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VOL. XXIX NO 53 John W. Collier, the ex-policeman who shot Captain William H. Matthews March 5 last, in the latter's office, was arraigned last Monday in criminal court No. 1. Oscar S. Straus, former Secretary of Commerce and Labor and recently pointed ambassador to Turkey, was the principal speaker last Sunday night at the dedication of a window in honor of the Roosevelt administration at the Metropolitan Tempel, in New York City. A great crowd witnessed the colored cadets prize drill at the American League Base Ball Park, last Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. F. Bernard Stevens has handed in his resignation as teller of the United States Savings Bank. Richardson P. Smithwick, a naturalist, lost his life as the result of sand caving in upon him while he was digging last Saturday into the side of a sand dune for kingfisher eggs. Midshipmen and sailors of the Japanese training squadron will parade at Seattle, June 1, bearing their side arms. The Philippine tariff bill was finally passed by the House last Monday. The principal topic discussed before a special session of the Interdenominational Bible College at the Plymouth Congregational, last Sunday afternoon was "The Vacant Chair in Our Educational System." A very large crowd assembled in the Andrew Rankin Chapel of Howard University last Sunday afternoon to listen to the baccalaureate sermon which was delivered by President W. P. Thirkield. This city is preparing for a "safe and sane" fourth of July celebration. It is said that Empire Day in England, which comes on the anniversary of the birth of the late Queen Victoria, was more generally observed last Monday than since its inauguration. The secret service has issued a warning of the appearance of a new conuterfeit two-dollar silver certificate. The funeral services of George W. Forester, who died May 19th, were held from the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, last Sunday afternoon. It is thought that before Mrs. Taft goes away for the summer she will be fully recovered from the nervous breakdown. The Lincoln cabin, birthplace of the War President, which was to have remained permanently on the memorial farm in Hodgesville, has been brought to Louisville and locked up. Adrian C. Honore, brother of Mrs. Potter Palmer, is made defendant in a suit for $50,000 damages. Whiskey administered as a sure cure for seasickness caused the death of two nine-year old boys last week. The closing exercises of the Manassas Industrial School, of Manassas, Virginia, began last evening and will close nevt Monday. The annual meeting of the C. G. W. C. Association was held at the People's Congregational Church last Monday at 7:30 p. m. TEACHERS TO MEET BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE DISTRICT Franklin School, May 17, 1909, Roscoe Conkling Bruce, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, To the Supervising Principals, High School Principals, Heads of Department, Ladies and Gentlemen: During the last week in May or the first week in June the several Supervising Principals will clearly and fully explain to their 8th grade teachers the aims and opportunities and services characteristic of each of our secondary schools. As soon as possible, thereafter, the teachers of grade 8B will do the same thing to pupils and parents. The teachers will also give individual pupils the most carefully considered personal advice and suggestion in accordance with the temper and aptitudes of the individual pupil. "The greatest defect in our school system today," said Superintendent Maxwell of New York City, in a recent report (1906-1097), "is that the principals and teachers do not guide pupils in selecting their high school courses, along the lines of their special aptitudes." Let it be remembered that after all it is to the 8th grade teacher more than anybody else except the interested parent, who actually influences the choice of the pupil between the secondary school of distinctively literary type and the secondary school which utilizes the materials and processes of the arts and crafts for the purposes of general education. Let the teacher's influence be exerted not haphazard but deliberately, with equity and intelligence and the spirit of the educator. On Monday, June 1 and on Wednesday, June 6, the classes (8B) throughout the city will hold continuous sessions (from 9:00 a.m. to 1. p.m.). On each of these days the 8B pupils will report either to the M Street High School or to Armstrong Manual Training School at 2:30 p. m., where they will be received by the Principi and faculty. At the Monday meeting the Principal, Head of Department, and instructors will describe and explain the functions and resources of the school and seek to aid the pupils in the selection of courses and studies. At the Wednesday meeting the pupils should be able to report definitely (with the written consent of their parents) upon their choice. When the pupil reports to the secondary school of his choice on Monday morning, September 20, he must carry with him his record card and his vaccination card. FUNERAL OF GEORGE FORESTER Funeral services over the remains of the well known assistant carpenter in the Armstrong Manual Training School, George Forester, was held at the 19th Street Baptist Curch, last Sunday afternoon. The entire church was draped in mourning, deceased having filled the office of deacon at the time of his death. Social Lodge, No. 1, F. and A. Masons, of which the deceased had been a member since 1865, and chaplain, attended the funeral in a body. Dr. Brooks, pastor of the church, officiated, assisted by Revs. Jarvis, Howard, Walker, Wiseman and Middleton. The church was filled with friends of the deceased. He leaves a widow and a number of children and grandchildren to mourn his death. Interment in Harmony Cemetery. A DESERVED COMPLIMENT Mr. William H. Carter, Jr., choirmaster of St. Luke's parish choir, was the recipient of a beautiful mahogany music cabinet, valued at fourteen dollars, also a handsome engraving "The Six Musicians," last Friday evening at the residence of Miss Maud DuVall, 500 T street, northwest. The occasion was the annual entertainment of the choir, which was an enjoyable affair. The presentation was made by Dr. Thomas J. Brown, rector of the parish, on behalf of the congregation and choir, and was most feelingly responded to by Mr. Carter in accepting the gifts. Mr. Carter has given great satisfaction as choirmaster of St. Luke's parish; far beyond that of any of his predecessors. SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH The Thirty-seventh Anniversary of the Salem Baptist Church began last Sunday and will end on the 31st with a grand reception. An elaborate program has been provided, embracing addresses by the Auditor for the Navy Department, Mr. Tyler, Rev. Jarvis, Albert S. White, Revs. T. W. Longwood, J. A. Taylor, and H. Johnson, also Mrs. Julia M. Layton; a "white quartette" will also furnish music during the anniversary. Rev. L. D. Best is pastor of the church and chairman of the committee on arrangements. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C., S. HON. N. E. Man With A Record HONORABLE N. B. SCOTT, UNITED STATES SENATOR The Bee takes great pleasure in presenting to the colored citizens of West Virginia the Honorable N. B. Scott, the junior United States Senator from West Virginia, whose cut appears in this paper. Senator Scott is making a great record in the Senate on account of the bold fight that he is making to protect the home industries of his State, and he is ably assisted by his colleague, standing shoulder to shoulder with Senator Scott for the protection of the products of their State. He also has the undivided support of the West Virginia Congressional delegation, who stand undivided for the protection of home industries and for the protection of the laboring classes of his State. Senator Scott is a true friend to the colored race and he demonstrated the same in his loyal support to Senator Foraker in the Brownsville case, and the high tribute that was paid to him by Senator Foraker at the presentation exercises was a just recognition of the valuable services given him by the Senator from West Virginia. The Bee feels safe in saying that West Virginia never has had an able representation in the United States Senate nor the House of Representatives than it has at the present time. The entire delegation stands a unit for protection, and the speeches of Senator Scott speak for themselves. The Bee hopes that every loyal and liberty loving colored voter in the State of West Virginia will read his speeches and give them their most careful consideration, for it is a well known fact that West Virginia is the only Southern State where the Negro has not been disfranchised and subjected to the humiliation of the Jim Crow car law, and Senator Scott has been instrumental in helping to prevent the same. Senator Scott is a true and loyal friend to the old soldier and is always ready and willing to do anything in his power to further his cause. Senator Scott is giving his undivided attention to the present consideration of the tariff bill and is always in his seat when the Senate convenes and stays until it adjourns; and the result of the present consideration of the tariff bill will be due to many suggestions made by him. Every voter in West Virginia should feel highly complimented in having such a strong and able representative in the United States Senate who is so ably supported by the Congressional delegation of West Virginia. --- SATURDAY MAY 29, 1909 B. SCOTT Testimonial Excursion TESTIMONIAL EXCURSION On Friday, June 4, the Independent Steamboat and Barge Company, Lewis Jefferson, Manager, will give a testimonial outing to Washington Park on the steamer River Queen, for the benefit of Perry H. Carson. A committee has been selected from the public to assist the steamboat company in its efforts to assist Mr. Carson in a substantial manner, Colonel Perry H. Carson needs no introduction to the Washington public. He is now ill at his home and appreciates the effort made in his behalf. Honorable John C. Dancy has consented to deliver an address for the occasion. Thoma L. Jones, a member of the local bar, will be the chairman of the committee and introduce the speakers at the park. Every citizen of our city who knows of our good friend P. H. Carson, should help make this day a grand success. The steamer will leave her pier at Seventh street, southwest, at at 1:30; 3:30; 5 and 7:30 p. m., returning in time for cars to all sections of the city. The Independent Steamboat Company is managed and controlled by Lewis Jefferson, a member of our own race, a man who should be supported by his people, especially when he donates one of his boats for a day, the proceeds of which are to be given to a worthy citizen. As Mr. Carson is high up in the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities, the committee expects the united support of at least these two orders. Any citizen who wishes to purchase tickets or contribute toward the movement, may phone or write Lewis Jefferson, Manager, 1901 First street, southwest, Lincoln 818; or Jefferson S. Coage, Purser, 1911 Eleventh street, northwest, Main, 7372. THINGS HEARD A movement is on foot to give a shad bake, at Washington Park, on June 19th, in honor of Honorable Charles W. Anderson, who is to be the commencement orator for the schools. It has been suggested that an examination be held for the many candidates for Recorder of Deeds. If the examination includes writing, spelling, and arithmetic, which has been suggested, there will likely be many failures, unless candidates begin to study up. The Bee suggests that candidates better begin to brush up. Rev. I. N. Ross, the new pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, is said to be one of the most brilliant Negro pulpit orators in the country. It is said that Ralph W. Tyler prizes very highly a photograph recently received from the President, bearing the inscription, in the President's own hand, "For Ralph W. Tyler with friendship and best wishes of William H. Taft." President Gregory, the new executive head of the Bethel Literary Society, will instill new life into that organization, and make it the power that it formerly was. Mr. Gilchrist Stewart is still in the city, engaged in looking after the Brownsville affair. Mr. Oliver Randolph has returned from Mississippi, where he was called by the critical illness of his mother two weeks since. Honorabe John C. Dancy attended the commencement exercises of Livingstone College, the past week. Honorable W. T. Vernon will attend the commencement exercises at Wilberforce College, and then go west to attend the commencement of Quindara School. The Colored Republican Club, of New York, gave its annual banquet this week. One man attempted to keep a list of the candidates for Recorder of Deeds, but the entries were so fast he lost the count. At the last count there were sixty-six. Mr. R. B. Horner, the local candidate for Recorder of Deeds, was recently presented to President Taft, by Captain Oyster, Sidney Bieber, and Mr. Flathers. Mr. Horner expresses himself as sanguine of appointment. So do the other candidate.s OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS To the Editor of The New York Age: For the sake of the mere truth I feel in duty bound to make the following statement of facts: 1. The corps of teachers in the public schools of Washington are as a whole an honor to the community because of their high character and their devotion. 2. The personnel of the present Board of Education worthily represents the worthiest interests of this city. 3. The appointment of three colored citizens to the Board gives due and proportionate representation to the colored community, such representation being of absolutely vital importance. 4. The public schools of Washington have attained a higher level of actual efficiency than hitherto, largely because this Board of Education has consistently maintained the policy of seeking to employ experts, of holding these experts severally accountable for the conduct of their departments and of granting each an authority commensurate with his responsibility. 5. Never before in the history of these schools has the merit system been more rigorously applied. MR. GREEN'S VIEWS From the Daily News, London, England. An interesting visitor to London is a Negro judge and ex-Senator, the Honorable J.P. Green of Cleveland, Ohio. For over thirty years he has practised law in his native city, for nine years was justice of the peare, was a Senator, and for eight years was administrator of the Postage Stamp Department of the United States. Interviewed by a "Daily News" representative, he gave his views on the Negro problem, "the most important social and political question we have to face." "The financial problem is of less importance than the settlement of the relations between black and white. In popular speech, the term Negro does not differentiate between the different colors of the black race. The phrase covers all the gradations of color, from the blackest Negro on the plantation to the palest native, with blue eyes. If he has a drop of African blood in his veins, he is classed as a Negro. "The Northern people regard the results of the war for Union as an accomplished fact, and the three amendments put into the Federal Constitution, viz., abolition of slavery, rights of citizenship, and the elective franchise, as settlements not o be disturbed, and all the efforts of the North are to enable the Negro to exercise these functions and to uphold him in the enjoyment of them. "But in the South, the conditions are different. While there is a class who sympathize with the Negro in his struggle for advancement, the great mass of the Southern people view him an an inferior, and will not tolerate him either socially or politically. "The great excuse put forward for dispossessing the Negro of his social and political rights is that there would be intermarriage with the whites, and this would degenerate the race. But they forget that, notwithstanding all the laws that are now on the Statute Books of the Southern States prohibiting and punishing miscegenation with severe penalties, it continues to spread, the white man of the South being responsible for it. "Men like Senator Ben Tillman, of South Carolina, and ex-Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi, are preaching the doctrine that the Negro should not be educated beyond the rule of three, and they have a large following in the South. This, however, does not discourage the Negro. In spite of prejudice, caste, and obstacles, he is making wonderful progress along the lines of agriculture, mechanism, arts, and the professions. "When Lincoln issued his proclamation of emancipation it was freely prophesied that the Negro, like the Red Indian, would die out in a few years, and that the staple products of the South would be greatly diminished. The friends of the freedman have been agreeably surprised to find that both conclusions are incorrect. "From 1863 to 1907 illiteracy in the South has been reduced to 40 per cent.; there are 2,000,000 Negro children in the schools; 40,000 in the higher institutes of learning; 30,000 teachers, 20,000 students learning trades; 1,500 students pursuing classical courses; 1,200 pursuing scientific courses; 17,000 graduates; 400,000 volumes in libraries owned by colored people; 200 institutes for higher education, 1,000 physicians; 1,800 books and pamphlets written by Negroes; 800 lawyers; and 10 banks, 6 magazines, and 500 newspapers owned and controlled by colored people." (To be Continued.) FREE!! With every new subscription for one year in advance, The Bee will give a package of 100 visiting cards free. Don't fail to take advantage of this offer. Send for The Ree if you want a live paper. TUSIR ELEPHANTE. Caylan the Only Part of the World Where They Exist. What a sight for a Ceylon elephant hunter would be the first view of a hard of African elephants—all tuskeral! 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 grubbess 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 deer 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 froy.—Ceylon Manual. Smokelees 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. Electrocating 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 times 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 celerity. The Shy Man Woman show no mercy to the ab- man, for he stands outside of the compass of convention. Could he break out all might be saved; the man might be permanently cured, but he cannot. He has been broghed up to respect convention. His in- cles may be of steel, his heart of fire, but in his soul the spirit of diffid- ness holds him in a vice. In a dray- ing room he stands gaping, quakis a pray to introspective torment the who would perhaps storm a part with a triumphant mile of his Hine—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. "It's a matter of cold fact, statistics show that accident insurance companies pay more money to people who get hurt hanging pictures or tearing stores 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. These 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 287 miles long by eight miles broad, and comprises 1,000,000 acres of timber. Taking the average value of the 15k. 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 item in some minds that a book on history to be good must be new. In nine cases out of ten the new book is a common-place re-statement of facts that were better presented by an older wisdom—The Sphere. A Man and a Woman. A man's Idea of being stylishly dressed is to wear something in which he looks atrociously bad; a gemmets to wear something no other gemmets can duplicate. A Thousand Men Are Ped 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 Send Away No Hungry Person. The two policemen who were standing at the corner of Canal street and the Bowery as I approached them looked me over when they saw 'was about to interrupt their conversation. It was anything but pleasant night; the cont I had borrowed for the evening was none too truck, and the old shoes I wore were not waterproof. If my abject poverty was assumed, I felt a semblance of the real thing, for I was cold and tired after trampling up and down the muddy streets for an hour. "Where kfn 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 ten-cent 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 me 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'll 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 the 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 uttered curses, and once when a sightseeing automobile stopped at the corner the curses became quite audible. 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 genreally 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 Erzberg, Austria's iron mountain, will furnish ore for 1,000 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 parson 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 2-3 cents an ounce. Up to Bellevue Hospital, marched Dennisen 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 sixteen 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 burglaries 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 burguary and what to avoid in pursuing it, and columns of advice and blasts 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 prefect of police has decided that in future no more licences to play barrel organs in that city will be granted. M PAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH. AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO., FIFTI I and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C WORTH ADVERTISING FOR There are 5,499 Negroes employ Government alone, and these 5,499 $3,944,404. These more than three here in Washington, but scattered all. Is this amount of money worth but not even the largest stores in this area of it did they but realize how widely spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro person without a rival or competitor, and a few of the merchants in this city womens of The Bee, presenting the a these Negroes — these 5,499 Negro Government over three millions ofromizing a publication edited and op such firms desire and deserve their receive the bulk of these over three spent by the Negroes of Washington. What clothing stores, what furnish and what other lines of business with themselves these over three million Negroes by advertising in The Bee. Place your advertising in The Bovetive Negroes spend their over three. Now is the time to advertise in T into every Negro home in Washington, it's what advertising There are 5,499 Negroes employed here in Washington by the Government alone, and these 5,499 Negroes draw salaries aggregating $3,944,404. 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. It 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 of 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 or Washington, it's what advertising pays you, not what it costs. DEATH TRAP FOR, BIRDS. Mighthouses 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.—Strand Magazine. As History Might 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. It will patronize the advertising colt attractive bargains they may have Negroes who draw annually from the dollars — will assume that by patronized 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 be? and watch these 5,499 appreciations millions of dollars with you. The Bee, the newspaper that goesington. Remember, merchants or pays 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. Bleeplessness is often caused by the head being exposed to the cold, while the rest of the body is warm. In nine cases out of ten if the head is covered with a silk handkerchief, it will induce sleep. Worlds Population. 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. M BORN CLAIRVOYANT AND CARD READER TELLS ABOUT BUSINESS. 1228 25th St. N.W., Washington, D. G. Gives Luck to All. N. B.-No letters answered unless accompanied by stamp. N. B.-Mention The Bee A High License. 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 it correctly 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 book 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 vermilion 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 Roblaz, 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 polesoneous 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. Does Around Blacksmith Shops. Two or three dogs are nearly always to be found loafing about every blacksmith shop. This fact is so well recognised 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 heeds. They sniff the odor as a woman smells a roe, and they eat the hoof parings as a gourmet cat truffles.—Minceapellis 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. African leads with about $150,000,000; next comes the United States with about $85,000,000; 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 Mom. An astonishing trance case has come to light in Berlin. A clerk, aged 46—a healthy normal man—suddenly fell asleep in June 1904. 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 awaken him. Laca Durante. 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 suns. This gives out the smoky smell that is sometimes so 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. Chicago Standard. A Valuable Belt A thirteenth century copper and gilt eichberam, supposed to have come from Malmebury abbey, was sold by an auction in London for $30,000. THE NIGHT RIDERS ADDED KENTUCKY Original Organization Did Away with Tell Gates and Brought About Good Reads. COMPANIES DISCOVERED THE LAWY Crimes Committed New Are by Gangs Milling Behind Name of Old Association Which Caused the Abolishment of the Turnpike Compo- sition. Louisville, Ky.—There has not been, it is said, a crime of mob vi- lence 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 should- ered on the Night Riders. The Night Elders 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 turpities 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 roads 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 impassible. The owners of the turnpiles would not expend 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 organized. 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 detain he was fogged. In almost all 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 burning corporations to terms. There was not a tell 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 tell 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 organised. 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. Then sprang up, too, lawless bodies of men in many of the Southern and Middle Western States, who chose to call themselves Night Riders, though the probabilities are that 99 per cent. of the men didn't own so much as a horse to ride. If a list of the original body of Night Riders could be had the chances are that the names of many men who figured in the operations of the old Ku-Klux gang would be found, and if this list were sifted down it would show that many property-owners and men of prominence had resorted to violence because of their belief that action was their only safeguard against ruin, and that a defence of law had to be met by a Like defence. Payche Knot a Life Saver Altoona, Pa.—Having washed and dried her hair, Mary Housner, aged twenty-two, did it up in a Payche knot and walked out on the front porch. While she leaned against the rolling it gave way and she was prostritated backward, head first, ten feet to the sidewalk, alighting on her head. The collure broke the impact of her head against the flagstones, but she did not outlure escape injury. She suffered a slight concussion of the brain, but recovered consciousness a few hours later. Paris, France.—Rochefort seems to be a great town for longevity. Investigation of the records reveals the fact that during the last century from January 1, 1801, to December 81, 1900, 144 persons in Rochefort attained the age of 20 over. Two of these were centenarians, one reaching the age of 181, and the other dating to 190. 2 GREAT OFFERS This Spendid Six-Piece Set of W. H. Rogers' Guaranteed Silver Ware Free to the Washington Bee Subscribers. L. H. H. Famous W. H. Rogers Brand Warranted Solid Silver Metal, Beautifully Finished. No Plating to Wear Off. Absolutely guaranteed by manufacturers to wear forever. Solid silver metal throughout—they cannot tarnish. Rogers Silverware needs no introduction to the American public. 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As usual, invites the public to visit his MAMMOTH STORE Stocked with everything in the Drug line. Easter offeings in every design.. Pure drugs. Prescriptions carefully compounded. RICHARDSON'S DRUG 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, N.Y. Wines, Liquors and Cigars Polite Attention Ladies' and Gents' Dining Room Meals Served at All Hours A fire broke out in the city last week, in Maryland avenue, between 4 1-2 and Sixth streets, southwest, and caused a loss of about $100,000 to property. One fireman was badly injured. Body of R. T. Pratt, Dead from Hunger and Thirst, Found in California. Los Angeles, Cal.—"Water, if I could only and water! I'm suffering terribly from hunger. To-day I ate some green brush, but I can't go any more. I vender 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 Bryan habitation. The diary also was 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 8, 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 often does by means of a mirage. Two days later came the two entries quoted first. The last entry reads:— "I left Graperville, Inyo 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. Chris Will Curry 27 Passengers and 10 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 Crestville and Browder 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 tens 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 Marons 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. R. L. Barney has charge of the automobile line, while Capt. Bruce A. Griggs, a veteran river man, will operate the steamer lna. HAS A RABBIT FLAGUE Bould Cottontails Destroy Crops on California Hanches. 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 fierce 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 La Coster 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. BAGLE KILLS A SHARK Ship's Crow Witness Rescuerate Fight in Chosapeake Bay. Baltimore.—A remarkable combat between a large eagle and a shark was witnessed recently by Captain Henderson who the crew of the steamer Tangier in Chosapeake Bay. When coming out of Oceansnock 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 minnerm's crew put off in a small boat and captured the eagle, although it clawed them repeatedly and the snake, harvoring claws by, tried to attack them. Shot an Alibiso Brahwal. Marquette, Mick.—While hunting near Grand Marais, Gustav Hubert shot and killed an alfino aquarium. It has been presented to James Cairns, of Grand Marais, and will be mounted. Albino door are commonly killed in upper Michigan, but this is the first time of which there is record that a white aquarium has been banned. THE BEE PUBLISHED 1109 Eye St., M. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Wash- ington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance..$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months......50 Subscription monthly......20 TAFT'S ALL RIGHT There are some men of the race so narrow in their estimate of a president, as to judge him solely by the number of Negroes he appoints to office and the rapidity of such appointments. There are ten millions of Negroes in this country, who are suppliants for encouragement, and the encouragement the majority seek is not office. Because President Taft does not stop the wheels of the government, because he does not suspend the consideration of weighty matters of state that affects the eighty million of citizens of this country, in order to make appointments, some are disposed to criticise him. There are far more important things connected with the race's advancement than office. The bettering of conditions in order that the great majority of the race who are wage earners can earn a better living is of more vital importance to the race than appointing this or that man to office. The tariff revision that is now pending in Congress is of as much, and possibly more, concern to the Negro as to the white man, since the majority, and the great majority, of Negroes are wageearners whose wages will be affected one way or the other by a revision of the tariff and the purchasing power of the money they earn will be increased or reduced by the revision of the tariff. There are scores of colored men, either active or receptive candidates for office, and they are selfish enough to think that their appointment is of vastly more interest than the interests of the ten millions of Negroes, and the eighty millions of white and black people in this country whose condition must, of a necessity, be affected by any revision of the tariff. There is no question but what President Taft will act justly with the race, and there is no question but what he will act at the proper time, and there is no need to hurry him. The interests of eighty millions of the American citizens have been placed in his hands to conserve and their interests are of paramount importance to the doling out of a few offices. The Bee does not criticise a Negro who aspires to office, for that is a laudable ambition but we do criticise the Negro aspirant for office or the white aspirant for that matter, who is so selfish as to consider his appointment a matter of precedence over problems the settlement of which affects all the people of this republic. While the Negro desires to have fair play and equitable representation in office, he is most concerned about an opportunity to make an honest living, and a right to participate in the privileges that are presumed to be the constitutional right of American citizens. President Taft is all right, and this publication has the utmost confidence in his wisdom and his desire to deal justly with all classes, regardless of race or color. IMPROVED METHOD Perhaps a good addition to the public school system of the District of Columbia would be regularly appointed substitutes, selected from the list of those who in the past have proven their efficiency. There are some few substitutes like some few teachers, who expect to find all the work of the classroom done before they enter it—unless this is found to be so; the regular classroom teacher is citicised and blamed by them for their (the substitutes) failure and weakness, due to inexperience, to such an extent that it reflects on her ability as a teacher. The teacher knowing this, in many cases is at her post of duty when she is ill enough to be in bed. On the contrary if she knows that there is a standing list of strong substitutes from which it draw, she remains at her home when ill, in peace, long enough to recuperate. LEST WE FORGET The Bee is not an organ of any particular clique or faction, or any particular party. The Bee is an organ of the race, and proposes to stand for what is conceives to be best for the race. The Bee cannot be used to discredit any man in order to please the fancy of some other man. We aim to represent the highest and best type of Negro citizenship and we mean that this shall be our policy so long as it remains the property of the present exclusive owner. We repeat this statement lest some forget. MR. JOHN P. GREEN. We begin in this week's issue the publication of an interview between Mr. Green, while in England, and a representative of the "Daily News," of the same place Mr. Green is ever ready to say a word for the race of whom he is an interesting part, and he never loses an opportunity for giving expression to facts as they present themselves to him. A CORRECTION In the article last week concerning Messrs. Vernon and Houston, the word May should have appeared where the word March was. Picking success yields more than picking trouble. Never choose associates who have less character to lose than you. More women deal in sunshine at popular prices than men, and that's why life for men is made brighter. A woman suffers in silence, but a man makes a great noise over a pin-prick. And still they call woman the weaker. Whenever you obtain something from your equal under false representation, never hesitate to return it promptly, with apologies. Honorable C. D. Hilles, the new Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr. Ralph W. Tyler, Auditor for the Navy, are old acquaintances, both having served on the staff of the Columbus Dispatch. The appointment, by Mayor McGee, of Pittsburgh, of William R. Randolph, as assistant City Attorney, is a deserved recognition of a bright Negro lawyer, and a large colored constituency. The Bee congratulates all three beneficiaries—the appointee, the city, and the race. IMPORTANT FACTS (Concluded.) Your friend, this friend of yours, who approached me and told me that he was tied up in a deal to the amount of $400.00 and said: "Relieve me, and I am your friend, as I am out of the business forever, never to re-enter it again." He got the four hundred dollars and at the first opportu- nity has entered the business, not as a fair and open competitor, but as a man who resorts to any unscrupulous work to wean my friends away from me. He approached a friend of mine, the best friend I have in the world, though a white man, whom he knew was giving me his aid and support, and tried to wean him away from me by saying something particularly derogatory to the women of our race. And when, on finding that his efforts were unavailing, proceeded to insult this gentleman because of his business relations with me. Whereupon he was immediately put out of the gentleman's office. I wish to say now that I am particularly proud of that gentleman's friendship. I wish to inform the public in general of the valuable assistance that I have received from this man. When I first approached him with my proposition he asked me, "Jefferson, why not get your own people to make this investment, I am certain of its success?" I told him that I had laid the plan before many of my own friends, and that while they all approved, none of them were willing to make the outlay, as it was too large for them, and so he came to my aid, advanced me all the money I needed, but always said that at any time my friends of my own race desired to take his place he wished to be released, and he is still in the same frame of mind. Now I ask you, would not any man be proud of such a friend? We, as a race, need just such friendships. I am very proud that my humble efforts have earned such support, but I want my friends of my own race to encourage recognition from men who will not look down upon them with a feeling that they are not worthy of second thought. I want to warn my friends against false friendship and bad influence. Things have come to such a pass that I need the friendship and support of all colored people. It is time for us to rally. In union there is strength, and always will be. We can only be recognized as a power and a people by pulling together. Great results will follow, I am sure. It is time for the colored people to show their white brothers that they are a race. I want the support of the people of my race, but will not resort to underhand methods to gain it. I want to say, however, that already the largest organizations, churches and clubs have chartered with me, but I still have some choice dates open. Call soon, and show me that you are going to give me your support. Your friend at all times. Lewis Jefferson, Phone, Lincoln 818. Wharf phone, Main 7372. SONG RECITAL BY MISS MARIE JAMES Selections from Greig, Mac-Dowell, Brownell, Godard, Schubert, Von Fielitz, Gluck, and Saint Saenes, about coveerd the elaborate musical program, the 14th instant, at the Berean Baptist Church. This elaborate affair was under the direction of Miss Marie James, assisted by Miss Edna Gordon, pianist, of Springfield, Massachusetts. Miss Alma Pitts, an elocationist of local celebrity, and Mr. Felix Weir, violinist. Miss Abbey Williams presided at the piano. This affair was successful in eevry way, especially financially; a very important item. ANNUAL RECEPTION The annual reception of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, was held recently in the auditorium in East Washington. The reception was most liberally attended, and a handsome sum was realized to swell the treasury of the Grand Chapter. HOTEL MACEO When visiting New York City, stop at the Hotel Maceo, 213 West 53rd. Street, corner Broadway Steam heated. Telephone, 803. Columbus. B. F. Thomas, Prop. OXEN BUILD THE RAILROADS. The ox as a beast of burden has about had his day with the American farmer. He is raised by wholesale, killed by wholesale and distributed through the world as beef, but he doesn't have to work. Up in eastern Canada, however, he does a big stunt of work before he is caten. In Nova Scotia, especially, oxen are still used for all sorts of farm work. They plough the fields, haul the hay and apples and potatoes and cart in the firewood from the forests. They are slow, it is true, but there is time and to spare in those parts. Of late the ox has been helping to build the railroads in Nova Scotia. He is found to be very useful in grading the roadbed, which calls for a lot of short haul work "The oxen are yoked in pairs and as many pairs can be used tandem as are necessary to any given job. They are patient and untiring. Reads Like It's True A Stroud farmer on route one has taken out a patent on an electric motor fastened on a cow's back, the electricity being generated by a dynamo attached to the cow's tail, says the Stroud Inventor. It strains the milk and hangs up the pall and strainer; a small phonograph accompanies the outfit which yells "So!" when the cow moves; if she kicks a hinged arm catches the milk can and slams her over the head with it.—Lincoln County (Okla.) Journal. The Cold Bath. The daily cold bath is an ideal spring tonic as well as one of the most important of all measures for preventing disease. Many a weary seeker after health would do well to throw away drug tonics and try the cold bath, taking care, however, to secure a good reaction. The result in the way of renewed life and energy would be surprising.—Good Health. Robbery in China. Armed robbery is still rife in the Kwellin district of China, despite the efforts of the authorities to suppress it. Over four hundred executions of offenders for this crime have taken place in this district alone during the last twelve months. Fishing Rod Wedding. All the guests at a wedding at South-end-by-the-Sea, England, brought fishing rods, and the bride and bridegroom, both members of the Scotland Angling Society, passed beneath an arch of fishing rods on leaving the church. Numerous Friends. M. Dutult, who died in Paris in 1902, left a large part of his wealth to all those who could legally claim kinship with him. The court has just rejected the claims of the seven hundred and forty-seventh "friend." Origin of the Rubberneck Women of the ivoy coast of Africa, lengthen their necks by wearing iron rings. Every year they put a new ring around the neck, which they can stretch so far that it is nothing unusual to find it as long as the face. Dynamite. Gelatine dynamites are more difficult to explode than the ordinary brands, and require quintupl force caps or double-strength fuses to develop the full force. A Great Structure. London has completed the steel structure of its great stadium where the Olympic games are to be held. It is designed to accommodate 70,000 spectators. Newspaper China The growth of public spirit in Chin is evidenced by the great number of newspapers which have sprung up since the close of the war with Japan. The Lantern Fly: Among the curious insects of the Malay peninsula is one called the lantern fly, which is remarkable for its sudden leaps made without the aid of its wings. Britain's Fish. The value of all kinur of fish landed in England and Wales in one year is over $35,000,000, and the number of men and boys employed over 40,006. New York's Ferries. There are 32 lines of ferries plying between Manhattan and nearby stores, carrying a daily average of 268,800 passengers. A Giant Lobster. A lobster caught at Castine, Me. measured 37½ inches from tip to tip and weighed minus one claw. 17½ pounds. Perrian Laughter. In Persia the man who laughs is considered effeminate, but free license is given to female merriment. After a few years of married life a fellow gets used to being woke up to be asked why he doesn't go to sleep. The human eyes are rarely of equal power in the same person QUEER ANCIENT CUSTOMS. Touching a Suicide's Hand Was Thought a Cure for Sickness. In former times it was a common notion that, if a sick person, could only touch the hand of a suicide, he or she would be cured. This superstition was especially common in the west of England; in Cornwall, touching a suicide's hand was said to have once cured a young man who had been afflicted with many tumors from his birth. A similar superstition regarding the touch of executed criminals has been widely prevalent and has often been recorded. Robert Hunt, in his, "Romances of the West o England," says that he once saw a young woman led to the scaffold at Newgate to have a wen touched by the hand of a man who had just been executed. At Northampton of old the hangman is said to have had a regular fe for according a similar "privilege" to the sufferers from like disorders. Even the coffin of a suicide may have curative value. There is a Devonshire belief to the effect that, if any one suffering from disease can manage to throw a white handkerchief on such a coffin at the time of its interment, the disease will vanish as the handkerchief decays. Much superstitious value has been attached to the knots of the ropes used either by a suicide or in the execution of a criminal. Clean Your Glasses. You who wear spectacles must understand that you cannot see to advantage through greasy lenses. The common habit is to wipe eye-glasses or spectacles with a silk handkerchief carried in the pocket. The finger tips always exude a delicate oil. This gets on the handkerchief and from the handkerchief goes on to the lenses. Presently there's a smear of grease and people complain of dimness of vision. Drop the handkerchief; get some very fine tissue paper cut into small sections, wipe your glasses with two or three pieces and throw them away. Shoddy. Shoddy! The word stands for everything that is mean and contemptible, false, and make-believe. Yet the product known in the world of business as shoddy is one of the most useful inventions of the nineteenth century, and deserves to rank with steam and electricity, anesthetics, the bicycle and other discoveries that have made life worth living, improved our health and lengthened our days.—World's Work. Newspapers In The U. S. In 1810, nearly a century, ago, there were 351 newspaper in the United States. In 1905 there were 26,422 printing and publishing houses in the country. These represented $385,008,604 of invested capital and turned out products valued at $496,061,137. The growth for the five years since 1900 doubled the growth or the ten years previous. Right Handed Men According to authorities from 85 to 95 per cent of the men in civilized lands are right-handed and have developed the low right shoulder. This, however, is no new phenomenon, for even the ancient Greek sculptors had noticed it and posed their subjects so as to make them appear more symmetrical Peat as Fuel. There is a strong organization at work in this country developing the use of peat as fuel. It is now utilizing many acres of swamp lands which are being reclaimed for agricultural purposes. The bi-products of the industry are very promising. A Prosperous Town. Waycross, Ga., with a population of 9,000, has no poorhouse, nine out of ten of the white population own their homes and 93 per cent of the children attend school. The saloon license has annually for the last 16 years been fixed at $20,000. New York City's Banks. Twenty years ago the fact was made much of that New York City boasted one hundred banks and trust companies. Today, however, the greater city has no fewer than 212 institutions of this character. Greatest Heat and Cold. The greatest heat is never found on the equator, but some 10 degress to the north, while more severe cold has been registered in Northern Siberia than has been found near the Pole. Rolling Stones. The "Rolling Stones" of Australia placed on a fairly smooth surface, will soon roll together in a group. They contain a magnetic ore. Taken in Marriage. Men of talent generally fix upon ignorant and stupidish women for their wives; while stupid men almost invariably alight upon clever women. English Predominates Two-thirds of all the letters which pass through the postoffices of the world are written by and sent to people who speak English. Taking into consideration the proportionate weight, the wing of a bird is twenty times stronger than the arm of a man. MADE TO ENTOMB A TANTAR GIRL Austrian Mason Goes Insane After a Horror Among Canesus Tribe. Odesse.—Peter Kavulitch, an Austrian mason, weat mad here as the result of brooding over being forced to wall up the daughter of the chieftain of a Tartar tribe in the Cautausus in a living tomb. He was kidnapped in Baku a month ago, taken blind folded into the mountains, compelled to build the wall around the girl and then was turned loose outside Baku. For a week he led a party of soldiers in a vain attempt to find the girl. The girl was condemned to death in the tomb because she cloped with one of her father's servants. She was engaged to the son of a wealthy Tartar, and all preparations had been made for the wedding. She was caught with the servant after a two days' chase, and was tried at a family council. It was decided to build a wall around her and leave her to her fate. Kavulitch was kidnapped, and he was taken into the maltains to find the whole tribe grown up to witness the living burial of the girl. The man protested against the work, but his life was threatened unless he obeyed. The girl was tied hand and foot to a stake. She implored mercy, but her cries were unheeded. A circle was drawn around her, and the mason was made to follow, it with a wall two feet thick. The wall was raised a foot above the victim's head, and a small opening was made for air, so that her sufferings might be prolonged. As soon as his work was finished Kavulitch was blindfolded again. He was set at liberty with 100 roubles in his pket. He came to Odessa and went mad in the street. He was taken to a hospital in a straitjacket. A LOAF OF BREAD PUT IN TWO COFFINS. Half Buried with Wife, Mhusband's Brooklyn.—Adolph Raad, who formerly lived at No. 110 Luquer street, was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, the coffin containing one-half of a loaf of rye bread, the other half of which had been buried with Mrs. Raad four years ago. The aged couple were born in Ludenbach, Germany. They purchased a farm in what is now Flatbush, and as the city gradually encroached upon their farm land they cut it up and sold it until they were soon able to retire comfortably. There is an old German custom of making a wish whenever a fresh loaf of bread is cut. On September 7, 1904, Mrs. Raad had just made the customary wish, and was about to cut a loaf when she dropped dead. The husband gut the loaf and put half in his wife's coffin. The other half was preserved in a tin box, the neighbors having been instructed to put it in his coffin. FORTUNE FOR FAMILY OF SWINDLED MAN. Restitution Puts Impoverished Wildow and Children in Affluence. Galveston, Tex. — Mrs. George Overton and family of two sons and two daughters who have been eking out an existence on a small farm near Fort Lancaster. in Crockett County, have been presented with a thousand-acre ranch in Edward County, well stocked with cattle and $10,000 in cash, by a former partner of the husband and father of the Overtons. George Overton, who died five years ago, was once a wealthy cattleman of West Texas, but entered into a mining project with a man who swindled him out of his wealth and lands. The partner disappeared fifteen years ago and went to Mexico, where he amassed wealth in mining and returned to make redititutes. FIRST SEA VOYAGE. Discovery Shows It to Have Been 2- 000 Years Before Solomon. Chicago.—Prof. James S. Breasted of the University of Chicago, announced his discovery in Sicily of a portion of a tablet covered with inscriptions, showing that Solomon did not make the first sea voyages. He says that the translation shows that the builder of the first pyramid made a journey with forty ships across the Mediterranean to Lebanon for cedar. This, he says, was two thousand years before Solomon's time. Colin Found in a Fish's Backbone. Long Branch, N. J.—Nellie Case, a servant in the home of Mrs. Oliver Byron, discovered a nickel imbedded in the backbone of a butterfish while preparing the fish for the Monday meal. The fish was bought at the market of Capt. John Hennessey. Capt. Hennessey was unable to explain the finding of the coin in the bone of the fish. He is confident, however, that the fish must have swallowed it. --- Lasso Saved Man From Abysse. San Francisco, Cal.-Laasoo at the brink of a steep precipice, A. L. Banks of Philadelphia owes his life to William Rogers of New York city. With Robert Shea of New York, and James Archer of London, Banks and Rogers were riding in the mountains, when Banks's home slipped. To save himself Banks grasped a bush. Ragers swung his pope and caught banks around the water. --- aR Week Jira ey ag Wi eek Si] ASS Ep RiGee . Pe - Ag intimated in our issue of last week, Dr. W. L. Board, of the drug firm ef Board and McGuire, has re- signed from the Government Service, and will devote his time exclusively to building up his large and growing business. 7 The regular annual excursion of the congregation and friends of St. Luke's Church, will take place on Wednesday, July 21st, 1909. “After a long and painful illness, Mrs, Helen Webster Scott, sister of Mrs. H. Lacey, departed this life, Wednesday, May 19: Tle funeral services were held from her late residence in Marion street, on Friday, May 21. Dr. A. A. Crooke, of Providence, Rhode Island, former pastor of John Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, was in the city last week, the guest of Honorable John C. Dancy, with whom he has gone .on a visit to North Carolina. He will deliver the annual address at the comencement exercises of Liv- ingston College, from which he was graduated sixteen years ago. ‘The friends of Rev. Albert John- son, Bishop of South Africa, former pastor of the Metropolitan Church of this city, are glad to know that he is doing well in his new field of labor. Full particulars will appear in our advertising columns. River View Park has been selected, but a sub- sequent excursion will be given either to Somerset Beach or to Wash- ington Park, as the triends and pa- trons of the church may elect. Miss Maggic Newmatl, of Media, Pennsylvania, one of the teachers of Bakimore, Maryland, visited this city last Friday, She stopped at the beautiful suburban home of Mrs. Florence Lightfoot Milton, in Brook. land, District of Columbia. Dr, James C. Carper, one of How: ard’s popular graduates a few year: ago, has become very popular it Richmond. He jis said to be one of the best doctors of his race in tha city. > Miss Hortense Benjamin, daugh ter of the late William T. Benja- min, has been quite sick.at her home Her friends are glad to know tha! she is improving. Mr. Reuben Lee, one of Richmond’ popular citizens, paid a flying visi to this city last Sunday to visit hi: sister, Mrs, Bettie Braxton, and hi daughter, Mis Carrie Lee, of 223: Cleveland Avenue, northwest. Miss Theresa Braxton, organist 0 the Second Baptist Church, an head clerk of the “Bee Office,” wa able to relieve her brother, Profes sor William Braxton, organist of th Metropolitan African -Methodis Episcopal Church of an evenin engagement last Saturday, : It too place at Phillip's Boarding School, o Connecticut Avenue, northwest. Sh was at the piano and Mr. John Col played the violin. She had goo success considering her first tim playing for a dance." It is a great pleasure for The Be to announce the good success th Miss Theresa Braxton has in what ever she attempts to do. There wi be an account of her second annivet sary as organist of the Second Bag tist Church in next week's issue. Miss Howell, from the Norm: School, Portsmouth, Virginia, is i the city and is the guest of Mrs. Ci lestine Newton Folk, 308 P stree northwest, Larger crowds than ever are to t seen every evening around the soc fountain at the drug store of Boat and NcGuire, 1912 1-2 r4th stree northwest. It pays to go where th crowds go. A ten thousand dollar Rally a: Lecture will be held Thursday, Jun 10, af the Cosmopolitan Temple Ba tist Church, Rev. Simon P. W. Dre Pastor, by t2¢ Cosmopolitan Litera Mr. Charles A. Harryday, of 1213) T street. northwest, an old employe of the Treasury Department, is lying dangerously il] at his residence. John A. Gray, Sr., of 1505 M street, northwest, was taken suddenly ill last Sunday morning after returning from church services at the 15th Street Presbyterian Church. Mr. Gray has served as an elder in this church for a long time. William H. Haynes, of 1917 ‘11th Street, northwest, has been confined to his residence the past week with severe indisposition, James T. Bradford, of Baltimore and Philadelphia, visited this city last Sunday. Miss Virginia Adams spent a few days in Richmond, Virginia the past week. Mrs, William Watkins and daugh- ters, Misses I yla and Janet, of Cam- bridge, Masacfusetts, were here at the graduation of Mr. Thomas O. Watkins, son and brother, from the Howard Medical School, as a dentist. Mr. J. C, Clark of this city was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. A. | Wycke, while in Charlotte, North | Carolina. ° |" The numerous summer schools are |quite liberal in the distribution of booklets. Which one shall I attend, {is the question that each teacher is asking herself? * * Mr. John A. Gray, one of our old resident families, was stricken with illness’ at his home on last Sunday morning. : Miss Rachel E. Guy, of 1209 New | Jersey Avenue, southeast, assistant | soprano soloist of St, Luke's Protest- {ant Episcopal Church, is confined to ‘Jher residence by sickness. | The Sunday evening services at "| St. Luke’s Church have been discon- [tinued during the warm season, s| The choir of St. Paul's Protestant 1} Episcopal Church, 23rd street, north- r] west, and the Washington Circle, is H said to be the best in this city. * Mr. A. J. Gaskins, the sole man- ‘Jager of the well known, restaurant "of Gaskins and Gaines, 8th and D streets, narthwest, is under the sole management of Mr. A. J. Gaskins, ,}one of the best restaurant keepers in _|this city, Friends are glad to know s/that Mr. Gaskins is the sole manages s)0f this famous house. 3] We call the attention of our read ers to the “ad.” of Madame Louisa f] which appears in this isue, 1] The commencement exercises of ‘!the Industrial and Educational. In "| stitute of Topeka, Kansas, began las tynight and will end next Wendesday : Professor Kelly Miller will delive: ;}the address at 2:30 p. m. Wednes nj day. Myr, William P. Carter is th e| President of the Institute. e| Mrs. Mrs, Henry Lassiter, of 121: i] 17th street, is on the sick list. ¢| Mr. Thomas H. Carter, of 171, -}R street, has been confined to hi ©)home for some time by sickness, ; The cighth“annual reception by th ,| Banneker Relief, which was: give HN}. ee % _.jin Convention Hall, was a very’ en | joyable one. WANTED We have an exceptional proposition to offer a renteel colored man who has extensi acquaintance among de- partmental and District Government employees. Address Box C, Bee 1109 Eye street, northwest, FOR RENT 3 rooms, x front, 2 back; furnished, Will rent single or in suite, 1224 You street, northwest. Single lady or gentleman preferred, 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. “os ll!CO CHEAPEST ~—~«QUICKEST = s—“=i‘“‘;‘“;*™*™;*;*Cé@ESTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TRIANGLE PRINTING CO.. 1212. FLA.AVE .N.W FREE OFFER—ONE cue Some cae WITH EVERY OR- ‘DER OF TWO DOLLARS OR MORE. [BRANCH OFFICE—1109 EYEST.,N.W.' - PHONE—MAIN 4078 Os - _ oy A ee KnowTheFuture and write to MADAME LOU- ISA, SCIENTIFIC ASTROLO- GER and PHYSIOLOGIST. Will read your life and answer six question for $1.00. In sending orders please write address and date of birth plainly, and state whether married or single. : 1712 Montrose Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. eee GASKIN’S RESTAURANT Gaskin’s restaurant, 320 8th. street, nortliwest, formerly Gas- kins and “Gaines. First Class Services. All the delicacies of the season, Free Lunch from 13to 1 Every: Day: | OUR SCHOOLS The Jones, Logan, Cook and Ban- neker schools had great success in the entertainments recently given for the benefit of the TB. A. Dr. A. R. Collins is taking an active interest in the schools of the Southwest. Te people are striving to throw off from their schools the lethargy of the past and place them in touch with the activities of the Twentieth Century, under the lead- ership of Dr. Collins. : Organized cooperation of parents and teachers in our schools will ac- ‘complish effective work. Animals Which are a Constant Men- ace to Submarine Lines. The vicissitudes o1 a suwmarine cable are many, Says the “Magazine of Commerce.” It may be torn by &n anchor, crushed by a roch or se- rlously damage¢ by a coral reef such as abound In the troples. Some of the growths often found on a cable tend gradually to decap the Iron sheathing wires, Then, again, a cable sometimes severs by 4 seaquake. It may be fatally attacked by the snout of a ‘sawfish or by the spike of a sword- fish. But perhaps the little animal that makes Itself most objectionable from tho cable enginecr’s standpoint ig the Insignificant little terado navalis, This little beast ts intensely greedy where gutta-percha 1s concerned, working Its way there between the fron wires and between the serving yarns. The silica in the outer cable compound tends to defeat the tera- ao’s efforts at making a meal of the core, und this defeat is further ef- fected by the core being enveloped in a thin taping of brasa, But where the bottom is known to be badly izsesten with these little monsters of the deep the Insulator {1 oftencomposedof india rubber which hes no attraction for the terado and Fossesses a toughnéss, moreover which fs less suited for Its boring too! than the comparatively cheese-like gutta-percha, which it perforate with the greatest ease. Terrors to Stik Hats. Any one who hag ever caught a glimpse into the recesses of the aver- age cloak room at a function where there were many men present must give a sigh for the days when it was fashionable to wear a crush hat. To see one of the attendants making his headlong way through one of the aisles with a bundle of coats over his shoulder, leaving a trail of silk hate knocked off their pegs and lying on ‘the floor, is to wonder how any man ever gets his own tile back and also throws some light on why a silk bat looks so badly after It ts returned to {ts owner from the tender “care” of the cloakroom berserkers. Careful- ness seems to be a thing entirely un- “own to one of those hobblede- hace “DEVIL ANSE” iN VIRGINIA - fold, His Father. ehmoné ~a—~"Devil A se" Hatfield Is once again x the meun- tains of Wewt Virginia, afte, an \b- sence of yerya, Nineteen year: 1g0 James Hatfleid, Jf, better known vw “Devil Anse,” was reco: nized throughout the mountains of West Virginia and Kentucky as one of the quickest and surest shots in the Hat- field faction, when he left West Vir- ginia for the plains of Minnesota. “Devil Anse” 1s highly respected In the community in which he lives. Few in that section know of his past life or of the explolts of himself and his Kinsmen !n their family war fare. He {s on a visit to bis father, ‘“Cap” Hatfield, leader of the Hat field, leader, of the Hatfield clan, who fs 90 years of age and very feeble. After spending some time at his old home it is the purpose of “Devil Anse” to return to the wheatfelds. “West Virginia {erno longer lke home to me.” he says, ‘many lives were lost during the war between the two families. The Hatfleld-Mo- Coy fued, known throughout the | warld for the ferocity with which ft was waged, started in Floyd County nearly forty years ago and extended over a dozen countles In the two States. Twenty years ago I grew tired of the eternal strife and blood- shed abd went West.” - John McCoy was the head of the McCoy family, of which there were fifteen children. Only one survives. “Cap” Hatflold was the father of | thirteen children, of which number eleven-wera killed, the only two now allve being “Devil Anse and a gtrl A mountain romance concerns St self with the McCoy who survived and the Hatfield girl. The two wer about the same age. One day they met on a mountain trail. Later the Uttle community in the bills was startled to learn that the two had eloped and that they had been mar rled by a mountain preacher. Thi: ended the feud. The couple are bap py. They live In a pretty little wood ed glen in the West Virginia hills surrounded by growing boys ant girls carrying fn thelr veins the fuse¢ blood of the two old fighting fam! Hes, 7 At times thé feud of former day! reached such proportions that Stat troops had to be called out. The trouble affected even the cousins o: the two sides. Innocent women ani children were shot like rabbits {z the fields. In one instance two mem bers of one of the clans, both mer boys, were tled to trees and burnec { to death. GULLIBLES VISIT OCHIOAGO. Don't Half Try. Chicago.—The gullibillty of some persone *2 past all comprehension. A party of visitors from the West once made up a purse of $15 to see the statue of Gen. U. 8. Grant dis- mount from the stone horse at Lin- coln Park, A Kansas farmer agreed to pur chase the Federal Building for $3,- 060, securing his option with 2 cash payment of $147. Another man from down State paid a newly found friend $2.50 to see the Masonic Temple turn half way around. But a new bunco game was discov- ered this week when Harry Fickle herer, of North Tonawanda, N. ¥., kicked because two detectives re fused to allow him to buy the “gold” on the tower of the Montgomery Ward Building. Ficklesherer had just completed negottations for the purchase when Detectives Russell and O'Brien ac costed him. ~ ANNIVERSARY SYNDIOATE. Three Sisters and Cousin Married om the Same Date. Sage eee Serene St. Louls—aAt the wedding of Miss Rena M. Ellfott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Elliott, to Fred L. Dodge, of Sherman, Tex., at the home of the bride's parents, an un- usual coincidence was discovered. ‘The ceremony was performéd by the Rey. W. M. Rhoads, a cqusin of the bride. a The date was the nineteenth wed- ding anniversary of Mr. and Mre. J. L. Tober and the twenty-third anniversary of Mrs, Thomas B. Ruyle, both women being sisters of the bride. It was also the thirtteth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Bradshaw, cousins of the bride, and the birthday anniversary of Miss Elifott, also a sister of the bride, all of whom were present at the ceremony. | THE YOUNG MENS’ PROTECTIVE LEAGUE THE YOUNG MEN’S PROTCTIVE LEAGUE WILL CEL- EBRATE ITS 15TH ANNUAL OUTING AT WASHINGTON PARK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1909. STEAMERS LEAVE WHARF AT 7TH AND M STREETS AT 9 A. *, 2-4 AND 6:30 P. M, AND THE LEAGUE HOPES THEIR, MANY FRIENDS WILL PATRONIZE THIS OUTING. ee eeeeeeeEEeEe——E——eeeey 2 ’ . Excursion Season For 1909 Steamer River Queen to Washington Park. Steamer Jane Moseley to Norfolk, Baltimore, and Landings down the Potomac River. Books now open for charteron the River Queen and Jane Moseley. Secure your dates at once, before they are all taken__ NES Ss ied a F “4 ae) A oe - a Bh a aa Sree Fi Fs Pe g's, EH ae LO Reig Pe OT aa La Di \ Bre rans, ere ee hs hey fi cS SISO: © Sic, Reon hf 7 RENE SE oNA Loeb Noe ce ame Sw ree aaa rei é SS ae 2 ah gai Ca ee ae . . pester rasa is mare seid es ‘Semen ataae: pisses scare YET ES TC ers ON REPT ie S en Rieke TREE Ete Ae eee * WASHINGTON PARK This beautiful park has a collection of attractions never before offered to the Washinton 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 Depotand 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. si _ For particulars address Lewis Jefferson, General Manager, Sev- ° enth and N Streets Wharf. Columbia Ice Company COLUMBIA ICE COMPANY COAL AND WOOD Prompt delivery made to all parts of the city, by telephone or postal card. < 7 John E. McGaw, President ani Geiteral Manager. Joseph T. Peake, Secretary and Treasurer, roth Street Wharf, southwest. Phone, Main 272. Southern Medicine C utae eaicine U0. . Een Box 754 Atlanta Ga. ~~ pai —" "CITY HALL LUNCH ROOM. : OPEN DAILY FSOM 9 A. M. TO 4 P.M. THIS IS A FIRST-CLASS LU NCH ROOM. EVERYTHING TO APPEASE YOUR APPE1 ITE COMMODIOUS DINING RC OMS FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE BAR ASSOCIATION. HOT AND COLD LUNCHES QUICKLY SERVED. : cify HALL LUNCH ROOM, t - MRS. AL TOPER, PROPRIETRESS. _ ————E—————————————————————— tt (té‘iw | Need a Refrigerator? - al We've had 2 good-many years of experience with - ji refrigerators. 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NEW YORK Redusc CORSETS Remove the dandruff if you want fine lustrous hair. Give your hair a chance to thrive by using ED. PINAUD'S (Eau de Quinine) HAIR TONIC Beautiful women in the world of fashlon keep their hair healthy and beautiful by regular use of this peerless French preparation. Wake for Beauty Pocket Mirror and Beauty Book Try it for yourself—simply send and packing) and we will send applications—Write to-day. PARFUMERIE E ED. PINAUD BLDG. DEPT. M 13 W. B. R The Perfect Corset for Large Women Try it for yourself—simply send us loc. (to pay postage and packing) and we will send you enough for three applications—Write to-day. New W. B. Rednec No. 770. For large tall women. Made of white couil. Hose supporters foot and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduce No. 771. Is the same as No. 771, but is made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $100. New W. B. Reduce No. 772. For large short womens. The same as No. 770, except that the boot is somewhat lower all around. Made of white cord hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $600. New W. B. Reduce No. 773, is the same as No. 772, but is made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $300. you the new W. B. "hip-skating" models, wrailing modes, or any of our numerous styles ensure perfect fit for every type of figure. $3.00 per pair. 377-379 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Ask any dealer anywhere to show you the new which will produce the correct figure for prevailing modes, which are made in such a variety so to guarantee perfect fit From $1.00 to $3.00 per WILKINSON BROOK., MRS., 377-379 Ask any dealer anywhere to show you the new W. B. "hip-rebinding" models, which will produce the correct figure for prevailing models, or any of our numerous styles which are made in such a variety as to guarantee perfect fit for every type of figure. From $1.00 to $3.00 per pair. WILLOWTOWN BROOK., Mrs.. 377-379 BROADWAY, NEW YORK ```markdown ``` Weeks for Bone Pocket Mirror and Beauty Book places over-developed women on the same basis as their slender sisters. It tapers off the bust, flattens the abdomen, and absolutely reduces the hips from 1 to 5 inches. Not a harness—not a cumbersome affair, no towstring straps, but the most scientific example of cosmetics, boned in such a manner as to give the weaker freedom of movement. large support- 6.00. same as bathle. 0 to 36. large that the of white 0 to 36. same as c. Hose $3.00 MARIE SAWREAN. to me with weary eyes, And on his way: His little wings were dim. sore, out of pity sore, For ork. A YOUNG LEON SLAYER Beer Farmer Boys Make Good Sheep On the African Veldt. Three lions were killed near Pietersburg. Transvaal by the nineteen-year-old son of Jozef Erasmus, a Beer farmer. It appears that young Erasmus was on his way to the Meesina mine and had outspanned his donkey team, when his kafir Pay came running to tell him that three lions were tackling the donkeys. Erasmus seized his gun and ran hard in the direction indicated. On his arrival at the spot he found the lions lying around one of the donkeys. He fired and killed a big lioness. The other two jumped up but he was ready and shot another (younger) lioness. The young lion which was left ran behind some brushwood. Erasmus first collected his donkeys and brought them into safety and then once more, carefully approached the scene of the fight. In order to find out if the two lionesses were dead he fired another shot at one of them. This disturbed the surviving lion who thereupon came forth roaring Erasmus was again ready and shot him dead on the spot. Asked by the Volkestem correspondent whether he was alone at the time, Erasmus replied; "Oh, no, Oom,' I had my little Kafir boy, with me.'—The skins were sold in Pietersburg.—Pretoria Volkestem. Petsenous Brazilian Vipera. Much is made of the lance-head viper, "the most deadly of all known snakes," brought from Brazil to New York for the purpose of an operation which will give a serum that is practically extinct. There are several singularly interesting snakes in Brazil. The suru cueu is supposed to cause death in six hours. It is sometimes found nine feet long. Its skin is a dirty tawny yellow, with dark brown lozenges on the back. It is said to be attracted by fire but seldom to injure travellers. The fiercest of the lance-headed viper is the Jarareca, and it, also, it a dirty yellow, but it is brown-black about the tail.—Boston Herald. Birds, Fruit, Dead Leaves. The Moki Indian women of Arizona have an ingenious and romantic form of culture. When young these women coil their tresses at the sides of their heads, so as to represent the buds of a native plant. This signifies that they themselves are in the flush of youth and of marriageable age. When they are married their hair is arranged to represent the fruit of the plant; while in old age their locks hang straggling down their backs, typical of the withered stalk of the dead or dying plant. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` now my heart is racked with woe, For fear he will depart. Love's Coming. 2 pp.—2d p Answers. Answers Brides Older Than Bridegrooms. Brides Older Than Bridegrooms. The vital statistics prepared by City Clerk Entwisle of Salem shows that during 1907 there were 479 marriage licenses issued and 306 solemnized in the city, which is 18 fewer than the previous year. The oldest bridegroom was 68 and the oldest bride 50, while the youngest bridegroom was 16 and the youngest bride 15. Seventy-one brides were older than the bridegrooms.—Boston Transcript. Vegetable Milk. "Vegetable milk" is used in Japan. It is made from the soja bean. The liquid is exactly like cow's milk in appearance, and in taste can hardly be distinguished from it. To make it the beans are first soaked and then boiled in water. Some sugar and phosphate potassium are added, and it is boiled down till it has the consistency of condensed milk. Valuable Ballon. At an auction sale at Christie's in London of the late Marchloness of Conyngham's art collection a silver ewer and dish, weighing together 90 ounces, a gift of George IV to an ancestor of the Marchloness, sold for $21,000. A Venerable Turtle. A Massachusetts boy, Nathan Bampson, has found a venerable turtle which bears markings made by his grandfather, now 81 years old, which were put on in 1840, and by his great-grandfather, who marked the same turtle in 1816. Slightly M.xed. The story is now going the rounds of the country papers about a man who visited the paying-teller's window in a bank and asked for one of the new coins with "God Bless Our Home" left off. A Healthful Occupation. Bull fighters receive $417 per hour, and the occupation is so healthful that unless killed by accident its followers invariably reach a green old age. Newspapers in Persia Persian newspapers are reproduced from handwriting by lithography, no types being used. Vienna has 32,000 street begkars, and many of them make a better living than workmen. It has been estimated that a London fog weighs 2,000,000,000 tons. WANTED: A RIDER AGENT IN EACH TOWN and district to ride and exhibit a simple Latest Model "Ranger" bicycle furnished by us. Our agents every here are making money fast. Write for full particuliers and special offer at NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship to anyone, anywhere in the U. without a cent deposit in advance, prepay freight, and allow TKN DAYS' FREE TRIAL during which time you may ride the bicycle and keep it. You are then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to keep the bicycle ship it back to you. We furnish the highest grade bicycle. It is possible to make FACTORY PRICES at one amal' profit above actual factory cost. You save $5 to $5 middlemen's profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guarantee behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone else. We will not sell your bicycle to anyone and learn our unheard of factory prices and remarkable special offer catalog and guarantee. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalog. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalog and low prices we can make you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less money than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. BIKES LAKE, you, your bicycles under your own name plate at double our prices. Orders filled the day received. SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from $4.00 or $8.00. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. COASTER-BRAKES. Component of all kinds at hand, hall of retail retail stores. 8 50 HEBGETHORN • PUNCTURE-PROOF 4 80 SELF-HEALING TIRES A SAMPLE PAIR TO INTRODUCE, ONLY ```markdown ``` a special quality of rubber, porous and with a small punctures without allowance to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating that their tires have only been pumped once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tread. The regular price of these tires is $9 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider of only $4.80 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. on approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of the special introductory price quoted above; or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires available. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle DO NOT WAIT or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful ones we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. Kenyon Coats Are Ideal for Summer Wear They are made in four distinct kinds. A coat for every purpose of most attractive appearance and you are always prepared for the frequent summer showers. The styles are adapted from the approved Paris and New York models. Ask your dealer. If he does not sell them, write to us for style book and samples. C. Kenyon Company 724-774 Ft. 14th Street Brooklyn The peculiar retail price of these tires is $3.50 per pair, but to introduce we will sell you a sample pair for $8.00 with order $4.50. NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES NAILS, Tacks or Glass will not let the air out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with Notice the thick rubber stripes "A" and puncture strips "H" and "D," also rim stripes "H" to prevent rim cutting. This helps make them softer that make- SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. How the Smooth Lemonstrator Gets His Victim's Coin. "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. E. 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. Sharper $600, 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. Frogs big and ferocious, given to making vicious springs when closely approached; the papybara, a cavy "contented with the bulk of a sheep"; the huge copu rat and the swarthy piglike tapir 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 tongued. A familiar object is the great jabiru, a stork with a preference for the desolate lagoons, where it may often be observed statuesque on one leg and wrapped in prospection.—Scotsman. The Gtazko Tree. Studies by Miss M. C. Stopes of the fossil fern 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. A singular fact is that the fossil specimens of the gingko, found in the rock beds of the Inferior Cullite series, at Bora, Scotland, are so similar to the living trees that at first sight no difference is apparent. Only an examination of the structure of the cells reveals a variation.—Youth's Companion. For Pressing Plalter Fkirta. Plaited Skirts which have been washed are difficult to press. Time and expense may be served by having the work done after the following method, which is fo. Solen skirts especially: Before the skirt has become badly creased or rumpled run a heating thread, using short, even stitches, down the entire length of each crease which marks the folds of the plaits. By this means, after the skirt has been washed, the proper location of each seat can readily be determined, and the pressing done successfully. Balance in Church Pew. The woman who had left a volume of Balzac in the church pew on prayer meeting night felt a little bit ashamed when she asked for the book, but the sexton assured her she need not feel that way. "Many things are left in the church," he said, "and some of them are a whole lot less respectable than Balzac. After each service the pews yield a strange grist of forgotten or disarranged articles." A Clever Bear. A noted ethnologist observed in Vienna a bear deliberately making with his paw, a current in some water which was close to the bars of his age so as to draw a piece of floating bread within his reach. These actions of the bear could hardly be attributed to instinct or inherited habit, as they would be of little use to an animal in a state of nature. Ogill Teothplka. The largest quill toothpick factory in the world is near Paris, where there is an annual product of 20,000,000 quilts. The factory was started to make quill pens, but when these went out of general use it was converted into a toothpick mill. A Beautifu Hair Dressing and Tonic for the Hair! Read what Madam Robinson, the Famous Black Patti, Queen of the Opera, says of Kink-ine PROF. ROBERTS, New York City, Dua Sir: I have used your Kink-me for the past year and my hair is growing very fast. I find it the most delightful hair dressing and tonic I have ever used, altogether different from the many cheap pomades and vaselines on the market. It makes my hair so beautiful, soft, silky, and has entirely removed all dandruff and stopped it from falling out and breaking off. And enables me to do it up in any of the many styles that I use on the stage. It does all you claim for it, and I would not be without it. Yours sincerely, MME. ROBINSON. I have used your Kink-ine for the past year to find it the most delightful hair dressing and tonic I have the many cheap pomades and vaselines on the market silky, and has entirely removed all dandruff and stop off. And enables me to do it up in any of the man does all you claim for it, and I up would not be without Kink-ine Hair Dressing is a delightful perfume colored people; is guaranteed to be absolutely safe and kinky, curly hair soft, silky and glossy, enables you in any style that you may wish. SSING by supplying the needed oils directly to the root and giving new life and vigor to the hair. SSING is for sale at all druggists for 35c per bottle. I get it. If not, send me 50c, and I will send same to you. FREE Prop 343 W 14th St ColoredSkin M For centuries scientific men have lighter colored, not by artificial At last the Chemical Wonder Co. Complexion Wonder, which does very time it is applied. The effect is natural. The effect on the color price of Complexion Wonder is 50% has another preparation which is as well as white people. It is called aration which prevents perspiration with perfumed daintiness. It will come in society or business circles; ter positions in banks, clubs, or bus tomers advance faster in life. Price Our Wonder Comb will straight magneto-metallic. Will last a life one. Wonder Grow fertilizes the which makes hair grow lengthy; prevent the hair from falling—50% Wonder Uncurl—This prepara makes the hair pliable, so as to do that our specialties will do more t lly and commercially than showy g Delivery free. Applications Berger & Co., 2 Rector Street, New Chemical Wonder Company. Ross & Mundin, 100 20th St., Board & McGuire, 14th St., Kink-ine Hair Dressing is a delightful perfumed tonic prepared largely for the use of colored people; is guaranteed to be absolutely safe and harmless. It makes harsh, stubborn kinky, curly hair soft, silky and glossy, enables you to comb it with ease and to dress it in any style that you may wish. KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING by su the scalp, increasing the growth and give KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING is for him order it for you; he can get it. If ne SPECIAL OFFER.—To prove the quall bottle of Kink-ise, price 35 cents, one cal cents, both for only 50 cents, or six bottl storest Henry Evins,928 F street north- wtst. R. Ballinger, Pro KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING by supplying the needed oils directly to the roots of the hair tones up and nourishes the scalp, increasing the growth and giving new life and vigor to the hair. KINK-INE HAIR DRESSING is for sale at all druggists for 35c per bottle. If yourdruggist does not keep it have him order it for you; he can get it. If not, send me 50c, and I will send same to you, prepaid. SPECIAL OFFER. To prove the quality and superlity of our goods over all others, we will sell one full-size bottle of Kink-lie, price 35 cents, one cake of Kink-lie Soap, the best shampoo and Toilet Soap in the world, price 28 cents, both for only 50 cents, or six bottles and six cakes of soap for $3.00. Special offer good only at the following stores: Henry Evins,928 F street north- F. A. Tschiffeley,485 Pennsyl- William H. Davis,2001 Elev wtst. vania avenue northwest. enth street northwest. [R. Ballinger, Prop 343 W 14th St New YorkCity More subscribers than any other fashion magazine-million a month, Invaluable. Latest styles, patterns, dressmaking, millinery, plain sewing, fancy needlework, hairdressing, enquette, good stories, etc. Only 50 cents a year (worth double), including a free pattern, Subscribe today, or send for sample copy. WONDERFUL INDUCEMENTS to Agents, Postal brings premium catalogue and new cash prize offers. Address MCCALL CO., 228 to 243 W. 37th ST., NEW YORK Never fails; nothing like it for 1 Price, 25 and 50 cents a box. For Board & McGuire, 1912 1-2 Fourth Mayer, Fourth and N streets north F streets southwest; A. F. Pride, T Georgetown, D. C. FRANK E. WHIT Box 107. THE BEE AND McCALL'S GREAT FASHION MAGAZINE for one year for $2.00. COUPON. Editor Bee:— Find enclosed two dollars. Send to my address below The Bee and McCall's Fashion Magazine for one year. ME BAE No..... Street..... Town or City..... ..... BUY THE NEW HOME LIGHT RUNNING SEWING MACHINE FOR twenty-five long years—never been a remedy equal to B. imissatic diseases. Thousands of results. Malaria is prevalent now of you. Begin the use of Babek will tell you that Babek is the best. FOR MALARIA, C. Before You Purchase Any Other Write THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY ORANGE, MASS. Many Sewing Machines are made to sell awards of quality, but the "New Home" is made wear. Our guaranty never runs out. We make Sewing Machines to suit all conditions of the trade. The "New Home" stands at the head of all High-grade family sewing machines Gold by authorized dealers only. FOR SALE BY ```markdown ``` MADAM ROBINSON IF YOU WILL A PLACE To Board ADVERTISE Go to HOLMES' HOTEL, No. 333 Virginia Ave., S.W Best Afro-American Accomoda tion in the District. EUROPEAN AND AMERI LAN. Good. Rooms and Lodging, 50, 75c. and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give us a Call James Otoway Holmes, Prop. Washington, D. C. Main Phone 2315. McCALL PATTERNS 10¢ AND 15¢ NONE HIGHER McCALL'S MAGAZINE 50¢ A YEAR INCLUDING A FREE PATTERN McCALL PATTERNS Celebrated for style, perfect fit, simplicity and relaxation nearly 40 yrs. Sold in nearly every city and town in the United States and Canada, or by mail direct. More sold than any other make. Send for free catalogue. McCALL'S MAGAZINE Kink-one for the past year and my hair is growing well. Hair dressing and tonic I have ever used, altogether dipped and vaselines on the market. It makes my hair so beaten, removed all dandruff and stopped it from falling out at any time. It do it up in any of the many styles that I use on the head and I would not be without it. Yours sincerely, MME. Massaging is a delightful perfumed tonic prepared largely for the need to be absolutely safe and harmless. It makes hair soft and glossy, enables you to comb it with ease and enjoy wish. Needed oils directly to the roots of the hair tones up and vigor to the hair. Druggists for 35c per bottle. If your druggist does not know, and I will send same to you, prepaid. TREE OFFER No lity of our goods over all others, we will sell our soap, soap, the best shampoo and Toilet Soap in the worst makes of soap for $3.00. Special offer good only at the Wischiffeley, 485 Pennsyl- William H. 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Uncurl—This preparation uncurls knots and hair pliable, so as to dress well—50c. We specialties will do more to advance colored people commercially than showy garments or gew-gaw jerery free. Applications for agency considered 20o., 2 Rector Street, New York City, selling at Wonder Company. Mundin, 100 20th St., Washington, D. C. McGuire, 14th St., Washington, D. C. FREE OFFER ColoredSkin MadeLighter For centuries scientific men have been trying to make dark skin lighter colored, not by artificial whitening, but in a natural way. At last the Chemical Wonder Co., of New York, has discovered Complexion Wonder, which does bring a lighter natural color every time it is applied. The effect is not artificial. The lighter color is natural. The effect on the colored countenance is magical. The price of Complexion Wonder is 50c. The Chemical Wonder Co. has another preparation which is indispensable for colored people, as well as white people. It is called Odor Wonder, a toilet preparation which prevents perspiration odor and encircles the body with perfumed daintiness. It will make anyone physically welcome in society or business circles. Our men customers secure better positions in banks, clubs, or business houses. Our women customers advance faster in life. Price of Odor Wonder, $1.00. Our Wonder Comb will straighten any hair. A heavy comb, magneto-metallic. Will last a life-time-50c. Don't fail to order one. Wonder Grow fertilizes the scalp; supplies nourishment which makes hair grow lengthy; gives the scalp strength which prevent the hair from falling-50c. Wonder Uncurl-This preparation uncurls knots and kinks and makes the hair pliable, so as to dress well.-50c. We promise that our specialties will do more to advance colored people socially and commercially than showy garments or gew-gaw jewelry. Delivery free. Applications for agency considered. M. B. Berger & Co., 2 Rector Street, New York City, selling agents for Chemical Wonder Company. Ross & Mundin, 100 20th St., Washington, D. C. Board & McGuire, 14th St., Washington, D. C. ME-LANGE BEFORE SIX AFTER USING. MONTHS USING. Never fails; nothing like it for hair that is not naturally straight. Price, 25 and 50 cents a box. For sale by the following druggists: Board & McGuire, 19121-2 Fourteenth street northwest; Julius Mayer, Fourth and N streets northwest; L. H. Harris, Third and F streets southwest; A. F. Pride, Twenty-eightth and P streets, Georgetown, D. C. Never fails; nothing like it for hair that is not naturally Price, 25 and 50 cents a box. For sale by the following Board & McGuire, 1912 1-2 Fourteen street northwest Mayer, Fourth and N streets northwest; L. H. Harris, F streets southwest; A. F. Pride, Twenty-eightth and Georgetown, D. C. FRANK E. WHITE M'F'G. CO., Box 107, East Ora Goods mailed on receipt of price. BABEI BABEK The Old Reliable Remedy. twenty-five long years—a quarter of a century from a remedy equal to Elixir Babek for Malaria is diseases. Thousands have used it with most Malaria is prevalent now. Do not wait for it to Begin the use of Babek now. 50c Bottles. You that Babek is the best thing he sells MALARIA, CHILLS & FE For twenty-five long years—a quarter of a century—there has never been a remedy equal to Elixir Babek for Malaria and such iniasmatic diseases. Thousands have used it with most gratifying results. Malaria is prevalent now. Do not wait for it to take hold of you. Begin the use of Babek now. 50c Bottles. Your druggist will tell you that Babek is the best thing he sells For MALARIA, CHILLS & FEVER UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS WM. T. NEWMAN & CO., Undertakers and Embalmers, Northwest. Carriages for All Occasions. F. Newman & Co. wishes to annou ns that they have opened a mode address, and are prepared to ren e at "Moderate Prices." We sol y you for your former patronage, Undertakers and Embalmers, northwest. Carriages for All Occasions. Newman & Co. wishes to announce that they have opened a model dress, and are prepared to rent it "Moderate Prices." We solicit for your former patronage, The Wm. F. Newman & Co. wishes to announce to the public and its friends that they have opened a modern Funeral Parlor at the above address, and are prepared to render nothing but up-to-date service at "Moderate Prices." We solicit your patronage and, thanking you for your former patronage, We are yours, WM. T. NEW Undertakers formerly of Georgetown, D. ES H. WIN STAKER AND PRACTICAL E FIRST CLASS. TERMS MO WELFTH AND R STREETS H DABB GENERAL DIRECTOR. Hiring, Levery and Sale Stable for funerals, parties, balls, recei terages kept in first-class style. at 1132 Third street northwest street, Alexandria, Va. Office, Main 1727. for Stable, Main 1428-5. STABLES IN FREEMAN'S Immediate 50 Horses. at our new and modern stable. DABNEY, Prop., 1132 Third S idney Pit Architec ING IN ATER COLOR & INK DRAFTING, DIE BLUE CONSTRUCTION A SP -M. Office 494 Louis m. Cann 1225 81C, 1227 7th Street, N. W. OLE, DISTRIBUTER OF, OLD, F HIGH·DEC WM. T. NEWMAN & CO., Undertakers and Embalmers Wm. T. Newman, formerly of Georgetown, D. C. James H. Winslow UNDERTAKER AND PRACTICAL EMBALMER ALL WORK FIRST CLASS. TERMS MOST REASONABLE TWELFTH AND R STREETS, N. W. J H DABNEY FENERAL DIRECTOR Hiring, Levery and Sale Stable. Carriages hired for funerals, parties, balls, receptions, etc. Horses and carriages kept in first-class style. Satisfaction guaranteed. Business at 1132 Third street northwest. Main office branch at 222 More street, Alexandria, Va. Telephone for Office, Main 1727. Telephone call for Stable, Main 1428-5. OUR STABLES IN FREEMAN'S ALLEY. Where I can accommodate 50 Horses. Call and inspect our new and modern stable. J. H. DABNEY, Prop., 1132 Third Street N. W. W.SidneyPittman Architect RENDERING IN PATENT DRAWING MONOTONE, WATER COLO CRAFTING,DETAILING,TRAC AND PEN & INK BLUE PRINTING STEEL CONSTRUCTION ASPECIALTY. Phone: Main 6059-M. Office 494 Louisiana Ave., N.W 1225 61C, 1227 71H Street, N.W. OLE,DISTRIBUTER OF,OLD,PURI SIM WHISK A HIGH DEGREE because of the exception stowed on the making. ness in it anywhere is the A Goodyear-welted shoe ral of the season's hand the most popular leather Looks first every time It's worth your while the Signat over, even it to buy Always welcome. because of the exceptional attention be stowed on the making. The only cheapness in it anywhere is the price. A Goodyear-welted shoe, made on several of the season's handsomest lasts, in the most popular leathers. 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 a. Always welcome. and Embalmers, Prices Moderate for All Occasions. wishes to announce to the public opened a modern Funeral Parlor prepared to render nothing but up- Prices." We solicit your patronage mer patronage, WM. T. NEWMAN & CO., Undertakers and Embalmers Georgetown, D. C. E. Winslow PRACTICAL EMBALMER TERMS MOST REASONABLE D R STREETS, N. W. DABNEY DIRECTOR. y and Sale Stable. parties, balls, receptions, etc. first-class style. Satisfaction guar- street northwest. Main office branch Va. in 1428-5. FREEMAN'S ALLEY. orses. modern stable. p., 1132 Third Street N. W. ey Pittman hitect PATENT DRAWN CRAFTING, DETAILING, TRAC BLUE PRINTING CTION A SPECIALTY. ce 494 Louisiana Ave., N.W. Cannon, 71th Street, N. W. BUTER OF OLD, PURI SIM WHISKE OF SATISFACTION IS A RARE THING IN MOST $3.00 SHOES. SHOES AT THIS PRICE USUALLY LACK STYLE OR COMFORT OR BOTH. THE STYLE OF MORE EXPENSIVE SHOES AND GCOD SOLID VALUE ARE FOUND IN OUR SIGNET SHOE the exceptional attention be the making. The only cheap anywhere is the price. -welted shoe, made on seven season's handsomest lasts, in popular leathers.