office. If abuses and inequalities exist in promotions in any or all of the departments, it is as much Mr. Grinke's duty as anybody else's to complain of them and to help remove them. The trouble is that our educated men in all walks of life have not exerted their full influence on public affairs and they will never do it until they become aggressive and cease to expect others to do what it is their own duty to do. BEING REMEDIED. Sometime ago The Bee called the attention of the Secretary of the Treasury to the hot box and "Jim Crow" rag house, otherwise known as the laundry, in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The Bee stated that it was a shame and disgrace to our American civilization to see human beings shut up in a hot box this warm weather. The Bee was confident Secretary Shaw would not tolerate such condition of affairs. A few days ago he sent the Chief Clerk to investigate the complaint made by The Bee, who was convinced that The Bee had not overdrawn the picture. The Chief Clerk was accompanied by Chief Meredith, who ascertained for himself just what the conditions were at this place. At any rate, a few days thereafter workmen were putting in three windows in the southern wall where The Bee said no windows existed. Now that Secretary and his chief clerk haws human spirits, it is hoped that they will give these poor laborers more money for the work they are performing and forever abolish this "Jim-Crow" corner. Our information is true—no white man has been known to exist in this department. It must be true because not one can be found there. THE PENSION OFFICE. Wonders never cease to exist. The Bee some time ago called the attention of Commissioner of Pensions. Ware to the discrimination of colored clerks in his last batch of promotions. The Bee said that it did not believe Mr. Ware knew that out of one hundred promotions or more, not one colored clerk was promoted. Certainly it was not because there are none competent. Never before in the history of the office, even under Democratic administration, has such gross discrimination existed. How could all of these promotions pass the eye of Mr. Davenport, the first assistant Commission of Pensions? He is a man who knows no man by the color of his skin. The Bee cannot believe that Commissioner Ware knew what was going on. It was a systematic act of discrimination on the part of some one and it is hoped that Mr. Ware will correct the evil at once. RENTING HOUSES. The matter of renting houses in desirable localities by the colored people of this city, no matter how respectable and deserving they may be, has become indeed a serious problem. Searchers for houses are met upon every hand, with a stereotype answer, "I do not rent to colored people." So unbearable and humiliating has this constant refusal become, that, we notice with agreeable surprise and unstinted pleasure the many recent purchases of desirable houses by a number of our leading citizens. Probably they have been forced to this initiative. So much the better. Let the good work go on, and let our colored citizens purchase desirable homes in desirable localities, at every opportunity. HOME TALENT FOR OUR SCHOOLS. It seems to us that when we have competent young men and women who are born and reared here among us they should not be overlooked for outsiders and interlopers. Home talent should be given preference and outsiders next. This principle is followed in other cities, why not here? Give our boys and girls a chance in the High School. There would be less friction and contention in the High School if there were not so many state factions represented here. O'UR HIGH SCHOOL A great deal has been said about our colored high school and its principal. Everybody who knows Mrs. Anna Cooper must admit that she is a woman of high intellectual attainments. No one will dare say that she would be guilty of anything that would reflect in any way on the honesty and integrity of the lady. The Bee is in favor of a female principal at the head of the High School and it believes that Mrs. Cooper is that person. From the Star of Zion. In speaking of Hon. Judson W. Lyons' Reception by the Georgian Baptist State Convention "Midnight" in the Ledger has this to say: "He seems to be proud of his connection with the Baptist church and the Baptist church seems to be proud of him. He was put under water by Rev. W. J. White before he was a big man, and since he has gotten to the he does not leave the church of his choice. "Would it be out of place for me here to say that there are many of our men when they are little fish attend church and give to it, but just as soon as they get up in life they never attend the church, and if they do they make a little high toned church of their own for an exclusive set. They never mingle with the people, yet they are always ready to boast of race leadership. I have no regard for a leader too big for a Negro church. I say this boldly, and I hope they will hear me. There are some professors in this country with more education in their heels than in their heads, who spend their time around a card table or in a ball room and never go to church." Along with Mr. Lyons' loyalty to his Baptist brethren we point with pride to another foremost political leader who always stands up to be counted for his church, we refer to Hon. John C. Dancy, Recorder of Deeds. Born and reared a true blue Zion Methodist Mr. Dancy has always stuck to his church no matter how high his political successes have placed him. There is no Zion church so humble, and no Zion preacher so obscure as to be overrlooked by this noble son of the church. May the day be far distant when the big offices held by Messrs. Dancy and Lyons be filled by church aristocrats and non-entities. WEONG ABOUT JIM CROW CARS, SAYS THE REV. DR. WALLER. Roosevelt, the Doctor Says, Wasn't the First Great Man to Entertain a Negro — Jefferson Preceded Him — Negro Landed Here Before Pilgrim Fathers. From recent issue of the New York Sun. The biggest Fourth of July celebration ever held by Afro-Americans of the five boroughs was marked by an attack on Booker T. Washington by the operator of the day, the Rev. Dr. Owen M. Waller, former rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Washington, D. C., and by a defense by the Rev. S. W. Timms, pastor of the Holy Trinity Baptist Church of Brooklyn, who declared that "the big hot air pipes of the race are spending too much time in discussing negroes that are trying to do something, and are not doing anything themselves for the betterment of the race. "Can't the learned doctors of the race," said the Rev. Mr. Timms, "let the past be done with and suggest something for the future. Let this day mark the end of denunciation and the beginning of the accomplishment of something." The meeting was in the open air, at Bergen street and Rochester avenue, and a large platform had been erected, upon which were prominent negro clergymen, lawyers and business men. The audience joined in singing "America," after which the Rev. L. J. Brown introduced the first speaker, F. F. Giles, who said: "There are some people who say we should not sing 'America,' but there are no people who have more right to sing it than the negroes, for we are Americans and in the soil of America, from Bunker Hill to Florida, the bones of negroes are bleaching, and the blood of the negro has enriched the soil and made it blessed." The Rev. Dr. Waller said: "We are Americans to the very backbone, and were pioneers and founders of the republic. The negro landed in America before the Pilgrim Fathers, and he has a right to belong to the Society of the Revolution and to the Colonial societies. We don't appreciate our Americanism, but let others get in front of us. The negro is first of all an American, it matters not what he may look like. "Much as been heard of President Roosevelt breaking bread with a distinguished colored citizen, but if you know the history of your race you will be reminded that George Washington wrote commending a young negro woman, Phillis Wheatley, upon her beautiful poetry, and Thomas Jefferson entertained at his estate the great astronomer, Benjamin Banneker, whose first almanac was adopted by the Academy of France. So we have no reason to hide our face or to apologize when we appear in public. "As an educator, executor, a builder and teacher, Dr. Booker T. Washington has my unstinted regard. Tuskegee, with all its grandeur, will live as a monument to Dr. Washington long after he is dead. But on the question of the subtle, brutal constitutions and Jim Crow cars of the South, I part ways with Dr. Washington. His ideas on these questions would handicap children and he is laying plans for the degradation of my daughter and my daughter's daughter, and the race should condemn any man who would not condemn the Jim Crow cars of the South. "We are citizens not of a monarchy, but of a republic, and each citizen is a sovereign and exercises the prerogatives of a sovereign, yet Dr Washington would take away our liberty and equality: I do not want Dr. Washington as a national leader, made so by white men, nor to teach me politics or to teach my boys to think light of citizenship, or of the manhood God has put into me. We are not followers of fads and follies but are true Americans and as Americans we will in time compel all to recognize our equality before the law." "HOLD-UP" NEGRO IN COURT HAILED AS SAN JUAN HERO. Lawyer, in Dramatic Scene, Recognizes Prisoner Facing 60-Year Sentence as Man Who Saved Roose- From the American and Journal, N. Y. There was an extremely dramatic situation yesterday when, before Judge Foster in the Criminal Courts Building, John Holmes, who has been referred to as "The Human Gorilla," a negro whose reach, from finger tip to finger tip is eight feet nine inches long, a greater stretch than that of any pugilist in the world, who was accused of holding up three men and women in St. George Park on June 2, and robbing them by a brutal exhibition of violence, was identified as "Texas Jack," one of the heroes of San Juan Hill, who fought shoulder to shoulder with President Roosevelt, then colonel of the Rough Riders. Tall and gaunt and anxious looking, Holmes was arraigned at the bar for sentence. He was without a lawyer. Judge Foster looked over the courtroom and saw Carl Fisher Hansen. The Judge asked him to defend Holmes. Hanson stepped up to the prisoner's railing, and after a moment's study of the prisoner, extended his hand and exclaimed: "Why, hello, 'Texas Jack!'" "Hello, Captain." replied Holmes, and the white man and the black clasped hands for a moment, to the astonishment of spectators in the court. Led the Charge Up San Juan Hill, "Now, Your Honor," said Mr. Hanson, "I do not appear as this man's lawyer. I am here as a friend. No braver soldier ever wore Uncle Sam's uniform than this prisoner before you to-day. I remember him above all others when I was the aide-de-camp of General Wade during the Spanish war in Cuba, as a conspicuous figure in practically the only land engagement fought during the conflict. "The Rough Riders, led by Colonel Roosevelt, were in danger of being annihilated in the charge up the hill. The order was given for the Twenty-fifth Infantry, composed entirely of black men, to lead the charge and take the fort. They dashed up the hillside and fairly trampled over the Seventy-first Regiment, lying on the ground. "This man, Texas Jack, whom you see before you, was in the van. He reached the side of Colonel Roosevelt, mounted on a horse. He was the first man at the top of the hill when the Spaniards raised the white flag in surrender. I hadn't seen Texas Jack from that day, but I remember his work as if it had happened only yesterday." "The Twenty-fifth saved the Rough Riders, and President Roosevelt, from annihilation that day, and if President Roosevelt were here and every officer and private in the Twenty-fifth Regiment, they would join me in saying that Texas Jack could not have been guilty of this horrible crime with which he is charged." Lawyer's Story Amazes the Judge. The maximum penalty of the crime with which Holmes was charged is sixty years in prison. Judge Foster was so surprised that he deferred sentence until Friday and ordered the probationary officer to make an investigation. Turning to Hansen, before being led back to his cell, Holmes said in a tone loud enough for Judge Foster to hear: "Mr. Hansen, every word you have spoken is the truth. I am Texas Jack and I did go up San Juan Hill with the black men of the Twenty-fifth, as you have described. I did not commit this crime, and am entirely innocent." COLORED FACTORY GIRLS Experiment in Detroit of Employing Only Negro Workers. One of the most important experiments in the employment of labor that has ever been made in a Northern State is now being worked out in Detroit. Mich., where one of the largest factories in the city employing female help is filled only with negro workers. The result of years of study and observation by the factory owners, this experiment has now reached a point where it presages the revolutionizing of factory life, and opens to the hundreds of thousands of colored girls in the North the promise of a field of labor, heretofore practically closed against them. Since the beginning of the experiment seven months ago almost every colored girl in Detroit has applied for a place. and to-day it is frankly admitted that if the doors of other Detroit factories were thrown open to colored workers, hundreds of employees could be secured who would work for less than white girls now demand. In view of the fact that the experiment in the Progressive Knitting Mills has proved that colored girls are peculiarly adapted for factory work, Detroit employers and thousands of young women now face a problem which is undoubtedly of national interest at the present moment. This innovation in a Detroit factory was made only after an investigation by members of the firm which covered a period of several years. One of these members went personally among negro families, and for a long time made acquaintance with young negro women. This investigation revealed the fact that of the 7,000 colored people in the city of Detroit there were at least 1000 young women willing to accept employment of almost any kind. Many of these girls were well educated and a few possessed college educations. Each year the Detroit public schools have been graduating colored girls, but the investigation showed that after leaving school these girls were unable to secure employment where their schooling might be of value to them. They were barred from stores and offices, and in one institution where it was proposed to bring in a colored girl clerk, a dozen white girls threatened to run away. Not only young women of education but others of considerable talent were found holding menial positions which barely provided them with a livelihood, and it was believed by the proprietors of the factory that if such young women could be brought into factory life, the results would be highly gratifying. Soon after this it was advertised that a new factory just completed by the company would employ only colored girls. Immediately hundreds responded and of these nearly a hundred were chosen and set to work. At the present time the Progressive Knitting Mills present a most unusual object lesson. Of the hundred girls employed there, eighty have received fairly good school educations. Nearly a score are either high school or college graduates, and only recently one young woman left the factory to become a teacher in the State Normal School at Ypsilanti. The factory numbers among its employers two girls who have been graduated in photography under one of the best professional photographers in the city, and yet who have been unable to secure employment in a photographic establishment on account of their color. Among the 100 girls there are nearly 40 who play on some musical instrument, half of them being pianists. In their leisure hours three of these teach music. Already seven of the knitting mill girls have formed themselves into an orchestra, which will soon number twelve pieces. Two of the colored girls employed are china painters, one is a young woman who has won local fame as a stage manager, and another is an elocutionist of considerable ability. Numbered among the workers are ten girls who occasionally take part in amateur theatricals, and it is said that two of these will soon leave the factory to act in vaudeville. Fifty per cent of the girls are well read in current literature and the best authors. In the factory they carn from $5 to $8 a week. The output from the factory has steadily increased, and has now reached a point never before equalled in the history of the mills. At the beginning many of the girls came to the factory as early as 6.15 o'clock in the morning, but the employers did not believe that this "overpromptness" would long last. Now, however, each morning sees a half of the girls at work by 6.30, half an hour before they are required to be at their tables, and during the seven months only two girls have reported late.—New York Tribune. A NEW BOOK Hon. John P. Green, no doubt one of the best known speakers and writers in this country, is writing a book on Touisant L'Overture. It is said that this book will surpass all that have ever been written concerning this great negro Haytian soldier. IT HAS:GONE The lunch room that has been in the City Hall for a number of years has been closed. It will be remembered that Justice E. M. Hewlett and Attorney Brown of Boston, Mass., called there some time in March and they were refused. But, both gentlemen insisted on being served and they were served. Since that time quite a number of the colored attorneys, colored clerks and others boycotted the place, which caused a loss of a large portion of patronage. Thursday morning, July 31, the fixtures and other things were moved out and now it is closed. There is no more business being done there at present. MR. LANKFORD SELECTED. The Executive Committee of the National Negro Business League has selected Mr. J. A. Lankford to appear on the program at its sixth annual meeting which will be held in New York August 16, 17 and 18. He has built and is maintaining the largest architect and building business of any negro in the country. His work compares favorably with any office of the kind in this city. AN AMUSING INCIDENT. The following story is being repeated about the streets; and it is told here because it illustrates human frailties, weaknesses and deceits: Once upon a time two young colored men formed a law partnership in this city. They studied, waited for clients, and served with diligence and efficiency such clients as put business in their hands. Business, however, did not come to them in such volume as to give assurance that either of them would become millionaires in the course of their natural lives. In the course of time one of the partners took a civil service examination and was appointed to a clerkship in one of the executive departments, and the other partner continued to serve his clients. A change in the office of the United States District Attorney having taken place, and a gentleman having been appointed to the vacancy who was disposed to make some worthy colored lawyer his assistant, the young man who had continued in the practice of the law became an applicant for that position. He secured the aid of powerful and influential friends, and when his case for appointment had assumed such posture that he had some belief in his ultimate success, he took his erstwhile lawyer partner, but now department clerk, into his confidence and told him everything in connection with the campaign for the position mentioned, never so much as dreaming that his friend and quondam partner would do anything to thwart his plans. Imagine, however, his disappointment, chagrin and anger when a few days after he learned that this friend and partner had become a candidate himself, acting on the information imparted to him in confidence, and was appealing to some of the persons for support who had endorsed him. The moral of this story is to be found in one of the prophets, and is as follows: "The human heart above all things is deceitful and desperately wicked." IN THESE HOT DAYS. (Written for THE BEE.) In these days of perspiration, It must be awful nice To take your family and go Where trusts don't own the ice; And I believe I'd just as soon To Peary's chance of freezing take, As to take the one afforded me To linger here and bake. In these days of roasting weather, In which you're slowly meltin' down, It must be fine to take a trip To some cool Polar town— Where mosquitos never sing, Their nose in everything. And where there are no flies to stick Their nose in everything. In these days hot and still a-heatin'— Hot enough to melt a rock, I would sooner be with Peary, ..Than a-livin' in a block. The tramp is in it sure, these days, A-sleepin' under neath the trees— While we roll all about our room Of a hundred or more degrees. In these days when all are kickin', And when dogs are going mad, And the doggoned heat of dog-days Is as yet to come—by gad! I can't figure where old Peary Is so far off after all, And I think I'd be content with him, At least, till in the fall. In these days of much displeasure, When you can hardly sleep at night, And just when you get to dozing Some mosquito takes a bite I can't help but think of Peary And about that Northern breeze! And if to join him chance was mind, Right then it I would seize. —Clarence Emery Allen, Cleveland, O. "A PECULIAR PEOPLE." The management of THE BEE has arranged with the publisher of "A Peculiar People" so that the work can be in the library of everybody who wants it, at the same time THE WASHINGTON BEE, the most fearless defender of human rights in the United States. This book is a gem. Its contents will tell you the origin of A Peculiar People. Send two (2) dollars and receive a copy of "A Peculiar people and THE BEE for one year. THE BEE is two dollars per annum and "A Peculiar People" one dollar per copy. You may have both for two dollars—THE BEE for one year with a copy of "A Peculiar People." Send either money order or registered letter, and you will upon receipt of the same, postage prepaid, be sent the book and THE BEE for one year. Address, The Bee Printing Co., 1109 I St., N. W. Go to S. Goldheim & Sons, 405 7th street, N. W. The Miss Anna M. Smith is visiting New York City. Miss Laura Arnold is improving at Opequan, Virginia. Dr. F. J. Shadd will leave the city shortly for the East. Attorney Theodore Green is spending his vacation in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Colbert are summering at Arudel on the Bay. Miss Crumwell, who met with a painful accident, is improving. Rev. F. H. Ashby has gone to Lincoln, D. C., for the summer. Miss Ednór Wilson has returned to the city from Berkeley Springs, W. Va. Mrs. Henry Dixon and family are spending their vacation at Midland, Va. Prepare for the laywer's onting September 5th to Somerset Beach. Mr. Eugene Brooks and wife will also visit New York city at an early date. Miss Gertrude Grymes will leave on the 15th for a three weeks' stay in West Virginia. Mr. Percival Brooks is greatly improved since his stay at his country home, Vienna, Va. Mrs. Annie M. Johnson of 1528 15th street, N. W., is contemplating playing an extended visit to New York city early in the fall. Mrs. Bettie Franeis is in Connecticut. Attorney A. W. Scott, who has been quite sick is improving. Rev. Young is quite a fine young man and will connect himself with Howard University in the fall. Recorder J. C. Dancy and wife left Saturday afternoon for Atlantic City. Mr. Dancy is not very well. Rev. Geo. Young, a native of British West Indies, conducted services at Lane's Chapel a few weeks ago. Prof. Kelly Miller left the city on Wednesday for New England. He will be gone about a week or ten days. Our genial friend Richard H. Green of the Treasury Department and his estimable family are spending their vacation at Midland, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Moses Anderson, of 6th street, are expecting their niece, Miss Fortune, of Connecticut, to visit them, entouple for Virginia. Hon. Jere. Brown, of Cleveland, O., accompanied by his bride, spent the past week in this city, the guests of Mrs. Grove, 507 Florida avenue. Mr. Jesse B. Green, son of Hon. John P. Green, is the second night cook at the Islesworth Cafe, Atlantic City, N. J. This is the largest cafe there. Mr. George Dogan of Brooklyn, New York, and Miss E. Harris have returned home after spending two weeks with his father and brother, Mr. Charles H. Dogan. Miss Josephine Western and Miss Nellie Brown, the daughter of Dr. Brown, rector of St. Luke's P. E. Church, are sojourning at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Mr. Ralph Langston was in the city last week, the guest of his mother. He left Tuesday for New York City. Mr. Langston was greeted by a number of his old friends. Neither the father nor the grandfather are aware of the little one's death. Mrs. James M. Gregory, the grandmother, is in Cleveland with her daughter-in-law. Miss Lulu Howe, the young lady pianist, has returned to the city to spend her vacation. She is persuading a special course of study at the Episcopal Female Academy at Raleigh, N. C. Mr. Arthur F. Boston, who has become tired of living in a small house, is now looking around for a residence of a more commanding appearance and one that he intends to call his own. Mrs. Judson W. Lyons and her sister, Miss Grace Hope, of Atlanta, Ga., left yesterday for a ten day trip to Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Canadian points. Miss Hope has been the recipient of much social attention while in the city. Hon. Geo. H. White has returned from a two weeks' vacation at Whitesboro, N. J. Odessa Inn at Whitesboro has become a popular summer resort. During the present season as many as fifty guests have been at the Inn at one time. Mr. Eustis B. Johnson and his wife, Mrs. Hatrie C. Johnson, of 1732 14th street, northwest, will leave for Cape May some time next week. Eustis is from the old stock of citizens and a young man of ability. Mrs. Sarah Roach, who died Friday night after a long illness, was buried Monday at 3 P. M. from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma' Leftwich, 212 D street, N. W. Rev. Clair conducted the services. Dr. Harry M. Brown of Pittsburg, Pa., arrived in the city last week. After spending a few days with his mother he left last Saturday morning to visit his sisters, the Misses Brown, who are summering at Silcott Springs. The members of Prince Hal Lodge No. 14, F. and A. Masons, are preparing for their annual reunion and anniversary of the birth of Prince Hal, the founder of Masonry in this country, which will be held September next. On last Friday evening a party of young folks met at Miss Valentine's, 1225 N. Y. avenue, and went on a surprise straw ride to the country home of Miss Mamie Adkins, where all enjoyed themselves till time for them to return on their delightful trip back home. Rev. Frank Gregory and his father, Prof. James M. Gregory, of the Industrial School at Bordentown, are in Europe. Last week the baby girl of Rev. Frank Gregory, the first born, died in Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, July 29th, and was buried Monday, July 31st. Mrs. Fannie E. Wear Taylor, Mrs. Augustus W. Gray, and Miss Addie Thornton will leave the city on the 18th for Niagara Falls, and on their return they will stop in New York, Atlantic City and then they will go to Wicomico, Va., where they will remain until September. Prof. Elmer C. Campbell, head of the physic and chemistry department of the Summer High School, St. Louis, Mo., was the guest this week of Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard University, the noted mathematician and Socialist. He has been highly entertained since his stay in the city. Prof. Campbell is a genial young man, who won a host of friends while visiting the city. A number of the society people are spending the hot season at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., within close proximity to the Blue Ridge mountains. Among those coming to the notice of THE BEE are Mrs. Daniel Murray and family, Mrs. R. H. Terrell and daughter, Prof. Geo. W. Cook and wife, Wm. H. Harris and family, R. D. R. Venning, Miss Europe, Capi. W. Bruce Evans, and others. We note with pleasure the purchase of desirable homes in some of the most eligible localities in the northwest, as follows: Mrs. Alice Lucas of Southwest-Washington in 13th street between I and M streets; Mr. Spelby Davidson, in the same street; Mr. W. H. Haynes in 11th street, Mr. Arthur Gray in Vermont avenue, and two other colored families in 13th street near U, whose names we fail to recall. Dr. S. L. Corrothers and the Trustees of Galbraith A. M. E. Z. Church have finished making arrangements for the extensive improvements which begun this week. The church will be in such a condition so as to have it comfortable this winter for its friends and visitors. There will not be any interruption to the services while the repairs are being done. If the congregation keep up the steady increase the next four or five years it has in the past three years, the church will not be able to accommodate the attendance. It was quarterly meeting at Galbraith Church last Sunday and Rev. Blalock, the Presiding Elder, delivered two sermons, one in the morning and the other at night, which was very highly appreciated. At three P. M. Rev. Blackwell, the pastor of John Wesley Church, preached a very fine sermon. MT PISGAH NOTES. Rev. M. G. W. Jones, pastor of Mt. Pisgah, preached at Muirkirk camp last Sunday to a large crowd. Many souls were crying for mercy and several confessions were made. Rev. Brown is pastor in charge. Miss Mary Riley left the city for Baltimore. Mrs. Adie Henry is on the sick list at her residence, 1007 7th street, S. E. The Pearce and Light Club are pleased at the grand success while in the Robinson Park August 1st. Prof. Amber rendered excellent music. The Stevenson Brothers, who are great jubilee songsters, have on hand several hymnals at residence of Mr. David Peyton, G street, N. W., between 2d and 4d. In a recent communication to the New York Sun Dr. Owen M. Waller, of Brooklyn, N. Y., referring to the leadership of Booker T. Washington, asks this question: "If Moses had been pensioned by Pharaoh, could he have lead the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt?" Now that's a poser for you. Here is a good subject for Sunday school-lyceums and college debating societies to discuss. Dr. Waller is a hard hitter. SOCIAL CHIT CHAT. The Committee of the Young Men's Immediate Relief worked hard and too much praise cannot be given them. The excursion was a financial success. The president, D. A. Clark, is happy. Dr. W. S. Naylor, cur popular dentist is an active member of the Y. M. Immediate Relief. Mrs. W. E. L. Sanford, of M street, N. W., will recuperate in North Carolina. Mr. Wm. E. L. Sanford will visit New York and Connecticut and return in time to join her in North Carolina. Mr. Samuel Wales of West Washington, D. C., has decided to go away at last, where, we don't know. Perhaps he does The Committee of the Y. M. P. L. is smiling at everybody. It must be on account of the moonlight September 8. Don't laugh. Dr. S. M. Pierre made a rush to town early this morning looking well but very much sun burned. Aldridge T. Lewis is still in town looking well. If he doesn't go away soon the boys will carry him. Are you going? Where? On the moonlight September 8. Yes, I would not miss it. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Payne will sail to Europe shortly. Don't say that I told you. Several marriages will take place in the West End soon. Mrs. Daisy Jackson Magruder. of West Washington, D. C., will justicate in Virginia. Mr. Jas. H. Magruder will enjoy himself at Atlantic City. Dr. U. J. Daniels is booked for Atlantic City. Daniel Freeman is not talking much but he is thinking loudly. The girls say they like the smoke which emanates from Mr. W. J. Singleton's cigars. That's no joke. Mr. C. F. M. Browne is too busy to leave the city. What's that I hear now? September 8th, the Y. M. P. L.'s moonlight to Indian Head. The committee consists of the following: A. F. Boston, chairman; Ed. Holland, vice-chairman; A. T. Lewis, secretary; J. A. James, assistant secretary; Wm. A. Carter, treasurer; Jas. H. Magruder, Sergeant at Arms; W. J. Singleton, Daniel Freeman, Ed. Allen, Fred Sobbs, Dr. W. S. Lopton, Jno. H. Carter, Jno. W. White, C. D. Sidney, Jesse Foster, W. J. Abrams, O. R. Rogers, F. L. Watkins, Geo. Geary, S. M. Pierre, M. D., D. Clark, Geo. H. Cox, C. H. Marshal, M. D., Elton Jackson, J. W. Edmunds, A. Lincoln Alexander, Geo. H. Payne, Jno. S. Lee. SOUTHWEST BRIEFS. There were two funerals from the Metropolitan A. M. E. Z. Church, D street, S. W., Sunday, July 30. They were those of Messrs. Geo. Hawkins and Robt. White, both of which were preached at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Wallace. The church was filled to overflowing. Mr. Hayckins had been blind for a number of years and was also a faithful member of the church. Mr. White died after a brief illness and leaves a wife and two children. Mrs. Liverpool, the wife of Mr. Joseph Liverpool, who is one of the best known citizens of the Southwest, is on the sick list but it is thought and hoped that she is improving. Miss Rachel Guy and Miss Nannie Jackson left for Niagara Falls and Toronto, Canada, last week. They will return in September in time to take up their school work. Mr. Clem, Dorsey, of the Civil-Service Commission, will spend his vacation at Laytonville, Md. Mrs. Ella Lee, wife of Mr. John H. Lee, one of the moving spirits in Rising Son Lodge No. 1365, G. U. O. of Q. F., is rusticating with Mrs. J. H. Barton and friends near Fredericksburg, Va. Mr. R. M. Thompson, one of the well known grocery men of Third street, S. W., will take a ten days' outing the first of September. He will visit friends in Charlottsville, Richmond, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., before returning to the city. Mr. W. D. White, of 483 K street, S. W., will spend the month of August on his large farm in Louisa Co., Va. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lewis, Jr., of Garfield, D. C., will be pleased to learn that their little son, who has been quite ill for several weeks and under the professional care of Dr. Mitchell, has recovered. Mrs. Over, the interesting wife of Mr. Chas. H. T. Over, of the U. S. Coast Survey, will rusticate with friends near Warrenton, Va., during the month of August. Mr. R. Jackson, the energetic deacon of Zion Baptist Church, S. W., will spend his vacation with friends and relatives at Orange C. H., Va. Rev. Joseph Matthews, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Anacostia, will leave next week for Spottsylvania Co. Va. During his three weeks' vacation HOUSE & HERRMAN THE LARGEST INSTALLMENT HOUSE IN the CITY Now is the time to FURNISH YOUR HOUSE Carpet Your Floors on LIVE Comfortably. Only First-Class stores keep first class goods and sold by first class cler how large your Purchases are immediate delivery is made to any part of the city Name THE BEE when you call. he will assist Rev. James Robinson in a protracted meeting. Miss Teresa Washington, Miss Carrie Gray and Miss Ida Douglass are visiting friends at Luray, Va. They will not return to the city till the middle of September. Mrs. Hubbard, the widow of Rev. W. L. Hubbard left the city last week for her country residence at Colonial Beach, Va., where she will remain till October 1st. SILCOTT SPRINGS, WEBB'S COTTAGE Silcott, Va The gay season is at its height at the Webb Cottage. Boating, fishing, quoit, games or all kinds and above all the beautiful country drives, are indulged in daily. The cottage, which is noted for its unique appearance, is almost surrounded by a hammock villa, which adds beauty to the place. Every guest has a bright and new swinging couch and between the time of games and laughter, most of them can be seen in his own couch, with book or paper, expanding his intellect. Last Saturday evening was one of music. The hostess, Mrs. Jno. R. Webb, pleasantly surprised her guests. All of them were out for a walk, when they were hurried to the cottage by the sweet strains of music. Dancing was indulged in until a late hour, which took place in the verandas and halls, after which Mrs. Webb invited the guests to the spacious dining room, where a beautifully arranged table was ladened with delicacies. All partook and seemed well pleased with their evening of pleasure. Among those present were Miss Lulu Love, Dr. Sara Brown, Misses Emma Williams, Miss Fairfax Brown, Miss Carrie Campton, of Philadelphia, Pa., Miss Gertie Jackson, Miss Jeannette E. Anderson, Miss Winnie Peters, Prof. John Love, Mr. Frederick Douglass, Mr. Henty Chinn and Mr. Walker B. Webb, Sr. The ladies were beautifully attired and the gentlemen did honor to the occasion. Prof. Love made some well chosen remarks, which were heartily applauded. Mrs. Webb knows how to entertain and the guests felt very grateful to her. THE WHIST GIRCLE. The initial reception of the Whist Circle took place at the Home of the Girls' Industrial School last Monday night. Mrs. Minta B. Simmons was the manager of the affair and she made everything agreeable and pleasant for her guests. The ladies and gentlemen, numbering about one hundred, danced and played games till a late hour. Among a few of those present were: Misses Dora Holmes, M. Williams, Georgia Burke, Anna Shaw, Lillie Spinner, Blanch Morgan, Eva Contee, Eva Morris, Mannie Downing, Alice Suydam, Julia Tibbs, Carrie Evens, Jennie Morris, Eyens, Mrs. Victoria Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Houser, Misses Alice Burke, Wilhemea-Crusoe, Henderson, Bertha Tucker, Julia Lee, Ethiel Johnson, Messrs John Porter, Moxley, S. Stewart, W. Lawson, Jesse Foster, Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, Mr. Charles Thomas, Mr. Geary, Mr. E. Brannum, Mr. Cumber, Mr. M. Houesby, Mr. H. Brodie, Mr. W. C. Chase, Prof. Hershaw, Mr. Royal Hughes, Mr. Eugene James, Mr. George Lee, Mr. F. Locker, Mr. Richard White, Mr. F. Boughton, Mr. S. F. Taylor, Mr. Robert Carter, Mr. Harry Parker, Mr. John Gaskins, Mr. Alec Watson. Last Tuesday the Whist Circle gave its second dance and reception in the Girls' Industrial Home. The crowd was even greater than at its opening. The ladies' gowns were something beautiful and attractive. There were many new faces at this dance. They continue to be more attractive, each one that is given. LAWYERS' OUTING Tuesday, September 5th, the members of the bar will give an outing, the first in the history of the bar, to Somerset Beach. The affair will be one of the grandest that has ever gone down the river. Next week THE BEE will contain full particulars. Let all friends of the lawyers wait and accompany them down the river to this beautiful resort. The committee on arrangements, invitation committee, committee on music, will be published in the next week's issue. GEMS FROM THE QUARRIES. From the every part of the South there is a cry for men in the cotton Call at once. Northeast Corner 7th and "I" S.H.H. UNDERTAKER AND EM 1715 14th St., N. Satisfactory prices and services Special rates given to subscribers ence. Funeral parlor furnished. R. L. Mid FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND Coffins can be shipped to any part of orders. Your patronage solicited. 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The Southerner thinks that by the encouragement of pauper immigration, etc., he can do away with this evil but not so. The foreign element after they once settle in the Sunny South will soon teach our Southern brother that they are not negroes, and will not stand the treatment that they receive. If the colored race of the United States would only stop applying the knife to each other as they so often effectually do, the condition of the race would improve at least 50 per cent. United efforts always bring mutual benefits. Relative to the race problem in the United States, the only true solution is first, Education; second, Business; third, Money; fourth, Unification of the Race. First, by Education the negro can hold his own with anyone of the white race. Second, by business the negro in business is not regarded as a negro, but as a business man and a man. Third, by the accumulation of money it causes many things to come to the one who controls the dust. By the unification of the race it will command respect, etc. Relative to splits in the Masonic Order in the State of New York, among our white brethren a split occurred in 1823, caused by virtue of the fact from the tenacity of which the older lodges, holding warrants ante-dating the Grand Lodge, 1781, held to their desire to be independent and work under their old charter. The two Grand Lodges compromised in 1827. In 1837 a division again occurred, caused by the refusal of the deputy grand master to let some of the lodges observe St. John's Day by procession, sermon and banquet. The matter was settled in 1850 by consolidation. In 1849 another schism occurred, the cause of which was the question whether the past master of lodges should be an integral part of the Grand Lodge. The matter was compromised by which all who had been masters prior to 1849 were admitted to membership in the Grand Lodge, since which time the Grand Lodge of New York has enjoyed peace and prosperity. The United Grand Lodge of England had three splits from the date of formation until the consolidation, the first in 1725, the second in 1850, the third in 1790. In 1813 they consolidated and formed the United Grand Lodge of England and Jurisdiction. There are lots of Masons wearing the different emblems that are no more Masons than a Profane. It would be a good plan if the various masters, high priests, commanders, etc., would cause their members at each meeting to recite one of their various obliquations. It would cause a marked increase in the working of the Craft (D. C.) The Home for Distressed Members of the Craft is a fine thing. Brother Harris and wife deserve great credit for this move. Right is bound to predominate. It is INES, BALMER. W. guaranteed to all. of THE BEE. Thirty years' experi- Telephone, North 1595. eldleton, D LIVERYMAN. of the State upon reliable telegraph prices are the cheapest and my stock coolite drivers for all occasions. ALL OCCASIONS. St., Southeast. Satisfaction Guaranteed. FUNERAL DIRECTOR HIRING, LIVERY' AND SALE STABLE. Carriages hired for funerals, parties, balls, receptions, etc. Horses and carriages kept in first-class style. Satisfaction guaranteed. Business at 1132 Third street, N.W. Main Office Branch at 222 Alfred street, Alexandria, Va. Telephone for Office, Main 1727. Telephone Call for Stable, Main 1482-5. OUR STABLES IN FREEMAN'S ALLEY. Where I can accommodate 50 horses. Call and inspect our new and moderate caskets and investigate our methods of doing first-class work. 1132 Third street, N. W. J. H. DABNEY, Prop. only a question of time. AMONG ODD FELLOWS. Grand Director W. L. Houston has returned from Philadelphia, where he has been attending the sessions of the S. C. of M. The "People's" candidate for D. G. M. is really without the people. Where are they and who are they? Don't all speak at once. The excursion on the Jane Moseley to Somerset Beach on the 26th ult., given by Rising Sun' Lodge No. 136, was in every way a success. Many prominent members of the order were on board and had a good time. Great credit is due the committees on arrangements representing the lodge and Phyllis Wheatley, H. of R., and the Ladies' Auxiliary. J. McC. Crunnill Lodge No. 1437 did itself much credit by electing Mr. C. S. Hill as its delegate to the next D. G. L. Brother Hill don't look wise for nothing and the chronic fraternal office seekers will find it an up-hill job to make him believe their "blarney." The District H. of R. will convene at Odd Fellows' Hall, 1666 M street, N W., at 8 P. M., Monday, September 11th next. Mrs. M. A. Parker, D. M. N. G., will preside. It is rumored that W. A. Freeman Lodge No. 2099 has two candidates for D. G. M. If this be true Bro. Muse may find it necessary to go fishing the second week in September next. JESSE FOSTER AGAIN ON DECK. Mr. Jesse Foster, the well-known caterer, has opened his catering business again at 924 18th street, N. W. Mr. Foster has fitted up one of the finest business places in the West End. He has a host of friends who are glad to see the old reliable on deck again. Mr. Foster, for the month of August, will leave the city for the East. He will visit Atlantic City on his return. In the fall he will have an opening that will surpass all former efforts. Aged Couple Impose Strange Trust on Beneficiary, But Young Woman Rejects Him. London.—When Farmer John Wren lay dying at Coolcar, County Longford, he bequeathed his comfortable farm in an unusual manner. He was childless, and he willed that on his widow's death the farm should go to Patrick MacCarthy, "under the condition (he wrote) that within one year after my death he contract marriage, and come to live in my house at Coolcar, with Rose Anne Reilly, daughter of Philip Reilly, of Toneygarden." Wren and his wife died within a short while of each other last year, and Patrick MacCarthy proceeded to carry out the trust reposed in him. There were difficulties in the way, for Miss Reilly had gone to America. Three times Patrick MacCarthy voyaged across the Atlantic to ask her to marry him and so fulfill the terms of their benefactor's will. But each time Miss Reilly declined, and Patrick had finally to return to the home at Coolcar without a wife. The question of the ownership of the farm now arose, as old Wren, laid it down that it should go to Miss Reilly's brother if the marriage did not take place. The Irish master of the rolls, however, has laid it down that, as Patrick MacCarthy did all in his power to fulfill the conditions of the will by going to America after the bride named for him, he was not to blame because the marriage did not take place. The interesting legal decision then is that the farm remains the property of MacCarthy, and he can now install a bride of his own choice in Coolcar. CROP OF SILVER FOXES. Valuable Alaska Fur Animals to He Taken to Montana and Raised on the Ranch. Livingston, Mont-Joseph J. Harrison, of Philadelphia, who is connected with a fur corporation, is in this city for the purpose, he says, of studying the climatic conditions of Park county, with a view to establishing a farm for the breeding of silver foxes in this locality. He says the company he represents already has such a farm in Alaska, but the company wishes to experiment with the fur of animals bred in a milder climate. "Of small animals," said Mr. Harrison, discussing the project, "by far the most valuable pelt is that of the nearly extinct silver fox. The company I represent makes a business of breeding animals for their pelts; but until a short time ago we never attempted to raise the silver fox, as the animal is very difficult to capture and as it usually does not thrive in captivity. We have, however, a small number of the little animals on an Alaskan farm. It has been suggested that perhaps a finer quality of fur could be raised in a milder climate, and it seems to me that the conditions in Park country are favorable for the experiment." MANY RELICS FOUND. Document Signed by Vancouver, the Great Explorer, Among Old Papers Discovered at Honolulu. Honolulu.—A letter bearing the signature of George Vancouver, the great explorer, is among the documents found among, the archives of Hawaii, by R. C. Lidecker, secretary of the board of archives, who is going through many boxes of old papers and records. It was written in 1794 and is a testimonial left by the explorer with King Kameshamehe the Great, testifying to his peaceful disposition and kind treatment of Vancouver and his men. The document is well preserved. Many other similar relics are being found, among them being numerous treaties with the various powers of the world, by the Hawaiian monarchy. There are also letters signed by the Hawaiian kings of the early part of the last century, showing their allegiance to Great Britain, and one from the First Kamehameha to King George III., telling of the complete conquest of all the Hawaiian group by the island king. Vancouver's letter tells of a meeting of chiefs at which the sovereignty of Great Britain was acknowledged. CHINAMAN DRIVEN OUT. Creek Tribal Tax Is Too Much for the Only Celestial in Muskogee, Indian Territory. Muskogee, I. T—Because he had to pay $24 Creek tribal tax, Wong Gee, the only Chinese resident of Muskogee, has packed his grip, delivered all laundry intrusted to him, and gone to San Francisco. He was notified by the police that he must pay up or sit up. The blue suit and brass buttons of the Indian police frightened Wong Gee so badly that he could not talk for some time, but when he regained the power of speech he asked numerous questions, and was finally taken to Treasurer Lyman K. Lane, who is receiving the money. When Mr. Lane told him the amount of his tax, Wong Gee said as business was dull he would give the treasurer his note. This Mr. Lane refused to accept, unless Secretary Hitchcock would indorse for the Celestial. When Wong disgorged the $24 Mr. Lane asked if he wanted to pay for next year. The Chinaman declined to do so, saying he would return to California, where there were no Creek Indians and no tribal tax. A Fact Long Known. Experts say life insurance premiums are too high. They will not have to furnish figures in order to get the policyholders to believe it. Not Always Last A French writer says the czar is the last of his race. Not when his race is for the purpose of getting under the bed. ANANIAS AWAY IN THE REAR "Bck" Amberated and Came Back with One That Was Somewhat Strong. Frederick Burton, who has was reputation as among the ablest rural character delineators, spends his summers in Gosport, Ind. Burton says it brings him close to the soil, being out among the cows and pigs, and he has an amusing story to tell of life down on the farm, says the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. "There is a fellow in Gosport," said Mr. Burton, recently, "who is about the most notorious liar I ever encountered. I don't mean he is the worst liar, for really his feats. partake of the excellent, and I reckon he's about the best liar I ever knew. Last summer I determined to see if I couldn't get him a tale that would put the Munchausen and Ananlas forces away in the rear. I said to him one day: "Eck, have you ever noticed how much a man can lift with one hand if he goes at it gradually?" "Nope, never did," he replied, laconically. "Well, you see that hog there in the pen. I started when he was a wee little suckling and lifted him every day by his ear once out of the pen and once back again. I kept it up for two years and at the end of that time he weighed 250 pounds and I could lift him just the same." "Eck almed a stream of amber at an unoffending fly and said: "Wall, we uns had a hog wunct that used to wiggle through a little hole that separated its sty from the swill pen. The hole warn't no bigger than enough to 'low it to get through when it was a little pig, and at the end of one year that air hog weighed 400 pounds and still kept crawling back and forth through that one-foot hole." THRIFTY IN GIBRALTAR. When the British took the Rock of Gibraltar, 300 years ago, its most interesting inhabitants were the scorpions, which have furnished the nickname for the genuine inhabitants, says the National Magazine. British liberty and law have since attracted a population closely suggesting that of Hong-Kong in density and prosperity. In each case there is not standing room for all those who wish to crowd in, and consequently the great bulk of would-be British subjects have to find board and lodging elsewhere. In Hong-Kong they drip over the edges into sampans and live afloat under the protection of the harbor police. At Gibraltar they tramp away each evening and return the following morning, enriching by their earnings Linea and other places in the neighborhood. Gibraltar is officially credited with a population of about 20,000. It would be 200,000 were there room. The rock grows nothing-Hong-Kong is equally barren. But in each case freedom of trade and liberality in administration have attracted all the population that can possibly be accommodated. Rents in Gibraltar are relatively high. So they are in Hong-Kong, and for the same reason. University Society That Pays Impressive Tribute to Memory of Sir Isaac Newton. One of the strangest societies in Japan is the cult in honor of Sir Isaac Newton formed among the graduates and undergraduates of the Toklo university, says the New York Herald. No president takes the chair during the meetings of the club, nor does a fussy secretary read elaborate minutes. Instead the president's place is occupied by a handsome portrait of Sir Isaac and the happenings of the club are preserved in tradition, without recourse to written records. The annual festival of the cult is held on Christmas day, the anniversary of the scientist's birth; but frequent regular meetings are held, at which the older students and faculty make speeches, not too elaborately scientific, since the object of the club, after the veneration of Sir Isaac, is essentially social. No other European scientist or discoverer appears to have made half the impression upon the Japanese that is credited to Sir Isaac, and the cult is peculiarly representative of the race. Fired for a Laugh. "Insulting behavior" is a very elastic charge in Australia. It may cover anything from pitch-and-toss to manclaughter. Its latest application comes from Bendigo. In that golden city, where the late marquis of Salisbury tried his luck as a digger in 1825, the authorities of a Methodist church decided to suppress juvenile giggling. They introduced a policeman in plain clothes, and he detected a couple of small boys laughing during the evening service. The boys were brought into court on a charge of "insulting behavior" and fined 10s each, plus 11s 6d. costs. There are very few of us who have not been guilty of this crime at some period of our lives.—London Chronicle. Almost Too Late Col. McSchwartz was telling the caller how wonderfully the town had grown. "Why, when I moved here with my wife and daughter twenty-sev—" "Papa," interposed Miss McSchwartz, "there's a mosquito on your neck. Let me pinch it off." "Ouch!" exclaimed the colonel. "As I was saying, when we moved here quite a number of years ago," etc.—Chicago Tribune. TWENTIETH AND K STREETS, N. W. HAVE YOU TRIED STAFFORD'S CORN SALVE THE CORN WITHOUT PAIN; TRY IT-IO TRIED STAFFORD'S CORN SALVE IF THE CORN WITHOUT PAIN; TRY IT—10c. HAVE YOU TRIED STAFFORD'S CORN SALVER IT REMOVES THE CORN WITHOUT PAIN; TRY IT—10c. A FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. I can save you 50 per cent discount on all prescriptions—You don't have to take them where the Doctor tells you. 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Having made good a resolve not to touch liquor in any form until after he was 21 years old, John M. Johnson was recently presented with $5,000 by his grandfather, J.-M. Studebaker, of South Bend, Ind. The promise was made when Mr. Johnson was a little boy, and the fact that he so successfully battled the temptation of youth and college life to win the prize has won for him many congratulations. Wins $2,000 in Half Hour. All speed records for breach-of-promise trials were broken in the court of common pleas when Miss Myrtle B. Goodsite, a Sandusky (O.) dressmaker, secured a verdict of $2,000 against Frank Link. It took five minutes to hear the testimony and the charge to the jury, and 30 minutes later the jury returned the verdict. Link married Miss Welter, and Miss Goodsite then sued. S CORN SALVE IT REMOVES PAIN; TRY IT-IOc. ARS AND TOBACCO. In all prescriptions—You don't have kills you.—You have paid him have it filled where you get by licensed men only are not robbed. sale at this place. BUSH, BEER BY THE CASE AND ED GOODS. ANDARD BRANDS: Gordon Gin $0.95 Black and White Scotch 1.25 Hunter rye, per bottle 1.00 Cascade 1.00 Old Overholt .90 Booth Tom Gin 1.15 French Vermont .70 Maryland Rye 3.00 Apple Brandy .35 Shoe Store Avenue of Washington that we have opened e above address. Williams & Kneeland Shoe Co finest shoes for men, attention to our line at $3.50. All the Stag-last Oxfords in all leathers— s, &c. No. YOUR INSPECTION INVITED INNED FREE. Listing Sale 50 Fabrics & Sons READING TAILOR. NTH ST.—405 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. ANE MOSELY Summerset Beach and other Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk and nation apply or write to 190° First Street, Southwest. Main 1779. TheCentralCafe Sucessor To H. L. Tigcor. 1213 E Street Northwest Everything Str: Specialconveniences for dinner parties 7. W. W. WILLIAMS, PROP. A.J.May, GALERIE, MEATS AND PROVIE SIONS. Corner 4 1/2 & C Streets Southwest $15 MR. RICHARDS. When looking for good shoes, don't leave out Richardson's fine shoe store at 1229 Penna, dr. Ni W. He is carrying one of the finest line of man's shoes that ever was put upon a counter in this city. Mr. Richard is a Washington toy, and if your shoes are not what he says they are, take them back. You don't have to wait to hear from the firm out of the city. The firm is this city, at 1229 Pennsylvania avenue, N. W. BUY THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE Before You Purchase Any Other Writes THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY ORANGE, MASS. Many Sewing Machines are made to sell regardless of quality, but the "New Home" is made to wear. Our guaranty never runs out. We make Sewing Machines to suit all conditions of the trade. The "New Home" stands at the head of all High-grade family sewing machines Sold by authorized dealers only. FOR SALE BY S. Oppenheimer & Bro. A FREE PATTERN your own selection) to every sub- tuber. Only 50 cents a year. Mc CALL'S MAGAZINE 50 YEAR A LADIES' MAGAZINE. A gem; beautiful colored plates; latest fashions; dreaming opulence; fancy work; household blinds; petroleum, etc. particularly for the latest enquiry. Body agency wanted. Read for terms. Stylish, Reliable, Simple, Up-to- date, Economical and Absolutely Perfect-Fitting Paper Patterns. Mc CALL BAZAR PATTERNS 10 F All Seams Allowed and Perform the Basting and Sewing Only to and by men only. Buyer. Ask for them. Sold in town, every day and town, or by mail brun. Mc CALL CO. 113-715-117 West 51st St. NEW YORK. 20 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communities strictly condemnate Handbook on Patent sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $L. Sold by all newadvertisers MUNN & Co. 381 Broadway, New York Branch Office, CS F St, Washington, D.C. NEW YORK CLIPPER IS THE GREATEST THEATRICAL SHOW PAPER IN THE WORLD. $4.00 Per Year. Single Copy, 10 Cts. ISSUED WEEKLY. SAMPLE COPY FREE. FRANK QUEEN PUB. CO. (LIS), PUBLISHERS. ALBERT J. BORIE. W. W. 20TH ST. NEW YORK NEW USE FOR VESUVIUS. Dynamite Gunboat Has Been Befitted and Is Nowa Torpedo Training Ship. Boston.—The United States ship Vesauvius, once the only dynamite gunboat in any navy, which in the Spanish war frightened many Spanish soldiers and sailors at Santiago, will go into commission again in a few days at the Charlestown navy yard. She is a dynamite cruiser no longer, her new designation being a torpedo training ship. She will be stationed at the torpedo station at Newport. About $200,000 has been expended at the local yard in refitting the ship for her new work. About all that remains of the old fittings are her hull and engines, and these have been thoroughly overhauled and are entirely new in many parts. The work of rebuilding and refitting has been in progress about a year. The ship, a "white elephant" of the navy, will at last be of some practical service, it is now said. She has been tied up at the Charlestown navy yard since her return from the campaign in Cuba. The navy department has been considering what could be done with the craft to make her of some service, and probably a hundred plans for converting her were considered before the torpedo instruction ship idea was decided upon. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. care Washington, from station corner. New Jersey avenue and Cst. ROYAL BLUELINE 12013 RUBBLE OTHER HOUR ON III ODD HOUR TO PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK *7.00 am. Diner, Pullman Parlor o am. Buffet, Parlor 5 Hr. Train. ∞ a.m. Diner and Pullman Parlor r. RA 00 a.m. Diner and Pullman Par or Car. *1.00 p. m. Diner and Pullman Parlor Car. *3.00 p.m. "Royal Limited." All Pull- man. 4.00 p.m. Coaches to Philadephal *5.00 p.m. Diner and Pullman Purlor. *8.00 p.m. Coaches to Philadelphia. *11.30 p.m. Sleepers. *2.57 a.m. Sleepers. Atlantic City, †7.00, †9.00, †11.00 a. m., †1.00, *3.00 p.m. EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUB to Baltimore with Pullman service. Week days: 7.57, 5.00, 6.35, 7.00, 7.20, 8.00 8.30, 9.00, 9.30, 10.00 11.00 a m., 12.00 noon 12.05, 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 4.45, 5.00, 5.05, 5.30 6.00, 6.30, 7.00, 8.00, 10.00, 11.30, 11.40 p. m. Sundays, 2.57, 7.00, 7.20, 8.10, 9.00, 10.00 11.00 a.m. 1.00, 1.15, 3.00, 3.30, 5.00, 5.40, 6.30, 8.00, 10.00 11.10, 11.15 p. m. WESTWARD CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST. *12.00 a.m. 5 30, p. m. CINCINNATI, ST. LOUI3 AND LOUISVILLE *10.05 a.m. *4.05 p.m., *12.45 night. PITTSBURG AND *11.00 a.m. *9 150 p.m., and -12.40 night. CLEVELAND 9.15 P.M. COLUMBUS, *5.10 p. m. WHEELING *10.05 a.m. *5 30 p. m. WINCHESTER. *18 35 a.m. *4.05, *5.00 p. m. ANNAPOLIS, week days 8.00, 3. m. 12.05 noon, 4.00, 6.00 p.m., Sundays 8.30 a.m. - 5.30 and 10.00 p.m. LURAY and ELKTON *40.5 p.m. Throughparlor Car. FREDERICK, *18.35, *9.15, *10.05, *11.00 a. m. $1 15 *4.05 *5.35 p. m. HAGER TOWN, *11.05 a. m. and *5.10 p. m. BJOYO 411 way points, *9.35, *9.15 a. m. $1.15 *5.00, *5.35, *10.15, *11.30 p. m. GAITHERSBURG and way points, 11.15 $9.15 a. m., 12.50, 8.15, 13.30, 5.0, 15.35, *6.50, *7.35, *10.15, *11.30 p. m. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Daily Ticket Sunday $5u day only. Baggage called for and checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Company on orders left at ticket offices, 619 Pennsylvania ave northwest. New York avenue and Fifteenth street, and at station. D. B. Hick Dist Pass Agr. Baltimore & Ohio Chicago NEW YORK & CHICAGO EXPRESS Lv New York 12.00 noon "Philadelphia 2.14 p.m. "Baltimo e (Mt. Royal) 4.14 " "Baltimore (Camdem) 4.30 " "Washing on 5.30 " hicago (next day) 5.30 " Excellent connections with all lines or Michigan points and all evening trains leaving Chicago for the West and Northwest Solid attubed trains. NO CHANGE OF CARS WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE REPORT AND AFTER TREATMENT. FORD'S ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or oily hair grow long and silky. It is nourishes the scalp, prevents dandruff and makes out or breaking off. cares dandruff and makes hair sold for strengthening kinky hair. Beware of Original Ozonized OX MARROW CO. It puts up only in fifty cent size, made only in packaging by nx. The gaineuse has the signature Ozonized OX MARROW CO. It is never fails to keep the hair healthy and beautiful giving it is that healthy, life-like qualities it is the best and most economical possible for anybody to produce a preparation with 50 cents directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Seems to be possible for anyone with three bottles, express paid. We pay all postage charges. Send postal or express money order mention name of this paper was ordering. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. (None gaineuse without my signature.) Charles Ford Park 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Agents wanted everywhere. HOWARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (Including Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutic Colleges.) INCORPORATED 1867 THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION will begin October 2nd, 1905, and continue eight months. STUDENTS MATRICULATED FOR DAY INSTRUCTION ONLY. Four-Years' Graded Course in MEDICINE. Three-Years' Graded Course in PHARMACY. Instruction is given by didactic lectures, clinics and practical laboratory demonstrations. Well-equipped laboratories in all departments. Unexcelled hospital facilities. All students must register before October 14th, 1905. For further information or cata-logue apply to CALL FOR MEETING OF NATION ALCOUNCIL. Continued From First Page. The citizens of Detroit are preparing to entertain the Council in first-class style and the trip promises to be a delightful one. Special Rates. All delegates can secure a special rate if they will only get a certificate from the agent at the point where they purchase their ticket. Remember the date of the meeting, Aug. 30, 31 and Sept.1. William H. Steward, President. Alexander Walters, Chairman Executive Committee. Cyrus Field Adams, General Secretary. IN TRYING TO CLIMB. (Written for The Bec.) In trying to climb, if folks grab hold Of you, you shake 'em loose! Don't stop 'cause by some you are told In tryin' there ain't no use. In trying to climb, don't waste your time With worthless ones and fools— Don't stop 'cause the sun don't always shine, Or 'cause you can't rest on cushioned stools. In trying to climb, whether dry or wet. Just keep going all the same— Clarence Emery Allen. G. A. R. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. Denver, Col., Sept. 4-7. VERY LOW RATES. BALTIMORE AND OHIO R. R. Tickets on sale August 29th to September 3d, and valid for return passage to reach original starting point prior to midnight of September 15th, 1905. For details as to rates, routes and extension of final return limit, call on any ticket agent, B. & O. R. R. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. NIAGARA FALLS ONLY $1000 ROUND TRIP June 30. July 14 and 28. August 4 and 18. September 1 and 15, 1905. Excursion tickets will be sold on above dates at the very low rate named, good going only on Train No. 504, leaving Washington at 700 A. M., arriving Niagara Falls at 11.00 P. M. Tickets valid for return ten (10) days, including date of sale, on all regular trains except "Black Diamond Express," of Lehigh Valley R. R. Holders of Niagara Falls tickets have the privilege of making a delightful side rip from Niagara Falls to Toronto and return, going and returning same day for $1.25, (except for excursion of September 1); and on return journey can make the charming side trip from Rochester to Thousand Islands and return for $5.75. Stop-overs permitted on return trip at Buffalo, Rochester Junction (for Rochester), Geneva, Watkins Glen, Glen Summit Springs and Mauch Chunk. These popular excursions are run through the most beautiful section of the East, giving daylight views of the beautiful Suspuehanna River, the Lehigh and Wyoming Valleys. Call on Baltimore & Ohio ticket agents for full particulars. Established 1800 BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE, Goldand silver watches, diamonds swalry, guns, mechanical tools, ladies and gentlemen's wearing apparal. Old gold and silver bought Unadorned pledges for sale 644 Pennsylvania. Ave., N. W. The Purity Ice Company is the place to buy ice. Also the American Ice Co. G. A. R. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. Denver, Col., Sept. 4-7. VERY LOW RATES. BALTIMORE AND OHIO R. R. 901 R Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Virginia X CLARET Eminently vinous and dilutable, hence splendidly adapted for sangarees and punches. 6 qts. for 90c. TheQualityHouse, 909 7th st. 'Phone M.274. PATRIARCHS MILITANT AND SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE, VERY LOW RATES BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R. Excursion tickets will be sold from points within a radius of 50 miles of Philadelphia at rate of one fare plus 50 cents for the round trip; and from points 50 to 100 miles from Philadelphia the rate will be one fare plus $1.00 for the round trip. 2 Tickets on sale September 16, 17 and 18, good returning to September 25, inclusive. From points more than 100 miles from Philadelphia the rate will be one fare plus $1.00 for the round trip. Tickets on sale September 15, 16 and 17, good returning to September 25, inclusive, except that upon payment of $1.00 to Joint Agent, extension of return limit may be obtained to October 5, 1905. Get full details from Ticket Agents. INDIAN IS WITHOUT TRIBE. Supposed to Be Possessed of an Evil Spirit, Osage Brave Is Exiled from His Claim. Arkansas City, Ark.—During the coldest night of the winter John Slink, a full-blooded Osage, was induced to sleep in the office of the Capital hotel here. It was perhaps the first time he had spent a night under the roof of a hotel or dwelling-house for many years. The Indian is a peculiar character and therefore the reason for his living out of doors. As an Osage he is possessed of considerable wealth and yet he is nearly 50 years old and has no relatives. He is an outcast from his tribe. He is supposed by his tribesmen to be possessed of an evil spirit and for this every Indian shuns him as a viper. This antipathy has existed for years, and, as the story goes, has arisen from a burial of John for dead and his coming back to life again. After an illness that lasted for a long time his tribesmen thought him dead and he was buried according to the primitive customs of the Osages. This was to cover the body with stones to sufficiently prevent the wolves from getting to it. He was placed on the hill used for the burying ground and the stones piled over him. But he was not dead. His strength returned and he was able to wiggle out from among the stones and eventually recovered. Since that time no Indian will have anything to do with him. He beats about the country surrounding Pawhuska, camping under nooks about town when he is here, but refusing always to sleep under a roof. The night when he was induced to sleep in the hotel office was bitter cold. The old Indian had wandered about until he was almost frozen, when some men almost forced him to go into the hotel to stay. The night before he had slept out of doors under a big tree. He had a big fire and only a little clothing. He seems able to endure a wonderful amount of exposure. He seems to have no aim in life, no hope, no pleasure. He is simply existing until the end with the stoicism of his race. Prophecy of the Scorchers. Mother Shipton's prophecy was long held to be a remarkable forecast, but it is now pointed out that Nahum some thousands of years ago outdid her in his vision of the modern automobile. In Nahum, ii., 4, appear these words: "The charlots shall rage in the streets; they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways; they shall seem like torches; they shall run like the lightnings." Hens at Baraboo, Wis., the other day scratched up $1,000 in notes, bills and other negotiable paper which was stolen from the Prairie du Sac bank in a robbery two years ago. The papers had evidently been brought to Baraboo and hidden under an elevator in an old bill book, where they remained tHI unearthed and scratched into the street beside the elevator. LEGAL NOTICES THOMAS L. JONES ATTORNEY. In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Walter Nervis vs. Sarah Nervis, Equity No. 23,032, Docket No. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the defendant, Sarah Nervis," on the ground of adultery and desertion, provided a copy of this order be published once each week for three successive weeks in The Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Bee. On motion of the complainant, by his attorney, Thomas L. Jones, it is this 19th day of July, A. D. 1905, ordered that the defendant cause her appearance to be entered herein, on or before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as, in case of default. WRIGHT, A true.copy: Associate Justice. Test: J. F. YOUNG, Clerk. PERRI W. FRISBY, ATTORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. HOLDING A PROBATE COURT. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters Testamentary on the estate of Mary Reddick, late of the District of Columbia, deceased, All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber on or before the 28th day of July, A. D. 1906; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 28th day of July, 1905. Philip Stewart, 117 D Street, S. E. Attest: W. C. Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Perri W. Frisby, Attorney. PETER GROGAN Credit for all Washington Store Cloes P. M. Daly Saturdays 10'Clock AUGUST CLEARANCE SALE OF PARLOR BEDROOM, AND DINING ROOM FURNITURE Hundreds of pieces of beautiful furniture are now being cleared away at greatly reduced prices. We are determined to make room for fall stocks, which are now ready for shipment. Now is the time to get rare furniture bargains, and, as usual, you are welcome to CREDIT There are many odd pieces here, such as Chiffoniers, Dressers, Sideboards, China Closets, Rockers, etc., that will go at less than factory cost. Additional discounts will be given on settlements made within the following periods: 10 per cent for cash with order, or if account is paid in full within 30 days; 7½ per cent discount if paid within 60 days, and 5 per cent if closed in 90 days. PETER GROGAN, 817-819-821-823 7th St., between H and I Sts. Julius Cohen, CLOTHIER and|Gents OUTFITTER. $1. Full Dress Suits For Hire-$1. 110e and 1104 Seventh St.. Northwest Washington,D. C. WHERE THE BEE IS ON SALE T. L. Leisinger, 407 14th street, N. W Alvey & Alvey, 14th street and Pierce Place, N. W. Book store, 14th and P streets, N. W Stafford's Drug Store, 20th and I streets, N. W. Stevenson, 301 4½ street, S. W. IN THE SOUTH. Savannah, Ga., Rev. L. L. Walton, re- presentative, 507 Montgomery street. CHICAGO. The Afro-American News Office, 310 State street, Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted in every state in the Union. Write to The BEE Printing Co SPECIAL NOTICES. MADRE'S Park, situated on the Eckington and Siburban R.R., is now for rent for picnics and private parties. The price has been reduced so as to accommodate the many. For terms apply to M.A.D Madre at park. ELIXIR BABEK, The Standard Remedy for Chills, Fevers, Malaria, Blindness and General Debility. THE best household medicine and tonic in the world, as hundreds can attest. Don't wait until malaria or TYPHOID Fever fastens its deadly hold on you, but fortify your system against its attacks by taking regular doses of ELIXIR BABEK. A drugists 50c, or sent by mail. Prepared by KLOCZEWSKI & CO., Washington, D.C. SEND for testimonials. SERVICE THAT SATISFIES. J.T.NEWMAN Hot and Cold Baths. Hair Cutting and Shaving. Massage. 310 4½ Street Southwest. Whelan's Market, FINE FAMILY GROCERIES & PROVISIONS / BEEF,,LAMB, VEAL, MUTTON AND PORK. Smoked, Salt and Corned Meats a Specialty.. Marketing Delivered Promptly. 'Phone, Main 3246 N. W. Cor. 3rd & C Sts., S.W. $5 REWARD If you'll give me the name and address of any number of persons who want to buy a house, lot or farm, and I succeed in making a sale, I'll give you $5.00 in each case. Easy, isn't it? See me about several other GOOD things. A square deal. J. B. HYMAN, Real Estate, 1451 Corcoran St., after 6 o'clock. RICHARDSON. Visit his Drug Store at 316 $4 \frac{1}{2}$ STREET, S. W. Stop at the Soda Fountain and try his new drink, PINO FLIP. Pino Flip is kept by Dr. Richardson in South Washington. You should not fail to call in and test it. RICHARDSON, 316 $4 \frac{1}{2}$ St., S.W. $6.00 ATLANTIC CITY, CAPE MAY, SEA ISLE CITY & OCEAN CITY NEW JERSEY. EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R. From June 23 until September 9, 1905 inclusive, the Baltimore & Ohio, R. R will sell Excursion Tickets to above named Seashore Resorts every Friday and Saturday, good returning until following TUESDAY, inclusive. Tickets good on all trains, Royal Blue Line Service. Call at Ticket Offices for full particulars. Charles Cutch Olonzo Mitchell The Manhattan Buffet FINE WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS 472 Pennsylvania ave., N. W Chas Cutch, Manage MONEY For everybody at rates tower than the lowest. I don't be deceived; come to us and investigate Business strictly confidential. No one knows of your transaction with us. Wendend on furniture, pianos, or salary. If you have a loan now anywhere and need more money, come to us. Nothing deducted from loan. You get full amount. Extension in case of sickness without extra charge. METROPOLITAN LOAN AND TRUST CO. 605 E. St. N. W. American Ice Company Office, 2437 Penna.Avenue. 'Phone 489 UNEXCELLED SERVICE. Special attention to family trade. EAST LINCOLN HEIGHTS East of "Lincoln." North East H Street Columbia cars to 53d Street; near Bunnell School on 52d Street, and Benning School or Central Avenue. Open Door Prices, $50, $75, $100, $125, $150 and $175. Five-cent fare to any part of city. $3.00 cash, and $2.00 monthly payments. No interest. No taxes. Whosover will may come and buy freely of Linwood Heights Company. Call or address As the impress of "Lincoln" in the United States, so such beautiful and economic suburban home lots will command the attention of educators, business and professional investors. Families and clubs desir- ing more than six lots should give ample advance, so will such low OpenDoor P send your address or notify the dayand ho office. Rev. Parker Morton now prepar-ing to said lots. LINWOOD HEIGHTS CO. Room F streets, Northwest. W. N. NEWBOLD AND lots should give immediate notice such low OpenDoor Prices. I or notify the dayand hour that orton now prepar-ing to a church ing more than six lots should give immediate notice. As improvements advance, so will such low OpenDoor Prices. Desiring information, send your address or notify the dayand hour that you will be at this office. Rev. Parker Morton now preparing to a church on 52d street, near said lots. RIDER AGENTS No Money In until you receive and appl We ship to anyone on Ten Days Finest guaranteed 1905 Models $10 with Coaster - Brakes and 1903 & 1904 Models Best Makes..... Any make or model you price. Choice of any sta- equipment on all our bicycle. We SHIP ON APPRO one without a cent deposit a FREE TRIAL before 500 Second Hand W taken in trade by our Chicago re- all makes and models, good as n a bicycle until you have a PRICE AND FREE sundries and sporting goods of all kinds. Handy Catalogue. Contains a world of useful RE-PROOF TIRE $8.50 per pair. $4.75 NAILS, TACKS OR GLASS WON'T LET OUT THE AIR from PUNCTURES Any make or model you want at one-third usual price. Choice of any standard tires and best equipment on all our bicycles. Strongest guarantee. We SHIP ON APPROVAL C. O. D. to any one without a cent deposit and allow 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL before purchase is binding. 500 Second Hand Wheels $3 to $8 taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. all makes and models, good as new.... BUY a bicycle until you have written for our FASTEST PRICES AND FREE TRIAL OFFER. Tires and sporting goods of all kinds, at half regular price, in our talons. Contains a world of useful information. Write for it. PUNCTURE-PROOF regular price $8.50 per pair. To Introduce we will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only 4.75 NAILS, TACKS OR GLASS WON'T LET OUT THE AIR NO MORE TROUBLE from PUNCTURES PUNCTURE-PROOF TIRES $4.75 PER PAIR Result of 15 years experience in tire making. No danger from THORNS, OAOTUS, PINS,NAILS,TAOKS or GLASS. Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can be vulcanized like any other tire. Send for Catalogue "T." showing all kinds and make also Coaster-Brakes, Built-up Wheels and Bicycles—Su Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture a coilest any other make—Soft, Elastic and Easy Riding AND EXAMINATION without a cent deposit. We will allow a cash discount of 55 (thereby make send full cash with order. Tires to be returned a examination. MEAD CYCLE CO., Dept. "J. A. Lan Architect And Expert builder, examiner and estimator, from rough sketches, pencil drawings, or from and mailed to any section of the country. In we have designed, overhauled, repaired and Dollars ($500,000.00) worth of work in the class of work being of every description. We make a specialty of church and hall we also specialize the building up of vacant Any one anticipating having plans gotten or paired, we would be glad to have you call or given in any of the above named lines. T." showing all kinds and makes of tires built-up Wheels and Bicycles—Sundries at rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "B" sofa, Elastic and Easy Riding. We will at a cent deposit. Tires to be returned at our exporter order. Tires to be returned at our exporter. A. Lankf Architect And Bu , examiner and estimator. Plans goes, pencil drawings, or from written section of the country. In the past overhauled, repaired and built over 000.00) worth of work in Washington being of every description and charm, specialty of church and hall designs, the building up of vacant lots in the building having plans gotten out, build be glad to have you call or write us above named lines. Send for Catalogue "T." showing all kinds and makes of tires at $2.00 per pair and up—also Coaster Brakes, Bult-up Wheels and Bicycles—Sundries at Half the usual prices. Use the thick rubber and puncture strips E' and D. This tire will outlast and not lose Soft, Elastic and Easy Riding. We will ship C. O. D. ON APPROVAL AND EXAMINATION without a cent deposit. We will allow a cash discount of 5% (thereby making the price $4.50 per pair) if you send full cash with order. Tites to be returned at our expense if not satisfactory on examination. J. A. Lankford. A Architect And Builder Expert builder, examiner and estimator. Plans gotten out at short notice from rough sketches, pencil drawings, or from written or verbal descriptions, and mailed to any section of the country. In the past thirty-two (3s) montns we have designed, overhauled, repaired and built over Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) worth of work in Washington, D. C., and vicinity the class of work being of every description and character. We make a specialty of church and hall designs, and arranging loans we also specialize the building up of vacant lots in the District of Columbia. Any one anticipating having plans gotten out, buildings overhauled or repaired, we would be glad to have you call or write us. No charges for given in any of the above named lines. Bonew Money We will lend you from $10.00 to $500.00 on your furniture, piano, &c., and arrange the loan in as easy monthly payments as you desire. Come to us for we deduct nothing and charge the least. If you have a loan elsewhere we will pay it off and advance you more money. Strictly confidential private offices. SURETY LOAN COMPANY, Room 1, Warder Building, 7 1 Floor, 9th and F Sts.; N. 1. Rev. Frank Russell, D. D., pastor of the Park Avenue Congregational Church, Meadville, Pa., died at that place in the city hospital not long ago. He was suffering from gallstones. ESTAR LISHED 12 YEARS DO NOT equipment, sandr big free Sundry Co A. B. immediate notice. As improvements Door Prices. Desiring information, and hour that you will be at this ing to a church on 52d street, near Room 7 Warder Building, Ninth & Phone, Main 4093. AGENTS WANTED Money Required receive and approve of your bicycle. Ten Days Free Trial guaranteed Models $10 to $24 For - Brakes and Punctureless Tires. 04 Models $7 to $12 or model you want at one-third usual price of any standard tires and best in all our bicycles. Strongest guarantee. UP ON APPROVAL C. O. D. to any a cent deposit and allow 10 DAYS TIRIAL before purchase is binding. Second Hand Wheels $3 to $8 by our Chicago retail stores. Models, good as new. Until you have written for our FACTORY B AND FREE TRIAL OFFER. Tires, goods of all kinds, at half regular price, in our world of useful information. Write for it. OF TIRES $4.75 PER PAIR and makes of tires at $2.00 per pair and up—cycles—Sundries at Half the usual prices. Structure strips "B" and "D." This tire will easy Riding. We will ship C. O. D. ON APPROVAL hereby making the price $4.50 per pair) if you returned at our expense if not satisfactory on ft. "J.L." CHICAGO, ILL. ankford, And Builder mater. Plans gotten out at short notice. or from written or verbal descriptions, country. In the past thirty-two (3s) montas and built over Five Hundred Thousand in Washington, D. C., and vicinity scription and character. and hall designs, and arranging loans: vacant lots in the District of Columbia gotten out, buildings overbauled or re-call or write us. No charges for Phone: Malu-4001. THE McKINLEY HOUSE 439 & 491 Missouri Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C! Strictly First Class and Up-To-Date Elegant Rooms Furnished from 50c to $2.50 Per Day. HOT AND COLD BATHS Half Block from Pennsylvania Depot ELLIS AND HUFF, Proprietors. G. W. GLENNAN. EASY RIDING, STRONG, DURABLE, SELF HEALING FULLY COVERED BY PATENTS BEWARE OF IMITATIONS