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PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. A FIRESIDE COMPANION. It is true if you see it in THE BEE. DON'T BORROW MOS PAPER THE BEE WASHINGTON The Bee GREAT ADVERTISING MEDIUM TRY IT! Do you want reliable news? Do you want fearless ads around? Do you want freeload? Read and advertise in THE VOL. XXV. NO. 11. Leading Chicago Legal JOURNAL ENDORSES NIAGARA MOVEMENT. (The Law Register Chicago July 26 (The Law Register, Chicago, July 26, 1905) "WORMS TURNING." The student of legal and political history is aware that every right secured by men either individually or as a nation has been won only after asserting the right and sometimes fighting for it. And when a people begin to voice their demand for a right, and keep it up, they ultimately obtain the right, as a rule. The struggle in Russia for rights gives us an opportunity to watch in the very process the working of this law of social progress. Rights never before asserted in that country are now being exercised by the people. The East also affords another spectacle of a people moving to establish its rights among nations. China has served notice on the powers that in the peace to be negotiated between Russia and Japan, its interests are not to be ignored. It has also served emphatic notice upon the United States in a way that will especially appeal to our people, that Chinamen are no longer to be unjustly discriminated against by the immigration laws of this country. In boycotting our goods and thus retiring our trade, it has certainly adopted an effective weapon in its struggle for recognition. But we do not have to go so far from home to witness this struggle for equal rights. Representatives of the African race met recently in Buffalo to consider the political and social status of their people in the United States. Some of their best men were among the delegates and their discussions and deliberations culminated in an address, which for sincere, eloquent and self-respecting language, has never been surpassed in the political literature of the country. The Law Register would be glad if it had space for the entire address, but it must content itself with the closing paragraphs: The Negro race in America, stolen, ravished and degraded, struggling up through difficulties and oppression needs sympathy and receives criticism; needs help and is given hindrance; needs protection and is given mob violence; needs justice and is given charity and apology; needs bread-and is given stone. This nation will never stand justified before God until these things are changed. Especially are we surprised and astonished at the recent attitude of the Church of Christ—on the increase of a desire to how to racial prejudice, to narrow the bounds of human brotherhood, and to segregate black men in some outer sanctuary. This is wrong, un-Christian and disgraceful to the 20th century civilization. Of the above grievances we do not hesitate to complain, and to complain loudly and insistently. To ignore, overlook or apologize for these wrongs is to prove ourselves unworthy of freedom. Persistent, manly agitation is the way to liberty, and toward this goal the Niagara movement has started and asks the cooperation of all men of all races. At the same time we want to acknowledge with deep thankfulness the help of our fellow men from the abolitionist down to those who to-day still stand for equal opportunity, and who have given and still give of their wealth and of their poverty for our advancement. And while we are demanding and ought to demand, the rights enumerated above, God forbid that we should ever forget to urge corresponding duties upon our own people: The duty to vote. The duty to vote. The duty to respect the rights of others. The duty to work. The duty to obey the laws. The duty to be clean and orderly. The duty to be clear The duty to send our children to school. The duty to respect ourselves even as we respect others. This statement, complaint and prayer we submit to the American people, and to Almighty God. The editor notices among the names of the signers the name of William Henry Harrison Hart. He is glad to see it there. Hart has had a career that in a white man would be regarded as heroic and romantic. The son of a slave mother, on his father's side he was related to a former United States Senator. His first schooling was in the woods of Alabama. When he became a young man he determined to go north and seek an education. He walked and worked his way to New York City, and sought out the office of William M. Evarts, whom he in some way had heard of and regarded as about the greatest man on earth, and surprised that venerable man by telling Mr. Evarts that he had come to work for him. After the great lawyer had recovered from his surprise and learned the colored boy's story, he did employ him in a humble capacity, and when he went to Washington as Secretary of State, took young Hart with him and secured a position for him as night watchman in the Treasury Department. This position enabled him to gain an education by day, and for long years Hart worked day and night and in time graduated from the Howard University and later from its law school. But all the while he never ceased working in some capacity for his benefactor, and when Evarts became Senator from New York, Hart became in fact, if not in name, his private secretary. He was more than that, he was the fidus Achates of the greatest lawyer since Cicero, as Senator Hoar was pleased to call his kinsman. This association with Mr. Evarts was obviously an education in itself, and Hart improved every opportunity for self-improvement and culture and to-day in intellectual ability is the peer of any white man of his age at the bar. He recently won a hard fought case in Maryland over a railroad which had attempted to enforce a "Jim Crow" statute against him while travelling through the State from New York to Washington. This convention proves that the colored man is not content to lie down before the white race in a country "conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created free and equal." It is the first real aggression of a people for its legal rights. AMONG ODD FELLOWS. District Grand Master Thomas W West, is spending his vacation with Mr Waler West at Culpepper Court House, Va. There is not now nor will there be any "misunderstanding" among the supporters of his administration, rumors put out by his opponents to the contrary notwithstanding. Keep cool "opponents," all of your "blarney" will only enlarge the majority of the delegates and members of the next D. G. L. going "West." Bro. Thomas Harrison, one of the oldest members of Rising Sun Lodge No. 1365, died at the asylum for the insane last week. His funeral took place from the First Baptist Church, Sixth and G streets S. W., at 2 P. M. on the 25th ult. M. V. P. John F. N. Wilkinson, the well known and popular walking encyclopaedia of the U. S. Supreme Court Library, is one of the oldest Odd Fellows in America. But notwithstanding this fact he has young and progressive ideas and always dignified and courteous with the brethren. M. V. P. John W. Walker, of the supply division of the P. O. Department has not taken his leave yet. Bro. Walker is all O. K. and will be heard from in the next meeting of the D. G. L. The "daddy" of the scheme to hold a mass meeting in Odd Fellows' Hall of all the delegates elected to and members of the next D. G. L. should go away back and sit down. It is strange that people who for selfish ends start trouble are the first to express a sincere (?) desire for peace, especially when they find that they have been hopelessly defeated at their own nefarious game. No sir, we are "Western" delegates and beg to be excused from the mass meeting. Next Mr. Joseph Washington, the delegate from John F. Cook Lodge, No. 1185, is one of the most popular and influential young members of that lodge This lodge is progressive in its ideas and operations and always puts its strongest members to the fore. This is as it should be. Much has been said about the Beef Trust, the Steel Trust, the Coal Trust and various other trusts, but the office trust is the latest. Says a certain candidate for D. G. M., "I intend to run for the office if I don't get but one vote!" This "sink or swim" is now holding two very important offices in the order and the fact that he has, thusly announced himself as a candidate clearly shows that there are those who are trying to form an office trust in the order. This mania for holding office by these chronic office-seekers, has forced the rank and file of the order to form another and greater trust and that is "mistrust." DEATH OF DEACON INO. THORNTON. Another death has just occurred to intensify the pall of sadness so recently cast over the membership of Lincoln Temple Church, by the death of Prof. Hayson—that of the demise of Deacon John T. Thornton, one of its oldest and most faithful members, and a senior deacon. Brother Thornton was a devoted Christian. He leaves behind him a heart-broken wife and two children, who have our heartiest sympathy. OF THE MASSACHUSETTS UNION HON J DOUGLASS WETMORE, THE SOUTH'S GREATEST LAWYER. M. B. I. T. PURCELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LA W. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. At last the colored Republicans of the State are beginning to see through, glass darkly, as it were. They are awakening to the enormity of the political situation in the State and it will not be a surprise should politics assume something of the aggressive in the not distant future. With the Hon. Ferd Hayis out for the marshalship of the Eastern District, and the editor of this paper for the Dardanelle land office, there is going to be "something doing." That the colored Republicans in this State have been isolated, so far as holding offoffice is concerned, and this, too, while they coming strength, is to be regretted. For this HON J DOUGLASS WETMORE, LAW I. T. PURCELL, ATTORNEY-A condition of affairs the white Republicans, many of whom have secretly connived to bring it about, are largely responsible. We regret that they have not had the fairness to "toat" even with the colored Republicans, and we yet hope that they may see that they are in error in maintaining or trying to maintain the present political status and decide to be more generous to them in the dispensation of federal patronage. Postmaster General Cortelyou is going to take a short vacation at Long Island and from there he may take an extended northern trip and he will not resume his official duies till late in September. Paragraphic News Paragraphic News The attention of the scientific world is directed to the coming total eclipse of he sun, August 29-30. The scientists are going to Labrador and Spain. The people of Oklahoma and Indian Territory are willing to unite and become one in order to be granted statehood. The mayor of Atlantic City has issued orders concerning the bathing suits of the gentler sex. He says they must lengthen their bathing suits. When the department store of John G. Meyrs Company collapsed, more than one hundred persons were buried under THE SOUTH'S GREATEST YER. T. LAW. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. The St. Thomas Episcopal Church of New York City was ruined by fire last Tuesday. The church was the most richly furnished in America. The fire was started by defective electric wiring. The August issue of the Southern Workman contains many interesting articles. Prof. W. H. Clark, known as an able writer, delivered a lecture in Cincinnati on the 1st, the subject being "A Nation Within A Nation." Dr. W. A. Warfield, superintendent of Freedman's Hospital' drove the first stake to mark the location of the new hospital. George A. Fuller & Co., who are the contractors for the construction of the building, started work immediately on the excavation of the site and it is said that the operations will proceed rapidly. Congress appropriate. $300,000 for the erection of the new hospital. Joseph Cannon, Speaker of the National House of Representatives, has accepted the invitation of the University of Illinois which is at Champaign, to preside at the day meeting which is to be held October 17. The Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy have organized to found homes for the ex-slaves, gratitude for the Negroes' loyalty and protection during the Civil War. The international anatomical congress at its first session accepted an invitation to meet in Boston in 1907. Chief Boatswain J. E. Murphy has been placed on the retired list of the navy in accord with section 1453 of the Revised Statutes. Secretary Root, who is now salmon fishing on the west coast of Newfoundland, arrived at St. John's, N. F., Tuesday, where he will remain a week, before he goes to Labrador to view the total eclipse of the sun. Peterson, a city in New Jersey, was without a head one day last week and its officials could not collect their salaries owing to the long and mysterious absence of Mayor Wm. M. Belcher, who disappeared. Prince Albrecht, of Prussia, was arrested in Swinemuendé, Pomerania, last Saturday. He was in ordinary attire and was photographing the environs of the fort. The prince went with one of the guards to the commandant of the fortress, who recognized him and ordered his release. Vice President Fairbanks is in excellent health and spirits. He has recovered from the slight indisposition due to fatigue, for which cause he had to leave the receiving line. Mr. Henry Sigmour, chief of the section of the Isthmian Canal Commission, left last week for New York. He will be gone about a month. 844 patents were granted by acting Commissioner Moore last Tuesday, and it is said that more were granted then, than at any time in the history of the Patent Office. Newton S. Cook, who was for many years a leading member of the Washington county bar, died at Mount Hope Hospital, at Hagerstown, Md., this week. He was 56 years of age. M. Pokotiloff, Russian minister to Peking, China, arrived at the Grand Central station from Chicago Tuesday morning and left for Portsmouth. The quarter centennial of the Photographers' Association of America, convened at Boston last Tuesday. A large number of Photographers from all parts of the country were present. The annual convention of railroad commissioners will be held August 16, 17, 18 and 19, at Deadwood, S. C. It is that delegates from nearly every state in the union will be present. Chas. P. Sapp, editor of the Norfolk, Virginian Pilot, died at St. Vincent's Hospital in that city last Tuesday. He had been ill for many months. In a recent article replying to Thomas E. Watson's criticism of Booker T. Washington's assertion that the Negro had made more progress in his forty years of freedom than the Latin races had made in a thousand years, Prof. Kelly Miller says: "I hold no brief for Booker T. Washington in this controversy." Will the good professor kindly tell us in what controversy he does hold briefs for Booker T. Washington. It is somewhat peculiar that no one has seriously considered utilizing American Negro labor in digging the Panama Canal. When the isthmus is cleaned up and proper provision has been made for housing laborers, we believe some consideration should be given this subject. REV. DREW. Rev. S. P. W. Drew, accompanied by his wife, left the city Wednesday for the South. Last Sunday he preached two sermons and administered the Lord's Supper. He extended the hand of fellowship to seven new members. He will spend the greater part of his vacation with his mother, Mrs. Bell Drew, at his old home nuear Margueriteville, N. C. He will return about September 1st. Before Rev. Drew left he was presented with a large purse of money by his congregation. DR. F. J. SHADD. There is no man in this city more entitled to the respect and confidence of the people than Dr. F. J. Shadd, secretary of the medicine department of Harvard University. Dr. Shadd has made the medical department what it is to-day. It is the leading institution in the United States. Jim-Growism In The South. Hon. J. Douglas Wetmore and his associate attorney, S. L. Purcell, of Jacksonville, Fla., have won a legal fight against "Jim Crowism" in the South that will be heard down the ais. The Bee from time to time published accounts of the legal fights that Mr. Wetmore has made in the South and especially in his State to establish the constitutional rights of the colored man. There is no man in the South that deserves more praise and commendation than this distinguished member of the bar and City Council. Mr. Wetmore has never attempted to hide his identity. He has never attempted to go away from his people. He can pass for a white man anywhere he goes but he has too much self respect and too much honor and love for his people to hide from them. The colored people of the South owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Wetmore. He should be helped in his legal crusade against the obnoxious "Jim Crow" car Laws in the South. He has done more than all the negro organizations in the United States combined. Mr. Wetmore's fight in Florida is showing the unconstitutionality of the separate car laws in the South should be a lesson to the many negro organizations who have paid thousands of dollars to white attorneys without result. Why don't these organizations retain such men as Wetmore, Magee and others. Why run after false gods? The name of J. Douglas Wetmore should be honored by the black man in the South. It was but a few weeks ago when the enemies of that distinguished young lawyer tried to defeat him for the City Council, but they failed. The Bee suggests that Mr. Wetmore be employed to test the unconstitutional laws of every State in the South. Instead of retaining white attorneys let the negro retain his own representative and pay them the same fee that white men are paid. Who will start the movement? Attorney L. L. Purcell, who is associated with Mr. Wetmore is from Pensacola, Fla., assisted him in the defense of Mr. Patterson who was arrested for riding on a car with white people. A writ of habea corpus issued which was made returnable Monday, July 24th and was argued before Judge Call, who rendered his decision July 25th, declaring the law unconstitutional, and that Patterson be discharged, and the State appealed the case to the Supreme Court. The lower court was sustained. These two attorneys never received a penny from any one until after Judge Call had declared the law unconstitutional. What do the people of Florida owe to the two young men? They owe them a debt of gratitude. It is the opinion of these two lawyers that the entire "Jim Crow" car law in the South is unconstitutional and should be repealed. The colored people in the South should test the law in every state. It cannot be done by talk. Who will start a subscription? The columns of The Bee are opened to all patriotic citizens who have any respect for their constitutional rights. Let the "Jim Crow" car law in the South be tested. LEWIS NAMED FOR GOVERNORSHIP. VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS DENOUNCE "GRAFT." Roanoke, Va., Aug. 9.—The Republican convention reassembled this morning and adopted a platform which indorses the national Republican platform planks of sound money, protective tariff, Panama Canal, territorial expansion, a big navy, Roosevelt's Administration, clean elections, higher education, free school books, a non-partisan judiciary and keeping the sacred oyster rocks of the State from invasion. The platform further denounces stealing in public office, denounces the constitution of 1902, and deplores the State's part played in national prosperity. After the platform was adopted the rules were suspended and State Chairman Slemp was re-elected by acclamation. Judge L. L. Lewis, of Richmond, was then placed in nomination for governor by United States Attorney T. Lee Moore, amid great applause. Only $2.00 CUMBERLAND AND RETURN. Only $2.00 to BERKLEY SPRINGS AND RETURN. Only $1.00 to HARPER'S FERRY AND MARTINSBURG AND RETURN VIA BALTIMORE AND OHIO R. R. Special train, leaves Washington Sunday, August 13, at 8.05 A. M. Beautiful Scenery En Route. Most delightful season in the mountains. Texas Boy Strikes Chicago with Some Starles of the Tallest Description. Chicago.--Baron Munchhausen, here- before the most famous liar of whom the world has heard, has lost his hon- ors. In the person of Anton Petroske, a 17-year-old Texas youth, Chicago has one who for realistic fabrications has the renowned baron crying for mercy. Anton arrived in Chicago a week ago on board a freight car, bringing with him a long list of tales of life on the western frontier. Being without visible means of support, Anton was arrested. He told the police that he wanted to work. Judge Holdom was willing to give him a chance to earn his living and sent him to the Boys' club on West Adams street. A situation was secured for him, but two days later he was summarily discharged. Anton then decided to organize a syndicate among the members of the Boys' club to go to Texas and make millions. In drumming up recruits for his venture Anton would open his discourse with a few remarks concerning life in Chicago. "This place is slow," he would tell his hearers. "Come with me to Texas and we can make money there. Why, the cows there are fine. We milk them morning, noon and night, and they give more milk there in a day than they do here in a week. And the sheep! You don't have decent sheep in Chicago. Why, in Texas the sheep all lay eggs. All farmers in Texas make a good deal out of their sheep eggs. "Come with me to the soft grass belt of my native country." he said to the boys in one of his numerous addresses. "There among the currants which grow on trees, and amid the grasses, which grow so high that herds of cattle are lost for weeks at a time, and where the turkeys roost in trees and it is never hot enough for fans nor cold enough for mittens, we will make our fortunes. We will pick the currants from the trees, and the only thing we will have to guard against is to keep the buffalos from climbing our trees and eating all our grape." The superintendent of the Boys' club bore with the strange tales until Anton criticised the methods employed by Judge Holdom, who, he said, ought to "go to Texas to learn something." The other day Anton was taken to the juvenile court and Judge McWilliams sent him to the John Worthy school, where he will remain until a place can be made for him at the St. Charles home for boys. HISTORIC HIGHWAY FREE. Cumberland, Md.—The old National plke is now a free highway. On Wednesday, May 31, the last tolls on the old highway in Greene and Washington countles, Pennsylvania, were collected. On Thursday the old road became free. The last Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill abolishing the tolls and placing the road under the supervision of the state highway commissioner. The old pike, or, as it is known in law, the Cumberland road, had its inception in the mind of George Washington, in the days when steam was unknown, Washington conceived the idea of a great highway to run from the seaboard to Wheeling. Later it was planned to extend it to Vincennes, Ind. In 1600 congress passed a bill for the construction of the Cumberland road from Cumberland, Md., to the state of Ohio, Jefferson signing the act on March 19, 1906. The following year the senate passed an act permitting the United States to build the road through the state of Pennsylvania. The road was thrown open to the public in 1818, and, until the advent of the first railroad over the mountains, was the nation's great highway to the west. It was built to last, and its old iron toll gates and stone milestones are a lasting monument to its builders. The great men in the early history of the nation traveled over the "old plke," Jackson, Harrison, Clay, "Sam" Houston, Polk, Taylor, Crittenden, Shelby, Allen, Scott, Butler and the eccentric "Davy" Crockett all jogged over it in stages and dodged piles of limestone in the center of the "old plke" in its day. On one occasion the carriage Henry Clay occupied upset on a stone pile. Clay extricated himself and remarked: "This is a mixing of the Clay of Kentucky with the limestone of Pennsylvania." Carp Carry Typhoid Germs. Members of the medical profession of Appleton, Wis., declare they have discovered a new medium for the spread of typhoid fever. German carp, which fill the waters of Lake Butte des Mortes and Lake Winnebago, and which have been said to drive out more desirable fish, are now declared, conveyors of disease. The fish feed on sewage and refuse, and physicians declare it is more than possible that many of the cases of typhoid fever in this vicinity within the last few months can be traced to the eating of these fish. If this can be proved it is possible that the movement to have the fish removed from local waters will again be started. Capital Period. Mr. Peary is to dash for the north pole again. These expeditions always begin with a dash and end with an exclamation point. Spoils Both. It takes nearly all the goodness out of a steak or a boy either to pound the one or the other.—Boston Transcript. FUND FROM SMALL NUCLEUS WILL EFFECT INSTITUTION. Eight Pennies Start, the Capital Which Swells to Sum Large Enough for National Building. Sheldon, Ia.—Eight cents, contributed as a joke to buy a Sheldon traveling man a hair cut at Sioux City, Ia., four years ago, formed the nucleus for a fund which will build a national home for the widows and orphans of the knights of the grip. The building will be erected in Iowa, inasmuch as the national body bestowed upon the state the privilege in recognition of the planning and promotion of the original scheme. Several cities of the state are clamoring for the location of the home, and at the coming meeting of the order this will be decided. It has been decided to spend at least $200,000 for the establishment of this national home, and having the patronage of the national association, it will be the pride of every traveling man in the nation. F. W. Houck, of Sheldon, is the traveling man for whom the original eight pennies were subscribed. Houck struck Sioux City four years ago with a draft of $150 in his pocket and not a penny in money. The fellow traveling men learned of his predicament early in the day, and for a joke and for the purpose of having some fun at his expense spread the rumor around at the various hotels that the draft was bogus and that anyone who cashed it would be swindled. The banks and some of the Sioux City stores were also notified, and poor Houck found himself unable to obtain money for his draft. To add to his predicament members of the order suggested that a penny collection be subscribed at the morning session of the state meeting .to buy their Shieldon friend a haircut. Eight cents were contributed, and Houck refused to admit the purse and the sum was turned over to the secretary. C. Olmstead guarded the eight cents all through the year, and at the next state meeting laid particular stress in his annual report about the eight cents "Houck" fund in the treasury. Houck, in a bantering manner, told the members of the order, in convention assembled, that the eight cents was not enough to pay for a haircut, and suggested another collection be taken at once. This was done, and with a good will many more pennies were added to the Houck fund. Secretary Olmstead carefully guarded this addition to the fund for another 12 months, and then, at the annual meeting at Cedar Rapids last years, the members became serious about the fund. It was suggested that the money be used for some good purpose, a basis of a fund for a home. A resolution was presented and adopted to the effect that a delegation be sent to the national meeting asking that a national home be built in Iowa. DOCTOR LEAVES ODD WILL. One Dollar for Every Woman Who Will Prove Herself His Sidney, O.—That Dr. Charles W. Bush, who left this city many years ago, co practice medicine in Los Angeles, Cal. had little respect for justice as it is administered in the courts of this country, is evidenced by his will, a copy of which has just been received here. Bush died last month, leaving property valued at $150,000. He never married and was for years one of the best known physclans in California. The will was in his own handwriting and in it he says: "In view of the systematic confiscation of estates through manipulations of courts under hypnotic influences, perjury, handwriting experts and professional bribers. I have deemed it expedient to meet contingencies, and therefore I will and direct that every woman who shall cause to be established by judicial evidence that she was my wife at the time of my death or entitled as wife to inherit any of my property, I bequeath one dollar. "To every person who shall prove by judicial evidence that he or she is my surviving son or daughter, legitimate or illegitimate, I give 50 cents." To eight nephews and nieces in this city he gives $2,000 each. The greater part of his estate is given to Masonic societies. HOW TO KEEP YOUNG. Keep the Blood-Vessels in Sound Condition, Says a German Physician. Berlin.-The art of keeping young, according to Prof. Goldschneider, consists in keeping sound the blood vessels, for we are only as old as the heart and the arteries. Long life is best insured by early attention to the heart, through care begun in old age will often accomplish much. A great danger lies in abnormal demands on the organ, and little injuries accumulate, so that serious harm must come from the abuse of alcohol and tobacco, of eating too much, of too great muscular effort, or even of mental overwork. Moderation in all things is required. Exercise should not be violent nor too little in amount, elasticity of the blood. vessels should be promoted by frequent exposure of the skin to air and water, and work, food, and sleep should be thoughtfully adjusted. Old people need constant movement, with not too much sleep. ```markdown ``` Stafford's Drug Store, IWENTIETH AND K STREETS, N. W. IAVE YOU TRIED STAFFORD'S CORN SALVE THE CORN WITHOUT PAIN; TRY IT-10 U TRIED STAFFORD'S CORN SALVER IN THE CORN WITHOUT PAIN; TRY IT-IDC. HAVE YOU TRIED STAFFORD'S CORN SALVER IT REMOVES THE CORN WITHOUT PAIN; TRY IT—IDC. 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.—You have paid him the prescription is yours. Have it filled where you get Fresh goods compounded by licensed men only and where you are not robbed. THE BEE is for sale at this place. JOS. 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Send for Catalogue "T." showing all kinds and make also Coaster-Brick Ruler Wing and Bicycles—Su Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture a outlast any other make—Soft. Elastic and Easy Riding AND EXAMINATION without a cent deposit. We will allow a cash discount of 5% (thereby m send full cash with order. Tires to be returned examination. MEAD CYCLE CO., Dept. "J TheCentralCafe Send for Catalogue "T." showing all kinds and makes of tires at £0.00 also Coaster-Brake Built-on Wheels and Bicycles-Sundries at Hull Il. Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "B" and "C" outlast any other make-Soft. Elastic and Easy Riding. We will ship C AND EXAMINATION without a cent deposit. We will allow a cash discount of 5% (thereby making the price 5% send full cash with order. Tires to be returned at our expense if examination. MEAD CYCLE CO., Dept. "J.L." CHICAGO TheCentralCafe A.J.M. Successor To H. L. 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It is not possible for anybody to use it. Full directions with every bottle. Only sold by druggists and dealers, or send 60 cents or $1.40 for three bottles, express paid. Send postal or express charges. Please mention name of this paper when write your name and address plainly to OZONTIZED OX MARROW CO. (None granule without my signifcnt.) WHERE PAYNE LIVED BOYHOOD HOME OF AUTHOR OF "HOME, SWEET HOME." The House Is Still Standing at East Hampton, New York—The Song Writer Was Not Born New York.—There is a vague tradition told to summer visitors at East Hampton that John Howard Payne wrote "Home, Sweet Home" in the old Payne house near the Duck Pond. Payne did pass his childhood in this old house, but did not write his famous poem there, or was he even born there. He was born in New York on the site of 33 Pearl street on June 9, 1791, and not 1792, as the biographies usually have it. His father had, about 12 years before that time, moved to East Hampton to assume the direction of the academy founded by Gov. Clinton. Two of his sisters and one brother of this family of nine children were born in the little house at East Hampton. It is owned to this day by descendants. It was built before William Payne, the father of the poet, moved there. Payne was in Paris when he wrote "Home, Sweet Home," probably in the "sky parlor in the Palais Royal" to which Washington Irving referred in a letter to a friend. One of the stories concerning the song had the author penailless in a London garret while he wrote it, and another romantic account described him writing the poem by the light of a street lamp in London on a fragment of paper he picked out of the gutter. : Payne had quarreled with the managers of Covent Garden and gone to Paris, where he was translating plays. Charles Kemble came into control of the theater, and immediately wrote to Paris asking Payne, who had then a high reputation as a playwright, to come to London or let him have whatever new material he had collected. Payne sent over to Kemble a sackful of plays, asking $1,250 for the lot. Kemble selected one called "Anglo-Ictta," paid $250 for that and sent the rest back. It was then decided THE PAYNE HOUSE. (In This Structure the Author of 'Home, Sweet Home' Spent His Boyhood.) (In This Structure the Author of Home Sweet Home" Spent His Boyhood) that the text needed music, and H. R. Bishop was called in to supply the score. In one of his letters to Bishop, written just before he started for London, Payne wrote that "Home, Sweet Home" seemed an excellent refrain for one of the songs. He had heard the air in Italy, according to his own accounts of the work. So Bishop on the title page of the first copies of the song described it as modeled on and partly taken from a Sicilian air. In a later account Payne said he heard a peasant girl singing in Italy and asked her the name. She could not tell him, but repeated it while he took down the notes. He said that the pathetic character of the music suggested to him the words of "Home, Sweet Home," which he wrote when the idea of putting the melody into his version of "Angiolette" occurred to him. He then wrote the poem and Bishop made the text fit the music. This was the so-called first version of the poem. "Clari, or the Maid of Milan," was produced and London crowded to Covent Garden to hear it. Ellen Tree sang the melody with one or two other singers. From the first night the success of the opera was assured. Kemble and the publisher divided between them more than $10,000 during the first year of the song's sale. The old house at East Hampton is still a pleasant place of residence. In these summer days it is surrounded by trees and flowers. There are several other Payne houses in the village, for some of the descendants of William settled there. In none of them was the author of "Home, Sweet Home" born, nor did he write his poem in any of them. It was at the house shown in the picture, however, that his childhood was passed. Imported Spirit. Several tins of paint, were found among the luggage of an Englishman who was travelling in Morocco. He was in charge of a racing craft, and intended to use the pigment to touch up the vessel after its long railway journey. The French customs officials, however, look exceptions to the paint, on the ground that it contained durable spirits, whereupon the traveler argued that he intended bringing it back on leaving the country. Asked how he was going to bring it back, he replied: "On the sides of the boat." Even this plea did not suffice, the authorities arguing that the spirit would have evaporated. King Oscar's Son. Prince Oscar Bernadotte of Sweden and Norway, who recently made an address at the world's conference of the Young Men's Christian association at Paris, and was afterward elected vice president, is the second son of King Oscar. Washington.—Gen. John R. King, the new commander of the G. A. R., was born in Maryland. At the age of 17 years he enlisted in the Sixth Maryland regiment, and with his regiment followed the fortunes of the Third and Sixth army corps in the campaigns of the army of the Potomac to the close of the war. He was a prisoner of war six months, and was three times wounded in battle, being disabled for life. Gen. King, immediately after the war, took an active part in the organization of the "Boys in Blues," which 20 GEN. JOHN R. KING. (The New Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army.) was subsequently merged into the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was one of the earliest members, being past commander of old Dittman post, No. 1; afterward becoming a member of Wilson post, No. 1, where he still holds membership, filling various offices thereunder until he was accorded the unusual compliment in 1900 of being unanimously elected commander of the department of Maryland. Gen. King is one of the best-known members of the order in Maryland, ever ready to lend a helping hand to a comrade or his widow in distress. He has been honored by the governor of the state by appointment as one of the commission to collect and care for the Maryland battle flags, and also chosen by the legislature as one of the commission to erect a monument at Orchard Knob, Chattanooga, to commemorate the valor of Maryland troops. On the death of Col. S. L. Wilson President Roosevelt appointed Gen. King United States pension agent at this city, which office he now fills with signal ability. He announced that he would not be a candidate for commander in chief before the national encampment at Denver, Col., to be held on the week commencing September 4. FINE NEW ANIMAL HYBRID. The Zebrula, a Cross Between a Mare and a Zebra, Produced by Carl Hagenbeck, Barlin.—At Stellingen, near Hamburg, Germany, Carl Hagenbeck is the owner of an immense wild animal paradise over two miles square, and in which can be seen at all times an average of from 20,000 to 25,000 wild beasts. The demand is greater than the supply, although this wild animal king employs over 300 hunters who are continually capturing and shipping fresh supplies. In addition to the many hunters, stock supply farms have been built in all parts of the world, stationed near to the haunts and living places of the various beasts captured. THE ZEBRULA. [Remarkable Hybrid Produced by Carl Hagenbeck in Germany.] One of the most interesting of these farms is that of Carl Hagenbeck's zebra farm at Umtail, in German East Africa. The zebra is native to East Africa, where they run wild in herds similar to the wild horses of this country centuries ago. As with practically every other wild animal, Carl Hagenbeck may be said to have a corner on the market, and on the zebra farm at Umtail he is the possessor of over 2,000 magnificent specimens. The object of the establishment of this immense wild animal and zebra farm at Umtali is in order to allow the hybrid breeding of the zebra with the horse. Within the last few years it has been discovered that the cross between the zebra stallion and a Kentucky or Austrian mare produces an animal of immense value in Southern Africa. The cross has been named by Carl Hagenbeck the zebrula. It is the intention of the German emperor to equip his troops serving in tropical regions with zebras for artillery and cavalry work. At the present time Carl Hagenbeck has over 5,000 young zebras on his farms, mostly bred from Kentucky mares. A BARE BIT OF SCRIP FOUND IN KANSAS CITY. Only Four of the Kind Known to Be in Existence—Issued by the Continental Congress in 1779. Kansas City, Mo.—The last of the $60 bills, issued by the continental congress of this country in 1779, for which collectors have been scouring the country, has been found in Kansas City. The bill belongs to Warren Whitney, father of M. E. Whitney, proprietor of the Metropolitan hotel, Fifth and May streets. So rare have these bills become that there are said now to be but four of them in this country. One is in the collection of the government in the mint in Philadelphia, another is in the possession of a collector in New York, the third in St. Louis and the one belonging to Mr. Whitney. According to the valuation, put upon them by collectors they are worth $1,000 in a badly preserved condition while the one in Mr. Whitney's possession is thought to be worth, on account of its excellent preservation, considerably more than that. Mr. Whitney read in the Kansas City Star the account of the discovery of one of these bills in St. Louis and immediately examined the bill in his possession. He found that, according to the description of the St. Louis bill, the two were undoubtedly of the same issue. This rare specimen of continental script No. 177 SIXTY DOLLARS 7 Dollars 60 Dollars. THE SIXTY-DOLLAR BILL. (A Fourth Grade Book That Been Found in KANSAS GILY.) THE SIXTY-DOLLAR BILL. (A Fourth One of Them Has Just Been Found in Kansas City.) has been in the family of its possessor for longer than a hundred years. When last used as a medium of exch it it was given for 64 acres of land on South Hero Island, Lake Champlain, and a Maltese cat. "The bill was given to my grandfath er for a horse in about 1798 or 1800," said Mr. Whitney, "by a Dr. Barnes, who secured it from a man for a piece of land and a cat. Cyrus Whitney, my grandfather, gave the bill to Gary Whitney, my father, who in turn handed it down to me. Although it is said to be worth far in excess of its face value, and I am a comparatively poor man, I would not part with the bill. I intend to give A Sixty Dollars. Printed by HALL and SELLERS 1779 it to my son, who I expect will in turn hand it down as heretofore." That the bill is one of the first issues of continental currency there is little doubt. It is printed on a hand-made linen paper which with age has become drab in color. On one side is what appears to be an olive branch and a tobacco leaf, under which is the label, "Printed by Hall & Sellers, 1779." At the top are two paragraph signs and the words: "Sixty dollars." On the opposite side, as shown in the accompanying drawing, appears a circle about the circumference of which is a Latin motto. Within the circle is a square and globe. On the left-hand side is a column about which is a banner bearing the word "America." To the right of the circle and globe is printed: "The Bearer is entitled to receive Sixty Spanish milled dollars an equal amount in gold or silver, cording to a Resolution of Congress of the 14th of January, 1779." Written in red ink in the upper left-hand corner is the serial number of the bill. At the bottom where the signature of the secretary and record nature of the treasury appear, in modern er of the rency, are seen the signal paper car. Snowden and W. Gamby, names of J. It has been stated hereto Although, were but three of these fore that there ce, there seems to be bills in existen the scrip in posses little doubt that y is genuine. Svlon of Mr. Whit examined it and oral experts have one of the original pronounced it to be government. bills issued by this Happy Phraa Happy thanks in the When Marshal MacMahon Malakoff Crimean campaign took the ed disb by storm and wrote his celebr patch, "J'y suis, j'y reste" ("h am; here I stay"), these words n him famous all ever the world. his friends said that the worthy soldier had written them in the most matter-of-fact manner, with no thought of phrasemaking. The most surprised person over the success of his epigram was MacMahon himself. A WONDERFUL SUN-DIAL City of Baltimore Has a Unique Mechanism That Shows Time at Fifteen Places. Baltimore, Md.—The romantic and picturesque sun dial is coming to its own once more. Dial making is again an industry revealed in by members of the arts and crafts cycle. It was in days when interest in sun dials was lowest that Peter Hamilton, of Baltimore, conceived and executed the design for a dial unlike any other of which we have any knowledge, and which is now one of the attractions of the celebrated Drubl Hill park in this city. This dial, beautiful from an architectural standpoint, is also a mathe- I BALTIMORE'S SUN DIAL It Is of Precious Construction and Only One of Its Kind Ever Built.) matical wonder, tor it registers the time at 15 places, each far distant from one another. From its 15 faces can be read the hours at Rio Janetro, Sitka, Jeddo, Jerusalem, Fernando Po, Cape Cod, Baltimore, Pitcairn's island, Honolulu, London, Cape Town and San Francisco. The equatorial and polar planes, the latter with the motto "sine umbra nihil," make up the 15 faces of this peculiar dial. That he had constructed a wholly original sun dial of which there is no duplicate is a fact which surprised Mr. Hamilton, for he believed, while constructing it, that he was reproducing in essential points the famous dial at Glamis castle, in Scotland, which is undoubtedly the finest in the world. There are over eight dials in all on this famed timepiece, each of its 24 facets having from three to four dials each. This dial is certainly three centuries old, as it appears in a print of the castle, behind which it stands, previous to the year 1600, and was named in Earl Patrick's Book of Record of a date previous to 1695. It was from a description of the Glamis sun dial, which is over 21 feet high, and handsomely carved, that Mr. Hamilton drew the plans for the dial which now stands in Druid Hill park. Never having seen even a photograph of the Glamis dial, Mr. Hamilton had only verbal descriptions to work upon and he concluded that the many faces of the Glamis dial must speak the time at various points. But the Glamis dial tells only Scotland time. Thus Mr. Hamilton's work is not a copy in any sense, but is original with him. It was in 1875 that Mr. Hamilton constructed his unique dial of sandstone. It stood in his yard for a number of years. In 1892 he presented it to the city of Baltimore. It was first placed in one of the smaller parks, and afterward removed to Druld Hill Park near the Eutaw place entrance. As time had begun to wear away some of the inscriptious, the park commission recently spent $500 to cover the surface with bronze plates and engrave them. This has been done under Mr. Hamilton's supervision, and the dial now bids fair to stand for centuries, a picturesque monument to its maker. Oshkosh, Wls.-Col. John Hicks, who has just been appointed to represent the United States in Chill, has long been one of the best known newspaper men in the state and has for 25 years been one of the owners COL. JOHN HICKS. (Recently Appointed United States Min- later to Chill.) of the Oshkosh Northwestern, on which he began his newspaper work as a reporter in 1867. The appointment to the Chilian post will bring him back into the diplomatic service, which he left after the end of the Harrison administration, under which he was minister to Peru. He was born in Auburn, N. Y., in 1847, but game to Wisconsin as a child. It had been expected for some months that he would again be appointed to a post in South America, and it is likely that other Wisconsin editor, Amos P. er, of the Madison State Journal, so soon receive a diplomatic ap- pent to South America. BIG ORDER TO MEET. BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW WILL CONVENE IN CHICAGO. It Was Instituted by James L. Houghtaling Twenty Years Ago—Now Has Over Fifteen Thousand on Its Rolls. Chicago.—More than 1,000 delegates of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the great men's organization of the Episcopal church, will meet in convention in Chicago September 21 to 24. Instituted more than 20 years ago by James L. Houghtelling, a member of St. James' church, Chicago, the Brotherhood of St. Andrew has grown into one of the most important factors of the Episcopal church, having in this country a membership of about 10,000 men, or sailors, and between 5,000 and 5,000 boys, or juniors. The brotherhood is also strong in Canada and Canadian delegates will be present in this Chicago convention, returning at its close to their own national convention to be held at Ottawa and which will be attended by many Americans. In this city the convention will be held in Mandel hall, the University of Chicago, and it is the purpose to have all the delegates make their headquarters in the clubhouse group of the university. Hitherto where the conventions have been held in other cities the delegates have been scattered, much to their own detriment and the weakening of the convention work. This evil will now be remedied. Unusual interest attaches to this convention because of its being the first national gathering of the brotherhood in the home city of its founder—Mr. Houghteling. High honors are to be paid him by the members in the form of a public gathering at St. James' church, Cass and Huron streets—the birth-cradle of the order. In his Bible class work Mr. Houghtelling, with a view to developing men's interest in active church work, conceived the idea of forming a small working society for the benefit of St. James' church. He interested the members of his class in the formation of it and they JAMES L. HOUGHTELING. (Founder of the Episcopal Brotherhood of St. Andrew.) JAMES L. HOUGHTELLING. (Founder of the Episcopal Brotherhood of St. Andrew.) took up the work with him with little thought that the movement would extend in the end to all parts of this continent and attract the earnest attention of Christians in Europe. Through the gospel and prayers connected with St. Andrew came the thought to h.: Houghteling that the brotherhood might bear his name, and this was eagerly accepted by those who were working with him. Gradually the strength of the organization as displayed in St. James' church circles attracted the attention of other men of the Episcopal church who were anxious to develop some plan by which the latity of the church might be made more deeply interested in practical church work. Then came the work of extending the order from the confines of St. James' church to those of every Episcopal church in the country. Later—after the men of the church had been well organized—the boys were taken in and given a junior standing. Now the brotherhood is ranked as a right arm of Episcopal work on this continent. Lay members of the brotherhood have gone to Japan and done missionary work and others have come to Alaska. It is announced that the only public meeting of the brotherhood during the Chicago convention will be that connected with the ceremonies in honor of Mr. Houghtheiling held at St. James' church. Rt. Rev. C. P. Anderson, D. D., bishop of Chicago, has composed a prayer for the convention which expresses the spirit of the brotherhood. It reads: "O Merciful Lord, Who didst call Saint Andrew to be one of Thine apostles and blessed him in bringing souls to Thee; prosper, we humbly beseech Thee, the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in its work and prayer for the extension of Thy kingdom among men. "Make all the members thereof zealous and diligent in their good work. Give them wisdom to do it rightly, courage to persevere in it undauntedly, and grace to carry it on effectively. 'Guide and govern its forthcoming convention in the ways of truth and righteousness; to Thy honor Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God world without end. Amen." Community life and cooperative work are to be two topics extensively taken up in the discussions of the convention—community life being termed in the call for the assemblage "a new convention idea." Many important social functions connected with the coming of distinguished guests to the convention have been planned, but no announcement of these will be made until the middle of September. IF YOU WANT A PLACE To Board ADVERTISE HOLME'S Hotel 333 Vz. Ave., S. W. For The Best Afro-American Accommodation in the District. —European And American Bar Stocked with fine, Wines, Imported Brand and pure old Rye Whiskey Best Line Cigars Good Room 5 & 10c and Lodging 50. 75 & $1.00 Comfortably heated by steam. Give us a Call— JAMES OTTOWAY HOLMES Prop Washington, D. C. Hotel Glyde, 475 MISSOURI AVE., N.W. First Class accommodations -FOR- MRS. ALICE E. HALL FRATERNAL. I. O. N. I. C. of A., fraternal, meets at Lecompte, La., the second and third Tuesday nights in each month. R. E. Pickens, W. P. P. J. E. Dailey, W. C. S. I. O. I. N. I. C. of A. F., No. 127, meets at its office, 608 Bolton street, east, the first and third Monday nights in each month. Rev. S. T. Shephard, worthy president. T. P. Haywood, W. C. S. Oce Weather, W. P. P. Golden Star Department of the I. O. N. I. C. of A. F., No. 248, meets at St. James, La., the first and third Saturdays in each month. J. W. Walker, W. P. P. Alex. Anoisan, W. C. S. Eastern Star Department, No. 243 of the I. O. N. I. C. of A. F., meets at Darrow, La, the second and fourth Saturdays in each month. Leon Bristise, W. P. P. M. Baptise, W. C. S. Dempsey Wilson, W. R. S. Walton's Palace Department, No. 137, of the I. O. N. I. C., of A. F., meets at Baton Rouge, La, the second and fourth Wednesdays in each month. Jacob Brown, W. P. P. H. C. Brown, W. C. S. Lippman Department of the I. O. N. I. C. of A. F., No. 152, meets at Kings Ferry, Fla., the fourth Friday in each month. Jack Lippman, W. P. P. Loula Underwood, W. C. S. Western Star Department, No. 231, meets at Ennis, Tex., first and third Saturdays in each month. Spencer Gary, W. P. P. C. C. Carlies, W. R. S. A. Cattle, W. C. S. Eagle's Wing Department, No. 27, meets at Ashville, Fla., the second and fourth Sundays, in each month. G. B. Brown, W. P. L. D. Dixon, W. C. S. Elizabeth Department, I. O. N. of A. F., No. 53, meets at Chauncey, Ga., on the first Saturday in each month, Rev. E. Adams, W. P. P.; Peter Stanley, W. C. S. Department No. 136 meets at Baton Rouge, La., first and third Wednesday nights in each month. Jos. Newton, W. P. P. M. B. Stewart, W. C. S. Fraternal Sunrise Department, No. 17, meets at Fort Worth, Tex., the first and third Wednesdays in each month. R. R. Sloan, W. P. P.; Henry Henderson, W. P. P.; M. Mathew, W. F. V. P.; I. B. Balenger, W. C. S. Sunrise Department, No. 31, meets at Dallas, Tex., second and fourth Thursday nights in each month. A. R. Brown, W. P. P. S. A. N. Hamilton, W. P. Rebecca Carpenter, W. R. S. Savannah Slaughter, W. C. S. Department No. 13 meets at Lake City, Fla., first and second Monday nights in each month. Joe Dorsey. W. P. P. W. M. Passco, W. F. V. P. Giles Duncan, W. C. C. B. Bartley, W. C. S. To all Departments of the I. O. N. I. C. of A. Fraternal, the semi-annual pass word is ready for all Departments. Send for it at once. See Ritual, page 13. J. L. Walton Evergreen Department, No. 240, meet at Red Fish, La, the 1st and 3rd Friday in each month. A. T. Finley, W. P. P.; Chas. Dupar, F. V. P.; A. T. Finley, W. C. S. Harmony Department, No. 71, meet at Dafuskie. Island, S. C, the first and third Wednesday in each month. T. Frazier, W. P. P.; W. J. Ficklin, W. P.; Amanda Dodge, W. C. 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 BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. The attack of a certain discharged employee from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the colored young ladies in that department can be readily understood. The trouble is that the colored applicants for plate printers' assistants are more competent than the white and are more successful in passing examinations. There is no Claude M. Johnson in the Bureau now. There is a man at the head of that institution who is endeavoring to treat colored help fairly. The great trouble as this department is made by understrappers. These sub-chiefs are, that is, some of them, men of inferior birth, hence a negro of superior intelligence is obnoxious to them. The "Jim Crow" corner still exists in the "rag," or "wash room." Chief Merideth should remedy the evil at once. The pay of these men should be equalized, or rather increased. Since 1897 there have been eleven deaths in this hot box. It was only a few days ago that Frank Brown, a colored man, who lost his health in this hot box, was returned to work after having been discharged. He lost his health in the line of duty and his services were so highly appreciated that he was discharged. Secretary Shaw reinstated him after having heard the facts in his case. Those who have died in this hot box since 1897 are: Doraty, Stewart, Clark, Robinson, Contee, Williams, Davis, Tucker, Hallack, Bryant. Just think of it! There are colored men today employed in this hot box who have lost their health. Their pay is not commensurate with the work. Then, again, someone is discriminating by placing all colored appointees in this "Jim Crow" corner. The Bee some time ago called the attention of Secretary Shaw to this hot box and how the men were suffering for want of air. This much has been remedied. The chief clerk of the Treasury Department, who made the investigation immediately, visited the place and today there have been three windows placed in the south wall. The atmosphere is different. The men are now able to breathe purer air from the Potomac. This hot box, which has been the death vault of honest men, will not be a monument for those who have passed away. The colored young ladies against whom a most cowardly attack has been made, is an evidence of the cowardice of the editor. The Bee defies him to give the names of the alleged offenders. None but a coward would assault helpless women. Compare the looks, intelligence, and character of the colored girls with those of the white in the Bureau, and the decision will be in favor of the colored ladies. There are many refined white ladies in the Bureau who have no color prejudice. It is the poor white trash who have been used to nothing that feel themselves superior to intelligent colored ladies. This cowardly defamer of the honor of the colored ladies will not come out in the open. If he doesn't want his sisters to associate with colored ladies, let them resign. WAS IT FAIR? It has been stated in the Atlanta Independent a number of times that on July 1st, Collector Henry A. Rucker of Georgia had to reduce his force by three and that the reduction was effected by discharging three colored men, although the white employees in Collector Rucker's office greatly outnumbered the colored. Knowing that the Independent has been unfair and unjust in its attacks on Mr. Rucker, The-Bee has been reluctant to comment on this reduction, expecting some statement or explanation which would put the facts as stated in the Independent in a different light. No such statement or explanation having as yet been vouchafed The Bee is compelled to say that if the Collector did what the Independent says he did in the matter of these dismissals, he was wrong and the principle upon which he made the reduction was a mistaken one. It is understood that under the administration of President Roosevelt reductions, promotions and dismissals from the civil service are to be made strictly on merit. Of course if Mr. Rucker's discharges are based on that principle he is simply carrying out an administration policy. The Bee is hte friend of Colector Rucker, but in a case of this kind the principle of fair play and "a square deal" outweighs personal esteem. If a kinsman of ours were in the Collector's office, and had discriminated against his own race, as it appears Mr. Rucker has discriminated in this case, we should condemn it. Let every man be treated according to his merit. Let no man suffer any inconvenience, discrimination or wrong because of his race or color. With us these principles are fundamental. PICKENS' PUERILITIES A strange spectacle was presented in some correspondence published in The Voice of the Negro, between Miss Mary Ovington, a white lady, and Mr. Wm. Pickens, who obtained some notoriety while a student at Yale, for harshly criticising the Republic of Hayti in an oration, the substance of which was cribbed from Sir Spencer St. John's work entitled "The Black Republic." The subject of the correspondence is the welcome accorded colored students in northern colleges. Mr. Pickens complains that the colored student in a northern college is a long-some individual; that northern white boys are not more enamored of him (the colored student) than southern white boys are, and that if colored people were as numerous in the north as in the south they would be denied admission to northern colleges. Miss Ovington takes the view that while the atmosphere of the northern college may be a little chilly to the colored brother, yet the fact should not be lost sight of that it gives him what he most needs, namely, opportunity. And this seems to be the sensible view of the matter. For the life of us we cannot see why Mr. Pickens started this discussion. No earthly good can come of it. After all it is a hypothetical question, and has no relation to concrete facts. But, really, this fellow, Pickens, has a way of making a mess of everything he touches. Indeed his case seems hopeless. We had hoped that after his blundering treatment of the Hayteam Republic he would sink into obscurity for at least five years. His case illustrates the truth of the line of Tennyson, "Knowledge comes, but wisdom Jingers." AN AMUSING INCIDENT'S SEQUEL It is not the policy or principle of this paper to misrepresent anyone. We find that the publication of a curbstone rumor in our issue of last week is circulated to do serious injury to one who is void of offense and therefore take pleasure in presenting the true facts. Two young lawyers were each candidates for the place of assistant in the office of the District Attorney. The one felt aggrieved at the candidacy of the other and so expressed himself. The other felt that all the circumstances connected with the case justified his own action. Being old friends and unable to reconcile their difference of opinion, they agreed to select a third party for whose wisdom and friendship each had the highest regard, to decide the matter. The arbitrator decided in view of all the facts and circumstances connected with the matter that each had the right to be a candidate and neither had just grounds to feel aggrieved at the candidacy of the other. One of them then with a generosity seldom found in human nature notwithstanding the decision of the referee, decided to withdraw, thereby cancelling all future obligations he might seem to owe to his friend in similar matters. This adjustment was accepted in good faith and acted upon by each, the withdrawal of one being forthwith announced. The latter upon being made acquainted with the rumor circulated by his enemies, expressed himself as wishing to be "far away from the cordon of liars belied and the hubbub of liars, where a man-must walk with his head in a nest of poisonous flies." THE POLICE COURT Of the many distressing scenes that were witnessed last Monday morning were those in the temporary building of the Police Court. Long before the arrival of the judges over sixty prisoners were packed like sardines in the new wooden cells. Several had fainted, and the heat that poured out from the cells was unbearable. Upon the floor of the cells three prisoners lay who had been overcome by the heat and the crowded condition of the cells. Judge O'Neal was immediately notified and in a few minutes the carpenters arrived and cut two doors in the back of the cells, which seemed to relieve the situation. Both Judges O'Neal and Mills are to be congratulated for the manner in which they have been disposing of the many cases that have been brought before them. Long and tiresome lectures have been dispensed with. They patiently listen to the charges and the evidence and quickly decide the innocence or the guilt of the prisoners. The business in both branches of the Courts the past week was large. The officers have not lallowed a guilty man to escape. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION A great deal has been said about our Board of Education and the manner in which it disposed of the Swartzell case. Our Board of Education is no doubt the best in the United States. The members have conducted themselves uprightly, and honorably. Mr. Bundy and Mrs. Francis have acquitted themselves well so far as the colored end is concerned. Mr. Bundy settled the Colored High School troubles, which was right and proper. Mrs. Cooper, a lady of the highest character, was abused without cause. She has made an excellent principal, no one can deny, and The Bee congratulates her because she has endeavored to do her duty. THE COLORED PULPIT. Some time ago a local contemporary published an editorial reflecting on the moral conduct of the colored ministers in this city. A man who would write an article ocdemningg everybody is himself under suspicion. While it may be true that we have a few ministers who are not doing right, it cannot be said that the entire colored pulpit is corrupt: The colored pulpit is doing more to build up the moral of the people than many of those who have denounced it. Attorney McGee, of St. Paul, makes a tart reply to Bishop Waters. It will be remembered that Editor Fortune left the council in disgust. The Bee is very anxious to know why Commission Ware failed to promote a few colored clerks in ihs last batch of promotions. No negro in this country will support Judge Taft for President. It might as well be understood now. Foraker, Shaw, Alison or Woodruff would please the colored vote. The colored voter has been playing the fool long enough. The Bee has no respect for any negro who has no opinion of his own. White men should not be allowed to select representatives for negroes. The Republicans of Virginia nominated Col. L. L. Lewis, Wednesday, August 9th. Colonel Lewis is a good man. McGHEE REMINDS BISHOP WALTERS OF BAD FAITH THAT KILLED AFRO--AMERICAN COUNCIL AND ADVISES NIAGARA MOVEMENT. have to say in your appeal to others and myself to again rally to the support of the National Afro-Ce Council, published in the New York Age. Speaking for myself I feel that your appeal is unwarranted, and that upon a little reflection you will conclude that I have a right to feel so. Lest you have forgotten I bid you to recollect my visiting you at your conference in Wisconsin, and how nearly all Sunday night and Monday morning we advised upon Council matters and the nights and days put in hard service that resulted in defeat of the deep-laid plans of the secret cabal that was at the Indianapolis conference bent upon making the council a political adjunct. Think, too, three years after of the Sunday I spent with you at Chicago, our trip from Chicago to Louisville. You will remember how I pointed out as best I could that unless a radical change was effected in teh policy'of the council at the Louisville convention, the end of its usefulness was sure to come and within a short while( it came only too shortly). You well remember how that at Louisville I labored, and with what devotion I tried to save the, whole from its ruin. It was past one a. m. when I called you from bed and we conferred concerning the status of the New York delegation in the council—those thirty-six splendid people—who were there to inaugurate a suffrage movement led by the aggressive Hayes, the scholarly Bruce, the eloquent Wibecan, and the no less eloquent and shrewd Rev. Morris. Who can forget the pledge, the sacred pledge; guaranteed by the honor of every member of the executive committee, upon which the New York delegation came into the convention uniting their forces, merging their efforts and work into that of the council; AND HOW UNMIXED WAS THE BAD FAITH PRACTISED WITH THIS FAITHFUL AND TRUSTFUL PEOPLE AND WHEN TREACHERY HAD RUN ITS FULL COURSE, FAITHFULLY DID I POINT OUT TO YOU AND BEGGED EVEN THEN FOR AN HONORABLE CHANCE TO SAVE IT, BUT TO NO AVAIL. The combination of the few to control the many is the order of the day and so perfect was this worked in the council that those having control dictated who their associates in office should be. If then its influence has waned, its vitality wasted, the blame is not upon the men to whom you make the appeal, "Save ere we perish," but it is upon those who have had control for five years and are still ruling. I spurn the idea that any credit is due to me for the least effort or act of mine, and I protest, absolutely, that anyone should even so much as intimate that I have been waning in my support. I believe in organizations, HEART AND SOUL I BELIEVE, BUT THE ORGANIZATION MUST BE FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF GOOD. HELPFUL AND PROFITABLE ENDS AND MUST BE KEPT TRUE TO ITS OBJECTS. COUNCIL MADE PARTISAN. The Negro never did need and does not now need a separate partisan political organization, but should identify himself with existing political organizations and not until those in control of the council boldly declared that the council would be a partisan political organization, did I decide that I could no longer be of use. And this very declaration proved to be the proverbial "straw" that broke the camel's back, and the very men who brought about this action afterwards became so ashamed of the thing that they did not ask endorsement for it in the convention that followed thereafter, although they constituted the majority of that convention. WALTER"S BELAMABLE ACQUIESENCE. I do no charge that yours is the fault for present conditions, but true it is you could have saved but instead calmly acquiesced for harmony's sake in what you knew to be wrong, injurious and death-dealing. If the council has failed it is because the race has lost faith in it. No organization deserves to live, certainly no organization can do much good to enhance the good of the race when the race has lost confidence in it. If this confidence has been lost, cannot good faith be more easily and quickly gained by starting anew with men who have not failed the people than by trying to dislodge the control of those who in the past have by their acts shown that they would rather wreck the council than release their hold? EVEN FORTUNE DESERTED THE SHIP. If Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, the pioneer in founding national organizations, sees no future for the council and resigns its highest office, is not the task of resuscitating it unworthy of the effort? What can possibly be the gain in reviving the council over and against furthering, strengthening and making all potent the "Niagara Movement." Until it fails of its purposes to further them, what little I can contribute shall be given to that movement. 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Address, The Bee Printing Co., 1109 I St., N. W. Washington, D. C LOVE IS ENFORCED. LAW OF FRANCE WILL ORDER HAPPY MARRIAGES. The Revision of the Napoleonic Code 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. 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. 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 flashed out of the same space by varying the contacts—that is, by observing certain lines and illuminating 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 semiopaque 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 Torreros with Players of the Drama. 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 torreros 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 the Line. London.—Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper, seventh Earl Cowper, who was lord lieutenant of Ireland from 1880 to 1882, is dead. There being 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 Butler 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 Illiteracy In Germany there are seven filiterates to the thousand. In England there are 38, in France 46, in Belgium 101, in Italy 223. The reck os les The Rev. S. L. Camthers will leave the city to-day for Elmira, New York. Mrs. Walter Murray is visiting friends at Greensburg, Ga. She will be gone till September. Mr. J. Harry Harris, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has gone to Bay Ridge. Miss M. E. Janifer, is sojourning at Hampton, Va., the guest of her friend. Miss Lopender Davis. Rev. Geo. W. Lee preached to a crowded house last Sunday. Dozens were turned away from the doors. Miss Corilla Burk, a teacher in the public schools, has gone to New York to spend some time with friends. Miss S. J. Janifer, has gone to Pittsburgh on Church Mission work. She will be gone for two weeks or more. Mr. Thomas Watkins and his wife and daughter are spending their vacation with relatives at Annapolis, Md. Misses Randolph of 330 Elm street N. W., are spending their vacation at Cape May, N. J., will return to the city September 15th. Richard Wells, with many friends, will go to Hampton, Va., on or about August 17th. They will spend ten days or more at Hampton. Miss Rebecca F. Norton of Defrees street N. W., left Tuesday for New York to spend two weeks with her sister, Mrs. Emma Younger. Mr. R. H. Harrison, Jr., of the Loan and Currency Division, Treasury Department, will leave on the 15th of this month for Cambridge, Ohio. He will be gone several weeks. SOCIAL CHIT CHAT. Mr. Hamilton Thornton has made a fine reputation as an assistant financial secretary. The watchword is keep your eyes on him. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Harris and family, 1834 Florida avenue, will recuperate in West Virginia. He will look well in his summer attire that is being made to order. The excursion of the Y. M. C. A. Aseociation last Friday was a success both sociably and financially. Mr. C. F. M. Brown made the speech of the evening. Mary, I wish you would stop bothering me about the moonlight excursion September 8th. I have already decided to take the family. Miss Georgie Brown will leave shortly for Silver Springs, Va. What has become of our former popular caterer, Jesse H. Foster? Look out for him September 8th. He couldn't miss it. There is a club in West Washington known as the Aircastle. When you visit them they show you a royal time. Notwithstanding the rumors, the Jane Mosley will carry the people Sept. 8th. Some people are not true to themselves nor to their friends. There is too much of I am talking to you confidently. Some friends are always looking for the best of it, but never reciprocate. The boys are on to them now. John, don't keep beating around the bush. If you have anything to say to William, like a man say it. William will think more of you. Who presided at the last meeting of the Crispus Attucks? Was he there? Mr. Jas. L. Turnet is keeping up well, considering that he is without a companion. The moonlight committee, Sept. 8th, will be photographed the Sunday following the excursion. Some of our friends like to borrow the paper, but seldom purchase it. Mr. A. Lincoln Alexander's daughter is still quite sick. It is the consensus of opinion that Mr. Walter J. Abrams makes an excellent chairman of the relief committee. The Misses Quander, of this city are in Denver, Col. They were given a luncheon last week by Mrs. Belle Cortee, wife of Mr. Geo. Cortee of this city. The ladies were introduced to the Denver society. The wife and daughter of Officer James H. Peterson, of F. street N. W., left for New York this week. Misis Florence Williams, of Pierce Place N. W. left the city Tuesday for the country beyond Rockville, Md. Mr J T. C Newsom will leave the city for Indian Territory next week. Mrs. Mintu-B. Gimmons of 1914 Q St. N. W., lost her pocket-book last Saturday evening, continuing $9.35, several car tickets and two keys. Don't forget the Lounger's outing September 5th to Sumerset Beach. Miss Alice Suydon is quite sick at her home, 2505 M street N. W. Mr. Harry U. Bell of West Washing-D. C., ton, is said to have a housekeeper. (Good for Harry.) Mr. William-T. Ferguson, who is sta the fall. He is to receive a rousing reception. Dr. Wm. Stewart, of the American Baptist, arrived in the city last week from Europe. He went on the Y. M. C. A. Association excursion Thursday and left for his home in Louisville, Ky., on Friday morning. Dr. Stewart stated that he was royally entertained abroad. Dr. Stewart said that Rev. Geo. W. Lee was the centre of attraction in Europe. Rev. J Anderson Taylor, who has just returned from an European trip was given a reception by the members of his church. Mrs. M. J. Brown , Matron of the Children's Home, who has been on a vacation for one month, has returned to the city from an extended Eastern trip, greatly improved in health. The Bee welcomes its old friend to the city. Rev. Simon P. W. Drew and wife tioned in New York City and formerly of the Pension Office, is in the city on a visit. Mrs. Emily Monroe will leave the city next week for Richmond, Va., to attend the Convention of St. Luke. Miss Nellie Lathen and Miss Emily Rucker, of Germantown, Pa., are spending a few days with Miss Lucy Rucker, sister of Miss Emily, of 1718 Corcoran street, N. W. Rev. Simon P. W. Drew and wife have gone to North Carolina on a visit. Miss Hattie Ricks, of 313 Elm street S., Ledroit Park, left the city for North Carolina Wednesday, August 9th.. Attorney W. L. Pollard, who left for Pennsylvania several weeks ago on professional business, has returned. Attorney Pollard was entertained in Philadelphia, Pa., by Editor Chas. J. Peny, of the Tribune, on his return. Mrs. L. M. Hershoer of 1460 T street, N. W., will go to Atlantic City next week to sepnd some time with her sister. Mrs. William Damling. Mrs. Mary Lee of 1205 T street N. W. is able to be up and about again. Mrs. Bettie Francis is on the Bay, and not in Connecticut. If you want The Bee call for it at Gray's Pharmacy, True Reformer Hall. Attorney W. L. Pollard will leave for New York City next week to attend the meeting of the Business League. He will be gone several days. Don't forget the Lawyer's outing September 5th. Mrs. M. B. Gimmons will leave the city next week for a short trip to Philadelphia. Mr. Charles C. Curtis has been appointed in the department of the Fish Commission. He left for West Virginia Friday, August 4th. The Whist Circle gave another delightful dance Friday evening. The company was quite large. The Arctic Ice Cream Company and Oyster House, from 601 to 603 New York avenue N. W., is now open for business in its new quarters at 172-3 7th street N. W. Everything fresh and new. J. E. Williamson, the successor to the late J. J. Johnson, with indomitable pluck is more determined than ever to please by the excellency of his Ice Cream, Ices, Sherbets and Confections, as well as the excellent table service and cafe department for ladies and gentlemen. The oysters are fresh and fine, shucked daily from his private beds from the Lower Mechaodock. "Remember the Arctic Ice Cream Co." The Convention of the Sunday School Union of the Potomac District of the Baltimore A. M. E Conference, will be held at Bladensburg, Md., Thursday, August 17th. There will be three sessions: 10 A. M.; 3 P. M., and 8 P. M. Persons unable to attend the first two sessions will enjoy the trip direct from work where a genuine country dinner will be served before the evening exercises.begin. All Sunday School teachers and officers and parents are urged to unite in making this convention a success. Live Sunday School topics will be discussed. Transfer from any one of the Washington Traction cars to the large green car. One five cent fare after leaving the District line. An enthusiastic meeting of the Colored Business Men's League was held at the True Reformer Building, when plans for improvement of general business conditions were perfected. The desire to effect a more practical co-operation among the business fraternity was general and each address sounded a note of optimism and hope. The attendance was large and nearly twenty-five lines of business were represented. Delegates were chosen to the National Negro Business League as follows: J. A. Lankford, Maj. Charles R. Douglas, George F. Collins, James A. Cobb, R. H. Terrell A. H. Underdown, James A. Page, Arthur S: Gray, W. H. Davis, Mrs. Mary Mossell, Dr. A. M. Curtis, J. C. Dancy, A. B. Wesley, Miss Georgia Coleaman, W. L. Pollard, Daniel Freeman, Dr. J. R. Francis. President Lankford announced the following committees: Executive Committee—Rev. E. W. Lampton, publisher of the Record; Arthur S. Gray, of the Fountain Pharmacy; R. Watts, coal merchant; H. T. Swan, grocer; W. H. Davis, principal Lincoln Temple Business College; James A. Cobb, lawyer; Thos. Leatherwood, publisher Industrial Enterprise; Mrs. L. R. Clark, proprietor Clark School of Millinery, Dressmaking and Cooking. Press Committee—Hon. J. C. Dancy, chairman; J. W. Cromwell, editor Record; Dr. W. L. Board, druggist; J. C. Burlls, stenographer; W. L. Pollard, lawyer and real estate agent. Membership Committee—C. F. M. Browne, Chairman; R. R. Burt, tailor; Rev. S. N. Brown; E. A. Lankford, architectural engineer; R. E. Rencher, paper hanger; S. W. Pittman, draftsman; Mrs. Cuetta Watts, hair dresser; A. H. Underdown, fruit dealer, and B. H. Baker, insurance agent. Public Health and Sanitation—Dr. A. M. Curtis, chairman; Dr. J. H. Francis, Dr. Fred Barrier, I. E. Williamson, Miss Georgie Coleman, trained nurses; Mr. James A. Page. A committee on Business Enterprises was appointed to collect facts relative to the different kinds of business carried on in Washington, as follows: W. H. Davis, chairman; J. C. Burlls, Daniel Freeman, R. Ross Burt, B. H. Baker and Dr. W. L. Board. A reception will be tendered the delegates on their return from New York National League Meeting and for this purpose a committee on arrangements was named, consisting of B. H. Baker, Chairman; Miss Coates, W. S. Pittman, Chas. Fischer, H. T. Swann and Thomas Leatherwood. Interesting addresses were made by Dr. Francis and Hon. J. C. Dancy. NOTES BY M. G. W. JONES Character and its material.—The man that builds his house digs deep and lays the foundation on a rock so as to prevent trouble when the storm comes. The foundation of our Christian world should be character, the pure and only safe foundation of spiritual and material building. Character is what we build ourselves; reputation is what people build for us. Paul assures of a building not made by hand, but eternally in the heavens. A building that pure character builds—a spiritual architect. M. M. Harriady spent last Monday in Baltimore to the National Grand Encampment of the A. O. K. of L. Mrs. Martha Hargrove has decided to read The Bee, as, she has found favor in it. She also conducts a lunch room at 432 Bland street. Miss Mabel Thompson, of 2140 8th street N. W., highly endorses The Bee and wants it in her possession. Don't forget the age rally at Mt. Pisgah A. U. M. P. Church August 20th. One cent for each year you are old. Ha, ha, old people come. Miss Eva Duckett is on the sick list. Editor Chase: Can you find space in your issue of this week for the enclosed? Yes—W. H. Davis, stenographer. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The outing to Notley Hall last Friday was successful. About 1,000 went down, the most of whom remained throughout the day. Everything passed off pleasantly. The athletic events were especially interesting. Much of this was due to the fact that two prizes each for ten events were to be given to winners. All who did not receive prizes deserved them for they worked as faithfully as the successful contestants. The prizes calling forth the most interest and merriment were the 2nd for the Lean Men's Race—2 packages of Uneeda biscuits; 2nd for the Fat Men's Race—a bottle of tomato ketchup, and the one for the tug-of-war—a large watermelon, red to the rine. Many friends, wives, parents and sweethearts watched the men go up to victory or down to defeat. No records were broken but considering the fact that the men did not know how to use to the best advantage the different apparatus, they did well. The social atmosphere was fine, many strolled through the woods, lounged upon the grass or spent their time in the pavillion. Financially the outing was satisfactory, about $100.00 will be realized when the returns are in. On Sunday, August 13th, 4 P. M. Rev. M. W. D. Norman, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, will address the men's meeting. There will be good social singing. All men are invited to hear Dr. Norman. HOUSE & HERR MAN HE 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. The events, prizes, donors and winners are given below: Quoit Pitching—Prize, 1st, set quoits, given by A. G. Spalding & Bro.; won by Brannon Gaines. Running High Jump—Prize, palm soap and case; given by Fountain Pharmacy, Gray & Gray; won by Matthews; record 4 feet 2 inches, 2nd prize, tie; given by J. A. Lauford; won by Peters; record, 4 feet. Discus Throwing—Pipe, given by A. W. Hopkins; won by S. J. Young; record, 50 feet, 2nd, one-fourth dozen cigars, given by W. W. Johnson; won by J. Williams; record 48 feet. Lean Men's Race—Shaving mug and brush; given by G. A. Robinson; won by J. Blau; 2nd, two packages Uneeda biscuits; given by C. H. Watson; won by R. H. Cole. Standing Broad Jump—1st, Louisville Slugger Bat; given by D. N. Wolford & Bro.; won by R. Parkey; record 8 feet, 8 inches. 2nd, tooth brush; given by Dr. A. E. Gray; won by S. I. Young; record, 8 feet, 6 inches. Shot Put—1st, one-fourth dozen cigars; given by W. W. Johnson; won by Wm. Peyton; record 32 feet, 9 inches. 2nd, Tue; given by Question Jackson; won by J. E. Brannon; record, 29 feet, 9 inches. Fat Men's Race—1st, bath brush; given by Wm. H. Davis & Bro.; won by J. C. V. Todd. 2nd, bottle Tomato ketchup; given by C. H. Watson; won by A. White. Tug-of-War—1st, Watermelon; given by A. E. Lankford; between Mr. Lankford's team and opponents. 75-Yard Dash—1st, hair brush; given by Dr. G. H. Pleasant; won by J. Brown. 2nd, Cashmere Bouquet Soap; given by Dr. W. P. Nappy; won by E. Lewis. Pole Vault—1st box Toilet Bouquet soap; given by Board & McGuire, Druggists; won by H. Jones, 2nd, pair punching bag gloves; given by Jos. C. S. Howe; won by R. E. Lee. The committee of arrangements was Chas, F. M. Brown, chairman, Prof. A. U. Craig, J. C. Buills, S. Middleton, R. K. Washington, J. S. Brannon, E. D. Ross, Jos. J. Neill, A. S. Gray, Aaron Russell, W. E. Teuring, C. E. Davis, W. T. Sinclair, Jos. Langhome, W. E. Todd, Dr. W. L. Lefton, F. Peacock, J. H. Lee and John W. Lewis. SOUTH WASHINGTON NOTES. Dr. Phil. B. Brooks and his family left for Buckroe Beach, Va., this week. Dr. Brooks will be gone several weeks. The Bee wishes he and his family much enjoyment. Buckroe Beach is the place to enjoy yourself. Mrs. Lucinda Butter of 313 First street, S. W., has gone to Atlantic City, N. J., to join her husband, Mr. Benjamin Butter, who has been there some time. Prof. J. D. Baltimore is in the West enjoying himself. Dr. Collins and family will leave the city shortly. It is rumored in this section that Dr. Murray anticipates joining the matrimonial association. GIVE THE° LITTLE ONE A CHANCE. The excursion of the Minute Men August 3rd was a great success. About three hundred children went to Notly Hall free. The surplus from the excursion will be devoted toward giving another outing to the school children before school opens. The Minute Men will contribute the first ten dollars to any church that will take charge of an excursion of school children. The Bee is of the opinion that the Minute Men have set an excellent example for other clubs to follow. It is time when you are enjoying yourself to think of the little ones. The committee that stands ready to give ten dollars to start the movement is as follows: J. H. Smith, 103 Lenton street N. E., J. A. Thomas, No. 2 Q street N. W., Theodore Kuth, 108 2nd street N. W., H. E. Grymas, 927 T street N. W. This social club is one of the most popular in the city and the young men connected with it are liberal as well as charitable. NEW BRANCH POST OFFICE. City Postmaster Wm. A. Merritt, has established a branch post office in the pharmacy of Dr. W. S. Gray, in True Reformer Hall. This is a high compliment to Dr. Gray and his most excellent wife, who are proprietors of the new drug store. A branch post office was Call at once. Northeast Corner 7th and "1" 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 orders. Your patronage solicited. My second to none. Fine carriages and CARRIAGES FOR HIRE FOR Office, Warerooms, 516 Eighth Phone Connection. ```markdown ``` Satisfactory prices and servicesguaranteed to all. Special rates given to subscribers of THE BEE. Thirty years' experience. Funeral parlor furnished. Telephone, North 1595. R. L. Middleton, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND LIVERYMAN. Coffins can be shipped to any part of the State upon reliable telegraph orders. Your patronage solicited. My prices are the cheapest and my stock second to none. Fine carriages and polite drivers for all occasions. CARRIAGES FOR HIRE FOR ALL OCCASIONS. greatly needed in that neighborhood, especially when so many organizations meet in the Reformers Hall. The Bee extends its congratulations to Dr. and Mrs. Gray. WED AT PIKE'S PEAK. Daughter of Indiana Judge Runs Away to Marry a Full-Blooded Armenian. Denver, Col.-A 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 Salem Wahbe El Kaffoury, 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. Kaffoury 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. LOSES HIS BRIDE AT ALTAR Girl Leaves the Groom-to-Be Waiting —Elopes with Cousin and Is Married. Mount Pleasant, Tenn.—The fickle little god of love played havoc with the hymeneal arrangements of some of Mount Pleasant's young lovers recently. W. M. White, superintendent of the Central Phosphate company, armed with the written sanction of the mother of the two girls, secured from the county court clerk at Columbia a double license providing for the marriage of himself and Miss Bettle Stockard, and Millard Freeman and Miss Lulu Stockard, all the parties being from Mount Pleasant. At the appointed hour, with the loving couples on the floor, the waiting minister ready to pronounce the solemn words that should make two out of four, one Mr. Chappel whispered in Miss Bette's ear that Charles Freeman, a cousin of Millard, wanted to speak a few words with her. She tripped lightly to and out of the door, and, stepping into the buggy where the dauntless Charles awaited her, they drove rapidly away, leaving the message behind that they were going after a license of their own. Sure enough, they went to Pulaski, were duly married and returned. Meantime the three-fourths so rudely shocked and sundered indefinitely postponed their fractional happiness, and are now endeavoring to cash in a useless double license. It is generally understood they will draw straws for the remaining girl. MINES, BALMER. W. guaranteed to all. of THE BEE. Thirty years' experi- telephone, North 1595. Idleton, D LIVERYMAN. of the State upon reliable telegraph prices are the cheapest and my stock polite drivers for all occasions. R ALL OCCASIONS. St., Southeast. Satisfaction Guaranteed. J. H. DABNEY, 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 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. THE ARCTIC ICE CREAM CO AND OYSTER HOUSE. 1723 Seventh St. Northwest. French and American Ice Creams, Ices and Sherbets. Fine Line of Oysters and Sea Foods Always in Stock. Cafe for Gentlemen and Ladies. Prices always consistent with the ex- cellence of the goods. Special rates offered to dealers, to churches and religious bodies. I. E. Williamson, Proprietor and Manager. Telephone Connection. COMING NORTH. Mueh is being spoken and written about the great number of Southern colored people who are coming North. Some advise them to come. Many advise them to stay where they are. So far as we have any advice to give, it depends greatly on who the man is who wants to come North and where he wants to locate. Emigration has been resorted to by the oppressed of all lands ever since the beginning of history. If there be colored people in certain sections in the South (whose condition has become unbearable) who think that they can do better elsewhere, they should be guided by their own judgment. We would, however, advise against such persons removing to the large cities of the North which are already overcrowded with seekers after employment There is a great dearth of farm hands in the North and West. Colored men and women can readily find employment on farms in these sections, which young white men and women are leaving for the false lights of city life. The sin and degradations which result from the over-crowding of the labor market in Northern cities is too horrible for description. If you must leave the South, see the farm in the North and West. Above all things shun the large cities, they are charred houses of dead ambitions and putrid characters.—Odd-Fellows Journal. 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. 7. BUSINESS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. 8. IMITATIVENESS AND RESULTS. 9. THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE. 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. Mrs. Arabella Virginia Chase, 1212 Florida avenue northwest, or THE WASHINGTON BEE, 1109 Eye street northwest, Washington, D. C. OF RARE OCCURRENCE FEW EARTHQUAKES ARE RECORDED IN PARIS. Last Seismic Disturbance That Was Registered There Took Place on May 31, 1589—The Value of Seismographs. Paris.—M. Joseph Jaubert, director of the municipal observatories of the Tour Saint-Jacques and the Parc Montsouris, communicates the following: It is recorded that a seismic movement has been test at Grenoble and at various points in the Alps, and that earthquakes were noticed in different parts of France chiefly in the Alps, and partly in the north. In Paris these phenomena are fairly rare, the last that was registered having taken place in May 31, 1889. No documents are to hand giving details of any earthquakes that may have occurred further back than the fifteenth century, but since that period the following are on record: April 6, 1580, one which caused some damage in the outskirts in the northwest and demolished a portion of the church at Pontolise; September 18, 1691, a very extensive movement signaled in England and Germany; October 6, 1711; January 18 and April 30, 1756; January 20, 1760; May 31, 1821; February 19, 1822; July 1, 1841, especially on the left bank of the Seine; April 1, 1853, at Sèvres; July 1, 1855; September 14, 1866, mainly in this neighborhood; January 28, 1878, lasting from eight to ten seconds (in Paris there were fairly accentuated oscillations, and in the quartier du Marais, at Montmartre and at Versailles there were light tremors felt); August 16, 1885; February 23, 1887 (this earthquake coincided with that which caused such serious harm on the Gulf of Genoa littoral); finally, that of May 31, 1889, felt in Paris and outskirts. Earthquakes are registered with the aid of instruments called selsmographs, based as a rule upon the movement of a pendulum produced by the shock, which movement inscribes automatically the direction, intensity and duration of the said shock. Observation of the earth's magnetism shows a correlation between certain magnetic perturbations and the movements of the earth. The latter are often a fairly long way off, as, for instance, on July 10, 1894 when the magnetic curves registered at the Parc Saint-Maur marked a great disturbance at ten minutes to 11 o'clock the local time corresponding to 24 minutes to 11 at Constantinople. Now at the latter town an earthquake took place at 24 minutes past ten—that is to say, it took only 12 minutes for the tremor to pass from Constantinople to Paris. In other words, a pace was attained of 3,100 meters per second. The earthquake which took place some weeks ago, the Rhone valley and spread as far as Switzerland was registered almost simultaneously by the magnetic instruments at the Parc Saint-Maur and the Pie du Midi. Only important stations possess seismographic instruments, and only, too, in countries where earthquakes are frequent, such, for instance, as Japan, where nearly all the meteorological stations have seismographs. In the Alps, too, earthquakes are regularly registered. In places where there are no observation stations there has been established a kind of graduated scale, which classes the earthquakes into ten categories, according to the damage or accidents caused. Louis J. Kessel, Sole Owner of the..... Following Brands: Private Stock, Old Reserve, Hermit Oxford, Tremont 425 TENTH SREET,IN. 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 awa, 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 ```markdown ``` 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 THE OLD WHISKEY BY THE SHARP Joseph K. Dawson WARINGTON 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." A special cablegram announces the arrival of Charles J. Glidden, the Boston millionaire, in Paris from Java, completing an automobile tour of the world. He covered 25,000 miles by auto in 210 days, passing through 24 countries and 8,000 cities, towns and villages. Besides he traveled 24,627 miles by water, which alone took 78 days. 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BIGN OF THE BIG BOOT AM ILLAN HYME LIFE INSURANCE BUILT 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. 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.) ker, Bridget & ND PENNTYLVANIA AVENUE, N EAD-TO-FOOT OUTFITTERS get & Co. IA AVENUE, NORTHWEST, OUTFITTERS Parker, Bridget & Co: AND PENNTYLVANIA AVENUE, NORTHWEST. EAD-TO-FOOT OUTFITTERS --- APROPOS OF BALD HEAD Men Who Lose Their Hair, Says a Barber, Make Much Fuss 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. DEMANDS OF ETIQUETTE. 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 punctillously 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 oppressiva."—Home Chat. AN INDIAN PARTY GOWN. A Cheyenne Maiden Sells Her Best Clothes for a One Thousand Dollar Bill. Tulsa, L. T.—An Indian girl, daughter of Howling Crane, once the head of the Cheyenne Indians, recently sold her "party gown" to a syndicate of territorial curio gatherers for $1,000. The garb was old and worn, moth eaten and ragged, yet the price was cheerfully paid—and incidentally, the purchase was a good investment. The dress was decorated with 728 elk teeth, all very valuable for lodge jewelry, and the transfer from the original purchaser to an eastern jewelry manufacturer was made in advance of the securing of the teeth at a price that was A NANNIE HOWLING CRANE (Cheyenne Girl and Her One Thousand- Dollar Party Gown.) almost double the amount the girl— Nannie Howling Crane—received. As years go by, the number of elk teeth is growing smaller, while the number of lodge men wanting teeth is growing larger, and the result is that the laws of supply and demand boost the price. Almost any genuine elk tooth will sell for two dollars, while the choice varieties sell for as high as $50 each. The top price is usually paid for a tooth that is turning green with age. An elk of the male sex produces only two good teeth, and the robe, therefore, represented 264 elk Miss Howling Crane is a rich girl and could afford all sorts of fine gowns, but she rather liked the one she sold, but adverse circumstances had stricken her father, and rather than dispose of his ponies to meet obligations and to feed himself and family, he carried his daughter's "party gown," or more properly expressing it, her dancing robe, to the curio collectors and sold it. When Old Crow, chief of the Cheyennes, heard of the sale, he was broken hearted, and immediately set out to get it back, but he was too late—the robe had been forwarded to the east by express. The Cheyennes are land rich, yet often suffer from extreme hunger. When that way, they sell their all, regardless of the value. When they get in this shape, the curlo hunter invades their homes and the tinkle of silver oftimes robs them of articles they would rather give their lives than barter away. METHODISTS IN PHILIPPINES The Denomination There Is to Soon Build a Fine Church in the Island Capitol. Manila, P. I.—The Methodists of this city are prospering. When the Americans came here there was not a Methodist in the islands. Now the church of Wesley is about to build a handsome edifice at the corner of Calles Nozaleda and San Luis. It will cost $30,000 United States cur NEW CHURCH IN MANILA. (First Structure Built by the Methodists in the Philippines.) rency, and the auditorium will seat 400 to 500 persons. There will be a parlor, social hall, a Sunday school room and chapel, library, pastor's office, kitchen, serving room, and a pipe organ will be put in. A great open veranda will be a feature on the south side of the building. The pastor of the church is Rev. G. A. Miller. He says there will/be no church debt. The Squire's Taste On a certain occasion, many years ago, it is said, Squire Hamilton, one of the ablest and best known members of the legal profession in Maine, half affronted a distinguished gentleman with whom he was dining. The dining room had been newly and splendidly furnished, whereas the dinner was but a very meagre and indifferent one. While some of the guests were flattering their host on his taste, magnificence, etc., Squire Hamilton said: "For my part, I had rather have seen less gilding and more carving!"—Boston Herald Meaning of "Cemetery." The earliest English cemetery, as distinct from churchyards and burial grounds connected with places of worship, is that at Kensal Green, which was consecrated in 1832, long after the first separate grounds in America. The word means "sleeping place." ——_— - “ - Ls 7 -DDRD DPA ee a . : YPDPDERP PPAHnTiantsa LY O_O 2S meee meme: epemneawe, _ . JONSIDERABLE INCREASE am OUTPUT DURING 1904. - ‘ead and Spelter Production Also Buns Far Ahead of Last Year's Figures—Interesting | Particulars. . ‘Washington.—Mr, Charles Kirchott, teclal agent of the United States geo- bgical survey, has computed the quanti- ty and value of the copper, lead and ipelter produced in the United States luring 1904. He has in preparation de- tailed reports of these indubtries, which rill be published in the survey's forth- toming volume, “Mineral Resources of the United States, 1904." A very considerable increase took Nace in the production of copper during img 1904. The production amounted 16 812,537,267 pounds, valued at 9105,- 529.845. The production for 1903 was $98,044,517 pounds. The most noze- worthy increase occurred in Arizona, Where both the Bisbee and Globe dis- iticts added largely to the product. The, Imports in ore and matte amounted to $8,947,772 pounds; the imports in bars, ingots and old bars to 142,344,433 vounds. The exports of copper amount- td to 564,544,880 pounds, a noticeable (ncrease over the exportation of 1903, which was only 320,322,627 pounds. The Amount of copper consumed tn the Unit- td States during 1904 was 485,284,592 pounds, a decline from the figure for 1908, which was 566,429,885 pounds. In spite, however. of this‘decrease in con- vamption, it was necessary to draw pon the stocks in producers’ hands to the extent of nearly 56,008,000 pounas. To arrive at’ the production of mer- thant lead obtained from the mines of the United States is a complicated prob- tem. A careful study of the figures just!- Ses the statement, however, that {t amounted to 307.000 short tons in 1904, valued at $26.402.000. The yleld in plz fead from ores smelted by works that treat argentiferous material is esti- mated, after undergoing the smelting, desilverizing and smelting operations, at 95 per cent. of the contents of the ates. The result is a tonnage of 218,- 200 for 1904 as contrasted with 199,000 ebort tons for 1903, To these figuresare tdded 89.169 tons of soft lead for 1904 and 83.444 tons of soft lead for 1903, making an approximate total of 307,000 thort tons for the lead production of the United States in 1904, as compared ‘with 282,000 short tons for 1902. Returns from all the producers "of tpelter In the United States show that the production for 1904 amounted to 386.762 short tons. valued at $18.670.200. ‘The production of 1903 was 159,219 short tons. This extraordinary Jncrease In outpat was due chiefly to the growth of | the Industry in Kansas, where a num- ber of new plants built In 1903 were in fall operation. A partial report of the etock carried by producersof zinc shows & 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 Puz- zled by Examination Tech- nicalities, Chicago.—“What {fs an ulnar loop? A whorl? Arches? Tented arches?" One of the 13 men who tried to an- wer these questions and many others like them is on the way to a fat job in the clty police department, but the civil service members and employes who con- ducted an examination at the city hall the other day confessed themselves vtumped. Some of the candidates looked desperate and left blank spaces. It bas something to do with fipger prints, and the examination was held to fll the vacant place In the bureau of criminal Sdentification, “Maybe Pudd'nhead Wilson, Mark ‘Twain's famous character, would know.” sald Secretary Corcoran, “but I suppose it's all right, as the questions were made out and forwarded to us by & St Louls {dentification expert at our request.” i Til have to take it for granted that ‘the questions will bring out the quali- fications of the candidates,” sald Pres!- ¢ent Errant. : The examination was designed to bring out the qualifications of the ap- pheants as experts in the Bertillon sys- tem. NURSED HER OWN SLAVE. Her Former Mistress Rescues from ‘Want and Cares for an Aged Negress. St Louls—A bit of sentiment and pathos of the old south found expres- sion when Rachel, an ex-slave, was burled by her former mistress, Mrs. Leroy B, Valliant, wife of an associate justice of the supreme court of Missouri, from the fashionable family homs,, where for five years the aged negress had been cared for as tenderly asa child, She had been rescued, an invalld and In poverty, after Mrs, Valllant had spent two weeks traveling 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 msaid was {ll and In need of assistance, Mrs, Valliant went to Covington, Ky., where Rachel was supposed to be liv- g. But she wasnotthere. By diligent inquiry and after spending two weeks in the quest. the jurist’s wife nally lo- ted her at Winchester, Ky. She rotght her here, and at the funeral the alilant carriage followed the hearse. Teac) Want ‘Wizard Burbank may be able to pro- ce w tomato that tastes like a fruit, jt what the world more particularly fires just now is that he evolve a tatoupe that will taste like a canta: Pe. FORTUNE.FOR WORKINGMAN Forgotten Relative in Texas Leaves New York Laborer Over $3,000,000, New York.—Wonderful news came to the little cottage near Woodlawn, L. 1, Occupied by Thomas O'Keefe and his wife, in the form of a letter from a sis- ter in Ireland. It told him that he is helr to $3,825,000 as his share of the es- tate of an almost forgotten Telative, who settled in Texas a century ago, and who ‘died years ago, Teaving $11,500,000. O'Keefe, until two years ago, was a ‘Section foreman of the Long Island railroad. He had been so employed fer nearly 40 years, when, having acquired @ modest competence from bis wages af $1.20 a day and the earnings of his wife, who took in washing to ald the family exchequer, he bought a slx-acre farm, which he has been working in rustic contentment. The O'Keefes were celebrating the fiftieth ‘anniversary of their wedding when the golden news came in the letter from Lreland, Romance surrounds the O'Keefe in- heritance, but investigation by lawyers and by Douglas Conklin, cashier of the Bank of Huntington, establishes the fact that the millions bave a very sib- Stantial foundation, and that from au income of $428 a year, the former sec- tion boss and present owner of a six- acre farm $s about to step into one of $150,000. In 1804'Dennts O'Keefe, of Kil- kee, County Clare, Treland, left bie home and shipped as asailor, He wane dered over the world, and finally set- tled In Texas, acquiring many acres of Jand, and on nearly all of it ofl has been found In {mmense quantities. The oil was found years after oid Dennis Q’Keefe died, and since scores of law- yers have been searching for his rela- tives. Finally, a lawyer, named Hil- dreth, discovered one of the three heirs to the estate, Mrs. Marla O'Keefe Fen- nell, of Kilkee. Ireland. Mrs. Fennell notified her two brothers, Patrick Me- Gulre, who lives in Ireland..and O'Keefe. BUILDING HER OWN HOUSE Massachusetts Woman Has Started, Unaided, a Two-Story Structura, North Adams, Mass.—Afrs. Elizabeth Hollis, young. muscular and handy with tools, has started In to build, un- alded, a twostory frame dwelling on @ plot of ground recently purchased by her at Lorraine, a suburb of the elty, Sjhe 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 foundatjoa wall, Mrs, Fiollis feels she will be forced to call for assistance when it comes to handling the heavy framing tim- bers, but aside from this she will put up the house and finish it without help. The Building Trade council of the elty practically controls the bulld- ing in the city. They will offer no objection to the woman doing the work. In fact, the council bas of- fered to furnish a couple of men to do any work which Mrs, Hollis Is un- able to do, but she declares emphat- Ieally that she will get along very nicely after the heavy framing is done. Mrs. Hollis declares she will have but little difficulty in dolog the in- side finishing, plastering and paper- ing. Several men residing near her have offered to lend a hand in dig- ging the cellar, but she prefers doing the work herself, NO RACE SUICIDE THERE. California Woman Becomes the Moth- er of the Twenty-Fifth Child, San Francisco, Cal—At the rest dence, of Mr. and Mrs. John Mello, of Barkeley, Mrs. Mello says: “John, we have another.” He replied: “All right, Maria.” ‘Mrs. Mello was born in the Azores 46 years ago. She began married life at the age of 15, and has had 25 chil- ‘dren. She has been wedded twice. Her first husband was the father of ten Infants, and to Jobn Mello belongs the responsibility of 15. Mrs, Mello is the youngest of 20 ebildren by her own mother, and knows of several additional half-broth- ers, “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 fam- fly tradition was just as strong {0 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-syed girl. Talking Good for the Teeth. Somebody has advanced a new the- ory to account for the rapid decay of the teeth of human kind. It Js due, this wiseacre says, to the decline of conversational poyers. ‘Talk exer cises the jaws, and jaw exercise deneficlal to the teeth. The more talk the more benefit. Our ancestors were forced to talk because there were few amusements to silence them. Theft teeth were more shapely and stronger, and they endured, Nowadays cheap entertainments of many kinds entice the teeth owners and cheap Iiterature of an engrossing character draws them from the natural exercise that thelr molars 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 fg to erect ons to William Smith, the first provost of the university, SASKATCHEWAN TO LAKE. Proposition to Establish Communica- tion by Water to Lake Superior. Chicago.—Some weeks ayu the Iu ter Ocean published <n editorial sug gesting the possibility of water com, munication between the Lake Win nipeg and Saskatchewan river basin and Lake Superior. It was suggested that if It was possible to open a navi gable channel between Lake Winn!- peg and the Lake of the Woods, to utilize Ralny Lake river below Fort Francis Falls, and to construct a ca nal from the falls to Lake Supertor, Chicago might be given water com: tnunication with the great grain fields of the Saskatchewan valley. The edi: torial was copled by several Canadian Papers, and was favorably as well ‘as “unfavorably commented on. It was stated In one of these newspa- pers that the elevations of the sev: eral lakes would prevent the carry. Ing out of such a project. For exam: ple,.the. Lake of the Woods Is 1,057 feet above sea level. Lake Winni- peg, on one side, is 708 fé2t, and Lake Superior, on the other alde, 608 feet above sea level. In other words, Lake Winnipeg ts 100 .feet » bigher than Lake Superior, while, the Lake of the Woods is 449 feet higher. Rainy lake, connected by Rainy Lake river with the Lake of the Woods, Is at a still higher level. It is contended that a canal by the way of the Lake of the Woods and the Winnipeg river would be too expensive an under- taking to justify its construction. This. however, is to be determined by a care- ful survey. Another proposition 1s to establish water communteation be- tween Lake Winnipeg and Lake Sy- perior by way of the Red River of the North, This river, without any expenditure for improvement, fs nav- igable certainly as far south as Red Lake river. The Red Lake river from the Red river to Red lake, it is belleved, could be easily Improved to meet the requirements of the pro- posed waterway. Red lake Itself is navigable, and-there are already steamers on it of considerable size. From Red lake to Lake Superior, by any one of the three possible routes, the distance Is shorter than from the Lake of the Woods to Lake Superior. It has been suggested that water communication between Lake Winnl- peg and Lake Superior Is of so much importance to Canada as. well as to the United States that a careful sur- vey of the possible routes should be made at an early date. If communi cation between Lake Winnipeg basin and the Lake Superior basin could be established, the great grain fields of the Canadian northwest would have an outlet by water to the Atlantic coast, elther by the St Lawrente or the Hudson river route. With the completion of the proposed canal from the terminus of the drainage channel to the Mississippi there would be also a water outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. SPEAKS TWELVE TONGUES. Young Woman of Chicago Aston\shes University Professor with Lin- guistie Ability. Chicago.—Though but 23 yearsold, Miss Lilian Gonzales Robinson holds the degree of A. B. and M. A., issued by ‘the Chicago university, and has mas- tered 12 languages. She speaks fluent- ly French, Spanish, Italian, German, Sanskrit, Jafanese and Chinese, and is versed in Latin, Greek, Gothic and High and low Duteb. As probably the youngest woman lin- gulst in the United States, Miss Robin- son has been recently appointed head ‘of the romance languages department of the University of Oklahoma, where she will be the only woman on the faculty. Miss Robinson was graduated from the University of Chicago in 1903 with a degree of A. B, After her graduation she arranged for a post- graduate course, the main portion of which she devoted to the study of lan- guages. Recently her course ended in this work, and she was gradua 1 with the highest honors and the high- est degrees the university can bestow. Although already holding a degree of A. B. from the university, she has now been given a degree of M. A. The young woman began her study of languages when but a child. She has had the advantage of several years abroad, where she studied the lan- guages of France, Spain and Italy at first hand. . The work at the Oklahoma univer. ity will be her first work as ateacher. -NFLUENZA'S MANY FORMS. At Least Five Kinds, We Are In- formed by French Medi- cal Experts., Paris—What Is influenza? {s the question lately propounded by Dr, R. Bernard to a recent meeting of ‘the Bociete Medicale des Hopitaux de Paris, According to him there are at least five kinds, of which he distin- gulshes the grippe pneumococeique, grippe streptococclque and the grippe a bacilli de Pfeiffer, all named after the spectal bacilli attached to them. Besides these, he distinguishes sever- al “gripes” caused by microbes the nature of which ts not yet perfectly ascertained, among which that of Friedlander 1s the most recognizable, As for the real “gripe influenza,” he declares that it must have a special germ, although he {s unable to fden- tity it * Poor Player, Perhaps, A New York woman wants a divorce because her husband plays poker. She must find It hard to discover any change in his pockets. JEWS PLAN EXODUS, | PROFFER OF STATE SITE IN AV-- RICA MEETS WITH FAVOR. Convention Meets in Switzerland to Decide Upon Location of New Zion—Plans for Pel- . entice: Basle.—The interest of Jewish-Amerl- cans who have faith fn the reestablish. ment of a Jewish state Is now centeréd upon the seventh Zionist convention at Basle, Switzerland, and to which nearly 50 delegates have been sent by the vari- ous Jewish organizations of this coun- try. Local leaders of the Zionist movement declare that the question of accepting she offer of the English government to organize a Jewish state In British Ugan- da. Africa, at once is the important prob- Jem 10 be settled by the convention. As- sistant State's Attorney Leon Zolotoff and B. Horwich are the two delegates sent from this city and they are expected to be especially active in urging an ac- ceptance of the offer of the British gov- ernment. It was explained that ‘the original plan of the Zionists to establish a Jewish ae in Palestine will not be abandoned. but that plana to further It will be the frst order of the business of the con: vention, The new plan of establishing @ Jewish state under the suzerainty of ‘the British government in Africa will first be taken up and may be made the Subject of another special meeting of belegates after thelr principal conven- tion work Is accomplished. The Independent Order of the Free Sons of Israel and other fraternal or- ganiations which are not branches of the Zionist movement, although doubt- ing the success of the plan to eatablish Jo the near future a Jewish state in Palestine, have become convinced of the feasibility of carrying through a Plan of establishing such a state in some other place. These fraternal or- ders have taken action to support the plan of accepting the offer of the Brit- ish government and have empowered delegates from Zionist organizations to Tepresent the different ordérs in sup- port of the plan on thelr behalf. This activity of the fraternal organi- zations has stirred additional interest tn the work of the convention, which begins in Switzerland to-morrow, and active cooperation and support will fol- low a successful vote upon the ques- tion. “The bellef in the necessity of estab- Mshing for the children of Israel a country of thelr own wherein may, be exercised the freedom of citizenship as Well as the worshiping of God accord- {ng to the dictates of their hearts has been strengthened because of the per- secutions in Ruseia, and the various fraternal orders in this country, al- though not becoming annexed to the so-eglied Zionist movement, are now strongly championing the acceptance of the offer of the British government for the establishing of a Jewlsh state in Uganda, Africa," said Ell Brandt, grand secretary of the Independent Order of Free Sons of Israel. “We are awaiting with patience the outcome of the deliberations of the convertion.” NEW SUN SPOTS ARE LARGE Astronomers Say They Are About Twelve Times as Big as the Earth. Boston.—Two sun spots are now ex- citing considerable interest among the Harvard astronomers on account of thelr size. ‘They are close together. somewhat above the center and on the right side. They are estimated to be 100,000 miles In diameter, 12 times ox big as the earth, When they first ap- peared on Friday they were not easily visible, but now they can be plainly seen through smoked glass, of even with the naked eye when the sun {s low. Whether the hot weather Is caused or affected by them is not known. Each spot consists of an umbra or dark center, surrounded by an outer fringe of lighter penumbra. The shape of the whole is irregularly oval. ‘These spots are supposed to be collections of condensed gas containing solid matter, but sclentists are not agreed, and some astronomers think that the spots are depressions in the surface of the sun or bodies moving from the earth to the sun. The spots on the sun are among the largest which have appeared In re- cent years, although they cannot com- pare with those which appeared in 1992. 7 ee. ‘Woman Swims at Bichty. Past 80, Mrs. Mary Frankie, a guest fn a hotel at Seaside station, Rock- away Beach, claims the distinction of being the oldest woman bather in that resort. Monday she donned an or- dinary bathing sult, and plunged into the ocean with as much vim and swam about as if she were less than two score of years. Mrs, Frankle [s an expert swimmer, and the pretty girl bathers envied her ax she swam out far beyond the lifeboats, heedless of the big rollers which swished her about and at times promised to carry her far out to sea. English Fruit Farminc Defects. Our homegrown fruit is subject to one great drawback. The English fruit farmer takes no trouble about packing, and it does not seem to en- ter into his mind that fruit may be attractively set out. Boston’s Tead Crop, The toad crop in the buburbs ts re- ported te be largely in excess of any- thing noticed in former years, and he is sald to be a voraclous devourer of the brown ¢ail moth. A FAMILY OF GIANTS, 2 THE EXTREME HFAT TAKES OFF LAST OF BIG FAMILY. n ao Wonderful Feats of Strength That Were Performed by Members of Large New York ‘Sawsekata monticello. N. Y.—The last of the old Litts family, one of the most remarka- ble families in the state, has gone with the passing away of Thomas Litts, who dled in Monticello from the effect of the extreme heat while at work in a field near his home. He was 80 years of age. and for the last half-century had heen-one of the most commanding and prominent fig- ures in Sullivan county because of his size and wonderful strength, He was Sergeant. In the One Hundred and For- ty-third regiment of New York volun- teers, and was the strongest man In the regiment. Every member of the fam- ily of ten, five males and five females, was as strong as a glant and the won- derful feats of strength performed by them won for them almost national fame. | Thomas Litts. while attending the old-time logging and baying bees on different occasions had been known to Pick up a barrel full of cider and drink from the bunghole. A brother on a wager carried a barrel of pork on his back a mile without resting, the pork being the wager. In the days of bis young manhood Thomas Litts welghed over 200 pounds and was an athlete. Even the daughters were more pow- erful than ordinary men. It {s sald that one of the girls has also been known to lift a barrel of cider and drink from its bung. She once saw three or four able-bodied men attempt to place a heavy mill fron upon a wag- on. She threw them right and left with her hands, telling them to get out of her way, and then, unassisted and with ease. lifted the fren to Its place on the vehicle. In his young days one of the broth- ers was considered an expert wrestler and sporting men came from a distance to meacure their skill and strength with his, One of them was a famous wrestler of the city of New York. When he called young Litts was not at home. Seeing Miss Litts, he made known his business to her. “What!” exclaimed she, “wrestle with mine brother!” and she eyed him as if taking his caliber. “Why, you afe foolish, Go back and save your money. for I can throw you mine self.” She continued to jeer and banter him, and finally dared him to the en- counter in such a way that ne accept- ed her challenge. He found her strength and skill too much for his science. Her feet and ankles were pro- tected by the drapery which surround- ed them from the advances of his heels, but they found no obstruction when she attempted to trip him. She sent him to grass twice with such celerity and force that he retired {rom her father's dooryard vanquished and crestfallen. He returned to the metropolis without delay, believing that if Sullivan county produced such girls It was folly to contend with the aie: WITHIN AN INCH OF DEATH Visitors in Colorado Mine Left ona “Crumbling Ledge Above Water. Denver, Col—To face death by drowning in the icy waters of a cavern 1,000 feet underground, to feel a nar- row strip of ground affording tempor- ary safety crumbling away Inch by inch into the black waters lapping at thelr feet, to sop bale only hope ‘of rescue just an inch above thelr out- stretched bands arid finally to be saved after hope was gone, was the recent experience of Howard\ Wyndham and his companion, Sir George Berkeley, of London, in the Mohegan mine in Victor. ‘The visitors went to Victor to in- ‘spect the Mohegan mine and were be- ing lowered in the shaft when they saw the water below them. They jerked the bell rope to signal the engineer and broke it. The cage’ continued downward and when the water was up to thelr ch{ns they jumped for a ledge ‘and reached It. ‘The engineer, puzzled by the one bell he bad heard before the rope broke. be- gan holeting slowly and the cage left them. Then they discovered that the clay ledge they were standing upon was breaking down, Barely In time to save them, the cage was lowered again, stopped where they could reach it and they were holsted to safety. The shaft had filled to a depth of 30 feet or more from seepage. : Covetous of Canada. Gradually but surely the forces are at work which will inthe no distant future serve to make Canada either an Independent government or will bring her to that conditjon of mind which will lead her to seek annexation to the United States. Better acquaint- ance with the American people, keen- er knowlédge of our progressiveness and enterprise, are constantly widen. Ing the view of the broad-minded men of the Dominion to the fact that, united, Canada ad the United States would have an alllance which all the powers of the earth could not disirb. Micet Woman Santerts Bleense. Mrs. J. H. Rhodes, of Sedalia, the first woman In Missouri to secure a hunter's license, is an expert rifle ‘and wing shot, excelling her husband, Missouri's game warden in the ao curacy of her aim. Mrs. Rhodes 1s also a noted singer and a leader in focal musical and society circles, ANCIENT RULER'S TOMB. Excavations in. Egypt B-ing to Light Bemains of Greet Historie Interest. Cairo—In a report just made pub- Uc by Edouard Naville"end H. R. Hall on the excavations of tae Esypt et ploration fund, the following appears: “The excavations of the Esypt ex- Ploration fund on the site of Deir el- Bahari, which were begun last year, and whleb led to the discovery of the oldest temple at Thebes, have made me progress during the past win- ter. With the help of Mr. E. R. Ayr- ton, who worked. with us throughout the season, and of Mr. H. Garnett- Orme, tn the latter part of It, we have clearel two-thirds uf the temple of King Mentunetep lil. of the elev- -enth dynasty (B. C. 2500) the oldest temple in Thebes.¢ “he discoveries ‘of this year hare fased {mportant question as regards the aevelopment of Egyptian art and architecture. “We have unearthed the remains of & building which Is at present unique in type. It consists of a rock plat- form, which was reached by means of a ramp, like the terraces of the aeigh- boring temple of Queen Hatshepsu of the eighteenth dynaety. At the top of the ramp a granite doorway (of which the threshold omy remains) led to a triple row of cctagonal sandstone columns, which we considered at first as belonging to a hypostyle hall, But at the end of last year's excavations Mt seemed probable that this was not ‘the case,and that these columns were @ colonnade surrounding a square cen- tral building, perhaps the pyramids of which, according to the texts, form- ed the tomb, Akbauet by namo, of King Mentubetep in Tjesret (Dier el- Bahari). This year’s wrok has shown that this 1s the case. The columns formed a deuble peristyle. which ran along the four sides of a central con- struction, the nature and purpose of which is not yet absolutely ‘settled. This construction is a rectangular block, the outside of which ‘was form- ed by a casing of large Mmestone slabs like those found last year.” BASEBALL IN WALL STREET Clerks of Stock Exchange Houses Organize Represextative Clubs. New York.—Wall street bas the baseball fever and the wave of enthus- iasm Js ‘sweeping Itito brokers’ offices and the offices of the great corpora- tlohs down town, where many clerks are employed, according to the New York Herald. it is estimated that last Saturday there were no less than 20 games played between clubs represent- ing stock exchange firme, rallroad of- fices and industrial corporations. Every Saturday for the last few eoks clerks composing the nines and thelr “rooters” gather soon after the noon hour and with their sult cases and baseball pararhernahz ean be seen hurrying to cat. the ferries or street cars to take then to their destination, The game has bevume so popular that the news tickers now print challenges for games betweeri firms of the stock exchange. The recent ‘contests be- tween the New York stork exchange and the Boston stock ewhange have given a stimulus to the interest dis- played. . J. P. Morgan & Co hare one of the dest baseball clubs in Wall etreet if the full force of the office fs drawn upon, ‘The reason fs that there are many Har- yard, Yale and Princeton graduates in that office who have plaved tne game in their college days The National City bank, the Bank of C.inmerce and numberless stock exchange firms also provide material for good nines. Names. taken from the abbre-fations used on the tickers are frequently nsed—the “Mops,” for'example. The baseball ag- gregation from the Mi-eeri Pacifie railway office {s so named tecause of the familiar name applied to Missour! Pacific stock. 2, CAT TURTLE INCUBATOR. Animal Devours Reptile’s Eggs Which Hatch and Clae to .. the Outside, el Port Jervis, N. Y¥.—Alonzo Mur- phy, of Pochuck. Pa. captured a snapping turtle reently which his wife made Into soup. The family cat was given a portion of the” carcass and a number of esgs, which were found in the reptile. The cat died. While Mr. Murphy was burying the animal the fur at the stomach parted and 11 small tur-: tles emerged one after the other. =? Mr. Murphy's theory is that the cat: bag swallowed the turtle eggs whole} and, belng unable to digest them on, account of the shells, the stomach off the cat acted as an incubator and! hatched the eggs. i ‘Then the young turtles clawed andi bit thelr way to freedom, killing thet cat. | Cost of North Pole. It fs said that more than 4600 lives, 200 ships and $100,000.60 have been expended at various times in efforts to reach the-north pole. On this computation, should the goai ever be achleved, every acre of ground in the whole arctic region will have been bought and pald for at better than market rates. “Stunts.” ‘There-is an ugly and curious Amer- fean word which is used to express a state of affairs for which there is no short English equivalent The word is “stunt;” It implies an overwhelm- ing desire to go one better” than any- one olse, Great Britain asa nation Ras not been given to “stunts.” EDUCATIONAL HOWARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (Including Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutic Colleges.) INCORPORATED 1867 THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION will begin October 2nd, 1905, and continue eight months. STUDENTSMATRICULATED FOR-DAY INSTRUCTION ONLY. Four-Years' Graded Course in MEDICINE. Instruction is given by didactic lectures, clinics and practical laboratory demonstrations. Well-equipped laboratories in all departments. Unexcelled hospital facilities. All stu-dents must register before October 14th, 1905. For further information or cata-logue apply to F. J. SHADD, A.M., D.D., Secretary, 901 R Street. N. W., THE LAWYERS' OUTING. HIGH CLASS EXCURSION TO SUMMERSET BEACH. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1905. The members of the Bar will give a high-class excursion and conduct it themselves, to Summerset Beach, on Tuesday, September Fifth (5). on the steamer The lawyers invite their friends and householders to bring their children and accompany them on an all day outing to the PALLASADE OF THE POTO Summerset Beach is one of the prettiest resorts on the Potomac. This will be an excursion on which their friends need have no fear of bringing their families, because the best of care will be taken of them. A LIMITED NUMBER of invitations and tickets will be issued, which can be obtained from any member of the several committees. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGE Attorney W. Calvin Chase, chairman; Attorney Thomas L. Jones, secretary; Attorney L.Malende King, treasurer; Attorney James A. Cobb. Attorney Royal Hughes, Attorney W. L. Pollard, Attorney Joseph H. Stewart. COMMITTEE ON INVITATIONS. Attorney Augustus W. Gray, chairman; Attorney L. J. Gregory, Attorney A. W. Scott. Attorney George F. Collins, Attorney John C. Collins, Attorney James F. Bundy. COMMITTEE ON MUSIC. Attorney John W. Patterson,chairman; Attorney Marion T.Clinkscales Attorney Thomas Warrick. COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION. Justice Emanuel M. Hewlett.chairman: Justice Robert H. Terrell. Attorney George H. White. Attorney James H. Richards. Attorney Fontain Peyton. Attorney W. H. H. Hart. Attorney Thomas Walker. Attorney John A. Mass. Attorney James H. Ricks. Attorney J. E. Byrd. Attorney Scipio Baker. Attorney P. J. Bacon. Attorney R. R. Horner. The boat will leave her wharf at the foot of Tenth street southwest. Tuesday morning, September 5th, at nine thirty (9.30 a.m.) sharp. Fare for the round trip, 50 cents. There will be no half fare. Tickets on sale at the treasurer's ocffie, Attorney L. Melendez King. 609 F street northwest, or from any member of the committee. was ever established was by Mr. Peter Grogan, 817 to 823 Seventh street. N.W. After the death of Mr. Grogan his business, which is the largest in the city, has been and is now being conducted by his sons, who are all active and persevering business men. There are three sons of the late Peter Grogan who are conducting his business. This great house was established over a quarter of a century ago. This house supplies all Washington. It is patronized because it is one of the most reliable firms in the city. Read his great advertisement in this issue of THE BEE. Peter Grogan is a name known to all Washington. Don't forget the number, 817 to 823 Seventh street, N.W. You can get any- Go to S. Goldheim & Sons, 405 7th street. N. W. JANE MOSLEY. GROGAN'S $2.25 doz., 25c. qt., 15c. pt. IheQualityHouse, 999 7th st. Phone M-27. A Square Deal FOR EVERYBODY On FURNITURE, PIANOS, TEAMS, ETC., without removal, at a low rate of interest. WHEN YOU BUY MERCHANDISE you go to a reliable house. Why not do the same thing when you borrow money? We are an old-established company, and treat everybody alike. Isn't it worth your while to see us before dealing elsewhere? We pay off other companies and advance you more money. We also loan on plam note to salaried employees, and make a specialty of loans to TEACHERS POTOMAC GUARANTEE LOAN-CO. 92S F Street, Northwest. ATLANTIC BUILDING, ROOMS 23 and 24. Second floor-easy stairway or elevator- Assessment to Be Levied 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 $206,125,522 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 $1.4555 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 $1.41267. 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. An eminent physician, writing to the London Daily 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 insane 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." 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 unperpurgated works." 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 commissona. 901 R Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. -Has a pleasant, bland taste, an is highly dilutable, owing to its great vinosity $10 to $300 Unfit Marriages. Tonsorial Geniuses. Few Qualify for Navy. 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. By Harvy Givens, Asst Clerk. PERRI W. FRISBY, ATTORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS TRICT 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 e-state 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. Charles Cutch Olonzo Mitchell The Manhattan Buffet FINE WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS 472 Pennsylvania ave., N. W. PATRIARCHS MILITANT AND SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 16-23. 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. 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 or return limit may be obtained to October 5, 1905. Get full details from Ticket Agents. Book store, 14th and P streets, N. W. Stafford's Drug Store, 20th and L streets, N. W. Stevenson, 301 4½ street, S. W. IN THE SOUTH. Savannah, Ga., Rev. I. L. Walton, re presentative, 507 Montgomery street. CHICAGO. The Afro-American News Office, 3104 Street, Chicago, Ill. wanted in every state in the Union. Write to THE BEE Printing Co. 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. G. A. R. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. Denver, Col., Sept. 4-7. VERY LOW RATES. BALTIMORE, AND OHIO R. R. SPECIAL NOTICES. MADRE'S Park, situated on the Eckington and S. burban R.P., is now for rent for picnics and private parties. The price has been reduced so as to accomodate the many. For terms apply to M.A.D Madre st park. ELIXIR BABEK, The Standard Remedy for Chills, Fevers, Malaria, Blissousness and General Debility. THE best household medicine and tonic in the world, as hundreds can assist. Don't wait until malaria or TYPHOID FYER fastens its deadly hold on you, but fortify your system against its attacks by taking regular doses of ELIXIR BABEK. A druggists 50c, or sent by mail. Prepared by KLOCZEWSKI & CO., Washington, D. C. SEND for testimonials. SERVICE THAT SATISFIES. Hot and Cold Baths. Hair Cutting and Shaving. Massage. 310 4% Street Southwest. Whetan's Market. DEALER IN 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. RICHARDSON. Visit his Drug Store at 316 +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 +1/2 St., S.W. American Ice Company Office, 1437 Penna.Avenue. 'Phone 489 BEST QUALITY ICE. UNEXCELLED SERVICE. Special attention to family trade. PETER GROGAN, Credit for all Washing Store Closet 5 P. M. Daily Saturdays 10'Clock PARLOR, BEDROOM AND DINING ROOM FURNITURE AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, AND ON EASY PAYMENTS. We are offering our patrons the greatest bargains of the year in Parlor, Bedroom and Dining-room Furniture. Our sole aim now is to clear away these broken lots, in order to make room for new fall goods. Great bargains in Parlor Suites, Sideboards, China Closets, Odd Dressers, Chiffoniers, etc., and on CREDIT Additional discounts will be given on settlements made within the following periods: 10 percent for cash with order, or if the account is paid in full within 30 days; 71-2 percent discount if paid within 60 days, and 5 percent 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. 1900 and 1904 Seventh St.. Northwest Washington, D. C. EAST LINCOLN HEIGHTS LINWOOD HEIGHTS. East of "Lincoln:" North East H Street Columbia cars to 53d Street; near Bunnell School on 52d Street, and Benning School on 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 advance, so will such low Openhouses send your address or notify the day's office. Rev. Parker Morton now prepari- said lots. LINWOOD HEIGHTS CO. F streets, Northwest. W. N. NEWBOLD J. A. La Architect A Expert builder, examiner and estimator from rough sketches, pencil drawings, and mailed to any section of the county we have designed, overhauled, repaired and Dollars (£500,000.00) worth of work the class of work being of every descrip- We make a specialty of church and we also specialize the building up of vaults. Any one anticipating having plans got paired, we would be glad to have you given in any of the above named lines. 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. LINWOOD HEIGHTS CO. Room 7 Warder Building, Ninth & F streets, Northwest. Phone, Main 4093. 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) months 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. Main Office 317 6th St. No. 102 Residence 1210 V St. North West Phone: Main-4001. ATLANTIC CITY, CAPE MAY, SEA ISLE CITY & OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY. EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R: 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. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD POPULAR EXCURSIONS TO NIAGARA FALLS ONLY $10.00 ROUND TRIE 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 7.00 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 Mauck 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. A. B. immediate notice. As improvements Door Prices. Desiring information, and hour that you will be at this going to a church on 52d street, near Room 7 Wardler Building, Ninth & Phone, Main 4093. AND ankford, And Builder mater. Plans gotten out at short notice, or from written or verbal descriptions, or try. In the past thirty-two (32) months and built over Five Hundred Thousand in Washington, D. C., and vicinity description and character. I hall designs, and arranging loans;量大 lots in the District of Columbia gotten out, buildings overhauled or re-call or write us. No charges for delivery. Phone: Main-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. Clean beds and neat rooms a specialty Meals at all hours. HOT AND COLD BATHS Half Block from Pennsylvania Depot ELLIS AND HUFF, Proprietors. Established, 1860 BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE; Goldand silver watches, diamonds ewairy, guns, mechanical tools, ladies and gentlemen's wearing apparal. Old gold and silver bought Unredemned pledges for sale 361 Pennsylvania. Ave., N W, MONEY For everybody at rates lower than the lowest, I don't beceived; come to us and investigate Business strictly confidential. No one knows of your transaction with us. We extend 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 1RUST CO. 995 E St. N W. Borrow Money We will lend you from $10.00 to $200.00 on your furniture, plano, &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 par it off and advance you more money. Strictly confidential private offices. SURETY LOAN COMPANY, Room 1, Wardes Building 1. Warder Building, 7-1 Floor 9th and F Sts., N. W. The Purity Ice Company is the place to buy ice. Also the American Ice Co. G. W. GLENNAN. YES