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VOL.XXX NO 12 Business League Business League DR. WASHINGTON'S ANNUAL ADDRESS REPORTS RACIAL PROGRESS Urges that Steps be taken to Celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of Freedom of Negro People Louisville, Kentucky, August 19. Officers and Members of the National Negro Business League: In coming together again for another annual meeting of the National Negro Business League, we have some reasons to congratulate ourselves upon the success of this organization. When we had our firt meeting a few years ago there was comparatively little interest among our people in business, commercial and industrial enterprises. This organization has grown during these years to the point wher ehundreds of our best men and wmno now come together representing all parts of the country, for these annual meetings. We have at least 500 local Negro business leagues scattered throughout the country. When we began work there were a few drug stores owned and controlled by black people. Now we have nearly 200. A few years ago there were only about a half dozen Negro banks in the country; now there are 47. Dry goods stores, grocery stores, and industrial enterprises to the number of over 10,000, have sprung up in all parts of the country. A little more than forty years ago, when the Negro was made free, he had almost no acres of land. Now he has an acreage nearly as large as New England. Then he had almost no homes; now he has 400,000 homes. Then he had few farms; now he has 200,000 farms. Then he had no insurance companies; now he has 85. Then he had no undertakers; now he has several thousands. When the American Negro was made free, about 3 per cent. could read and write. Then he had few churches; now he has 26,000 churches. Our work is not yet done. The years that are to come are to bring us, in my opinion, even a larger degree of success and encouragement. The greater part of this progress has taken place here in our Southern States, right in the midst of the people who once owned our bodies. Here let me add, this growth could not have taken place unless we had in each one of these Southern communities not a few white men who have believed in us and stood by us and stimulated and encouraged us. The Negro who lives in the South, as well as the one who lives in the North, should learn to love his home and the community in which he lives, and to take as much interest in promoting its welfare as any other citizen. A few days ago, in conversation with a gentleman who has traveled widely in Africa, and in other parts of the world, including the United States, he remarked to me that the Negro in America was at least one hundred years ahead of the Negro anywhere else in the world. We ourselves, as well as our neighbors, do not always appreciate the growth that is going on among us day by day, so gradual is it. Races, too often, like individuals, yield to the temptation of noting their troubles and disadvantages and overlooking their successes and their opportunities. In an increasing degree we must be an optimistic race. There is no hope for a despairing individual or a despairing race. The National Negro Business League, which is holding its tenth annual meeting at Louisville, Kentucky, August 18, 19 and 20, this year, was first organized ten years ago at Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Booker T. Washington, the founder and principal of the noted Negro Industrial School, at Tuskegee, Alabama, was responsible for the organization of the Negro Business League, and has been its president and moving spirit since that time. Although the National Negro Business League is in no way directly connected with the Negro school at Tuskegee, it was conceived in the spirit of that institution, and in a different way and on a broader scale, has done much th same sort of work. Its purpose has been to direct the attention of the Negro people to the opportunities which are open to them in trade and in business; to encourage thrift and enterprise, and to organize in every part of the country local organizations which will impress upon the masses of the people the importance of saving their money, of buying homes, and, in order to do this, of improving the quality of their labor by making it more intelligent and more reliable. THE STATE LEAGUES At the present time there are more than 400 local business leagues in different parts of the country, most of them in the Southern States. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas have State organizations, which hold annual meetings, make special studies of the Negro people in their territory, and, through the medium of speakers, the newspapers and other publications, carry on a campaign of education along industrial and economic lines. THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Perhaps the best organized and most enterprising of the State Business Leagues is that of Mississippi which occupied all of the Thursday morning session with an account of what has been accomplished by the Negroes of Mississippi, as individuals and through their business organizations. Mississippi has at the present time eleven Negro banks, which is a larger number than those of any other state, though Virginia, which has the next largest number of banks, has the first Negro bank established in the United States and a considerably larger invested capital. There are several Negro towns in the United States, where no white man lives and where all the business as well as the local government, is carried on by Negroes. The largest of these is Boley, Indian Territory, but the oldest and best established is Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Among the delegates present at the meeting is Isaiah T. Montgomery, the founder of Mound Bayou, and Charles Banks, the cashier of the Bank of Mound Bayou, and a leading business man of Mississippi. NEGRO TOWN OF MOUND Mound Bayou, which was started in the wilderness some twenty years ago by a few Negro poineers, under the leadership of Isaiah T. Montgomery, is now a town of about eight hundred or a thousand inhabitants. In the colony surrounding the town, where the Negroes own over 30,000 acres of land, there is a population of a thousand or fifteen hundred men. During the present year a company has been organized, of which the stock is very largely held by Negroes throughout the State, to build a cotton seed oil mill" to cost $40,000. The mill at the present time is nearly completed. FOR SEVEN NEGRO BANKS An indication of the influence of the National Negro Business League in stimulating enterprise among the Negro people is the fact that nine years ago, there were but two Negro banks in the United States. At the present time there are no less than forty-seven such banks in active operation, and all but two of these are in the Southern States. There have been in all something like fifty-six Negro banks in existence. Several of these have since gone out of business. Only some two or three failed, and, so far as shown, in not more than one or two cases did depositors lose their money as a result of these failures. Three years ago at Atlanta, there was organized in connection with the National League, a National Negro Bankers' Association, which under the leadership of W. R. Pettiford, President of the Alabama Penny Savings and Loan Company, has done considerable to assist in the organization of new WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C., S.A. HONORABLE DANIEL W. BAKE ONE OF THE BEST PROS THE GENERAL M. HONORABLE DANIEL W. BAKER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY ONE OF THE BEST PROSECUTING OFFICERS UNDER THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT. HONORABLE DANIEL W. BAKER, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY ONE OF THE BEST PROSECUTING OFFICERS UNDER THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT. banks in cities where there seemed to be an opening for new institutions. Mr. Pettiford's bank at Birmingham, Alabama, is the second bank now in existence to be started in the United States. It started 20 years ago with a capital of two thousand dollars. It now amounts to one hundred thousand dollars, and is one of three other Negro banks in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. SOME OF THE NOTED politics became unprofitable in that State, he went to Texas as a school teacher. LEAGUE NEWS NOTES Scott Bend, of Madison, Arkansas, a dry and lively little man, is one of the speakers before the League this year. He is said to be the largest Negro farmer in Arkansas. He owns 2,000 acres of land near Madison. Among the other men present who It is part of the plan of the Business League to dig up in different parts of the country from wherever they can be found, Negro men and women who have made some sort of business success, and induce them to attend the meetings of the League and tell how it was they succeeded, explaining their peculiar difficulties and how they overcame them. Many of these people who have succeeded are very obscure persons, scarcely known outside of the communities in which they have lived, and very few of them belong to the class who have made themselves prominent in politics. As a rule, these people, although they have had very little education, are persons of strong personal character and have won the respect of the communities with white and black, in which they live. Perhaps the most interesting figure in this respect is Isaiah T. Montgomery, of Mound Bayou. It is safe to say that there is no colored man in the State of Mississippi who is more widely respected. Isaiah Montgomery was born a slave on the plantation of Joseph Davis, a brother of Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy. He got most of his education on the plantation, and particularly while he worked in the office of Mr. Joseph Davis, first as an errand boy and later as a kind of private secretary to his master. After the war he, with his father and another, ran the Davis plantation for a number of years. He was the only colored man to take part in the Constitutional Convention which put the Negro out of politics in that State. His speech in that convention made a sensation throughout the State, and was subsequently published in full in the New York World. Isaiah Montgomery was chosen to take part in the dedication ceremonies of the Lincoln Home at Franklin, Kentucky last spring. ASSOCIATION One of the most interesting figures at the present meeting is R. L. Smith, of Paris, Texas, who is the head of a farmers' co-operative association in Texas which has something over 10,000 members. R. L. Smith used to edit a newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, but when SATURDAY AUGUST 21, 1900 KER, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY PROSECUTING OFFICERS UNDER L GOVERNMENT. politics became unprofitable in that State, he went to Texas as a school teacher. LEAGUE NEWS NOTES Scott Bent, of Madison, Arkansas, a dry and lively little man, is one of the speakers before the League this year. He is said to be the largest Negro farmer in Arkansas. He owns 2,000 acres of land near Madison. Among the other men present who are farming on a scale large enough to be called business men, are C. A. Noppen, of Lynchburg, Ohio; Enoch Reed, of Ferriday, Ohio; J. C. Myers, of Temple, Texas, and Benjamin Carr of Hartsville, Tennessee. One of the most successful merchants present is Victor Tulane, who runs a model grocery store at Montgomery Alabama. Several years ago, when the Business League was still in its infancy, Victor Tulane told an amusing story of how he went into business in a little ramshackle building with a capital of something like fifty or seventy-five dollars. Now he owns his own store, a handsome pressed brick building, which occupies a busy corner in Montgomery, where he does a business amounting to something over $20,000 a year. C. F. Johnson, who is head of the Mutual Insurance Company, of Mobile, Alabama, is another member of the League who gave up politics for business. He used to be secretary to the Collector of Customs at Mobile. When a Democratic President was elected he lost his job. He tried to hold on as an elevator man, but the new Collector discovered him there and removed him. Now he is one of the most well-to-do colored men in Alabama, and is said to be worth not less than $100,000. There is one woman represented on the Business League program this year, Miss N. H. Burroughs, of Louisville. She spoke on the success of the Negro Calendar and Picture Company, which publishes Negro Calendars for the purpose of advertising Negro business concerns. One of the biggest Negro enterprises in Tennessee, and one of the largest in the United States, is the National Baptist Publishing Company, which is represented at the League this year by its founder, Dr. R. H. Boyd. This concern publishes all the song books, Sunday school leaflets, etc., for all the Negro Baptist churches throughout the United States. Negro Baptists number over 1,500,000 throughout the country at the present time, and have nearly as many churches as all the other Negro denominations put together. The permanence and influence of the Negro Business League is illustrated by the fact that it now has 114 life members, representing 22 states. --- HON. DANIEL W. BAKER There is not a more conscientious worker in the United States Government than Honorable Daniel W. Baker, United States District Attorney. Mr. Baker is a man of remarkable ability, who has conducted the prosecution of cases regardless of faces or friends. The most remarkable characteristics in his makeup, which were demonstrated by him not long since, was his refusal to nolle prose cases against those whom he represented. After having been made United States Attorney, he insisted on prosecuting them, which resulted in their conviction, which shows that his duty was to his government, and a conscientious belief that if his clients were innocent they should be able to prove it before a jury. Mr. Baker has prosecuted some of the greatest men in this country in all branches of offences, and has saved thousands of dollars to the government. He has had a most brilliant career since he has occupied the office of United States Attorney. He is a simon pure Maryland Republican, who never halts when his party calls for his services. He has always been honest in politics, associating with such distinguished men as the late Justice Louis E. McComas, two of the present judges of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Clabaugh and Gould, who have always been factors in Maryland State politics. The Republican party in the State of Maryland has confidence in him, because of his loyalty to the nominees of his party. There is no man in the State of Maryland more thought of and respected than Honorable Daniel W. Baker. His ambition, so far as party fealty is concerned, is to have a united Republican party. He is against the disfranchisement of the Negroes of his state, and there is no man in the State of Maryland any more anxious to uphold the integrity of the state than Mr. Baker. No popular man is without his enemies. Mr. Baker has a few, but he quickly routed them and placed them beyond the reach of decent people. The administration is proud of the work of the United States Attorney's office. His assistants are men of ability, and are loyal to their chief. They go about the prosecution of cases with precision. Every man knows his duty and he goes right about and performs it. Mr. Baker has not that bombastic air which is often found in one placed in high and exhaled positions. He believes in giving every man a chance to defend himself whenever he is charged with an offense. Unlike many prosecuting officers, he doesn't believe in the railroad method of trying cases. The United States branch of the police court comes under the United States Attorney, who was elevated from a clerk to a position of assistant United Statey Attorney. He is a young man of many brilliant qualities. He dispatches cases that are brought before him without the least friction, and he is also void of prejudice and discrimination. He knows no man by the color of his skin, but every man is looked upon by him as an American citizen. This assistant is Ralph Given' Esquire. Mr. Baker, is the first United States Attorney who has ever filled the office he now holds, to encourage a Negro assistant United States Attorney to assist him in the prosecution of cases brought to him for trial. Mr. James A. Cobb, appointed in his office, has rooms in the police court building, which is part of the United States branch of the United States attorney's office. It will be seen that Mr. Baker, like President Taft, is sound on the Negro question. There is another pleasing characteristic about Mr. Baker. He is not vindictive. He is always willing and ready to give defendants the benefit of any doubt that may exist in the prosecution of a case brought to trial by him or his assistants. The eagle-eyed man of the United States Attorney's office, is Harvey Given, Esquire, brother of the able prosecutor of the police court. All the United States cases that are tried in the Supreme Court, are prepared Sins Of Sodom THE INIQUITY OF THE WHITE MAN Editor, The Bee: I know not what the sins of Sodom were, but it is safe to say that there could be nothing there exceeding this iniquity which will surely be visited upon the white people of this country for their unjust treatment of the colored citizens. The mock trial of Senator Stone, for having struck, cursed, and threatened to kill a colored porter on the train a few days ago, without receiving just punishment, but demonstrates the fact that the infamous Dred Scott decision, "that a Negro has no rights that a white man is bound to respect," is still one of the supreme laws of our land and country. But Senator Stone hails from Missouri; and if he keeps up this slapping-in-the-mouth business, some Negro is going to "show" him something. And, Mr. Editor, he won't have to come all the way to Washington and go down in the bloodfield section of the city to acquire this little bit of much needed information—there are others who would show him along that line. "Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of my people." If the Negroes, Afro-Americans, and colored people were to get together and unite, they would be a power for good. But so long as they continue to disagree they need never hope to accomplish very much in the line of demanding recognition of their rights as American citizens. The trio of this class of the sons of Ham is but a stumbling block in each other's way. And I am mighty 'fraid their actions, one toward the other, are going to drive me to drink. Po'me! Men often die of heart-break. 'Tisn't a very sweet death to die, I shouldn't think; but if there is any one thing which is enough to break the hearts of the colored people, that one lies in the fact that the old political party to which they have been so loyal ever since their enfranchishment, seems to have applied for a bill of divorce from them on the ground that they are Negroes. It married the Negro in his infancy, and promised to love him, cherish him, and keep him for better or for worse, so long as they both do live. Now, if it (the party) has gotten the worst of it, may the decision of the court be that the pary shall take care of the Negro so long as he lives; and may this same Negro live till Gabriel's trumpet sounds. The Negro entered the political matrimony in good faith; and, while he, (like some good wives) has been knocked about, and kicked about, he holds on with the tenacity of a bull dog—showing to the world that he's there to stay! Joseph C. Cunningham. by this young man, who is also a shrewd lawyer. The administration could not have a more successful and a more honest prosecutor than Daniel W. Baker. THE NIAGARA MOVEMENT Rev. A. C. Garner, Professor Henshaw, and others, left this city the latter part of last week, to attend the annual convention of the Niagara Movement, which convened at Sea Isle, New Jersey, the 15th instant. The following named subjects were discussed: "Methods of Emancipating Submerged Peoples;" "The Methods of Socialism;" "Methods of the Russian Revolution;" "Methods of the Mexican Liberals;" "Methods of Modern India;" "Methods of Organized Labor;" "The Lesson of these Methods for Negro Americans." If the Law School of Howard University is abolished, who will be to blame? If there is such a movement on foot, as we asked before, who is behind it? There is too much industrialism in the minds of some of the alleged educators of the country. Some people have gone mad on industrial education. 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English Writer Has Sounded a Warn- ing Against the Domination of Look about you, and sooner or later you will see someone to whom the idea of wealth, as wealth, does not appeal. I advise you to watch this man closely for he will presently demonstrate to you that money dominates everybody except the man who does not want money. You may meet that man on your farm, in your village, or in your legislature. But be sure that whenever or wherever you meet him, as soon as it comes to a direct issue between you his little finger will be thicker than your loins. You will go in fear of him; he will not go in fear of you. You will do what he wants; he will not do what you want. You will find that you have no weapon in your armory with which you can attack him; no argument with which you can appeal to him. Whatever you gain, he will gain more. I would like you better to be that man, because from the lower point of view it doesn't pay to be possessed by the desire of wealth for wealth's sake. If more wealth is necessary to you for purposes not your own, use your left hand to acquire it, but keep your right for your proper work in life. If you employ both arms in that game you will be in danger of stooping; in danger also of losing your soul.—Rudyard Kipling. CARRIED AVERSION TO GRAVE. With Thought of Death Before Him, Atlantan Was Strong on Antipathy to Water. Obsessed for years with the notion that water is fit for drinking purposes only, and then only in small doses, Joe Booth, a well-known character about town with the beard of a patriarch, strolled into the undertaking parlor of Greenburg, Bond & Bloomfield, says the Atlanta Journal. The weight of 70 years was on his shoulders, and the sorrows of ages seemed to weigh on his heart. "I ain't got long in this world," he said. "I want to make one last request. When I die I want you to lay me out, but I want you to promise me one thing—don't, please mister, don't wash any part of me except my neck!" Mr. Bond looked at the man a moment wondering if this was a case for the ordinary or the board of health. "Please, mister, it's a little matter—the last request of an old man—just my neck, that's all." cresc. f poco rilenuto. ritua tempo. f (1) f sfs sf sf sf sf Mr. Bond promised it should even be so, and Booth went out with an ecstatic look on his face. Theory had won a victory over the dogma that cleanliness is next to godliness. A Fortunate Mishap. · In a certain New England town they manufacture a well-known kind of towel, most efficient for drying purposes: How that towel first happened to be made in the form which has proved so profitable to its makers is the subject of an amusing legend. It savors strongly of belonging to the "too good to be true" genus of anecdotes, and is as follows: Once the machinery in the towel factory, busily engaged in turning out a very conventional brand of towel, suddenly went wrong and began, practically, to go backward. There was much excitement. Eventually the machinery was chastised and set to rights again. But—It was discovered that the towels turned out during that interval of mechanical anarchy were of a texture quite unrivaled for use as bath towels. At once the machinery was set going backward again, and has been traveling in that direction ever since, to the great delight of the stockholders in the towel company. To Stop Coughing. Coughing is one of the nuisances that no one has been able to abolish in churches or in theaters. A physician, however, claims that the coughing nuisance is a mere question of acoustics. "There is a subtle connection between the ear and the throat," he said. "When the ear is strained the throat is affected and a cough is the result. "When we can hear perfectly in church or theater it never occurs to us to cough. But when we bend forward, straining every nerve to catch the actor's or preacher's muffled syllables, then we find ourselves coughing every little while. Build auditoriums with perfect acoustic properties, and I warrant that the thunderous choruses of coughs, so common now among us, will be no more heard." Trouble. Trouble, in whatever shape it comes, is a hard discipline. We must always remember that all that really counts is the way we bear it. To give in to a woe, an illness, poverty, heart-sickness, loneliness, loss, is to aggravate it. To hope for better things, to strive womanfully for courage, to seek distraction and turn a happy face to the world is to build a better future, oftentimes on the very ruins of the disaster that now looms so large. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and low prices we can make you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles far less money than any other factory. We are satisfied with 1,000 profit above factory cost. BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at double our prices till the day received. SECOND HAND BICYCLES. 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The clim shows the bill to a bank cashier, and hears it pronounced good, and his mercenary nature being roused, he sees visions of gigantic health, and hands over to Mr. Sharpr $500, or at least $250, for the instrument that is going to make him 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 there he can't make a roar for his bet money. The Swaying Skyscraper Through the chance of perfect adjustment in the way of balance, of row of large photographs that hang on a wall or an office building own 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 ear round the pictures are never till. The joke lies in catching theorrified expression on the faces of the callers when they get a sight of the swinging frames. Then it is always explained with due solace, if the boss is not around that the swaying of the frames is due to the oscillation of the structure. It usually likes some time for the object of the joke to see the point. Meanwhile he has suffered a considerable shock.—L. Y. World. Odd South American Animals. Many curious animals mount the tarry parts o. South America north of the pampas. Frogs big and fereous, given to making vicious strings when closely approached; the apybara, a cavy "contented with the bulk of a sheep"; the huge coypu and the swarthy piglike tapir are frequently seen. Along the forest margins troops of peccaries are often set with, occasionally the jaguar sometimes the puma, likewise that bothless curiosity, the great ant bear, long in claw, long nosed and smartably long tongued. A familiar object is the great jabiru, a stork with a preference for the desolate igneos, where it may often be observed statuesque on que leg and trapped in prospection. -Scotsman. The Gingko Tree. Studies by Miss M. G. Stopes of the small fera of Scotland have shown that the gingko or maldenhair, tree, 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 Bros. Scotland, are so similar to the ring trees that at first sight no difference is apparent. Only an examination of the structure of the olls reveals a variation.—Youth's companion. For Pressing Plaiton Shirts. Plaited skirts which have been washed are difficult to press. Time and expense may be saved by having to work done after the following method, which is for dolen skirts specially. Before the skirt has become badly creased or rumpled run abasting thread, using short, even stitches, down the entire length of each crease which marks the folds of the plaits. By this means, after the skirt has been washed, the proper location of each lest can readily be determined, and the pressing one successfully. Balzac in Church Pew. The woman who had left a volume of Balzac in the church pew onayer meeting night felt a little bit shamed when she asked for the book, but the sexton assured her she did not feel that way. "Many things are left in the church," he did, "and some of them are a whole lot less respectable than Balzac. After each service the pews yield a orange grist of forgotten or disdired articles." A Clever Bear. A noted ethnologist observed in Bonna a bear deliberately making with his paw, a current in some water which was close to the bars of his ear so as to draw a piece of floating bread within his reach. These pieces of the bear could hardly be attributed to instinct or inherited habit, as they would be of little use an animal in a state of nature. Quill Teethicks. 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 carted to make quill pens, but when these went out of general use it was exported into a toothpick mill. 9 IF YOU WANT A PLACE To Board ADVERTISE Go to HOLMES' HOTEL, No. 333 Virginia Ave., S.W Best Afro-American Accommodation in the District. FUROPEAN AND AMERI PLAN. Good Rooms and Lodging, 50. 75c. and $1.00. Comfortably Heated by Steam. Give us a Call James Otoway Holmes, Prop. Washington, D. C. 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Begin the use of Babek now. 50c Bottles. Your druggist will tell you that Babek is the best thing he sells. MALARIA. CHILLS & FEVER SPAIN'S KING A YACHT RACER. Alfonso Has Engaged Capt. Stephen Barbrook, a British Seaman, as Sailing Master. London.—Tolliesbury, a little seaalde town in the county of Essex, England, is bursting with pride over a signal honor which has been bestowed on one of its sons—Stephen Barbrook. He has been appointed captain of the king of Spain's new racing yacht, Hispania, and has just departed from his native town to wrestle with the Spanish language and a—partly—Spanish crew at San Sebastian. When his mastery of the language is complete, he will be ```markdown ``` Capt. Stephen Barbrook. able to mix strange Spanish oaths in his talk quite after the manner of the old Elizabethan sea captains. His chief task at present is licking the "Hispanla" and her, crew into shape for the Cowes regatta, at which her royal owner has entered her for several races, and he will be assisted in his task by several Tollesbury men, who have gone with him as part of the crew. The course is well known to him, for as recently as last year he steered Sir James Pender's Brynhild to victory there, and besides he has won some four hundred prizes in the last four years in yacht racing. So, if the Hispanla behaves herself, and "the little cherub that sits up aloft" does likewise, his Spanish majesty stands a good chance to carry off some prizes during the coming yachting season. Tollesbury is a home of sea dogs. Capt. Barbrook's father is one of the oldest of them, and now surely the proudest. His son has loved the sea since his boyhood; took to it like the smallest duckling to the neighboring pond, and has lived on it and near it ever since. He is well known among yachting men and such authoritles as Sir Thomas Lipton, Sir James Pendei and Mr. Fife were amongst those who sang his praises to King Alfonso. A PONY THAT HUNTS MINES. Arkansas Steed Has Brought Owner Tidy Sum—Leaves Kentucky Thoroughbreds Behind. Kansas City.—Sometimes the. shaggy "cow" pony is worth as much as the pedigreed race horse. In Mountain Home, Ark., there is Ol' Paddy to furnish the example. Though this cow pony is only 15 years old he has brought William D. Napier, his owner, $12,000 in fees for services in locating mine claims. That means 30,000 acres of zinc and lead lands valued at al- "Ol' Paddy" and His Owner. most a million dollars. Ol' Paddy raced on to the claims long after the sleek horses from Kentucky had dropped from exhaustion. He has made from 100 to 116 miles in twenty-four hours—Ozark miles, up hill and down, over some of the roughest roads in the west. In one year he has gone more than 6,000 miles, and in the total of his services may have covered 24,000 miles. Jerry South, formerly lieutenant governor of Arkansas, adds another feature to the account of Ol' Paddy's record. "More miles, and faster than any other horse in northern Arkansas, perhaps," he says. "And certainly—on less feed!" Fly on Baby's Nose. Mother's angel child was sitting with his toys upon the floor; mother peacefully was' knitting on the wee one's clothing store. Came a housefly softly singing, perched upon the window pane; then with busy, buzzing, winging, circled 'round the room again. Baby watched it as it flitted, clapped his hands and cried: "Ahgoo." Mother smiled as she knitted—smiled as' only mothers do. Mr. Fly now paused, the sinner; combed his hair and brushed his clothes; and in his search of fun or dinner lighted on the infant's nose. Mother turned—her instinct led her; gazed' upon the little tot; saw the deadly microbe spreader, screamed and fainted on the spot. Moral: Swat 'em.—Minneapolis Messenger. Native State to Celebrate Centenary of His Birth. Known as "The Great Commoner and Won Hearts of People by Fight Against Slavery-Vice President Under Lincoln. Paris Hill, Me.—In Paris Hill, a spot so picturesque that it has been called the "Switzerland of Maine," the centenary of the birth of Hannibal Hamlin, vice-president of the United States during Lincoln's first term, will be celebrated on August 27. The exercises will be held in connection with the first old-home week in Maine, and will bring to the birthplace of the most beloved son of the Pine Tree state not only distinguished statesmen of the day, but also soldiers who fought in the civil war and men who were conspicuous in the affairs of the state of that period. This gathering perhaps will be one of the last of men who gained fame in the fight for the freedom of the negro. The Loyal Legion of Maine will erect a bronze tablet to Hamlin, and the exercises promise to be unique and to emphasize the services of such a man to his country. No more picturesque spot could be found in the country than the Paris Hill. The view from the old home in which Hamlin was born takes in the Androscoggin valley, which, broken by forests and villages, stretches to the ranges of hills and mountains that almost encompass Paris Hill. The foothills of the White mountains are discernible to the-west, and on a clear summer day the White mountains themselves can be seen in the distance. Hannibal Hamlin, historians say, is Maine's greatest man of the nine- J. Hannibal Hamlin. teenth century. The Pine Tree state has had her favorite sons. James G. Blaine was one; Thomas B. Reed was another, but none of them ever caught at the tendrils of the hearts of the men of Maine as did Himlin. "The Great Commoner," he was called; and Reed, who for years fought him bitterly in politics, but who after a chance meeting with him became his ardent admirer, said of him: "He never learned to tell a lie or to be dishonest. He simply couldn't lie." Hamlin won the hearts of the people by his bitter fight against slavery and he proved his courage by leaving the Democratic party when it fell into the control of the supporters of slave traffic. He could have been candidate for the presidency in 1856, but refused it. He accepted the nomination for vice-president in 1860 on the ticket with Lincoln and became Lincoln's trusted counsellor and adviser in the four years of the struggle between the north and the south. To him Lincoln showed his "Emancipation Proclamation" before issuing it and received from him suggestions in the wording of it which he accepted. That he was not nominated for vice-president for Lincoln's second term and therefore, did not become a president of the United States is almost as strange a political accident as the one that put Roosevelt in the presidential chair at the death of President McKinley. Friends of Andrew, Johnson gained his nomination, much to Lincoln's chagrin, by circulating, the report that Lincoln did not want Hamlin and favored Johnson. While Col. A. K. McClure, Charles A. Dana and several others insisted Lincoln told them he did not want Hamlin on the ticket, such men as John May, who was Lincoln's private secretary, insisted that the story was not true and asserted that Col. McClure was not an intimate friend of the martyred president, finally giving Hamlin the fullest vindication. Hamlin was a member of the house of representatives at 32, and at 33 he lost election to the United States senate because of his attitude on the slave question. His defeat only roused him to greater activity against the growth of slavery. He was elected to the United States senate in 1848 and re-elected in 1850. In 1856 he was elected governor of Maine. He was hailed as one of the fathers of the Republican party in 1860 and he could not decline the nomination for the vice-presidency. Although holding office as vice-president he enlisted at the outbreak of the war as a private himself. He refused a commission, but trained with the soldiers and inspired them by his acts. He went with them to the front and while he engaged in no battles he traveled with the army as personal representative of Lincoln. He reported to Lincoln as to the condition of the army and always was Lincoln's friend and counsellor. --- THE BEE PUBLISVED 1105 Eye St., N. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR: Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance...$2.00 Two months.....1.00 Three months......50 Subscription monthly.....20 ARE THEY FRIGHTENED? A report reaches this office to the effect that a large number, if not all the teachers in the public schools, colored, are laboring under fright and intimidation. Just why such unrest should exist in the colored schools and not in the white schools is a serious subject for the Board of Education to consider. Why should this unrest exist? Not since the days of the old regime has such unrest in the schools existed. At that time, James H. Smith, Esquire, a lawyer of this city and a member of the School Board of Trustees introduced a resolution protecting the teachers in their tenure of office. The Bee would be derelief in its duty to allow any injustice to exist against the teachers in the schools and not cry out against it. The Bee is opposed to the importation of outsiders when there is better material coming from our Normal School. The most fruitful tool for this great halle has been with the supervising principals, who have purposely recommended the demotion of teachers. No teacher doesn't like him. The Bee has is safe if a supervising principal always favored the abolition of these offices. The principals of buildings are the more compe- tent judges of teachers, and the superintendent should be the judge of the principals. The principals of buildings come into direct contact with the teachers. He or she sees the teacher daily. On the other hand, the supervising principals have only a superficial observation of the teach ers. Many instances showed the lack of knowledge that some supervising principals have of the schools under them. The Bee published two or three instances of the foolish questions asked many of the pupils by one or two of these supervisors. Teachers must be protected in the right. They are entitled to consideration, especially when they have given the best portion of their lives to the education of the youth. The Bee has talked with at least fifty teachers and it finds that the fear and unrest spoken of do exist. Bad advice exists somewhere in the schools. The Bee commends the change in the High School to the extent of transferring the college combination which was a menace to the High School. There is some objection to the appointment of the new principal of the High School. The Bee would like to know whether the new principal is the proper man to place at the head of the school? Has his record been fully investigated? He should be a married man and have a thorough knowledge of children. If he does not posses these qualifications, aside from his educational qualifications, his appointment should be revoked. There are quite a number of young misses in the High School who should be supervised by a strong man or woman. The Bee prefers a woman at the head of the High --- School. There should not be a male teacher in that school, and no doubt, facts in our possession warrant that assertion. The question is, are the teachers frightened? THE NEGRO PRESS THE NEGRO PRESS A call has been issued for a meeting of Negro editors at Louisville, Kentucky, during the meeting of the Negro Business League. The object of the meeting is to organize a National Press Association. Negro editors are like all other individuals. They don't know how to unite. Negro press associations have been attempted, and for a number of years it worked without a constitution. The Editor of The Bee worked for years, hammering within and without for a constitution, until he forced his own appointment as chairman of the Committee on Constitution. He finally succeeded in drawing up a constitution and having it adopted by the established press association. The Press Association might as well have had no constitution, because it was disregarded and ignored. What has any press association among Negroes ever accomplished? The press association has frequently met and that is all. It has squabbled and fussed, adopted preambles and resolutions and wound up with a famous address to the country, never to be followed. This Louisville, Kentucky, affair will peter out like the others. Already the small fish and fry have begun to nominate the officers. ELECT THE RIGHT MAN In proverbial bad taste, a local contemporary is booming soinebody as a candidate for the presidency of the embryonic press association to be born at Louisville. Before a Negro gets' a constitution, by-laws, plan of organization or anything actually in existence, he goes to hollering about who is to fill the offices. The Bee is of the opinion that the folks who are running that newspaper conference can be trusted to elect the right man to the presidency, without the advice of an individual who is not a member of the League, and whose ears are not dry in the profession of journalism. SUPPOSE HE IS? It has been published somewhere and by someone, that Dr. Booker T. Washington has a financial interest in the New York Age. Suppose he has an interest in the Age, is that any crime? Those who condemn Dr. Washington because he has such an interest, are no doubt nervous because he has no interest in the publications that criticise him. The Age is published in the interest of the Negro, and is one of his strongest champions. Some Negroes make jackass arguments which have no consistency. A LIE There is no truth in the information that an attempt is being made to abolish the Howard University Law School. It is just to the contrary. Dr. Thirkield and the Trustees of Howard University are doing all in their power to have the best law school in the country, and a reorganization of the school will take place shortly. It is the intention of Dr. Thirkield to do all in his power to make Howard University a greater college than it has ever been. THE BUSINESS HERALD The fifth issue of the Negro Business League Herald that appears this week is the best publication that has yet been issued by the company. The composition, cuts of the Lincoln Memorial Building Company and sketches of the officers, show up well; Miss Gonevia B. Maxfield The National Independent Political League, in the letter sent to President Taft said, "It is not platitudes and professions of sympathy that colored Americans and the Republic need at this crisis, but loyalty to true American principles and enforcement of the laws." Colonel Mangin proposes a French Negro army of about 200,000 men, and invites colored Americans to join. This is a new field open for military honors, and where perhaps, honor and merit will be given where it is due. The Clayton-Williams University, which was founded by Rev. Dr.Harvey Johnson, one of the most ardent and race-loving ministers of the Baptist denomination, will be one of the best schools of its kind, standing as it does for the broadest and best training for Negro youths. It is fostered entirely by the Baptists of Maryland. Bishop W. B. Derrick has given Wilberforce University a beautiful, as well as useful fountain in memory of his deceased wife, Mrs. Lillian Derrick. It is erected on the campus of the University. Bishop Anderson delivered the principal address at the corner stone laying for the Methodist Memorial Home for the Aged, at Warren Indiana. For the first time a woman has been appointed Superintendent of the Chicago schools.' Mrs. Ella Flagg Young uceeds Edwin G. Cooley and takes entire charge of the Chicago school system. One million dollars has been transferred from white to colored banks during the past three years. It is said they did not do this for spite work or race prejudice, but felt the need of making work for their posterity. Professor Kelly Miller, of Howard University, is to deliver an address at Montgomery, Alabama, September 16. The Reformer urges colored Americans to stick to the farms if they want progress and happiness. "The open-air life at this stage of race progress, is best conserved in the country. City life at this stage of race progress is greatly against the poor and under race." We agree with the Reformer. Zeke Moore, while in the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, became the richest colored man in the Southwest: his 160 acres of land became worth $500,000, as oil was found on it. The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Western Press Association will convene in Kansas, August 22 and 23. All Negro editors, correspondents, journalists, publishers and co-workers in this country are invited to attend. The supplement to the New York Age, containing the Bishops and the General Officers of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, was nicely gotten up and does credit to the management. It has been announced that Pierre Paul Deners, American Consul to Bahai has resigned, also Henry Clay Smith, Consul at Santos, Brazil. These two positions were formerly held by colored men. The total cost of buildings erected in the principal cities of the United States in 1908, was $546,467.390, according to the Geological Survey. A design for a monument to the women of the "Lost Cause "is completed. It is the work of Miss Belle Kinney, of Nashville, Tennessee. It is said that probably all the states which left the Union in the Civil War, will adopt the design. The Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans will erect these monuments in every state capital in Dixie. Of the sixty-three chaplains in the United States Army, four are colored. W. T. Anderson, of Cleveland, and George W. Prioleau, of Dayton; Oscar J. W. Scott, of this city, and W. E. Gladden, of Colorado. Dr. S. N. Vass, of the American Baptist Publication, preached at the 19th Street Baptist Church last Sunday. His address was timely and instructive. --- THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE Good men in the schools. A few colored men appointed to offices. Dr Thirkield supported at Howard University. In former times it was a common notion that, if a sick person, could only touch the hand of a suicide, he or she would be cured. This superstition was especially common in the west of England; in Cornwall, touching a suicide's hand was said to have once cured a young man who had been afflicted with many tumors from his birth. A similar superstition regarding the touch of executed criminals has been widely prevalent and has often been recorded. Robert Hunt, in his "Romances of the West o. England," says that he once saw a young woman led to the scaffold at Newgate to have a wen touched by the hand of a man who had just been executed. At Northampton of old the hangman is said to have had a regular fee for according a similar "privilege" to the sufferers from like disorders. Even the coffin of a suicide may have curative value. There is a Devonshire belief to the effect that, if any one suffering from disease can manage to throw a white handkerchief on such a coffin at the time of its interment, the disease will vanish as the handkerchief decays. Much superstitious value has been attached to the knots of the ropes used either by a suicide or in the execution of a criminal. Clean Your Glasses. You who wear spectacles must understand that you cannot see to advantage through greasy lenses. The common habit is to wipe eye-glasses or spectacles with a silk handkerchief carried in the pocket. The finger tips always exude a delicate oil. This gets on the handkerchief and from the handkerchief goes on to the lenses. Presently there is a smear of grease and people complain of dimness of vision. Drop the handkerchief; get some very fine tissue paper cut into small sections, wipe your glasses with two or three pieces and throw them away. Shoddy. Shoddy! The word stands for everything that is mean and contemptible, false, and make-believe. Yet the product known in the world of business as shoddy is one of the most useful inventions of the nineteenth century, and deserves to rank with steam and electricity, anesthetics, the bicycle and other discoveries that have made life worth living, improved our health and lengthened our days.—World's Work. Newspapers In The U. S. In 1810, nearly a century ago, there were 850 newspaper in the United States. In 1905 there were 26,422 printing and publishing houses in the country. These represented $385,008,604 of invested capital and turned out products valued at $496,061,137. The growth for the five years since 1900 doubled the growth or the ten years previous. Right Handed Men. According to authorities from 85 to 95 per cent of the men in civilized lands are right-handed and have developed the low right shoulder. This, however, is no new phenomenon, for even the ancient Greek sculptors had noticed it and posed their subjects so as to make them appear more symmetrical Peat as Fuel. There is a strong organization at work in this country developing the use of peat as fuel. It is now utilizing many acres of swamp lands which are being reclaimed for agricultural purposes. The bi-products of the industry are very promising. A Prosperous Town. Waycross, Ga., with a population of 9,000, has no poorhouse, nine out of ten of the white population own their homes and 93 per cent of the children attend school. The saloon license has annually for the last 16 years been fixed at $30,000. New York City's Banks. Twenty years ago the fact was made much of that New York City boasted one hundred banks and trust companies. Today, however, the greater city has no fewer than 212 institutions of this character. Greatest Heat and Cold. The greatest heat is never found on the equator, but some 10 degress to the north, while more severe cold has been registered in Northern Siberia than has been found near the Pola. Rolling Stones. The "Rolling Stones" of Australia placed on a fairly smooth surface, will soon roll together in a group. They contain a magnetic ore. Men of talent generally fix upon ignorant and stupidish women for their wives; while stupid men almost invariably alight upon clever women. English Predominates. Two-thirds of all the letters which pass through the post offices of the world are written by and sent to people who speak English. Taking into consideration the proportionate weight, the wing of a bird is twenty times stronger than the arm of a man. THE MARINER'S COMPASS Influences That Draw it From Its Allegiance to the Magnetic Pole. Nothing in the navigation equipment of a ship has been the subject of more anxious scientific research or receives more jealous care than the mariner's compass. The popular notion of the compass needle always point north and south is—well, more accurate than even popular notionally are. No more unfavorable position could be found for a compass than on board of a modern steamship, which is a complicated mass of steel, all tending to draw the compass needle from its allegiance to the magnetic pole of the earth, warring influences which must needs be counteracted by all sorts of devices which hedge round the instrument by an invisible wall of conflicting currents of magnetism. And as if this were not enough, there are now huge dyamos to be reckoned with, producing electric currents for all sorts of purposes on board. In the midst of these mystis currents the poor little compass needle, upon which the mariner depends for his guide across the trackless deep, hangs suspended like one shrinking saint surrounded by legions of devils.—Windsor Magazine. The Speed of Steamships. The immense advances recently made in the power and speed of transatlantic steamships have not yet, in the opinion of Mr. J. J. O'Nell, a Scotch engineer, been carried to the limit. Addressing the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Mr. O'Nell said that the lengths of the present liners warrant the belief that greater power can be obtained with the same dimensions, the present speeds with shorter lengths. Investigation shows that the variations of form involve relatively small gains, and Mr. O'Nell thinks that if the same attention had been devoted to the development of of the screw propeller that has been given to the form of vessels greater advantages would have been secured. Youth's Companion. A Club for Dandy Dogs There has just been opened in one of London's fashionable streets a toilet club for dogs. Here the pets of the smart set can have their hair dressed and their coats trimmed to immaculate perfection. For three shillings they can be bathed. If their teeth are imperfect they can be st opped or extracted, and if their claws protrude too far they can be daintily manicured. Thus groomed according to the Mayfair mode, their coats put on, and their goggles attached, these exquisite creatures are taken for their afternoon ride.—London Tilt-Bits. Long Terma in Supreme Court Few members of the - Supreme Court have exceeded the time Justice Harlan has served—thirty years. Justice Field served about thirty-five years, Chief Justice Marshall about thirty-four and a half years. Justice Bushford Washington, thirty-one years, and Justice John McLean, thirty-two years. Wise Horses. A writer in the London Daily News, giving some experience during dense fogs, says he was once in a bus which stopped suddenly on Waterloo Bridge in a fog. The driver urged the horses to move, but they would not, and when the conductor went to investigate, he found them looking over the parapet. Silence the Healer: The value of silence as a factor in healing cannot be over estimated, and, apart from consideration of health, it is a well-known truism that the one who talks the least usually accomplishes the most. Health Record. Automatic Cornet. The increasing popularity of the self-playing piano has induced inventors to extend this style of music to other instruments. The most recent is an automatic sheet music cornet, patented by a Chicago man. Like the piano, the music is on a perforated roll. An Ancient Industry The industry of flint-making still thrives in Brandon, England. The flints are sent to Africa and other countries where the guns of 100 years ago are still in active service. Progressive Chinese. The Chinese are getting interested in the method of raising water by means of windmills for irrigating purposes. Hottentot Women. Among the Hottentots women hold a better position than they do anywhere else in Africa. The married woman reigns supreme mistress. THE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ITS EXPERIENCES From the Virginia Baptist Herald The Herald is ever interested in everything affecting the welfare of our race and nation. For this reason we venture a word upon an unfortunate condition in what is perhaps the best colored high school in the country. . For years we have known the school and most of its te achers, and we have been interested in its work. It is too great a school to be injured and its usefulness impaired by side fights, the import of which is bad and the inevitable result the professional death of many useful teachers and the consequent loss of influence of those who work the ruin or partial ruin of the apparently unfortunate. It is our mission to cry aloud at everything that threatens to injure our race. It will be a sorry picture for the colored people of Washington, where hundreds of our dearest friends live, to go before Congress with the unfortunate fight against Mr. R. C. Bruce, the son of a distinguished senator of the United States, and a product of modern culture. It is equally unfortunate if this young man has wronged even a single teacher who worked under him. All persons to the controversy must be fair. Personal likes and dislikes must not enter the contentions of the critics or those criticised; for we must all recognize a fundamental law of universal application, namely, that no question is settled until settled upon principles of justice. In this controversy it is safe to say that if we are to retain our faith in the common honesty of men, there must be some wrong on either side. In a former issue of this paper we said that if the criticisms made by the friends of Honorable Harry St. George Tucker and Judge Mann, the two rival Democratic candidates for the nomination of Governor of Virginia, were correct, that neither man was fit for the place. The same principle is applicable to the opposing forces in Washington. This is the logic of the situation. This is the phase an absent friend will most likely put upon the situation and common sense approves it. A common error among colored people is the too great eagerness to whet the blade to kill off a rising young man or woman. The race cannot afford to lose either the splendid careers open before the teachers on the one hand, or the Assistant Superintendent on the other. FOR SALE—A cafe on the cor. of 3rd and G sts s.w. All equipments included in sale;or,a partner,one who understands conducting a cafe. Terms reasonable . Apply to George W. Robinson, bet. H and I, 2nd and 3rd sts. sw. A hustling settled colored man as partner, with small capital to invest in business here. W. D. C. One that's not given to strong drink. Address E. C., c]o 407 Whiton St. Jersey City, N. J. Wanted—Summer Boarders, by Mrs. Kate McGuire, Catlett Station, Virginia. Ladies and gentlemen who desire a quite place for the summer season. Terms very reasonable. About 44 miles from the City of Washington and my home is about 1-4 mile above the village. You will find my home very shady and pleasant. Good water. For particulars, apply to Mrs. Kate McGuire, Catlett Station, Va. WANTED—An experienced man to manage a grocery store for the Washington Mercantile Company. Nine need apply except one experienced in the grocery business. Must give bond and reference. Apply to George W. Robinson, bet. H and I, 2nd and 3rd sts, sw. WANTED 3 or 4 hustling colored ladies to sell a fine assortment of toilet goods. They sell at sight. 50 per cent commission and tailor-made skirt. Address with St. and number, A. E. SPEARS, 1216 You St., N. W. HOTEL MACEO. When visiting New York City, stop at the Hotel Maceo, 213 West 53rd. Street, corner Broadway. Steam heated. Telephone, 803 Columbus. B. F. Thomas, Prop. The Week in Society Attorney A. W. Scott, who went to Connectiutt, then to New York City, where he was joined by his wife and little son., left for Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are the guests of Dr. Fletcher, where they will remain several weeks. Attorney Scott arrived in the city Monday: Mr. Frank L. Hamilton, of Chicago, Illinois, gave a supper on Saturday night in honor of John W. Cromwell, Jr. Thoes present were: Dr. W. W. Purnell, of Oakland, California; Robert Fisher, of Chicago, Illinois; S. W. Williams, of Kansas City, Missouri; C. E. Brent, of Chicago, Illinois; and many others. Rev Bennett, rector, of Calvary Church, is somewhat indisposed. Mrs. Blanche Curry, of this city, spent a week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Beatrice Childs is visiting friends in the Quaker City. Professor William D. White, of this city. Chairman of the Board of James River Industrial School was in Richmond last week. Miss Mary Booker who was in Leesburg, Virginia, last week, has returned with fond memories of the past. Mrs. Emma Fleming Minor and little daughter, is still enjoying the breezes of Nottingham, Virginia. Mrs. Robert Henry McCollough is visiting friends in this city. Misses Hattie Jones and Bertha Morris, of Charlotte, North Carolina, are visiting this city. They expect to go north very soon. Miss Elizabeth Smith, who has been visiting friends in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, left for Detroit last week. Miss Estelle Bruce, who has been visiting friends in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, left for Chicago last week. Mrs. George Washington, of Harrisburg, is visiting friends in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Van Dickens, of Oklahoma, will make this city their future home. The Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church, Dr. S. P. W. Drew, pastor, will give a grand excursion and lamb slaying at Washington Park, Thursday, August 26, 1909. Fare round trip, 25 cents. Several addresses by prominent men will be made. Miss Beatrice Harris, of S street, is summering at New London, Connecticut. Dr. Pierre and son are doing nicely at Long Branch, New Jersey. Miss Ella M. Boston conducted the State teachers' examinations for Alexandria County, and will leave the city soon for a short vacation. Mrs. J. C. Griger and daughter, Miss Grace, of New York, are the guests for the summer, of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Colbert. Mrs. Ada B. Conn, and Master Albert, are visiting Mrs. Conn's brother, Attorney Albertus Brown, and Mrs. Nettie Harris, of Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. J. F. Letterberry and daughter are visiting here. Mrs. B. B. Wilson, and little daughter, are visiting friends in Cumberland, Maryland. Miss Veda Ortman, of this city, is the guest of Mrs. Ingram, of Cumberland, Maryland. Miss Abigail Williams, of this city, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Neeeton A. Williams, of Chicago, Illinois. Miss Alma Pitts is visiting friends in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. J. Jamison, of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, and Miss Laura Wills, of this city, are visiting friends in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Miss Claudice Shepperd, of Philadelphia, is visiting friends in this city. Mrs. Mary V. Galts, of this city, is visiting her sister, Mrs. James West of Boston. Miss L. E. Shorter, one of our public school teachers, is visiting her sister in Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts. Mrs. Nellie B. Shamwell is visiting her brother in Jersey City. Colonel Robert R. Church, of Memphis, Tennessee, is visiting friends in this city. Mrs. Jesse Mason, of Wyle street, northwest, left the city Monday for Richmond, Virginia. She will be gone until September 1. Recorder J. C. Dancy left the city over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. for Louisville, Kentucky, last Thursday afternoon. Mr. Emmett J. Scott passed through the city, en route for Louisville, Kentucky, Monday afternoon. Dr. Lucy Moten is on her vacation, Mrs. Fannie Mitchell and Mrs. Harvey Koiner left the city for Atlantic City Tuesday afternoon. They will remain several days. Dr. H. L. Smith, of Pierce Place, has gone to Boston to spend his vacation. Mrs. Aurelia Mays, of 11th street, and her son Walter, are spending their vacation in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The Misses Chaney and Emma Patterson, of 1532 15th street, northwest, are enjoying the sights in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Adams, of 336 C street, southwest, and Miss Esther Middleton, of South Washington, will spend their vacation at Bluemont, Virginia, the guest of Mrs. Ella McQuay. Miss Eleanora West, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, will go to Bluemont, Virginia next week. NOTICE Rev. Ricks, pastor of the First Baptist Church, 27th and Iumbarton Ave., N. W., will deliver a special sermon next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock The public is cordially invited to attend. VACATION FOR PASTOR Rev. Dr. J. Milton Waldron, the pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, (Strangers' Home), has been given a vacation of thirty days, beginning Monday last. During his absence Rev. William H. Moses, assistant corresponding secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention, will supply the pulpit. A BASKET PICNIC The Senior and Junior Christian Endeavor Societies, together with the Sunday school of Shiloh Baptist Church, gave an all day basket picnic, last Monday. The agair was given at Fair View Park, on the Little Falls Road. It was most libcrally patronized by both parents of the children and the friends of the church. SOCIAL SETTLEMENT The new Colored Social Settlement House, with its large assembly hall and spacious rooms, is not only able to carry on a more extensive work itself than it has been able to do during the past seven years, but it can lend itself to other philanthropic enterprises for the benefit of the people of that locality. It has just made possible the opening of a Daily Vacation Bible School which was held in the Gymnasium of this new Settlement House from July 12 to August 13. This Bible School was the first conducted by the National Vacation Bile School Committee in the District of Columbia. The result of the four weeks session was very gratifying to both the Resident Workers and the Superintendent of the school. There were 179 students enrolled Fair View Park Spend a day in the Country with the Birds and Wild AT FAIR VIEW PARK, situated on the Little Fall Road or District Line; reached by the Cabin John or Glen Echo cars. This beautiful, elevated park is one of the healthiest resorts in the District of Columbia, and is noted for its water and shady grove. Dates are now open for picnics. The Park will also be open every Sunday, to the public. Refreshments at city prices. JOHN R. SCOTT. FOR PICNICS Madre's Park, situated on the Eckington and Suburban line, has been fitted up and is for rent for picnics. lawn fetes. Sabbath schools and private parties. It is beautifully lighted by electricity, has a spacious pavilion. 50 x 50, excellent water and fine car service. Take cars marked Berwyne, Riverdale, Laurel or District Line, and get off at gate. For terms call and see M. A. Madre, 1248 9th street, northwest. or see janitor at the park. --- 108 of whom were girls and 71 boys. Besides Bible stories and song taught to the children, there were made many baskets, aprons, collarettes, belts, napkin-rings, whisk-broom holders, hammocks, and general rafa work. Friday morning was devoted to the closing exercises of the school, which consisted mostly of an exhibition of the work accomplished during the four weeks session. In the afternoon of the same day, the children spent a few happy hours at the Zoological Gardens, where they were given a picnic. This was the third outing given them during the school term. ANNIVERSARY OF FREE-DOM Some tine ago, about May 13, Principal E. L. Blackshear, of the Prairie View State Normal School for Negroes, addressed an open letter to Booker T. Washington, through The New York Age, calling upon the Negro people to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the freedom of the Negro people. At the same time he invited Dr. Washington to give the weight of his influence toward making such a project a success. Dr. Washington, in reply to Mr. Blackshear's suggestion, has sent him the following letter: My Dear Mr. Blackshear: Replying further to your communication of some weeks ago, in which you ask me to take the lead in a movement for the holding of an exposition in 1913, to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the freedom of the Negro race, I would state that I am giving this matter very careful consideration, and in due time I shall hope to reach a definite decision. In the meantime I should like to get all the information and all the opinions on the subject from as many sources as I can. The National Negro Business League, which meets in Louisville, on the 18th, 19th and 20th of August, as I understand it, is going to take up the subject for consideration. I understand that you are to be present on that occasion. Yours very truly. THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW If a man should teach school who has no respect for females. If it is right and proper for the Editor to publish their cuts on the front page of this paper. Why teachers in the public schools are so frightened. If every man has religion who declares that he has faith in the Lord At 119 K street, southwest. 'Have for sale, cheap, a forty horse power automobile. Will demonstrate its worth, and give a written guarantee. Call after five o'clock, at 119 K street, southwest. SOUTH AMERICAN INVIGORANT How Coca Is Oultivated—Used as Preventive of Sleep and Fatigue. Coca is the South American invigorant. The shrub from which the coca leaves are obtained grows under favorable conditions to a height of about four meters. It is cultivated in Peru and Bolivia. At the time the crop is gathered the seeds are sown in beds, when they germinate and grow, and in two months the growing plants reach a height of about a foot. The leaves, grown in the proper sunlight and shade, are yellowish, small and thick. This is the kind of leaf that is preferred for chewing by persons using the leaf as a stimulant, fortifier and preventive of sleep and fatigue in the performance of arduous work, inasmuch as they prevent rheumatism, from which miners suffer when working in mines that contain much water. Indians who masticate the leaves of this plant can work twenty-four hours without eating or sleeping. Coca leaves are used by the natives when engaged in long and fatiguing journeys and by soldiers when subject to hardships and privations. They may be used with all kinds of food and are said to cure dyspepsia, either taken as an infusion in the shape of tea or by masticating the leaves. The life of the plant when perfect is eighty years. Run By the Tide of the Elbe. A 14,000-horse power plant operated by tidal energy is to be established on the south bank of the Elbe, near Cuxhaven. This is by far the most ambitious project of this character which has ever been contemplated. Electrical energy is to be delivered to the town named for various commercial purposes, but the greater part of the product of this great power plant is to be made use of by factories which are to be established in the vicinity. Hamburg capital is mostly interested in the scheme. Weekly Holiday Enforced. In New Zealand everybody is bound by law to take a weekly half-holiday, and there must be no shirking the obligation. The Grand hotel, Auckland, was recently crowded with guests, and several waiters,'instead of obeying the law and taking their prescribed weekly half-holiday, remained at work on the promise of extra pay. But the authorities came to hear of it and the proprietor of the hotel had to appear in court, where he was convicted and punished. Japanese and Their Prisoners The Japanese have a rather kindly way of treating prisoners who have not been convicted. The regulation prison dress is a kind of strawberry-red-colored kimono, but many wear light blue, as a sign that although under suspicion, they have not yet been found guilty. When prisoners in this class have occasion to pass through the public streets curious extinguisher-like baskets are placed upon their heads. Emeralds. At the present day most of the emeralds that come into the market are obtained from the famous mines of Muzo, in the Columbian province of Bayaca. These workings are situated on the eastern slope of the Andes, about 70 miles to the northwest of the town of Santa Fe Bogota. There is another mine, called Lasquez, two days' journey by muleback from Muzo. Worries of Modern Life. Nowadays we must not drink spirits nor eat meat; we must not smoke; the air of cities is poisonous, the air of country too strong, the light ruins our eyes and the racks our nerves; shaking hands is a means of collecting microbes and kissing is pure suicide. Life is indeed growing dull and difficult. Madrid Diario. French Illiteracy. Although France has had compulsory education for about 25 years, the percentage of illiterates reaches the high figure of 40 per 1,000 men, and 60 per 1,000 women. In this regard Germany appears to great advantage, as she has only four illiterates per 1,000 of population. Art of Eating. Eating is not merely an enjoyment; it is a science that must be learnt, as art that must be acquired by intelligent patience. The man who at middle age has not discovered what and how much is suitable for him has not finished his education. Some Big Cities. New York has about twice the population of Chicago. The five largest cities on earth are, in the order of their size, London, New York, Paris, Chicago, Berlin. London has about a third more people than New York. Character by Hat. 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There is about $300 in the hands of the treasurer. About $900 more is needed, it was explained, to move the home, building and fit it up for use. Phone, Main 272. 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 herd of African elephants—all tusked—It is a singular thing that Ceylon is the only part of the world where the male elephants have no tails; they have miserable little grubbers projecting two or three inches from the upper jaw and inlining downward. Nothing produces either ivory or horn in fine specimens throughout Ceylon. Although some of the buffaloes have tolerably fine heads, they will not hear a comparison with those of other countries. The horns of the native cattle are not above four inches in length. The elk and the spotted deers antlers are small compared with deer of their size in India. This is more singular, as it is evident from the geological formation that at some remote period Ceylon was not an island, but formed a portion of the main land. It is thought there must be elements wanting in the Ceylon pasturage for the formation of ivory.-Ceylon Manual. Brookalcas Coal. A London inventor claims to have discovered a process for producing smokeless coal, apparently by distillation of coal at a low temperature. This, after distillation, is said to deposit a very brilliant substance, the heating properties of which are far greater than those of the original coal, and which is absolutely free from smoke and dirt. The inventor contends that efforts to overcome the smoke plague have hitherto been unsuccessful because they have been made in the wrong direction, and that by the extraction of the smoke-producing material in coal before being burned, he has been successful in producing a smokeless coal. Electrocuting Animals The migrator of animals for food by electrocution is being experimented by Dr. Leduc, a French scientist, who has been conducting his investigations in the French abbattoirs. He has been using the intermittent low tension currents and says that he is satisfied that the system is painless, the central functions of perception being first destroyed and then those of circulation and respiration, so that there is neither suffering nor reaction in the animals 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 calorice. The Shy Man. Women show no mercy to the skye man, for he stands outside of the compass of convention. Could he break out all might be saved; the man might be permanently or red. But he cannot. He has been brought up to respect convention. His muscles may be of steel, his heart of fire, but in his soul the spirit of diffuse nausea holds him in a vics. In a drawing room he stands gaping, quaking, a prey to introspective torment—he who would perhaps storm r. rampart, with a triumphant mille o his lips.—London Observer. Kensing Pictures Dangeron. "Railroad casualties receive wide publicity," said an insurance man, "that there is a common bail 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 300 pounds and was presented to King Charles II. before he left Holland in the year 1660. Valuable East African Forest. The Colonial Office recently sent out an expert to report on the Kenya forest, in the East Africa protectorate. He finds the forest extends 287 miles long by eight miles broad, and comprises 1,000,000 acres of timber. Taking the average value of the 2.5% per cubic foot, this works out to £23 per acre, or a total value for the whole forest of £23,000,000.—London Tit-Bits. Dead Historians. I for my part believe in the dead 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 out 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 gesture to wear something no other woman can duplicate. MINISTER TO CHINA Charles R. Crane Educated Without Aid of College. Has Visited Nearly Every Country on the Globe and is Master of Several Languages—Well Acquainted with Orient. Chicago.—Charles R. Crane, newly appointed minister from the United States to China, is a rare, type of citizen in that he was born to wealth and pet may be classed in the roll of self-made men. He was reared with the idea that a college education is not essential to the life success of a man who has a brain of his own and uses it. His schooling ended when he had done with the public school. What he has gathered of learning since then, has been from books and from the world and its people as they have appeared to him in extensive travel. Richard T. Crane, Sr., father of Charles R. Crane, is vigorously opposed to modern methods of education as carried on in the great universities and many of the public schools. He does not believe these institutions fit a man properly for the battle of life, and says they are too theoretical and not sufficiently practical. He went so far as to declare it would be a good thing for one of the states if its state university buildings were blown up. Whether Charles R. Crane shared the educational views of his father, it is a fact that, instead of spending four years in college and winning a degree, he jumped at once from his boyhood schooling into the workshop and started the business career which CULAS R. GRANEY has made him a man of practical mind and alert powers of observation. When the opportunity came he inaugurated a program of travel which sent him to many of the out of the way places of the world and gave him an intimate knowledge of affairs possessed by few men even in these days of globe trotting. Mr. Crane has set foot in nearly every country on the globe, has penetrated to out-of-the-way nooks and corners, has occasionally fitted out caravans of his own to explore unfrequented lands, and is as much at home in Russia or China as he is on his home street in Chicago. He is a linguist of considerable attainments, is a connoisseur in paintings, a collector of old and rare books and, what is more, a reader of the same. He is prominent as a civic enthusiast and for years has been a powerful factor in movements for the advancement of Chicago commercially, physically and morally. During his travels Mr. Crane spent much time in China, his business interests taking him into every province. He came into close contact with all classes of Mongolians. In his home is a large collection of curios of his many visits to China. In all his knocking about the globe, Mr. Crane was absorbing languages. In his library in his Michigan avenue home are books written in a dozen different languages. They are not sorted according to catalogues as a less scholarly owner would sort them, but instead are grouped under subject heads. Friends of Mr. Crane say that when he wants to look up a reference on a topic he goes to his shelves and takes down books in several different languages and reads them without the aid of a lexicon. He is said to read 12 languages and to speak with ease and fluency six or eight. Five years ago Mr. Crane added $10,000 of his personal fortune to "The Young Empress Fund" for Russian soldiers and sailors. This gift was made through Count Rostofstoff, chancellor of the empire, and for it the donor was the recipient of grateful thanks from the empress. Long and close contact with official and civilian life of Russia has given him a friendly feeling toward that nation, but at the same time he has a warm spot in his heart for China and the Chinese. The feeling is said to be reclocated. The Chinese have been drawn to other members of the family. Professor Williams, uncle of Mr. Crane, was professor of Chinese at Yale and he is the author of a book on China. Mrs. Crane was Miss Cornelia W. Smith, whose girlhood home was Paterson, N. J., where she became the bride of Mr. Crane 28 years ago. Like her husband, her interests are in the more substantial things of life. Her name does not appear in the membership lists of any Chicago club. The family has a beautiful summer home at Lake Geneva, Wis., and another at Woods Hole, Mass. WHICH IS HOTTEST PLACE? Yuma, Ariz, and Needles, Cal, Where Thermometer Daily Reaches 120 Mark, Gliven Honor. New York—With the advent of hot weather the old controversy between Yuma and Needles, the first in Arizona, and the other in California, as to which is the hottest place in the United States has been revived. Neither is clamoring for the distinction—oh, no, each is striving to thrust it upon the other! As a matter of fact, the difference is so slight that it isn't worth quarrelling about. From now on until late in September the mercury will climb up in the MALAYSIA Hotel at Needles, Cali. tube until it reaches the 120 mark nearly every day in both places; and there are weeks at a stretch when it never falls below 100 even at night. One can cook eggs hard by simply burying them in the hot sand. The Mojave Indians of the lower valley of the Colorado river always go barefoot, and the hot sands and stones have calloused their feet until they are as hard and as insensible to pain as the hoofs of a horse; they can walk through fire and trample red-hot coals without finching. The extreme heat is due to the low altitude, combined with the proximity of the Colorado and Mojave deserts. For 1,000 miles on the east, and 500 on the north and west, stretches a waste of sand and cacti. With every mile traversed by the winds they gather heat, so that a cooling breeze from any direction is an impossibility. The man that traverses the deserts doesn't wonder that Yuma and Needles are hot. He only wonders that they are not white hot. Persons who can stand the excessive heat find Needles and Yuma health resort admiably adapted to the cure of consumption, bronchitis and rheumatism. However, most people would consider the disease more tolerable than the cure. A year ago a pretentious hotel was built at Needles for the purpose of exploiting the place as a winter resort. It is all right in winter time, but in the summer months New York's tenement districts are cool and delightful in comparison. Electric fans are installed in the hotel in every room and corridor, and wide balconies protect every apartment from ever receiving the direct rays of the sun. At night guests pull their beds out on the corridors; but neither science nor ingenuity has devised a way of making life tolerable in Needles in summer time. NEW POST FOR LIEUT. GRANT. Grandson of Famous War General Is Superintendent of State, War and Navy Buildings at Capital. Washington.—First Lieut. Ulysses S. Grant, III., corps of engineers, United DINVEN U.S. GRANT States army, grandson of President Grant, the famous war general, has been appointed superintendent of the state, war and navy building at Washington. Capt. John H. Poole, corps of engineers, held the office of superintendent for about four years. He succeeded Rear Admiral George W. Baird of the navy. Capt. Poole made many reforms and improvements in what is known as "the biggest office building in the world," and reduced expenses considerably. He is relieved from this duty to enable him to take a two-year course of instruction at the School of the Line at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Officers of the army corps of engineers are eligible to detail to the superintendency since the naval corps of engineers was merged into the line of the navy several years ago. Lleut. Grant, the new superintendent, since his graduation near the head of his class at West point, in June, 1903, has served a tour of duty at the engineer school at Washington barracks, and also as one of the military aids of President Roosevelt. For several months past he has been stationed at Boston on duty in connection with the river and harbor works and fortifications in that vicinity. Last year he married Miss Edith Root, daughter of Senator Root, of New York. BARBERSHOP WORTH ADVERTISING FOR There are 5,499 Negroes employed in Government alone, and these 5,499 Negroes, 3,044,404. 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A hole was ripped in my trousers, and a gash cut in the flesh of my knee, into which earth from the street was ground. "It gave me no trouble, paled me very little and I gave it no further thought. About a week later I found that I had fever and that the muscles of my neck palmed me and were constricted. Next I observed spazmodic jerking of the limba. These I knew to be promoni- 1. ed here in Washington by the Negroes draw salaries aggregating millions of dollars are spent right among the hundreds of tradesmen trading for? It certainly is, and they would refuse to get the big much money the Negroes are real publication in this city. It stands over the field like a blanket. It will patronize the advertising collective bargains they may have, who draw annually from the dollars — will assume that by patronized by one of their race that patronage. And such firms will millions of dollars received and on. 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If it kept on they would become locked beyond all hope of unlocking them. "In one day I had 6,000 units, about a fluid ounce, of the serum injected. My jaws continued slowly to grow more rigid, but we fought the disease with the serum until at last we saw that we had the disease going the other way, and we fought it out. "The germs of tetanus may be in any manner of dirt. If you have a wound in your finger and go out into the garden and stick it into the fresh earth you stand a chance of getting lockjaw." The Claver 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 tall 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 Monodist minister in West Virginia, has been married three times. Her malden 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'save., Eaglesville, Canary Islands, and the fellow who wrote this article is a Lyre bird and an interesting relative of the family." Arctic Dog Life. Nowhere in the world has the dog such unrestricted right of way as in our most northerly possession—Alaska. In winter, when the more than 60,000 square miles of territory are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are almost the sole means of getting from place to place—in fact, they seem necessary to life itself. The aristocrats of Arctic dog life are the mail teams in the service of the United States Government. They are to-day a superior breed to the dogs employed some half dozen years ago before great gold discoveries demanded increased mail service—St. Nicholas. Names that Don't Name- Many chemical names convey no exact idea of the things they stand for. Oil of vitriol is no oil, neither are oils of turpentine and kerosene. Copperas is an iron compound and contains no copper. Salts of lemon is the extremely poisonous oxalic acid. Carbelle 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 black lead 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 heels. They sniff the odor as a woman smells a rose, and they eat the hoof parings as a gourmet eats truffles.—Minneapolis Journal. Supply of Gold. It is mally 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 $28,000,000, while Russia, both in Europe and Asia, Mexico, Canada and several other countries, make up the remainder. A Long Sleep. 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 severent attempts to arouse him. Lace Curtain. 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 travelled in Germany is familiar with the word "verboten"—forbidden. He finds it is verbaten to almost everything which he thinks he has been accustomed to do in the United States. Chicago Standard. A Valuable Belle A thirteenth century copper and gilt eichermann, supposed to have come from Malmesbury, abbey, was sold by auction in London for $30,000. DEATH, THE·GREAT LEVELER. In the Republic of the Grave There Is No Rank or Standing or Prerogative. In the democracy of the dead, all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor standing nor prerogative in the republic of the grave. At this fatal threshold the philosopher ceases to be wise, and the song of the poet is silent. Dives relinquiles his millions and Lazarus his rags. The poor man is as rich as the richest, and the rich man is as poor as the pauper. The creditor loses his usury, and the debtor is acquitted of his obligation. There the proud man surrenders his dignities, the politician his honors, the worldling his pleasures; the invalid needs no physician, and the laborer rests from unrequited toll. Here at last is nature's final decree in equity. The wrongs of time are redressed, injustice is explated, the irony of fate is refuted, the unequal distribution of wealth, honor, capacity, pleasure and opportunity which makes life so cruel and inexplicable ceases in the realm of death. The strongest there has no supremacy, and the weakest needs no defense. The mightiest captain succumbs to that invincible adversary, who disarms alike the victor and the vanquished.—John Ingalls. LOVE OF MONEY AND POWER. Two Traits That Are Distinotly American, But Lacking Wisdom, They Are as Nothing. It would hardly be thought necessary for anyone now to advise young men about to leave college to "honor money, honor money-getting and honor power," yet such was the strongest note of a baccalaureate orator at Dartmouth. If there is anything on earth or under the earth that on-coming Americans do not need to have urged upon them, it is love of money and love of power. This may be said without indorsing in any respect the malicious, and, for the greater part, insincere attacks upon wealth so often made by demagogues and hypocrites. The passion for money and the obsession of money-getting have become altogether too conspicuous as American traits. They bring little content to those who are thus afflicted, and they awaken resentment in the breasts of millions. In spite of new teachings and practices, knowledge still is power. Supplemented by wealth, knowledge becomes power triumphant. Without wisdom the power of money is lawless and destructive—a curse to its possessor and an evil example to the world. Conditional. The man of wealth showed her the check. "This," he said, "will pay for a new plano for your daughter. I admire her ambition and her patience. She deserves to become a great artist." The devoted mother smiled rapturously. "Ah," she oried, "you are too gen- erous, sir! You are a true patron of the divine art! My daughter's efforts will be redoubled. Instead of practicing four hours a day, she will practice eight. Thank you, kind sir, thank you!" "One moment, madam," the man of wealth hastily interrupted. "There is a small condition attached to my gift. Your daughter must sign this paper. It pledges her not to play the new plano within ten miles of my residence, or any of my apartment houses." He held the check in one hand, while with the other he passed the contract. Dogs Superior to Men. Dogs are property. Men are merely human belings, and as compared with the rights of property in dogs the rights of human belings go for the most part by the board. The owners of dog property may be and usually are outnumbered four or forty to one in any well-settled community, but the minority's dog property may make night hideous for the majority and apparently the majority is helpless, without redress. Such are the safeguards which the law throws around property in dogs that it is more difficult to prove that the dogs of any given owner of dog property are pestilential disturbers of the peace than it is to prove a human being guilty of murder. Those who have tried this have found it to be so. The Man of Fifty. The man of 50 may lack something in both ambition and energy, but he has the advantages of experience and sounder judgment. His years have been ill spent if he has not acquired a degree of wisdom. 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High Priced Peaches A commission agent in the Paris fruit markets recently shipped a basket containing 63 selected peaches to Loudon. The price for the lot was $540, or about $9 each. The Telephone. If all the well telephones made each year were blended into a single instrument it would be nearly 300 miles high and weigh 4,000 tons. Phonograph in Schools In some Viennese schools a phonograph which repeats speeches as recited by eminent actors has been introduced in order to teach the pupils declamation. The Sallors Tobacco Three hundred tons of tobacco are distributed annually among the sailors of the British navy. It is sold to them at cost. Postal Service in the I- uert. A new monthly postal service across the Sanara has just been established. The messengers are mounted on camels. A Big Sawmill. Louisiana has a steel sawmill with a capacity of 600,000 feet a day, which is said to be the largest in the country. 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Mr. Taft's theory on this subject is that it is good for the general exercise of his body and specifically good for what might be termed his middle west to stoop down. So he does it. But the president stoops down in a way that never will reduce the waist line. He stands on one foot and elevates the other in the attitude of a man stretching across a billiard table for a long shot. Having placed the ball on the tee, the president takes a long, hard look at the course ahead. If there is conversation behind him he turns around and shouts "Forel!" in a tone that cannot be mistaken. The president's swing at the ball on a drive, with a brassile on the fair green, is a strenuous performance. All of the Taft smile disappears, and the stern look he assumes would be a shock to the public that has an impression only of the "jolly" Taft. He sets his jaw as though about to veto a tariff A President Taft as a Golfer. bill or defy Aldrich, and swings with all the force of something more than 300 pounds of active muscle and bone. Immediately the stroke is made the president assumes invariably one attitude—that of anxious expectancy. He always "follows through" on drives and brassie or iron shots so his club comes up over the left shoulder. It remains there while he watches the course of the ball, his lips slightly apart and his body bent forward. When the ball has settled he straightens up and laughs. No one who ever played with the president missed that laugh at the end of his stroke. If the play is a good one the president's laugh is a shout; but even if it is a drive into a bunker or off the course, he laughs. Senator Bourne, Gen. Edwards, Vice-President Sherman and others who play often with Mr. Taft have remarked on the fact that he refuses to lose his temper. It makes it hard for a man who does get angry and swear, and these three feel that they have a grievance. No one of them hesitates to express his opinion of a ball that does not go where he intended to drive it, except when he is playing with the president. Mr. Taft probably is most impressive in his golf game when putting. His putter is a massive piece of wood, iron and lead. The face that strikes the ball is broad, corrugated and with weight behind it. The president does not smooth the turf in front of the ball before putting. He squares himself, carefully shifting his feet until he is directly in line with the hole. Then he puts with care, and watched, again, anxiously the course of the ball. If it goes around the cup, instead of into it, the president says "Pshaw." Then he laughs, and tries again. That laugh is the most trying part of being a partner or opponent of the president at golf. It gets on the nerves of a man who wants to swear. A. Handy Man. "Why so sad?" queried the young man, looking at her fondly. "Oh, nothing special; only I have troubles of my own," said the frail young thing, sighing. "I insist on taking a hand in them," he said, seizing a dainty palm that was wasting its time in her lap.—Boston Herald. LEGAL NOTICES W.C.MARTIN, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS TRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 of William Dickerson late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the subscriber, with vouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or before the 6 day of August, A.D. 1910; otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 6th day of August, 1909. William J. Howard, 180 Mass. Ave., N. W. ATTEST: W.C. Taylor, Deputy Register of wills for the District of Col- umbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. W.C. MARTIN, ATTORNEY. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, HOLDING PROBATE COURT. No. 16061 Administration Docket. No. 1001 Administration Document This is to give notice: That the subscriber of the District of Columbia has obtained a certificate from the State of Alabama, Letters testamentary on the estate of Elizabeth Dickesson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, the certificate, on or before the 6th day of August A.D. 190, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 6th day of August, 1899. William J. Howard. 100 Mass. Ave., N. W. ATTEST: W C. Taylor, DeputyRegister of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. SPECIAL NOTICE Advertisers and patrons of The Bee will please to recognize no bill unless it bears the stamp of The Washington Bee Printing Company. Mr. Henson, of New York, is in the city, the guest of Mr. Lucas, assistant secretary of Howard Univer- J. C. BAUMAN RESTAURANT.... 301 H STREET..NORTHWEST Phone Main 2190. SPECIAL OFFER Any person purchasing a lot at Westford, from Mr. O. H. Fowler, (advertisement of the lots will be found on the last page of The Bee) will receive The Bee for one year. Please mention The Bee when you go to purchase. THE WONDER COMB This Comb is prized by colored people. It helps dress the hair to advantage—straightens it out and makes it soft and pliable. It can be heated before using and is good for making a dressing for the scalp enter the pores properly. It costs 50 cents and will last a life time. Address M. B. Berger and Co., 2 Rector street, New York. They also send samples of Complexion Wonder for ten cents. Complexion Wonder makes any color skin lighter in color and firm in texture. It makes a colored person look better groomed. ORDER RESCINDED On July 31st, Mrs. Bettie Mann, who resides in Pierce Place, northwest, was ordered by Judge DeLacy of the Juvenile Court, to return seventy-six dollars to that Court, which money had been previously paid to her from her husband, through the Juvenile Court. At the first hearing, Judge DeLacy was of the impression that the money was ordered paid to her for the support of her child who has been committed to the Board of Children's Guardians. The case was afterwards reopened upon motion of Armond W. Scott, counsel for Mrs. Mann, upon the ground that the money was originally intended for the sole support of Mrs. Mann, and that she was rightfully entitled to it and had therefore committed no wrong. Judge DeLacy, who is always fair and broad-minded, agreed with the contention made by Lawyer Scott, and rescinded the previous order, which fully exonerates Mrs. Mann from any charge of wrongdoing. ```markdown ``` . The Connecticut Market WAHL& THOMPSON Have removed from 1158 19th St.N.W. To 1841 KI ST. N.W. Where you will find a choice line of groceries and fresh meats daily. Call and getour pricesand be convinced. Aristide Briand Has Risen Rapidly to Foremost Place in the European Republic. Parls.—Aristide Briand, successor to Georges Clemenceau as premier of the French government, was promoted a few months ago from the office of minister of public instruction and public worship to that of minister of justice. He was considered for some time the natural successor of Clemenceau in the event of that minister's suddenly relinquishing his leadership, M. Briand is one of the strongest men in French public life, in the opinion of many observers. He is an orator of extraordinary power and persuasiveness and has been in parliament J. Aristide Briand. only since 1902, thus winning his way to the top in the short space of seven years. He started out in life as a lawyer in a small country town and when he went to Paris turned to journalism rather than law, becoming in course of time editor of La Lanterne, one of the principal radical papers of the capital. Aristide Briand is 47 years of age. He has risen very rapidly from the ranks of politicians to a foremost place in the government. A few years ago he was hardly known, except among the members of his own party, the revolutionary Socialists. He was appointed reporter of the church and state separation bill and soon became recognized as a high authority on the subject. He aimed to draw up a bill broadly liberal in spirit, but devoid of fanaticism and designed to assure freedom of worship and of conscience. The result was his elevation to the post of minister of public instruction and worship in 1906. During the church and state troubles he appears to have acted with firmness and moderation and after the death of M. Guyot-Dessaligne, December 31, 1907, he was appointed minister of justice, retaining the portfolio of worship. HEADS EDUCATORS' SOCIETY. New President of National Association, James Y. Joyner, Halls From North Carolina. Denver.—James, Yadkin Joyner, who was elected president of the National Education Association at the recent convention in this city, has been superintendent of public instruction in North Carolina since 1902. He was born in Davidson coun- A. James Y. Joyner. ty, N. C., in 1862, educated at La Grange academy and the University of North Carolina, and began his teaching career as principal of La Grange academy in 1881. From 1889 to 1893 he was professor of the English language and literature in the State Normal and Industrial college of North Carolina and from 1903 to 1905 was secretary of the Association of State Superintendents of the Southern States. His home is in Raleigh. Time Thrown Away. "So ye've learned to play th'iddle while away to college?" said the aged grandfather as the nephew, fresh from his alma mater, hurried into the kitchen to greet him. "Yes," replied the enthusiastic youth. "I've been through all the scale books and most of the exercise and am now studying a concerto!" "Good!" ejaculated the old man, much pleased. "I presume ye learned th' Money Musk?" "Then," said the old man, with transformed demeanor, "ye haven't learned the first rudiments!"—Circle Magazine. RIOJA CLARET King Alonso's Table Wine. Delicious taste, exquisite bouquet. Grand Prix, Paris, 1900 $6 doz. bottle: $6.50 24 half but tles. Sole Distributer, CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Quality House coo 7th St. Dr. Richardson, the Religious Show King, of moving pictures, having expended more than $250.00 for fireproof cabinet, automatic machine and electric fixtures, to satisfy the new bre law, is now ready to make dates to show in all churches, with all new pictures. His name alone means success. Very liberal terms. Call or write, 2310 F treet, northwest. Send for The Bee if you want a live paper. $5 DOWN STOP Pay AND Own, Your Own BE INDEPENDENT. RAISE GARDEN BEAUT WEST LOTS $150 The finest opportunity ever o of Washington to own a home or "No Interest." "No Landlord." H beautiful northeast section of the the U. S. Treasury. One car fa Streets. Take the H Street Cars and tr Kenilworth, or District Line Cars and walk up K Street two blocks. Agents on the grounds Sundays 6 P. M. For weekly engagements to O. H. FOWLER, Columbian Building, 416 5th St., $5 DOWN $5 A MONTH STOP Paying Rent AND Own Your Own HOME BE INDEPENDENT. RAISE YOUR OWN POULTRY AND GARDEN PRODUCTS. BEAUTIFUL LOTS $150 TO $300 The finest opportunity ever offered the refined colored people of Washington to own a home or make an investment. "No Taxes." "No Interest." "No Landlord." High and Healthy Location in the beautiful northeast section of the city, within 25 minutes ride of the U. S. Treasury. One car fare Electric Lights, and Graded Streets. Take the H Street Cars and transfer at 15th Street, N. E., to Kenilworth, or District Line Cars, get off at Minnesota Avenue, and walk up K Street two blocks. Agents on the grounds Sundays and Holidays from 10 A. M., to 6 P. M. For weekly engagements and further particulars, apply to O. H. FOWLER, Owner, Columbian Building, 416 5th St. N. W., Washington D. C Straighten Your Hair DEAR SIRS:--I have used only one bottle of your pomade and now I would not be without it, for it makes my hair soft and straight and easy to comb and also acts a new growth. MRS. W. K. WALKER, S.A.--Harriman, Tenn. 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Devoted to liberal studies. Courses in English, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, French, German, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Philosophy and the Social Sciences such as are given in the best approved colleges. Address Kelly Miller, Dean. The Teachers' College. Affords special opportunities for preparation of teachers. Regular college courses in Psychology, Pedagogy, Education, etc, with degree of A.B.; Pedagogical courses leading to Ph.B., degree. High grade courses in Normal Training, Music, Manual Arts and Domestic Sciences. Graduates helped to positions. Address Lewis B. Moore, A.M., Ph.D., Dean. The Academy. Faculty of Ten. Three courses of four years each. High grade preparatory school. Address George J. Cummings, A.M., Dean. The Commercial College. Courses in Bookkeeping, Stenography, Commercial Law, History, Civics, etc. Gives Business and English High School education combined. Address George W. Cook, A.M., Dean. 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By the way, there is a good deal of difference of opinion in New York as to whether such a beauty as she is should have the first prize or some of these other girls with soft white skin, dainty pink cheeks and blue eyes. All the women in New York, most prominent in society, whether white or colored circles are using the new discovery for complexion, called 'Complexion Wonder.' There are two kinds of Complexion Wonder, Soft White and Shell Pink. White women use Soft White because it makes white skin whiter. Dark colored women use it because it makes the colored skin lighter, and the women with brown skin use it because it gives them a splendid mulatto shade. No one can tell that Complexion Wonder has been applied. White women and light brown girls should use the Shell Pink for the cheeks. It gives them great natural beauty. M. B. Berger & Co. 2 Rector Street, New York, will send both samples for 10 cents. Read The Bee. THE ONLY UP TO DATE HAIR DRESSING PARLOR IN THE CITY FOR COLORED LADIES. SCALP AND HAIR TREATMENT. ELECTRIC FACIAL AND SCALP MASSAGE. MANICURING, SHAMPOOING, ELECTRIC HAIR DRYING. HAIR CULTURE A SPECIALTY. ALL WORK DONE IN SEPARATE APARTMENTS. DAVIS & THORN, 1403 & 1405 T STREET NORTH WEST. 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. OLD MADE NEW If 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 refunded.