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VOL.XXX NO 6 Successful Tour WITH DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON IN WEST VIRGINIA Virginia Railway Opens Opportunities for Negroes—ExGovernor Hoge Tyler. Present. In language as forceful as it was plain, and without any attempt at oratory save that which is inherent when some ho melytruthdfwrdwld when some homely truth is being driven home, Dr. Booker T. Washington pointed out to the people of the southern Virginias, conditions as they have existed in the southland between the white and Negro races, as they exist today, and offered as the chief means for strengthening the bonds of friendly relations between the two peoples, safe, sane and marketable education for all. In a most emphatic way and in language that could not be misunderstood, he told the people of both races that the educated Negro of today has no idea or thought of social equality; and that those who come in touch with his race and its needs, know that all that is needed to accomplish its salvation is education in the broadest sense of the word. The trip over the Virginia railway, which has opened up a new country in the southern Virginiaias, extending from Norfolk to Deepwater, West Virginia, was made at the request of the late H. H. Rogers, founder and president of the road, who has been a quiet and generous contributor to southern education for many years. Dr. Washington was asked to investigate conditions among the Negroes along the line of the railway and, as far as possible, to get together at various points, as many people of both races as possible and to speak to them along the lines of industry, thrift and morality, and to urge them A. H. to educate their children in such a practical way as would tend to make them more useful in the development of this new country. The confidence in the judgement of Dr. Washington by the people of both races led him to lay down many principles for the cementing of friendly relations between the races so that they should be mutually helpful and that both might be entitled to and would enjoy the fruits of civilization, which they were to establish. The death of Mr. Rogers made no change in the execution of his plan and the tour was begun with a large mass meeting of both races in the Academy of Music at Newport News on last Sunday afternoon. On Sunday night the citizens of the town of Hampton and the teachers attending the summer Normal School at Hampton Institute were addressed. Hampton Institution is the school from which Dr. Washington graduated, and his touching allusions to the late Genl. Samuel Chapman Armstrong, his former teacher, and to his devotion to his teachings found ready response in the earnest attention and interest of the assemblage. In the town of Suffolk a most cordial reception was given the party, which was made up of prominent clergymen, educators and business men of Virginia. Dr. Washington was conducted by the mayor, Honor John B. Norfleet, in an automobile offered for his use by Mr. William Truitt, the leading white merchant of the city, to Hall Place where five thousand people of both races had assembled to hear him. Introductory remarks were made by Major Robert Russa Moten, of Hampton Institute, and the mayor presented the speaker to the largest audience ever gathered in the history of Suffolk. On the same night in the city of Norfolk, an audience which taxed the capacity of the Granby Theatre the utmost, assembled to hear him. His emphatic demand for the education of every child, black even as white, for good school houses and for good teachers, for longer school terms and for equal protection under the laws in the rural districts as well as in the cities for his people, was well received and applauded by the entire audience half or more of which was made up of the leading business and social people of Norfolk. At the conclusion of his address he was warmly congratulated by many of his hearers and his party entertained at the White City Exposition Park by the Negro citizens of Norfolk. The trip now carried the party into an entirely new country, where people gathered at the railroad stations, coming in many instances several miles. The first day out, stops were made at Burdett, Sebrell, Jarratt and Purdy, where crowds varying from four to six hundred had gathered at the railroad station to hear the distinguished leader who spoke from the observation platform of his private car. At Dolphin the entire party left the train and drove across country six miles to the Lawrenceville Industrial School, where more than a thousand people had gathered. The people of this section are largely engaged in farming and the address was particularly applied to their needs and the needs of their localities. This school was founded by Archdeacon James S. Russell, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and reflects its influence in the well ordered and well cultivated farms for miles around. It stands, said Dr. Washington, as an example of the lifting up influence of broad education, education that has a market value. Rear platform addresses were made at Alberta, Kenbridge, Victoria, Meherrin, Ward, Phoenix, Brookneal and Altivista. A nine mile drive across country to Charlotte Court House where one of the largest meetings of the trip was held, was made and a night meeting in school house grove at Salem brought a large crowd not only from the surrounding country but from the city of Roanoke, seven miles distant. At Shelby, Pembroke, Slab Fork, Lester and Pearisburg, enthusiastic crowds of several hundred assembled at the stations and gave the party an enthusiastic reception, Dr. Washington speaking from fifteen to twenty minutes at each place. From Yellow Sulphur Springs the party, accompanied by a mounted escort of fifty citizens drove eight miles to the towns of Cambria and Christiansburg, near which is located the Christiansburg Industrial Institute, whose principal, John H. Long, is a graduate of Tuskegee. A crowd numbering several thousand had gathered around the platform erected in the orchard and had waited for the party for three hours. Dr. Washington was introduced by Captain John H. Johnstone, a former Confederate officer, and seated at his side on the platform was ex-Governor Hoge Tyler of Virginia, who had driven fifteen miles from his home in Radford to be present and to "say a word" as he put it. It was at this meeting that the incident occurred which gave the speaker an opportunity to answer emphatically an unjust criticism made by some who oppose his doctrine, that he makes entirely dierent speeches to different races and to the people of dierent sections. He had just concluded a statement that the southern white man was not wholly to blame for the institution of slavery because his northern brother first brought the slave from his African captor and then sold him to his brother in the south. A white man whose dress, deportment and general appearance indicated intelligence and culture, interrupted from the edge of the crowd, "Would you say that up North?" Without pausing a moment Dr. Washington replied: "My friend, I have never made a speech in the North that I would not make in the South. I have never made a speech to my own people that WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C., SAN baker mered of the im. nuca- as and wool under well was the ot ing for- ad- ted party cpo- of onto neo- ns, rural ere and om at dis- com ri- eft ry a the en- ess elf by he e- r or r. e t e al e t e GTON, D. C., SATURDAY JULY WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY JULY 10. 1909 DR. JAMES E. SHEPPARD I would not make to the white people of, or in any section of the country. I never have and I never will." The largest town on the line west of Norfolk is Princeton, West Virginia, where an overflow meeting was held in the Court House and where a reception and banquet was given the party by the citizens. At the mining town of Giatto more than two thousand people had assembled in a sort of natural amphitheatre below the station. It was pay day at the mines and the speaker had opportunities enough to point out examples when urging his hearers to save their earnings and not to waste them in the grog shops, to make his address especially effective. It was an enthusiastic, appreciative and attentive crowd, picturesque from the surroundings of the place of assembly, and the presence of the miners fresh from their work with grimy hands and faces, cap lamps still smoking. An overnight stop was made at Page, where a meeting was held in the church and an opportunity afforded to talking to the eight hundred miners and coke burners. The neatness of the homes of these colored miners in contrast with the homes of the Huns and Italians, the orderly arrangement of their tables and their neat school house and church, brought forth commendation from the entire party and is a model of what may be accomplished by any people even amidst hard and discouraging surroundings. Two more stops were made Sunday, one at Deepwater, West Virginia, the terminus of the road, where a thousand people were addressed in the morning, and at Montgomery, West Virginia, where an overflow meeting was held in the Opera House. The emphasis which Dr. Washington laid on education getting, home getting, money saving, being reliable, being on time, the driving out of the criminal and immoral classes, the avoidance of intoxicants and the cultivation of friendly relations with one's neighbors will cer- --- --- SATURDAY JULY 10, 1909 DR. JAMES E. SHEPPARD, tainly not be without fruit in the comign years and with the development of this virgin region, these plain talks of Dr. Booker T. Washington, having and holding as he does, the confidence of the best people of both races, will be counted an important factor. The details of the tour were in the hands of Major R. R. Moten, FIFTH ANNUAL OF St. Luke's P. E. Under the auspices of TO RIVER Wednesday July 1 On the palatial steamer MUSIC BY THE MONUMENTAL PROF. CHAS. HAMILTON FARE round Trip TICKETS CAN PURCHASED FROM M COMMITTEES OR AT THE BOAT ON DATE The Congregation and of ST. LUKE'S P. E. CH. REV. THOMAS J. BROWN. Assistants; REV. A. C. COLLIER, beg to announce the FIFTH ANNUAL EX ON WEDNESDAY, JUL To RIVER VIII The commodious steamer Queen Ann 9th and N streets, Southwest, at 9:30 A returning to the city in ample time for a River View is one of the most attractive Potomac, with ample summer outhouses protected from the rain or sun. Bathing Refreshments will be furnished at mod- man's Guild. FIFTH ANNUAL EXCURSION OF St. Luke's P. E. Church Under the auspices of the Men's Club TO RIVER VIEW Wednesday July 21st, 1909 On the palatial steamer Queen Anne MUSIC BY THE MONUMENTAL ORCHESTRA PROF. CHAS. HAMILTON DIR TICKETS CAN PURCHASED FROM MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES OR AT THE BOAT ON DATE OF THE EXCURSION The Congregation and Friends The commodious steamer Queen Anne will leave her wharf at 7th and 8 streets, Southwest, at 9:30 A. M. 2:30, and 6:15 P. M., returning to the city in ample time for the cars. River View is one of the most attractive resort on the beautiful Potomac, with ample summer outhouses for family parties, fully protected from the rain or sun. Bathing, fishing and boating. Refreshments will be furnished at moderate prices by the Woman's Guild. Proceeds for the benefit of the Church. No postponement on account of rain. Rights reserved. Commandant, Hampton Institute, and the party included Archdeacon J. S. Russell, Davidson Washington, Ernest Attell, Nathan Hunt, T. C. Walker, Dr. A. A. Graham, W. L. Tylor, W. T. B. Williams, W. P. Burrill and Dr. Wilson Bruce Evans. Read The Bee. DUKE'S MONEY FOR SCHOOL Negro Religious Training School Has Site and a Start Durham, N. C., July 3.—Brodie L. Duke has given the site for a national religious training school and chautauqua for the colored race. Dr. James Shepard, chief incorporator, announces today that he has raised money enough for the first dormitory. The school is essentially religious, with accent upon ministerial and the missionary features. It starts with a $15,000 auditorium, two dormitories, to cost $20,000 each, and an endowment of $150,000. The advisory board includes Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, Rabbi Abram Simon, and Senator Overman, of Washington, and D. A. Tompkins. It is to be fashioned after the Winona Lake and Northfield Bible schools, and is chiefly supported by philanthropy, in which Durham citizens have been liberal. GENTLENESS AND LOVE I happened a few days ago to be in the office of a prominent business man, who is also the administrative head of the administrative branch of local public service in the Nation's Capital. Several changes of a somewhat radical character looking to the improvement of this branch of public service were under consideration and the official was discussing them with the frankness, fairness and directness for which he is especially known. Suddenly the characteristic firmness of his face and manner gave place to a beaming smile of happiness and he quickly rose saying—"Just wait a minute, don't go." I tarned as he stepped quickly forward and saw him grasp a white haired man of more than eighty years warmly by the hand and placing his arm around about his shoulders, imprint a kiss upon his sweet and venerable face. M. B. A short time in his private office and he returned, resuming his seat and taking up the thread of discussion where he had left off with the same degree of firmness and fairness as at the beginning. Our conversation ended, I mentioned the beautiful sentiment which his greeting had aroused in my heart, it having brought back to mind the memory of my parents. "Your father, I presume?" "Yes" and the man himself past fifty added "I have greeted him in that manner all my life." The father was George M. Oyster, Sr., founder of the large business which his sons now carry on; the younger man his eldest son, James Frederick, President of the Board of Education. THE RECORDERSHIP Mr. Editor: We are proud to announce that the Recordership of the District of Columbia will positively be given to a strong friend of the Post Master General. He is in the Department of Agriculture, and has been definitely agreed upon between the President and his Post Master General. We extend our congratulations, believing him to be in every way fitted and that he will reflect credit upon his race. Suffice that he is a Washington boy and well balanced mentally. Yours. J. C. Campbell. Dr. J. E. Shepard will be in the city today. TUSR ELEPHANT Ceylon the Only Part of the World Where They Exist. What a sight for a Ceylon elephant hunter would be the first view of a hard of African elephants—all tuskers! 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 grubbers 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 ivory. -Ceylon Manual. Smokeless Coal. A London inventor claims to have discovered a process for producing smokeless coal, apparently by distillation of coal at a low temperature. This, after distillation, is sald to deposit a very brilliant substance, the heating properties of which are far greater than those of the original coal, and which is absolutely free from smoke and dirt. The inventor contends that efforts to overcome the smoke plague have hitherto been unsuccessful because they have been made in the wrong direction, and that by the extraction of the smoke-producing material in coal before being burned, he has been successful in producing a smokeless coal. Electrocuting Animals. The slaughter of animals for food by electrocution is being experimented by Dr. Leduc, a French scientist, who has been conducting his investigations in the French abbattoirs. He has been using the intermittent low tension currents and says that he is satisfied that the system is painless, the central functions of perception being first destroyed and then tones of circulation and respiration so that there is neither suffering nor reaction in the animals thus 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 safety. The Shy Man. Women show no mercy to the shag man, for he stands outside of the compass of convention. Could he break out all might be saved; the man might be permanently or dead. But he cannot. He has been brought up to respect convention. His muscles may be of steel, his heart of fire, but in his soul the spirit of dimidion holds him in a vice. In a drawing room he stands gaping, quakis y, a prey to introspective torment—he who would perhaps storm a rampart with a triumphant mille o his Hpa.—London Observer. Kangaroo Pictures Dangerous "Railroad casualties receive wide publicity," said an insurance man. "that there is a common helpless on the part of the public that one is more liable to accidents while traveling than when living the simple life in the confines of his home. "As a matter of cold fact, statistics show that accident insurance companies pay more money to people who get hurt hanging pictures or taking stoves apart than they do to the victims of head-on collisions. It sounds strange, but it's the truth."—Kansas City Journal. Three Men to Move Book. There lies in the British Museum the largest book yet printed, a colossal atlas of engraved ancient Dutch maps. It takes three men to move it from the giant book case in which it is stored in the library of the museum. It is bound in leather, magnificently decorated, and is fastened with clasps of solid silver, richly gilt. It is nearly seven feet high and weighs 800 pounds and was presented to King Charles II. before he left Holland in the year 1660. Valuable East African Forgst. The Colonial Office recently sent out an expert to report on the Kenya forest, in the East Africa protectorate. He finds the forest extends 187 miles long by eight miles broad, and comprises 1,000,000 acres of timber. Taking the average value of the 214d. per cubic foot, this works out to £23 per acre, or a total value for the whole forest of £23,000,000.—London rilt-Bits. Dead Historians. I for my part believe in the dead historian. I glory in the possession of some hundreds of volumes by them. A great deal of cant is talked and written on this subject. There is an idea in some minds that a book on history to be good must be new. In nine cases cut of ten the new book is a common-place re-statement of facts that were better presented by an older writer.—The Sphere. A Man and a Woman A man's idea of being stylishly dressed is to wear something in which he looks atrociously bad; a woman's to wear something no other woman can duplicate. ```markdown ``` WITH THE "BREAD LINE" A Thousand Men Are Fed Every Night. At this Place Fleischmann's May Be Men in Actual Need—It is the Aim of These Places to Send Away No Hungry Person. 一 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 'w was about to interrupt their conversation. It wa anything but a pleasant night; the cont I had borrowed for the evening was none too thick, and the old shoes I wore were let waterproof. If my abject poverty was assumed, I felt a somblance of the real thing, for I was cold and tired after tramping up and down the muddy streets for an hour. "Where kin a feller git a cup e' 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 isn'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' doln' yet, bo," said a rough-looking fellow. "They don't give ye no grub until 1 o'clock." This was disheartening, or would have been, had I really needed the food, for it was only a little after eleven. "I'm goin' up ter the bakery," the tramp. continued. "Ye git yours at 12 sharp up there." 8 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 muttered 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 Fielschmann's to send no one away hungry, but just now the demand is much in excess of that usual at this time of year. One sees at these two places the men who are in actual need of food and drink. The street beggars are in nine cases out of ten unworthy of notice. But the man or woman who doubts the distress—the real need of food among the unemployed—should spend a couple of hours at the two places I have described, and he or she will be convinced that there is no lack of opportunity for the offices of the Good Samaritan, and no excessive crowding in the ranks of helpers of unfortunate humanity. Bronze Statue of Schiller. The bronze statue of Schiller by Hermann Matzen, which is to be erected in Cleveland by German citizens, has been completed in Berlin. The poet is seated in an arm chair. A Berlin paper is quoted as remarking apropos that "the German who goes to America becomes an American in all that the word implies, but even unto the third generation he is loyal to German poetry and German song." Good Roads. Out of the 900 towns in the State of New York, 600 have voted to have their roads built under the Fuller-Plank Act, or, as it is generally called, the money system. The matter is now optional with the towns, but in the opinion of persons who have given the matter considerable attention the idea of making it compulsory is favored.—Good Roads Magazine. The Erzberg, Austria's 'ron 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 person into the body of the boy. "The doctors want a strong man who is healthy in every way," the father explained. A guest registered as Mark Owen, who refused to tell anything further about himself, stepped forward, and remarked he would like to know more about it. Big, broad-shouldered, with the glow of health in his cheeks, he looked as if he would pass the test of the physicians. "I guess you'll do," said Dennison. "How much blood do you want?" asked Owen. "Fifteen ounces." "How much do I get?" "Ten dollars." "I'm your man," and the bargain was struck. The rate was 66 2-3 cents an onuce. Up to Bellevue Hospital marched Dennison and Owen. The surgeons examined the man who was willing to sell fifteen ounces of his blood for $10, and told him he would do. The nature of the operation then was explained to him. He was told that the patient was suffering from what is known as sacoma, 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 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 burgary and what to avoid in pursuing it, and columns of advice and hints to help the beginner. Naturally the paper is published in strict secrecy, but the police will sooner or later discover its printing office and suppress it. Paris Abates a Nuisance The Paris prefect of police has decided that in future no more licences to play barrel organs in that city will be granted. ```markdown ``` PAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH. AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO., FIFTH and G Streets N. W. Washington, D. C. WORTH ADVERTISING FOR There are 5,499 Negroes employ Government alone, and these 5,499 $3,044,464. These more than three here in Washington, but scattered. Is this amount of money worth it not even the largest stores in this end of it did they but realize howly spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro without a rival or competitor, and a few of the merchants in this city umms of The Bee, presenting these Negroes — these 5,499 Negroes over three millions ofronizing a publication edited and of such firms desire and deserve them receive the bulk of these over three spent by the Negroes of Washing. What clothing stores, what fun and what other lines of business w themselves these over three million Negroes by advertising in The Be Place your advertising in The Bative Negroes spend their over three Now is the time to advertise in 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 $3,044,464. These more than three millions of dollars are spent right here in Washington, but scattered among the hundreds of tradesmen Is this amount of money worth bidding for? It certainly is, and not even the largest stores in this city would refuse to get the big end of it did they but realize how much money the Negroes are really spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro publication in this city. It stands without a rival or competitor, and covers the field like a blanket. If a few of the merchants in this city will patronize the advertising columns of The Bee, presenting the attractive bargains they may have, these Negroes — these 5,499 Negroes who draw annually from the Government over three millions of dollars — will assume that by patronizing a publication edited and operated by one of their race that such firms desire and deserve their patronage. And such firms will receive the bulk of these over three millions of dollars received and spent by the Negroes of Washington. What clothing stores, what furniture stores, what dry goods stores and what other lines of business will now make an effort to divert to themselves these over three millions 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 of Washington, it's what advertising pays you, not what it costs. DEATH TRAP FOR BIRDS. 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 layed here in Washington by the Negroes draw salaries aggregating the millions of dollars are spent right among the hundreds of tradesmenidding for? It certainly is, and city would refuse to get the big much money the Negroes are real publication in this city. It stands covers the field like a blanket. If will patronize the advertising col-attractive bargains they may have, Negroes who draw annually from the dollars — will assume that by pat operated by one of their race that patronage. And such firms will millions of dollars received and on- miture stores, what dry goods stores will now make an effort to divert to us tf dollars spent by Washington bee? Bee and watch these 5,499 appreci- millions of dollars with you. The Bee, the newspaper that goesington. Remember, merchants of 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 Sleeplessness 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. c BORN CLAIRVOYANT AND CARD READER TELLS ABOUT BUSINESS. 1228 25th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Gives Luck to All. N. B.-No letters answered unless accompanied by stamp. N. B.-Mention The Bee. A High License. STRATIGICAL USES OF TLA 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. Theermine, as it is incorrectly called in its winter coat, has an easy time of it, sneaking upon the mice and birds upon which it preys, but when a hawk takes after it in an open field in the sunlight or an owl in the moonlight, it would have but short shrift with all its sinuous leaping, were it not that the black tail tip is so conspicuous that it constantly attracts the eye and allows the pure white of the body to be confused with the snow. Even when we place a dead weasel on the snow and look at it from a distance, we realize how true this is, and how valuable must be the pencil tufts of black hairs to this little vermin who spends his life in hunting or being hunted.—The Outing Magazine. Everyone of Them a Bird. A current newspaper item is as follows: "The wife of a Methodist minister in West Virginia, has been married three times. Her maiden name was Partridge; her first husband was named Robin; her second husband, Sparrow; and the present one's name is Quayle. There are now two young Robins, one Sparrow, and three little Quayles in the family. One grandfather was a Swan, and another was a Jay; but he's dead and now a bird of Paradise. "They live on Hawk-ave, Eagleville, Canary Islands, and the fellow who wrote this article is a lyre bird and an interesting relative of the family." Arctic Dog Life. Nowhere in the world has the dogs 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 mall 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 mall service.—St. Nicholas. Names that Don't Names. Many chemical names convey no exact idea of the things they stand for. Oil of vitriol is no oil, neither are oils of turpentine and kerosene. Copperas is an iron compound and contains no copper. Salts of lemon is the extremely poisonous oxalic acid. Carbolic acid is not an acid but an alcohol. Cobalt contains none of that metal but arsenic. Soda water has no trace of soda, and sugar of lead has no sugar; cream of tartar has nothing of cream, nor milk of lime any milk. German silver has no silver and blacklead no lead. Dogs Around Blacksmith Shops. Two or three dogs are nearly always to be found loafing about every blacksmith shop. This fact is so well recognized that detectives when sent out after valuable dogs that have been lost invariably visit first all the blacksmith shops in the neighborhood. The reason why dogs visit the blacksmith shops is that they love inordinately the odor and the taste of burning hoofs. They malfit the odor as a woman smiles a rose, and they eat the hoof parings as a gourmet eats truffles.—Minneapolis Journal. Supply of Gold It is mainly from Africa, America and Australia that the world draws its supply of gold, some $400,000,000 worth won regularly every year. Africa leads with about $150,000,000; next comes the United States with about $95,000,000; Australia ranks third with some $85,000,000, while Russia, both in Europe and Asia, Mexico, Canada and several other countries, make up the remainder. A Long Story. 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 severeest attempts to arouse him. Lace Curtains Lace window curtains should always be soaked for an hour in cold water to which a little borax has been added, before being put into warm suds. This gets 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 traveled 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 Relie- A thirteenth century copper and kilt cliborium, supposed to have come from Malmesbury abbey, was sold by auction in London for $30,000. SP ENON EPRI oo Ig Uy he EE ee ee PUBLISVED a a! 1109 Eye. St, b. W., Washington, : DC : — W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. pa 0 alana anal Entered at the Post Office at Wash- ington, D. C, as second-class mail matter. Se ESTABLISHED 1880, ieee he ce TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. / Mine copy per year in advance. .$2.00 Fix months......-.eceeeeeeee 1:00 Three months...........-060. 50 Subscription monthly....:..... 20 WHAT THEY LEAD TO White reforms are good some” times, but, more or less they all lead to destruction of good exist- ing conditions. The teachers, that is the colored teachers, are up in arms. They don’t know what danger awaits them. Per- sons who are employed in. the pubjic schools cannot do their full duty when the affairs in the schools are unsettled. + The wholesale changes in the colored schools may not be ‘the best thing for the betterment of the public school system. Be- cause a teacher becomes oid in the service is no reason that he or she should be demoted or dis- mised, We should be reminded of the story of the son and fa- ther, This was related unto us while upon a back sick unto death, It was related by a very distinguished friend of ours, A father had become old and de- cript. The son advised him to go to the poor house. The father readily consented, because he saw that his son was getting tired of him, and if he didn’t go.some- where his treatment by his son would be unbearable. Upon his back the son carried his father to the poor house, but, just before he reached the poor house the son was compelled to stop and Test. He saw a rock and upon that large rock he placed the old man and himself to rest. Some thirty years after that, the son had become old and he also was carried to the poor house. Just as he reached the rock upon which he placed his father in years gone by, the son was placed. “O,” said the son, _“did I ever think that the time “would come when I would be compélled to sit upon this rock?” “Why this is the rock upon which I placed my father thirty years ago!” , So it will be seen that the time may. come some day when a just retribution will be meeted out to those who deprecate old age. We ‘ should be careful, The old and , faithful teacher cannot help his condition. He has served the youth well in his younger days and in his retiring age he should be treated most liberally, LIOUOR DEALERS Elsewhere in The Bee will be seen and read with interest the resolutions passed by the Retail Liquor* Dealers Association, The resolutions adopted by this assu- ciation are very commendable and if followed, there can be no complaint ‘made by those who are opposed to the saloons, Strange to say, only one color- ed retail liquor dealer belongs to this association. Colored saloon keepers don’t seem to guard their own interest. When the bill to abolish saloons was before the Senate District Committee last winter, not a colored liquor dealer appeared before it. The Colored Personal Liberty League, an organization that has been advertising the liquor in- terest, was the only colored or- ganization that had counsel to appear before that committee, ‘The local Liquor Dealers’ As- sociation is composed of some of the best and most influential business men in this city and the recent movement to regulate the conduct of their business is very commendable and should be in- dorsed. ! OUR SCHOOLS ‘the recent changes in the public schools have caused con- sternation to some extent, but there is hardly a teacher in the divisions from which the two su- pervising principals were trans- ferred who expresses any regret. The Bee for two years has urged the removal or transfer of Messrs, Nalle and Bailey, The Bee said then, ag it does now, that the transfer of these tws su- pervising principals would re- dound to the best interest of the public schools, Both of these men are now reaping what they have been sowing A person must not come to the conclusion that he is a fixture in any position. A person that has become intoxi- icated over a little temporary power should remember that a day of retribution is bound to come. Both of these men-could have been receiving the plaudits of the masses instead of their condemnation and jubilation. NEGRO POLITICIANS Our esteemed contemporary agrees with us, to some extent, concerning the Negro politician. The Bee has found him the same in every state in which he exists. The Bee doesn’t object to the Negro being in politics, but it does object to him hetraying his constituents for a selfish purpose. The present Negro politician rs a failure’ and it cannot be denied. He has no influence in the White House, and to a great extent, he is afraid to visit the White Houge and if he takes nerve-to do so, and if the occasion presents it- self for him to ask for anything, he does it in such a patronizing way. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS - Miss Genevieve Blyden Barfield Elaborate preparations are being made for the entertainment of the National Medical Association wsich is to be held in Boston, Massachu- setts. Francis C. Van Dyke,’ who is well known for his many acts of charity, es donated a site on which a build- ing will be erected at a cost of $5,000, for the education of cofored youths. in Patterson, New Jersey. S Walter 5. Buchanan has been elect- ed president of the Negro Agricultu- ral and Mechanical College, the posi- tion formerly held by Professor Wil- liam H. Council, Mr, Buchanan is a graduate of the Tuskegee Normal! and Inlustrial Institute, One of the most recently organiza- tions that has developed out of the new movement for better- conditions of living is known as “The League of Good Citizenship,” formed in Chi- cago to promote civic pride. « The Liberian Commission arrived in the United States, Thursday, July 1. after a week’s stay in Maderia, | The office rooms of Honorable R. W, Tyler, Auditor for the Navy De- partment, have been removed from the Munsey Building to the old Union Building, 6th and G streets northwest. The Journal of the American Medi- cal Association states that in the pas! six years the barbaric Fourth of July celebrations have killed 1,316 anc wounded 27,980 persons, The Atlanta Independent says “not even Governor Smith’s friends jit he has any will regret his passing from office.” The most expensive railroad whict has been built lately is the one whict will shorten the distance betwee central Europe and the Adriatic, o the Alpine Road, which cost tw« million dollars a mile, The Seabord Air Line will los three of their directors: Thomas F Ryan, T. Jefferson Coolidge, of Bos ton, and James H. Dooley, of Rich mond, Virginia, Father St. Laurent, of St. Pete Claver Catholic Church Baltimore Maryland, advised his congregatior to have their children attend Catholic schools if they wish priests of thei own race. _“Does a College Education Pay,’ is the question which will be askec {by many of our young men and wo- nen who graduated this year, the white man and has killed ro per cent of the population. * Wonder how the childreng like showing their patriotism in a safe and sane way? : = | A great many teachers are at Chey- ‘ney, Pennsylvania, attending summer school. Professor Hugh M. Browne, Principal, The Anti-Cigarette Law, .which went into effect in the State of Wash- ington is eing rigidly enforced. Good results are expected therefrom. It is said that the Lily White Re- publicans of the State of Texas, head- ed by Colonel Cecil Lyons, has serv- ed notice that Negroes retiring from Federal jobs need not expect reap- pointment. . . The Georgia Railroad Arbitration Board decided that Negro firemen will get the same pay as white fire- men for the same work. This may mean a gradual elimination of the Negro firemen. The Interstate Commerce Com- mission decided that the Southern railroads act within the Jaw and there is nd discrimination, Where shall we lock for justice? * The monument erected to the greatest colored poet, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, was unveiled. last Saturday jat 3 o'clock, at Woodlawn Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, Governor Hadley of Missouri, vetoed a bill which would have pro- hibited Negroes from wearing Elk or Masonic pins. The National Medical Association cf Negro Physicians will soon meet in Boston, of which Dr. A. M. Cur- f ischairman. The New York Commercial says that John Hays Hammond, the mining engineer of New York, receives a |salary aggregating $800,000 a year, which is more than any other man ever received for his personal ser- vices. : The big “Adjustment Fund,” of $400,000 for Lincoln Institute, Lex- ington, Kentucky, the proposed in- dustrial and normal training schoo! for colored pupils, to be established in Kentucky, as an adjunct to Be- rean, College, was completed Satur- day, June 26. Mr, Andrew Carnegic and Mrs, Russell Sage are the |prin- cipal donors. Senator Bradley's amendment con: cerning duties on hemp and tow of hemp ,at two cents per pound, went through smoothly “on the 26th of June. During one of the worst storm: that has visited Torrent, Kentucky, four big oil tanks filled with crude petroleum, were struck by lightning and about 36,000 barrels of oil were destroyed, together with a numbér of small ‘buildings containing consider- able machinery, this being the loss o} the Indian Refining Company. Thomas L. Brooks, the well known Negro contractor of Frankfort, Ken- tucky, was awarded the contract to build the new Administration anc Trades Building, at the Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute for colored Persons, In proportion to wealth, Florida pays more in pensions than any other state. The amount for the past fiscal year being $730,55.31. This is a heavy pension charge against aj'tax- able wealth of only $155,903,230. There was a bomb explosion ir Chicago which wrecked the rear o! the Chicago Title and Trust Build- ing and damaged every structure ir the block. Several persons were in jured and a loss of $150,000 wa: caused, . W. Evans Dent, the nephew of Ben: eral U. S. Grant by marriage, wa: |shot by Alfred Cleveland Urlin, hu {having committed suicide in Sar Jose, California, ‘ “HE APOLOGIZES” Greeneville, Miss, Saturday—The communications given below, which fully explain themselves, have been accepted as a satisfactory settlemen: of the Bishop Lampton matter: “Rev. Stephenson’ Archer, Green- ville, Mississippi: {My dear Sir—Referring to your conversation at the depot in Green- ville the morning I left, in which you advised me of the report that I had insulted or offended pne of the young Jady telephone operators, or friends of hers, I beg to say that 1 utterly disclaim having said or done anything intended to offend or insult the young lady or any of her friends, and sincerely regret if I used any ex- pression which would bear such con- struction, and if so I cheerfully es ee a Ow “¥ have never asked or stood for Social recognition of equality. You Have known me for a quarter of a century, known what my life has been, and can bear me out in this. My home has always been in your community. I hope to spend the re- mainder of my life there. I believe that the South is the best place for my people, and I would feel that I was false to them and lacking in my duty as a Christian if I ever said or did anything to bring about race friction, or cause bad feeling among the white people toward my race, “I earnestly request that you rep- resent the matter in the right light to the community. Respectfully, * “« E,W. Lampton.” “To the Public: “We are glad to be able to'say that the foregoing communication is satis- factory to those interested and the spirit and tone of it is such as to re- move any hostility which may have existed to the return of E. W. Lamp- ton to Greenville. Stevenson Archer, J. D. Smythe, W. K. Gildart, Committee.” Sg: OTR EE SEE From the Durham Daily Sun | Durham moves onward., Durham is building along all lines as she has never bulit before. This time the colored: people of our city score a great sucgess, and the: harmony of feeling, and co-operation of their white friends, has made it possible for them to establish here a great educational institution, which will be to them in North Carolina what Tus- kegee is to their race in Alabama. ‘The leading spirit in this successful move is Dr. James E. Shepard of this city, who is ‘the pride of his people kere and who is an indefatigible worker for the uplift of the Negro, industrially as well as spiritually, and lie is backed, by a community of color- ed people, for energy, industry and thrift that cannot be equaled—we make no exceptions for any place. The intelligent, upright and God-fear- ing Durham Negro is making his way and mark in the fruitful fields of sobriety and honest business toil, as their work shows for itself, and the achievement in getting this training schoo] is an example, They are ably seconded by the white people, and they are much elated over their suc- cess, THE NEBRO TRAINING SCHOOL Durham Has Been Selected as the . Place for its Location The Site Given by B. L. Duke and +. .the Merchants’ Association—Will. . Be Located on the Fayetteville Road About a Mile from the City Durham, N. C., July 2.—Durham gets another school—a great Negro enterprise. Dr. James E. Shepard is the leading spirit in the movement, with enthusiastic co-adjutors. - The National’ Religious Training School and Chautauqua, whose papers of incorporation reached the colored promoters in this city yesterday, will be located upon the Fayetteville road, about a mile from this city, and the Tand has been donated the enterprise by Mr, B. L. Duke and the Mer- chants’ Association. Mr. Duke gave half of it and a committee of merchants succeedéd in securing deeds. for the other half. There are twenty acres, finely located and the work will begin soon, The strife for location was strong. Irmo , South Carolina, had the first bid, and it looked once that that placc with its 280 acres, would win. Hills. boro ran a close race, Winston-Salem Greensboro, and other North Carolin® town8 wanted it. The school has such ig plans that any town would have wanted it badly, The institution will eventually have thrée brick buildings, It is to cost about $150,000 complete without a hotel, which Dr. James E, Shepard its chief spirit, hopes to erect later. He wants an endowment fund and he has succeeded in getting the ear of many big men of the nation, In North Carolina Governor Glenn,,Sen: ator Overman, Judge Pritchard and Superintendent Joyner have endorsed the work and President Taft and ex- President Roosevelt have encouragec him. Durham's rich men will giv substantial checks and there is mone) enough to begin, ; . The school will be fashioned after the Northfield and Winona Lake Bible Schools; having the chautaw ; qua features. Its secialty will be the training of colored ministers, whom Doctor Shepard reckons as the real leaders.of the race. A specialty also is missionary training, and of course there will be the regular classical ed- tcation. It is just a big dream now but it is in the hands of a large-heart- ed citizen, whose .clear vision con- trols the generous fervor of the ideal- ist, It is the event to date among the Durham colored people. | THE NEGRO POLITICIAN _ From the Forth Worth Outlook | It must be admitted that the Negro Politician is a failure, He neither understands the philosophy of polities nor will he be taught its rudiments by those who know. The Negro politician's ambition is for office and so far as his people are concerned he cares but little. The Negro politician is everlastingly scheming to injure those who’ may aspire for office. His ambition is for office and nothing more. If he fails to get an office the administrative Power is all wrong and the chief executive is inimical to his people. There are some politicians who love .politics for the novelty, and =~ . amusement realized and there are a few others who believe that to the “victor belongs the spoils.” This is the sensible politician and there is much wisdom in his philos- ophy.—Washington Bee, The Bee in this expression is in the main correct, but the statement is too broad in that it includes all Ne- gro politicians. : The Outlook believes that there -are some worthy Negro politicians who are moved by high and worthy motives. Taking the terms politics from which the adjective politicians is derived, it by no means carries with the low idea that is currently applied to the term, but is a proper term to be used and applied to all men who are actively interested in governmental questions. The Negro as an American citizen has a right to be a politician. Of cow» #t admit that the majority o! the men who have interested them- selves in politics have abused theit privileges and betrayed the race, bu we do not believe that all of them have been thus moved, Ee PARAGRAPHIC WRITER From and after this date, paragra- phic news will be writtenaby Miss Genevieve Blyden Maxfield, and the social column will also be under her immediate direction and supervision. Address all communications for these sections to her, care of The Bee. Miss Maxfield is well known in the social circle and comes from one of the best known and leading families. PROMINENT MASON DEAD Thornton Andrew Jackson, a 33d degree Illustrious Past Commander of the Sapreme Council of Scottish Rite Masonry for the Southern and Western Jurisdiction, died on the 26th ultimo, after a lingering illness cov- ering several months. Funeral ser- vices over his remains were held at the 15th Street Presbyterian Church, on Tuesday evening, the 29th. De- ceased was an old resident of this District, and very active in both the social and church circles, He served acceptably as trustee of the 15th Street Presbyterian church for sev- eral years, and was an active member over forty years. There were but few members of the church at the fun- eral, probably less than a dozen, which caused some comment, The several Hbranches of Masonry, hoy-ever, turn- ed out in large numbers, embracing the Supreme Council—Smith of Bal- timore, Sovereign Grand Commander, the Grand Commandery, the Grand Lodge, Pythagoras Lodge of Masons, to which deceased belonged, and the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, of which order deceas- ed was the Past Grand Patron. Rev. F. J. Grimkie conducted the funeral services, assisted by Rev. Walter Brooks, pastor of the igth Street Baptist Church, Mary L. Beason, a well known resi. dent of West Washington, and a successful teacher in our public schools, died at her residence 2462 F street, Saturday, July 3, at tr p.m Funeral services were held Wednes- day at the Mt, Zion Methodist Epis- | copal Church. Miss Beason was ver} prominent in church work and alsc took an active interest in the Ep- worth League, in which organization she held office. John Edward Burgess, a member cf the Veteran Odd Fellows organiza: tion, died suddenly Saturday, July 2 Deceased was well known in both the church and social circles. He wa: an active member in the several branches of the order of Odd Fellows, and also an influential and valuable member of the Young Men’s Imme- diate Benefit Relief Association. Funeral services over his remains were held at the 19th Street Baptist Church last Wednesday. Good people, genial people, sincere people will greet you at St, Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church excur- sion on the 21st instant. There will be no crowding, as arrangements have been perfected for ample boat ser- vice. The committee in charge guar- antees highly satisfactory service in every particular. All good people will be welcomed and made to feel comfortable and at home. y FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS ~ . PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The members and friends of this church, recently organized, gave a picnic,on the 4th instant. Addresses were delivered by Miss Mattie Bowen and Mrs. Julia M. Layton. Re- freshments were served at reason- able prices, and a liberal sum was realized, Proceeds were for the benefit of the work. A very successful Iawn entertain- ment was held the past week in the tear of .St. Augustine's Church, in 1sth street, Mr. Emmett J. Scott, of Tuskegee, Alabama, one of the Liberian.Com- mission, has returned to the city. * _ The little son of Attorney A. W. Scott has been quite ill, Attorney Thomas L, Jones has been sick with 2 complication of ailments. Miss Dora Barker, who has been sick for some time is improving. Miss Mary Beason, of West Wash- ington, died at her home fast Satur- day Anight. Miss Bason was one of the best known teachers in the publics chools, * MANHATTAN DANCING CLASS This popular organization gave a very enjoyable and successful excur- ‘sion on Friday, the rst instant, to River View. Several hundred friends of the class attended, Professor Bry- son Chase was in charge of the ar- ‘Fangements, assisted by Mr. Charles Green, Professor Cole’s orchestra furnished the music. OLD MADE NEW. Tf you want your clothing cleaned, altered or repaired, you should send a card or call at the up-to-date repair establishment. All work guaranteed or money rn J. C. Colvin, 5 Proprietor, 614 D street, northwest. THE ONLY UP TO DATE HAIR DRESSING PARLOR IN THE CITY FOR COLORED LADIES. SCALP AND HAIR TREATMENT. ELECTRIC FACIAL AND SCALP MAS- SAGE. MANICURING, SHAM- POOING, ELECTRIC HAIR DRYING. _ HAIR CULTURE A SPEC- TALTY. ALL "WORK DONE IN SEPARATE APART- MENTS. DAVIS & THORN, 1403 & 1405 T STREET NORTH WEST. RELIGIOUS SHOWS Dr, Richardson, the Religious Show King, of moving pictures, having ex- pended more than $250.00 for fire- proof cabinet, automa‘.c machine and electrie_fixtures, to satisfy the new a f are \ bre law, is now ready to make dates to show in all churches, with all new pictures. His name alone means suc- cess. Very liberal terms, Call or write, 2310 F treet, northwest. Phone. 5 HOTEL MACEO, When visiting New York City, stop at the Hotel Maceo, 213 West 53rd. Street, corner Broadway. Steam heated. Telephone, 802. Columbus. B. F. Thomas; Pror Send for The Ree if you want a live paper. JAQUES MENDELSOHN. Andantina. dreamingly. pp Copyright, 1908, by American Melody Co., New York. Kenyon Hangwell Trousers wear wonderfully well. They never lose they are cut on our own special pattern w of room for sitting. They do not bag there is no strain on the seams. Made in 116 sizes and 400 fabrics. If your dealer does not sell them, write C. KENYON COMPANY 23 UNION SQUARE Well Trousers they never lose their shape because special pattern which allows plenty to do not bag at the knees because ams. 100 fabrics. sell them, write to us. TON COMPANY NEW YORK B. Reduso CORSETS Kenyon wear wonderfully well. They never lose their shape because they are cut on our own special pattern which allows plenty of room for sitting. They do not bag at the knees because there is no strain on the seams. Made in 116 sizes and 400 fabrics. If your dealer does not sell them, write to us. C. KENYON COMPANY W.B. Reduso CORSETS The Perfect Corset for Large Women New W. B. Reduso No. 770. For largo tall women. Made of white couch. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 771. Is the same as No. 770, but is made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 772. For largo short women. The same as No. 770, except that the butt is somewhat lower all around. Mide of white couch, hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. New W. B. Reduso No. 773, is the same as No. 772 but made of light weight white batiste. Hose supporters front and sides. Sizes 20 to 36. Price $3.00. 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 as to guarantee perfect fit From $1.00 to $3.00 per HEENGARTEN BROS., Mfrs.. 377-379 show you the new W. B. "hip-subduing" models, or prevailing modes, or any of our numerous styles guarantee perfect fit for every type of figure. 0 to $3.00 per pair. 377-379 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Ask any dealer anywhere to show you the new W. B. "hip-subduing" 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. HEENGARTEN BROS., Mfrs. 377-379 BROADWAY, NEW YORK It places over-developed women on the same basis as their slender sisters. It tapers off the burt, flattens the abdomen, and absolutely reduces the hips from 1 to 5 inches. Not a harness—not a cumbersome affair, no torturing straps, but the most scientific example of corsetry, boned in such a manner as to give the wearer absolute freedom of movement. poco cresc. mf poco piu masso. f Allegro. ff 8va. sf sf Habansra. 2 pp—2d p. A YOUNG LION SLAYER Boer Farmer Boys Make Good Shoes On the African Veldt. Three lions were killed near Pietersburg. Transvaal by the nineteen-year-old son of Jozef Erasmus, a Boer farmer. It appears that young Erasmus was on his way to the Messina mine and had outspanned his donkey team, when his kafir key 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 Volkesstem correspondent whether he was alone at the time, Erasmus replied; "Oh, no, Oom,' I had, my little Kafir boy, with me.'—The skilers were sold in Pietersburg.—Pretoria Volksstem. Potenons Brazilian Viperz. Much is made of the lance-head viper, "the most deadly of all know reptiles," 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 losses 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 Jararoce, and it, also, it a dirty yellow, but it is brown-black about the tail.—Boston Herald. Birdi: Fruit: Road Leaves The Moki Indian women of Arizona have an ingenuous and romantic form of culture. When young these women coil their traces 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 jocks hang straggling down their backs, typ.cal of the withered stalk of the dead or dying plant. THE USED OR DYING PLANT Answer. 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 solmnized in the city, which is 13 fewer than the previous year. The oldest bridegroom was 63 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 Relics At an auction sale at Christie's in London of the late Marchioness of Conyngham's art collection a silver ewer and dish, weighing together 90 ounces, a gift of George IV to an ancestor of the Marchioness, sold for $21,000. A Venerable Turtle. A Massachusetts boy, Nathan Sampson, 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 Beggars. Vienna has 32,000 street beggars, 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 districts to sample Latest Model "Ranger" bicycle furnished by us. Our agents everywhere are making money fast. Write for full particuliers and special offer at once. NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship to anyone, anywhere in the U.S. without a tent deposit in advance, prepay freight, and allow TEN DAYS' FREE RERIAL during which time you may ride the bicycle and pay your price with your proof of ownership. We wish to keep the bicycle ship it back to us at our expense and you will not be by one cent. FACTORY PRICES at one small profit above actual factory cost. You save $10 to $15 middlemen's profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guard ane behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone at any price until you receive our catalogues and learn our unheard of factory prices and remarkable special offers to rider agents. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED study our beautiful catalogue 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. BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at 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 $8 to $88 or $10. Descrupt bargain lists mailed free. COASTER-BRAKES. Equipment of all kinds as the hall retail store. $ 8 50 HEDGETHORN • PUNCTURE-PROOF $ 4 80 SELF-HEALING TIRES A SAMPLE PAIR TO INTRODUCE, ONLY a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating that the tires have only been pumped in and that they are in excellent condition on 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 $5 per pair, but for advertising purpose 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 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 Hedgehorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at 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 at about the usual price. DO NOT WAIT or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOIW. 2+2=4 ONLY 4c. IN STAMPS for a sample bottle of the FINEST FRENCH PERFUME ED. PINAUD'S LILAC VEGETAL Write at once to our American Offices. Send 4c. and we will mail you a sample of the most exquisite, delightful extract you ever used. Retail price 75c. for a large bottle. — All Dealers — PARFUMERIE ED. PINAUD, DEPT. M ED. PINAUD BLDG., NEW YORK $8.50 per pair, but to introduce us will tell you a sample pair for $4.80 (with order $4.50). NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES NAKIS, 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 ridding, very durable and lined inside with without allow- ance from satis- cen pumped more than being given above on the pair but for perception to Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "H" and "D," also rim strip "II" to prevent rim cutting. This tire will outlast any other make—SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. COUNTERFEITERS' NEW SCHEME How the Smooth Demonstrator 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. S. F. Rhodes, 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 goodless to say, is genuine. The victim shows the bill to a bank cashier, and hears it pronounced good, and his mercenary nature being pursued, he sees visions of gigantic wealth, and hands over to Mr. Sharpier $500, or at least $250, for the instrument that is going to make him a Rockefeller. It is needless to say that the subsequent specimens turned out are such miserable imitations that they would hardly fool a blind man, but the ignoramus is in a place where he can't make a roar for his best 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 capybara, a cavy "contented with the bulk of a sheep"; the huge coypu 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 curiously, 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 Gingko Tree. Studies by Miss M. C. Stopes of the fossil flora of Scotland have shown that the gingko or maldenhair, tree, a native of Japan and China, which is cultivated in Europe and this country on account of its remarkable foliage, belongs to an extremely ancient family, of which it is now, apparently, the last surviving representative. At one time it seems to have been widely spread. A singular fact is that the fossil specimens of the gingko, found in the rock beds of the Inferior Oolite series, at Borea, 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 Plaitor. Skirts. Plaited Skirts which have been washed are difficult to press. 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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 eagles 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. Quill Teothpicks. The largest quill toothpick factory in the world is near Paris, where there is an annual product of 20,000,000 quills. The factory was started to make quill pens, but when these went out of general use it was converted into a toothpick mill. KINK A Beautiful Hair Dressing and Tonic for the Hair! Read what Madam Robinson, the Famous Black Pattily Queen of the Opera, says of Kink-ine PROF. ROBERTS, New York City, Dea Sir: I have used your Kink-me for the past year and my hair is growing very fast. 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Odessa.—Peter Kavulitch, an Austrian mason, went mad here as the result of brooding over being forced to wall up the daughter of the chieftain of a Tartar tribe in the Caucasus 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 eloped 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 mountains to find the whole tribe drawn 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. women'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 pocket. 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, Husband'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 cut the loaf and put half in his wife's coffin. The ether half was preserved in a tin box, the neighbors having been instructed to put it in his coffin. THE WINDOW SILL, MIRROR. Rarely Seen in New York But Plenitiful in Philadelphia. Every once in a while you see one of them in New York but not often. They're commoner in Brooklyn, but are nowhere seen in the profusion that you find them in Philadelphia. Meaning of course, those mirror devices people have on the sills of the second floor windows to give a tip on who is coming, up the street or down the street, or more important, who is at the front door. They strike the average observer as rather provincial in idea because he thinks instinctively of the shut in person who's only pleasure is in seeing who's on the street. But they're very helpful in telling when a caller is getting near, so that the woman of the house has time to make a hurried toilet and be calmly waiting in her very best when the visitor comes in. Also they give a chance to sound the net at home warning to the servants. New York Sun. Some Valuable Step The Emperor Francis Joseph owns the Florentine, which has an eventful history. To the King of Portugal belongs the Star of the South, valued at £3,000,000; while in the Russian reptire is the Orlof which once adorned a Brahmin idol, says Home Chat. Such stones as these are so large that they are practically unsalable. No one person is rich enough to purchase them. Again the expense of cutting is enormous. The Cullinan diamond will require at least £10,000 to be spent on it for this alone. Even then, the gem now 3,024 carats, will weigh some 1,200 carats, while the sections cut away will themselves form valuable stones, ranging from twenty carats downward. Singing Pigeons The queer Chinese change pigeons into song-birds by fastening whistles to their breasts. The wind of their flight then causes a wierd and plaintive music that is soldom silenced in the pigeon-haunted cities of Pekin and Canton. The Belgians, great pigeon-flyers, fasten whistles beneath the wings of the valuable racing carriers, asserting that the shrill noise is a sure protection against hawks and other birds of prey. As a similar protection, reeds, emitting an odd wailing sound, are fixed to the tall feathers of the dispatch-bearing pigeons of the German army, For the Knocker. A new method by which the audience at a theatre can show its approval or disapproval of a play without disturbing the performance is being introduced by the Italian dramatist, Traversi. Before leaving the theatre every person is to drop a ticket into one of three boxes marked "good," "indifferent," and "bad." A Fine Distinction. While a small boy was fishing one Sunday morning he accidentally lost his foothold and tumbled into the creek. As an old man on the bank was helping him out, he said: "How did you come to fall into the river, my little man?" "I didn't come to fall into the river. I came to fish," replied the boy.—The Argonaut. The Languages. According to Mulhall's estimates 130,000,000 persons speak English, and 84,000,000 German. Russian is spoken by upwards of 85,000,000, but these numbers are far exceeded by the 360,000,000 to 400,000,000 Chinese and 140,000,000 or more Hindustani. Shoo Fly! You can put a mat in front of every plate but you can't make a fly wipe his feet before he walks on your food. The only safe course with regard to the fly is to exclude him from the house. A Heavy Penalty. The London Express mentions the case of a private who for failing to recognize and salute his officer was condemned to march past and salute a barrack pump for two hours each day for a week. Trade Unions in Germany Germany's trades unions number about 2,215,000 members, which is 25 per cent of the total strength of the labor organizations of the civilized world. Irish Linen. The linen industry is the greatest manufacturing industry Ireland possesses. There is invested in it something like £15,500,000, and it gives employment to 70,000 people. Large Apple Tree. What is reported to be the largest apple tree in the United States is at Southington, Conn. It yields 50 bushels. Bounties for Rabbits Australia in 10 years paid out $5,888,015 in bounties for rabbits at the rate of 25 cents each. The fish candles of Alaska are being sent over the world in quantities as curiosities. The average woman carries 50 miles of hair on her head. Worry is one of the most fruitful causes of consumption. WILL NOT UNITE PHYSICALLY UNFIT Rev. Dr. H. S. Johns Utterances on Subject of Ill-Advised Marriages. POVERTY MARRIAGES DISAPPROVED Boston Pastor Discourages Mating on Insufficient Earnings.—Those with Communicable Diseases, Inherited or Acquired, Should Remain Single. Boston, Mass.—"I will refuse to marry persons afflicted with consumption or any hereditary or communicable disease if I have personal knowledge of such alliments existing, and I am also opposed to marrying divorced people, except in the case of the innocent party," said Rev. Dr. Herbert S. Johnson, pastor of the Warren Avenue Baptist Church, in this city. "I do not think it advisable to marry young couples who are in poor circumstances. I believe, through observation and consultation, that a prospective bridegroom should have an earning capacity of at least $15 a week before he should consider the matrimonial venture. This statement, of course, does not apply in all cases, for there are always exceptions, but I think the union of persons in the middle class in this country, who are in poor circumstances, creates nothing but a hell on earth. "When I made the statement some time ago from the pulpit of my church that I would marry any couple that wanted to get married if they did not have the marriage fee, my remark was a facetious one, made half in jest and half in earnest, but I will gladly perform the ceremony for any unfortunate couple that might have sinned, free of cost, if they apply to me and give evidence of good faith. It is a pitilable sight in a large city to see a young girl carrying a babe on her arm without a husband to show his love, or a father to provide for her and her offspring. "I was, perhaps, led to make the statement that I would marry all such couples that applied to me through a case that came to me not long ago. Our church is so situated in the heart of the city that practicability is our chief aim. I became interested in a young girl who had sinned, and I appeared in court in her bobhalf. She was dressed in mourning and carried her babe on her arm. It developed that when her aged mother learned of the sin and disgrace of her daughter, she committed suicide by throwing herself into the river. And that is why I stand ready to help uplift the sinners that are making a struggle to live an upright and honorable life, and our church will assist them in every reasonable manner, such as finding employment for the husband, etc. "Now as to the marriage of young girls and fellows in meagre circumstances. There has been and is constantly being brought to my attention cases of hasty marriages when neither person is in a financial condition to warrant their marriage. Fifteen dollars a week is little enough to defray the expenses of a home with its furnishings, its doctor's and nurse's bills, the support of children and the mite that should be given to charity by all Christians. Of course, when I place the weekly salary at $15 I refer only to the middle classes, that is Irish-Americans, or those of Anglo-Saxon extraction, and so forth. I don't refer to the lower class of people from Europe who can exist on much less. "And in regard to persons afflicted with tuberculosis or other diseases of a hereditary nature to which man and woman are subject, it is my belief that a man or woman unfortunate enough to be effected with communicable diseases should be unselfish enough when they are aware of these diseases existing to be content to merely love the man or woman and not ask one to have whole lives blasted. It is a terrible thing to have children born into this world with the taint of disease upon them. Yet there are a great many marriages in this country in the course of the year when one or the other of the contracting persons is a victim of some communicable sexual disease, and is the cause of much misery and the loss to the United States of millions of dollars. "I will not marry persons whom I know are afflicted thusly, and if there is any suspicion in my mind I will ask them frankly about the matter. A man should be as unselfish and sacrificing in such matters as the soldier or the fireman or the hundreds of other heroes, and it is their duty to humanity as well as to their country that they cast aside all thoughts of marriage when they know they are unfit to become husbands and fathers. "I have steadfastly refused to marry divorced persons, unless in the cases of the innocent persons. There are innumerable cases of innocent persons being divorced through no fault of theirs and they should not be compelled to suffer for the sake of the guilty." If you send 10 cents in stamps to M. B. Berger & Company, 2 Rector Street, New York, they will send you a sample of their Complexion Wonder, and one sample will be enough to prove what it can do. They also wish agents in every locality and will help them to get started and guarantee them against loss. If you would like to make money, write to them. The Connecticut Market WAHL & THOMPSON Have removed from 1156 19th St.N.W. To 1841 K ST. N.W. Where you will find a choice line of groceries and fresh meats daily.Call and get our prices and be convinced. WANTED We have an exceptional proposition to offer a penteel colored man who has extensio acquaintance among departmental and District Government employees. Address Box C, Bee 1109 Eye street, northwest. FOR RENT 3 rooms, 1 front, 2 back; furnished. Will rent single or in suite. 1224 You street, northwest. Single lady or gentleman preferred. Professional Music Teacher Studio 51 O St., N. W., Flat 2 Advt. Two lots, Deanwood Heights. G. L., this office. Mrs. Sarah Hood at Sandy Springs, Md., is prepared for summer boarders Moderate rates. Good home. Address, Sandy Springs, Md. J194t FOR RENT For Rent—Handsomely furnished front room, best neighborhood in the city; suitable for two departments, ladies or gentlemen, or for a couple for light housekeeping. All modern improvements, convenient to both car lines. Summer prices. Apply at 1918 11th street, northwest. 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Address The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., East Klastic St. FOR'S HAIR POMADE is made only in Chi- lage by the above firm. Agents Wanted Everywhere WHEN YOU ORDER The Arey brands are backed up by a reputation for honesty, forquality and for reliability gained by 25 years of square dealing. If you want Whiskey you can have absolute faith in; the kind you can depend upon in the sick room, and which will give entire satisfaction for pleasurable drinking; the kind that is pure, old. mellow, tonicky and tasty, you'll make no mistake in ordering any of the AREY BRANDS. 1325 Market Street CHAS. AREY CO. 480 Penn Ave., N.W. Chattanooga, Tenn. Liquor Dealers Washington, D. C. TRICT OF COLUMBIA HOLDING PROBATE COURT No. 16046, Administration This is to Give Notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia, has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia. Letters Testamentary on the estate Henry Thompson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 17th day of June, A. D., 1910, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 17th day of June, 1900. Caroline Thompson Goopd Hope, D. C. Attest: W. C. Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probate Court. William C. Martin, Attorney. W. L. POLLARD, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TRICT OF COLUMBIA HOLDING PROBATE COURT No. 16054, Administration. This is to Give Notice: That the subscriber, of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate Court of the District of Columbia, Letters of Administration on the estate of Thomas Wilkinson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 23rd day of June, A. D., 1910, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 23rd day of June, 1909. Sydna A. Taylor. 1015 3rd Street, N. W. Attest: James Tanner, Register of Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk of the Probaate Court. ROBERT ALLEN Buffet and Family Liquor Store Phone North 2340 1917 4th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. GASKIN'S RESTAURANT Gaskin's restaurant, 320 8th street, northwest, formerly Gaskins and Gaines. First Class Services. All the delicacies of the season. Free Lunch from 12to 1 Every Day. BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, GUNS, MECHANICAL TOOLS, LADIES' AND GENTS' WEARING APPARAL. OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT. UNREDEEMED PLEDGES FOR SALE. 361 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. FROM SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA. OLD AREY TOWNSKY "ASK THE DEALER" CHAS. AREY CO., Distributors 480 Pa. Avo. The Arey brands are backed up by 25 years of square dealing. you can depend upon in the sick satisfaction for pleasurable drink mellow, tonicky and tasty, you'll any of the AREY BRANDS. RIOJA CLARET King Alfonso's Table Wine. Delicious taste, exquisite bouquet. Grand Prix, Paris, 1900 $6 doz. bottle; $6.50 24 half bottles. Sole Distributer. CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House 909 7th St. Phone HOUSE AND HERRMAN Accidents sometimes happen by babies getting their heads caught in the ordinary crib. This "Safety Crib" has the fillers set close together to guard against such accident. The sides, which raise and lower, are also unusually high. This crib is artistically designed, has woven wire springs and excellent white enamel. If you want the safest and best crib, by all means buy the Safety. Our When in Doubt, Buy of HOUSE AND HERRMANN 7th and I (JEye) Sts. N. W. Convenient Credit Terms Arranged. 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. A RESOLUTION Passed by Unanimous Vote at Regular FEDERATION OF RETAIL L Resolved by the Federation of Liquor De- claration of principles shall be the guide o of the conduct of its members, and that a fusing to regulate his business and conduct principles, shall be deemed unfaithful ful to Resolved, further, that this Association of license to any person who is not deemed qu in accordance with these principles; and app cense of any retail liquor dealer who does not for the regulation of the Traffic, and, to this ation of the brewers, wholesale liquor dealer and trades. Passed by Unanimous Vote at Regular Meeting, June 23, 1909. FEDERATION OF RETAIL LIQUOR-DEALERS Resolved by the Federation of Liquor Dealers, that the following declaration of principles shall be the guide of this Association in judging of the conduct of its members, and that any member failing, and refusing to regulate his business and conduct in accordance with these principles, shall be deemed unfaithful ful to the Association, and Resolved, further, that this Association disapproves the granting of a license to any person who is not deemed qualified to conduct his business in accordance with these principles; and approves the revoking of the license of any retail liquor dealer who does not faithfully observe the laws for the regulation of the Traffic, and, to this end, we will seek the co-operation of the brewers, wholesale liquor dealers, and all allied businesses and trades. The Duties of Retail Liquor Dealers are: To obey all orders of the Excise Board. To faithfully obey the letter and spirit of To refuse to sell liquor to any intoxicate inebriate or minor. To limit the giving of free lunch to crack nothing else. To prohibit the serving of drinks to any public bar. To oppose the employment of any female To refuse to sell liquor to any intoxicated person, or to any known inebriate or minor. To limit the giving of free lunch to crackers, cheese and pretzels, and nothing else. To prohibit the serving of drinks to any female, to be drank at any public bar. To oppose the employment of any female for the purpose of dispensing liquor. To prevent gambling in any and all forms upon the premises. To so conduct your place of business that your neighbors will feel that it is a necessity, instead of a hindrance to the neighborhood, and to respect the wishes of your neighbors in every possible way. To discontinue the unnecessary display of beer kegs and whiskey barrels in front of your place of business. To discourage the use of cut rate and unnecessary signs in or about your place of business. To discontinue the promiscuous giving of Christmas presents, in any form whatever to the customers of your place. To look to the deportment of your employees in or about your place of business and to see that at all times they conduct themselves properly, and never appear under the influence of liquor. To stop the sale of 5-cent growlers and limit the sale of beer in buckets to residents of the immediate neighborhood; and not to sell or give beer in a bucket to drivers of teams and vehicles, to be drank upon the street. To prevent disorderly conduct and indecent language in or about your place of business, as well as the loafing of disorderly persons in or about the place. To exclude from all saloons and public bars all indecent pictures, or cards, and to discourage the use of indecent pictures, or labels for advertising purposes by the makers of, or dealers in liquors, or cigars, or cigarettes, or other goods, that are handled by saloons. To regard and treat all fellow liquor dealers who violate these rules of conduct as detrimental to the best interests of the retail liquor trade. To Give Force and Effect to This Declaration of Principles, the Executive Committee of the Federation of Liquor Dealers is instructed to promulgate this declaration of principles, and thereafter take such steps as may be necessary to enforce its provisions, by co-operation with the Excise Board of the District of Columbia. WHISKEY YOU SHOULD DEAL ONLY WITH AN ESTABLISHED REPUTATION. Beginning modestly in 1884 the Arey Distillery has grown until today it is one of the largest in the country. The name Arey is synonymous of all that is clean, honest and skillful—the very acme of the distiller's art. The growth of the Arey Distillery was accompanied by no blare of trumpets—it has been quietly, modestly and steadily, forging ahead through the sheer merit of its product. At first they employed the old primitive process of open kettle distillation—honest, but crude of course. But they were careful to adopt every invention tending to improve the quality of their product. Hygienic safeguards, modern filters and the expert skill in selecting materials which comes only with years of painstaking and patient toil, today enables this distillery to make the finest "Old North Carolina Corn Whiskey" in the world. Arranged. To obey all ordinances. Would wealthy colored gentleman like a refined, educated and talented gentleman as a companion? If so, address W. J. Waistill, care of The Bee, Washington, D. C. HOLTMAN'S OLD STAND FINE BOOTS AND SHOES 491 Penn. ave., N. W. OUR $2.50 AND $3 SHOES ARE THE BEST MADE. SIGN OF THE BIG BQOT. WM. MORELAND, PROP. Why pay 10 percent when you can get it for 3 percent? H. K. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE. No. 314 Ninth Street N. W. Loans made on Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Etc. If you want to buy a good watch, diamond ring, or jewelry of any kind, look at our stock first. You LUTION regular Meeting, June 23, 1909. AIL LIQUOR-DEALERS lquor Dealers, that the following dec- "PERSONAL" THE MARCH TWO TIME LABORATORY PETITION IT IS 9 P.M. STEEL HEATING BAR THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR-STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $100 POSTAGE PAID- SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEYORDER Address all letters to Magic Shampoo Drug Co. Minneapolis, Min. Mrs. Agnes Smith, 935 R street,northwest, this city, is the agent. Call or send for the Magic Shampoo and Hair Straightener. 935 R street, northwest, Washington. D. C. IS THE POWDER YOU USE-ELSE YOUR COMPLEXION WILL EITHER SHINE OR BE OILY-AND WIND AND DIRT WILL ROUGHEN AND IRRITATE YOUR SKIN BUT CHOOSE YOUR POWDER WITH CARE-ONE THAT BLENDS PERFECTLY WITH YOUR COMPLEXION ONE OF IMPALPABLE FINENESS. THAT IS Mr. H. H. H. THE HUDNELL EUROPEAN PLAN FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS J. H. HUDNELL AND P. D. WASHINGTON, PROPRIETORS Phone, Main 3322. 107 SIXTH STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Visit The Best One of the leading places in the city is that of Samuel G. Stewart, 1141 Seventh street northwest (between L and M streets), Washington, D. C. ```markdown ``` OF NEW YORK. Washington: HOWARD'S POLISH a avenue; Department Store. Building, 122 N street, northwest. and H. streets, southwest. street, northwest. west. west. west. streets, northwest. t. wets. northwest. northwest. streets, northwest. 2009 E street, northwest. Seventh Street Northwest. venue. west. street, southeast. northwest. e, northwest. Pullman Porter's Rooms. venue. Howard's Polish in their outfits. ington use Howard's Polish. nia avenue. west. pair Company, 442 9th street. e. west. IF YOU WANT A CHOICE LUNCH AND A GOOD DINNER, DON'T FAIL TO VISIT THE ODD FELLOW'S CAFE, 1601 M ST., N. W. NOW UNDER A NEW MANAGEMENT. MEALS SERVED AT ALL HOURS BOARDING BY DAY, WEEK OR MONTH CHOICE CONFECTIONERIES ICE CREAM, SOFT DRINKS AND CIGARS STUMPH JOHNSON, PRO. TELEPHONE, NORTH 1228. TO LET Two nicely furnished rooms for gentlemen, 1742 14th street; also one large room for rent to persons desiring to bring their friends for a pleasant evening. For further information, all N 864, or address, A. H. Underdown, 1742 14th street.