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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE A FIRESIDE COMPANION. It is true if you see it in THE BEE. VOL. XXVI.NO. 28 OPEN LETTER OPEN LETTER SOME COLD FACTS. To Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Chair man of the National Republican Com- mittee— Sir:—What do you think of the sentiment of the country against the dismissal of the colored troops? I am quite certain that your chief is not anxious for a third term. It will take a good man to bring the Republican party out of the "deep," don't you think so? What do you think of Mr. Foraker, or Mr. Fairbanks? I have always believed that the next President should come either from Ohio or Indiana. Your chief will not be able to dictate the nomination. You have no idea how bitterly he is disliked by the entire country. You may think he is strong, but even the office holders despise him. It looks as if there will be a war with Japan. O, Mr. Cortelyou, tell your chief not to fool with the Japs. If you don't want the United States to lose its prestige, Mr. Roosevelt had better not fool with the "yellar peril." Mr. Cortelyou, you have kept your promise to some extent. Do you know that Mr. H. P. Cheatham has not been taken care of yet? I told our friend that he would receive the marble heart. Do you remember how kind you wete to Mr. Cheatham when President McKinley was living? You used to talk to him so kindly. Don't times change, Mr. Cortelyou, especially when you are elevated. Do you remember how Mr. Cheatham worked for your chief in North Carolina? You will not be able to count on Mr. Cheatham again. The Hon. Geo. H. White is in Philadelphia. He has left North Carolina for good. What do you think about the next convention any way? Do you expect delegates from the South that you will be able to control? The office holders South will play a very prominent part in the selection of delegates. There will be quite a division. Do you believe that any more colored men will be appointed to office by your chief? I notice that the Department of Commerce and Labor is appointing quite a number of Jews now. I am glad to see that because when you were at the head of that department you failed to appoint one colored man to a clerkship. By the way, did you know that as soon resigns from the Department of Commerce and Labor, a colored man is appointed in his place? What do you think of that? The Jews are on top under this administration and the colored man is at the bottom. How did the President enjoy his Panama trip? Was he benefited by it? Do you think he accomplished very much? I see your administration has succeeded in making the Civil Service Commission Democratic? The Democrats, Jews and Catholics are getting all they want. The Catholic Church is taking more interest in the colored man now. It will not be long before the colored man will be compelled to call on the Catholic Church to help him. Don't you know I enjoyed the horay of the Senator from South Carolina. It reminded me of a man addressing a rough house. I have said before that the Senator from South Carolina is helping the cause of the colored man. The American people have some sense. While many of them appreciate the "Jim Crow" car, they will change before they die. What reforms, if any, will you make in the treasury? Don't you think that a colored citizen would make a good assistant secretary? I desire to call your attention to the "Jim Crow" corner in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. I hope that you will see the importance of making a few reforms when you take charge. 0. I failed to tell you last week that a great number of colored men are joining the Socialist Labor party. You will be short a few votes if you don't nominate the right man. How is the administration getting along with its "Lily White" party in the South? Do you think that it is succeeding? I wouldn't advise you to give any encouragement to that party. It is bound to die. I hope Congress will not be an elephant on the administration, but I think you will have some sweet music before long. If you decide to appoint a few colored men in the Post Office before you retire, let me know. Until then, believe me to be. Sincerely, The Editor. NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 2, '06. The Executive Board of the National Medical Association of Physicians, Den-of appointing the State vice-presidents. tists and Pharmacists convened at Baltimore on the 23rd inst. for the purpose the various standing committees under the new Constitution and of appointing the local committee who will take charge of the entertainment of the national body. Dr. Mossell and Dr. G. W. Cabanain, president and vice-president of the national body called the Executive Board to order. After a brief statement by the president setting for the duties of the Executive Board the Board went into session. Dr. P. A. Johnson was elected chairman and Dr. H. S. McCard, secretary. The members of the Board are Drs. P. A. Johnson, New York, A. R. Collins and Amanda V. Gray, Washington, D. C.; M. A. VanHorne, Newport, R. L.; H. S. McCord, Baltimore, Md.; R. F. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn., H. F. Gamble, Charleston, West Virginia; John E. Hunter, Lexington, Ky., and W. E. Sterrs, Decatur, Ala. The president of the national body, the vice-president, secretary and treasurer under the Constitution are ex-officio members of the Executive Board. A quorum be present the Board proceeded with its duties. The local committee appointed to take charge of the convention consists of the principal physicians of the city under the following officers: Chairman, Dr. W. H. Wright, vice-chairman, Dr. D. G. Scott; secretary, Dr. S.B. Hughes; treasurer, Dr. E. B. Fitzgerald. A partial report of the State vice-presidents is as follows: Rhode Island, Dr. W. H. Higgins; New York, Dr. W. H. Johnson; New Jersey, Dr. W. G. Alexander; Delaware, Dr. J. B. Stubbs; Maryland, Dr. W. H. Wright; Penna, Dr. J. Q. McDougall; District of Columbia, Dr. C. H. Marshall; Virginia, Dr. P. B. Ramsey; North Carolina, Dr. George M. Stoney; Mississippi—Dr. H. E. Connor; Tenn, Dr. T. W. Stevens; Ohio, Dr. Wilbur Gordon; Illinois, Dr. J. W. Lewis. The Board held almost a continuous session from ten o'clock A. M. until nine P. M., there being many points in the new constitution that required amplification and interpretation. The new constitution is now a very complete instrument following closely in many respects the constitution of the American Medical Association. The Executive Board was elaborately and well taken care of during their day's session in the city of Baltimore, sustaining well the reputation the city has for hospitality and giving us a forecast of the magnificent entertainment that is in store for the national body when it convenes August next. Dr. Wm. T. Carr, president of the Board of Directors of the Provident Hospital with its many magnificent facilities tendered to the national body the gratuitous use of the hospital in August next. A reception to the Executive Board at which were also present a few prominent lay citizens of Baltimore was tendered at nine P. M. by the local medical fraternities. It was especially noted for its features of social conviviality which were serenely impressive, held in the elaborate parlors of the Young Men's Christian Association, where some interesting discussions took place. The disbandment carried in its wake a greater anticipation of the grand meeting of next August of which the as a foretaste AN ECHO MEETING Sunday afternoon last an Echo Meeting of the delegates to the National Baptist Convention which recently met at Memphis, Tenn., was held at Friendship Baptist Church. Miss Della M. Shaw presided and hence did not present her splendid paper on "Woman in the Early Christian Church." The principal address was made by Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, the district president of Home and Foreign Missions. Mrs. Layton spoke humorously of some things she saw and heard in Memphis but declared that the convention was the greatest and most successful ever held. She referred to Miss Nannie H. Burroughs as being one of the ablest and most forceful female orators in this country, and that her address before the convention was by far the best presented. Mr. W. C. Martin spoke briefly of home mission work in the District of Columbia. Among those present were Mrs. Saunders, president of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church Mission; Mrs. Harris, president of the Liberty Baptist Church Mission; Miss Albexton Frazier, president of the Israel C. M. E. Church Mission, and Miss Teresa Kouger of Germany. Miss Shaw is doing a good work and should be substantially assisted and encouraged by the public. For the first time in 40 years snow fell to the depth of five feet at San Bernardino, Cal. WASHINGTON He Thinks Well Of Them PRESIDENT ASKS PROOF OF NE- GROES' INNOCENCE. May Reinstate Some of the Discharged Men in the Army. (Special to the New York Times.) Washington, Nov. 27.—In so far as the possible revocation of the order dishonorably discharging 167 enlisted men of the First Battalion of the Twenty-fifth (colored) Infantry is concerned, President Roosevelt regards the incident as closed. At the same time the case of the discharged men is not hopeless if they or any of them can produce any evidence excelling individuals from the charge that they "must have known" who took part in the riot. President Roosevelt holds that he has the power to reinstate in the army any of the members of the battalion if the SENATOR ALLISON, Who will not holidays H. C. Kincaid. circumstance of any individual case justifies such action. Whether he will avail himself of that power, according to the President, will depend on such evidence that may be presented to him in the case of any one or more soldiers which will tend to clearly exclupe them from any participation in the incidents. This is in conformity with the announcement he made while away to Secretary Taft, who had telegraphed the President stating that application had been made by many persons for a rehearing. The President wants evidence, not deductions, as he told some of his callers today, of non-participation before anything may be made. Those who talked with the President today on the subject found him unyielding in his original stand in the matter with the exception that in individual cases, where the facts warranted it, he said the man might be reinstated. Some statement is expected from the White House in a few days defining the President's attitude and clearly outlining his reasons for ordering the discharge of the three companies of men. He is awaiting certain data bearing on the subject and some communications from persons interested before making any statement. While neither man would discuss the interview, it is known that they obtained no other concession from the President than his promise that he will receive any new evidence. Further deductions by other persons from the evidence which has already been placed before him will not consider. Both Mr. Anderson and Mr. Scott are held in high esteem by the President and it is felt by others discontented with the discharge of the negro troops that if protests were of avail these men would have at least succeeded in softening somewhat the order of absolute dismiss- IN MEMORIAM. At Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 25, there fell asleep in the arms of Jesus, May Frances Pulies, youngest daughter of Col. Wm. H. Lester, of Dryden and Ithaca, N. Y., and beloved wife of Attorney L. W. Pulies, of Washington, D. C. Deceased was a graduate of the graded schools of Dryden and subsequently graduated from the famous Wyckoff Phonetic Institute, Ithaca, N. Y. In addition to her other educational qualifications she was proficient in German and music. Her life profession was stenography and typist, in which she was expert and had few superiors if any. A telegram to the War Department from Gen. McCaskey, in command of the Department of Texas, today announced that the men comprising Companies B, C, and D of the regiment stationed at Fort Brown, Texas, had been discharged in accordance with the President's order. A mass of letters and telegrams protesting against his action awaited the President upon his arrival in his office at 10 o'clock this morning. These he glanced through. He had hardly finished with the pile when he was informed that Charles W. Anderson, the negro Collector of Internal Revenue in New York, and Emmet J. Scott, private secretary to Booker T. Washington, were waiting to see him about the case. The Cabinet meeting was due at that time, but the President showed his will- ingness to hear anything that tended to exculpate the soldiers by postponing the meeting and keeping the Cabinet officers waiting for half an hour while he listened to the pleas of Anderson and Scott. Scott came on behalf of his employer, who had instructed him to place before the President arguments in favor of the infantrymen. Mr. Washington had written out a memorandum on the subject, not for Scott to present to the President, but for his own guidance in making the statement. He stuck closely to the lines of this memorandum in talking to the President. He would not snow the memorandum to anybody or give any idea of its contents. When Anderson was asked for information concerning the interview he declined to give it, saying: I weigh 230 pounds, I can't afford to do too much skating." Anderson is a friend of Mr. Washington, and the educator spent much time in Anderson's company a month or more ago in the Fifteenth Congressional District in New York. It is said to be due to Anderson's success in getting Mr. Washington into the district that Congressman Olcott held to the negro vote and squeezed on Election Day. will not return to Congress until after the While neither man would discuss the interview, it is known that they obtained no other concession from the President than his promise that he will receive any new evidence. Further deductions by other persons from the evidence which has already been placed before him he will not consider. Both Mr. Anderson and Mr. Scott are held in high esteem by the President, and it is felt by others discontented with the discharge of the negro troops that if protests were of avail these men would have at least succeeded in softening somewhat the order of absolute dismiss- IN MEMORIAM At Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 25, there fell sleep in the arms of Jesus, May Frances Pulies, youngest daughter of Col. Wm H. Lester, of Dryden and Ithaca, N. Y., and beloved wife of Attorney L. W. Pulies, of Washington, D. C. Deceased was a graduate of the graded schools of Dryden and subsequently graduated from the famous Wyckoff Phonetic Institute, Ithaca, N. Y. In addition to her other educational qualifications she was proficient in German and music. Her life profession was stenography and typist, in which she was expert and had few superiors if any. She enjoyed the distinction of being the first woman of mixed blood appointed a Notary Public in the United States by the President, and served creditably in that capacity for the District of Columbia during two terms of eight years under Republican and Democratic Presidents. Also, upon the recommendation of a Chief Justice o f the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, she was admitted to practice as an attorney before the Executive Departments of the government. In religion she was an Episcopalian, having attached herself early in life to that denomination. A child of Nature, fashioned in Nature's most pleasing habiliments, to see was to admire, to know was to love her. Beloved by all, kind hearted, genial, generous and sympathetic, tears and help for the sorrowing and distressed; smiles and sunshine of hope for all who came within her sphere. Possessed of a nobility of character which scorned deceit and was incapable of hatred, envy and malice. We may not see her like again. She leaves a sorrowing husband, father, three sisters, two brothers, several neices and nephews and hosts of friends to contemplate the fleetness of this life. She is at rest with our Father who art in Heaven. They will be done. Peace to her ashes. MAYOR DUNNE COMPLIMENTED MAYOR DUNNE COMPLIEMENT Boston, Mass., Nov. 27, 1906. At a largely attended meeting of the Boston Literary Association held at 1042A Tremont street last night, the following resolution, introduced by W. M. Trotter, was enthusiastically and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the Boston Literary and Historical Association, at its regular meeting held at 1042A Tremont street, Boston, November 26, 1906, does hereby congratulate Mayor E. F. Dunne of Chicago upon his respect for decency in public speech and for law and order in refusing to sanction, even by his presence, the attempt to raise money for a public charity by the use as a speaker of Benj. Ryan Tillman, the open and present advocate of lynching and the shot-gun; and we, the members, hereby publicly thank him for this refusal to endorse the insulting of millions of American citizens by a United States Senator. The resolution referred to the refusal of Mayor Dunne of Chicago to preside at, or even attend the lecture to be given tonight for the benefit of a Chicago hospital. Dr. C. G. Steward, president, presided. Mr. J. R. Bourne read an able paper on Imperialism, in which he condemned the President's dismissal of the colored soldiers as did several other speakers. MANSLAUGHTER. Susie Jenifer, who was indicted for murder in the first degree, was defended in the Criminal Court No. 1 last Friday by Attorneys Calvin Chase and A.W. Scott, and Messrs Turner and Givens for the government. The government at the conclusion of its prosecution abandoned its claim for first degree murder and contended for second degree, which meant life imprisonment for the defendant. The defense argued momentary insanity and irresponsibility at the time the offense alleged was committed. Susie Jenifer was indicted in June last for the murder of her child, which was claimed to have been killed by her in a woodshed. Drs. Robert Reyburn, W. L. Williston and C. C. Stewart testified for the defense and Drs. Brush, Hunt and Brooks testified for the government. The jury retired about three o'clock and at 9 o'clock Justice Stafford, before whom the case was tried, was sent for at his home as the jury had reached an agreement about that hour and returned a verdict of manslaughter, which was a great victory for the defense. SOUTHERN HOTEL UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT The Southern Hotel, the famous hostelry until of late conducted by Mr. S. Stewart an Pennsylvania avenue, above 3rd street, has changed hands. The new proprietors, Messrs. Mitchell and Roman, the former a Washington, are young men of fine business tact and congeniality, and in the few days they have been in possession have made many warm friends. Those who have visited the place recently must have been impressed with the improvements made and which are being pushed to a rapid completion. By New Year the whole place will have been renovated throughout and the hotel placed upon a modern basis. New wall paper, paint and electrical effects together with new carpets will transform the place into a new hotel except in name. The new management propose to conduct a hotel second to none of its kind in the South. The dining service is to be highly improved with a view to rendering a fare within the reach of all. The whole service is to be up to date in every particular, and if ability, promptness and reasonable prices count for anything The Bee bespeaks for the management of the New Southern great and deserved success. Another commer-able feature will be their prices. They will be reasonable and fair. These gentlemen will run an up to date house where ladies and gentlemen may go and enjoy a good meal. Do not fail to call and inspect. The 8th Regiment of N. G. N. Y. may disband owing to troubles the officers of the command. Until the present law relative to awarding contracts is changed, the Commissioners will have no power to favor local firms. THE BEE FOR GREAT ADVERTISING MEDIUM RY IT! Do you want reliable news? Do you want futures? Do you want advertisers? Do you want broad name and advertisers in XLD BROAD The Daily Metropolitan of Dallas, Texas, is holding its own in the field of journalism. The death of Flora Batson, "The Queen of Song," was heralded over the city last Monday. Rev. A. M. Lewis, D.D., who died a few weeks ago was pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, of Allegheny City, Pa. He left a wife, two sons and many relatives and friends. The Cleveland Journal says that the President has sounded the death knell of the Republican Party. A "white" man in Elizabethtown, Ky., is said to have been sold at auction last week, under the State vagrancy law, having been tried and convicted as being "strong, able-bodied, with no visible means of support, and too lazy to work." The physicians, surgeons, dentists and pharmacists of Memphis, Tenn., have reorganized an Academy, and will on the 11th inst., hold a surgical clinic before the students of Meharry College at Mercy Hospital, Memphis. The Florida Standard, one of the leading papers, has opened a new department, to be known as the "Socialist News." We congratulate the Standard; the age of independence is upon us. Mr. John R. Contee of Denver, Col., has been made president of a self-improvement and social club of ladies in Denver. T. J. Minton of Philadelphia is chairman of the Afro-American Auxiliary to the City Party. Rev. M. W. Gilbert, pastor, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church of New York city, delivered an able address to the Providence St. Luke members at Providence, R. I. The Detroit Informer observes "that the Washington Bee is hitting the present Republican administration some body blows right from the shoulder. It is reported that the sermon delivered to the "white" people at the Court House in Macon, Ga., a few Sundays ago by Bishop 'turner was able, eloquent and well received by the people. The "Portland New Age" endorses The Bee's editorial on our brave soldiers. Dr. P. W. Ray, who died on the 28th of last month, aged 82 years, was the oldest Mason and practicing doctor of color in the United States. It is stated that Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court has received many importunities from friends in Kentucky to permit the use of his name as the Republican candidate in that State in 1908. A Foraker Club was organized to boom the Ohio Senator for the Presidency in 1908, at a mass meeting of negroes held in the court house at Steu-benville, Ohio, last Tuesday night. Rev. J. G. Rawlings was hanged last Tuesday in Valdosta, Ga., and the negro accomplice hung from the same scaffold. Fred. Bennett, colored, was shot by William Redman, "white," at Milford, Ohio, this week for a debt of a dollar. By a bill introduced in the House last Tuesday by Representative Slayden, of Texas, negroes are forever excluded from service in the army of the United States. The bill further states that on or before the 30th day of June, 1907, all enlisted men of the army who are negroes or of negro descent shall be discharged from the service of the United States. George Gershuni, a Russian, escaped from Siberia in a barrel of sauer kraut. He arrived at San Francisco this week. Thos. F. Reidy, an ex-policeman who used a heavy whiplash on Lawyer Albert Sillers, was fined $200 by Judge Mullowny. Rev. S. L. Corrothers during an address one evening this week at the A. M. E. Zion Church criticised the Republican party, President Roosevelt and others. ITEMS ON THE WING Last Friday over 2000 colored people met in Chicago in Bethel A. F. M. E. Church and severely criticised President Roosevelt for discharging the colored troops involved in the Texas riots. In the letter to the President and resolutions to the War Department is urged the rescinding of the action. The spokesman of the meeting declared that Chicago would take one of the companies and support it until the President sees the injustice of his course. They also paid their respects to Ben Tillman. Mr. Taft says that Congress can investigate the disbandment of the colored troops. And should they legislate, then a friction may occur between them and the President. Miss Lotie Jacklyn, colored, maid to Miss Vivian Langdon of Newburg, N. Y., has entered suit for false imprisonment. BONES OF MASTODON FOUND ON FARM NEAR SOUTH BEND, IND. Collected by a Professor at Notre Dame University and Set Up In Science Hall at That Notre Dame, Ind.—Prof. A. B. Reynolds, of Notre Dame university, has finished collecting the bones of a mastodon which was uncarthed by a steam dredge on the farm of George Larkowski, three miles southwest of Crumstown, a suburb of South Bend, Ind. The skeleton of the prehistoric monster is to be set up in Science hall at Notre Dame university. According to scientists 10,000 years at the lowest calculation have elapsed since the creature existed. The bones have not yet been placed together, but a fair idea of the size of the skeleton may be conceived from the fact that the ribs are over four feet in length. The thigh bone, which corresponds to the upper part of the leg of man, is two feet eight inches long, seven inches in diameter and after being subjected to thousands of years to the corroding forces of nature now weighs 35 pounds. Two back teeth weigh six and one-half pounds each and measure seven and one-half inches in length and breadth and three and one-half inches in thickness. A portion of a broken ivory tusk was found which measures over four and one-half feet in length and seven inches in diameter at one end and four inches at the other. Mastodons, mammoth elephants and other huge beasts, say scientists, once roamed in herds in parts of Europe, Asia and North America during the period when these countries were connected by land. The mastodon was similar to the mammoth elephant, being a third taller than the largest species of modern elephant and covered with a coat of long hair. Their tusks turned upward. Remains of both have been found in the old world and in the new world. In the beginning of the past century one of these elephants was found at the mouth of the Lena and it was so well preserved that wolves and bears ate of the ancient flesh. This skeleton was set up by the Russian government in the museum at St. Petersburg. While hunting in April Charles Custer, a boy of 16, discovered a number of great bones and teeth lying on the bank of a large ditch, where the excavator had turned them out three years before. The finding of the mysterious bones aroused the curiosity of the neighborhood and many people visited the spot and carried away relics. Rev. Aledancur: Beecher, of Terre Coupe, Ind., came across some of the bones and was instrumental in starting the collection of them for the Notre Dame museum. Many of those who had taken bones willingly gave them up, while others insisted on securing a price for them. Mr. Larkowski consented to allow a number of men to carry on the work of excavating and many more bones were uncovered. Bones which were not found will be made from plaster paris, as in nearly all cases a similar bone has been discovered. The bones of the skull, tusks and hips were broken by the dredge, but nearly all the vertebrae. ribs and leg bones were recovered in good condition. The skeleton lay in quicksand at least a fourth of a mile from the nearest border of the marsh. Several thousand crops of marsh grass with scattered willows had grown and decayed over the monster, covering him to a depth of nearly eight feet. While digging the big ditch across the marsh the dredge was mired at this spot and it took four days to extricate it. It is probable that the prehistoric monster was mired in the same way and had been there long before the foundations for the pyramids were laid. The teeth are best preserved. The enamel on them is three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness. They were probably white in the beast, but they have become discolored and are now a shiny black. One of the teeth shows a cavity, evidently caused by decay, while the animal was alive, where the tooth was in contact with the next tooth. The cavity is very similar to the cavities in the same position in decayed human teeth. WAITED FOR FORTY YEARS. Participants in Love's Young Dream Finally United. Boston.—"Forty years ago John Porter said goodbye to me and came to America to make his fortune," said Miss Louise Gold'knife, of England, at the immigration station. "That was a long time ago, and I am afraid John forgot me for awhile. He married and had five children, but now he is a widower, and he has asked me to marry him. I'm a little old looking for a bride, but I feel as young and as happy as a girl of 20." She arrived on the Saxonia on her way to Deer Lodge, Mont., to marry Perkins, who is a wealthy rancher there. He has started east to meet her. Miss Goldthorpe is a sweet-faced woman of 60 years. The civil war was just over when Perkins bade her goodly and took ship for America. He was three weeks on a journey that she accomplished in eight days. He had a hard row to see, but he finally amassed a comfortable fortune, and his bride-elect declares she will live with his sons and daughters, most of whom are grown up, as if they were her own. Proposed Monument to Robert Fulton. To be erected at New York city in honor of the man who made the first steamboat TOWNS BUILT IN DAY FIVE HUNDRED HOUSES ERECTED IN 24 HOURS. Custer, Col., and Other Boom Sites That Sprang Into Existence as If by Magic—Quick Work in Denver, Col.-The town of Custer. Col., named after the great Indian fighter, came into existence in a single day. It consists of some 500 wooden houses, all of which were constructed between sunrise and sunset. Material was shipped from factories, whole sections of wooden walls, beams, joists and roofs in two pieces having been made from carefully prepared plans and exact specifications. Each piece of each building was numbered and laid in order near the site it was to occupy so that it could be the more readily handled. As in the building of King Solomon's temple, all the pieces were made, to fit into each other, the work of construction being therefore only a matter of fitting the pieces together and driving a few spikes. The sites had all been cleared and leveled in advance, and 2,000 men in addition to the settlers were engaged in the building of the town. The largest of the houses was a boarding house, which was two stories high, and shops were erected for bakers, butchers and other tradesmen. In Oklahoma more than one town sprang up in a day. Thomas City was a case in point. Indeed, according to report, it came into being in a single afternoon. Within a two hours, 3,000 persons were comfortably settled and business was in motion. A newspaper was likewise printed and then lated among the new community, and a big birthday celebration was held on the following day. Another Oklahoma "bounce" town which ran up like magic is Snyder. It was born on a Friday. An anticipation of that interesting event, thousands of people shocked to the place among whom were shopkeepers, land agent and many others who were anxious to secure the best sites on the natal day. Until then nobody was al lowed to enter the town area. At sunset on Thursday Snyder was was nothing but a name, for it was minus houses, railway and inhabitants. But soon after sunrise next morning fully 19,000 people were on the spot. The town was being rapidly mapped out; the erection of buildings was in progress., trains were running; a railway station had been erected, while two hotels, three banks and a number of shops were each doing quite a brisk business. Almost as marvelous was the creation of Lawton. Within 55 minutes after the site of the town had been decided no fewer than 5,000 dots were taken up. Two hours later the population had increased to between 7,000 and 8,000 persons. A score of eating places and double that number of grocery and other stores opened for business during the day. A bank, which was conveyed to the town on wheels, was able to start operations at once. A fully equipped newspaper office was likewise wheeled into the town, ready for action, so so speak. But the great business of the day was lot speculation, some thousands of lots changing hands before the vendors had owned them many minutes. Buy City Lot for Five Cents. Norfolk, Va.—Acting under a statute enacted by the last legislature, S. W. Lyons, treasurer of Norfolk county, to-day began to sell land for delinquent taxes. Two Norfolk city lots in an outlying district were bid in for 5 cents each. But one bidder was on hand for the sale, land speculators not yet knowing just what the extent or meaning of the law is, being slow to take chances. Many authorities think the law does not apply to these lots, but the treasurer thinks otherwise. He has a list of 700 of them, most of them being now in Norfolk, although they were in the county before the districts in which they lie were assigned to the city. HEN DOES WORK ON TRAIN. Brood of Chickens Comes to Light While Train Speeds Away. St. Louis.—In some corners of Kirk wood it is not considered polite to inquire too closely as to the origin of a man's chickens or whether they were raised in Missouri, in Arkansas, on from a low roost on a dark night Horace E. Hand of that town, how ever, is much interested in the nativity of 17 fowls he received from George E. Dent of Lawrence county, Arkansas, a few days ago. He has asked Mr. Dent to send him some baby chickens for his little girl, and Mr. Dent, who had no small chickens on hand, shipped a Plymouth Rock hen and her nest of 16 eggs. Soon after leaving her Arkansas home the old hen began to announce with evultant chicks that her three weeks' work had not been in vain, and fluffy little chickens began to appear. At Imboden, Ark., there were six chickens, and back counties to hear from. The passengers on the train became greatly interested, and made frequent inspections to count the brood and speculate on the next edition. As the train approached St. Louis 15 of the eggs had produced chickens and the passengers were disposed to agree that the old hen had accomplished all that could reasonably be expected of her. At Tower Grove station, ten minutes before the train was due at its destination, the old hen triumphantly clucked the announcement that her maternal labors were crowned with complete success, and the sixteenth chicken was a St. Louisan. STORES HIS CIDER IN CISTERNS. Apple Grower Introduces New Method of Keeping Pressed Juice. Waterville. Wash. A new method of storing elder was introduced into the apple growing section of Big Bend county John Wardinsky, a farmer in southern Douglas county, has a dry well on his place which he lined with cement in approved sanitary manier. This was used as a "elder cistern," placing his elder in it for storage through the winter. The well is equipped with a pump. Mr Wardinsky formerly lived in the great apple growing sections of northwestern Arkansas, and says that it is not uncommon for farmers there to keep cider in this manner, where it is regarded with almost as much favor as storing in barrels. Convenience for drawing it for use is another argument favoring the eistern method. A chemical is used to prevent the cider from acquiring too great a degree of "hardness." RAILROAD LINES GROW FAST. Add 4,716 Miles in Year 1905 and Increase Capital. New York.—There were 217,341 miles of completed railroad in the United States at the end of 1905, according to the figures compiled by Poor's Manual for 1906, of which the advance pages have just been issued. There was a net increase of railroad mileage in 1905 of 4,716 miles. The capital stock represented amounted to $6,741,956,825, according to the same authority, and the bonded debt to $7,425,261,901. The total liabilities of the lines aggregate $16,292,850,823' against $15,495,504,651 in 1904. The cost of the roads and their equipment is figured at $12,143,997. 551, against $11,654,191.134 in the previous year. The total traffic revenue was $2,112,197.770, with operating expenses of $1,768,549.571. The passengers numbered 754,446,641, and they were carried 2,906,106.685 miles. Kermit to Hunt in Maine New York.—Kernit Roosevelt is soon to go on a hunting trip on Mattawamkeag Lake, Aroostook county Maine, where William Sewell, President Roosevelt's old Maline wood, guide and western ranch superintendent, has been building new camps. Some time ago Sewell invited the president to come on a hunting trip, but thus far the head of the nation has been too busy to accept. He may, it is said, come later in the season. IF YOU ARE PLACED To Board ADVERTISE HOLME'S Hotel 333 Vc. Ave., S. W. For The Best Afro-American Accommodation in the District. -European And American Bar stocked with fine wines. Imported great and pure old Rye Whiskey. Best Line Cigars Goo on 5 & 10c and Lodging 50. 75 & 100 Comfortably heated by steam. Give us a Call— JAMES OTTOWAY II LMES Prop Washington, D. C Louis J. Kessel, Importer of and Wholesale Dealer in WINES AND whiskies The Owner of the..... Following Brands: Private Stock, Old Reserve, Hermit Oxford, Tremont 25 TENTH SREET. N. W. Telephone—Man. 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. Ocite Weathers W. P. P. Golden Star Department of the I O. N. I. C. of A. 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Department No. 136 meets at Bator Rouge, La., first and third Wednes day nights in each month. Jos. Newton, W. P. P. M B. Stewart, W. C. S. Fraternal Sunrise Department. No. 17, meets at for 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. Pasco, 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. I. L. Waltour Evergreen Department, No. 240, meet at Red Fish, La, the 1st and 3rd Friday in each month. A. T. Finley, W. P. P.; Chas. Dupur, F. V. P.; A. T. Finley, W. C. S. INVENTION OF A BOY MAY REVOLUTIONIZE THE PRESENT TYPEWRITER. Virginia Youth Has Accomplished That Wich Has Puzzled Mechanical Experts for Many Years. Norfolk, Va.—The problem of an automatic carriage for the typewriter, one over which experts have been laboring and experimenting for years without success, has probably been solved by Robert Eugene Turner, a Norfolk boy, who is yet to reach his majority. That the invention, if practicable, is destined to revolutionize the modern typewriter, is the opinion of experts, men who have studied the problem for years. Years ago it was recognized that the invention of an automatic carriage return for the typewriter would add from 25 to 30 per cent to the speed of the operators—an item that tells in the business world. The manufacturers of the leading machines put experts on the problem. No stone was left unturned to solve the problem of the transference, redirection and control of power. It is said that one company offered a handsome prize to the man in their employ who would discover the principle, to be worked out later. Mr. Turner, who is a member of the architectural firm of Hebard & Turner, and who is a lover of mathematical problems and technical questions worthy of solution, had his attention drawn to the matter. At that time he was in his teens. He began to think out the problem, conveying his ideas to drawings. For three years he studied it at spare times, day and night. The young inventor grasped the difficulties clearly. He finally solved it, that of regulating the power at all times, controlling and reversing it at will. Briefly stated, the regulation and control of the power is by means of the space bar. It is unoperative automatically until the carriage has gone a certain length, but by means of a key it can be manipulated at the will of the operator. Like all valuable inventions, its simplicity is the thing that attracts attention. It can be added to machines at a nominal cost: it will not affect the durability of the machine, will not add to the cost of repairs, and is not easy to get out of order. Its speed is sufficient for all practical purposes. The following statement in reference to the invention was made by Mr. Turner recently: "It increases the mechanical control of the carriage, making it unnecessary for the operator to remove his hands from the keyboard during writing, a feature especially valuable to touch operators. "The mechanism causes the carriage to return to the initial writing point automatically when the end of a written line is reached, and also to return automatically from any point in the line by pressing a special key. Means for cushioning the impact of the carriage to prevent a destructive jar to the machine is amply provided for, as well as an improvement in the runways and rollers bearing the carriage to reduce the friction to a minimum. "The momentum attained by the carriage in its return stroke is utilized to effect the line spacing, which can also be done from the keyboard. An ingenious but simple device is introduced, so that the setting of either the automatic or manual line spacer will adjust the other to conform in the uniform spacing of lines." An interesting feature in reference to the invention is the youthfulness of the inventor. When the application for the patent was filed nearly two years ago, or in February, of 1905, Mr. Turner was only a little over 18 years of age. As he began the study of the problem several years before this, his youthfulness can be appreciated. It was a mere boy who had undertaken to solve a serious scientific mathematical problem. Robert Eugene Turner was born in Norfolk November 26, 1886. He is the son of R. E. Turner, general superintendent of the Virgilian Pilot. After leaving the Norfolk high school he devoted his time to the study of mechinical engineering and architecture. Mr. Turner was nearly two years in securing a patent on his invention, but it was finally obtained through Walter B. Burrow, patent attorney at Norfolk. Mr. Turner's friends are confident that he has a small fortune, to say the least, in his patent. School Gardens of Austria. It is stated that nearly 3,000 school gardens exist in Austria, not including the sister kingdom of Hungary. They are connected with both private and public schools, and are used for purposes of practical instruction in horticulture and tree growing, and often curtain botanical museums and bee hives. Jerusalem Summer Resort. Jerusalem now has a summer resort at Ramah'ah, which is situated several hundred feet higher, and commands a view of the Mediterranean. A new hotel has been built there for Europeans by an Arab. Most of the work of construction was done by women, whose wages are 11 cents a day. Hundreds of Tons Deposited in a Year by Soft Coal Smoke Cincinnati.—A tor of this city has rive at a definite of soot deposited in the course of a year. One was to place buckets filled with water on ent parts of the city At the end of three ful analysis was made of the buckets to amount of carbonaceous final computation is that town area the falling to 541 tons a month or On a square mile of soot deposit is 171 tons 343,728 pounds, an average pounds to each inhabitant. the suburbs the soot in was 464 grams to the a period of 30 days. I time the deposit at a the city was 22,350 square foot. Other cities that burn not flatter themselves much better. A glance dows tells the story. of a sooty city the tree are coated with grime fuse to grow. The smoke cloud in several ways, one of shutting out of the smoke stroys disease germs deposited in human lung well known to surgeons. These figures were smoke abatement leag Cincinnati and it was the next legal statute for gent anti-smoke laws methods of smoke abatement unsatisfactory and the widely held that relief through some means not PEDAGOGUE FOR HALF CENTURY Oldest School Teacher in Pensylvania Starts on New Term Hanover, Pa.—John M. M. town, has entered his birt- of service in the publi- York and Adams coun- doubtless the oldest J. teacher in Pennsylvania both in age and service. A years old, he has been er of Park school, in Pa- near Hanover. When only 15 years old charge of the school he was ing as a pupil and in the then he has been about post of duty only seven years seessed of marked ability in disciplination, and an inter. Squire Wolf is consider the most successful school in southern Pennsylvania been principal of the public Abbottstown New Oxford town, Gold-born and Hancock a regular attendant at teacher institutes and 14 widely Four of his daughters were teachers, one having taught For 22 years the veteran for a justice of the peace as a pension agent and syllabia Dutch letters for papers under the pen of Shumacker. CHICAGOANS BUY LARGE RANCH Will Build a Town on 000 A. A. Tract of Land Falfurrias, Tex.—On ranch, situated near he recently bought by 11 Chicago, and 17 other men of that city, is to be town, which is to be cage. The plans for laying city are now being properties in that kind of six thousand acres of divided equally between lionaires. The remaining is owned by K. C. Koll who conducted the nega half of the other purchase ranch was bought. The new Chicago will the center of the big ers will divide their lands and place a farmer on The whole 45,000 acres slan water belt, and can irrigated. The farms will exclusively to truck gown planned to establish about illes on the lands. The brick buildings will be town, and the streets and paved. Foraker, Okla.—Mr Hall, prominent resident bear the distinction ents of the first white the town which was few months ago. The and has brought to congratulation of the well as a considerable tention from the outside Gets $10 for Saving Train New Concord, O.—Gregg Patterson, a student in Music, received a check for $10; timore & Ohio a few days later & Ohio a few days later June when he discovers a rail, flagged an incoming train and saved 95 plunge over a high embankment the river. Slaughter in the Ocean In the sea there are no vegetation. Fish live on each other, and in whole ocean is one great slaughter house from the strong prey endlessly upon heac what R. H. Boyd, D.D., LL.D. and the National Baptist Convention have done. 'A blood-thrilling story,' larger than fiction. Started a few years ago with one writing table, a 5c. bottle of ink, a writing pels, and a 3c. tablet. Last year did a $125,000 worth of business. This great ten-year history is told in the November number of the Mecca Magazine. Dear Friend, The November number of the McGirt's Magazine is a great National Bapus Publishing House Number. One of the greatest issues I have yet published. Besides the regular features of the magazine, this number contains the "History of the National Bapus Publishing House, covering a scope of ten years, with more than thirty illustrations." You will see more than twenty well-furnished offices, showing the different managers, clerks, typewriters and stenographers, typeetters, bookkeepers, printers and binders, in short, the vast but too colored men, women, boys and girls employed in three great buildings out and out by negroes. To the work will cause the blood to run rapidly through your veins. No one has never seen this great establishment can imagine that any body of colored people is doing so much business illustrated in this great number and about a company that prefers each day more than three thousand letters, and spent for stamps last year more than fourteen thousand dollars that every member of the company should avail himself of this great to describe by words, and you have to read this ten-year history to really have any idea of this great establishment, known as the "National Bapus Publishing House." This number is an illustrated monthly that has been published for the last four years. It has come out regularly every year, but four years we have not published, number so fascinating in character and comprehensive in scope. In this same issue you will find an great article "Shall Lynching Be Supp- posed" by Winthrop D. Steve H. H. of Girard College, Phil- adelphia. I give you my word this strong article that I have ever read. The number contains sixty pages. 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Anyone contemplating having plans gotten out, buildings overhauled or repaired, we would be glad to have them call out or write us. Main Office 317 Sixth St., N. W., Residence, 1210 V. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Telephone 4629. Branch, Tan.'s Hotel, Norfolk, V ```markdown ``` M 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. W. H. CLIFFORD THE BEE PUBLISHED AT Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN, CHASE, EDITOR. Attended 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 JOSEPH H. DOUGLASS, VIOLINIST Mr. Douglass is with us again. He and his wife, who is also a performer of music, and she takes to the piano, of which she is a thorough player, having been educated at Oberlin Conservatory, will, it is stated, perform before a Washington audience on Friday, January 4, 1907. Joseph H. Douglass was born here in Washington, and he reflects great credit on the place of his birth by his charming proficiency in executing from the masters on the violin. It is hoped that Metropolitan A. M. E. Church will be filled on the occasion of the performance. Mr. Joseph H. Douglass is one of our own boys. He is a native and we shall be pleased to welcome him and his bride to Washington. He has traveled North and South, East and West, and has won high marks as to his proficiency in the performance on the violin. There will be other performers whose names will be given in a subsequent issu of The Bee who will take part in the violin recital, of which Mr. Douglass will take prominence. We can say that we respect Mr. Douglass for his wonderful perseverance in attaining consummate skill in his performance on the violin. There can be no doubt that those that have heard him will acknowledge that he is accomplished and that he is a most pleasing performer. All hail to Joseph H. Douglass! WHITE MAN'S PARTY Senator Morgan of Alabama has declared that the Democratic party is a white man's party. We are certain that the colored man has no objections. If the Democratic party wants to declare itself a white man's party, and adopt a platform upon such a basis, what is that to the colored citizen? On the other hand, if the Republican party has used the colored Republicans to its satisfaction, there is but one thing for the colored man to do. This is a fine country, and men and parties are at liberty to choose their associates or companions. There are eleven millions of people in this country who are at liberty to go where they please. Certainly conditions cannot be any worse. They are human, and under the Constitution they are regarded American citizens. All that the colored man wants in politics is his civil and political rights. Suppose the platforms of the two great political parties declared white supremacy, what would the colored voter do? We advise the colored voters of this country to be manly and independent. Let politics be an incident and not the direct object of his citizenship. The colored voter has been misled long enough. He must think for himself. We don't object to a white man's party. Every man and every party has a right to adopt any policy that will best suit them. The colored man should do likewise. If the Southern Democrats have no desire to make terms with the colored man, let them go. We are certain that the Democrats in the North will cater to the colored vote. Let the white man's party organize. PENROSE'S BLUFF The resolution of Senator Penrose, offered in the Senate a few days ago, relative to the dismissal of the colored troops was another administration bluff. We all know that there was no sincerity in that senatorial act. We have no faith in Senator Penrose. It was an administration dodge pure and simple. Senator Foraker offered his resolution in good faith and we know that he means, from his heart, what he did. The administration has gotten its foot in the mud over its shoe tops, and how to get out without embarrassment it is unable to see. We all know that the Senator from Pennsylvania is a creature of the administration, and his efforts are to weaken the position of the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Foraker. The American people have faith in Mr. Foraker, and believe that he is sincere. When did the Senator from Pennsylvania ever champion the rights of the oppressed colored man? What has he ever done or what did his associate, the late Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, ever do for the colored American when he was in the Senate. It is rather late for the Senator from Pennsylvania to rise now and attempt to defend the rights of the colored man. At any rate, we have faith in Senator Foraker and know what he is doing comes from the heart. It is another one of Penrose's bluffs. OUR LEADERSHIP? At this time, when colored leadership ought to show itself, many of those who imagine themselves the representatives of the people, by virtue of having been appointed to office dare not open their mouths. They are as silent and as quiet as a clam in July. They permit Representatives in their States to be elected without a protest. Their organizations meet once a year and after that you hear nothing more from them until the blue birds sing again. Oh! for a leader who has some political agacity. One who is not controlled by the blandishments of official power. A political leader at this time is very much needed. The great drawbaks the colored people often contend with are these so-called office leaders. Men who have but one opinion. They don't think for themselves, but, for those to whom they are obligated. Take the present administration. There is not a colored representative serving under it that has any influence or weight with it. There is not an officeholder that will go to the White House and request the President to see that he has committed a blunder. The colored representatives in the North who have the backing of the colored vote are as afraid to express themselves as those in the South, and more so. The race is in need of a political leader. Not an officeholder or a man expecting an office. Of course there may be at least one or two exceptions. FORAKER OR FAIRBANKS The colored Republicans in this country are divided among themselves. They are in doubt as to which of the two most prominent candidates should be supported by them. This ought to be an easy question. Which one of the two men has said and done more for the colored Republican? Mr. Roosevelt is not considered in the equation. He is not even given a consideration. Now that he is eliminated, these are the two men prominently mentioned—Mr. Foraker and Mr. Fairbanks. Either would make a question of choice, so far as the colored Republicans are concerned. They should select a man and stick to him. By no means should an administration candidate be supported The colored Republicans are beginning to learn soem sense. It is about time. THE HOLIDAY NUMBER December 22 the management will issue a holiday number of The Bee. It will be replete with news, illustrations and advertisements. The principal feature will be Prof. Booker will also contain expressions from some of the most representative men in the country. Let us have your advertisements at once. SPECIAL ISSUE. Commissioners West and Macarland will contribute articles to the Tuskegee edition of The Bee. Recoredr J. C. Dancy, Justice Robert H. Terrell, Mr. Lewis H. Doul- and others will also contrib- it. It will appear December 22. The President message was sent to the Senate Tuesday. We shall review it next week. There's joy among the laborers of the laundry of the Bureau of Printing and saving. Batcheler must go and be bitter hatred of its colored employees will long be remembered. He has put two of the colored employees of the laundry since he has been chief. But I am glad to say that these two suc- d in getting back through the efforts of their friends. And now like the devil when he left heaven, dragged out the third party, but his third party is a Spanish war veteran and a good worker and we do hope he may get back. We have heard that a new chief is to be appointed over the machinist division and we sincerely hope that he is a friend to the negro. We ask Mr. Batcheler to give us some air in the "Hot Box" and he told us it could be done. But by chance there came along a representative of The Bee and saw the condition of his people and like the Moses of old, he took our complaint to Captain Merideth and Secertary Shaw, and through his efforts we have a breathing space in the laundry today. On one occasion this little chief said to one of the employee of the laundry when he asked to be excused on account of the illness of his daughter, "I will not excuse you; go back to your work." And because this employee stood hesitatingly he said, "Go back to your work or I will dock you for every minute that you stand there." He also said if employees of the laundry wished to see him or have any talk they must do so through their foreman, Mr Walter Murray, as he did not wish to have any talk with them. Now this little man styles himself a "staunch Republican and a strong Roosevelt man" (God forbid.) Our former chief, Mr Steinbreiner, was a good man although he was a Democrat. It was through his effort that our wages were raised from $480 to $548. There is a little plant leit in this office yet and we hope that it will not be grafted to the incoming chief as it was to the outgoing. As negro employees here we must learn to praise the bridge that brought us safely over. A Friend to Square Deal and Open Door. Dec 1, 1000 THE WISDOM OF CHARITY. Editor of The Bee Nay, thank me not, the Kind One said, 'tis myself I've given; each friendly gift like this. I make a stepping-stone to heaven The Christian, the philanthropist and those who may be favored with a hounteous store of the goods of this earth should exercise charity toward their fellowmen suffering from the effects of want and poverty If people knew the degree of good they could accomplish by a little personal attention and relief to the poor and by an occasional visit to their sick beds, we are sure no selfish or falsely sensitive feelings would deter them from the performance of such benevolent and truly Christian acts Christians should remember the poor; the thoughts of their wants and sufferings should lead them to the observance of benevolent duties enjoined upon them by the Saviour they profess to serve and worship and by the religion they profess to practice Now is the time for the Christian to show by his words that he is not merely a professor, but an exemplar of the doctrines incubated by the Saviour. For the rich to show their gratitude to the "Giver of all Gifts," for their continued prosperity and bounty early store by extending the helping hand to their less fortunate and less prosperous neighbors. Charity is placed at the head of all the Christian virtues by St. Paul—it is the foundation of all the Christian graces. Without it religion is like a body without a soul; our friendship a mere shadow, our alms the offering of pride and hypocrisy. . Eliza Cabbell. The Eagle, Tunnel Springs, Alabama. says the following: THESE ARE MY SENTIMENTS The ideas expressed by the Washington Bee on the article Barbarians, Rapists and Lyncher are timely and at the right time. To make the subject short I refer the readers to a person that once joined the church; he was very religious and very prompt to say his prayers at night before retiring. Finally he got a little careless and to fall on his knees at night was a little too much. He had the Lord's prayer printed and hung up at the head of his bed; when he got ready to go to bed, he simply pointed to the printed prayer, saying, Lord, these are my sentiments. Was It A Conspiracy? Investigations of the Committee of the Constitutional League Sent to Fort Reno Shows the Report of Gen. Garlington to Have Been Prejudiced and Based on Superficial Inquiry—Indications that the Brownsville Riot Was the Work of Agents Provocateurs—Records of the Expelled Men—the League's Determination to Secure a Reversal of the President's Decision—Points Which It Will Present for His Consideration. Special Dispatch to the Evening Pt. t. New York.) Fort Reno, Okla., November 24—the committee sent here by the Constitutional League to investigate the expulsion of three companies of the Tewnty-fifth Infantry from the army state that it has been carefully and patiently examining the individual negro soldiers, and has secured a mass of material which will serve as the evidence which ought to convince the President that his hot andasty action has worked an injustice to his men as cruel as unjustifiable. The President's order was said to be based upon the report of Inspector-General Darlington's inquiry, and that inquiry was a mere which elicited not a centilita of evidence to connect the troops with the Brownville riot. Gen Garlington is a South Carolinian, and his training at West Point and his experiences as a soldier have evidently not eradicated his prejudices against the egret. He examined only a few of the men of the three companies, perhaps thirty of them; he secured no evidence to confirm the accusations against the soldiers, and he has not elicited a single act upon which to warrant the punishment recommended to the President and incorporated in the order now being enforced. The men of Company B are spelled—it is silly to call the process discharge without honor; twenty-two men of Company C were sent adrift today, and the remainder will be discharged in similar fashion unless Washington calls a halt. Gen Garlington's examination of the men was simple and Southern. He said "I am a Southerner, I know your race. I can read you. All negroes are bumphous; you men have committed an outrage. Tell me the names of the criminals, or all of you will be turned adrift." Two person examined were old soldiers with years of battle and service to their account, and they were unable to give the inspector-general what he sought; they did not know who participated in the riot; they had no means of knowing. The facts are these: Bad Feeling of Long Standing "Bad feeling existed between the town and garrison, as it had for years; the town made no bones of its desire to drive out the negro garrison; to get rid of it by hook or crook. It accomplished its purpose. One of the zealous negro-haters in Brownsville is Tate, a United States customs officer, who has been bitterly complained of by army officers and who has insulted and assaulted negroes many times. So far, the President has not punished this man, who should be swept out of the Government service. The riot took place under the walls of the garrison, and when the bullets of the street fusillade made Fort Brown dangerous, a general alarm called the troops to roll call and to arms, arousing officers and men out of their sleep. The roll call howed that all the men in the three companies were present and properly accounted for, the guns were intact. The townsmen made the accusation that negro soldiers rioted, killed one man, a bartender, and wounded a police officer, and they shrilly demanded that the soldiers be arrested and be turned over to them. Investigation shows that no soldiers were absent improperly, that the name, time, and place of burial of the alleged dead man cannot be ascertained, and the wounded officer is still too modest to reveal himself. Agents Provocateurs It begins to look as if Brownville had re-orted to agents provocateurs to effect the removal of the negroes, and was successful. Brownville insisted that the negroes should be punished. The names of twelve men were selected by McDonald of the Rangers, on some plan evolved by him. They were arrested and placed in the guardhouse to await the action of the grand jury. When the three companies were removed to Fort Reno these twelve prisoners were brought to San Antonio and confined in the guardhouse of Fort San Houston for safety, for the mob of Brownville openly threaten to overwhelm the weak garrison left at Fort Brown and lynch these prisoners. The grand jury met within a month; it could find no case against the men, since there was no evidence whatever, and the cases were dismissed. When a Texas grand jury cannot find an indictment against a hated "nigger" it looks as if the President of the United States had a pretty poor case when he discharged and dishonored these men. Records of the Expelled Men. A majority of the men expelled have served three and more enlistments; a majority of the minority have served two and more. Sergeant Mingo Sanders, first sergeant of Company B, has served in that one organization for over twenty-six years. He has seen honorable service on the frontier; he was one of the first men up ElCaney Hill; has been honored in general orders for distinguished services in the Philippines; he has the respect and esteem of every officer in his regiment, and now, in his old age, blind of an eye, and within a few months of the time when the law retired him on a pension, he is cast out without honor from the service he loves and the flag he fought for, to make a struggle in civil life for his bread and butter. The old soldier divided the bread of his company with the hungry Rough Riders at El Caney, upon the request of him whose order now drives him out to beg. Charles Dade is another old fellow, with twenty-two years of service to his record, who is driven out just as harshly and unwarrantedly. Major Blocksom, who made the investigation of the riot at Brownsville, found the same evidence there that Gen. Garlington found in his investigation at Fort Reno, and that is no evidence at all. The officers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry peak in the highest praise of the men. Major Penrose says that since they have come to Fort Reno, they have been obedient, cheerful and soldierly under trying conditions—under conditions that white troops would resent. The Constitutional League's Determine trand jury is accepted as an endorsement of Garlington's wonderful report, as six of the twelve prisoners at Fort San Houston have been discharged with the same lack of honor accorded to their fellows in Fort Reno. The League will show the President: (1) That no soldier was connected with the Brownsville riot, and that no evidence exists to show such connection. (2) That the report of Gen. Garlington and his recommendation, as well as his conduct of the investigation, ought to be made the subject of a court of inquiry or court-martial. Whether it be before the President or a Congressional committee, the Constitutional League is resolved to appear with counsel and evidence to secure a reversal of a decision which his worked cruel injustice to good soldiers. President Roosevelt has said he will listen to any evidence brought to him that will show that he has erred, and remedy his mistake. The Constitutional League has secured enough evidence to convince any judge and jury in the land that the negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry have been unjustly accused and illegally punished. Meantime, the men are being discharged and scattered, and apparently the verdict of the Texan (1) That the whole affair appears to be a miserable outgrowth of the race hatred and mob violence of the people of Brownsville. (4) That in discharging and dishom oring these three companies of soldiers, the President has made a mistake, which every principle of honor and justice requires should be remedied. The League is still prosecuting its inquiries, and will examine the twenty-five men discharged this morning and take their affidavits. Not a single case of drunkenness or disorder has occurred among the hundred men so far discharged. The police officials of El Reno seek highly of the sobriety and balance of the men. SINGLENESS OF PURPOSE. AN INSPIRING ADDRESS AT A M. E ZION CHURCH BY J. C DANCY, OF WASHINGTON. From the New Haven Co. News. At the rally of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Sunday, beginning at 10 A. M., and lasting until 9:30 P. M., it was announced at the close of the rally that $1,000 had been raised toward paying off the mortgage on its property on Pearl street. In addition to this a set of books, valued at $75, was presented by William Green of No 19 High street for an offering having been received in the evening exceeding $75. The offering through the day amounted to $177,82. The members of the church have numerous religious societies and clubs and when all of these had made reports it was shown that the church lacked only $16,83 of being able to pay $1,000 on the mortgage. This small deficit was soon raised and the rally was drawn to a close with the singing of hymns. Throughout the day the Rev. A McCallum, pastor of the church, was assisted by the local pastors and by J. C. Dancy, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. Mr. Dancy spoke at each of the day services and in the evening delivered his principal address. He is a speaker of exceptional ability and the church was well filled among the number being a number of white persons. Mr. Dancy's Address "Singleness of Purpose" was the evening subject on which Mr. Dancy spoke, the theme being taken from the words of Paul in his epistle to the Phillipians: "Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high siring of God in Christ Jesus." The speaker said: "Pa marked this one thing I do and that to be the basis of my talk—to seek the desire of one's heart and then to fail that desire. The world, toay locking for the specialist; the business wants the person who know do a thing and knows has well. When the world man can do a thing well fame That which made Columbus great was his purpose; he had a desire to 'make good.' In his att India by a western route America; he was a man in the accomplishment he and he dedicated himself to Washington dedicated him founding a nation; his one do something for his country became the foremost state country dedicated for human each, for all. Thomas J thor of the Declaration of independence and seven basic principles of government, and they have become known all. His desire was not to help his self, but to help his country Great emphasis was laid on the house work of William Lloyd Garrison in his advocacy of emancipation. It was in earnest," said the speaker, wherever you see this quality in him he will succeed. I'll not retrace a slight step. I'll not equivocate and rather still. I'll not excuse was the good work of the platform on which he lived. And for fear lest he might not understood he said, "I'll be hearty. The speaker told how at the start he was condemned and maligned if as he were on unswerving in his purpose he became a power that stirred the whole nation. To Abraham Lincoln the speaker er paid a lofty tribute, saying that he was the commonest of Americans and that he could not boast of heredity. How he saw, for the first time, a coursed woman sold at auction and how the act so ground upon him that he gave utterance to the words "If I live and pleasures of the 23rd insane regarded God permits I'm going to strike that situation and strike it hard, was totally told. His rise from poverty to the Presidency of the United States was eloquently described, especially in famous political debate with the Lum-Giant," Stephen A. Douglas, which he uttered the statement that was ever die. "This country cannot ever slave and half free." "These men who stood on the tice, for fairness, for equity attained to these distinctions because of the thine that was paramount over other —singleness of purpose—and the tame is secured for time and for eternity. I might go on" he said, and name a thousand and one others—Grant ter, Douglas, Beecher, etc. who had led not for agressiveness and quarre- someness, but for the better and the peace of all." The great men science whose names have gone to history were referred to as though Mr Dancy's closing remarks were voted to the great religious and educational advancement of the church, telling of the leaders in the telling of which the great achievement of Booker T. Washington was praise. In speaking of the men who were born years ago and who in the colored race, he said that they achieved has been more realized: the advancement of the remarkable and astonishing Regarding the future of the race and of its churches through the land and adapting his remarks to the same time to the work of the church, he said: "In the country, here you can worship God as under our vine and fig tree." In an urgent appeal to support the church he said: "A traveler among the Florentines served that where the people had freedom God there were ruins; but where God perpetually remembered God there were monuments. Do we not have faithful to God and have prosperous; to have more than ruins? "Watchman, what it is in the day gloomy and forlorn for today is not to look for the clouds but to look for the silver lining of the cloud and in looking for that not to lose hope. Do not believe that a dark place under justice there, and a dark place under mean entire subjugation. The same God that fought our battles in the past is fighting them still. So the time when right shall conquer all is the supreme we shall push on then the days of race prejudice lives and anger shall have ceased. In accomplish this end there must be a purpose of the whole people carried by Paul." The time has arrived that the man can do a lot of good. Their main should be unity. Peace on earth and good will. Mr. Emmett J. Scott was in the on Tuesday and called to see the President. He returned to New York, where he will remain several days on business. Dr. Booker T. Washington passed through the city for Tuskegee last week. The Week in Society TO SUBSCRIBERS. subscribers for The Bee are notified that no collector will be sent to them for subscriptions and they will either call and pay or send a check or postal notice order. The management will not annoy subscribers with collectors. Address, B. L. C. Subscription Department of The Washington Bee, 1009 Eye street, N. W. Mr. W. E. Upshaw has returned to from Allegheny, Pa., to which went to attend the funeral of her b. Rev. A. M. Lewis, Novem- ber Price, of Salisbury, N. C. greatest Mrs. C. J. Lewis, arrived the guest of Mrs. J. C. first present trip to Philadelphia as Dance Mr. Pearl Barbour, who has charge at Salem, N. J., spent thinking in Washington with her partner, but for her school last Sun- day Mr. Jack M. Ryan and daughter, who wrote Philadelphia, Pa. to attend the part of their friend, will return to the week. They were most intertained while there. Le Rose of New Orleans, has been spending some time receiving a great deal of attention. Several teas and par- ses given in her honor and she pleased with her visit, it she will spend the entire here. She is stopping mourning, 512 Le Droit Park, a most pleasing lady and intertainer. She has won touches. Fanett was the guest of Mr Wm. Patterson last week from Philadelphia, Pa. J. H. Murray, Jr., J. A. of John Howard guests at an entertainment Miss Emina Scott at her sis- Mrs. L. Boston, Philadel- Mr. William Jenifer of this M. L. Parks of Brooklyn, N. Washington last week. H. Pierce of Providence, R. of friends here Thanks- the Grand Officers of O was given by Major Lieut T. B. Slater and wen at the home of the Baltimore. Mr. W. L. Washington was among the Jones of New Jersey, and Dora Ashton of the District of were married in Philadelphia, their wedding trip to this and they will locate in Riverton, Muld Delaney, who went to Miss Cooke of Boston; home well pleased with Mrs Walter Pinchback have Washington after a lengthy With Harris of Newport News make this city her home. L Hill has returned from while there he was the William Staunton. babe of Philadelphia spent ant days here in company tor. Mrs. Cook. Mrs. Samuel Wells celebrat- wedding anniversary at home, 2017 Lawton ave- Mo., the twenty-second Cooper went to Newport is aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Mc Snowden, Sr., of Philadel- Washington last week vis- s daughter, Miss Jennie. Mrs. Jas Allen, of Virginia, Washington and expect to our home And Mrs. Greenwich, of New were in the city, the guests of Douglass Syphax, 4447 P street. Edward H. Dears, of Darlington, was in the city this week on de- partmental business. He left Tuesday morning CITY BRIEFS Attorney W. Calvin Chase argued the case of J. T. C. Newson and others before the District Commissioners Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Rodger Watts was buried last Sunday afternoon with Masonic honors. The Dunbar Circle, Mr. Nathaniel Guy and company will present "At the Postern Gate," Wednesday evening, Dec. 26th, at True Reformers Hall. There will be dancing at the conclusion of the drama. Subscribers are requested to have their money ready for the collector when he calls. Don't put him off. If you don't want to be annoyed, call and pay at the office. Mrs. Maggie Walker, of Richmond, Va., and her legal adviser, Mr. James H. Hayes, were in the city this week on professional business. Mr. Emmett J. Scott; of Tuskegee, Ala., passed through the city for New York enroute for Tuskegee, Ala., Wednesday evening. Mr. Scott has been spending several days in New York with friends. Attorney Thomas L. Jones went to Manassas, Va., last week. Miss Genevie Maxfield has been confined to her home with a severe cold for several days THE DUNBAR CIRCLE Under the auspices of the Dunbar Circle, a drama will be presented at True Reformers' Hall, December 26. Mrs. Henry L. Bailey, one of our most prominent ladies, is working hard to make the rendition of the drama a success. "At the Postern Gate" is the title and the proceeds will be added to the fund to test the constitutionality of the Virginia separate car law. On last Monday evening at 7 o'clock P.M. in pursuance of a notice sent to every teacher in the colored schools, the class-in pedagogy recently established by the Washington Conservatory of Music began its sessions in the Conservatory, Number 902 T street, Northwest, with an introductory lecture by Dr. Willard S. Small, principal of the Eastern High School, the regular lecturer of the course. This teachers' course of twenty weeks is offered to the colored teachers of Washington in consequence of Superintendent Chancellor's expressed request that the public school teachers take courses of study in the nature of university extension work, or otherwise, which will promote their efficiency as teachers. This course is strongly endorsed by Dr. Chancellor and has also the approval of Mr. Montgomore the assistant superintendent. The registration cards for this course are to be had at the superintendent's office, Franklin School. Certificates are to be given to all those who satisfactorily complete the course. In addition to the regular weekly lectures and exercises under Dr. Small, there will be special public lectures under the auspices of this course by Dr. Wm. E. Chancellor, Ehmer Gates, Dr. Lewis B Moore, Dr. George B. Myers and other well known educators. The regular work of the course begins next Monday, December 10, at 7 o'clock P.H., at 902 T street. Further information can be obtained at the superintendent's office, Franklin School, or at the Washington Conservatory of Music. THE COLERIDGE-TAYLOR RECITALS. Two such evenings of exquisite enjoyment rarely fall to the lot of the music lovers in Washington as those of November 21 and 22. Such a combination as the great composer and conductor, S. Coleridge Taylor, wielding the baton as he only can—the splendid Philadelphia Orchestra, and the absolutely incomparable Coleridge-Taylor Chorus, was enough to have made a body fast for a week rather than lose a minute of it, and there is not a doubt but that every lover of music present felt that no sacrifice was too much to pay for the experience of a life time. I had hoped to make some extended comment, but time has not permitted, yet I cannot refrain from a few words of heartfelt praise and gratification. The story of the Quadroon Girl, rendered by the only Burleigh, with the background of the chorus and perfect instrumentation was indeed a revelation. It was an easy, transition from that to the story of the Christ in the Atonement, one of the most purely devotional compositions that has ever been written. In hasty review one would perhaps notice particularly "Father Omnipotent," which frequently breaks into the after theme, and always effectively; the whole of "Calvary," which includes some of the most effective chorus work, the exquisite trio of the three Marys, thrilling, impassioned burst of agony, "My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" as rendered by Burleigh, and the great finale, "It is finished." In this work Mrs. Skeene-Mitchell left absolutely nothing to be desired. She has no equal among us today as an interpreter of sacred music. Miss Wallace and Mrs. Cardoza of our home talent deserve also the most generous commendation. The second night, with Hiawatha, was fullest of enjoyment, however. Though most of us had heard it repeatedly, new beauties seemed to break into view all the way through in its interpretation and rendition. With no intention to make invidious comparison, the work of the Philadelphia Orchestra was a revelation; the chorus, thoroughly familiar with the music, rendered it as never before, and defied competition. As usual Burleigh stood out clear cut as a cameo. Holt gave a very pleasing and satisfactory interpretation of his share in the worth. Mrs. Skeene-Mitchell is beyond doubt and by far the best Minnehaha we yet heard here, and has certainly made marked improvement in dramatic quality, but the ideal Minnehaha, is still of the future. Let me point a moral just here on two points for our rising young vocalists. It is a liberal education for any singer any wise observant, to listen to the perfect enunciation of Mr. Burleigh, not a single word, nay, not a necessary syllable in a word that comes from his mouth fails to reach every ear in his audience with absolute distinctness. Secondly, the perfectly pure, clear, musical tones of Mrs. Skeene-Mitchell's voice, that are a delight to the ear and soul. So many of our present day singers seem absolutely unable to separate themselves from that deadly tiresome "skale" that sets the nerves of every true lover of music jangling. What would be thought of an organist who pulled out his tremolo stop every time he started to play, and rendered all of his music under its influence? There are passages occasionally for the trill, the shake and the tremolo for the voice, but where every note is rendered with the shake, the voice is one dead level, with no variant save volume of sound. Let us devoutly pray that our rising vocalists will profit by the example of enunciation set by Mr Burleigh and of purity of tone so beautifully shown by Mrs. Skeene-Mitchell. With a word of suggestion to the Choral Society that they proceed at once to take up the "Messiah" or "Elijah" for next season, and with sincerest congratulations for the work of last week. No Komis Nov. 28, 1906. Dr. Tunnel of Howard University will speak before the Dunbar Literary Society next Wednesday evening, Dec. 12, at the Metropolitan A., M. E. Zion Church, D street, S. W. Dr. Tunnel is an eloquent and able speaker Doors open at 7.30 P. M. GRAND BANQUET TO W. L. HOUSTON, GRANDMASTER OF THE G. U O of O. F. IN AMERICA. On the 14th of January next, Mr. W. L. Houston, a distinguished citizen and resident of this city will be formally inaugurated Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. The ceremonies will take place at the headquarters of the order in Philadelphia, at which the retiring members of the present Sub-Committee of Management and a large number of prominent Odd Fellows from every section of the country will be present. Mr. Houston was the unanimous Grand Master of the Order by the 13th Biennial Movable Committee which convened in Richmond, Va., October 1-8 last, and which was composed of more than 1400 delegates. Never before in its history has a member of the order in the District of Columbia been elevated, or elected to the office of Grand Master, and for this reason, as well as the high regard in which Mr. Houston is held by his fellow townsmen, arrangements are being made to tender him a banquet upon his return to this city from Philadelphia, January 21, 1907. The banquet will be given in the main auditorium of Odd Fellows' Hall, 1606 M street, N. W., and as the members of the new and several ex-members of the S. C. of M., and the chief executive officers of several other well known fraternal and business organizations will be present, the function will be quite official and the occasion the most brilliant and splendid in the history of the order in this country. The members of the Executive Committee having in hand the arrangements for the banquet are as follows: W. C. Martin, chairman; R. R. Horner, 1st vice-chairman; W. H. Brown, 2nd vice-chairman; J. H. Coleman, corresponding secretary; J. W. Muse, re- F. G. Swaine J. Ed. Swaine Christmas Goods Established 1866 The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Grant 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted everywhere. Don't Let the Question W You can always come here and fi enible, and you are not limited to have all the credit you avish and pay. We have a splendid stock of Fan ris Chairs, Desks, Rockers, Shaving S Covers, Rugs, Pictures, Dinner Sets things at all prices. . Peter C Don't Let the Gift Question Worry You We have a splendid stock of Fanny Parlor Pieces, Toilet Tables, Morris Chairs, Desks, Rockers, Shaving Stands, Brass Beds, Portieres, Couch Covers, Rugs, Pictures, Dinner Sets Vases, and many other attractive things at all prices. cording secertary; C. H. Harris, treasurer; A. S. Howard. The following are among the large number of prominent citizens who have signified their desire and willingness to assist the Executive Committee and attend the banquet: A. Hayson, D. B. Webster, T. W. West, Dr. W. L. Board, W. Calvin Chase, Prof. J. T. Layton, Thomas Walker, G. R. Rhone, W. A. Stewart, -David Warner, J. L. Turner, Capt. W. C. Gray, Rev. W. J. Howard, L. M. King, Dr. E. W. Scott, J. A. Cobb, Capt. G. T. Beason, Geo. F. Collins, J. W. Lee, Rev. L. D. Best, Chas. West, C. B. Walker, John H. Lee, J. H. Stewart, R. L. Pendleton, W. L. Pollard, Thos. H. Wright, T. L. Jones, Dr. O. J. W. Scott, Judge E. M. Hewlett, M. T. Clinkscales, Z. P. Moore, Rev. Jas. H. Lee, S. H. Wilkins, Dr. Philip Browne Brooks, G. A. Cartler, S. W. Watson, Thos. D. Manning, H. W. Honesty, Clement Dorsey, J. W. Richardson, James Langhorn, Le Roy Harvey, W. B. Harris, Chas. H. Lee, Lloyd Brown, Wm. Newman, C. S. Hill, R. F. Williams, Coleman Horner, W. H. Jackson, John H. Lee, W. T. Walton, J. C. Blackburn, E. J. Morton, A. F. Jackson, H. Stewart, Lieut. H. M. Lauders, D. W. Eskridge, Geo. W. McKenzie, H. H. Banks, G. H. Watson, W. O. Davis, S. R. Delaney, Stafford Parker. The fact that gentlemen attending the banquet may be accompanied by ladies will add greatly to the dignity, brilliancy and pleasure of the occasion. Persons desiring further information should address the chairman or the corresponding secretary at Room 5, 503 D street, N.W. THE INTERNATIONAL LABORERS' UNION. This union works to advance the conditions of its members by getting higher wages-for their work. It also pays a funeral benefit and has excellent fraternal features. The Deputy for Washington, Mrs. Arabella V. Chase, organized an International Laborers' Union Friday night with the following officers: Mrs. Eliza Credic, president; Miss B. L. Chase, vice-president; Mr. Wm. Calvin Chase, Jr., recording and corresponding secretary; Mr. J. C. Jackson, financial secretary; Mrs. Maria Florida, treasurer; Mrs. E. J. Buckman, chairman of trustees; Mrs. G. Pinkney, conductor; Miss N. C. Boyd, chaplain Now is the time to seek information concerning this organization, its aims and its obejcts. Address Deputy, 1212 Florida avenue, N. W. EYE SPECIALIST Mr Sellinger, the eye specialist, is one of the most accomplished young men in the city. If you want a perfect fit 1910 eye glasses The Blee would suggest to its patrons to visit this gentleman and have their eyes examined. He is no doubt the best eye specialist in the city Address 9th and F streets. N W WE KNOW OUR OWN FLOWERS Florist and Decorator. F. H. KRAMER J C. Powell, the florist, with F. H. Kramer, Central Market, and 916 F street, N. W., will be pleased to see all his friends during the holidays. Plenty of Roses, Carnations, Violets, Floral Designs and Decorations. Don't fail to call. Store phone, Main 3787. Market phone, Main 2197 Greenhouse phone, East 193 Private office phone, Main 3987. Ladies. If you want better and longer hair, go at once to your drug store and ask your druggist to get you a box of Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure (ponamade). Price 25 cents. Made Ly Taylor Remedy Co, Louisville, Ky Agents wanted everywhere; $2 to $5 per day. Write at once for particular The members of the Compack fraternity are getting together. Candidates are coming in and the spirit of harmony prevails. The date stamped on the slip in the back of the book will hereafter be the date to return books at the Public Library og this city. Archbishop Farley or Archbishop Ireland will be made Cardinals by the Consistory to be held in 1907. The United States Steel Corporation will increase the wages of its employees $10,000,000 in 1907; 60,000 laborers will receive an advance of ten cents a day. You can always come here and fi things both suitable and sensible, and you are not limited to a special amount, because you can have all the credit you wish and pay the bills in amounts to suit you. Krote's odenheimer (Rhine Wine) Bottled in Coblence expressly for us. B $7 case qts. 70c qt., 40c pt. CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House 909 7th St. Pho. M 274 R. G. Swaine and Son WHOLESALE GROCERS 932 Louisiana Avenue, Northwest Tel phone 1699 Main BURNSTINE LOAN AGICE Gold and silver watches, amunds jewelry, guns, mechanical tools ladies' and gent's wearing apparel Old gold and silver bought. Unredeemed pledges for sale. 361 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. MONEY. For everybody at terms lower than the lowest. Don't be deceived; come to it and investigate. Business strictly confidential. No one knows of your transaction with us. We lend on fur-point out the world, its bad and its good and lift man' above the power of the riotous passions of his animal manure, pianos, or salary. If you have loan now anywhere and need more money, come to us. Nothing deducted from loan. You get full amount. Extension in case of sickness without extra charge. METROPOLITAN LOAN AND TRUST (1). 500 E. ST. N. W. WE DO BUSINESS AT ONE PRICE Misfit Cloth ing Parlor, Fine Garments (Slightly Worn) Made by Our Leading Tailors. JUSTH'S OLD STAND. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formally known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" 80 KINKY or CURLY HAIR that it can be put up in a style desired consistent with its leather. Ford's Hair Pomade was formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARBOW" and is in use now. Previously known to us that makes it curlly, but now it shows above. It is use makes the most stimulated hair, kinky or curly hair soft, may be obtained from one brand of bottles or generally sufficient for a year. The formula for hair Pomade ("OZONIZED OX MARBOW") is hair pomade, relieves lashing, invigorates the scalp, stops the hair from falling or breaking off, makes it crowded, by nourishing the roots, portrays and harmonizes, it is a softness necessary for ladies, gentlemen and children. Hair Pomade ("OZONIZED OX MARBOW") is born since about 1876. In all that long period of time the hair has returned from the hundreds of thousands we have sold. FORD's Hair POMADE remains an effective, no matter how long you keep it, and makes the hair STRAIGHT, BUFFY and PLABLE. Beware of imitations. Remember OZONIZED OX MARBOW" is hair pomade ("OZONIZED OX MARBOW") is made in Chicago and by us. The膏ine has the signature, Charles Ford Preset. Relations with every bottle. Price only 18. Sold by drugrists and dealers. If your drugrists or dealer can not supply you, he can send your bottle or send us 18e, for one bottle postpaid, or for three bottles or 84e for six bottles, express paid. We pay postage and express sending postal or express money order, and mention this paper. Write your name and address plainly to 817-819-821-823 Seventh Street. THE LAND OF THE LORD Independent Order of St. Luke Richmond, Va., is a growing Fraternal Society, with several Incorporated Departments, operating: 1 A Fraternal Society paying Sick Dues and an Endowment at death. 2 A Juvenile Department paying Sick Dues and an Endowment at death. 3 A Regalia Department. 4 A Savings Bank. 5 A Large Department Store. 6 A Weekly Paper—The St. Luke Herald. 7 A Job Printing Office. The St. Lukes are now operating in 15 states, and are rapidly spreading in every direction. We want good, hustling Deputies. Good terms for the right persons, male or female. When you write inclose testimonial as to character and ability. For further information, address MAGGIE L. WALKER, Grand Sec'y, I. O. St. Luke, St. Luke Hall, Richmond, Va. HIGHER WAGES FOR NEGRO LABORERS Powerful Labor Organization Will Protect Colored Workingmen and Women. Every colored citizen who has the interest of the race at heart, will rejoice to learn that a great Labor Union is using its strength and influence to secure higher wages for the negro laboring men and women. This is the first Labor organization in this country to take up the battle in behalf of our race. This Union proposes to see that the colored people are given their proper place in the work of this country, and accorded equal opportunities to work with other workmen and receive Union wages and hours. They will extend full protection to their negro members, and insist upon justice being done them. The negro has an equal standing in this union with his white brother, and is eligible to hold any office in the organization. When a member dies, $100.00 is paid to his beneficiary, this being one of the beneficial features of this Union. If a leading negro of each locality will become a Deputy, and help extend this Union by forming new Lodges, he will uplift our people and do grand work for the race. He may continue his regular employment, forming the Lodge during idle moments, and receive good pay for his efforts. Those of our readers who desire to take up this work should write THE INTERNATIONAL LABORERS' UNION, DAYTON, OHIO, and request sample Journal, Constitution and By-Laws and instructions about becoming a Deputy Organizer for this progressive Union. Be sure to mention this paper and enclose 10 cents to pay the postage. Also give reference as to character and honesty. INGTON the Gift Worry You things both suitable and special amount, because you can bills in amounts to suit you. By Parlor Pieces, Toilet Tables, Mor- isands, Brass Beds, Portieres, Couch. Wages, and many other attractive Grogan Between H and I Streets. BUSINESSMEN AT YALE PACULTY AND STUDENTS "TAKE University in Feeding, Lodging, Light- ing and Department Store Enter- “prises—Activity of Students Varied and Profitable. New Haven, Conn.—The Yale stu- dents are resorting to many enter- prises to supply at least additional money for college, expenses. The Yale dining~hall, outside of the dormitories themselves, was one of the first business enterprises started jas @ money making concern for the college. It now serves 1,000 persons jat every meal and has a waiting list ‘of 200, The Yale cooperative store sells everything from a pin to a pony. The college runs its own heating and Ughting plant to the exclusion of out- side corporations, and the dormitories bouse 3,000 men. Recently an order went forth from the college officials prohibiting the selling of light fixtures and student lamps on university property except at a store recently fitted for the pur- bose on the campus. The province of the popular dog ‘wagon, or all nizht lunch, has recent- ly becn invaded by, the opening of two lunch rooms for students, one on the academic campus and one at the Sheffield Sctentitic school, The enterprises conducted by the universtty throwsh its faculty and corporation sach as the dining hall, dormitoiies lichting and heating plants, inch rooms and cooperative store, “ure puiely business proposi- Yons of tittle uiterest in themselves. fave as thes te yrosent the entrance of the snadern Commercial spirit into edeca’honal mstitutions and because the metehants protest: against what they ecomeader the usurpation of thelr field of trade. The ent.usce of the undergraduates into college commeicialism is inter esting because of the unusual nature of the ocenpations chosen and the way In which these enterprises sup- plement those chosen by the college authorjties, the whole forming a com mercial Yale which supplies the needs of educational Yale Studénts conduct a suit pressing es- tablishment, run a laundry, tutor oth- es undergraduates and 6 agents rep. resent mercantile houses, selling ar- tcles of every description. A dally newspaper and monthly magazines, scientitic, medical, legal, literary and humorous, all conducted by students are well patronized and pay thelr backers handsomely. + When the train rolled Into the union station this fall bringing Yale men back to New Haven the returning students were accosted on the plat- form by two students who solicited the. privilege of carrying the baggage of their Yale acquaintances to the campus. The pair had hired two ex- préss ‘Wagons at three dollars a day and secured ninetenths of the stu- dent trade, much to the chagrin of the regular cxpressmen. Teams and licenses for the weck cost $45, while the two took In more than $1,000. When this was divided both had enough to carry them through the eollege year. Another enterprise giving cverr- promise of success is the Yale stu- dent laundry, started this fall. Two students take orders for laundrr work, selling a ticket for a specified amount of work upon which they reap 20 per cent. profit when the money Is turned over to the laundry concern for which they secure the or- ders. Upon other than cash orders they get 15 per cent. The University Suit Pressing com- ‘pany, incorporated, ranks among the most successful of the business prop- ositions of the undergraduates. The students conducting it have a place of business not far from the campus, employ experlené®u help to clean and press the clothes and boys with handcarts to collect and deliver dafly. Since its inauguration this concern thas proved far more satisfactory than the business places conducted for stu- dents by outside merchants. Work is more satisfactory and the prices ‘are not so high. ‘The proprietors do little more than drum up trade, attend to the financial end, and cach reaps about $2,000 yearly by this outside venture. Among the minor ways of making money tutoring Is considered by Yate men to pay best. Many Yale gradu- lates have paid thelr entire way through college by this means. Among the agents, those selling. ee DREAM REVEALS HIS NAME. Man Who Forgets Identity Found to Be Prosperous Banker. Sacramento, Cal—A dream’ has cleared up the mystery of the man who forgot his Identity. Several days ago a welllressed passenger on a train from the cast visited the police Station and requested the ald of Chief Denny toward ascertaining who he was, where he had come from and what he was in Sacramento for. On all other subjects the man was per: fectly rational, but he was at an utter ‘Joss to account for his identity or his presence here ad Thinking that the man’s apse of memory was due to some sudden shock or to iilness, the chief had him quartered at the county hospital, where the case ever since has baffled the physicians The man, who Is of middle age and fine physique, seemed in normal health, but still bis memory on the all-important subject was a blank and his effects offered no clew. City Attorney Howe visited the county hospital and learned from the strange patient that he had experi enced a dream the night before in which he imazined hlinself the recip- fent of a fetter upon which were the words “Dixon. Coon Rapids. Towa.” Thinking that the incident might Jead to something. the city attorney looked up the name in Hradstreet’s ang found A. Dixon rated as the president of the National bank at Coon Rapids, Iowa. He at once sent a. telegram makinz faquiries abont the unknown man and promptly received a reply asking him to glve Frank FE. Dixon the best of care, . From the messaze the conclusion Is drawn that Frank E. Dixon ts the man’s name and the authorit{es are satisfied that the dream will be found to have lifted the strange mystery veiling his history, FIND WATER UNDER THE CITY. Many Owners Get Good Supply from Beneath Buildings in New York. < New York — The underground ponds. rivulets and old wells of Man- hattan stand have for. years had Ilttle Tealty value In some instances to. stem the flow of water from suburban channels has cost real estate opera: tors many thousand dollars.” Now practical use is being made of the underground witer. The factory site or office building plot with a natural supply of water ts considered much wore valuable than property tacking sch a supply, and the well digger is busy. Aniong the large business con Cerns which have recently had wells dug on their premises are Downing & Lawrence and the American Manufac- turing company of Brooklyn and Lipp- mann & Ejisman of Manhattan. The natural supply of water on the Down: ing & Lawrence property is about 100 gallons a minute, on the Lippmann & Etsman site 73,000 gallons a day, and at the American manufacturing plant 150 gallons a minute. Artesian well water is inferior to city water for bolling use, as it causes a seale to form more quickly. Nevertheless, It can be put to many good uses In busi- ness bulldings, zreatly reducing wa- ter bills. & FINDS SHE IS NOT A WIFE. Woman After 19 Years Learns She Has Not Been Legally Married, Media, Pa—A jury in court has awarded to Jane C, Clymer the sum of $3,758.75, Her sult was for $3,000 and Interest. The case was one of the most pecullar ever tried here in the county. Levi H. Clymer, now dead, was married three times. Jane B. Clymer was his third wife. The second wife was In court aiding the exeentor un- der the will in their protest as to the payment of the amount claimed by the plaintiff. It was shown, how- ever, that the plaintif{ had lived with Clymer for 19 years and he thought that she was his legal wife. A. bill of separation was put in evidence pe tween the dereased and the second wife, Which was cizimed to be a legal separation or cqual to 2 divorce In law, however, the separation did not amount to,a disaree, but the plasn- tiff testified that she had lived with Clymer for 19 years, beloved thal she was his lawful wife, that she had loaned him $3,000 on property iu Lansdowne borough, and also that during, several yeurs’ MIness she had taken care of him, The jury gave her the amount of the mortgage and in- terest. MARRIED THE SAME MAN TWICE. Wife Finda Husband Is Bigamist, and Asks to Be Freed from Him, New Orleans—The sult filed by Mrs. Coralie Amelia Bernier in the New Orleans district court, asking for the formal annulment of her marriage, develops the remarkable fact that, al- though she twice married the same man, she was yet unwedded. Mrs, Bernier married, in 1902, in St. Ber- nard’s parish, a man calling himself Loys M. Lemoine. Some years after the marriage she discovered that this was an assumed name; and that Le moine was Louls M. Thompson in reallty. Fearing that the marriage under a false name might invalidate thelr mat- tlage, she Insisted on a second mar- lage under the true name, and this was solemnized in Mandeville less than two months ago, The publica- tion of the marriage brought out the fact that Thompson had one wife al- ready in Helena, Ark, and the twice married woman now, asks that she be freed from bim. 10WA HAS BIG CABBAGE CROP, — Growers Get $50 Per Ton—Ship Thou sands of. Car Loads. _ Fort Dodge Ja—Farmers fn the ¥i- cinity of Bristow are gathering the largest crop of cabbage ever ralsed in ‘that county, Owing to the absence of ‘cold storage at that point, the entire crop from 950 acres planted this sea- son will find its way as soon as gath- ered to (fie green goods markets of Minneapolis, Kansas City and Chicago. Ratsing cabbazes on a large scale Is @ new industry In Jowa. In 1904 the records show that only nine cars of cabbage were shipped from Bristow. }It was more in the hature of an ex- periment that tha farmers took It up. In 1905 there were 36 cars shipped out ‘and thls year's crop from the 930 acres is expected to require 500 cars to mMar- ket It. Cabbage Is now planted In much the same manner as core, a cabbage plant- og machine being one of? the new things in agricultural fmplements. With this machine a man can plant five acres per day. The plants are Placed the same width apart as corn and cultivated with a cultivator. When the crop fs laid by it is done with a hoe. One man can hoe an acre a day by hand, . % According to thise who have had ex- perience in the ratsing of cabbage after this method of cultivation, with @ Rout season like the one of this year, there should be 800 per cent. profit in the business, ‘The product fs easily disposed of; “Iu fact. buyers from all of the jnincipal markets have visited Bristow and all of the crop has been contracted for. With the addi- Mon of storaze a much larger profit could be assured. as one grower was offered $50 for a ton af good sound heads last March. * LOCATES RARE TREASURE. * Divining Rod Employed to Find Lost > Gold and Silver. London--John Stears, the famoug Yorkshire water diviner, has located the hulk of the Spanish treasure ship in Tobermory bay by the ald of the divining rod. He found the hull split in two right from the baw to the stern, and the cannon, which had been thrown out at the time of eleavaze, ranged’ in two rows alonsside. : He has alsa distinctly located two chests of specie, ove contajning gold and silver coins mixed. and has fixed the positions of no fewer than 14 bronze guns. all of one type and four fecttnine inches in length, He Is sat- Isfied that when these are recovered the rest of the equipment of 52 guns and the bullion will be easily reached. Mr. Stears eatried out his operations over depths varying from 2 to 12 fath- oms of water, but the detalls of dis- tances and the dimensions of the chests are reserved for the use of the treasure-seehing syndicate. Very lit: te of the ship remains, but metals are there in abundance, * Mr. Stears’ method of divining, which he explained fully, is as fol lows: He holds his divining rod over the stern of the hoat as Jt proceeds und Immediately on coming over a mass of inetal the forked twig twists upward Uke a living thing tn his hand, makins A sound that Is easily andible. The present Is the third attempt in lecent years to recover the treasnre of the sunken armada galleon Admiral of Florence, which had treasure of over a million on board when she was sunk. RARE BIBLE FOR MORGAN. Millionaire Buys Original Cluny Copy in Muminated Text. New York.—In competition with King Edward of England, who sought it as a memorial to his mother. the late Queen Victoria, J. Plerpoat Mor- gan -has bought the orlginal Cluny Hible, in illuminated teat, on parch- ment, the work of the Cluny monks In France, and more than 200 years old With It he also obtained an fine minated cops*of the original order of arrest for Jghn Bunyan on a charge of heresy. The Bible was considered one of the finest works of art in France, Mr. Morgan Is said to have paid $20,000 for {t and the manu- seript., They were assessed here at $25,000, and duty was placed at $4.000. Mr. Morgan's bankers pald the duty. Yourcest Civil War Soldier. Washington.—The long discussed question of who was the youngest sol- dier of the clvil- war probably has been settled in favor of Perry Jsyan, of Seattle, Wash. He enlisted as a drummer boy in Company BD, Twenty- fourth Iowa volunteers on Aug. 22, 1862, at the age of nitfe years and ten months. He was born Oct. 22, 1852. in Kane county, Illfnois, but enlisted at Mount Vernon, Ia. After serving nearly a year he was honorably dis- charged on a surgcon’s certificate of disability. Pension officials have in- vestigated Dyans papers, and found that his representations are correct Me will receive a Udy sum as back pension. Resembles British Premier. A statue In Wells cathedral, Ene: land, representing <The Fruit Steal- er,” is almosi an exact copy of the fea- ‘tures of Sir Henry’ Campbell-Banner- man. The statue is carved on a cap ital In the nave of the beautiful church and Is about 600 years old. | Immense Pecan Orchard. Maj. John S, Horlbeck, of Charles ton, S. C., is sald to own the largest ‘bearing pecan orchard in the world. He has more than 60 acres In bearing trees and bis main grove ccusiets of B50 acres. < ae ——$————— ——- - Annual Christmas Announcement: eA . Wie Se | MANUFACTURINGJEWELER YA . » MS eS 725 7th S Nr h oN treet, N rthwest ae Y ~ RETWEEN G& IH. EY as oe ae? = . : hk CZ) Yj Our stock of Jewelry and Bric-a-Brac ic now compe QW piece has been carefully selected and we fecl-satisfied that av... N 7 you will bear us out that we have as fine a selection as car. 4, . anywhere, Why not give us a call tomorrow. _ Everybody has some friend whom they wish to maker, . "may be-mother or father, sister or brother. It may bea wi ~~, e be a sweetheart—and_no better time than Christmas is so ap - UT ate . * —so suggestive. Nothing makes one iéci happier thant ey hs heart of another, “ wo 9 . Any article that you may select will be laid aside an - ved - ls when wanted. Experienced clerks. Polite attention. > : . . Engraving Free of Charge. . . WATCHES, > . pa We mention here but a iew of 2” a | cur specials. . . , —_ Gentlemen's 20-ycar-Gold Filled —— American Stem Winders and’Set- EIEIO tg? . ters, $10. : 4 : _ Ladies 20-year Gold Filled Stem _ Ae Winders and Setters, $10- cs f - + pole , ‘ fo ge ea, Gentlemen's 14-carat Solid Gole bs. Eo Ri ol eee American Stem Winders and Set- ae ss eget ame ary ters, as cheap as $35. Sa = “ ee. oa Children’s Solid Silver Watche~ BS 3 oe Pe ary as with Pin Atrachment, $3.30: regu- FE a ere F lar prices $4.50. : \: RS a + & 1 adies Solid GollWatches, Open RSS F-737 . &3 Face, $8.00. 0-779 Boys’ Solid Silver Watches, $5 : a up. 7 on Fine Silver. with Su Siver . DIAMONDS . PCruciix.. = dente an Put Your Money in Diamonds. vo - Better Investment To-Day. Prices in the Diamond market are advancing, but our prices hav not been advanced in some time. We still have a large collection of superb Diamonds whiclr we bought a considerable, tine ago at lower prices than prevail today. We shall not advance prices on these stones, We are merchants and not speculators and our fair percentage of profit is all we ask. So, as long as these Diamonds last, it will be possible to buy thent here under the regular market for fine stones. Ladies’ Diamond Rings, $5.00 to $150.00. "a Ladies’ Diamond Broaches, $5.50 to $1,000. : ee Diamond Earrings. $15.00 to $500.00. : Diamond Scarf Pins, $7.00 up. Diamond Cuff Buttons, $7.00 up. Diamond Studs, $10.00 up. We have Lavies’ Handsome Dia- mond Rings set in ‘Tiffahy Mount- ing which we are selling’ at $30.00. ‘This will make an appropriate pres- ent for Christmas. Every stone a ball of fire. CLOCKS AND BRONZES BS ce) a i ase Clocks of all makes+-American. French and German. We have a Clock as cheap as’ $5.00—must be seen to be appreciated, All Clocks kept in order for two years. oro “THE COMING FIGHT. Tonopah, Nev... Noventher 24-- Pond pah ty determined to have the Herman- Gans fight go ddwn in pugilistic history as the greatest battle ever town and to further its plans has adupted a novel scheme. Not content with-the fact that the battle is for the charpionship and that he $20,000 offered the fighters will stir them on to Tattle as they have never battled before, the Case Athlenc Club of Tonopah has st asice 1,000 shares oi stock, which will be award the sictor. Tonopah stock is increa~ng am salute daily, and the winner 1 tre battle on New Year day vay find untold wealth hidden in the ground, w --h will come into his possession thre ht his gallant fight. This news was rev tved over the wire today, and it speedily found its way to the ears of Herman and Gans. It has been the lifelong désire of Her- man to get a crack at the championship. His chance has come. If the winner, $12,000 awaits him; if the loser, $8,000. The loser's end is more than he has ever fought for. The thought of the pile of glistening gold that will be his, the chance ‘to be called the champion light- weight of the world and the 1,000 shares of stock have aroused his fighting blood, and though he is doing but light training now, he goes at his work with the deter- mination that spells success. Herman is soon to become a benedict and his intended will be seated at he ngside to cheer him in his battle, and RINGS, LOCKETS, ETC. Gents’ Solid Gold Signet Rings, $3.50 up. 7 Ladies’ Solid Gold Signet Rings, $2.00 up. - Child's Solid Gold Signet Rings, $1.00 up. = - Ladies’ Solid Gold Medallion Lockets, $4.00 up. Ladies Solid Gold Crosses, $4.00 up.” | Gents’ Solid Gold Lockets, $4.07 me a | Ladies’ Solid Gold Bracelets, $5.00 up. fo os mg . Ladies’ 1g-Carat’ Gold Filled | Lockets, $2.00 up. | We engrave the monograms on ‘them in the highest style of the art. | SILVERWARE + Silver Tea Sets, $10.00 up. Silver Cake Baskets, $4.00 up. Silver Cups for Children, $1.25. a . - ‘ Silver Baking Dish, 7.00. Silver Butter Dishes, $3.50 up. | Silver Pickle Castors, $3.00 up. The above silver is the Genuine Rogers, which speaks for itself. CATHOLIC GOODS We have the largest line of Cath- otic Goods in the city. , — Genuine Pearl Rosaries, 35 cent= up. Genuine Pearl Rosaries, strung if ever in all his fighting career a sotce called wordy of encouragement to him it will be the voice of the one whom he 1s about to niake Ins wife stirfing him onto victory. . Arrangements for the erection of a training camp ate already under way. ‘The Kid likes outdoor work and as long ay the weather permits he will do his training under the blue skies. Little work will be required to reduce weight, for Herman is at his best around 130 pounds. Gans will need loty of hard traning to get down to the 133-pound mark. At Cincinnat: last week ne step- ped on the scales after his sparring ex- hibition ad the beam registered 149 pounds. Although Joe is not in actual training now, his boxing on the stage keeps hint in good trim. Already’ the entire country is’ talking of the battle and indicttions are that fans from all parts of the globe will attend the con- test. _ . ITEMS ON THE WING. The ‘Right Rev. A. M. Allen, .va- tional Grand Master of the Masonic Fraternity (Compack) will make his official visit here in the near future. Dr: Allen succeeded the fate Captain W. D. Matthews. The colored brother in Richmond, Va., is behind our friend, E. E. Coop- er of the Colored American, They think he is traveling around in the interest of the President for the com- on Fine Silver. with Su Siver Crucifix, 75 cents up Emerald, Sapphire, Gar-.+ Ru- by, Jade, Turquoise, Topaz “ns. tal, and Coral Rosaries, strong on 14-Carat Gold-Filled Cha- Sg00 and $5.00." Will make a bar same Christmas present. % | Solid Gold Rosaries 6. one Stemes, $25.0, Rosaries for special fy. + ens, viz.: Lmmaculate Concepte St Nun's, St. Philomena. St. \e one, Seven Delors, Inéant of P-sgue. St. Joseph, ete. with ‘praers other Enghish or German, - PRAYER BOOKS High quality at low pric. se as Key of Hear en, Manual ot ray- ers, St. Vincent's Mania Vade _Mecum, Sacred) Heart, Forewing of Christ (hy Kempis), Bie. old and New ‘Testaments et +4 nave them in cases suitable 1 + 4 or Christmas presents. RELIGIOUS MEDALS Religions Medals in § oi and Silver; Immaculate Concept St. Benedict. St. Anthony, St 5 sph Infant of Prague, St. \ +t de Paul, St. .Moysins, ete. Eight-Day Sanetman 0 #10 per gallon, . Crucifixes, hanging and stor (ng Camlle Sticks in Gold S:), + an Brass. . Sacred Hearts, Solid «73 -cents and $1.25. . ing clections, ~ Jiast’ year the opal eutpue tne United States was 367,5000«« 19ms of coal. also in the wor'd thes are 534.0c0 mifes of railroac.s -7"h the U.S. controls 211,073 1.1 * year. there were 9.212 homies’: ~ his country, which was the large 7 7% ber in the world. LYNOHINSD IN b> Negeo Put to Death bs “17 7 Roswell, N. M., Oct. 20.- =-39 Pitts, who was runt et town twee weeks age, alter sereng (hts *O" violating the Edmunds act, was }y7ch ed by cowboys at Toyah, Tex. : e+e? day. The accessory, a white » 7% followed the negro to Toyah oreo? were living together. Thu «boys went in the night and place. 3 to around the neck of the. ne.” He was dragged to death and they 276° ed.—From the Sun, Columb ~ ‘ Oct. 27, 1909. The above gives a specie: ¢ “7 Southern idea of Justice 1. this case the man served the tr. 'v"" him by the Courts. Yet notwithstand- ing that these white men tin with colored women, South, thes m- ptt this -man out of the way for come ‘what most any man will do it come ‘cases, etc., in fact donc all over the United States: for that matter 7% ‘here in the D. C. “ AIK COMMON FEAR OF GIANTS. ‘TITLED AUTO DRIVER: FARLEY TO BE A CARDINAL } ] PICKED TO SUCCEED CASTRO. ‘ - es —— HOUSE OH A MOURN Oppose Dissection After Death—Tale Rumor Current of High Henor cee CANHONSOQH USELESS Gol. Alcantara Said to Have Been Se y °.~ Of Irish Freak, ‘ a : New York Archbishop. | | Stected ty Venezuelan President. t _—- x . — 1 _— —_— Sew York— HON. C. S. ROLLS, NOTED ENG. | New York.—Rumors have been ci Vashir —Gei + YEARS AGO AS LOOKOUT) New York—The Russian sfant re- e ar ‘Washington —Gen. Francisco. Alcan: ~ HOSTILE INOIANS. cently exhibited In this country {8 pos-| LISHMAN, TO VISIT AMERICA. | Tent In Catholic circles that the selec | STARTLING ADMISSION BY ARMY | tar. who ts camping {m the neighbor. FoR Sessed of a great fear that when dead : tlon of Archbishnp Farley for a car ORDNANCE OFFICER. hood of Caracas, the capltal of Ven- — his body Will be given to surgeons alnatate will be announced at the De- oe ezuela, with an army, Is sald to be for dissection. It 1s sald that he has | Regarded as Premier Motorist of His | Cember consistory in Rome, and that | President Castro's choice as his own suated on a Peak of the — deen offered $5.000 for bis brain, but| — Country—Some of His Experi. | the archdlocese of New York will be \ Gen. Crozier Says Guns at Coast Fort'| successor. Castro is an Invalld. His * Range Near Lawton, Okla- in this thue of tireless press agenta énceemleAleovan ‘Ardent honored as it has been expected it ification Would Not Last Two ~| rule is unpopular, and Gen. Juan Vie ~ Puss Naw ie Runs-and Vie | tue statement may be fatty Ope to . eae would be for several months. Another | Hours in Battle Because cente Goniez, now vice president, Is ited Only by Tourssts. question. This fear, however, is prob- i: prelate will recelve the Insignia at of High Velocity, ° ahs padeiite ehabin Gl tc adele Ge Lawton, Okta.—To the swrihwest 0 | this sity, softened in outlive by the base of 3 miles, lies the Wichita movataiua From the foothills of the Rockies In Xurthern ‘New Mexico to the Ozark: in \rkansas, they are the only break im the mopotouy of * the eve: wan = They took their name fron 2 “ibe of Indians that once Hed at the base, bunted in the cedar thickets ‘hat cluster oa the sides Hko hug -,iers, and Gehed In the clear stre 1 - that rush over Inuestoue aud te |} ely, - ti Fort Sill Give miles north of La» be two highest peaks of tho m1 <ignai_ mountain and | Mount Seo sand m bold rellef from, the te. =e range, Mount Scott is ta. vant covered with serubby oaks an) cvs The mountain was given fe. se fy & regiment of suldiers i'w teturmng through the coun- ©, 0+ werviug with Gen, Scott In the seat: War, “fouh mountains are ‘ea + the same height. Signal pes stanoth and covered with a: ‘of buffalo grass that greens <* sorte rains and late fn’ the fees ties «dull brown. It could ee stmeuistted from the other try swtinily a it were not for a wes # clands on ts very highest ~ wut a slags no shape or oy + te speck can be marked, > +4 alas of an officer brings 1} vat the clear atmosphere ot + sus tent, and shows ft to be as tt house, shat old stone house that we one Of Signal mountain to & \ Fare Si was first occu- ve. aufty Was Hed with hos- TTA é my 42 thes / f Se FZ € eSBserosG ft es LEAS ro a 4 ye ‘Th Oid Stone House Upon Signal We vowas and Comanches It did Ist ake the troops long to discover tia yi any outbreak or rald down te i) there was always a signal fe. the top of the bare brown Bd. un to the west of the fort Ti dians had sevoped a hole on we and Wheri they were ou the wa‘ the chet with the keenest y+ sat on watch scanning the as tine plain for some Juckless we aim that he coukl signal hix + ‘a swoop down upon. The a tan the mountain could also > + hindered view of the fort . s-end owt warning When a * sedis was gent out on a he niwet deckied to build a Se on the motntatn tor the . sonnel AC $8 the remains : . ~ tus fe the speck on s owdas. A storm a few “es ke on alt tte roof and erum- Yet ss Baowel of itis seth Ts 5 + shew the oophotes far thre “* 4 + saonmmtuin fy $0 Stapp that " Cost the riaes run neatty As 4 <6 at 45 degrees, so the fire * ' sss he dmtians as thes semi 4 he slopes. ‘The angle ts {feos 4 tw holes on every élde ' Litins mean the slope of * awarr ts met Od pame, : tthe ult huuse was in ise sig: as cee nade te the fort by thes M24 snl a sunt ot wig wagging In 2" Now the ald house fs In Ts ad oS meser vinrted onty by Coss om she east. In the foot Ss souud Mowat Sco. Gerontme ion Apache braves are kept the Fs 5 of Lael Sam. ~igual moun- 2 eta oy histery .; anown only to Mees twers who sit at .the fort Ste toh urs when the Klowas UE io antbes were oot the qulet, ices sonia thut attend the In- Geers rive om thelr allot. mae = Rusain’s Opinion of Mrs. Carlyle. PP USD Aa RO ante, alam 0 spoae sith scornful amusement af tek sistuken enthusiasts as IWisbed 10 enroll James Welsh Car- fe ‘Mlovg he martyrs on account of Mer “maze bad temper. He admlt- (et thar carlyie was frequently {Ft9:, and habitually melancholy— Faw so an. 1° ahd he was easily Ir- ‘Slites That clever shrew," his Mle vo.! ston this, and by the very Bt of.» voce as she “raped out Ms ius std set bis nerves op Per ee ee vcam of febrile frrita fr Somes Magazine Srtshers Like Climate. * “dea wnayazine has been “col 2, °S ‘Se cwmons of eminent Rog Wah a: “ith 4 view to getting a Shera “> lorthe British climate, Al ac * shout exeeption the persons We ceed. irom King Edward Gre onouuced the often slandered Eee 'e be the nest In the world Wie S.itish—and for a Britieher that Mile be whole discussion, COMMON FEAR OF GIANTS. Oppose Dissection After Death—Tale + of Irith Freak, Nex York—The Russian giant re- cently exhibited In this country {s pos- sessed of a great fear that when dead his body will be given to surgeons for dissection. It {8 said that he has been offered $5,000 for his brain, but in this time of tireless press agenta the statement may be fairly open to question. This fear, however, is prob- ably common to all freaks, and the most striking case in “show” history Is that of the Irish giant, Charles Hyrne. He waseight feet four inches tall {u bis bare feet, but with thick soled boots, and a tall hat much was ge. Ss eh i ih eit F 4 | f 4 added to bis height. Byrne feared the surgeons, but they got bim after all, and what remains to perpetuate bis memory {s in the hands of his ene mies, He was a man of full habit, a giant ‘In appetite, as well as in inches, and the amount of Iquor ho could carry without losing his bal- ance Was amazing. But in the end it alded materially, in his demise. He died In Cockspur street, Charlog Cross, London, In 1783, at the age of 22, The chronicler tells that his end was accelerated by excessive drinking and by hfs grief over the loss of bfx property, $4,500, In one bank note, Which he always carried with him. Mut certain provisions were made so that whatever happened to him there remained money enough in his estate to pay certain fishermen ta take ‘hls ‘body out to sea and sink It, This was done, it fs sald, but meantime much money had come from another source, and they took goad care to re- cover the xiaut’s body. So it was that, after all the fear that haunted him In life. after ail his carefully laid plans to defeat the surgeons, bis body finally came to their hands. The skeleton is now In the museum of the Royal College af +Suixeons, at Lins coln’s Inn. It is a poor consolation tu the outraged shadow of Mr. Byrne ight thongh Jong departed from the’ flesh he fx still a star attraction” in ithe bane. . HEADS WORLD'S W. C. T. UL Countess of Carlisle Elected at Re- cent Convention in Boston, Loudon.—Lady Musutiud Frances, countess of Carlisle, whe has been elected president of the World's W. Cc. T. U, is a prominent temperance worker in England. She fs also pres- Ident of the British Womnn’s Tem perunce anaclation and one of the s om ae 1 ee 1 og f : i; ec SE. te a ‘ 1 3 | Ae 2 AS CARE. SS ANY : £ ~ ey yy [oi Hp. lift § LADY ROSALIND FRANCES. (Counteas of Carlisic, New President ‘of World's W. C. T. U.) leading membei> ef the Woman's Lib- eral federuifon. She fs the youngest daghter of Lotd Stanley, of Alder- ly, and in 1864 was married to the earl ot Carlisle. of the Norfolk and Howard tanuiles ‘The carl and count: exs have Ave sons und five daughters, and reside af Palace Green, Kensing- ton The countess fs supported by the earl ini all plitanthiopte mearures. Bone in a Hurry. People complain that fournatiem mnst be trivalows or unreliable be- cause it Is done in a hurry. But all the serlous things are done In a hurry. All the really reliable things are done Iu a hurry. A commercial decision involving millions Is always made In a hurry." I have never been in a battle’ but my military friends tell me that 4 battle often takea place {n a hurry. “Serious things generally are done quickly: setting married, for instance, or xetling hanged.—Ilus- trated London News, Early Newspapers. ‘The first English newspaper was the English Mercury, Issued in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, aud was issued In the shape of a pamphiet. The Gazette of Venice was the orig- {nal model of the modern news- paper. Heroic Treatment. A Soldier who stuttered was ‘re coatly cured In the Philippines by be- ag shot through the throat. TITLED AUTO DRIVER | | HON. C. S. ROLLS, NOTED eno LISHMAN, TO VISIT AMERICA. Regarded as Premier Motorist of His Country—Some of His Experi ences—is Also an Ardent * — Battoonist. London.—Kngiant’s prem.er motor- fst fs undoubtedly the Hon, Charles Stewart Rolls, as an avronaat he ts hardly less distinguished, Having toured fi all parts of Europe, be ts noW turnings hs attention to America, and has leit Uirshund tora three weeks" visit to the Unto sates, 1tSwill be Mr. Rolls fh st trip across the Athan. tic, though on sevural occasions When ‘ballooning he har newly been tn It, Mr Rolls ts the thud son of Lord ‘Liangattock—teuce his title of Hon- jorable. lhe many af the younger SORE. of the nobility, he was Intended for the diplomatic service, but he showed such a strong bent for me- chanics and scleace, and such an aversion to other studies that {t soon became evident the results of Insist: ence on parental wishes would be to sacrifice a good engineer to make a poor diplomat. So he was allowed to have his own ‘way, After going through Eton he went up to Cam- bridge, where he spectalized in practi. cal electricity, and was graduated In enginecring in 1898. Rather tall and thin, he walks with a slight slouch; and no one judging from appearances would take him for one of the keenest and most Intrepid motorlats of the day. Its only when you get him talking on his favorite subject that his eyes light up and you see the spirit of the enthustast shin ing In them ‘He began his “wheelings” early, for when quite a little boy he used to {come gown a hill newr his home in Monmouthshire in’ an improvised sleigh on wheels. It is his proud tent that in ene of these spins he “bagged” a cmate. a butcher's boy [ - ss) « ‘adh 5) 4 Nef ul WU AAA and a dogeart In quick succession, His first motor experience was with a steam roller, which he dtove on Sun- day mornings. while his father wag at church, At 15 yeary old he was notorious at Eton for getting into scrapes through his passion for electricity; and after going up to Cambridge he soon be came known as “Petrolls” and was seldom called anything else. + + His motoring experfence has been probably unique. He thus summar. izes a few of the things that have hap- peued to him as a motorist: “have burnt my boller out three ‘times on a steain car, which [once had to push three iniles in dress clothes. , ‘I was once stuck In a deep food. the water coming up to the floor board, and I had to hall a punt. “Once I had to be practically dug out of a bog. “Was once stuck Tor want of a match for over three hours with my burners ont. “The longest distance I have had to walk for petrot was in France—12 mites. ‘ “Have thiee times had 2 passenger fall off a racing car, moving at a fale apecd, withont belng killed. “Once had a horse and cart on top of me. “In the Paris-Vienna race ran Into 4 tree at 70 nifles an hour. ‘Once had my head mashed in by a starting handle. + “Have twice run away completely down hill forwards, and two or three times backward. : “Once upset un apple cart in the Btrand and twice had my car burnt up." Many prizex have fallen to. his share. In 1899 he galned first {n the Rordeaux-Biarritz race and second in the Paris-Ostend: while he salso won the valuable zold cup. together with medals nad various other prizes, fot the 1,000 miles trial in England. He was nineteenth in the famous Parls-Berlin race, after his car had been seriously damaged; and in the Paris-Vienna contest he ran Into a tree while traveling about 70 miles an hour. Fortunately. the tree collapsed and Mr, Roll * a not serfously hurt, though he was slimost buried In the wayside bank. Mr. Rolls is aiso au ardent balloon iat, and gained fourth prize, as well as Mrs. Howard Gould's cup, which this lady offered for the Englishman who traveled the greatest distance 4p the recent Janie Gordon Bennett I: ternational race, FARLEY TO BE A CARDINAL. Rumor Current of High Henor for New York Archbishop. New York.—Rumors have been cur rent in Catholic circles that the selec tion of Archbishop Farley for a care dinalate will be announced at the De cember consistory in Rome, and that the archdlocese of New York will be honored as it has been expected it would be for seveial months. Another prelate will recelve the Insignia at the suine time, one In Eusland being’ in the pontits mind. Archbishop Valey hax been aiehbishop of New York since 1902. Me was born in 4 SSS dp ZS (ipee FEN AVRO ~ S| ABA eg us 4th 7 \ Bes ‘eller Bs Rr AR = eee th ae S Kya’ i Rae 7- Ves} SBS + <A ES JA | . g oe ES ae. YIM [200 a YO Uf yen ARCHBISHOP FARLEY. (He 1s to Be Made a Cardinal In De- cember, it Is Reported. Ireland In 1842 and was ontained to eB priesthood in the Itallan capital 4u 1870, Fourteen years later ho was ‘honored by being made chamberlain to the pope and recelred the title of /monsignore, and in 1895 ha was jchosen auxiliary blabop of New York, succeeding to his present position upon the death of Archblshop Corr- san.” Archbishop Farley {s a man’ of scholarly attainments. He first at: talued ecclesiastical distinction when In 1872"he was chosen as secretary to the late Archbishop McCloskey. In 1891 he was vicar general of the archdlocese of New York, The follow. ing year he was domestic prelate of the pope. December 21, 1895, he was consecrated eitular bishop of Zeugma. After the death of Archbishop Corrt- gan, In 1902, he was appointed arch- bishop on September 15, Ife Is the Jauthor of a number of works, notably ie “Life of Cardinal McCloskey.” 2 RESTORE DAVENPORT HOUSE. Historic Ruins Will be Preserved for | Future Generations. Davenport, Ia.—The old Davenport house, one of the most picturesque in Amertea, located on Rock Island, near thé large government arsenal that Uncle Sam built years ago on the beautiful island in the Misslssippi opposite this city, {8 to be restored and preserved to future generations as It was built by Col. George Daven- port back in the early days of this century. a Colonel Davenport, from “whom the ‘city of Davenport is named( came to Rock Island with the Eighth United States infantry, In 1815, when it was sont up the river from St. Louls to es- tablish a military post, later known as av GX ou g eM, ii v Bs ee d 3 1 EME ee, Vo 3 gre ERY bi? Ars pod Le NAT) FS it Ve Ya A | Old Davenport House. Fort «krimstrong, on the Ssland. Com- ing as commissary contractor's agent; to supply the regiment, he remained a resident of the Island until July 4, 1845, when he was murdered by rob. bors in the house which fs now to be rebuilt, and which has remained un. oceupled since that time. ‘ For many years the old Davenport home has stood In a stato of ruin, al most a danger, to the hundreds of cu- tious people who visit every year the oldest structure in the Miss{ssippi val ley above St. Lofis Its restoration has long been ‘urged by historic and patriotic societies, and has just been made possible by a’ gift of $2,000 to- ward the fund for that purpose by Colonel Davenport's sranddaughters, Neomi and Catherine Davenport of this city, . * Serve Goaperative Meats. =» ‘Three married couples {n Birming. ham, England, have carried out a scheme for a cooperative midday din: ner. While planning It, each couple write down a list of the dishes they ‘did not care for, and it was further resolved to keep the Dill of fare a se- eret. The great’ advantage of the ‘scheme, from the wives’ point of view, fs that it allows each of them two free mornlngs a week—free, that Is, from ‘any cooking. Epileptic Chauffeurs, Investigation of two automobile ac cldents In which the drivers came to grief on a straight road by audded- ly turning their machines off the road Into a ditch showed that both men were subjects of epilepsy. Albert Durer gave the world a prophecy of future wood engraving in 1687. 7 CANNOK SOOM USELESS STARTLING ADMISSION BY ARMY ORDNANCE OFFICER. Gen. Crozier Says Guns at Coast Fort! | ification Would Not Last Two ° Hours in Battle Because of High Velocity. ~*~ Washington.—That the 12-inch gun fn use at most of the coast fortifica tions of the United States would not last through an engagement of, two hours, the perlod that would elapse from the time tho leading vessel of a fleet would come within the range until the last vessel would pass be- youd the range of the guns, Is the statement made by Uriy. Gen. William | Crozter, ebief of ordnance, whose an- nual report has been made public by the war department. : Gen. Crozier helleves that it Is of the utmost Importance that a method be devised whereby the necessary gun powder can be obtained “at less ex pense than that involved in using the high velocities Of projectiles now em ployed, with 2he accompanying rapt wearlug awdy of the rifling In sich a manner as to destroy the accurdcy of the gun after a few rounds. The 12 {och gun will Jaxt about Gv rounds, and as It Is capable of firing for a considerable interval at the rate of 45 rounds an hour, it can be seen that j the Ifmit of the life of this gun could bé reached In Tess than an hour and a halt. 0 : Similar statements can be made with regard to guns of smaller call- bers, says the report, although as the caliber diminishes the admiysible ye- locity inereases. Ay lowering the velocity of ‘the 12-inch projectile from 2,500 to 2.250 feet a second the life of the gun Is inereased to 200 rounds. The penetration: of armor is reduced by the proces, that of the 12-inch gun at 10,000 yards coulis down from about ten and one-half Inches to about nine inches and the range at which {ts projectile would penetrate 12 Inches of armor plate being reduced from about 8.090 vards ta aout 6,000 yards. The chief of ordanace states that It appears that by using in the situa- Ulons requiring the greatest power a Linch gun with 2156 feet a second velocity of projectile, Instead of the 124heh gun, with 2.500 feet a second Initial velocity, the army would have a better gun and one which would last four times as Ions, Gen. Crozier says that the Taft board for the revision of the report of the Endicott board on coast defenses recommended this gun and that the department has decided to use it In place of the 12-inch weap- on in situations in, which the highest power Is required. Gen. Crozier says that plans and specifications ure in preparation for the army smokeless powder factory, for which congress at its last sesstoa appropriated $165,000, and that upon the selection of the site the work of construction will be pushed- to com- pletion, bat the’ site has not,been se- lected. + In speaking of small arms the gen- eral states that the magazine rifle, 1903 model. was supplied to the regu- lar troops In the United States for thelr use in target practice. The im- proved rifle of 1903 model, with knife Vayonet and rear sights, hos been Is- sued to the troops in the Philippine islands and will be issued to the troops in the states and the first Issue will be recalled. As a result of tests during the year some changes have been made in autoloading magazine rifles which may render them satls- factory for service use. The mant- facture of small”arms ammunition ts somewhat more expensive than for- merly, owing to the increase Jn. the cost’ of brans and lead, ” Among the changes made In the equipment {gsued to cavalry, infantry and artillery during the year was that In the cup, which formerly was made of steel heavily tuned and which now fs made of aluminum, adopted after an extensive service trial. Gen. Crozier states that a number of militia batteries. bave been pro- vided with the new threeinch field artillery material and others aré be- | ms rapidly furnished with it. This Hous: One Huge Joke. Monrovia, Cal—John Baxter of Monrovia {s building a new house on the site of an old house and building the new house out of the material of the old house and living In the old house while the new one {3 being built. @nee when a new fail was wanted In Dubiln an Irishman pro- posed some such bull on the Moor of the British parliament and {t was con- sidered a bull and his bill-was laughed down. Haxter ts taking advantage of an extra ten feet of land on the ave- nue side of his livery,stable to build thé outside wall of his new building, and as this wall goes up the rafters of the old structure are to be pleced out to the new wall and the boards in the old wall are used In maklog partt: tions. When the front wall Is built In of brick the old wooden wall will be taken down. The livery stable will be used right along, although an extra guard will be placed over the stock. . Hornets Attend Colleae. Norman, Okla.—A swarm of hornets taking possession of the laboratory of the University of Oklahoma gave, the class in pharmacy a vneation. An effort was made to drive the hornets out,“but after several men had been badly stuag the door was closed anc the room tumed over to the stinger: Finally burning sulphur was place in the room and the unwelcome vi- tors were ejected, PICKED TO SUCCEED CASTRO. Col. Alcantara Said to Have Been Se “lected by Venezuelan President. ‘Washington.—Gen. Francisco. Aleaa- tara, who {s camping in the neighbor hood of Caracas, the capital of Ven- ezuela, with an army, [s sald to be President Castro’s choice as his own successor. Castro is an Invalid. His Tule is unpopular, and Gen. Juan VI- conte Goniez, now vice president, te the people's cholce for the office of chief executive. Should any move be ‘made to install Gomez in office Alcam tara {s prepared to execute a coup detat, declaring’ bimself dictator, ae Castro did. . Gen. Alcantara was graduated from the United States military academy a3 eey Ba ¥ heel Sg vo | | eae AN 1A AN \ WS 4 SEA Ezz, SSS a ee a == GEN. FRANCESCO ALCANTARA. (Selected by President Castro of Vem ezuela at His Successor.) West .Point about 11 years ago, and 1s still a young man, He is the son ot the late Francisco Alcantara, for mer president of Venezuela. On the completfon of his military studies 1a this country the young man returned to Venezuela, where he was made col- onel of artillery. He rendered vatu- able services In the fleld and was pro- moted to a generalship. President Castro appointed biin president of the State of Arazua, which officé he now holds. THE. LARGEST .WATER .WHEEL, Erected at Troy, N.Y. andyis 66 Feet in Diameter. _ Troy, N. Ye~Enginvers and sight- seers In Troy, N. ¥., are much Inter- ested in what is called the biggest water wheel in the world. ft Is 68 feet in diametyr and 22 feet wide. The monster has 36 buckets. each blz enough to hold a barrel of Scotch highbalts. c They call it the Burden wheel, and It was a long time coming to a finish. Work was begun on the wheel away back in 1849. The wheel was a suc: cess from the start and ran almost continuously ontil about ten years ago when the shop {n whieh it turned the machinery was abandoned. The wheel today stands Just ag It wax originally built, with the excep- tion of a few repairs of no sreat‘im- portance. The. big wheel made two and a half turns a minute and drove the entire plant of the Burden man- Yi o™~ =o ee Us a y t he & ops e Cd ptenkis 2% qrigesste kz al : OS % {jr ON Agata ENT Ne he Z BaD CNA oe EH Y 7 Ze UA A | Am I! | TY a Wh: § #2 The Monster Water Wheel. Ufactory,,which turned out new things of a mechanical character famous the world over. lturden is chiefly knawa as the Inventor of a horseshoe ms chine. Some. time ago it was pre posed to demolish the wheel, sad work was actually commenced, bet there were many protests snd am ob fort 1s now making to have the wheel preserved as a monument to te builder who as an Inventor Wom MB tional fame. As “D’Artagnan™ Sees ite Tam the first t6 admire the be who make perilous experiments the view to some useful - dlsnererg But 1 ask fo vain what posite vantage couki the spherical competition be to aeronautle sclanem ‘A tempest, a etngle storm, or 8 mud den chaoge-of wind while qreqalag the channel might have ‘destroyed the whole flying sguadron—Henri Roche fort, In Paris Intransigeant, Punch Hears Rumer. Paris, jt 1s stated, {9 to have ite boy messengers. A Societe des Pob its Messagers Is in process of foray tion. It fs rumored that, with the pe: atic fancy characteristic of our neigh bors, a number of the lads will be clothed a8 Cupid and émployed sole ly for the conveyance of leve letters, —Punch. Quill Teethpicks frem France. Quill toothpicks come frem France, The largest factory in the world ts near Paris, where there is an annual product of 20,000,080 quills. The fac- tory was started to make quill pens, Yat when thee went owt of, generat use It was converted lato » toothplek mil. HOUSE All Ready for CHRISTMAS? CREDIT FAR ALL WASHINGTON PETER GROGAN. FURNITURE & CARPETS. IT IS ESPECIALLY EMBARRASSING TO HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE APPEARANCE OF YOUR HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS OR FOR THE LACK OF FURNITURE OR CHINA. IF YOU NEED ANYTHING TO MAKE YOUR HOME COMPLETE WE INVITE YOU TO HELP YOURSELF FROM OUR MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS AND ARRANGE THE PAYMENTS TO SUIT YOUR CONVENIENCE. OUR STOCKS ARE SUPERB AND WE HAVE MADE SPECIAL PREPAIRATIONS TO SUPPLY ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS WANTS. HANDSOME SIDEBOARDS, BUFFETS, CHINA CABINETS, AND DINING TABLES YOU WILL FIND HERE PLEN TIFULLY IN ALL SORTS OF SHAPELY DESIGNS. WE HAVE A RICH COLLECTION OF DINNER SETS, TOO, IN IMPORTED OR AMERICAN CHINA. 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