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The annual convention of the D. A. R. convened at Boston last Monday. Many attended. For the want of a quorum the House took no action on the President's message on Porto Rico, last Monday. Francis O'Connor, a magazine writer of note, died at Rochester, New York, this week at the age of 77 years. Hundreds of people were reported this week to be starving in the mountains of Zitacuaro, Mexico. The closing of the ministerial conference year was a special feature of the service at Galbraith African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, last Sunday night. The founding 107 years ago of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, was celebrated last Sunday with special services. Judge William E. Penfield, formerly solicitor of the Department of State, and an authority on international law, died this week at his apartments in the Ontario. Last Monday was a great day for all who wanted to see the circus parade of the Ringling Brothers. They were here with their big shows for two days, the first being celebrated by rain. We are glad to learn that Dr. W. L. Taylor, President and Grand Master, G. F. U. O. of T. R., is at his desk again often being ill some time. People from all sections of this country visited the celebration of the forty-first anniversary of the founding of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia. A fire broke out last week in Buxton, Monroe County, Iowa, and totally destroyed the new plant of the Buxton Laundry and Bakery Company, owned by colored men. We see by the Cleveland Journal that Honorable H. T. Eubanks is making a "very aggressive campaign for the position of recorder of deeds" in this city. Willis A. White, a member of the jury which convicted Chester S. Jordan last week for the murder of his wife at Massachusetts, has been sent to the insane hospital at Worcester. Maurice Joyce, Sr., the senior member of the firm of the Maurice Joyce Engraving Company, was severely burned while standing near a metal pot of molten lead when it exploded. It is said that the Cuban Congress has taken up the question of an appropriation of $100,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of a home for the Cuban legation in Washington. An actor at London, who was summoned last Tuesday to serve on a jury made the successful plea that under r taewhlwWash- a,T-RsSVo under the law he was a" rogue and a vagabond" and therefore, ineligible. Many thousands of delegates of the Order of Railways Conductors of America attended the 32nd annual convention which convened in Boston last Tuesday. The body of Heinrich Conreid, former director of the Metropolitan Opera Company, who died in Meran, Austria, was brought to his home in New York this week. It is said that before the opening session of the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Association of American Physicians held at the New Willard last Tuesday morning, Dr. Victor C. Vaughn, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, president of the organization, in his annual address made assertions which are regarded as an attack on the Emmanuel movement. Cipriano Castro, the deposed president of the republic of Venezuela, has been condemned by the courts to pay six year's rental and heavy damages for the arbitrary occupation of the Miraflores place in the city of Caracas. The funeral services of Mrs. Eliza A. Tancie, who died last Sunday at Freedman's Hospital, were held at Shiloh Baptist Church, Just Wednesday at 2. p. m. Edward E. Clark, a cousin of General Corbin, shot and seriously wounded Charles A. Barkley, at Springfield, Ohio, as a result of a Since the great earthquake disaster in December, 213 quakes have been felt at Messina, Reggio, and the surrounding districts. DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SPEAKS (By. R. W. Thompson) Washington, D. C., May 9—Belasco Theatre, one of the very largest auditoriums in the capital, was packed this afternoon with an eager throng of men, who came to hear the eninent educator, Dr. Booker T. Washington express his view of "What the Young Men's Christian Association Means to the Negro People." The meeting was announced to begin at 2:30 p. m., but long before that hour, Madison Place, in front of the house was filled with a surging mass, and when the exercises commenced, every seat from pit to dome was occupied and every inch of standing room on the four floors was exhausted. Even the little gallery under the roof, which is rarely used, was filled, and many got within earshot by finding places on te fire-escape on the alley side of the building. No such audience has ever before gathered anywhere in this country under the auspices of the colored branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, and the success of the venture has brought delight to the hearts of "International Secretary, J. E. Moorland, and Local Secretary Louis R. Johnson, who planned the affair as a means of stimulating interest in the great work in which they are engaged and to afford an opportunity for the people to give what they could toward the sum of $10,000, which is urgently needed at this time to keep their building operations in motion until the new $100,000, structure is completed. In the immense audience were representatives of every imaginable calling, and the enthusiasm was at fever heat from the opening song until the benediction was pronounced. On the stage were a hundred or more men well known in the religious, business and professional life of the community, being about evenly divided between the races, and the close attention paid by all to the proceedings betokened a deep interest in the welfare of the movement which brought them there from the four corners of the District. The assembly was more than local—it was national, and in many respects, international. Among the distinguished persons seated on the platform were the Honorable H. H. F. MacFarland, president of the Board of District Commissioners; S. W. Woodward, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association; main branch: Mr. Merrill R. Gates, former president of Amherst College; Honorable John W. Foster, former Secretary of State; Rev. John Van Schaick, pastor of the Church of Our Father; Judges C. S. Bundy, T. E. Callan, and Robert H. Terrell, of the Municipal Court; John B. Sloman, Jr., John M. Nelson, Carroll S. Page, Joseph M. Dixon, N. E. Fendall and Miles M. Shand; Revs. Sterling N. Brown, A. C. Garner, William Jeffries, of Adelaide, South Australia; C. S. Morriss, M. W. Clair, C. C. Alleyne, L. E. B. Rosser, S. Geriah Lankins, L. B.Moore, and C. H. Young; T. J. Howard, Drs. A. M. Curtis, J. R. Francis, C. W. Childs, W. C. McNeill, J. R. Wilder, G. W. Cabaniss, W. Bruce Evans, and C. H. Marshall; Attorneys W. L. Pollard, T. L. Jones, and Ocea Taylor. Besides these there were the Honorable R. W. Tyler, Auditor of the Navy Department; Honorable W. T. Vernon, Register of the Treasury; Honorable John C. Dancy, Recorder of Deeds; Honorable R. R. Horner, member of the Board of Education; Honorable James A. Cobb, Assistant United States District Attorney; Professor Kelly Miller, of Howard University; Judge M. W. Gibbs, of Arkansas; Former Governor P. H. S. Pinchback and Attorney Gilchrist; Architect W. Sidney Pittman, Nathan Hunt, of Tuskegee, Alabama; Stewart of New York; Rev. William Jennifer, of Texas; Henry Lassiter, and other. WASHINGTON DR. BOOKER T. W. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY MAY 15, 1909 THE MAYOR OF BOSTON DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELECTRIFIES AN AUDIENCE OF OVER 3,000 PERSONS the stage, escorted by Dr. J. E. Mooreland, International secretary, and Mr. L. E. Johnson, local secretary, was the signal for prolonged and hearty applause. After music by the Lyric Orchestra, made up of students of Howard University, and congregational singing, led by Professor John T. Layton, Mr. Johnson felicitously introduced Commissioner MacFarland as the presiding officer of the day. Mr. MacFarland's address was pitched in a lofty key. He was proud to see such a representative audience turn out and exhibit such an enthusiastic interest in a movement that is fundamental in the development of good citizenship; he had neyer before seen such an audience assembled anywhere for the purpose of advancing the Young Men's Christian Association work among the colored people, and he regarded the evidences of civic righteousness displayed here as a fitting answer to the reactionaries who so often slander the Negro race. In his opinion, a race should be judged by its best specimens, not by its worst. He referred in a most complimentary manner to the fact that the colored people had promptly subscribed $38,000 for the new Young Men's Christian Association building when Mr. J. D. Rockefeller agreed to give $25,000 if they would raise a like sum. Mr. MacFarland thought the colored people should rally to help this agency of moral uplift, not only for their own benefit, but as an example to the whole country, for what is done in Washington is essentially national in affect and influence. Mr. E. J. Morton, president of the local branch read a short Scripture lesson from the Psalms, Rev. M. W. Clair led in prayer, the Amphion Glee Club rendered a tuneful selection, under the direction of Professor J. Henry Lewis, Mr. A. H. Colwell sang two solos—one of them being the famous "Glory Song"—with the audience joining in the chorus, and Secretary Johnson made his announcements. Following this, Dr. Washington was introduced by Mr. MacFarland as the "foremost Negro on the American Continent." The welcome the "Wizard" received was cordial in the extreme and it was several minutes before order could be restored. Dr. Washington never made a better speech on any occasion in his long experience in public life. The serious phase of his address dealt with the responsibility that rests upon the good people of this community to save the vicious that they themselves may not be pulled down. The eyes of the entire country are upon the 100,000 Negroes in the Dis- WASHINGTON ELECTRIFIES AND OF OVER 3,000 PERSONS HONORABLE H. B. MACFARLA T. WASHINGTON A H. HONORABLE H. B. MACFARLAND INTRODUCES DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AT MEN'S MEETING trict of Columbia, asserted the speaker. The nation looks to the happily enironed, intelligent, wellpaid and dignified colored people of the capital for inspiration, example and instruction. He thought the burden of saving the young men of today in the cities, and the problem of building a foundation for the betterment of the future generations, would best be solved by such organizations as the Young Men's Christian Association; devoting themselves to Christian teachings. In connection with the spiritual force drawn from the Bible, Dr. Washington said that the material impulses of life would be rightly directed. The desire to lead a pure, sober and useful life would come; the importance of having a bank account, the respect that the possession of property inspires, the value of making the most of one's time and opportunities would be the natural outgrowths of the fellowship and active participation in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, if it would meet the expectations of those who are earnestly striving to make it what it should be. The speaker dwelt upon the evil of extravagance, or living beyond one's means for the sake of superficial show, and warned the young men of the degradation that is certain to follow indulgence in strong drink—the destruction it would bring to the mind, the body, and the soul. He expressed the pride he felt in being a member of a race that could in but a bare forty years of freedom gather together such a brilliant audience of men, that could prove itself capable of supporting its own religious institutions, take its place in the world of business, and in all respects live up to the highest ideals of the civilization in which it abides. Dr. Washington kept the house in an uproar by his timely witticisms and apt stories. The illustrations were so applicable that the point was often anticipated and laughed at by his appreciative and sympathetic hearers before the story could be fully told. Never was a body of men in such a happy humor. The speech was voted "a great one," and the cause of the Washington Young Men's Christian Association has been pushed along beyond measure. The Doctor's plain spoken plea for subscriptions was met with in generous spirit, and when collections were called for the display of check-books, "green money" and other currency, was a pleasing sight to behold. Everybody seemed willing and anxious to help on the good work. According to statements made by the management, the collections to date amount to about $14,000, leaving $18,000 out of the $32,000 of subscriptions yet unpaid. The hope is given out that the $10,000 needed to secure the remaining $10,000 of the money donated by Mr. Rockefeller will soon be forthcoming from the reliable subscribers who have simply delayed payment. Attention was called to Mr.H.W. Chase, a hard working colored man who contributed $500 in cash toward the movement and promises $500 more when the membership shall have reached 1000. After another selection by the Amphion Glee Club, Rev. Stirling U. Brown pronounced the benediction, and the greatest meeting ever held by the Negro people of the nation's capital came to an end, amid general rejoicing because of the manifold blessings of the day. The crowd on the platform remained to shake hands with Dr. Washington, and to thank him for the helpful things he had said. Congratulations were heaped upon the speaker and the managers. Following adjournment, the Doctor was the guest of Dr. John R. Francis for an automobile spin around the city. Dr. Washington left on the evening train for Tuskegee, where he will make arrangements for the approaching commencement of the school. "A NICE DONATION" Professor R. B. McRary, Most Worthy Grand Master of the Masons of North Carolina., makes a handsome donation to the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, to be established at Durham, North Carolina. Dr. James E. Sheppard makes public the attached letter which he has received from Professor R. B. McRary. Lexington, N. C., May 8, 1909. Dr. James E. Shepard, Durham, North Caronia. Dear Sir: I congratulate you upon the fact that your thought about a Bible Training 'School for our Christian workers, as made known to me while we were in Asia, is being crystallized into definite shape, and I apprehend great and lasting good will accrue to the race through such an institution. Kindly acknowledge receipt of $250 for your enterprise, and oblige, The Durham Morning Herald, in its issue of Saturday, May 8, has the following to say about it. GETS GOOD CHECK Dr. Shepard Receives Nice Donation from Colored Man tion from Colored Man Dr. James E. Shepard yesterday received from Professor R. B. McRary, of Lexington, North Carolina, a check for $250 which is to be applied to the new Training School that is to be built for the colored people. Professor McRary is a substantial citizen of Lexington, living now on the property owned by people who formerly owned his family. He has been made agent for their real estate, and is one of the most tactful and shrewd of citizens. He is a gifted orator and made the emancipation address here last year. This gift of Professor McRary, which is the largest gift made by a colored person, shows the big-heartedness of this Negro philanthropist, and is a worthy example for others. Dr. Booker T. Washington left the city last Sunday evening for Tuskegee, and will begin the work necessary for the school commencement. BALTIMORE AND OHIO EXCURSION, SUNDAY, MAY 16 $1.00 Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg and return. --- COUNTERFEITERS' NEW SCHEME How the Smooth Demonstrator Gets His Victim's Coln. "One of the latest schemes of the counterfeit money swindlers is to show guillible people a machine with which they can print for themselves large size bills, imitative of Government currency," said Capt. S. F. Khodes, formerly of the secret service. "This money producing machine has a smooth demonstrator who will, after getting a prospective victim interested, turn the crank and grind out a $20 note, which, it is needless to say, is genuine. The victim shows the bill to a bank cashier, and hears it pronounced good, and his mercenary nature being aroused, he sees visions of gigantic wealth, and hands over to Mr. Sharp or $500, or at least $250, for the instrument that is going to make him a Rockefeller. It is needless to say that the subsequent specimens turned out are such miserable imitations that they would hardly fool a blind man, but the ignoramus is in a place where he can't make a roar for his lost money. The Swaying Skyscraper. Through the chance of perfect adjustment in the way of balance, of a row of large photographs that hang on a wall or an office building down town the clerks in the place have a good deal of quiet amusement with persons who visit the place for the first time. Owing to this balance the pictures are easily swayed by the wind that blows through the open windows and since the office force goes in for fresh air the year round the pictures are never still. The joke lies in catching the horrified expression on the faces of the callers when they get a sight of the swinging frames. Then it is always explained with due solemnity, if the boss is not around that the swaying of the frames is due to the oscillation of the structure. It usually takes some time for the object of the joke to see the point. Meanwhile he has suffered a considerable shock.—M. Y. World. Odd South American Animals Many curious animals mount the marshy parts of South America north of the pampas. Tropes big and ferocious, given to making vicious springs when closely approached; the capybara, a cavy "contented with the bulk of a sheep"; the huge copypur and the swarthy pike like taplir are frequently seen. Along, the forest margins troops of peccaries are often met with, occasionally the jaguar sometimes the puma, likewise that toothless curiosity, the great ant bear, long in claw, long nosed and remarkably long tonqued. A familiar object is the great jabiru, a stork with a preference for the desolate lagoons, where it may often be observed statueque on one leg and wrapped in prospection.—Scottman. The Gingko Tree. Studies by Miss M. C. Stopes of the fossil flora of Scotland have shown that the gingko or maldenhair, tree, a native of Japan and China, which is cultivated in Europe and this country on account of its remarkable foliage, belongs to an extremely ancient family, of which, it is now, apparently, the last surviving representative. At one time it seems to have been widely spread. 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Looks first that way every time It's worth your while in and look the Signet over, even if you're not ready to buy. Always welcome. SOME CHARITY FIGURES A study of statistics relating to charity dispensed in Washington by organized charities, recently promulgated by the Bureau of Commerce and Labor, is not at all favorable to our race. Of the 1,183 families whom the records show relief was given in 1905, 452 were white and 731 colored. When the number of white families is compared with the number of colored families it is found that the former comprise 38.2 per cent and the latter 61.8 per cent of all families receiving aid. In 1900 the white population of the District was 68.7 per cent and the colored population was 31.1 per cent of the whole population. These figures indicate a too large per cent of colored families living on charity, and suggests that it would be better, perhaps, if there was a colored exodus from Washington rather than an immigration to this city. If the statistics could include the charity dispensed by many of the colored benovolent and charity organizations, of which there is manifestly no record, the per cent of colored families that received relief would be even larger. These figures, rather startling, and in no wise indicating that thrift, industry and provident habits we would like to see on the part of the race in Washington, ought to command the attention of our men and women who are interested in the advancement of the race. Washington, minus of the industries and commercial enterprises common to the cities in the states, and one of the most expensive cities in the country to live in, is no place for those who must make their living by the sweat of their brow. An interesting fact shown by the charity figures, and which is highly commendatory to our foreign born citizens, is that in 1905, the latest statistics available, but forty foreign families, or 3.4 per cent of the total, were applicants for charity. Would it not be well to urge colored men and women, who are unable to seek employment here to go to the states, to the country and to small towns where labor is in demand, rather than remain in idleness, and the recipients of charity in this city? That was a magnificent meeting last Sunday, at the Belasco Theatre, addressed by Dr. Washington, in the interest of the colored Young Men's Christian Association. It was a representative gathering of earnest colored men, men who are solicitous for the cause of the Young Men's Christian Association. And that was a strong, earnest, and far-reaching, in its influence, address delivered by Dr. Washington. pay their subscriptions to the Building Fund, but also induce many new subscriptions. It matters not how often Dr. Washington speaks in Washington; each time he appears the interest in him, and what he represents, is greater than on the previous appearance. The interest he has shown in the building up of the colored branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, in Washington, and the interest he has shown in the beginning and the completion of the handsome Young Men's Christian Association building now being erected, is but another illustration of his wide, human, and unselfish interest in the advancement of his race along every line. And his interest is appreciated. Now let all Washingtonians make a strong pull, and a pull together to secure sufficient funds to complete the Young Men's Christian Association building. With colored Federal employees receiving $5,000,000 annually in salaries, and a teaching corps in the public schools receiving an aggregate of $440,000 annually in salaries, the completion of this building ought not to be a great task. WASHINGTON PARK If the colored men and women of this city are inclined to patronize nearby resorts, why not patronize one conducted by a member of their own race, rather than one conducted by a white man, a jim crow arrangement, such as River View Park is, with its separate wharf. It does seem strange that the colored Masons, an organization that lays claim to such lofty and ideal aims, and whose membership comprises some of the most intelligent men of the race, should discriminate against one of their own race in favor of a white man and a white-run place that discriminates against them. Colored men and women, who have an ounce of self-respect and race interest, should show their disgust for the managers of the proposed Masonic outing by refusing to go. It would be interesting to learn just what was the inducement that led the Masonic committee, to select a discarded white resort. Now what was the consideration? DEATH OF REV. WELCH. The death of Rev. J. H. Welch, pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Thursday, was particularly sad. Stricken with paralysis, he lived but a few days. Cut down in the prime of life, his death is the church's loss. Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church may have had more brilliant and spectacular ministers, but none more pure. During his pastorate he kept his ministerial robes spotless. He was an earnest minister who sought not to inspire with beautiful rounded sentences or meteoric dashes of oratory, but by preaching, in a plain and simple style, the doctrines of the Church, and the religion of Christ which he himself emulated. His was a pure and holy life, consecrated to the work of his Maker. Simple as a child in his manners, direct as the rays of the high noon sun in his speech, pure as it is for mortal man to be, he leaves behind a blessed memory. With Dr. Welch, life's fitful dream is o'er, but if there be a Heaven beyond this vale, it is his now to possess. COMMISSIONER MACFARLAND The remarks of Commissioner Macfarland last Sunday, when introducing Dr. Washington at the Belasco Theatre, were most timely and full of food for thoughtful consideration. Commissioner Macfarland is familiar with what is beneficial for the people and has the pleasing ability of expression, so that those who hear him are greatly aided in doing everything possible for the advancement of humanity. Dr. Corrothers took his text from 2nd Kings. 5th Chapter, and 16th verse: "Fear Not." Dr. Corrothers began by telling how the king of Syria sent a body of men to capture Elisha, Elisha's friends became disheartened. And when the servant of the man of God was risen early and gone forth, behold a host encompassed the city both with horses and chariots, and his servant said unto him: "Alas, my master, how shall we do." And he answered; "Fear not, for they that be with us are more than they that be with them." And Elisha prayed and said" Lord, I pray Thee, open his eyes that he may see." And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; he saw, and behold! the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. Then Dr. Corrothers showed that the Negro was in the same position as Elisha. God and the unseen hosts of Heaven were on his side. Dr. Corrothres said: "There are, more for us than against us, although we have enemies in the Southland whose hearts are as black as the hinges of Hell, we have no need to fear, for enemies neither in the North nor in the South, for we have more friends than enemies in this country. By righteous living and obedience to God and the commandments, we will win our way and come to our own. We need better homes and a purer family life. We need less drunkenness and frivolity and more of the solid and substantial things of life. Let us educate our children, and train them in paths of righteousness; preach the dignity of labor, save our money and buy hontes and all will be well, all will be well. Rev. N. H. Pius, D.D., of Springfield, Ohio, the National Chorister, will have charge of the music. A chorus of one hundred voices will sing during the sessions, morning and night. Dr. Pius will reach the city about May 27 to select and prepare his chorus. Among those who will address the conference on special topics is the Right Rev. Bishop George W. Clinton, of Charlotte, North Carolina, of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, who will speak on "Shall we save the boys or reform the men—which is the easier and better?" There will be new subjects on the program each day, as there are thirty-six important themes to come before the Congress. Already hundreds of letters have been received at headquarters asking for homes, and many are selecting subjects upon which they will write. THE BUSINESS LEAGUE A meeting of the Negro Business League was held last Monday evening in the office of the Young Men's Christian Association; Reformers' building. Mr. J. P. Moore addressed the meeting on Business Ethics. The several committees made their reports. The meeting was called by the President of the League, Mr. W. Sidney Pittman. A BAD MISHAP The news reaches us that Lawyer T. McCants Stewart, while attempting to get on a trolley car at his home, Portland, slipped and fell, the car passing over his left leg. He was taken to a hospital, and it was found necessary to amputate the leg. Mr. Stewart has been in Portland for several years and it is said, had a large practice. His condition is said to be improving. IMPORTANT FACTS I am catering to you as I have always been for your charters. I don't think it is necessary for me to tell you again what I have done. Thousands of you visited my excursion grounds last summer. All of you are aware that I have invested thousands of dollars to make my resort the best of its kind. This has been unprecedented. No other man, white or colored, has ever done the same. I have given you an up-to-date wharf, where before you had but an old coal shed. Now it is modern, thoroughly lighted by electric lights and all of the modern improvements. There is no Jim Crow entrance and you are not subject to the humiliation of a practical quarantine. I have the steamer River Queen, which has been overhauled recently at a cost of $15,000.00. From this you see I am not temporarily in the business. I can give you better service at a great deal lower rates than you can get elsewhere, and I ask you, is this or is it not a benefit? All of you know that until I started into the business that the river outings were poorly patronized, and you also know that every dollar that I have spent in improvements (and you all know how great these improvements have been) has been spent for your benefit, and now if you give me your support, others of our race will be encouraged to promote enterprises just so vast as mine. Without your support my enterprise cannot live, because I have only my race to depend upon. That is to say that others will be discouraged in making investments where the success is entirely in our own hands. Shall we discourage the colored man? We have an exceptional proposition to offer a venteel colored man who has extensi acquaintance among departmental and District Government employees. Address Box C, Bee 1109 Eye street, northwest. The Week in Society Nowhere else does ice cream soda taste as good as at the drug store of Board and McGuire, 1912 $ \frac{1}{2} $ 14th street, northwest. That explains why they are always so crowded around there. The regular annual excursion of the congregation and friends of St. Luke's Church, will take place on Wednesday, July 21st, 1909. Mrs. Tarquenia Middleton, returned to this city last week after an enjoyable trip to Richmond, Virginia. Miss Grace. Ambrey spent some days last week visiting friends in Baltimore. Mrs. L. Z. Johnson has returned to the city well pleased with her visit to Baltimore. After visiting this and other cities, Mrs. M. A. McAdoo has returned to her home in Boston. Mrs. Francis H. James who has been visiting her home in this city, has returned to Richmond, Virginia. Dr. J. M. Keats has returned to his home in this city, after visiting Philadelphia. Mr. Walter Gillis, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was in the city not long ago attending the funeral of his brother. Miss Mary Burrill has returned to the city, delighted with her visit to Philadelphia. Miss Ida Contee, who has been very sick, is able to resume her school duties again, to the gratification of her many friends. Miss G. B. Maxfield, of 1229 First street, northwest, who has been sick is slowly improving. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery. Miss Louisa Jefferson, of this city was visiting friends in Philadelphia not long ago. The friends of Mrs. Minnie A. Minor, of Messmore Place, are glad to know that she is able to be out again, after having been ill some time. Full particulars will appear in our advertising columns. River View Park has been selected, but a subsequent excursion will be given either to Somerset Beach or to Washington Park, as the friends and patrons of the church may elect. Don' forget to have your prescriptions filled at the Board and McGuire Pharmancy on 14th street, between Tea and You. Then both you and your physician will be satisfied. H. C. Tyson, of the Sixth Auditor's office, is now an $1800 clerk, having been promoted last week. Mrs. Charles W. Chesnutt, of Cleveland, was a guest last Saturday and Sunday, of her sister Mrs. Henry C. Tyson. The Colored Republican Club, of New York, will give its annual banquet the last of this month. A number of Washington men have received invitations. Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Pinchback have taken a flat on You street, near 13th. Governor Pinchback, after several weeks illness, during which he was confined to his home, is now able to be out, and is much improved. OLD FOLK'S DAY Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, the oldest of its denomination in the city, is planning to celebrate its 70th anniversary. Last Sunday was a gala day with these oogd people. They sent carriages to the Home for Aged and Infirm, to the Stoddard Baptist Home, and other sections of the city and gathered in all of their old and needy members to the church at 11 S'clock. Rev. Walter H. Brooks, though quite exhausted from the attendance upon his son James, who passed away last week, filled the pulpit, assisted by Rev. Middleton. Brother William Walker, one of the most faithful members of the church, assisted by representatives of every organization therewith connected, had prepared a sumptuousinner. The two long tables accom- modating almost 300 persons, were elaborately laid in the lecture room. Flowers in profusion decorated both upstairs and downstairs. Over the pulpit was this inscription "Cast me not off in the my old age." After service the old folks came down to dinner. Rev. Brooks and family, the deacons and trustees of the church with their wives, the Sunday school Superintendent, Organist, Chorister and President of each of the clubs of the church, Mrs. Quien, Superintendent of Stoddard Baptist Home, and Mrs. Julia M. Layton, (not of this church) Presidents of the District Home, and Foreign Missionary Society, were the guests with the honored aged folks. The menu was as follows. Roast and fricasseed chicken, cold ham, tomato and potato salad, mashed potatoes, peas and nice bread, butter tea and coffee, ice cream and strawberries and home made cake of every description. At the close of the dinner each of the old folks was given a bag filled with fruit and cake. The Lord's Supper was observed at 3 o'clock, after which the carriages took the old folks home. The Church Aid Society of this church, some time ago purchased a site of 30 graves for their poor in Woodlawn Cemetery. They are now having a handsome granite monument carved to mark this spot. It will be unveiled with an excellent program, the first Sunday in June. Magnolia Court Auxiliary to the Knights of Pythias was set apart Tuesday night in True Reformers' Hall, by Deputy Supreme Worthy Counsellor, Mrs. Julia M. Layton, assisted by Deputy Supreme Chancellor John S. Johnson, and Special Deputy E. B. Reid, and the officers of Queen of the East and Silver Star Courts. This Court was organized some time ago by Special Deputy Samuel Smith. The following officers were duly elected and installed: Sister Addie Conner, Worthy Counsellor, Brothers S. Smith and E. Pierce, and Sisters Victoria Stevens, Lula White, Maud Johnson, Clara Brooks, Fannie Diggs, Hattie Jones, Lena Stokes, Lillian Ford, Fannie Henderson, Lizzie Newton and Minnie Newton. An excellent collation was served at the close of the installation. This bids fair to be one of the strongest Courts in this jurisdiction. Wednesday evening, Register and Mrs. Vernon entertained in honor of President Scarborough, of Wilberforce, and the team from that university that took part in the debate between Wilberforce and Howard University, and won. The Jeter Brothers, Mr. Lottier, Professor J. T. Layton, and Master Turner Layton furnished an excellent program. Short talks were made by Professor Scarborough and Mrs. Julia M. Layton. Among those present were: Professor J. Wright and wife; Mr. and Mrs. Meyers; Mr. C. Hall, Mrs. Preston, Mrs. Crouse, Professor and Mrs. J. T. Layton; Professor Joiner and sister; Mrs. Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Langford, Messrs. Jeter, Mrs. Jeter, Mr. Lottier, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Cunev etc. The house was beautifully decorated with flowers and the Wilberforce colors, orange and green. Professor Scarborough, Professor Finch and the Wilberforce team were much pleased with the marked attention shown them while in the city, and especially so of this evening's pleasure, tendered them by Register and Mrs. Vernon. Friday evening, Frederick Douglass Post No. 21, O. P. Moton Woman's Relief Corps, and their many friends filled Grand Army Hall to listen to a debate on John Brown, and also to celebrate his birthday. The gentlemen who took part in the debate were: Mr. Scott, of Howard University,; Mr. Harris, clerk of Steamer River Queen to Washington Park. Steamer Jane Moseley to Norfolk, Baltimore, and Landings down the Potomac River. Books now open for charter on the River Queen and Jane Moseley. Secure your dates at once, before they are all taken. MISSELL MOTOR GRABE WASHINGTON PARK This beautiful park has a college offered to the Washington public from Washington on the Potomac with its electric power plant for Caroussel, double-decker, with mu cent Theater. A Penny Arcadium Gallery. A Dairy Lunch Depot Pool and Billiard Hall, and forty a The River Queen makes daily a. m., 12 m., and 2, 4, 6, and 8 p. For particulars address Lewis jenth and N Streets Wharf. This beautiful park has a collection of attractions never before offered to the Washington public. It is located about ten miles from Washington on the Potomac River. The Scenic Railway with its electric power plant for 7,000 lights—a Figure 8. The Caroussel, double-decker, with music attachments. A 5 and 10-cent Theater. A Penny Arcadium, Moving Pictures, Shooting Gallery. A Dairy Lunch Depot and Buffet. Dancing Pavilion. Pool and Billiard Hall, and forty acres of Shady Woods and Dells. The River Queen makes daily trips to Washington Park at 10 a. m., 12 m., and 2, 4, 6, and 8 p.m. For particulars address Lewis Jefferson, General, Manager, Seventh and N Streets Wharf. 19th Street Baptist church, and Mr. Montgomery, of Ebenezer church. Each of these gentlemen gave evidence of careful research and ability as orators. The judges were Justice Terrell, Register Vernon and Recorder Darcy. While the judges were out deciding as to winners of prizes, etc., the commander of the Post, E. Brooks, introduced Honorable Mifflin Gibbs, who recounted many interesting facts in the life of John Brown, he being personally acquainted with the grand old hero. The judges rendered the decision: First Prize, Scott; Second Prize, Harris, Third Prize, Montgomery. Mrs. Julia Layton, Secretary of Department of the Potomac, and one of the old past presidents of O. P. Moten W. R. C., in a unique manner presented the prizes. She gave a brief sketch of the death of John Brown and his final resting place. PARENT'S MEETING A Parent's Meeting was held in the First Baptist Church, Deanwood, District of Columbia, on the 7th instant, by the teachers of Deanwood school, Miss Isabelle, Kinner, principal. Fully two hundred parents and friends were present. Mrs. Maria Hayson, through whose untiring efforts the present school came into existence, delivered an interesting address. Among those present were: Rev. E. T. Broadus, Rev. Mills, Mr. Bagby, Mr. and Mrs. Lacy, Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mr. Wesley, Mr. Hill, Mrs. E. Jackson, Mrs. Knight, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Bundy, Mrs. Dodson, Mrs. Plummer, Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd, Mrs. Broadus, Mrs. Neil, Mr. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Coates, Mrs. McGaies, and Mrs. Lazenberry. Refreshments were served by the teachers, Miss I. Sidney, Miss M. F. Alexander, Mr. G. B. Key, Mr. L. S. Turner, Miss I. C. Plummer and Miss I. Kinner. SONG SERVICE An invocation by Rev. D. F. Rivers, an anthem by the choir, a vocal solo, "By the Waters of Babylon;" Mr. W. H. Hackney, a vocal solo, "Angel's Seranade," Miss Lillian Evans; violin obligato, by Mr. F. Weir, the "Elk's Quartette," by Messrs. Ambler Beale, Robinson and Hackney, a solo "The Guardian of the Deep," Mr. W. F. Johnson; a violin solo, "Andante," Mr. F. Weir, a vocal solo, "The Lord is My Light," by Dr. C. Sumner Wormley, embraced the excellent program presented at the song service for the benefit of the Berean Baptist Church last Sunday evening. There was a large and appreciative audience present. Dr. S. A. Ward, Chorister, conducted the program; Mr. J. E. Lewis presided at the organ. A silver offering was lifted at the dor. EXERCISES FOR COMMENCEMENT VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND COLLEGE May 21, 1909, 7:30 p. m., Musical, ction of attractions never before It is located about ten miles of the River. The Scenic Railway 7,000 lights—a Figure 8. The music attachments. A 5 and 10-ton, Moving Pictures, Shooting and Buffet. Dancing Pavilion. Acres of Shady Woods and Dells. Trips to Washington Park at 10 am. Jefferson, General, Manager. Sev- May 23, 1909, 3:30 p. m., Baccalaureate Sermon, College Chapel. May 25, 1909, 2:30 p. m., Class Day Exercises, College Chapel. May 26, 1909, 10:00 a. m., General Alunmi Meeting, College Chapel. May 27, 1909, 7:00 p. m., Commencement Exercises, Court Street Baptist Church. You are cordially invited. ENDS CONFERENCE YEAR The closing of the ministerial conference year was a special feature of the service at Galbraith African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 6th street, northwest, last Sunday night. Rev. S. L. Corrothers has served the church continuously for seven years, having been appointed there by Bishop Clinton in 1902, when the debt was $17,500. He has reduced it to less than $10,000 in addition to paying the annual current expenses, remodeling the building and laying a new corner stone at a cost, of $1,500, increasing the congregation to over 800 members and organizing a number of working auxiliaries. The members unanimously voted to petition the present presiding bishop, J. W. Smith, to reapoint him for another year to continue his work to close out the bonded debt. It was decided that hereafter the Board of Trustees is to assume the payment of the premiums on insurance policies carried by aged members who have no relatives or others to assist them in making their payments, and to provide room rent for them when they become unable to provide for themselves. It was arranged for Bishop Smith to preach to the congregation at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Dr. Corrothers will preach his farewell sermon at 8 o'clock p. m., and leave for conference next Tuesday. Mr. Charles W. Procter, an old citizen of this District, and well known in hotel circles, is an inmate of the Freedman's Hospital. He is slowly convalescing from a complication of physical troubles. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NOTES Effects of Sunday's Meeting The effects of Dr. Washington's Young. Men's Christian Association speech was like magic. Many subscribers called at the Young Men's Christian Association office, Monday and paid their subscriptions, and have been calling and paying up each day this week. Senator Murray Crane, of Massachusetts, sent in his check Monday for $250, and others have followed The receipts from Sunday's meeting in the way of silver offerings at the door, and cash in envelopes, amounted to over $300. MEN'S CLUB OF ST. LUKE'S PARISH At the regular monthly meeting of the Men's Club of St. Luke's Parish, last Monday evening, Mr. T. R. Clark read a very excellent and constructive paper on the Negro soldier. 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Short addresses were delivered by Professor Bruce Evans, of the Armstrong Manual Training School, H. E. Barnett, Eugene Brooks, Ray Hamilton, J. C. Burlls, General Forrest, and others, after which light refreshments were served by the steward, Mr. Henry Dixon. A number of ladies were present and seemingly enjoyed the meeting. STRENGTH IN UNION The State of Ohio, through its legislature, extended the hand of friendship to Alabama, when the Confederate flags were returned. The flags, which belonged to the Alabama Rifle Scouts, were captured by the 4th Ohio Cavalry and held. --- Southern Medicine Co. Atlauta, Ga. Her-Tru-Line THE GREAT HAIR GROWER HER-TRU-LINE removes daudruff. Cures all skin and scalp diseases, makes the HAIR soft and glossy and stops it from falling out. HER-TRU-LINE penetrates to the roots of the HAIR, gives it new life and vigor, causing it to take on a new and rapid growth. Large jars 50 cents at all drug stores and by our special agents. Sample box mailed to any address on receipt of five two-cent stamps. Agents wanted everywhere to sell this wonderful HAIR GROWER. The friendly wave which is passing from one section of our land to another has brought about this change of heart which makes one render to "Caesar the things which are Caesar's." FOR RENT One good room, with the use of the kitchen for a single lady. Apply on premises, 1460 Q street, northwest, or Thomas Walker, 506 5th street, northwest. FOR RENT 3 rooms, 1 front, 2 back; furnished. Will rent single or in suite. 1224 You street, northwest. Single lady or gentleman preferred. TUSKLESS ELEPHANT. Ceylon the Only Part of the World Where They Exist. What a sight for a Ceylon elephant hunter would be the first view of a herd of African elephants—all tukers! It is a singular thing that Ceylon is the only part of the world where the male elephants have no tusks; they have miserable little grubbies projecting two or three inches from the upper jaw and inclining downward. Nothing produces either ivory or horn in fine specimens throughout Ceylon. Although some of the buffaloes have tolerably fine heads, they will not bear a comparison with those of other countries. The horns of the native cattle are not above four inches in length. The elk and the spotted deers antlers are small compared with deer of their size in India. This is more singular, as it is evident from the geological formation that at some remote period Ceylon was not an island, but formed a portion of the main land. It is thought there must be elements wanting in the Ceylon pasturage for the formation of ivory.—Ceylon Manual. Smokeless Coal. A London inventor claims to have discovered a process for producing smokeless coal, apparently by distillation of coal at a low temperature. This, after distillation, is said to deposit a very brilliant substance, the heating properties of which are far greater than those of the original coal, and which is absolutely free from smoke and dirt. The inventor contends that efforts to overcome the smoke plague have hitherto been unsuccessful because they have been made in the wrong direction, and that by the extraction of the smoke-producing material in coal before being burned, he has been successful in producing a smokeless coal. Electrocuting Animals. The slaughter of animals for food by electrocution is being experimented by Dr. Leduc, a French scientist, who has been conducting his investigations in the French abbattoirs. He has been using the intermittent low tension currents and says that he is satisfied that the system is painless, the central functions of perception being first destroyed and then those of circulation and respiration, so that there is neither suffering nor reaction in the animals than killed. The doctor is endeavoring to devise some piece of apparatus by, which the killing of cattle may be accomplished by electricity with economy and celery. The Shy Man. Women show no mercy to the man, for he stands outside of the compass of convention. Could he break out all might be saved; the man might be permanently or red. But he cannot. He has been brought up to respect convention. His muscles may be of steel, his heart of fire, but in his soul the spirit of diffuse holds him in a vice. In a drawing room he stands gaping, quaking, a prey to introspective torment—he who would perhaps storm's rampart with a triumphant mile or his lips—London Observer. Hanging Pictures Dangerous. "Railroad casualties receive such wide publicity," said an insurance man, "that there is a common belief on the part of the public that one is more liable to accidents while traveling than when living the simple life in the confines of his home. "As a matter of cold fact, statistics show that accident insurance companies pay more money to people who get hurt hanging pictures or taking stoves apart than they do to the victims of head-on collisions. It sounds strange, but it's the truth." —Kansas City Journal. Three Men to Move Book. There lies in the British Museum the largest book yet printed, a colossal atlas of engraved ancient Dutch maps. It takes three men to move it from the giant book case in which it is stored in the library of the museum. It is bound in leather, magnificently decorated, and is fastened with clasps of solid silver, richly gilt. It is nearly seven feet high and weighs 800 pounds and was presented to King Charles II. before he left Holland in the year 1660. Valuable East African Forest. The Colonial Office recently sent out an expert to report on the Kenya forest, in the East Africa protectorate. He finds the forest extends 127 miles long by eight miles broad, and comprises 1,000,000 acres of timber. Taking the average value of the 2 1/2 d. per cubic foot, this works out to £23 per acre, or a total value for the whole forest of £23,000,000.—London Tit-Bits. Dead Historians. I for my part believe in the dead historians. I glory in the possession of some hundreds of volumes by them. A great deal of cant is talked and written on this subject. There is an idea in some minds that a book on history to be good must be new. In nine cases out of ten the new book in a common-place re-statement of facts that were better presented by an older writer.—The Sphere. A Man and a Woman. A man's idea of being stylishly dressed is to wear something for which he looks atrociously bad; a gesture to wear something no other person can duplicate. A Thousand Men Are Fed Every Night. THE BOWERY MISSION At this Place and at Fleischmann's May Be Found the Men in Actual Need—It is the Aim of These Places to Eend Away No Hungry Person. 一 The two policemen who were standing at the corner of Canal street and the Dowery as I approached them looked to over when they saw "was about to interrupt their conversation. It was anything but a pleasant night; the coat I had borrowed for the evening was none too thick, and the old shoes I wore were wet waterproof. If my object poverty was assumed, I felt a semblance of the real thing, for I was cold and tired after tramping up and down the muddy streets for an hour. "Where kin a feller git a cup o coffee 'r a handout?" I asked. One of the officers smiled affably. "Two doors up," he said, indicating one of the numerous five and tencent feeding places, of which there are one or two in every block in this neighborhood. "I didn't mean that kind," I replied "I've got to find a place where there ain't a price on the 'grub.'" "I guess the bread line at Fleischmann's or the Bowery Mission's the only place, then, Jack," said the officer as he turned his back on me. So I slouched along to 55 Bowery, where a sign in the window, reading, "Bowery Mission—Services Every Evening," indicated that I had found the right place. I looked in the door. The big room, filled with chairs, was dimly lighted, and on the platform at the far end, a man was moving some chairs around. "Nothin' doin' yet, bo," said a rough-looking fellow. "They don't give ye no grub until 1 o'clock." This was disheartening, or would have been, had I really needed the food, for it was only a little after eleven. "I'm goin' up ter the bakery," the tramp. continued. "Ye git your at 12 sharp up there." S we ambled up the Bowery to Eighth street, and from there to Tenth street and Fourth avenue. Already the waiting line extended from th rear door of the bakery around the corner to the entrance of Grace church. I dropped into the procession which in a few moments reached up Broadway to Twelfth street. I had been in the line but a short time when a clock nearby sounded for midnight. The line began to move along and the waiting men on either side of me cheered up a bit. There was very little conversation, however. Now and then some of them muttered curses, and once when a sightseeing automobile stopped at the corner the curses became quite muddle. After the line of waiting men—over 600 in number, as I ascertained—had had their bread and coffee, most of them dispersed, though a few "repeated" in order to get a second helping. A number of them hung around until they could get a chance to ask the manager of the restaurant for work. But there was no chance for any one, though the refusal was not made unpleasantly. From the bakery I went back to the Bowery Mission... A thousand men are fed every night at the Bowery Mission—sometimes more. It is the aim at both this place and at Fleischmann's to send no one away hungry, but just now the demand is much in excess of that usual at this time of year. One sees at these two places the men who are in actual need of food and drink. The street beggars are in nine cases out of ten unworthy of notice. But the man or woman who doubts the distress—the real need of food among the unemployed—should spend a couple of hours at the two places I have described, and he or she will be convinced that there is no lack of opportunity for the offices of the Good Samaritan, and no excessive crowding in the ranks of helpers of unfortunate humanity. Bronze Statue of Schiller. The bronze statue of Schiller by Hermann Matzen, which is to be erected in Cleveland by German citizens, has been completed in Berlin. The poet is seated in an arm chair. A Berlin paper is quoted as remarking apropos that "the German who goes to America becomes an American in all that the word implies, but even unto the third generation he is loyal to German poetry and German song." Good Roads. Out of the 900 towns in the State of New York, 600 have voted to have their roads built under the Fuller-Plank Act, or, as it is generally called, the money system. The matter is now optional with the towns, but in the opinion of persons who have given the matter considerable attention the idea of making it compulsory is favored.—Good Roads Magazine. The Erberg, Austria's iron mountain, will furnish one for 1,600 more years. SELLS HIS BLOOD AT BARGAIN RATE Man Charges $10 to Give Up 15 Ounces of Life Fluid to Save Boy's Life. PATIENT'S FATHER CLOSES DEAL Transfusion Operation is Made as Soon as the Bargain Between Buyer and Seller Was Struck—Man and Boy Eyed Each Other During Operation. New York City.—Human blood went at bargain-counter prices in Bellevue Hospital when for $10 a guest of Mills Hotel No. 3 sold fifteen ounces of his life fluid, thereby probably saving the life of John Dennison, 15 years old, a patient suffering from malignant growth on the right leg. There was nothing heroic about the manner in which the man sold his blood. It was purely a business proposition. The Mills Hotel man needed the ten-spot and felt he could spare the blood. The father of the patient, though poor, felt he could spare the $10 in view of his son's need for the fresh blood. Striking a bargain between buyer and seller was easy. Dennison's father went to Mills Hotel No. 3 and announced he was in the market for human blood. He explained that his son was in Bellevue Hospital and that the surgeons were anxious to transfuse the blood of a healthy person into the body of the boy. "The doctors want a strong man who is healthy in every way," the father explained. A guest registered as Mark Owen, who refused to tell anything further about himself, stepped forward, and remarked he would like to know more about it. Big, broad-shouldered, with the glow of health in his cheeks, he looked as if he would pass the test of the physicians. "I guess you'll do," said Dennison. "How much blood do you want?" asked Owen. "Fifteen ounces." "How much do I get?" "Ten dollars." "I'm your man," and the bargain was struck. The rate was 66 2-8 cents an onuce. Up to Bellevue Hospital marched Dennison and Owen. The surgeons examined the man who was willing to sell fifteen ounces of his blood for $10, and told him he would do. The nature of the operation then was explained to him. He was told that the patient was suffering from what is known as sarcoma, a malignant growth. To save the boy's life it was necessary to take from his body about fifteen ounces of the impure blood and transfuse in the body about fifteen ounces of healthy fluid. "I don't want to be chloroformed during the operation," Owen said. "No anaesthetics will be given," replied one of the surgeons. "We'll deaden the pain by an injection of cocaine." "Go ahead," said Owen. "I'm ready." Dennison was placed on the operating table and Owen was laid on another table. Between the two was a narrow table upon which the boy and the man each placed an arm. The surgeons made an incision in the boy's upper arm and blood was permitted to flow from the upper part of the median vein, while the lower part was closed. In this way the boy was relieved of about sixteen ounces of his impure and unnourished blood. An incision then was made in the forearm of the man. The surgeons rapidly connected the lower ligament of the man's radial artery with the upper vein of the boy's arm, and the blood of the man began to pass into the body of the boy. Dennison and Owen watched each other coolly throughout the operation. Not a whimper came from the boy, not a groan from the man. When the operation was over the boy's temperature showed marked improvement. Owen was weak after the operation. He took a stimulant and then left the hospital, not forgetting, of course, to collect his $10 before leaving. BURGLARS' GAZETTE IN RUSSIA. "Trades Paper" Contains All the News of the "Craft." St. Petersburg.—A "trade paper" for burglars is now published in St. Petersburg. It is called the "Bostatska Gazette," or the "Barefooted Gazette"—the title being apparently an illusion to the stealthy ways of its readers. The paper contains full reports of the latest thefts and burglaries, articles by experts on the art of burguay and what to avoid in pursuing it, and columns of advice and hints to help the beginner. Naturally the paper is published in strict secrecy, but the police will sooner or later discover its printing office and suppress it. Paris Abates a Nuisance The Paris protest of police has decided that in future no more license to play barrel organs in that city will be granted. 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 I and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C WORTH ADVEKTISING FOR There are 5,499 Negroes employ- Government alone, and these 5,499 B $3,044,404. These more than three- here in Washington, but scattered and Is this amount of money worth bid not even the largest stores in this c end of it did they but realize how ly spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro p without a rival or competitor, and a few of the merchants in this city w umns of The Bee, presenting the a these Negroes — these 5,499 Neg Government over three millions of o ronizing a publication edited and op such firms desire and deserve their g receive the bulk of these over three m spent by the Negroes of Washington. What clothing stores, what furn and what other lines of business will themselves these over three million Negroes by advertising in The Bee. Place your advertising in The Bee tive Negroes spend their over three Now is the time to advertise in T into every Negro home in Washington, Washington, it's what advertising P There are 5,499 Negroes employed here in Washington by the Government alone, and these 5,499 Negroes draw salaries aggregating $3,044,404. These more than three millions of dollars are spent right here in Washington, but scattered among the hundreds of tradesmen Is this amount of money worth bidding for? It certainly is, and not even the largest stores in this city would refuse to get the big end of it did they but realize how much money the Negroes are really spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro publication in this city. It stands without a rival or competitor, and covers the field like a blanket. If a few of the merchants in this city will patronize the advertising columns of The Bee, presenting the attractive bargains they may have, these Negroes — these 5,499 Negroes who draw annually from the Government over three millions of dollars — will assume that by patronizing a publication edited and operated by one of their race that such firms desire and deserve their patronage. And such firms will receive the bulk of these over three millions of dollars received and spent by the Negroes of Washington. What clothing stores, what furniture stores, what dry goods stores and what other lines of business will now make an effort to divert to themselves these over three millions tf dollars spent by Washington Negroes by advertising in The Bee? Place your advertising in The Bee and watch these 5.499 appreciative Negroes spend their over three millions of dollars with you. Now is the time to advertise in The Bee, the newspaper that goes into every Negro home in Washington. Remember, merchants of Washington it's what advertising pays you, not what it costs. --- Lighthouses on the Maine Coast Attract and Kill Thousands. One of the keepers who came ashore from Boon Island recently tells the story of the strange death encountered by thousands of the migrating birds every spring. Flying along the coast at night they are instantly attracted by the powerful light from the watch tower, as moths are drawn to a candle. Thousands of these birds in their passage north fly with full force against the thick glass of the brilliantly lighted lantern. Stunned to death they fall to the rocks below or scale away for a little distance and flutter helplessly into the water. The light of morning sometimes reveals the rocks covered with the little creatures whose journey to their summer homes has met this sudden and fatal termination. Hundreds of species are found among the unfortunate little tourists. Most of them are easily recognized as belonging to the various common classes of song birds. But very often large birds of beautiful plumage come to their final resting place in this manner upon the bleak rocks, of Boon Island. On one occasion several years ago the thick glass of the lantern was shivered to atoms by the impact of some strange bird of powerful bill.—York Transcript. Fires Started by Moths. Moths and flames are universally connected, yet few people suspect that danger could arise therefrom. The insects are of such frail structure that generally they get destroyed before it is possible for them to inflict injury, and it is hardly creditable that the wings would ignite and retain the flames long enough to enable the moth to fly to its surroundings. That, however, has occurred. The moth was a very large one and its wings must have been very dry, so that when it floundered through the flame it set fire to one wing and darted out to a curtain nearby which at once flared up. It is possible that many summer evening fires in the country could be attributed to a source of this kind. It is notorious that mysterious fires often arise at sunset in the hot months.—Strauss Magazine. As History Night Be Taught. Another way of teaching history which the schools might adopt has apparently not appealed to them. A good newspaper, if the teacher knows how to interpret its daily record, may stimulate an interest in history itself. If the pupil can be taught the continuity and relation of events, an awakened interest in the daily happenings will arouse a desire to trace them back through preceding stages. It is the break in continuity between the past and the immediate present that deadens enthusiasm. By studying history backward from the immediate present this chasm would be bridged and the passion for tracing to cause stimulated.—Boston Transcript. --- here in Washington by the Negroes draw salaries aggregating millions of dollars are spent right among the hundreds of tradesmen adding for? It certainly is, and city would refuse to get the big much money the Negroes are real publication in this city. It stands covers the field like a blanket. If will patronize the advertising col- tractive bargains they may have, Negroes who draw annually from the dollars — will assume that by pat operated by one of their race that patronage. And such firms will millions of dollars received and on.iture stores, what dry goods stores will now make an effort to divert to us tf dollars spent by Washington bee? and watch these 5,499 apprecia- millions of dollars with you. The Bee, the newspaper that goesington. Remember, merchants of paves you, not what it costs. Massachusetts has a town of 600 inhabitants which receives $2,670 annually from a single hotel for license to sell liquor. This is believed to be the highest license fee paid in the United States. The fee is nearly double the amount paid in Boston and other large cities. The Fastidious Burglar Visitors at a Paris hotel were disagreeably surprised one morning to find that the boots they had left outside their doors had been stolen by a burglar. Only one pair was left, on which was a paper with the words: "Not good enough for me." Value of Three Grains. The Vienna Academy of Science has spent nearly $9,000 in working 10 tons of uranium ore for radium. The yield was three grains of pure radium, the largest amount ever secured at once, the value being $320,-000. Cure for Sleeplessness. Sleeplessness is often caused by the head being exposed to the cold, while the rest of the body is warm. In ninth cases out of ten if the head is covered with a silk handkerchief. It will induce sleep. The population of the world is now estimated to be about 1,503,000,000. Of this number 150,000,000 are black, 600,000,000 yellow and 755,000,000 white. Mme. Davis, C BORN CLAIRVOYANT AND CARD READER TELLS ABOUT BUSINESS. 12:28 25th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Gives Lack to All. N. B.-No letters answered unless accompanied by stamp. N. B.-Mention The Bee. A High License. Worlds Population: STRATEGICAL USES OF TAILS. The Clever Little Weasel and His Means of Defense. Take another of our animals, a fierce little weasel, clad in summer in a coat of brown, in winter turning white, but always with a jet black tip to the tail. The ermine, as it is incorrectly called in its winter coat, has an easy time of it, sneaking upon the mice and birds upon which it preys, but when a hawk takes after it in an open field in the sunlight or an owl in the moonlight, it would have but short shrift with all its sinuous leaping, were it not that the black tail tip is so conspicuous that it constantly attracts the eye and allows the pure white of the body to be confused with the snow. Even when we place a dead weasel on the snow and look at it from a distance, we realize how true this is, and how valuable must be the pencil tufts of black hairs to this little vermin who spends his life in hunting or being hunted.—The Outing Magazine. Everyone of Them a Bird. A current newspaper item is as follows: "The wife of a Methodist minister in West Virginia, has been married three times. Her maiden name was Partridge; her first husband was named Robin; her second husband, Sparrow; and the present one's name is Quayle. There are now two young Robins, one Sparrow, and three little Quayles in the family. One grandfather was a Swan, and another was a Jay; but he's dead and now a bird of Paradise. "They live on Hawk-ave., Eagleville, Canary Islands, and the fellow who wrote this article is a lyre bird and an interesting relative of the family." Arctic Dog Life. Nowhere in the world has the dog such unrestricted right of way as in our most northerly possession—Alaska. In winter, when the more than 60,000 square miles of territory are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are almost the sole means of getting from place to place—in fact, they seem necessary to life itself. The aristocrats of Arctic dog life are the mail teams in the service of the United States Government. They are to-day a superior breed to the dogs employed some half dozen years ago before great gold discoveries demanded increased mail service—St. Nicholas. Names that Don't Name. Many chemical names convey no exact idea of the things they stand for. Oil of vitriol is no oil, neither are oils of turpentine and kerosene. Copperas is an iron compound and contains no copper. Salts of lemon is the extremely poisonous oxalic acid. Carbolic acid is not an acid but an alcohol. Cobalt contains none of that metal but arsenic. Soda water has no trace of soda, and sugar of lead has no sugar; cream of tartar has nothing of cream, nor milk of lime any milk. German silver has no silver and blacklead no lead. Dogs Around Blacksmith Shops Two or three dogs are nearly always to be found loafing about every blacksmith shop. This fact is so well recognized that detectives when sent out after valuable dogs that have been lost invariably visit first all the blacksmith shops in the neighborhood. The reason why dogs visit the blacksmith shops is that they love inordinately the odor and the taste of burning heat. They smell the odor as a woman smells a rose, and they eat the hoof parings as a gourmet cats truffles.—Mincepelle Journal. Supply of Gold. It is mainly from Africa, America and Australia that the world draws its supply of gold, some $400,000,000 worth won regularly every year. Africa leads with about $150,000,000; next comes the United States with about $95,000,000; Australia ranks third with some $85,000,000, while Russia, both in Europe and Asia, Mexico, Canada and several other countries, make up the remainder. A Long Moon. An astonishing trance case has come to light in Berlin. A clerk, aged 46—a healthy normal max—suddenly fell asleep in June 1204. All efforts to awaken him were unsuccessful and the sleeper since then has never opened his eyes. He breathes regularly and swallows his food mechanically, but is insensible to the severest attempts to arouse him. Lace Curtains. Lace window curtains should always be soaked for an hour in cold water to which a little borax has been added, before being put into warm suds. This gives out the smoky smell that is sometimes noticeable in curtains that have been used in a city. Life in Germany. Every one who has travelled in Germany is familiar with the word "verboten"—forbidden. He finds it is verboten to almost everything which he thinks he has been accustomed to do in the United States.—Chiemsee Standard. A Valuable Knot A thirteenth century copper and gilt alberium, supposed to have come from Malmesbury abbey, was sold by auction in London for $20,000. THE NIGHT RIDERS AIDED KENTUCKY Original Organization Did Away with Toll Gates and Brought About Good Roads. COMPANIES DISOBEYED THE LAWY Crimes Committed Now Are by Gangs Hiding Behind Name of Old Association Which Caused the Abolishment of the Turnpike Companies. Louisville, Ky.—There has not been, it is said, a crime of mob violence committed in this State, in Tennessee, or, in fact, in any of the Southern States or in any of the Middle Western States in the past several years, with the exception of the occasional lynching of a negro by a mob, that has not been shouldered on the Night Riders. The Night Riders were an organized body back in 1900, when the State Legislature passed a law doing away with private ownership of State roads. For months the turnpike corporations refused to obey the State laws. They appealed to the State Supreme Court, then to the Court of Appeals, and lastly to the United States Supreme Court, and on each appeal they would get a stay, which made it possible for them to continue running their toll gates and charging two cents a mile for every horse or vehicle that passed over their property. Because of the law's delay the condition of the roads became impossible. The owners of the turnpikes would not expand one cent for improvements as long as there was question of their losing their property by a final court decision, but they did not cease to mulct travellers. All this while they refused to accept the fair price offered by the state for their roads. It was then that the Night Riders were organised. The organization spread from Shelby County to every part of the State, and one night in the late fall men rode from their homes and began burning toll gates. There is no record of a toll gate keeper being injured unless he showed resistance. Then he was taken from the house, and if he continued to be defiant he was fogged. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the toll gate keeper was glad to give up his job and let the gate burn. Night Riders undoubtedly brought the turnpike corporations to terms. There was not a toll gate left standing in the State of Kentucky by the following spring. Had the taxpayers and farmers been contented to allow the law to take its never ending course the chances are that toll gates would still be holding up travellers on the State roads to-day, and that the roads would have been worse now than they were when the Night Riders became organized. The Kentucky roads now are among the best in the United States. There are not millions of dollars of watered stock on which to pay interest, and the State tax has improved them and even made it possible for almost all of them to be sprinkled with oil during the summer season, thus laying the dust. The success of the Night Riders in the war against toll gates led to an organization of a similar character when the fight was waged against the American Tobacco Company. But out of this last organization there grew a body of violent men, who live on excitement and thrive on lawlessness. 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DADE'S BUFFET, Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars Polite Attention Ladies' and Gents' Dining Room Meals Served at All Hours Pool Room Attached MOSES DADE, Proprietor, 1216 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C. CHAS. H. JAVINS & SONS, FISH POULTRY AND OYSTER DEALERS, 930 C STREET NORTHWEST, AND CENTER MARKET. PHONE, MAIN 4480 WASHINGTON, D. C. --- --- SELF-TIGHTENING SHEARS Safe Owner of the... ... Following Brands: Private Stock, 25 TENTH SHEFT. N. W. Telephone - Man - 160 Wm. Cannon Wm. Cannon Old Purissima Whiskey is a compound of pure grain and free from harmful impurities. Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug Act, June 30, 1906. Sold by William Carman, 1225 7th street, northwest. Phone. North, 528. the largest in the city. Theer is no excuse for the housewife; she is in a position to call and make her own selection. Every husband should see that his wife is satisfied before the beginning of the New Year. Mr. James H. Hudnell, one of the best known business men in this city has returned to Castleberg's National Jewelry Co 935 Penns Ave., N. W. Mr Hudnell can always be relief upon to give you the genuine article. Now is the time to place your orders before the holidays Phone. Main 2363. Address 2009 9th street northwest VELV-INE WILL GIVE YOU SMOOTH SILKEN TRESSES. THE MOST OBSTINATE HAIR YIELDS TO IT. KEEPS THE SCALP HEALTHY, PREVENTS DANDRUFF AND FALLING HAIR. EASY TO USE. SEND 25 CENTS FOR MONTH'S SUPPLY, PREPAID TO ANY ADDRESS. M. MAYO-CIRCUIT ROAD. NEW ROCHELLE, NY. Things are going in a rush at the drug store of Board & McGuire 2912% 14th St. N. W. Best up-town store to buy fine Candies, perfumery, cigars and toilet articles, as well as drugs and medicines of the best quality. B. T. Pratt, Dead from hunger and Thirst, Found in California. Los Angeles, Cal.—"Water, if I cdulo only find water! I'm suffering terribly from hunger. To-day I ate some green brush, but I can't go say more. I wonder how long it will take to die. These entries in the notebook of B T Pratt, whose body was found on the desert in Inyo county by two prospectors, give pathetic evidence of the suffering the man underwent as he watched the approach of death far from brman habitation. The diary also as found by G. W. Lewis and S. E. Shattuck, the prospectors while on a trip through the Argus Mountains in Inyo county. Pratt had been dead nearly two months. He was evidently trying to reach the mountains, where he knew he would find food of a sort and water in abundance, but within sight of his refuge he gave out and could go no further. Pratt was sixty years old. The entries in the notebook were scribbled and began only when the man found he was in danger of dying. "Food gave out to-day; guess I can make Argus," was the entry for August 3, seven days after he had started to cross the desert. "Water gone," told the story of the following day. For one whole day he went without water or food, but maintained an optimistic spirit, as is witnessed by the following entry for August 6: "Signs of water about half mile ahead. There will be green stuff there too. Will reach it early in the morning." But evidently the desert was playing tricks on him, as it so often does by means of a mirage. Two days later came the two entries quoted first. The last entry reads:— "I left Grapeville, Inye county, Cal., July 28. Tom Spratt told me I would parish. I thought I could make it, but got lost, so guess I will have to give in. I have no water, nothing to eat and can't walk. I have brothers, C. H. Pratt, at Banner Springs, Wyandotte county, Kan.; E. B. Pratt, in St. Louis, and W. R. Pratt, Custer county, Wyoming." LONGEST AUTO FREIGHT LINE. Cars Will Carry 27 Passengers and 19 Tons of Freight. Spokane, Wash.—What is believed to be the longest automobile freight and passenger stage line on the continent is in operation between Oreville and Brewster in Okanogan County, Wash., connecting with a steamer line to Wenatchee. The line has two 60-horse power cars, which will carry twenty-seven passengers and ten teas of freight, making the run of eighty miles in eight hours. The trip by wagon occupies almost two days. Branch lines will also be established to other points in the Okanogan country. The other line is between Marcus and Kettle Falls in Stevens County north of Spokane, connecting with a steamer to Spokane Falls. These cars will be of twenty-five and thirty horse power, respectively. F. L. Barney has charge of the automobile line, while Capt. Bruce A. Griggs, a veteran river man, will operate the steamer line. HAS A RABBIT PLAGUE Bold Cottontails Destroy Crops on California Ranches. San. Francisco, Cal.—Jack rabbits are said to be so numerous in the Antelope valley of California that the ranchmen are in despair. The animals are becoming so force that they are actually breaking down the fences around the adjacent fields and eating crops down to the roots. Not content with this, they are swarming into the desert towns and invading front yards of the dwellers. Citizens of Lancaster turned out recently and made a round-up. They put up a fence across the road between fences surrounding fields on each side and in short time drove in and killed with clubs five hundred jack rabbits. EAGLE KILLS A SHARK Help's Crew Witness Desperate Fight in Chosaeake Bay. Baltimore.—A remarkable combat between a large eagle and a shark was witnessed recently by Captain Henderson and the crew of the steamer Tangler in Chompake Bay. When coming out of Occoah-nock Creek they saw the eagle dive and come to the surface with a shark. Then followed a fierce struggle, the shark pulling the eagle under the water until it was almost exhausted. The fish was finally killed and floated dead on the water. Members of the steamer's crew put off in a small boat and captured the eagle, although it elawed them repeatedly and its mate, hovering close by, tried to attack them. Shot an Albino Squirrel Marquette, Mich.—White hunting near Grand Marais, Gustav Herbert shot and killed an albino squirrel. It has been presented to James Calrins, of Grand Marais, and will be mounted. Albino deer are commonly killed in upper Michigan, but this is the first time of which there is record that a white squirrel has been bagged. L. M. KING, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS TRIC OF COLUMBIA TRIC OF COLUMBIA HOLDING A PROBATE COURT No. 15802. Administration. This is to Give Notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of administration on the estate of James W. Davis, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or beofre the 1st day. of March. A. D. 1910, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 1st day of March, 1909, Mary J. Davis, 1738 New York avenue. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. L. M. King, Attorney. M. T. CLINKSCALES, ATTORNEY. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA George H. Getts, et al, Trustees, etc., Complainants, vs., Rosa W. Cash, et al, Defendants. Equity No. 28,397. The object of this suit is to have a decree passed herein to Reform, a certain Decd from Sumner S. Kirk to Frank S. Bakewell, trustee, to the following described real estate, situated in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, to-wit: Part of lot Numbered Thirteen (13), in Square Numbered One thousand and ten (1010), beginning for the same at the Northeast angle of said lot, thence West Ninety (90) feet, thence South Forty-four (44) feet, thence East Ninety(90) feet, and thence North Forty-four (44) feet to the place of beginning. Upon motion of Complainants, it is, by the Court, this 16th day of April, A. D. 1909, Ordered: That the defendants, George W. Kirk, John L. Kirk, William H. Kirk, James F. Kirk, Amanda J. Deal and Mary E. Jones, if living, and if any such be dead, their and each of their unknown heirs, alienees, devisees, assignes or their executors or administrators, cause their appearance to be entered herein on or before the fortieth day exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of the first publication of this Order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default: Provided a copy of this order be published once a week for three successive weeks in The Washington Law Reporter and The Bee. Job Barnard. Justice. A True Copy. Test: J. R. Young, Clerk, by F. E. Cun- ningham, Assistant Clerk. HUGHES AND GRAY. ATTORNEYS SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS TRICT OF COLUMBIA TRICT OF COLUMBIA HOLDING PROBATE COURT Estate of James H. Smith, Deceased. No. 15883 Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters of administration cum testamento annexo on said estate, by James H. Smith. it is tradered thus seventh day of April, A. D., 1909, that George Clinton Smith and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Wednesday, the 12th day of May, A. D., 1909, at 10 o'clock A.M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and the Washington Bee" once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned—first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Wright, Justice. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. Hughes and Gray, Attorneys. For Sale to Colored Parties, desirable property near Dupont Circle. Rents $160 per month. Only $6,000 required. $10,000 secured by Trust. Address D. F. S., Bee Office. 2 times. JAMES F. BUNDY AND IRVING WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEYS SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOLDING PROBATE COURT Estate of Zachary Carter, Deceased. No. 15857. Administration Docket 39. Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and letters testamentary (with the said will annexed) on said estate, by Willian Carter, it is ordered this 22nd day of March A. D., 1909, that Charles Carter, John M. Carter, Nellie A. Carter, Charles T. Carter, Walter O. Carter, Johanna A. Carter, Wendell P. Carter, Gertie V.' Carter, Adelaide Carter, Sarah Elizabeth Carter, William Brown, William L. G. Carter, Louisa' M. Carter, George A. Carter, Sarah B. Carter and Carrie Brown and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Monday, the 26th day of April, A. D., 1909, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and The Washington Bee once in each of three successive weeks before the return day, herein mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Wright, Justice. Attest: James Tanner. Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. James F. Bundy,. Irving Williamson, Attorneys. E. 'M. HEWLETT ATTORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS- TRICT OF COLUMBIA TRICT OF COLUMBIA. HOLDING PROBATE COURT. No. 15472 Estate of John Moore, Deceased. Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of said deceased, and for letters testamentary on said estate, by Cornelius Johnson, it is ordered this 6th day of May, A. D., 1909, that Temple Moore, Alexander Moore and Peter Moore, and all others concerned, appear in said Court on Wednesday, the ninth day of June, A. D., 1909, at 10 o'clock A.M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Bee, once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Wright, Justice. 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