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VOL.XXX NO13 Eminent Doctors Meet THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IN ITS ELEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION Boston, Mass., Aug. 24.—The 11th annual session of the National Medical Association will be held in historic Boston (Massachusetts,) beginning Tuesday morning, August 24th, and ending Thursday evening, August 26th, 1909. The official program offers some very attractive features. First of all, the citizens of Boston and New England will have an opportunity to hear addresses from the leading physicians of the race from various sections of our common country; men of the highest and best training and equipment will give our citizens the best fruits of their learning and experience. P. A. Johnson, M. D., of New York, will deliver his annual address on the opening of the first day's session. Much important business will be transaction during this session. On Tuesday afternoon papers will be read by such prominent practicing physicians as Dr. Joseph J. France of Portsmouth, Virginia, Dr. H. F. Gamble, of Charleston, West Virginia, Dr. John E. Hunter, of Lexington, Kentucky, Dr. Eugene R. Wright, of Boston, Massachusetts, Dr. Don J. Penheiro, of Boston, Dr. A. M. Townsend, of Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. C. V. Roman, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Dr. J. W. Darden, of Opelika, Alabama. The program that will doubtless attract more attention than any other is the one to be rendered in Faneuil Hall (the Cradle of Liberty) on Tuesday evening. This is to be a public meeting, and will, it is predicted, be attended by over 2000 people. The following program will be in order: Presiding officer, Isaac L. Roberts M. D., prayer, Rev. T. W. Henderson welcome address in behalf of commonwealth of Massachusetts, Honorable Elmer A. Stevens, treasurer and receiver general of Massachusetts, welcome address in behalf of the city of Boston; "The Star Spangled Banner," Mrs. Nellie B. Mitchell; welcome address in behalf of the physicians of New England, Thomas W. Patrick, M. D., piano solo, Concerto I, Mendelssohn, Miss Georgine Glover; welcome address in behalf of the citizens, Edward Everett Brown, the Medical Profession of Massachusetts, Silas D. Presbrey, M. D., president Massacuhsetts Medical Society; vocal selection, Recessional, R. DeKoven, Mrs. Nellie Brown Mitchell, The Dentist, John F. Dowsley, D. D. S., chairman Massacuhsetts Dental Board. The responses will be given by Dr. C. V. Roman, of Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Robert James Abele, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a paper will be read by Dr. H. C. Scurlock, of Washington, District of Columbia, followed by a discussion by Dr. Albert Ridgeley of the same city. On Wednesday morning private sessions in clinics will be held as follows: 9 to 11, Blossom Street Children's Hospital; 11 to 1; City Hospital; 1 to 2 luncheon, City Hospital: 2:30 to 3:30, Massachusetts General Hospital; later, Plymouth Hospital, and dental clinics at the infirmary of the Tufts Dental College. Wednesday afternoon, paper, "Some Points for consideration in Pelvic Lesions," by Dr. George C. Hall, of Chicago, Illinois; discussion by Dr. W. A. Warfield, of Washington, District of Columbia; paper, "Most Operative Ileus,"; report of cases, by Dr. J. A. Kenney, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Discussion; paper, "The Pharmacist in his Relation to the Physician and the Public," Thomas W. Patrick, M. D., Boston, Massachusetts; discussion; paper, "Chronic Gonorrhoea," P. F. Ghee, M. D., Jersey City, New Jersey; discussion; paper, "Alveola Abscess," T. W. Robinson, D. D., S., Jersey City, New Jersey; discussion; report of Committee on Medical Education," H. F. Gamble, M. D., Charleston, West Virginia. Wednesday evening, 8 o'clock, public invited: Call to Order; Invocation, music, paper, "The Diagnostic Value THE BEE WASHINGTON of the X-Ray in General Practice; with lantern slides, Marcus F. Wheatland, M. D., Newport, Rhode Island; discussion opened by H. C. Scurlock M. D., Washington, District of Columbia; paper, "Tuberculosis in Massachusetts and Methods for its Relief and Control," C. W. Harrison, M. D., Boston, Massachusetts; discussion, T. E. A. McCurry, M. D., Boston Massachusetts; paper, "The Diagnostic Value of Tuberculin," W. C. Bordon, M. D., Springfield, Ohio; discussion, J. W. Walker M. D., Asheville, North Carolina; paper, "Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis," A. W. Williams, M. D., Chicago, Illinois; general discussion. Thursday morning, 10 o'clock, August 26, 1909; Call to order, invocation, reading of minutes; paper, "Gastric Ulcer," J. J. Robinson, M. D., Providence Rhode Island; discussion, W. H. Higgins, M. D. Providence, Rhode Island; paper, "A Few Facts About Uric Acid," S. D. Redmond, M. M., Jackson, Mississippi; discussion, J. R. Levy, M. D., Florence, South Carolina; paper, "The Opportunity of Specialization," Anna R. Cooper, M. D., Chicago, Illinois; discussion; paper, "The Relation of the Physician to the Pharmacist," A. V. Gray, Phar. D., Washington, District of Columbia; discussion; paper, T. S. Hawkins, M. D., Baltimore, Maryland. Thursday afternoon August 26, 2 o'clock; Call to order; invocation; reading of minutes; unfinished business; election of officers; installation of officers; adjournment; toasts and responses. Pharmacists' Sectional meeting: paper; "The Pharmacist in Business" Mrs. J. P. H. Coleman, Ph. G., Newport News, Virginia. Thursday evening, August 26th banquet at Paul Revere Hall, Mechanics building; Toastmaster, Marcus F. Wheatland, M. D., prayer, Rev S. A. Brown; Our Guests, Horace G. MacKerrow, M. D; Our Host, George N. Stoney, M. D.; The Local Committee, Charles G. Stewart, D. D. S., The Citizens' Committee, Mr. G. s. Glover; The Clergy, Rev G. Alexander McGuire; Our Future, P. A. Johnson, M. D., National Medical Association, George C. Hall, M. D., The Law, Charles W. M. Williams, Esquire; Our Poet, William Stanley Braithwait; The Local Society, John B. Hall, M. D., The National Journal, John A. Kenney, M. D., The Allied Professions, W. S. Lofton, D. D. S. On Friday, August 27, the visiting physicians and their friends will be tendered a trip down the Boston harbor to Bass Point, Nahant, and return. Fine view of Boston harbor from shady verandas and pavilions. Boating, bathing, fishing, band concerts, cafes, hotels, bowling, box ball, Japanese rolling games, theatres, moving pictures, other summer attractions. Dancing all day and evening, Bass Point House Pavilion, the largest and finest summer dance hall in the state, has been leased to the association. Special features: Five-mile race, potato race, sack race, baseball game, etc. Entries should be made to the Secretary, Dr. H. W. Ross, 106 Dartmouth street, Boston. Music on the boats. HOWARD UNIVERSITY Work on the Carnegie Library is being pushed. Its dimensions have been increased and a granite floor with marble base has been provided for the first floor. An expert cataloguer has been added to the force and Miss Lula Allen has been elected assistant to the Librarian. Plans for the new Science Hall were adopted by the Department of the Interior, which has entire charge of the building, after competition in which eight architects took part. The Department has advertised for bids for building and ground will be broken the middle of September. The hall measures 125 x 50, and will be provided with the most advanced scientific equipment. It will be of unmeasured value to the College and School of Medicine. Until now the School of Law has had but one regular lecture hall. In WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY AUGUST 28, 1909 order to provide enlarged equipment and superior advantages to the large body of law students, on recommendation of the Dean and President Thirkield, the law offices on the second floor occupied by Professor Hart and others have been removed and a large lecture hall has been fitted up. As the tuition in this department has only been one fourth that of the School of Medicine, the Board has raised it to $50, beginning with the fall of 1911. No change in requirements for admission has been made, though it is hoped as soon as practicable to make them the same as the requirements for the School of Medicine. Professor George W. Cook, the new Secretary and Business Manager, has entered on his work with his accustomed energy and skill. Under his direction extensive improvements are being made in the several halls. Toilet facilities in the girls' hall are being transformed. The dining hall is enlarged to accommodate one hundred additional boarders. Baths and porcelain wash basins are now on every floor of Miner Hall and Clark Hall. Although more than $6000 was put in improvements and equipment in the Medical College last year, new apparatus and equipment to the amount of $5000 is being added this summer. While three years ago the budget for teaching and equipment was only about $20,000, the budget for the coming year will reach the sum of $35,000 for the School of Medicine. The attendance has advanced from 212 to more than 400. Dean Miller's great western tour, in which he lectured before many thousands, has received favorable comment. His new book, "Race Adjustment," and his notable article in the Atlantic Monthly, are making a deep impression on thoughtful students of the problems of the races. Professor Tunnell, of the Chair of History, has been honored by election to the School Board of the District. Dr. Scurlock has been made full professor and is at Cornell University for the summer. The addition of Miss Maud Young, a recent graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, marks an advance in the work of music at the University. LAUREL SCHOOL Give the boy and girl a trade along with their academic work in Laurel Agricultural and Industrial Institute, Laurel, Maryland. The carefully selected teachers in charge are from Tuskegee, Armstrong Manual Training School and others, under the new Board of Managers, enables parents to put their children in a well managed institute. DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. nt re h. rt a. s e s e. e. e. n. Emmet J. Scott Emmet J Scott The site of the school is high and free from malaria; 18 miles from Washington, with trolley every 30 minutes, and 62 steam cars daily on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Seventeen industries for boys and girls: baseball and other games. Brass band, instrumental and vocal music. Literary society. Religious services. Farmers and mothers meetings are held. The military suit must be worn. Expenses, board, washing, etc., $8.00. Every worthy student is able to work out from $1.50 to $2.50 per month. School opens October 4, 1909. All new students are urged to come so as to be here for the Farmers Fair, on September 30. For admission of students, write to George W. Clark, Laurel, Maryland. THE BEE WOULD LIKE TT KNOW If many applicants for Recorder of Deeds will not be disappointed. What was accomplished by the Niagara Movement. If the Negro Business League will not be a factor in this country. How many of Dr. Booker T.Washington's friends have given Tuskegee a scholarship. Mr. Emmett J. Scott will be sent to Haiti. He would make a fine diplomat. When James A. Cobb intends to re tire from single blessedness. If W. L. Pollard is not tired of a bachelor's life. When Attorney T. L. Jones will exhaust his speaking vocabulary. How many District Negroes will be appointed to office. How many fake publications are in the country. How Professor H. L. Bailey likes hjs new job. If a just retribution will not come to others. If the Misses Patterson are not to be reinstated in their former positions. What may the deserving people expect. HONORABLE JOHN W. Death of a Distinguished Man Honorable John W. Douglass, formerly Commissioner of the District of Columbia,and formerly Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who died Saturday, August 21, at Kent Corner, was one of the most honest Commissioners who has ever filled the office. Mr. Dougrass was born in October, 1827, in Philadelphia. While he was Commissioner of the District of Columbia he knew no man by the color of his skin. He was the second Commissioner to appoint a Negro inspector of food and a Negro detective. Of course Major Sylvester recommended the Negro detective to Mr. Douglass, who had no objection to his appointment. Mr. Douglass had numerous friends among all classes of citizens. He was fearless in the execution of his office and would always greet the most humble citizen with kindness. Negroes In French Armv Three Sundays ago I read in the New York American, on page 7, an article written by General Mangin, of the French Army, saying that the Government was going to add two thousand colored troops to the French Army. They now have 5000 colored infantry and 4000 cavalry. Afro-Americans are invited to join the army where there is no color line and where promotion from the ranks is the same for the colored man as it is for the white soldier. The fact is that there is no such a thing as a color line in France, especially in the army and navy. When the time of the soldier is up he will find no difficulty in settling down and marrying a French woman of good family. Descendants of such marriages are seen all through France and her colonies. HAVING A PLEASANT TIME That some of our Washingtonians are excellent judges of beautiful scenery can be proven by a visit to a spot between Annapolis and Arundel, Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay, where a most congenial and select party is now camping. This party is being chaperoned by Mrs. Wormley, of Washington, and Mrs. Rigdeley, of Annapolis, is made up of Rev. and Mrs. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. H. Cardoza, Mr. and Mrs. A. Clemm, Misses Beatrice Ridgeley, Annie and Elizabeth Howard, Eugenia, Josephine, Louise and Miriam Wormley, Fairfax Brown, of Washington, Miss Sally Matthews, of Annapolis, Miss Mena Downing, of New York, Mr. Harry Davis of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. James Cabanis, of New York, Louis and Neal Ridgeley, Al. Adams of Annapolis, Firman Wormley and Charlie Brown, of Washington. Among the week-end visitors last Saturday and Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Black, Mrs. Yarborough, Mr. George Barraud, and Mrs. Howard of Annapolis, Miss Manie Burill, Miss Cora Hawkins, Dr. Stanley Ioh, Dr. Bonfield, and Mr. Cobb Bruce of Washington. A more ideal camping ground could not be chosen. It is difficult to decide on arriving at Adams Street, the main thoroughfare of this sheltered nook, whether one would prefer the bathing and a run on the beach, a trip in the motor boat owned by Mr. Al. Adams or the one owned by Mr. Neal Ridgeley—Mr. Adams being an eligible widower, has somewhat the advantage of Mr. Ridgeley, but the running is very close. A delightful row on the bay in a boat carefully guided and managed by Dr. Cabanis, or a drive through the country. The entire party enjoyed a run by boat to Arundel, last Sunday, visiting Mrs. Francis, Mrs. A. M. Curtis, Mrs. Lewis, and the Douglass family, who are spending the summer there. Mrs. Nancy Jones is responsible for the wonderful appetites of the campers. Her cooking is excellent. Another chaperon may be needed at the camp these beautiful moonlight nights. Photos of Mr. Charles Brown and Dr. Will Howard, in bathing costume, may be had by calling at 1910 3rd Street, Washington. Washington druggists may safely order a large stock of face bleach as it will be needed to make some of our friends recognizable. Three cheers for Miss Beatrice Ridgeley who first planned the camp. Attorney Thomas L. Jones left the city last week to join his family in Connecticut. Mrs. Jones and the children have been stopping with a brother of Attorney Jones whom he has not seen for a great number of years. From Connecticut they went to New York City; thence to Coney Island, Long Branch, and Atlantic City. Mrs. Jones returned to Connecticut with the family who will remain with his brother until next month. Miss Clarice wl lreturn to her school. Send for The Bee if you want a five paper. 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The same strings survive in the loops of the hats of bishops and other ecclesiastical dignitaries in Great Britain; in the strings of the hats worn by French cures and Spanish and Italian padres and in the cords which are still seen on the hats of some livery servants. It naturally became the custom for military men to "cock" their hats with the livery color of the prince they served, and as the Hanoverian color was the convenient one of black, the "black cockade" became associated in the minds of the people with military uniform. In an old Scotch song of Shiramulr, citing Woodward's heraldry, we read of "the red coat lads with black cockades," and a knot of white ribbons was naturally chosen as the badge of their opponents. When the old use of the strings was forgotten, the knot, in the form of a rosette of ribbon, survived, just as did the buttons on the backs of our coats, which were intended to fasten back the flaps in riding or marching.—"Justice of the Peace." DAME FORTUNE WAS SULLEN. Man Had Grateful Remembrance of Service, but Was Unable to Repay It. "When I was a farmer in Illinois," says a representative in congress, "there came to me one day an interesting looking individual, whose face, though he was a stranger in those parts, seemed oddly familiar to me. "The man had stopped to water his horse. As he waited, he said: 'About ten years ago a poor boy came this way and you took him in.' "I gazed at the speaker, puzzled. "Your kindness to that poor boy was most exceptional,' continued the stranger. 'You fed him, encouraged him, gave him clothes and two dollars and sent him on his way, feeling pretty fine. He observed at the time he would never forget your generosity. Do you remember?" "Not precisely,' I replied, but I had a vague remembrance of the occurrence. dream of love. Since birds do so in February. speak of love. Since birds do so in February. 3. It can't be wrong to seek a mate. 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It was known as the Mar de Sargaco to Columbus and the early navigators and is the Sargasso sea of modern geographers. The floating seaweed was formerly supposed to have grown near the Bahama and Florida shores, and to have drifted to its present position. It is now, however, known to grow and propagate itself where it is found. In it are found globular masses of weed containing fish eggs and known as fish nests. Recent investigations show that the floating weed of the Sargasso sea is the chosen breeding place of species of flying fish.—Field. He Would Resign. The story is told of an English army examiner who once had before him a stupid candidate. The candidate being apparently unable to answer the simplest questions, the examiner finally grew most impatient, and in a burst of sarcasm demanded: "Let it be supposed, sir, that you were a captain in command of infantry; that in your rear was an impassable abyss; that on both sides of you there rose perpendicular rocks of tremendous height; that in front of you lay the enemy outnumbering you ten to one. What, sir, in such an emergency would you do?" "Sir," responded the applicant for military distinction, "I should resign." Personality In Politics. In life, in literature, there is no magic charm like that of personality, but politicians are afraid of it in their business. Of this they sedulously cultivate the idea that it must be conducted by committees and parties, never by individualities. Everything is collective, nothing personal. 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The victim shows the bill to a bank cashier, and hears it pronounced good, and his mercenary nature being aroused, he sees visions of gigantic wealth, and hands over to Mr. Sharper $500, or at least $250, for the instrument that is going to make him a Rockefeller. It is needless to say that the subsequent specimens turned out are such miserable imitations that they would hardly fool a blind man, but the ignorant is in a place where he can't make a roar for his best money. The Swaying Skyscraper. Through the chance of perfect adjustment in the way of balance, of a row of large photographs that hang on a wall or an office building down town the clerks in the place have a good deal of quiet amusement with persons who visit the place for the first time. Owing to this balance the pictures are easily swayed by the wind that blows through the open windows and since the office force goes in for fresh air the year round the pictures are never still. The joke lies in catching the horrified expression on the faces of the callers when they get a sight of the swinging frames. Then it is always explained with due solemnity, if the boss is not around that the swaying of the frames is due to the oscillation of the structure. It usually takes some time for the object of the joke to see the point. Meanwhile he has suffered a considerable shock.—M. Y. World. Odd South American Animals Many curious animals mount the marshy parts of South America north of the pampas. From big and ferocious, given to making vicious springs when closely approached; the cypraba, 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 met with, occasionally the jaguar sometimes the puma, likewise that toothless curiosity, the great ant bear, long in claw, long nosed and remarkably long tongued. A familiar object is the great jabiru, a stork with a preference for the desolate lagoons, where it may often be observed statuesque on one leg and wrapped in prospection. -Scotsman. The Giagko Tree. Studies by Miss M. C. Stopes of the fossil flora of Scotland have shown that the gingko or maladenhair, tree, a native of Japan and China, which is cultivated in Europe and this country on account of its remarkable foliage, belongs to an extremely ancient family, of which it is now, apparently, the last surviving representative. At one time it seems to have been widely spread. A singular fact is that the fossil specimens of the gingko, found in the rock beds of the Inferior Oolite series, at Borea, Scotland, are so similar to the living trees that at first sight no difference is apparent. Only an examination of the structure of the cells reveals a variation. Youth's Companion. For Pressing Platter Skirts. Plaited Skirts which have been washed are difficult to press. Time and expense may be saved by having the work done after the following method, which is for *colen skirts* especially: Before the skirt has become badly creased or rumpled run a basting thread, using short, even attaches, 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 leaf can readily be determined, and the pressing done successfully. Balgac in Church Pew. The woman who had left a volume of Balzac in the church pew on prayer meeting night felt a little bit ashamed when she asked for the book, but the sexton assured her she need not feel that way. "Many things are left in the church," he said, "and some of them are a whole lot less respectable than Balzac. After each service the pews yield a strange grist of forgotten or discarded article." A Clover Bear. A noted ethnologist observed in Vienna a bear deliberately making with his paw, a current in some water which was close to the bars of his cage so as to draw a piece of floating bread within his reach. These actions of the bear could hardly be attributed to fastinct or inherited habit, as they would be of little use to an animal in a state of nature. Quill Teothpick. The largest quill toothpick factory in the world is near Paris, where there is an annual product of 20,000,000 quills. The factory was started to make quill pens, but when these went out of general use it was converted into a toothpick mill. Mme. Davis, 6 BORN CLAIRVOYANT AND CARD READER TELLS ABOUT BUSINESS. 1228 25th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Gives Luck to All. N. B.—No letters answered unless accompanied by stamp. N. B.—Mention The Bee 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. EUROPEAN AND AMERI- AN PLAN. 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For twenty-five long years—a quarter of a century—there has never been a remedy equal to Elixir Babek for Malaria and such miasmatic diseases. Thousands have used it with most gratifying results. Malaria is prevalent now. Do not wait for it to take hold of you. Begin the use of Babek now. 50c Bottles. Your druggist will tell you that Babek is the best thing he sells --- NOT AN ECONOMICAL CUSTOM. Why Mr. Zwozzleton No Longer Seeks to Recover Stamps Pasted But Unused. "Any waste of material or destruction of property is repugnant to my feelings," said Mr. Zwozleton, "but I find by experience that there are times when we may make more by throwing something of value away than we would make by keeping it and bringing it into use. You take for instance postage stamps stuck on letters that you don't mail. I used always laboriously to soak off such stamps, taking much time for the operation, and then use such stamps again, but now I find that I can make money throwing these stamps away. "Working eight hours I am able to earn about five dollars a day, or a shade over a cent a minute. For purposes of figuring we will call it an even cent. Now: "To soak off from the envelope the uncancelled stamp of a letter not sent used to take me about five minutes; and then such a stamp had to be specially smeared with mucilage before it could be stuck again. I figured that to bring such a stamp into use cost me altogether about six minutes' time. By this expenditure of time and labor I did recover a stamp of the value of two cents; and yet, as in that time I could have earned six cents, on the whole operation I sustained an actual loss of four cents. "So now when I have a stamp on a letter that finally I don't send I just throw that good, unused stamp in the wastebasket and keep on with my work. "It never pays to spend more on repairs than a new thing would cost." COMPOSED OF MANY ISLANDS. Monroe County in Florida Is Probably the Most Unique in the Whole Country. Monroe county is the most unique county in the state, if not in the United States. The larger portion of the county is made up of a group of islands or, as they are called, keys, both on the east and west coasts. The only part of Monroe county on the mainland is the Cape Sable country, the extreme south end of the United States on the mainland. The larger portion of this land is what is known as the Everglades, and but a limited number of acres are now under cultivation. What effect the proposed drainage of the Everglades, will have in Monroe county is not known, but it is doubtful if any large areas will be drained because of the flatness of the country and being so near sea level. In the vicinity of Cape Sable there are large bodies of rich alluvial land and a considerable quantity has been under cultivation for several years past. All kinds of tropical and semi-tropical fruit trees grow luxurantly on the keys and bear full crops of fruit each year. Every key is surrounded with water and the great portion of them have clean white sand beaches with bluffs varying in height above high water mark. All of these building sites are in full view of either the ocean, gulf or bays.-Jacksonville Times-Union. Great Soldier's Quick Thought. Great Soldier's Quick Thought. Once during the Iron Duke's campaign in the Pyrenees, it happened that Gen. Picton's dispositions for receiving the assault of Marshal Soult displeased him. The danger threatened from in front, and the difficulty lay in delaying the attack until Wellington could effect the change he wished. He was, as usual, equal to the occasion. Waving his hat in the air, he galloped to the front of a regiment as if he meant to order a charge. The whole of Picton's line cheered tremendously, and as the roar died away, Wellington was heard to remark, half to himself: "Soult is a cautious commander, and will not attack in force without ascertaining the meaning of these cheers. That will leave time for the Sixth division to come up, and we shall beat him." This was exactly what happened, and Soult sustained a bloody repulse where he might have won an easy victory. The Fake Robbery Again: It was a fishy looking story. The local agent of a New York corporation out in a Wisconsin town, handling its funds daily, reported a robbery. Two men had come into the office late at night, when he was at work on the books, and at the points of pistols he had yielded up $5,000 of the company's funds. Two days later the confidential traveling agent of the corporation dropped into the town and talked it over with the local man in a quiet way. "In five minutes," he told Tip, "I knew there had never been any robbery. How did I know? Instinct. The story he told was too sweet. There wasn't a flaw in it. It was like a framed-up alibi. You know the best alibi, until you can knock it out, is the one that is invented for the occasion." Engaged. Merchant—So you want a job as office boy, eh? Any previous experience? All Off. The Helfress—You don't mean to say that he refused to give his consent? The Duke—Oh, no. He said he'd give his consent—but not another cent—Stray Stories. WILD RIVER TAMED Diverted Through Mountain to Give Power and Irrigation. Concrete Tunnel Six Miles Long Is Completed After Four Years of Work at a Cost of About $4,000,000. Denver. — When President Taft touches a button in this city the roaring waters of the Gunnison river will be halted in their flight down an unexplored, immemorial canyon and will be turned by the cunning science of puny men straight into the heart of a 2,000-foot mountain. The wild river will plunge through six miles of concrete tunnel, the first part of its turning. It will emerge in the Uncompahgre valley only half conquered, still full of strength and mad defiance at the artificial bounds put upon its power. A serles of "drops" will weaken it to the extent of 10,000 electrical horsepower. It will be free of the dark tunnel, but still confined within the banks of a 12-mile canal of greater size than the Erie canal. Racing down the canal, the thumbled waters will be gradually diverted and spread out until they become tiny streams and trickling brooks, irrigating 150,000 acres of rich agricultural land. A giant of the Rockles will be subdued and will change its ages-long occupation of carving granite to providing moisture and bloom for a wilderness. The Uncompabgre project, ranking third among the great reclamation enterprises of the government, is the first to approach completion. It is the most spectacular if not the greatest irrigation enterprise in the world. The estimated cost of construction is TUNNEL Tunnel Through Which Gunnison River Will Hereafter Rush. toward $4,000,000. It was audacious to propose shooting a full grown river through a mountain. Enormous difficulties have been met and conquered in making that subterranean channel for the river since the beginning of the work, four years ago. It was comparatively easy to work at the west side of the tunnel. The slope of the mountain towards the Uncompahgre valley is gentle, but on the Gunnison side it was necessary to build a wagon road leading into the frightful canyon, where the work at the east portal was started. This road is 16 miles long, and in some places rises 23 feet in every 100 feet. Down this road heavy machinery was hauled, and the materials for building a town of workers at the portal. Tremendous flows of water encountered in digging the tunnel added to the difficulties. The water going down grade with the slope of the tunnel had to be pumped out at the rate of 500,000 gallons a day. Subterranean lakes were tapped, and when the drills penetrated the water a stream 40 feet in length would shoot out through the hole, knocking the men away from the air drills, and even knocking the "muckers" off the tram cars. Hot water was encountered at times, raising the temperature of the tunnel to such an extent that the miners were compelled to work almost naked. At one time a heavy flow of carbon dioxide, or choke damp, caused the workers to run for their lives, many narrowly escaping asphyxiation. It was three weeks before it was possible to work again in the headings, and then a ventilating shaft 680 feet deep had to be sunk. A long stretch of fossil sea shells loose and crumbling, compelled the use of a special system of timbering, causing another vexatious delay and extra expense. But the tribulations of the mountain borers are over. Only a few rods of shale and rock remain to be blasted by the tireless force of miners, working in three shifts, day and night. The 12 by 10 foot hole is faced with solid concrete, backed by giant timbers, which in turn rest against the solid rock. Through this waterway, which will last for countless ages, will rush a body of water nine feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 1,300 cubic feet a second. The Great Spirit of the Rockies will mourn a vassal torn from his dominions, and everywhere people will enjoy peaches and muskmelons and potatoes grown in the arid soil of the Uncompahgre valley by the aid of the tamed and civilized Gunnison river. At a rummage sale in connection with a Yarmouth (Eng.) church mission the silk hat of one of the workers was inadvertently sold for $ penny. THE REE W, CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One conv per year in advance...$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months......50 Subscription monthly.....20 WHY IS IT THUS? Some people wonder why the good should suffer with the bad, when an earthquake strikes the country. God works in a mysterious way. An earthquake is an act of God while "Jim Crow" cars are the acts of man. "Jim Crow" cars are caused by the acts of others. Disgraceful scenes may be seen in cars from Rockville, Maryland, to the city. The white people, ladies especially, are compelled to secure seats in the front of the car, to enable them to be protected from the vulgar talk of drunken loafers. It is unfortunate that respectable colored men and women, who respect themselves, as well as others, are compelled to submit to "Jim Crowism." Of course there are no "Jim Crow" cars on the Rockville, Maryland, road, but if things continue it will not be long before the Maryland authorities will institute "Jim Crow" cars. These drunken brutes are menaces to the race. It is embarrassing to the more respectable class of colored people, who are compelled to ride in the same cars with these half civilized brutes. It is quite evident that this generation of the common Negro is far more dangerous than the old slave. Many of the young Negroes of today have no respect for themselves or the race with which they are identified. Many of the Negro men have no respect for their women. They sit in the street cars with their arms around the back of their-female companions, to the embarrassment of everybody. The common white man is equally as bad. The common white man is permitted to go where the most refined and educated colored man and woman are not allowed to enter. The existing discrimination against the Negro is driving him to seek quarters of his own. The Bee, while it regrets this discrimination, is pleased to know that the time will soon come when the educated and respectable colored man and woman will be treated with respect and consideration. HELPING THE ENEMY There are some of the best Negroes in this city who would rather assist the enemy to destroy their happiness than to render aid to the more deserving. There are some of the best colored people in this city who are supporting the enemy. They have no regard or respect for those who have worked and toiled for years to give them pleasure and comfort. The Bee has in mind the manager of the steamers River Queen and Jane Moseley. There is no man in this city who has been more faithful to the Negro than Colonel Lewis Jefferson. How has he been compensated? The so-called "big Negroes" the big churches, the big societies and other institutions went over to the enemy the moment the white people's leavings were thrown to them. They are now "Jim Crowed." They are not permitted to use the same wharf the white people use, and yet they continue to follow in their wake like a lot of "cur dogs." The "Jim Crow" Negro may be found among the upper classes of Negroes in the city. The more you "Jim Crow" them, the better they appreciate it. It is surprising to see how humiliating the so-called intelligent Negro acts in the presence of a white man. Many of them act more ridiculous than the animal that conveyed Christ into Jerusalem. The intelligent "Jim Crow" Negro is in the lead. JUDGE KIMBALL TO It is stated by someone that claims to know, that President Taft will name a successor to Judge I. G. Kimball, of the Police Court. It is said that Judge Kimball has rendered valuable services while he has been one of the judges of the police court, but President Taft thinks that a more active and younger man should succeed Judge Kimball. Among the candidates who are being urged are James L. Pugh, Esquire, at present prosecuting officer in the police court, who is thoroughly acquainted with the laws of the District of Columbia, and who would no doubt make a fair judge. Mr. Sinclair, one of the assistant attorneys in the attorney's office for the District of Columbia, is also being urged. If the President decides to appoint a colored man, ex-Judge E. M. Hewlett stands the best show of any colored candidate. There is an under current against the reappointment of Judge Kimball but it is afraid to show itself. The friends of Judge Kimball are actively at work, and feel confident that he will land. The President and the Attorney General seem to be non-committal, and just where they stand is a question of conjecture. The President is inclined toward a young man as Judge Kimball's successor. THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS Whether National Negro Business Leagues amount to much, or not, as some people would have the world to believe, there certainly is a sentiment permeating the atmosphere to the extent of instilling into the mind of the Negro the art of establishing and conducting a business, instead of playing the losing game of politics. The meeting of the National Negro Business League at Louisville, Kentucky, last week, from all reports was a success, and much credit is due the officers, especially Dr. Washington the President, who is entitled to the credit for the success of the Negro in business. The Negro is thriving. He is doing now what he should have been doing years years ago. In all states there are Leagues being organized for the betterment of the Negro. A GOOD MAN GONE In the death of Honorable John W. Douglass, the country loses a most valuable, and this city, one of its most illustrious citizens. No one regrets his death more than The Bee. He was a man of tender feelings and most considerate in his dealings with his fellow citizens, no matter how humble they may have been. WANTED A hustling settled colored man as partner, with small capital to invest in business here, W. D. C. SOUTH AMERICAN INVIGORANT How Coca Is Cultivated—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 can 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 Thai Rules 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 de 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 lasse 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 Gerzany 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. It is a strange fact, but a true one, 'hat the kind of a hat a man wears and the way he wears it form a very good criterion of his natural character. Learn This To-Day. Most of the things left undone in this world are left undone because the people that could be 'ex' don't know it—Tappan Wright. 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 851 newspaper In the United States. In 1905 there were 26,421 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 utilising 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 $32,000. 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 Poles. Rolling Stones. The "Rolling Stones" of Australia placed on a fairly smooth surface, will soon roll together in a group. They contain a magnetic ore. Taken in Marriage. Men of talent generally fix upon ignorant and stupidish women for their wives; while stupid men almost invariably alight upon clever women. English Predominates Two-thirds of all the letters which pass through the 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 pointing 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 mystic 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 Dally 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 services. 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. Tact, Tact is a wonderful invention. A man without fact is like an engine without oil. The Nile contains a greater variety of fish than any other body of water. French Thrift From time to time the English workingman has the French peasant's thrift thrown in his face. The French peasant may not be able to find "sermons in stones, books in the running brooks," but he can and does find food in everything. He and a large family could live on what an Englishman in the same position wastes. People, however, seem to forget that the habits of the Englishmen are determined by their climate.—Lady. Lady Gamblers The number of suicides which have taken place lately among business men and speculators in America carries a warning note to women, who, unfortunately, are, many of them, bliten with the love of gambling. Nothing is so fatal or insidious as speculating in stocks and shares, and women, from their circumstances, are peculiarly liable to be misled and cheated.—London Graphic. Restlessness. Mere restlessness is not a matter for which physicians are often consulted. It is, on the face of it, an unimportant malady, but when it exists in sufficient intensity to form the subject of complaint, and to induce the sufferer to seek advice, it is usually found to be the superficial indication of a grave underlying condition.—Hospital. The Haddock's Spota The haddock has a superstition attached to it. On each side of the shoulders near the gills is a dark spot, fabled to be the impression made by the finger and thumb of St. Peter when he took it up and found the penny in its mouth to pay tribute to Caesar with. An Expensive Plant The ivy plant which established itself in a crevice of the tower of St. John the Baptist church at Yardborough, Lincolnshire, England, undermined the foundation and lifted stones out of place until it cost over $3,000 to make repairs. Good Swimmers All German soldiers must learn to swim. Some of them are so expert that with their clothing on their heads and carrying guns and ammunition, they can swim several hundred yards. A Lengthy Lawsuit A lawsuit which has been in progress since the year 1430 between the local authorities of Friemar, a suburb of Gotha, and certain mill owners, was amicably settled at Berlin after 478 years of litigation. About Freckles. Freckles may be hereditary. Cases of freckles all over the body are mentioned. Food is not supposed to cause them. Sun and wind makes some faces freckle. Foresta of England.. It is difficult in England to arouse an interest. In the preservation of forests becaase of the universal substitution of coal for wood as fuel. Exhausts the Soil. The growth of a number of successive crops of the same plant has been lately found not only * exhaust the soil for that plant, but to develop an active poison for it. 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. 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. Ad resse 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 Weeksin Society Miss Johnsie Goler, of Salisbury, North Carolina, has been spending a few days in this city as the guest of Misses Minnie and Lula Howe. Miss Juanita Howard will leave the city in a few days for Charlottesville, Virginia, where she will visit relatives. Miss Ida Freeman will soon return from New York where she has been taking a course at Columbia University. Miss Minnie Howe will leave in a few days for Salisbury, North Carolina, where she will resume her position as Principal of the primary department at Lexington College. Rev. E. W. Williams, D.D., president of the Ferguson-Williams College, at Abbeville, South Carolina, addressed the Young Men's Christian Association last Sunday afternoon in front of the new Freedmen's Hospital. Washington was well represented through its busines men and their wives at the League last week. Among those who attended were Lawyer and Mrs. Collins. Mr. Elmer Clayton Ferry, of Atlantic City, will soon return to resume his course of study at Howard University. Professor E. E. Just, of Howard University, has returned to the city after an extensive trip north. Mr. Just is one of the most enthusiastic members of the University faculty, and is loved by the student body for the interest he manifests in their welfare along all lines. Mrs. E. V. C. Williams regretted very much her inability to attend the annual meeting of the Lawson Women's Christian Temperance Union of South Carolina. The sickness of one of the members of her family was the cause of her absence, from both the Women's Christian Temperance Union and State Sunday School Convention. The best family picnic of the season will be given at River View, September seventeenth by fifty of Washington's young men. Mr. David Warner, bookkeeper in the office of the Collector of Taxes; and Mrs. Warner have returned to their home after a pleasant week's cojourn with relatives at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Mr. Robert Dickey, of 1614 Corcoran Street, northwest, has left for Franklin, Kentucky, for a few days, where he will spend his vacation with Mr. Bolden of that city. The South Carolina Interdenominational Sunday School Convention, Rev. P. P. Watson, D. D., President, held at Columbia, South Carolina, was a great success. Among the distinguished visitors present was Dr. James E. Shepard, of Durham, North Carolina. Miss G. B. Maxfield made a trip to Atlantic City last Sunday. Mrs. Ella Flye is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Rodgers, of Portsmouth, Virgina. Miss Julia Collins, who has been visiting friends in Richmond, Virginia, is now at Portsmouth on her return to this city. Professor William R. Connors, the Principal of Gay Street Public Schol, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, is in the city visiting friends. Professor Conners called at the office of The Bee with Attorney A. W. Scott, of this city. The public schools o: Chester should feel proud to have such a man as Professor Conners on its staff. Dr. A. M. Curtis, of this city, is stopping with his sister and brother in law, Dr. and Mrs. John B. Hall, while attending the N. M. A. in Boston. Miss Estelle Collier is visitng Miss Bessie Lee, of Boston. Her sister, Miss Hattie Collier is visiting Mrs. William Jones, of 51 Dudley street, Roxbury. Miss Adele Parks is the guest of Miss Tessie Lee during the week of the National Medical Association, which is being held n Boston. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Murray, of Boston, gave a reception in honor of the Washington people who are visiting there. Among the campers on the Chesapeake were Mrs. James Wormley. Mrs. Ridgeley, Mrs. Evans, and her daughters, Miss Imogen Wormley, Miss Annie Heard, Miss Louise Wormley, Miss Lizzie Howard, Miss Beatrice Ridgeley, Fairfax Brown, and Dr. Neale Ridgeley. Among those down in old Virginia are Mrs. McAdoo, and daughter Doris, Miss Marion Wormley, Miss Daisy Cuney, Miss Bessie Miller, Dr. Fairfax Brown, MBr. Charles Brown, of the British Embassy, and several others. Mr. and Mrs. Lee of Atlanta, Georgia, are the guests of friends in this city. Mr. Holmes, of Atlanta, Georgia, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, of 65 N street, northwest. Miss Millie Burk who has been visiting her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Burk, of 427 New York avenue, has returned to her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, Mrs. Bettie Fields Brown is visiting friends in Hampton, Virginia. Miss Juliet Hill is spending a pleasant vacation at Portsmouth, Virginia, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Williams. Miss Shirley is in White City visiting friends. Mr. C. H. Lassiter of this city, was looking well when last seen at Partsmouth, Virginia. The Misses Alexander and Davis Dr. Price and daughter, of this city, are stopping at the Whitehead Hopse, Asbury Park. Mrs. William W. Orme is at the English House, Catskill, New York. Mr. C. C. Curtis of The Bee, left for Atlantic City, New Jersey, Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Douglass P. Syphax had a royal time in Philadelphia last week. ..... Fair View Park Flowers.. 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, At the Park. Propriteor. 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. WHENYOU ORDER WHISKEY YOU SHOULD DEAL ONLY WITH A HOUSE WITH AN ESTABLISHED REPUTATION. CHARLES AREY CO. American Whiskies. Cecil(Pure Rye) qts Old Beacham, qts Green River, qts Green River, pts Green River Guckenheimer, qts Guckenheimer, pts Hermitage Rye Hermitage Bourbon Meadville Lynchburg, qts Lyndale, qts Overholt, qts Overholt, pts Old Taylor Old Sage Old McBrayer Jas. E. Pepper Spg '02, 5's Jas. E. Pepper, qts Union Pacific, qts Green Briar Arey's New England .75 Keep These Prices for Reference—Telephone, Main 3446, or come to our store, 480 Pennsylvania Avenue. You Really Haven't Subscribed to THE SCHOOL TEACHER? Well, don't tell a soul; but subscribe NOW. THE SCHOOL TEACHER is a magazine published on the fifteenth day of each of the ten months of the school year, in the interests of the pupils and the teachers and the parents of children in the public schools. (1) If you teach school, or (2) if you have a child in school, or (3) if as a citizen you have any interest in the welfare of the public schools, do not fail to subscribe to THE SCHOOL TEACHER, and do it now. Herewith find One Dollar for which send me THE SCHOOL TEACHER for 1909-10. CITY NEWS One of the best pool rooms in the city is located at 1448 P street northwest; owned by Mr. Charles H. Anderson. If you want first class job printing done, don't fail to send to W. Calvin Chase, Jr., for estimate, 1109 Eye street, northwest, or 1212 Florida avenue, northwest. The Bee will follow you wherever you go. The Citizen's Mass Meeting in the interest of the schools, will be held at Convention Hall next month, or early in October. Many prominent speakers have been invited. his law office from 503 D street, to 1109 Eye street, northwest. If you want a package of visiting cards for 25 cents, write W. Calvin Chase, Jr. Every kind of circular and dodger is printed by W. Calvin Chase, Jr. Send for estimate. Ten Thousand People to Hear General Andrew S. Burt, of United States Army, at 3 p. m., Labor Day, September 6, 19009, at Madre's Park, Eckington, District of Columbia; Subject "The National New Political Party," under the auspices of the picnic and baby show and 5th annual barbecue of the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church, N street north- Excursion Season For Steamer River Queen to Washington Park. Steamer Jane Moseley to Norfolk, Baltimore, and Landings down the Potomac River. Books now open for charter on the River Queen and Jane Moseley. Sec your dates at once, before they are all taken. ```markdown ``` WASHINGTON PARK This beautiful park has a collection offered to the Washington public. From Washington on the Potomac with its electric power plant for 75 Caroussel, double-decker, with music cent Theater. A Penny Arcadium Gallery. A Dairy Lunch Depot at Pool and Billiard Hall, and forty ad The River Queen makes daily t. a. m., 12 m., and 2, 4, 6, and 8 p. m. For particulars address Lewis Jefferson and N Streets Wharf. Columbia Ice COLUMBIA ICE COMPANY Prompt delivery made to all or postal card. John E. McGaw, President and Joseph T. Peake, Secretary and 10th Street Wharf, southwest. mark has a collection of att washington public. It is loca on the Potomac River. lower plant for 7,000 lights, wecker, with music attach- penny Arcadium, Moving Lunch Depot and Buffet Hall, and forty acres of Sha- man makes daily trips to W 4, 6, and 8 p.m. address Lewis Jefferson, C us Wharf. Abbia Ice C C COMPANY COA ly made to all parts of t President and General M Secretary and Treasurer. southwest. This beautiful park has a collection of attractions never before offered to the Washington public. It is located about ten miles from Washington on the Potomac River. The Scenic Railway, with its electric power plant for 7,000 lights—a Figure 8. The Caroussel, double-decker, with music attachments. A 5 and 10-cent Theater. A Penny Arcadium, Moving Pictures, Shooting Gallery. A Dairy Lunch Depot and Buffet. Dancing Pavilion Pool and Billiard Hall, and forty acres of Shady Woods and Dells. The River Queen makes daily trips to Washington Park at 10 a. m., 12 m., and 2, 4, 6, and 8 p.m. For particulars address Lewis Jefferson, General Manager, Seventh and N Streets Wharf. Columbia Ice Company COLUMBIA ICE COMPANY COAL AND WOOD Prompt delivery made to all parts of the city, by telephone or postal card. John E. McGaw, President and General Manager. Joseph T. Peake, Secretary and Treasurer. 10th Street Wharf, southwest. Phone, Main 272. A Gentlemen. I wish to say that my hair was only about three inches long and so kinky, stiff and harsh I could not manage it at all, but a fift using two jars of your Her-tru.Line I have as pretty suit of hair as any lady in Atlanta. I wish every one with curly or kinky hair knew of this wonderful Her-tru line. Agents wanted everywhere to sell this wonderful HAIR GROWER. Southern Me Box754 We lay all Mattin charge and guard Our Credit C to Y We're not talking to your ne number of people with whom we mean you. 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Peter Grogan and Sons Company 817-823 Seventh St. west, between 9th and 10th streets; Dr. Simon P. W. Drew pastor. Admision, Adults 25 cents, children accompanied by parents, free. Music by Imperial Orchestra. Short Address by Judge E. M. Hewlet, Honorable John C. Dancy, Honorable W. T. Vernon, Dr. George W. Lee, Dr. W. --- Southern Medicine Co., Atlanta, Ga. section of attractions never before c. It is located about ten miles ac River. The Scenic Railway, 7,000 lights—a Figure 8. The music attachments. A 5 and 10- m, Moving Pictures, Shooting and Buffet. Dancing Pavilion acres of Shady Woods and Dells. trips to Washington Park at 10 m. Jefferson, General Manager, Sev- ice Company COAL AND WOOD all parts of the city, by telephone General Manager. Treasurer. Phone, Main 272. Her-Tru-Line For The Hair HER - TRU - LINE. The Great Hair Grower. "Her-Tru-Line" stimulates the growth of the hair, it takes out the curl and leaves the scalp in a clean and healthy condition. "Her-Tru-Line" cures dandruff, ringworm and scalp tetter. "Her-Tru-Line" leaves the hair soft and glossy and easily dressed. "Her-Tru-Line" is delightful as a dressing for the hair, being perfectly harmless. It is a true luxury and a valuable addition to toilet accessories. Large jar 50 cents at all drug stores and by our special agents. to Sample box mailed to any address on receipt of five two-cent stamps. Medicine Co. Atlanta Ga. settings without extra guarantee their wear Offer is Open YOU neighbor, nor to any particular we are already acquainted— by to give you an open account you may need. contract, lease, or ey when you buy description on the goods you pay on the account each week is the only security we ask. and Sons Company 817-823 Seventh St. Bishop Johnson, Professor W. H. H. Hart, and Honorable R. R. Horner. ROBERT ALLEN Buffet and Family Liquor Store Phone North 2340 1917 4th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. --- TUSR ELEPHANT. Ocylon 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 tusk-ful! It is a singular thing that Ceylon is the only part of the world where the male elephants have no tanks; they have miserable little grabbers projecting two or three inches from the upper jaw and inelining downward. Nothing produces either ivory or horn in fine specimens throughout Ceylon. Although some of the buffaloes have tolerably fine heads, they will not bear a comparison with these 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 parturition for the formation of ivory—Ceylon Manual. Smokeless Coal A London inventor claims to have discovered a process for producing smokeless coal, apparently by distillation of coal at a low temperature. This, after distillation, is said to deposit a very brilliant substance, the heating properties of which are far greater than those of the original coal, and which is absolutely free from smoke and dirt. The inventor contends that efforts to overcome the smoke plague have hitherto been unsuccessful because they have been made in the wrong direction, and that by the extraction of the smoke-producing material in coal before being burned, he has been successful in producing a smokeless coal. Electrocattas Animals The slaughter of animals for food by electrocution is being experimented by Dr. Leduc, a French scientist, who has been conducting his investigations in the French abbattails. He has been using the intermittent low tension currents and says that he is satisfied that the system is palpable, the central functions of persecution being first destroyed and then those of circulation and respiration so that there is neither suffering nor reaction in the animals that 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 colority. The Shy Man. Woman show no mercy to the shy man, for he stands outside of the company of convention. Could he break out all might be saved; the man might be permanently crad. But he cannot. He has been brought up to respect convention. His nudies may be of steel, his heart of fire, but in his soul the spirit of diffidence holds him in a vice. In a drawing room he stands gaping, quakis g, a prey to introspective torment—he who would perhaps storm a rampart with a triumphant mille or his lips.—London Observer. Kanging Pictures Dangerous. "Railroad casualties receive such wide publicity," said an insurance man, "that there is a common belief on the part of the public that one is more liable to accidents while traveling than when living the simple life in the confines of his home. "As a matter of cold fact, statistics show that accident insurance companies pay more money to people who get hurt hanging pictures or taking stoves apart than they do to the victims of head-on collisions. It sounds strange, but it's the truth." —Kansas City Journal. Three Men to Move Book. There lies in the British Museum the largest book yet printed, a colossal atlas of engraved ancient Dutch maps. It takes three men to move it from the giant book case in which it is stored in the library of the museum. It is bound in leather, magnificently decorated, and is fastened with clasps of solid silver, richly gilt. It is nearly seven feet high and weighs 800 pounds and was presented to King Charles II. before he left Holland in the year 1660. Valuable East African Forest The Colonial Office recently sent out an expert to report on the Kenya forest, in the East Africa protectorate. He says the forest extends 187 miles long by eight miles broad and comprises 1,000,900 acres of timber. Taking the average value of the 21% per cubic foot, this works out to £23 per acre, or a total value for the whole forest of £22,000,000.—London Tit-Bits. Dead Historians. I for gay 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 like eyes 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 woman's to wear something no other woman can duplicate. WILLING TO LET,HIM DRAW. Artist Withdrew Complaint Against Fellow Member After He Had Heard Him Talk. Pellegrini was an artist with an exceedingly liberal vocabulary, upon which he would draw freely for the edification of the Beefsteak club, of which he was a member. There was one fellow member of the club, says J. C. Carr in a book called "Some Emilient Victorians," who was wont to entertain the table with little impromptu sketches, which he executed with a certain degree of facility. This innocent display of artistic power offended Pellegrini, who, possibly moved by a measure of jealousy, that any, one should encroach upon his special province, insisted with some vehemence that a club was not the place for such exercises. "I like the boy," he said to me one evening, "and when he talk, I listen, but 'tis nity he draw." It was only a few evenings later that I entered the room and found the young friend who had been the subject of Pellegrini's rebuke absorbing the entire conversation of the crowded table. Pellegrini was present, and I could see that he was growing restive under the artist's unceasing flow of conversation. In a momentary pause he turned to me, and in an audible whisper delivered this laconic judgment: "Joe, I 'ave made big mistake. 'Tis better he draw."—Youth's Companion. PUTTING OUT FIRE ON WATER. German Invention Probably the Best That Has Yet Been Devised for That Purpose. It falls to the lot of few to set the river on fire, and despite the tradition that the feat is the quickest way to fame, the names of those who have done it never seem to survive. But, that many a man can, and does, set a river on fire is so true that fuvention has had to concern itself with means for putting out those very blazes. They occur usually when petroleum, gasoline or some other liquid hydrocarbons spread on the water's surface and happen to be ignited before their spread has too greatly broken up and thinned them. Whole ports, with their shipping, are endangered. In Germany they have devised two solutions, which, mingling as they are poured, instantly raise a thick, tenacious foam. One solution is composed of potash, alum and sodium sulphate and licorice root extract. The soapsuds appearance of the foam in reality covers an inert gas, which, spreading over the entire burning surface, acts as a blanket and instantly kills the flames for want of oxygen. No Good for Charity A clergyman strolled into a grocery store kept by an enterprising German. "My good man," said the pastor, "can you give me anything in the line of groceries as a contribution to the Woman's Missionary society? You see, we have done good work among the poor people of this section, and, as there are still many hungry mouths to feed, I wish you would try and help us out." The big Teuton studied a moment and replied: "Vell, I tell you, dot I know iss sombiting gut; but, you see, de only tings vot I sell here iss guaranteed goods, so de wut be no gut vor charity." The minister went out the door after recovering from the shock, and perhaps is still wondering why guaranteed goods are not to be dispensed to charity workers.—Philadelphia Times. Spider Colonies Our native spiders are notable for their extreme unsusciability. Of those which are spillers each one constructs its web apart from those of its kind. And those which hunt pursue their prey alone, says the London Globe. In other countries, however, there are spiders which live in communities, and one such, a native of Mexico, is described by M. L. Diguet. It is known as the mosquero and makes a large nest in onks and other trees. Here the spiders live gregariously and along with them in the nest is found a minute beetle and another species of spider. The beetle is said to act as scavenger. Parts of the nest of the mosquero are hung up in the houses during the wet season to get rid of the files. Memorial to Mary Anning Lyme Regis church, which, like many another building in that quaint old Dorset seaport, is in danger of slipping into the waves, has comparatively little of interest for tourist or townman to loiter over. Its most remarkable memorial is the stained glass window to Mary Anning. This was the schoolgirl who, in 1811, disturbed the lost rest of the saurian monster — Icthyosaurus Platydon—whose remains now lie in the Natural History museum at South Kensington. As curious a find as any that ever came to the net of a child on the beach. But Mary Anning, possibly had that sort of thing in her blood, for her father was the proprietor of a curiosity shop—London Chronicle. Anything to Please "Hubby, I want to go to an exclusive resort." "All right, my dear," said the great magnate. "I'll buy you a mountain." "I prefer the beach." "Very good. John get me quotation on oceans."—Houston Chronicle. Furfume of Carnations Clearly Wafted From One Booth to Another The other day a prominent business man of this city went into a drug store to use a telephone. Just before him a young woman with a large bouquet of carnations had been using the phone and when he went into the booth the odor of the flowers nearly stifled him, so much so, in fact, that his intention was to hurry the conversation and get out as soon as possible. With the thought of the strong odor uppermost in his mind, he called a man at the other side of the city. Without a word having been said on the subject, the other man remarked about the strong odor of carnations, and the man who called up, without thinking, sald a woman with some carnations had just been using the phone on which he was talking. "Hold the phone just a minute," said the man at the other end of the line, "and I will find out if there are any of the flowers in the store." After waiting for a few moments he again came to the telephone and said that there were no carnations there and that the clerk was positive that there had been none in the store that day.—Ohio State Journal. HAD NO TIME TO BE AFRAID. Italian In Deadly Peril Saved Himself by Feat That Few Could Duplicate. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing to the man who handles dynamite. Italian laborers who never read up on explosives and have no superstitions about them seldom are injured through any faulty handling of their own. If your dynamite freezes, thaw it out. If you drop an armful of it on the ground all you have to do is to pick it up. Some Italian laborers were digging a well. They got down about a dozen feet and struck rock. The foreman improvised a ladder, drilled a hole and inserted a half pound of dynamite. He lighted an ordinary fuse and scrambled up the ladder. Before he reached the surface his makeshift ladder broke and down he tumbled almost on top of the spluttering fuse. Many a better educated man would have realized his awful peril to the exclusion of every other thought. The Italian foreman whipped out his pocket knife and clipped off the burning fuse. When he appeared at the surface, grinning, he exhibited the cartridge with a bare inch of fuse sticking in it. Animals Are Poor Sailors The polar bear is the only wild animal that likes a trip on the waves, according to a French scientist who has just studied its behavior at sea. He is quite jolly when aboard ship, but all the other animals violently resent such a voyage and vociferously give vent to their feelings until seasickness brings silence. The tiger suffers most of all. He whines pitifully, his eyes water continually and he rubs his stomach with his terrible paws. Horses are bad sailors and often, die on a sea voyage. Oxen are heroic in their attempts not to give way to sickness. Elephants do not like the sea, but they are amenable to medical treatment. A good remedy is a bucketful of hot water containing three and a half pints of whisky and seven ounces of quinine.—Fur News. City Life Is Lonely "I sometimes think," says Mr. Markham, "that only men with lopsided brains love to live in the city. God never made a city—he made a garden. City life is largely the cause of the general nervous breakdown of the race. This is an age of nerves, and the city is responsible for it. My ideal is a life that has the freshness and freedom of the country, and yet is within easy access of the town, where men can go and transact business. In my business, that of making verse, I need the peace of the country, which is the peace of God. But I like to come in contact with men, and so I go to town. I think the city of the future will not be crowded by city dwellers —we are coming to know too much for that. But, for the present, mankind is still lopsided."—Suburban Life Plenty of Birds If we allow six inches, the measure of the English sparrow of our streets, to be the average length of a migratory bird, then, this mighty host, if we could arrange its restless, flitting members in a quiet, orderly manner, like soldiers on parade, would make a line 4,090,909 miles long. This earth is much too small for such a line. We might arrange our birds in 326 lines and each would extend from the north pole to the south pole along the whole length of North and South America. If we arranged the birds at the equator they would encircle' the globe 163 times—D. Lange, in the Atlantic. Wit Often an Affliction Wit is an affliction unless used with discretion and good sense. The habit of being invariably amusing will bring you into great disfavor. The sharp-tongued woman who will have her little laugh at the expense of her neighbors usually pays dearly for her fun. It is as much an art to be quiet and self-possessed as to be vivacious and entertaining, and the woman who can adjust her moods to the occasion is the one who finds herself usually the most popular member of her community. MILITARY CAFE PAYABLE ONE HOUR AFTER DEATH. AMERICAN HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. FIFTH I and G Streets N. W. Washington. D. C. WORTH ADVERTISING FOR There are 5,499 Negroes employed Government alone, and these 5,499 $3,044,404. These more than three here in Washington, but scattered. Is this amount of money worth it not even the largest stores in this end of it did they but realize howly spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro without a rival or competitor, and a few of the merchants in this city umms of The Bee, presenting these Negroes — these 5,499 Negroes over three spent by the Negroes of Washington. What clothing stores, what fun and what other lines of business w themselves over three million Negroes by advertising in The Bee. 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Thousands of women are shut this invisible barrier. People cannot selves. Every living being should use (6) Odor Wonder Liquid is delig with Odor Wonder Powder or separance. A great luxury for those who (7) This pink variety of Compiled Shell-Pink. Gives lovely pink o ored faces. Light brown complexional beauty. Information book free. Correspo address. Agents wanted everywhere. O Delivery free. Applications for a Co., 2 Rector Street, New York City, Company.. Board & McGuire, 14th Street, W There are 5,499 Negroes employed here in Washington by the Government alone, and these 5,499 Negroes draw salaries aggregating $3,044,404. These more than three millions of dollars are spent right here in Washington, but scattered among the hundreds of tradesmen Is this amount of money worth bidding for? It certainly is, and not even the largest stores in this city would refuse to get the big end of it did they but realize how much money the Negroes are really spending. Now The Bee is the only Negro publication in this city. It stands without a rival or competitor, and covers the field like a blanket. If a few of the merchants in this city will patronize the advertising columns of The Bee, presenting the attractive bargains they may have, these Negroes — these 5,499 Negroes who draw annually from the Government over three millions of dollars — will assume that by patronizing a publication edited and operated by one of their race that such firms desire and deserve their patronage. And such firms will receive the bulk of these over three millions of dollars received and spent by the Negroes of Washington. What clothing stores, what furniture stores, what dry goods stores and what other lines of business will now make an effort to divert to themselves these over three millions tf dollars spent by Washington Negroes by advertising in The Bee? Place your advertising in The Bee and watch these 5,499 appreciative Negroes spend their over three millions of dollars with you. Now is the time to advertise in The Bee, the newspaper that goes into every Negro home in Washington. Remember, merchants of Washington, it's what advertising pays you, not what it costs. ColoredSkin MadeLighter The Chemical Wonder Company of New York manufactures seven Chemical Wonders which enable colored people to improve their appearance. These wonders cost 50 cents each. White people spend millions to beautify themselves. Colored people should make themselves attractive as possible. Colored men who use these wonders secure better situations in banks, clubs and business houses. Colored women occupy higher positions socially and commercially, marry better, get along better. (1) Complexion Wonder Creme makes dark skin lighter colored, not with artificial white, but naturally; makes the skin itself lighter colored every time it is applied. 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Every living being should use this powder. (6) Odor Wonder Liquid is delightful as a toilet water; can be used with Odor Wonder Powder or separately. Surrounds the body with fragrance. A great luxury for those who can afford it. (7) This pink variety of Complexion Wonder Creme No. 2 is called Shell-Pink. Gives lovely pink cheeks to light brown or mulatto colored faces. Light brown complexion with pink cheeks mark great personal beauty. Information look free. Correspondence free. Please send your address. Agents wanted everywhere. Can start business with $3.00. Delivery free. Applications for agency considered. M. B. Berger & Co., 2 Rector Street, New York City, selling agents for Chemical Wonder Company.. Board & McGuire, 14th Street, Washington, D. C. ICTIM TELLS HOW LOCKJAW Doctor was Worried When His Face Began to Stuff—Fought Disease St. Louis.—Dr. F. W. Grundmann of Washington avenue, who was pronounced out of danger from lock-jaw, after suffering for almost three weeks, described how he felt during his illness. "In diagnosing my own symptoms a week after the germs of tetanus had entered my blood, I thought I had the disease, but I was not sure," said Dr. Grundmann. "One day, as I was stepping off a street car, it started permaturely and threw me on my knee on the street. 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, pained 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 pained me and were constricted. Next I observed, spasmodic jerking of the limba. These I knew to be premoni- 1.1.1.13017 piled here in Washington by the Negroes draw salaries aggregating five millions of dollars are spent right among the hundreds of tradesmenidding for? It certainly is, and city would refuse to get the big much money the Negroes are real publication in this city. It stands covers the field like a blanket. It will patronize the advertising col-attractive bargains they may have, Negroes who draw annually from the dollars — will assume that by pat operated by one of their race that patronage. And such firms will millions of dollars received anton. mature stores, what dry goods stores will now make an effort to divert to tens of dollars spent by Washington bee? bee and watch these 5,499 appreciations millions of dollars with you. The Bee, the newspaper that goesington. Remember, merchants of paves you, not what it costs. MadeLighter City of New York manufactures seven hundred people to improve their appearance. White people spend millions who should make themselves attractive these wonders secure better situations. 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Berger & selling agents for Chemical Wonder Washington, D. C. tory symptoms or jockjaw. "I was alarmed, naturally, but thought perhaps I might be mistaken, so I visited a physician and told him how I felt. He did not think seriously of the matter, and I believed I might have been mistaken, but nevertheless I was worried, and when that night the symptoms grew more pronounced and became more perceptible I watched them all the more closely. "That night I got a real shock. I observed a growing rigidity of the muscles of the jaws. 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." STRATIGICAL USES OF T. LA The Clever Little Weanel and His Means of Defense. Take another of our animals, a fierce little weasel, clad in summer in a coat of brown, in winter turning white, but always with a jet black tip to the tail. Theermine, as it is incorrectly called in its winter coat, has an easy time of it, sneaking upon the mice and birds upon which it preys, but when a hawk takes after it in an open field in the sunlight or an owl in the moonlight, it would have but short shrift with all its sinuous leaping, were it not that the black tail tip is so conspicuous that it constantly attracts the eye and allows the pure white of the body to be confused with the snow. Even when we place a dead weasel on the snow and look at it from a distance, we realize how true this is, and how valuable must be the pencil tufts of black hairs to this little vermin who spends his life in hunting or being hunted.—The Outing Magazine. Everyone of Them a Bird. A current newspaper item is as follows: "The wife of a Benedict 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 Roblas, one Sparrow, and three little Quayles in the family. One grandfather was a Swan, and another was a Jay; but he's dead and now a bird of Paradise. "They live on Hawk-ave, Eagleville, Canary Islands, and the fellow who wrote this article is a lyre bird and an interesting relative of the family." Arctic Dog Life. Nowhere in the world has the dog such unrestricted right of way as in our most northerly possession—Alaska. In winter, when the more than 60,000 square miles of territory are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are almost the sole means of getting from place to place—in fact, they seem necessary to life itself. The aristocrats of Arctic dog life are the mail teams in the service of the United States Government. They are to-day a superior breed to the dega 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 blacklead no lead. Dora Around Blacksmith Shops Two or three dogs are nearly always to be found loafing about every blacksmith shop. This fact is so well recognized that detectives when sent out after valuable dogs that have been lost invariably visit first all the blacksmith shops in the neighborhood. The reason why dogs visit the blacksmith shops is that they love inordinately the odor and the taste of burning hoofs. They salify the odor as a woman smells a rose, and they eat the hoof pariages as a gourmet eats truffles.—Minneapolis Journal. Supply of Gold. It is mainly from Africa, America and Australia that the world draws its supply of gold, some $400,000,000 worth won regularly every year. Africa leads with about $150,000,000; next comes the United States with about $95,000,000; Australia ranks third with some $35,000,000, while Russia, both in Europe and Asia, Mexico, Canada and several other countries, make up the remainder. A Long Moon. An astonishing times case has come to light in Berlin. A clerk, aged 46—a healthy normal man—suddenly fell asleep in June 1934. All efforts to awaken him were unsuccessful and the sleeper since then has never opened his eyes. He breathes regularly and awakens his food mechanically, but is insensible to the severent attempts to arouse him. Lace Container. Lace window curtains should always be soaked for an hour in cold water to which a little borax has been added, before being put into warm suds. This gives out the smoky smell that is sometimes so noticeable in curtains that have have been used in a city. Life in Germany. Every one who has traveled in Germany is familiar with the word "verboten"—forbidden. He finds it is verboten to almost everything which he thinks he has been accustomed to do in the United States.—Chicago Standard. A Valuable Rolls. A thirteenth century copper and gilt obliterum, supposed to have come from Malmesbury abbey, was sold by auction in London for $30,000. LEGAL NOTICES. W.C. MARTIN, ATTORNEY SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS TRICT OF COLUMBIA HOLDING PROBATE COURT. No. 15767, Administration. This is to give notice that the subscriber, of the District of Columbia has obtained from the Probate court of the district of columbia, letters testamentary on the estate of William Dickerson, late the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby warded to exhibit the same, 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, MOLDING PROBATE COURT. No. 16061 Administration Docket. 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 Elizabeth Dickerson, late of the District of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims against the deceased are hereby deemed to have same with wouchers thereof, legally authenticated, to the subscriber, 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, 1999. William J. Howard. 100 Mass. Ave. N.W. ATTEST: W. C. Taylor, DeputyRegister of Wills for the District of Columbia, Cleek of the Probate Court. JAMES F. BUNDY, ATTOHNEY, SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Holding Probate Court. No. 16219. Administration Docket 40. Estate of Mary Jane Adams. Dec'd. Application having been made herein for probate of the last will and testament of the said deceased, and for letters testamentary on said estate, by Eliza Ruffin, it is ordered this twenty-third day of August. A. others concerned, appear in said Court on Tuesday, the 28th day of September, A. D. 1909, at 10 o'clock D. 1909, that Sarah B. Davis and all A. M., to show cause why such application should not be granted. Let notice hereof be published in the "Washington Law Reporter" and "The Washington Bee" once in each of three successive weeks before the return day herein mentioned—the first publication to be not less than thirty days before said return day. Thos. H. Anderson, Justice. Attest: W. C. Taylor, Deputy Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court. James F. Bundy, Attorney. 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 University. J. C. BAUMAN ...RESTAURANT.... 1301 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. The Connecticut Market WAHL & THOMPSON Have removed from 1158 19th St. N.W. To 1841 KIST. N.W. Where you will find a choice line of groceries and fresh meats daily. Call and getour prices and be convinced. FANTASTIC STONE ON GRAVE Remarkable Memorial Erected by Father In Memory of Daughter He Idolized. In all the cemeteries of the world there probably exists no more fantastic conception than in the rural graveyard of Pleasant Ridge, in England. To the memory of a daughter whom he idolized, Hannibal Clark, a wealthy but simple-minded farmer, erected this remarkable shaft of granite. He was so affected by her death that he survived but a short time after he had made provision for the erection of the monument. Not only did he stipulate what he wished engraved concerning his daughter, but also concerning his wife and himself. It was the freakish desire of the father to place upon the monument a replica of all that the girl loved on earth. He left instructions that no expense be spared to inscribe upon the stone a miniature reproduction of the objects upon which she lavished her infections. In obedience thereto, the stonemasons chiseled in bold relief no fewer than fifty symbols. Nearly every inch of space is taken up with these queer figures. They include a house, fence, plow, grain, cradle, rooster, hen, turkey, cow, horse, side-saddle, pair of scissors, thimble, violin, copies of love letters, owl, fish, etc. Everything that apertured to the farm, domestic life and outdoor pleasures was, where possible, reproduced upon this monument. NUMEROUS CHANGES OF NAME. Blonde Woman's Adventures on the Matrimonial Sea Evidently Had Been Many. They met on the street car—the intense little woman and the much adorned, plethoric blonde. Both evidenced that extravagant pleasure which comes of meeting by accident an acquaintance one has not thought of for months. "How dye do, Mrs. Gray?" panted the blonde, extending a plump, bed-diamoned hand. "Why! How do you do, Mrs. Williams?" effused the other woman. "Not Mrs. Williams," prompted the blonde, automatically. "Oh, to be sure," the little woman apoligized, "I heard you were to be married—Mrs. Str-Strbonski, of course. I hope it isn't too late for congratulations." "That's so, I was Strbonski," recollected the blonde, "that musician—but now I'm Madam Theodore; he's a chef." The little woman's chin dropped, and for half a block she sat with a face like an exclamation point. "This is my corner," she announced, jumping to her feet as the car slowed up. "Would you—would you mind, Mrs.—Madam Theodore, telling me what your name is the next time we meet?"—New York Press. A Way Out. A broker and banker, who was a member of the Russian relief committee that had in charge the transportation of food to Russia from Philadelphia a few years ago during a famine, likes to tell of an unusual experience he had while soliciting for the relief fund. In speaking of it he said: "I tell it because it shows the speed with which some people think. I called on a man who was always a generous contributor to charity. He was out of sorts when I saw him and after I explained my mission he said: 'You fellows are always begging for something.' I was taken aback for a few seconds and when I recovered myself I asked, 'What would you do if the wolf were at your door?' He stared at me in a terrifying manner for a second and then blurted out, 'Why, you fool, I would eat the wolf.' I noticed when I was passing out the door he was still watching me sharply. I have never served on a relief committee since then." Lysander John Up Against It Lysander John Op Against It. The Lysander John Appletons lived in a house of five rooms for many years, and were so crowded that none of their kin ever expected to be invited to visit them. But recently Lysander John made a little extra money and his wife had two rooms built on. "Have you heard the news?" was shouted through Kinville. "The Appletons have two more rooms." News like that spreads like fire in Kinville, and they began coming by twos and threes, and always with the deafest old man, loudest voiced old women and crossest baby they could find. This explains why Lysander John's limbs are tied in knots; he has been sleeping in a hammock for six weeks past, being crowded out of his bed by visitors from Kinville. — Atchison Globe. The Cartoonist's Sting. Signs and symbols seem to be just as effective now as in the early days of our race, when the primitive aboriginal chiseled in picture language the record of his doings. There are still enough undeveloped minds among us to give pictures more force than printed words, and the whiplash on the end of the cartoonist's facile pencil more and more frequently raises welts where the editorial and "spread" headline cannot sting the thick hide. Most Attractive. Old Maid—Humph, so heaven has seven women to every man, and hell the reverse? I won't patronize you. St. Peter (imploringly)—Yes, but you couldn't stand it down there, they use profanity, incorrect English, and—Old Maid—Splendid! At last I can teach in a man's college!—Brooklyn Life. 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 fire 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 on write, 2310 F treet, northwest. $5 DOWN STOP Pay AND Own Your Own BE INDEPENDENT. 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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, 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 stains a new growth. MRS. W. K. WALKER, Sig. I- Harrington, Tenn. (Formerly known as Ozonized Ox Marrow) Fifty years of success has proved its merits. The use of Ford's Fury Pomade makes stubborn, harsh, kinky or curly-hair straight, soft and glossy and easy to comb, and arrange in layers. It also removes stains. Removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates the scalp, stops the hair from falling out or breaking off and gives it new life and vigor. Indies of refinement everywhere declare. Ford's Hair Pomade has imitators. Don't buy it until you see it. 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Hudnell and Washington are two jolly entertainers. They know how to treat you when you give them a call. See their card elsewhere in The Bee. --- RELIGIOUS SHOWS ```markdown ``` THE HUDNELL 491 Penn. ave., N. W. OUR $2.50 AND $3 SHOES ARE THE BEST MADE. SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT WM. MORELAND, PROP. Why pay 10 percent when you can get it for 3 percent. H. K. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE. If you want to buy a good watch, diamond ring, or jewelry of any kind, look at our stock first. You E. MURRAY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ICE CREAM AND CONFECTIONS. OYSTERS IN SEASON. 1216 YOU STREET, NORTHWEST. PHONE. NORTH 908 $5 A MONTH buying Rent AND own HOME IN YOUR OWN POLLTRY AND PRODUCTS. WITTIFUL TFORD 50 to $300 offered the refined colored people to make an investment "No Taxes." High and Healthy Location in the city, within 25 minutes ride of bare Electric Lights, and Graded transfer at 15th Street, N. E., to s, get off at Minnesota Avenue, ks. s and Holidays from 10 A. 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Courses in English, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, French, German, Physics, Chemistry, Piology, History, Philosophy and the Social Sciences such as are given in the best approved colleges. Address Kelly Miller, Dean. The Teachers' College. Allords 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. Courses in Bookkeeping, Stenotory, Civics, etc. Gives Business a cation combined. Address George's School of Manual Arts and Applied Furnishes thorough courses. S limited courses in Mechanical and PROFESSIONAL The School of Theology. Interdenominational. Five pro courses of study. 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