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vOL.XXXI NO 23 The White South Welcome to Booker T. Washington. GREENSBORO, N. C., Oct. 25. A quite unusual thing happened here last night when a resolution was formally passed by the Board of Aldermen empowering the Mayor to appoint a committee of white citizens to join in welcoming Booker T. Washington when he came to Greensboro Sunday and Monday, Oct. 30 and 31, on his tour through the State of North Carolina. Mayor Stafford in carrying out this resolution of the Board of Aldermen appointed the following white citizens, who are representatives of the highest citizenship, not only of Greensboro, but of the State of North Carolina; Judge James E. Boyd, Judge N. J. Lure, ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., T. J. Shaw, S. B. Adams, R. M. Douglas, Dr. J. I. Foust, E. J. Justice and G. Sam Bradshaw. THE DEMOCRATIC ATTITUDE Vile Utterances of Some Prominent Democrats of the Country, Showing That the Ascendency of the Democatic Party Would be a Menace to the Civil and Political Rights of Afro-Americans. Equality Leads to Crime. I favor the disfranchisement amendment because I firmly believe that there ought to be a distinction between the white man and the Negro politically as well as socially. Political equality of the races tends to encourage social equality, and social equality leads to disorder and crime. ExGov. E. E. Jackson, of Maryland. Can Never Reach Level of Whites. No man, whether be it Washington or the concentrated embodiment of all the great men who ever lived, white or black, can by any imaginable process lead the Negro to the level of the white man. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution. Angle-Saxon Must Rule We have abiding faith in the recognition by our Northern brethren of the fact that the Anglo-Saxon race is entitled to run this country.—Charleston News and Courier (Dem.). Abrogate 15th Amendment Abrogate 15th Amendment. The States said years ago, the first and most important step towards a solution of the Negro problem should be the withdrawal of the right of suffrage to the Negroes by abrogating the 15th Amendment to the Federal Constitution.—New Orleans States (Dem.). A Dare-Devil Menace. We thought then (in 1901, when the new Alabama Constitution disfranchising the Negro was under discussion), as we do now, that the menace to peace, the danger to society and white supremacy was not in the illiterate Negro, but in the upper branches of Negro society, the educated man, who, after ascertaining his political rights, forced the way to assert them. We, the Southern people, entertain no prejudice toward the ignorant per se inoffensive Negro. But our blood boils when the educated Negro asserts himself politically. We regard each assertion as an unfriendly encroachment upon our native rights and a dare-devil menace to our control of the affairs of the State. Hence we present that the way to avert the impending horrors is to emasculate the Negro politically by repealing the 15th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.—Charles P. Lane, editor Huntsville (Ala.) Daily Tribune. A Disturbing Influence The uneducated Negro is a good Negro; he is contented to occupy the natural status of his race, the position of inferiority. The educated and intelligent Negro, who wants to vote, is a disturbing and threatening influence. We don't want him down here; let him go North. I favor, and if elected will urge with all my power the elimination of the Negro from politics.-Hoke Smith, Governor of Georgia. The Negro Must be Ruled The whites rule in this country, especially in the Southern part of it. The Negroes must and will be ruled, peacefully if possible, forcibly is necessary.—Richmond (Va.) Evening Journal (Dem.). Will Never Reach White Standard. It will take years to bring the Negro up to the highest standard, which will never be that of the white race. We propose to settle the race question in the only possible way—the complete separation of whites and Negroes.—New Orleans Times-Democrat. SECRETARY MACVEAGH Said to be a Friend of the Race. Auditor Tyler Declares Him the Best to Hold that Office. Because of the large number of colored men employed in the Treasury Department, the letter written by Secretary MacVeagh to a colored organization of Chicago and given out by him for publication, explaining why a colored man was not appointed division chief to succeed the late M. M. Holland, colored, has occasioned much discussion in colored circles of Washington. Secretary MacVeagh stated that there is no discrimination in the Treasury Department, and that there would not be. Ralph W. Tyler, who is Auditor for the Navy Department, and whose office comes under Secretary MacVeagh, was asked by The Bee regarding the question of whether or not Secretary MacVeagh would discriminate against colored men. Mr. Tyler said: "No fairer man than Secretary MacVeagh ever occupied the position of Secretary of the Treasury. He is eminently fair. There is no gush or over much sentiment about him and his treatment of the race. He just treats a colored man as a man. He would not discriminate against him and he would not discriminate in favor of him. When we are treated simply as men, without any reference to color, we can have nothing to complain about, and this is all we have a right to expect. The future of every colored man in the Treasury Department who does his duty and displays the required ability is safe in the hands of Secretary MacVeagh, who simply regards merit and fidelity to duty as the prime requisite for success. The present Secretary of the Treasury is the best friend the race has ever had in that position, and he is a friend simply because he treats us as men—not as colored men." The statement of Mr. Tyler, who is in a position to know and who is best qualified to speak, ought to set at rest any question as to the fairness and friendship of Secretary MacVeagh for the race O. E. S. The sympathies of the O. E. S. and the craft generally is tendered Hon. Lady Florida Minor, also Sir Knight Minor, in the death of their daughter, Miss Irene A. Henderson, whose funeral services took place from the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church on Thursday, Oct. 27. Rev. Walter H. Brooks delivered a very impressive eulogy, assisted by Brother W. H. Severson. The deceased had been a zealous worker in the Sunday school and a very devoted member. A beautiful, impressive paper was read by the superintendent of the Sunday school, also from classmates of the Normal School. She was one of our young ambitious public school teachers, and was the granddaughter of Brother Ed. Ball. Floral tributes were numerous and handsome. \* \* \* Mirian Chapter worked the Amarant degree on ten candidates Thursday night. Much praise was showered on the officers for their perfect work. Hon. Lady Janie Cox, Grand Matron, and other Grand officers made interesting remarks. \*\*\* The model Lodge, John F. Cook, worked the Master degree on 14 candidates. Friday night. K $ ^{*} \mathrm{T} $ The Knights Templar Asylum, Fifth street and Virginia avenue southeast, was crowded with Grand officers and members of subordinate commanderies last week during the election and installation of the officers. The Grand Commander with his staff came over from Maryland, and was met at the depot and escorted to the hall at 8 p. m. He began the installation at 9 o'clock and was afterwards banqueted at Irving's Hall. The following Grand officers accompanied the Grand Commander of Maryland: Eminent Sirs Thomas H. Smith, Charles Lee, Loyd W. Dorssey, George Wesley, Joseph Jackson, Nelson Walker, Alexander Skinner, Handy Coleman, Harry Franklin, George Lankford, Joel Carmack, Wallace Arrington, and Alex. Queen. During the banquet Eminent Sir Smith spoke in complimentary terms of the degree team of the District of Columbia, and pledged the moral and financial support of the Knights Templar of the State of Maryland in the reception of the International Congress in 1912. \*\* The Grand Visitation of the Grand Chapter, O. E. S., begun Thursday night with the visit to Marian Chapter. ANOTHER "MOVEMENT" A new "movement" has been born. What has become of the Niagara Movement, which was brought into the world a few short months ago to reform everybody and everything? What has became of the Equal Opportunity League, the Constitutional League, and all the rest? What has become, too, of the Moon and the Horizon. We hear that instead of the Moon and the Horizon we are to have the Crisis. Our friend Trotter has been standing by the "movements" longer than anybody else, and is the only one who has proven his ability to keep a publication alive. He has deprived himself of house and home in the interest of the "cause." Prof. Du Bois seems to be particularly unfortunate. He and his colored brethren have tried to sustain publications, have tried to keep various "movements" in existence, but in every case failure has been the result. Now Du Bois has been taken hold of by a set of white people, and maybe if he follows their advice he will succeed. We understand that there is a large committee in control of Du Bois, that white people are to publish his magazine, that he has an office in a white man's building, and that he is under the control of a committee, and that he can only talk when this committee tells him to talk, and write when this committee tells him to write, and go and come when this committee tells him to go and come. We are sure if Du Bois will follow rigidly the advice of this committee and not attempt to do anything on his own account, that he will at last succeed. [Image of a man in a military uniform, seated and holding a book]. The Odd Fellows ASBURY AND HIS INSURGENTS DEFEATED. Morris and His Followers Supreme Rulers in the Odd Fellows—Asbury Down and Out and Slaughter Steps in—The Injunction in Georgia Dismissed—Now for a Cleaning Out. Recorder Henry Lincoln Johnson with his faithful supporters arrived in the city this week from Atlanta, Ga., where he has been on business. He was banquetted and honored by the citizens of his State in a manner that would have done justice to the return of a victorious Roman. Mr. Johnson was accompanied to the city by Col. C. P. Gorce, one of the leading lawyers in the State, who had the injunction against the Order and the appointment of a receiver dismissed. Col. Gorce stated to a representative of The Bee that the people, irrespective of color or party, paid honor to Recorder Johnson when he arrived in Atlanta, Ga. Judges of courts, members of the bar, and other eminent citizens paid their respects to Recorder Johnson. The opposition Odd Fellows employed five of the most eminent lawyers in the State, and on the mere statement of one of these lawyers, without having read the petition of the insurgents or signed an order for an injunction and the appointment of a receiver for the Odd Fellows of Georgia, the injunction was granted. The next day Col. C. P. Goree walked into court and asked the court to read the petitions upon which he had granted an injunction and the appointment of a receiver. Had the court read the petition, he was confident that he would not have signed the petition. The court therefore read the petition and agreed with the point raised by Col. Goree, the attorney for Recorder Henry Lincoln Johnson and others, and promptly dismissed the bill. The Odd Fellows in Georgia reign supreme. Mr. Main will now do some cleaning out. The newly-elected editor of the Odd Fellows Journal, Mr. Henry P. Slaughter, left this city Monday to take charge of the paper to which he has been elected. At the Howard Next Week At the Howard Next Week. A grand Minstrel Carnival will be given by the Howard Stock Company. This company has demonstrated to the patrons that it contains a number of the cleverest performers in the profession, and the show that will be offered is bound to please all who will attend. Those who like to see funny end men and hear those side-splitting jokes will be given ample opportunity this coming Monday. Many new specialities will be introduced, and everything will be of the up-to-date character. The entire company will be seen in the first part, which will be beautifully staged by J. Lubrie Hill. New music has been arranged by Mr. W. H. Vodery. No doubt large crowds will rule during the entire week. The next attraction will be the new musical comedy, the "Black Promoters." Book by Mr. George Price; lyrics by Mr. Alonzo Govern; music by Mr. W. H. Vodery and Mr. J. Lubrie Hill; staged by Mr. Hill. Mr. Slaughter Leaves Mr. Henry P. Slaughter, who was elected editor of the Odd Fellows Journal, left the city Tuesday for Philadelphia, Pa., to take charge of the paper. He will succeed Mr. J. C. Asbury, who has been the editor for a number of years. DR. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Public Men And Things (By the Sage of the Potomac.) Secretary MaeVeagh put Theodore Green officially in the colored class when he said that "Theodore Green, a colored man, has been made a disbursement officer in the Treasury Department." I wonder if Green will recognize his placement. Heretofeo he has ignored his race completely, and, instead of associating with them, has passed for white. However, he that as it may, all must admit his ability wow him his promotion. \*\*\* And, speaking about Theodore Green in refusing to associate with his own race, reminds me that there are a few other Negroes in the Departments who, because they are light in complexion, ignore their own race and try to pass for white. Now, the colored men and women who pass for white have as associates a class of whites who are far beneath the class of colored people with whom they world associate if they passed for just what they are—colored. I have a little list of these colored men and women who are trying to pass for white, to run some time, and they are of the class "who never will be missed." \*\*\* The appointments that are dropping out of the Presidential stocking are pretty indicative of the high standing at the White House of Dr. Washington. There is Napier, who all know is a Washingtonite; Lewis, who is the Tuskegee Wizard's Far East dependent; Gov. Pinchback, who thinks him the greatest since never before; Whit McKinlay, who can't talk two minutes without mentioning Booker's name, and now the latest is that it's the Booker T. influence that is behind Cottrill, of Ohio. * * * And, speaking about Cottrill, reminds me that these Ohioans, black as well as white, are a pretty nifty bunch when it comes to keeping in front of the procession. They know what they want and they know how to ask for it. Cottrill, they say, is quite an orator, and has a reputation for longevity as an office holder that matches the record of John Dancy; and Dancy, it was thought, had a record only surpassed by Col. Jim Lewis, of New Orleans, whose official life dates back to the time when the memory of man runneth not. *** What puzzles me, however, is why Billie Clifford and Maj. Fillmore, who are right here on the ground, can't land something away up yonder. Clifford is an ex-member of the State Legislature, and Fillmore was an officer in the Spanish-American war. Now, these men are overlooked, although right here, and when it is desired to select another colored man for Presidential honor, Cottrill is the man. I can see why lightning never struck Bob Harlan. He has never been on too close an intimacy with his own race, but this cannot be said of Clifford and Fillmore: It has been suggested that the bond of sympathy between Ohioans here on the ground is not visible to the naked eye, and that perhaps accounts for Fillmore to get consideration for Assistant Register. \*\*\* The President's determination to appoint William Lewis as Assistant Attorney General is mighty pleasing to colored lawyers here. It's a recognition of the Negro legal fraternity for a top-notch job. Mr. Lewis' an pointment will give us here in Washington a varied assortment of talent in Presidential positions, with large, juicy salary appendages. For instance, Lewis will stand for the colored lawyers, Napier for the colored bankers, Tyler for the colored man in journalism, and McKinlay for the colored man in business. Then, for appointments indirectly at the hands of the President, there is Judge Terrell and Jim Cobb, both lawyers, and holding positions in the line of their profession. Looks like the lawyers hold the best hand. But, then, the President is a lawyer, you know. And why shouldn't we lawyers hold the aces? \*\*\* I heard a newspaper man once say that a test of newspaper circulation was the number seen read on the street cars. If that is true, then The Bee is the only colored newspaper published in Washington that has any circulation at all. Coming up on the 14th street oar Saturday I noticed nine colored passengers. Five of them were each reading The Bee, while the other four had no paper at all. Speaking to the proprietors of three stands where colored newspapers are on sale, I was told that ten copies of The Bee were sold to one of other Washington papers. In fact, he said there were no calls at all for the other alleged newspapers. All of which caused me to soliloquize—why are they published? Will Not Sell. The Board of Trustees of Howard University at a recent meeting by formal action declined to consider a proposition for the sale of the entire parcel of land between Fourth street and the Reservoir, including that on which two professors' houses stand, for the site of the proposed Normal School No. 2. While the authorities of the University favorably considered a proposition for the sale of a large portion of this block, they had in view the reinvesting of the funds in other property adjacent to the institution, which would be of great value to the University in providing for its future expansion. During the last two years several valuable purchases have been made, including the old mansion and grounds formerly owned by Gen. Howard, one of the founders of the institution. Also, in order to protect the front of the University grounds facing toward Georgia avenue from factory or other undesirable buildings, the open park of about 35,000 square feet was purchased last June, when it was placed on the market. This was with a view either for the future sale of the same or for its improvement with modern dwellings, so as to pay an income on the investment that would justify the University in holding this property. Such improvements, bringing an income, will have to be made, unless generous donors provide funds for the permanent holding of the open park in its present form, which the administration regards as most desirable. Two More Schools Closed Two More Schools Closed. Miss Henderson, who taught in the Wormley School, died a few days ago. Her school has been closed. A school in the Birney building will also be closed, and no teacher will be appointed. There are dozens of Normal School graduates waiting for appointments. If all the teachers die before the year is out, no doubt all the schools will be closed and the Normal School graduates will have to wait just the same. Let the people join in the move to Congress next month. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS PARAGRAPHIC NEWS (By Miss G. B. Maxfield.) Colored women of North Carolina have pledged themselves to raise $500 for the building of an Alexander Chapel, to be erected at Brewerville, Liberia, Africa. The total cost will be $1,000. The famous University of Toulouse, France, founded in the 13th century, was swept by fire. The loss to the building is estimated to be at least $1,000,000, but the loss from the destruction of rare works of art, books of medicine, antiquities and medical work can never be replaced. The 418th anniversary of the discovery of America was celebrated the 12th day of October in Massachusetts. In Providence, R. I., a monument to Columbus was erected. In the technical schools of England are taught shoe manufacturing, owing to increased interest in industrial education. A factory has been fitted out with over 50 of the latest machines, loaned by firms in the country. The fee for the session is 4 shillings, or 97 cents. William H. Lewis, of Cambridge, Mass., assistant district attorney at Boston and acting chief of the Bureau of Examination for Naturalization, according to reports, is to be appointed Assistant United States Attorney General. John A. Smith, a stockholder and depositor in the Galilean Fishermen's Bank at Hampton, Va., has asked that it be placed in the hands of receivers, as it has been mismanaged for a number of years, and that it is without means of meeting its obligations. In the presence of several thousand survivors and friends of the Irish brigade, which participated in the battle of Gettysburg, a memorial statue to their Chaplain, the Rev. Father William Corby, was dedicated the 29th of last month. Twenty-six Chinese students are enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as figures of the register which has been made public will show, nine of which are studying naval architecture. Plans are being formulated by the trustees of the Southern Industrial Educational Association for the mental improvement of the illiterates in the mountains of Southern States. Secretary MacVeagh, in explaining why a colored man was not appointed to fill a vacancy created in the Treasury Department, said that the division chiefs in the Treasury are in the classified service and that they are selected on merit. A campaign against profanity has been inaugurated by the Interdenominational Bible College of this city. There will be a house-to-house canvas among the colored people among the slums, asking them not to take the name of the Lord in vain and to solicit their help against the increasing profanity among the young people. The True Reformers' Savings Bank of Richmond, Va., is now in the hands of the receivers. The receivership follows closely upon the forced abdication of Rev. W. L. Taylor as head of the insurance department, which seems to have been in close connection with the bank. Col. Theodore Roosevelt celebrated his 52d birthday the 27th of last month by hard work and speech-making, as usual. According to the order made public by the Postoffice Department, a person must voluntarily ask for a receipt from the addressee for registered matter, as no formal notification of delivery will be sent through the mails. The inventory of the estate of the late Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, shows it is valued at $450,000. Since her acquittal on the charge of being accessory after the fact to the murder of Bell Elmore, Miss Ethel Leneve has received 16 offers of marriage. The State Convention of the W. C. T. U., which met in Hutchinson, Kan., has pledged sufficient money to place a Bible and hymnbook in the hands of every man on the battleship Kansas. Mrs. Mary Sibbitt, of Wichita, reported that there was no Chaplain on board this battleship. It has been announced that the Board of Trustees of Howard University has declined to sell property for the site of Normal School No. 2. The authorities wish to retain all property with a view to improvement. They have bought more land, including an old mansion and grounds formerly owned by Gen. Howard. The first Roman Catholic church entirely for Colored Americans in Missouri was established in Kansas City last week. The church was made possible by a gift of $8,000 by Katherine Drexel, of Philadelphia, mother superior of a Catholic order. Carnegie Commission honors two Washingtonians, Miss Mary R. Brown, a nurse, who lost her life in an attempt to save Martin L. Sterling while delirious. Mrs. Brown, mother of the young lady, is to receive a silver medal and $30 a month for life. The second, Justin McCarthy, is to get a bronze medal and $2,000 to complete his education for rescuing Miss Lowd from drowning. Mrs. E. H. Harriman, in behalf of her late husband and herself, has given 10,000 acres to be developed into a majestic park. Superintendent Walker. From all reports, Mr. James W. Walker, supervising principal, will succeed Mr. R. C. Bruce. The outlook is favorable. Read The Bee Andante legato. 1. Low gently over the drowsy world, God draws the veil of sleep, 2. Tis in the night, the starry night. When all is still and sweet, Good softly the ae-tri-al dews, The leaves and blos some steep. angels in holy land With hu-man spirit its meet, world worn heart, oh, careful breast, soul's whorl earthly woes o'er-whelm, soul's whom earthly woes o'er-whelm, Ye ritard. p ritard. dim. tired eyes... ye too may find... this bless ed calm. American Melody Co. N. 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It is found that in 1610 the average height of man in Europe was 1.75 meters, or, say, five feet nine inches. In 1700 it was five feet six inches. In 1820 it was five feet five inches and a fraction. At the present time it is five feet three and three-quarter inches. It is easy to deduce from these figures a rate of regular and gradual decline in human stature and then apply this, working backward and forward, to the past and to the future. By this calculation it is determined that the stature of the first men attained: the surprising average of sixteen feet nine inches. Truly, there were giants on the earth in those days. The race had already deteriorated in the days of Og, and Goliath was a quite degenerate offspring of the giants. Coming down to later time, we find that at the beginning of our era the average height of man was nine feet, and in the time of Charlemagne it was eight feet eight inches. But the most astonishing result of this scientific study comes from the application of the same inexorable law of diminution to the future. The calculation shows that by the year 4000 A. D. the stature of the average man will be reduced to fifteen inches. At that epoch there will be only illuminants on the earth. And the conclusion of the learned statistician is irreversible that "the end of the world will certainly arrive, for the inhabitants will have become so small that they will finally disappear"—"finish by disappearing," as the French idiom expresses it—"from the terrestrial globe"—London Tit-Bits. GOT AHEAD OF PITT The Ruse by Which George III. Outwitted His Presider. On Jan. 10, 1805, Dr. Mennon-Button, Bishop of Norwich, was giving a dinner party in his Windsor demeany when his butler informed him that a gentleman wished particularly to see him, but would not give his name. "Well, I can't come now in the middle of dinner" said the thom. Allegretto grasioso. 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Write our American Offices to-day for the sample, enclosing 4c. (to pay postage and packing). Parfumerie ED. PINAUD, Dept. M ED. PINAUD BLDG. NEW YORK The regular retail price of these loves is $50 per pair, but to introduce the new will you please paint for $12.95 each or order $15. NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PROTOCLES NAILS, Tacks or Glass will not let the air out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. DESCRIPTION: Made in all places. It is lively and easy painting, very durable and hand made Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture stripe "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. This makes moke-NFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. The Week in Society Get your drugs, medicines and toilet articles at the Board & McGuire Pharmacy 1912 1-2 14th St. N. W. "The place where everybody meets everybody else." Miss Janie Patterson was taken suddenly ill last Sunday at her residence. Mrs. J. W. Smith, wife of the late Bishop J. W. Smith, left the city last week on business. Mr. W. Sidney Pittman left the city for North Carolina last week to join the touring party of Prof. B. T. Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Shermonte Brooks have recently moved to their newly-purchased home, 1327 12th street northeast, where they will be glad to meet their many friends on or after Nov. 1, 1910. Several weddings are expected to take place soon. Cupid is still on the path. Miss Naomi Toppen, of 45 Hanover street northwest, was indisposed last week. Miss Cordelia S. MacClenn, of this city, is the guest of Mrs. Sidney Bishop, of 1096 Massachusetts avenue, Cambridge, Mass. Mr. George H. Jordan, who spent his vacation in New York City at his mother's home, 117 East 84th street, arrived here last week to pursue a course in law at Howard University. Mrs. Evelyn Diggs, who spent the summer at Newport, R. I., stopped over in Brooklyn, N. Y., last week while en route to her home in this city, and was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moore. Miss Minnie Parker has returned to this city after a pleasant stay in Atlantic City. Miss Ethel Edwards, who was royally entertained by friends during her stay in this city for a few weeks, has returned to her home in Atlantic City. Miss Edwards also visited friends in Philadelphia. The matinee reception by the "Frogs" last week was largely attended and much enjoyed by the patrons. Miss Maude Royal, of Philadelphia, Pa., is visiting friends in this city. Mrs. Mayne Dowling, of this city, attended the Hackley recital in Philadelphia, Pa., last week. Mrs. Dowling was royally entertained by friends. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. White were entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Minton while in Philadelphia last week to the Hackley recital. Miss Matilda Murray, of Harrisburg, Pa., is visiting relatives in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Humbert Johnson were entertained at the home of Mrs. Saddler last week during their visit to Philadelphia. Miss Susan Cook has returned to this city after a pleasant stay in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Philadelphia. Mr. George White, of Howard University, visited relatives and friends in Richmond, Va., on Sunday, Oct. 23. Mr. George Jackson, of the Census Bureau, has returned to this city after spending several days with relatives and friends in Richmond, Va. Mr. George Stevens, who attended the Colored State Fair in Richmond, Va., last week, has resumed his duties in the Census Office, this city. Mrs. W. J. Smith, of Detroit, Mich., is visiting friends in this city. Miss Eva Long has returned to this city after an enjoyable trip to Huntersville, Va., visiting her aunt, Mrs. Bunnie Hunt. Mrs. Alice Bowler has returned home after a pleasant stay in Huntersville, Va., with her sister, Mrs. Amelia Giddings. Mr. and Mrs. John Y. Sewall, of Boston, Mass., are visiting friends in this city. Mrs. David T. Howard, of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Douglass, on Florida avenue northwest. Mrs. Claude Cuney Hare, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wright Cuney and Mrs. W. L. Houston, has returned to her home in Boston, Mass. Mrs. I. V. Tines, of Detroit, Mich., is visiting her sister and niece, Mrs. M. E. Thomas and Carrie Twine, 1110 19th street northwest. Mrs. W. T. Vernon is visiting friends in Philadelphia and New York. Mesdames Lucy White and Lucy Freeman have returned to their homes in Cincinnati, Ohio, after a pleasant stay of a month in this city with the former's son, Mr. David Utz. Mrs. S. B. Gaskill has returned to Detroit, Mich., after a pleasant trip to this city and Harrisburg, Pa. Miss Violet A. Kibble, who has been indisposed for several weeks, is much improved. On Monday evening a Hallowe'en party was given by the ladies of Calvary P. E. Church at the beautiful home of Mrs. Florence Brodie, Douglass avenue, Kenilworth, D. C., which was largely attended by young people. Among those present were Misses Maude E. Flemming, Phoebe Forrest, Emmie J. Kibble, Jessie C. Mason, Marion Giles, Nomie Bailey, Evelyn Chapman, Mayme Cooper, Ethel Thornton, Lena Speller, Mary Cook, Madge Wright, Jessie Settlers, Nettie Lynch, Messrs. Dyer, Bryce, Cogwell, Wesley, Wooding, Janifer, McKenney, Ratley, Seymour, Sudler, Jones, Bruce, Raymond and others. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Panell, Mesdames Price, Davis, Wooding, Russell, Savoy, Greenlease, Hayson, Thornton and others. A committee of ladies prepared an elaborate table with delicacies of the season. The evening was pleasantly spent in solos, dancing, whist and other games. The happy crowd left for their homes at 11:15 p. m. Mrs. Edward Thornton and family have gone to Raleigh, N. C., where they will make their future home. Their daughter Ethel will enter Shaw University. Little John Williams, who has been ill during the past week, is expected to recover shortly. He may be seen at 1629 Corcoran street northwest. The reception given by the "Frogs" Monday evening was well patronized and quite a unique affair. Mrs. Wilbur E. King, of Columbus, Ohio, spent the week in this city, en route to New York to purchase goods for two large ladies' toilet stores controlled by her and her sisters. Many of the Ohio men left this week to cast their votes in their State election. Among those who left were W. H. Clifford, Willis Mitchell, Chas. Fillmore, Richard Henderson and Ralph Tyler. Mrs. R. H. Terrell has returned from a visit to her father in Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. W. T. Vernon is visiting in Philadelphia. Mr. Robert Campbell, the well-known undertaker of South Washington, has opened a branch undertaker's establishment at 1409 28th street, Georgetown, where he is prepared to do first-class work on short notice. Mr. Robert Campbell needs no recommendation, as he is so well known in churches and all the lodges of the city, where he has hired members. Mr. Campbell is an up-to-date funeral director, and is known as one of the best in the business. His southwest establishment is one of the best-equipped places in the city. After the 5 and 10 cent theatre, between the acts, and at all hours, ice cream soda is now all the rage, especially that snappy, cold, pure, delicious kind that is served at the drug store of Board & McGuire, 1912 1-2 14th St. N. W. It is made right, served right, tastes right, and is right. A masked Hallowe'en dance was given by Mr. and Mrs. Reed at their residence, 24 N street northwest. The young people enjoyed themselves until a late hour, when they were ushered into the dining-room, where a table was laden with all the delicacies of the season, having been prepared for the occasion. When the clock was striking a late hour all of the spooks, all tired out, were found making their way towards their homes. Mrs. Serena Hopkins, Supreme Grand Matron of the Order of Eastern Star of the United States and Canada, and Mrs. Lucinda Robinson, Supreme Grand Guardian, have returned from New Orleans, La., where they have been attending a session of the Supreme Grand Chapter. Mr. Alexander Payne, Worthy Grand Patron, left for his home in Louisville, Ky. An "All Hallowe'en Party" was given last Monday evening by Groups 5 and 6 of St. Lukes parish at the residence of Mrs. Eustis B. Johnson, 1916 13th street northwest. The affair was liberally patronized and highly enjoyable. The proceeds of these entertainments are devoted to eliminating the bonded debt of the parish. A Step In The Right Direction $75 What I have furnished for $75 What I will furnish for What I do furnish for Octagon-end oak casket, nicely polished, or black cloth casket, good grade, or white, silver-gray or lavender embossed plush caskets. These caskets are complete, with six strong silver handles, silver name-plate, cream or white satin lining and pillow. Outside case of pine. Grave. Three carriages to any cemetery in District. Black, gray or white hearse, to any cemetery in District. Embalming the remains. Experts in embalming, thereby making the dead look more natural, and guarantee to keep them for any length of time. Draping door. Services of funeral director. Use of our entire establishment to keep your dead and use of our funeral parlor. We take care of all particulars for you. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Consult us. The North-West Undertakers' Company Funeral Directors and Embalmers REH'S PH New Jersey Ave WASHING Pure Drugs PRESCRIPTIONS CARE CIGARS MORSE'S P MORSE'S PHARMACY J. W. MORSE, PROP. 1001 L Street, Cor. 10th N. W. Do not hurry your druggist. Time is as necessary for the proper preparation of prescriptions as are care, competency, concentration of thought and pure material. We carry a most comprehensive supply of pure, standardized, up-to-date Recorder Henry Lincoln Johnson left the city a few days ago for the East. Mr. W. H. Lewis will be in the city in a few days. Ex-Gov. P. B. S. Pinchback is in the city, having arrived from New York City a few days ago. Rev. George W. Moore, formerly pastor of the Congregational Church, 11th and R streets, but now superintendent of the Southern church work, is in the city. Mr. W. R. Griffin, deputy chief of the True Reformers, is in the city. The matinee dance given by the Lyric Orchestra last Friday afternoon, the 28th ult., was well attended. All present enjoyed the music. A quiet but interesting wedding took place last Thursday evening, the 28th, when Miss Marjorie Sublette Anderson was married to Mr. Leon S. Wormley at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Anderson, 69 P street northwest. Both of the contracting parties are well known in this city, the Wormleys being citizens here and the Andersons originally from Texas, but for some years have been established in business here. The bride's sister, Miss Lillian Anderson, was maid of honor. Only a few intimate friends and the families of both parties were present. Mr. Anderson left for California the following Saturday, where he will later be joined by his family. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lyons, Sergt. and Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Wormley, the groom's mother; Mrs. Francis, Mr. Smith Wormley, Lawyer Henry Heatt, Mrs. H. E. Toppen, Misses Naomi Toppen, Incz Arrington, Lydia Brown, Lillian Anderson, Mary Chanie, Blanche Hill, Maggie Penn, Rosetta Dodson, Messrs. Franklin, Clifton Anderson, Grear Williams, Parker Lee, William Ruffin, Brother McKenney, William Lane, Edward Rattley and Lewis Brown. Mr O. B. Zantzinger, one of the school commissioners for Prince George County, in company with Mr. R. N. Ryon, Clerk of the Circuit Court, were here Thursday, Oct. 27, for the purpose of investigating the public school conditions and supplying their needs. They found more than too children and no school provided for them. As a result of the efforts of Mr. O. B. Zantzinger, other members of the School Board, and the untiring persuasion of Messrs. Jas. F. Armstrong and R. S. Nichols, the delegates to Marlboro, the school commissioners allowed a public school for Fairmount Heights. The school will open Nov. 15. Miss Carrie B. Griffins, one of Fairmount Heights' most worthy young ladies, has been recommended and appointed teacher for the year. The full Board of School Commissioners and the County Superintendent of Education will visit Fairmount Heights Friday, Nov. 11, for the purpose of investigating the necessity of purchasing land and erecting a permanent school building. Much interest is being shown by the county officials, towards the education of the colored children in this community. The regival services at the M. E. Church will close Sunday night, Nov. 6. Rev. E. S. Williams, D. D., District Superintendent of the Washington District, will preach and administer the Holy Sacrament. The Epworth League services were grand last Sunday evening. Many new members were added. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Addison, former members of Asbury M. E. Church, were present and sang a beautiful solo. Among the new members were Mrs. L. E. Crouse, Miss C. B. Griffin, Miss Cornelia 645 FLORIDA AVE., N. W. PHONE NORTH 1415 A Wedding. Fairmount Heights Washington, D. C. PROMPT AND PERSONAL ATTENTION DAY AND NIGHT ALEXANDER HENSON, JR., MANAGER PHARMACY Ave & M Sts. n. w. WASHINGTON, D. C. Bugs & Chemicals CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED CANDIES PERFUME drugs and chemicals, together with a complete modern equipment. We are able to do perfect compounding, but with all must have time; frequently more is required than is anticipated. We use the utmost care and dispatch. Ford Dabney's Theatre 9th and You Sts., N. W. FIRST CLASS AND POLITE VAUDEVILLE THE THEATRE THE PEOPLE ATTEND New Pictures Every Evening and Special Attractions Ford Dadney NINTH AND YOU STS. NORTHWEST THE HOTEL LINCOLN Nos.22 and 24 Lincoln Avenue LONG ISLAND The ideal place to spend your vacation holidays, or Saturday and Sunday. Delightfully located, one block from ocean, thoroughly up-to-date in equipments and operations, also cruising, boating, bathing and fishing. Write for description, booklets and full information. Address all mail to, E. I. DORSEY, or R. C. PARKER, props, 138 West 53rd St., New York City. Also: 24 Lincoln Ave. Rockaway Beach, Long island. How to reach the hotel: Take any Rockaway Beach train to Hanniels Station. Will open June 15 to Sept. 15. (Telephone Connection.) Crystal Springs, Maryland. WEST BERWYN. New subdivision for colored or white. Lots cheap and on easy terms. One year's residence gives the right to vote. Take Maryland car to Berwyn on Sundays only. Our team will meet every car. Free tickets given at office. CAPITAL VIEW LAND CO., Inc., 520 6th Street N. W. Gardner, Miss Saddie Corray. The M. E. Church, because of its flourishing condition, is frequently referred to as "young Asbury." Miss Elenora Barnes entertained several of her friends at a Hallowe'en party last Monday evening. Mr. Arthur E. Briscoe will leave Monday for New York, where he will spend a week with relatives and friends. Program of Epworth League of Fairmount Heights M. E. Church. Iffins, most com- for the Com- perin- Fair, for nec- erect- folding. 4. Scripture Reading, Elenora Barhes. 5. Song, Selection. 6. Address, "Why We Should be Proud," Mr. A. E. Briscoe. 7. Song, Selection. 8. Select reading from "Sir Launfal," by Miss Ethel Howard. 9. Song, Selection. 10. Essay, "Charity," Mr. James A. Campbell. 11. Opening of topic by Mrs. Crouse, "Two Aspects of Government of Christ." General Discussion. WEST WASHINGTON NOTES. Memorial Exercises in Honor of Miss Mary L. Beason. Memorial exercises were held Sunday afternoon at Mount Zion M. E. Church under the auspices of the Epworth League in honor of the late Miss Mary L. Beason; a teacher in the public schools for more than 30 years. Eulogies were delievered by PERFUME PHONE MAIN 378S BigMinstrelCarnival With a Big Minstrel first part A BRIGHT OLIO FUNNY END MEN NEW SONGS NEW JOKES SONG & DANCES A very laughable After piece. Grand Opening Chorus by W. H Vodrey, augmented by the greatest singing chorus in the world Staged by J. Lubrie Hill PRICES: MATINEES: Thursdays & Saturdays 15 & 25 Cts. NIGHT PRICES: 15 Cents, 25 Cents, 35Cents &50 Cents THE NEXT ATTRACTION THE BLACK PROMOTORS FOLLOW THE CROWDS TO THE SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERTS 10 CENTS TO ALL If it's a Refrigerator or Porch Furniture, an Iron Bed or Matting, come to us and buy whatever is needed, on an open account. We arrange terms for each individual customer according to what can be afforded. It's a convenient and satisfactory way of dealing, and you'll find our prices no higher than the best offers of cash stores. Peter C. and Son 817-23 7th St Rev. M. W. Clair, Rev. D. W. Hayes and Mr. James L. Turner. Papers were read by Misses Rosie Williams and Josephine Carroll. Music was rendered by the junior choir, and a solo by Mr. E. Battles. Mrs. Annie Boyd presided. A series of resolutions were adopted to the memory of Miss Beason by the church and the many friends and associates of the deceased who attended the services. Miss Mabel Turner, of Dumbarton avenue, has been appointed temporary teacher in the kindergarten school in the Stevens Building. Miss Helen Magdaline Ford, the accomplished niece of Mrs. James Coonell, of 2700 P street, was married last Thursday evening to Mr. Howard I. Jones. Many handsome and beautiful presents were received from the friends of the happy couple. The services at Mount-Zion M. E. Church Sunday were devoted to the benevolence of the church. At the morning service, Rev. W. P. Thirkield, D. D., President of Howard University, delivered a very interesting discourse from James i:5, and at the evening services Bishop W. T. Mallalien preached. He selected his text from Rev. ii:10, which was very inspiring to the large congregation present. Rev. D. W. Hayes made the closing remarks. A very large collec- Grogan us Co. N. N. W tion was raised for the benevolent cause during the day. The residence of Mrs. Ray, of 1929 Sixth street northwest, was a scene of brilliant array last Saturday, the 29th, the occasion being a reception given in honor of Miss Fletcher Howell, of Portsmouth, Va., by the Misses Georgie E. Sheffery and Mattile B. Sneed. Among those present were the Misses Nettie Smallwood, Beatrice Malvin, Mary Waldron, Maria Johnson, Cicley Diggs, Lillian Ramsey, Ella Milton, Lottie Brown, Florence Barker, Ula Goodrich, Seletine Folk, Pearl and Louise Dennie, Essie and Lula Jackson, Minnie, and Mayme Simmons, Minnie and Edith Hall and Florence and Eva Hunt. Among the young men were Messrs. R. Wilson, H. Anderson, W. English, O. Jones, P. Scott, F. Brooks, E. Pinn, P. Olden, O. Perry, J. Sims, H. Barco, J. Johnson, E. Starks, W. Tibbs, Kyle, Davis, Hunter, Chism, Cuff, Bayliss, Anderson, Burrell, King. Parker, Hunt, Hunycutt, Proctor, Vaughter, Milton, Thomas, McMorris and others. The young people danced until a late hour, when refreshments were served. Miss Howell will no doubt ever remember the occasion and the many pleasant faces she met that night. A Reception THE KEY OF TEBALDO Curious Messenger of Death Invented by an Italian. TRAGIC LEGEND OF VENICE. Unique Weapon With Which the Man of Mystery and Murder Sought to Slay His Way to the Hand of the Woman He Loved. The chronicles of Venice tell that in the earlier part of the seventeenth century a certain stranger, a man of dark and sinister aspect, arrived in the city. His name was Tebaldo. He appears to have been a man of unruly passions, of great intellectual power, but one whose talents found their chief outlet in crime. One day he observed a beautiful girl leaving church, attended in a manner which showed she belonged to a family of high degree. She was, in fact, the daughter of an ancient and noble house. He fell violently in love with her. Though far removed from him in station, his blind passion took no count of this fact, and he determined to sue for her hand. There proved to be, however, a more insuperable obstacle to his suit. The girl was already betrothed to another, a young nobleman of almost equal rank and fortune. The knowledge did not deter Tebaldo, who boldly presented himself before the girl's parents in the capacity of a sutor for her hand. As might have been expected, he met with a curt and unceremonious rebuft. The repulse ranked in his mind. Enraged beyond measure, he shut himself up in his own house and there secretly studied a means of revenge. Profoundly skilled in the mechanical arts, he allowed himself no rest until he had invented a most formidable and death-dealing weapon. This was a large key, the handle of which was so constructed that it could be turned at will. When it was thus turned a secret spring was disclosed, which, on being pressed, launched from the key head a fine needle or lancet. The latter was of such delicate construction that it penetrated the body of the victim and buried itself deep in the flesh without leaving any external trace. The marriage of the betrothed couple was fixed to take place in the principal church in Venice on a certain day. Before the ceremony Tebaldo, runningly disguised, stationed himself at the church door armed with his diabolical weapon. As the bridegroom was about to enter the building the concealed watcher pressed the spring and sent the deadly steel lancet into the breast of his victim. The young nobleman had no suspicion of injury at the moment. In the midst of the ceremony, however, he was seized with a sharp spasm of pain and sank fainting on the steps of the altar. He was hurriedly conveyed to his home, where the leading Venice physicians were summoned to attend him. In spite of their unremitting efforts he sank and died, nor were they able to discover the nature of the mysterious and fatal seizure. With the removal of his rival, Tebaldo once more presented himself before the girl's parents and renewed his request for her hand. Their refusal to listen to him sealed their doom. In what manner he accomplished it is not known, but within a few days both had been done to death in the same rudden and mysterious fashion. The exiled rank of the victims created a profound sensation, and when, on examination of the bodies, a fine steel instrument was found in the flesh terror became universal. The citizens feared for their lives. The utmost vigilance was exercised on the part of the authorities, but as yet no suspicion fell upon Tebaldo. The bereaved girl retired to a consent, where she passed the first months of mourning in sorrowful seclusion. Tebaldo, however, sought her out in her retreat and begged to speak to her through the gratifying. His dark, evil face had always been displeasing to her, but since the death of her betrothed and parents it had become repulsive. When, therefore, in the course of the interview he pressed her to fly with him he met with an instant and indignant refusal. Her scorn stung him to the quick. Beside himself with rage, he brought his deadly weapon once more into play and succeeded in wounding the girl through the grating, the obscurity of the place preventing his action from being observed. On her return to her room the girl felt a sharp pain in her breast. Examination of the spot showed that it was dotted with a single drop of blood. Physicians were hastily summoned. Taught by past experience, they wasted no time in vain conjecture, but cut into the flesh and extracted the slen der steel, thus saving the girl's life. The dastardly attempt occasioned a public outcry. The visit of Tehaldo to the convent became known and caused suspicion to turn upon him. The emissaries of the law descended suddenly upon him, his house was searched, and there the abominable invention was discovered. Swift justice followed, and he ended his days upon the scaffold. The key is still preserved in the arsenal at Venice - Chambers' Journal. Layers' Guards: Nell—A lovers' quarrel always reminds me of a crazy quilt. Belle—How's that? Nell—Always patched up—Philadelphia Record. Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry—Goldsmith. WOMEN ARE WOMEN. A Rather Roundabout Way to Prove the Proposition—But Does This Prove It? Men say women are angels; women say women are cats. Let us pause a moment and reason upon this thing. If women are angels—however, that does not seem to be the proper starting point. Let us try again. If angels are cats—but, no; that is hardly reasonable, for angels have wings, and cats do not fly. We must begin again. If women are cats—but that isn't possible, for cats do not talk, and how could a dumb animal express an opinion in words of a woman? Whatever cats may think, they never say a word about a woman, while women—well women are not cats. Now let us return to the first proposition. If women are angels, they wouldn't say women are cats. Angels don't talk that way. Once upon a time a man married a woman. He said she was an angel; the women said she was a cat. Happy man, not to know the difference between an angel and a cat! Men say women are angels, and by this token women say angels are cats. Therefore, angels being cats, cats must be angels, and, both being the same, women are women. Which is precisely what they are—W. J. Lampton in Lippincott's. NEW MEXICO. How That Portion of Northern New Spain Got Its Name. The country now called Mexico was not so called till 1810, when the revolt against Spain began. Up to independence the country was called New Spain and was divided into the same number of provinces as Spain, each with a name of a province in Spain, with the prefix of "new," but New Mexico was not included in this division. It got its name in this way: In 1561 Francisco Ibarra was in charge of an expedition of exploration into what is now northern Durango and southern Chihuahua and discovered an Indian village near where Santa Barbara now stands in which the houses were whitewashed and the people made and wore cotton cloth, raising the cotton in the neighborhood. He wrote an account of his discovery to his brother in the City of Mexico, telling him he had, discovered "una nueva Mexico," a new Mexico, another Mexico, meaning that he had found another town like the City of Mexico, and thereafter all this portion of northern New Spain was known as "Nueva Mexico"—that is, New Mexico—which name it has retained, though now much reduced in extent.—Las Vegas Optic. Muskrate For Meat. Of all animals that supply meat to man the muskrat has been the most abused and the least understood, says the Baltimore Star. Its name had bred in the public mind a prejudice that has been almost unconquerable, but truth will prevail in spite of fate. As a fact the muskrat is one of the nearest and most delightful of animals. It is a crank in cleaulness. It dines with the care of an epurec. It eats only the whitest and tenderest morsels. And its flesh has qualities that can be compared only to terrapin. Indeed, there are good people along the Cheesapeake, where all the best things live and grow, who find in the well served muskrat satisfaction that is equal to the diamondback. Only the ignorant and the prejudiced think differently, and they may be educated. Ripening Bananas. It is a familiar fact that bananas are imported green, but it came as a new thing to a visitor to the banana district in Colombia to find that bananas are not permitted to ripen on the plant even down there. They are cut and set to hang somewhere until they wither ripe, as the phrase is. Bananas do not have to be yellow to be ripe. That is only the color of the skin when it has dried up. To the person who is accustomed to eating bananas only when they are yellow it seems odd to peel them when they are green and find that they are perfectly ripe within and 6t to eat.—New York Sun. The Prisoner's Retort. It is a prison chaplain's duty to give a departing prisoner good advice and to exhort him to be a decent and honorable man in the future. In the course of one of these interviews a chaplain said, "Now, my friend, I hope you'll never have to come back to a place like this." The prisoner looked at him thoughtfully and then asked, "I say, chaplain, you draw a salary here, don't you?" When the chaplain replied in the affirmative the prisoner remarked, "Well, say, if me and the other fellows didn't keep coming back you'd be out of a job." Didn't Need a Doctor "Let me kiss those tears away!" he begged tenderly. She fell in his arms, and he was busy for the next few minutes. And yet the tears flowed, on. "Are you suffering? Can nothing stop them?" he asked, breathlessly sad. "No," she murmured. "It's only a cold, you know. But go on with the treatment."—Ladies' Home Journal. Cheering Her. Macduogul (to his new fourth wife)— The meenlater doesna approve o' my marryin' again, an' ase young a wife tool! But, as I tell't him, I canna be ave buryin', buryin'—Punch. In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich—Beecher. The Mermaid Malinche and Her Haunted Springs. LURE OF THE WATER SPRITE. To See This Fabled Custodian of the Royal Jewels of the Ancient Aztecs Is to Die and Help the Siren Guard the Hidden Treasures. Mallinche, or Malintze, as some of the old Mexican writers spell it, is the water sprite, the mermaid, who lives in two famous springs in Mexico that are said to be connected by natural underground waterways. She is invisible to all except those who never return to tell the tale, yet it is easy to see her, they say. In the daytime Mallinche lives in the little spring bed pool just within the iron gates of Chapultepec. Here she is a sweet spirit, always wooing the passerby with the music of her gentle voice. At nighttime she is miles away, and her voice is wicked and mournful. It will add interest to this legend of the Mallinche if the traveler when he starts out to visit Chapultepec for the first time will pause at the Cuauhtemoc statue in the second glorieta of the Paseo and take a long look at it, not only because it is a noble work of art, but because this Indian hero was the last ruler of his race, the Azteca, and in the final struggle called Mallinche to his aid. A bronze relief in the base of the pedestal on which the statue stands shows the chief being tortured to compel him to reveal the hiding place of the wealth of his kingdom. Cuauhtemoc's stolical bearing rebukes the complainings of his comrade, whose feet are also roasting over the slow fire in the brasero beneath them, and when he at last cries out in angulish Cuauhtemoc reproves him. "For shame, faint heart. Do you think I am taking my pleasure in my bath that you appeal to me?" The magnificent old cypress trees that surround the rock of Chapultepec on a slightly lower level than the spring were old before the conquest, and among them Cuauhtemoc and his plumed and painted warriors guided their canoes to the enchanted spring when they came to quench their battle thirst. Protected by these brave old trees, Cuauhtemoc climbed the rocks and from the heights watched the maneuvers of his enemies on the lakes. Close by the storied spring stands the monarch of them all, Montezuma's tree. It is awe inspiring to follow with the eye its rugged bole up over the growth of centuries and try to measure with the mind the history that has been enacted beneath its waving boughs. Perhaps the magic spring at its feet caused it to grow higher and more majestic than its fellows. Here in its shade Montezuma sat and wept when he foresaw his downfall. Here Cuauhtemoc vowed that if he could not overcome the Spaniard he would give the Aztec treasure to Mallinche. She overheard him make this row and whispered from the fringed brink of the mirroring water that she would receive the trust at the spring of Atzcapotzalco, three or four miles away. This town, whose 'name looks so unpronounceable to the strangers, but sounds so smooth when uttered by a Mexican, has a little suburb, Zancoplina, that has been made famous by Mallinche's spring. It is here that Mallinche loses the sweet nature by which she is known at Chapultepec and becomes a wicked spirit. The legend relates that she grew savage because she was set to guard the treasure that Cuauhtemoc secretly conveved to her when the hour of despair had arrived for his people, though another tradition says that he selected that hiding place because of her wild and brave spirit. However that may be, it was there that he carried the royal jewels of the Aztecs and much gold and silver when he knew that he was about to be defeated by Cortes. Calling up the Malinche, he gave all into her keeping and then went to his doom. Down deep into the hidden grottoes of her home Malinche dragged the hoarded treasures. Long passageways connect these chambers and by many tortuous windings reach either spring. The walls of rock crystal and chalcedony have been polished and worn into fartastic shapes by the running water. There are long, narrow shelves on which the treasure is strewn and glittering stalactites that catch long strings of pearls and emeralds and hold them swaying in the winds of the caves. Glowworms and electric fishes light the fairy scene, and the water makes constant music, but the Mallinche is not happy. If you go near the pool at Zancopinca you will hear her voice lamenting, and often in the nighttime it may be heard afar off. If the unwary traveler pauses to listen he will hear cries of distress and anger and sad moanings that attract him to their relief. He will come nearer and nearer to the spring and, bending down that his ear may be close, he will hear troubled waters rushing among hidden rocks. When his face is above the pool a pair of white arms will rise up out of the water and clasp him about the neck. He is never seen again. He has gone to help the siren guard the treasure of Cuauhtemoc.-Mary Worral Hudson in Mexican Herald. Nature is lavish in the production of everything but great men.-Hubbard. The Sins of Worldly Pleasures In the Seventeenth Century Included Laughing' and Even Smiling. Buckle gives a graphic picture of the attitude of the kirk of Scotland to worldly pleasures during the seventeenth century. Cheerfulness, especially when it rose to laughter, was to be guarded against. Smiling might occasionally be allowed; still, being a carnal pastime, it was a sln to smile on Sunday. No husband should kiss his wife and no mother her child on the Sabbath day. Jesting was incompatible with a holy and serious life. The ministers were given much to weeping, groaning and lamentations. One, the Rev. Alexander Dunlop, was noted for his "holy groan". To engage in the frivolous art of writing poems was condemned. Men should not disport themselves with music; dancing was a "serious sln" joyousness even at a christening was a scandal. One should speak and walk with gravity and solemnity; he should not enjoy his dinner; only the ungody relished food. The great object of life was to be in a state of affliction. Whatever pleased the senses was to suspected. Whatever was natural was wrong. The churchmen grew sour in countenance, harsh in voice. Joy and love disappeared or were forced to hide in corncorn was. ·MAN MONEY. The Old Teutonic Law on Killing or Injuring Others. The system of atoning for death or bodily injuries inflicted on others by paying damages is as old as the earliest Teutonic laws, praised by Tactus. The trespasser was always required to make peace with the aggrieved family of the victim by "Wer-Geld." "Wer" is the ancient German for man. "Geld," now, as in the days of Wotan, means money. Damages were assessed in accordance with the rank and wealth of the injured party, and the money was paid over in the presence of the whole community, its acceptance forestalling feuds. Indeed, the recognition of Wer-Geld ("money for the man" killed) by law precluded further bloodshed or other forms of revenge. If the slayer was not rich enough to pay the required sum, he turned over to the injured parties his sons as slaves. If his sons were not sufficient guarantee for the payment of the debt, the slayer himself had to turn bondman, both the letter and the spirit of the law requiring that the full amount of damage inflicted be recovered by the aggrieved parties.—New York-World. Fulfilling His Agreement: Having become tired of living in rented houses, Mr. Gwimple bought a home of his own. Not having enough money to pay for it outright, he had made a cash payment of $1,000 and given a trust deed on the property for the remalder. One night, not long after he had taken possession of his new home, Mrs. Gwimple roused him from a deep sleep. "Gerald," she said, "somebody is trying to get into the house!" Mr. Gwimple crawled out of bed and started downstairs. "What are you going to do?" she asked him. "I'm going to let him in," he answered, half awake. "To let him in! Who?" "The man that holds the trust deed on this property," he mumbled. "The document I signed blinds me to admit him to the premises at any hour of the day."-Youth's Companion. Too Much For His Mind. "My first impulses," wailed the sad eyed individual. "are invariably good. In fact, I think that I may venture without fear of undue exaggeration to say that they are very good. But I never act on them. I always act on second thoughts. This trait in my character has ruined my career, because my second thoughts are always bad. In fact, I think I may say without fear of misrepresentation that they're punk." "Well," suggested he who was listening, "why don't you wait until third thoughts and act on them?" Mournfully, despondently, the sad eyed individual shook his head. "My dear sir," he groaned. "I never had three successive thoughts about anything in my life."—Exchange. At His Own Risk Caller (on crutches and with a bandage over one eye) - I have come, sir, to make application for the amount due on my accident insurance policy. I fell down a long flight of stairs the other evening and sustained damages that will disable me for a month to come. Manager of Company - Young man, I have taken the trouble to investigate your case, and I find you are not entitled to anything. It could not be called an accident. You certainly knew the young lady's father was at home. An Old Saw Strikes a Nail Mr. Scrapplington (muslingly)—As Lincoln said, a man may fool some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time—Mra. Scrapplington (briskly)—But you can't fool me any of the time—Puck. Didn't Take the Bait. Miss Anciente (insinuatingly)—I dislike my name; it's horrid. Mr. Fly (absently)—I fear it's too late to change it now. Thick silence—Pittsburg Press. Pretty Unpopular Wlgg-Bjones doesn't seem to be very popular. Wagg-I should say not. Why, that fellow is so unpopular he couldn't even get a job as a bill collector.-Philadelphia Record. A DARING BUCCANEER Edward Thatch, Who Was Known as the Blackbeard Pirate. HIS BATTLE WITH MAYNARD. After the Hand to Hand Conflict the Desperado's Head Hung at the Bowsprit End of the Lieutenant's Sloop as She Sailed Back to Virginia. It is almost 200 years since Edward Thatch, better known as the pirate Blackbeard, was a name with which to terrorize the Atlantic coast of the then new country of America. As a buccaneer whose deeds of desperate daring made him feared wherever his name was known he stands a close rival of the famous Captain Kidd, if indeed in some respects he did not surpass that notorious freebooter. The date of Thatch's birth is lost in history, and his native place is variously given as Bristol and Jamaica. He first appears as a foremast hand to Major Stede Bonnet, a gentleman of Barbados, who, although a man of property and having small knowledge of the sea, thought proper to fit out a sloop and take to a life of piracy, the explanation of his being "a little distracted" being charitably given by one biographer. However that may be, his crew missed in the major the qualities of a successful commander. They deposed him and elected Thatch in his place. Bonnet was tried and executed in 1711. Thatch's first independent exploit of which we have a detailed account took place in June, 1718, when he captured two French ships near the Bermudas, one laden with sugar, the other empty. Transferring to the latter the crew of the laden vessel and letting them go their way, he sailed with his prize of vessel and sugar for Bathtown, N. C., with the governor of which place, Charles Eden, he had previously arrived at a pleasant understanding. Thatch gave out that he had found the French ship deserted. Governor Eden received sixty hogsheads of sugar as his share. Tobias Knight, his secretary, took twenty, and the secretary fell to Thatch and his crew. Thatch lingered there for some months, plundering and insulting the merchants of the place. These, understanding at length the futility of expecting redress from Eden, applied to the governor of Virginia to rid them of the pest. The governor, after consultation with the captains of the Pearl and Lime, then lying in the James river, agreed to provide two sloops, the warships to furnish a complement of men. Lieutenant Maynard of the Pearl was placed in command, and the punitive expedition sailed on Nov. 17, 1718. On the 21st the pirates were sighted in an inlet about sixty miles from Bathtown, and Maynard anchored for the night. On the following morning Thatch, maneuvering to elude attack, ran his vessel aground, but Maynard's sloop, drawing more water, though she had no guns on board, failed to get to close quarters. The lieutenant, however, threw out his ballast and in answer to a truculent defence from Thatch promised to be "soon aboard him with his sloop." Coming at last within close range, a broadside from the pirate killed or wounded twenty of Maynard's crew and nine on board his consort. Maynard now ran alongside the pirate, when, under cover of a discharge of grenades, Thatch and fourteen followers boarded the king's ship. Maynard and Thatch, pistol and sword in hand, engaged in a desperate personal encounter. The lieutenant's sword broke, and more than once he narrowly escaped a fatal injury. But at last Thatch, having received sixteen wounds, fell dead in the act of cocking a pistol. His followers jumped overboard and cried for quarter. Maynard hung Thatch's head at the bowsprit end, sailed for Bathtown, where he seized the governor's storehouse, and then, still with his grisly sign of triumph swinging in the wind, rejoined his ship in Virginia, where thirteen of the captured pirates were hanged. One of the Blackbeard's crew who obtained pardon was Israel Hands, who makes his appearance in "Treasure Island." Shortly before Thatch met his death Hands had been lamed for life by a pistol shot in the knee fired by Thatch from under the cabin table, at which he, with Hands and others, was carousing, just to remind his crew in general "who he was." Such an act was only one of the many eccentric brutalities of Thatch's career. When he felt himself in the vein or was going into action his appearance was somewhat startling—his bushy black beard tied up with ribbons, the ends of which were thrown over his ears; a fur cap on his head, with a lighted match on either side, and three brace of platos slung across his shoulder. Of the usual condition of himself and his crew much may be gathered from the fact that "our company somewhat sober" was a circumstance deemed worthy of note in the diary found after his death—London Globe. Not Yet. "Do you desire a room with a bath?" asked the affable clerk. asked the unable clerk. "Gee whiz, not" replied the gentleman with the canvas telescope. "This is only Tuesday, ain't it?"—Chicago Record-Herald. Children have more need of models than of critics. Joubert. When the Native Butcher Purposes Killing an Ox He Sends Around Notice to the White People. Travelers in Africa find the standard of living somewhat different from what they are accustomed to at home. Mary Hall in her book, "A Woman's Trek From the Cape to Cairo," throws a strong light upon the condition of market and kitchen in British Central Africa: When the native butcher proposes to kill an ox, notice to that effect is sent round to the white people on the previous day. Once they were apprised of the fact by the following startling announcement: "A bule will be murdered tomorrow morning at 6 a.m." This cold blooded crime, so carefully premeditated, even to the exact hour, was, however, not committed, as the next morning a second notice was issued as follows: "The bule ran away this morning, so was not murdered." But this was an exceptional case. I heard one story which is so characteristic of the native that I repeat it. The man who related it told me that the incident occurred when he was on a journey and was suffering from a bad attack of fever. One evening he fancied he would like some eggs and told his boy to get two and boll them lightly. After a time they were brought to him as hard as bullets. He told the boy he must get some more and boll them less; but, alas, these were brought to him in the same condition, and the poor fellow wished he had never ordered them at all. Being unwilling to give in, he made another attempt and told his boy, "Come to me when the water boils." The boy did so. "Now," said his master, "put the eggs in, and when you have counted fifty take them out." The native method of reckoning is to count up to ten and then begin again, arriving at the total by the number of the tens counted. The slick man heard the boy start fair and get as far as four tens, when a second boy interfered and questioned whether it were the third or fourth ten. This started a discussion, and as they could not agree it was decided to begin all over again. Meanwhile the eggs were still boiling and getting harder and harder. This was about the last straw, and, ill as the man felt, he was compelled to get out of bed and put a summary end to the cooking operations. SOME SURE THINGS. Do Not Bat on Your Ability to Perform These Feats. Bets to be avoided by those who are cocksure they can do all things are those relating to athletic feats. It would seem that a good runner could easily give a start of fifty yards in a hundred to a man who was doing the fifty yards by hopping on one leg. But few runners, if any, can afford to give that amount of start to any man who is at all strong on his legs. For the first five yards or so they go at practically the same pace, so that to run ninety-five yards while his opponent is hopping forty-five he has to go more than twice as fast, and it is a weak man indeed who cannot hop fifty yards in ten seconds. An ordinary wooden match is easily broken in the fingers, but, although there are many who will bet they can do it, none succeed in accomplishing the task if the match is laid across the nail of the middle finger of either hand and pressed upon by the first and third fingers of that hand, despite its seeming so easy at first sight. No one can crush an egg placed lengthwise between his clasped hands—that is, if the egg be sound and has the ordinary shell of a hen's egg. It is safe to bet a man that he cannot get out of a chair without bending his body forward or putting his feet under it if he is sitting on it, not at the edge of it. Another equally certain wager is that a man cannot stand at the side of a room with both of his feet touching the wallscoting lengthwise. It is safe to bet any man, save one who is blind, that he cannot stand for five minutes without moving if he is blindfolded. Very Different. It is never embarrassing in a novel for a rich man to find a lot of poor kin. There is always a vacancy in a bank, where the rich man finds a good position for the oldest son, who soon becomes the bank's president. Another child shows a genius for painting, and the rich man sends him to Italy to study. In a month or two the child returns a great artist. But how different in real life Ah, how vastly different!-Atchison Globe. She Had Often Studied It. Little Marie had returned from her first visit to Sunday school. "And what lesson are you to study for next Sunday?" her mother asked. "Nuffin' much," said the four-year-old rather scornfully. "Her jest said to learn all about the catakissin, and me knew that already."—Lippincott's. Like the Bee. "I, sir," said Mr. Dustin Stax, "am like the busy bee. I have industriously stored the good things of life." Forces of Habit. Captain of Signalers—G—G—G, what the duce does the fellow mean? There's no word with three G's running. Corporal—Beg pardon, sir, but Signaler Higgins he stutters!—London Punch. SCHWARTZ'S JEWELRY STORE BRING YOUR OLD RINGS, BROOCHES, PINS, WATCHES AND OTHER JELRY HERE FOR REPAIRS. WE MAKE OTHER JEWELRY, DO ALL KINDS OF REPAIR WORK AND CHARGE THE LOWEST PRICES FOR FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP. YOUR EYES NEED GLASSES IF YOU HAVE HEADACHES, PAIN IN THE EYES OR IF YOU CAN'T SEE TO READ WELL. OUR OPTICIAN WILL EXAMINE YOUR EYES FREE AND TELL YOU WHAT'S THE TROUBLE. SPECTACLES AND EYEGLASSES FROM $1 UP. JEWELRY—DIAMONDS—SILVERWARE. 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Before he made his reputation by writing plays Victorien Sardon, the French dramatist, who was deeply interested in spiritualism, had a remarkable experience in taking dictation. He had been interested in occult phenomena, and by chance he came into communication with a spirit personality who signed himself "Bernard Palissy." M. Sardon told the story of his experiments in an article entitled "Only the Blindly Ignorant Scott" in the Dellneator. He said: One day in my room with two friends I thought I would make the little table where we had taken our coffee run about the room, as I had often done when alone. Without saying anything I put my hand on the table, but it would not budge. I tried in vain all the time they were there to make it move, but to no avail. As soon as they were gone I could make it do what I pleased, even jump clear off the floor. So I took up my pencil and asked, "But why would you not make the table move while my friends were here?" The hand which held the pencil wrote, "They were too stupid." Shortly after this I was sitting by my table one day idling, dreaming, not making any effort to do anything in particular. All of a sudden my hand began to work on the paper before me with a rapidity and precision which astonished me. And it kept this up for close to two hours. The result was a fantastic piece of work drawn in delicate lines, fine almost as a spider's web, and at the bottom a signature—"Bernard Palissy." "What is it?" I asked. And my automatic hand wrote, "The house of Swedenborg, on the planet Jupiter." This was considered as most curious by all my friends, who knew that personally I had no aptitude for drawing. A plate was prepared, and I was given an etching tool. The result, in the same order of design, was a more elaborate piece of work, this time curiously combined out of all sorts of musical terms, clofs, notes, bars, and so on, and the whole was designated as the house of Mozart, also on Jupiter, and the whole was again signed "Pallissy." In fact, Bernard Pallissy became my almost constant companion from this on, like my second self. AN UNWASHED PRINCE. The Lesson That Ended His Kloke About Morning Baths. When Emperor William II. was a small boy, he had a strong objection to being washed in the morning, and his governess, having had some unpleasant experiences with him and being in some doubt as to what she had better do, appealed to his father, the then Crown Prince Frederick. Frederick answered, "The next time he gives any trouble on this score leave him alone to his own pleasure and report to me." Naturally it was not long before the young prince refused to go through the purification process, and the governess followed the orders received. Now, the boy had a little carriage and was very fond of driving out in the morning, and he generally ordered the coachman to go by way of the Brandenburg gate, as it amused and flattered him to see the soldiers in the barrack, just inside the gate, turn out and present arms as the heir to the empire passed their quarters. Accordingly on the morning of his disobedience the order was, as usual, "To the Brandenburg gate," and the carriage rolled rapidly thither. But what was the amazement and the rage of the princeling on arriving there to see no soldiers except those on guard, and they took not the slightest notice of him. In a towering passion he ordered the coachman to return to the palace, where, rushing into his father's room, he complained of the indecent behavior of the guard and demanded their condemn punishment. But his father only smiled and said in the gentlest voice: "Fuer unwaschener prins wird niemals praesentirt" ("An unwashed prince is never satisfied—Humper's Weekly. A FIRE IN JAPAN. The Victim Has Other Troubles Besides Loss of Goods, Says American Missionary. An American missionary living in Japan recently lost his dwelling by fire. He described in an amusing way the polite condolences which his neighbors showered upon him. "We were deluged with visiting cards," he says. "They were forced into our hands by sympathetic inquirers, friends offering aid and tradespeople soliciting orders. The conversation with each comer was somewhat as follows: You have indeed had an honorable disaster," says the friend. "I have humbly caused a great disturbance," I reply. "Please honorably excuse me." Indeed, it is honorably sad for you, the friend answers. "I have done an unheard of thing," I say. "I am overcome that you should have come to call on me on purpose. Thank you very much." "Please honorably excuse me for being so late in coming," says the friend. The energy required for such a conversation can be imagined by accompanying each sentence with a low bow and repeating the process about fifty times. "About 10 o'clock we two foreigners escaped to face our next duty, which consisted in apologizing to all the houses in our section—about fifty. It was nearly 12 o'clock at night when our apology tour was completed, but our last visitor called at 2 o'clock in the morning. Callers began coming again at 6 o'clock and kept on coming steadily. During the day we received many visitors and paid twenty-eight or more calls. The strain of all this, together with our other tasks, including the receiving of the stream of visitors, which lasted a whole week, is better imagined than described. "All day after the fire and for three days more people from all over Gifu and from out-stations kept bringing sympathy from their families and presents of cakes and fruit and other articles. We can never 'repay all the kindness we received.'—Chicago News. THE ELBE RIVER. Now the Stream Was Brought to an Even Slope and Current. In the beginning the Elbe, like any other river, wandered at its will, now spreading out among a multitude of islands, now narrowing into a short and crooked turn, now widening over a shoal. As a propar beginning for the correction of this sort of thing the Prussians, in true German style, prepared a map of the stream as it was, decided by a simple mathematical calculation how wide a channel 1.50 meters deep at middle water could be with the existing flow and then upon the map in red ink, eliminating all sharp turns, drew in graceful curves and long straight reaches regardless of the existing banks two nearly parallel lines, indicating the banks as they were intended to be. The engineers began at the head of the stream and built out from the old shore to the location of the red line transverse dikes, ground sills—ordinary contraction works. Sometimes where they seemed to be needed they built long parallel dikes exactly on the new red line. Sometimes they wove hurdles and revetment mattresses of willow brush, much as we do at home, and sunk them on bars between the tips of the transverse dikes, and then on the top of them set up upright sticks and wove "wattle" or basket fences of willow through them to make pens, and into these piled sand dredged from the stream, to build up the shore. Mile by mile they advanced, dredging the river or letting it dredge itself, leaving no ends loose to ravel out, gradually reducing the river to an even slope and current.—Boston Transcript. His Dinner Guests. In a volume published in London, "Piccadilly to Pall Mall," there is this queer anecdote of the vagaries of social life in the capital: Some years ago an eminent personage accepted or suggested a dinner with a certain millionaire, at that time comparatively unknown. The first guest to arrive, having explained to the butler that, being unacquainted with his host, he would wait till some one else came who could introduce him, lingered in the hall. The second was in the same predicament, as were the third, fourth, fifth and other guests up to the ninth, who chanced to be "the eminent personage" himself. Upon the dilemma being explained to him he cheerfully said: "Oh, come along with me! I will introduce you all. I know him." Clown Dogs In Demand. There are dogs and dogs, but not all dogs are fitted for clown work in the circus or a dog and pony show. Clown dogs are a source of great amusement with the children, and when a pup is found which has a keen sense of the ridiculous he is the one for the sawdust ring. Sometimes pups of no particular breed are found which fill the bill for harlequin roles, and the circus man is glad to get them. When a humorous dog is small and agile he is in great demand.-Chicago News. Practical Proof. "Yes, my son, I want you to make yourself ambidextrous. I want you to be able to use one hand just as skillfully as you do the other." "That's me, dad. I can lick any boy in my class with either hand."—New York World. The Dear Friends. Vaudeville Dancer—When do you go on? Vaudeville Singer—Right after the trained cats. Vaudeville Dancer—Goodness me! Why don't the manager try to vary, the monotony of his acts? Cleveland Leader. THE MAN WHO LAUGHS By the Way He Does It He Gives an Index to His Character. THE POTENCY OF LAUGHTER. Shown by the Effective Way In Which Cervantes Smiled Spain's Vain and Foolish Chivalry Away—Men Who Never Laughed and Rarely Smiled. What an index to character is man's laugh! What surer clew can we have to both his intellect and his temper unless it be that he seldom or never laughs? "Nothing," says Goethe, "is more significant of men's character than what they find laughable." "You know no man," says Tleck, "till you have heard him laugh—till you know when and how he will laugh." "The perception of the ludicrous," says Emerson, "is a pledge of sanity. A rogue alive to the ludicrous is still convertible. If that sense is lost his fellow men can do little for him." Lavater, the great physlognist, lays his great stress on the very unequivocal and derisive nature of a laugh as an index of character. If it be free and hearty and occasion a general and light movement in all the features and dimple the cheek and chin, it is an almost infallible evidence of the absence of any great material wickedness of disposition. Caesar mistrusted Cassius because that lean and hungry conspirator rarely, if ever, indulged in laughter. When Horace Walpole was in Paris in 1705 he found that laughing was out of fashion in that gay capital. "Good folks," he writes, "they have no time to laugh. There are God and the king to be pulled down first, and men and women, one and all, are devoutly employed in the demolition." How often a man fails to betray the tiger that lurks within him until he laughs! Is there nothing significant in the fact recorded by Plutarch of Cato the younger that nothing could make him laugh, that his countenance was scarcely softened even by a smile? Is it not a characteristic trait of the gloomy tyrant, Philip II. of Spain, that he rarely smiled and that he laughed but once in his entire life, and that when he heard of the massacre on St. Bartholomew's day? Is it not a suggestive fact regarding the gloomy, taciturn Wallenstein, the terror of the people, at the sight of whom as he paused through his camp with his lofty figure enveloped in a scarlet mantle and with a red feather in his cap a strange horror took possession of the soldiers, that he was never seen to smile? Can we wonder that the poor little dwarf, Alexander Pope, the cynical satirist, afflicted with asthma and dropy, tortured with rheumatism, racked with headaches and threatened with cataract, should never have laughed, but only smiled? It has been said of the greatest of English dramatists, who united with his intense humor an equally intense, piercing insight into the darkest and most fearful depths of human nature, that no heart would have been strong enough to hold the woe of Lear and Othello except that which had the unquenchable elasticity of Falstaff and the "Midsummer Night's Dream." Might not a similar remark be made of that "pendulum betwixt a smile and a fear," Abrham Lincoln, in whom sadness and a keen sense of the comic were so strikingly combined? How exuberant was his mirth, sparkling in jest, comic story and anecdote, and yet how often the very next moment those sad, pathetic, melancholy eyes showed a man familiar with "sorrows and acquainted with grief." Who can doubt that but for the merriment in which he indulged—the contagious laughter which welled up from his soul as naturally as do bubbles in the springs of Søratoga—he would have sunk under his weary weight of care long before he fell by the pistol of Booth? It is indeed statesmen, students and thinkers generally who most need the relaxation afforded by occasional merriment. Some centuries ago it was the fashion in Europe for men of rank to keep a buffoon, and a banquet was considered incomplete where a privileged jester was not an attendant. This was perhaps for those days a wise custom. It is surprising how much a few minutes' sleep will refresh the body and a few minutes' laughter the mind, and many a useful life might be prolonged by the substitution of these remedies for "carking care" and weariness in place of the usual treachorous tonics and stimulants. What a dismal deduction would be made from the happiness of our homes if they were robbed of their merriment! What pictures of innocent mirth has Goldsmith given in the "Vicar of Wakefield," and how artless the remark of the good Dr. Primrose, "If he had little wit we had plenty of laughter!" What a power for good and evil is the world's "dread laugh, which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn!" How many men have been cowed by it who could have faced without flinching a battery's deadly fire! Low many bad customs and wicked practices, how many quirotic schemes of philanthropy or reform, how many absurd doctrines in politics, theology and sociology, which have defied the artillery of argument have been "laughed off the public stage," never to return! Did not Cervantes "smile Spain's vain and foolish chivalry away?"—William Mathews in London Great Thoughts. Ill gotten goods never prosper—German Proverb. Did His Best In Keeping a Watch Upon the Patient, but He Practiced Substitution. The late Dr. Drummond, the habitant poet, once related an amusing anecdote indicative of the simplicity of the rural French Canadian. He was summering in Megantic county, Que., when, early one evening, he was visited by a young farmer named Ovide Leblanc. "Bon soir, docteur," said Ovide by way of greeting. "Ma brudder Molse, heem ver' seek. You come on 1'house for see heem, doc?" Drummond, always kind hearted and obliging, compiled with the request of Ovide and found the unfortunate Molse suffering from what he diagnosed as a fairly severe case of typhoid. "Wishing to provide Molse with some medicine," said the doctor-poet, "I asked Ovide to accompany me back to the village. The prescription compounded, I proceeded to instruct Ovide. The dose was to be administered every three hours during the night, and, trying to be as brief, plain and explicit as possible, I said: 'Be sure and keep watch on Molse tonight and give him a teaspoonful of this at 9 o'clock, 12 o'clock and at 3 and 6 in the morning. Come and see me about 9 o'clock in the morning.'" Ovide understood and departed. The following morning he again presented himself, and Drummond asked: "How's Molse? Did you do as I told you?" "Ma brudder Molse, I t'ink he some better dan las' night," replied Ovide. "I give heem de medecine, but I doan have no watch in d'house, but I tak d'leetle clock—d'one what mak d'beeg deesturb for get up. I keep eet on hees ches' all night. Tink eet do heem good dat, just l'ak d'watch. What you t'ink, doc?"-Harper's Weekly. THE QUEEN BEE. Her Household Service the Most Perfect in the World. "We must go to the bee for the real solution of the servant question," said a housewife. "The queen bee's service is the most perfect in the world. Why, she even has servants who digest her food for her. "The queen bee is so entirely occupied in egg laying—she lays 2,500 eggs, twice her own weight, daily—that all other things must be done for her. "And so a corps of servants makes her toilet. This corps all day long cleans and brushes and polishes her person. It is as though her life were passed divinely in a beautiful parlor. "Another corps of servants has charge of the air she breathes. The air must be the purest, that her eggs may be the finest. So, standing in a circle about her, fanning with their wings, these bees make a living ventilating system. "Her most important servants are perhaps her feeders. Their training may be said to begin before birth, since they must be born, from specially molded eggs, with glands in their heads for the reception of bee milk, the chosen predigested food of the queen. The feeders stand always at attention, presenting, like a brimming cup, their head glands, swollen with predigested food, to the queen bee, busy at her task of laying a dozen eggs a minute."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. The English Three B's We are constantly being misunderstood by the foreigners, says Clarence Rook, and the Frenchman of whom the following story is told contrived to do us something less than justice. He had been on a visit to this country in order to study at first hand the social manners of the English people. On returning to his native land he was asked by a friend whether he had discovered the meaning of the mysterious "three R's." "Oh, I found out what they were on the first day of my visit!" said he. "And what are they, then?" "Rippin', rotten and right-of!" replied the triumphant Frenchman.—London Mall. Had Them Tested. The loss and recovery of a $6,500 pearl necklace recall the story of a similar experience which a New York woman had after the last Old Guard ball. She also missed her necklace when she arrived at her home, and the next day it was brought to her by a woman who had shared her carriage on her way home. Handling the necklace to her friend, the finder said: "So glad I found it. We always thought they were real"—New York Tribune. Allaying His Fears The New Convict—Say, old man, I'm likely to go stomping around my boudoir at all hours of the night. I'm a sleepwalker. It worries me terribly too. Guard—it needn't in this hotel, for there isn't the slightest danger of your walking out of a window.—Puck. Their Good Time Little Elsie was very disobedient and mother was cross and scolding. Suddenly the little one looked up and said very sweetly. "Oh, mamma, ain't we having a good time!" "How?" asked the mother crossly. "Oh, just a-fussing."—Dellneator. A Mechanical Ages. "What has become of the old fashioned mother who sat up to see at what hour her boys got in?" "I presume she has been superseded by a time clock."—Kansas City Journal. A common danger produces unanlmity—Latin Proverb. 7 LEGAL NOTICES. . Perrie W. Frisby, Attorney. In’ the Supreme Court of the. Dis- trict of Columbia, John C. Proctor, plaintiff, vs. Lula Stewart, alias Lula Chambers, alias Lula Proctor, defend- ant, No. 29631, Equity Doc. The object Of this suit is to obtain a'decree declaring the marriage cere- mony subsisting between the plaintiff and the defendant a nullity on the ground of fraud, 7 On motion of the complainant, by his attorney, Perrie W. Frisby, it is this roth day of October, 1910, ordered that the defendant, Lula Stewart, alias Lula Chambers, alias Lula Proc- tor, cause her appearance ‘to be enter- ed hetemn on or before the fortieth day, exclusive ef Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day of ‘the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default. Provided, a copy of this order be published once a week for three successive weeks in the Washington Law Reporter and the Washington Bee. 7 ASHLEY M. GOULD, * Justice. A true. copy. Test: J. R Young. clerk. By R. P. Belew, assistant clerk. ‘Thomas Walker, Attorney. In the Supreme Court of the Dis- tret of Columbia. Lewis Hughes et al, plaintiffs, vs. George Hughes, de- fendant, No. 29413, Equity Doe. No. 64 ‘The object of this suit is the partition by sale of part of Lot Two (2) in Block Seventeen (17), in’ Hall and Evans’ Subdivision of Iand now known as “Meridian Hill,” as per plat recorded respectively, in“Liber E. C E. No. 24, folio 499, of the Land Ree- ords of the District of Columbia, and Liber Levy Court No. 2, folio 58, and Liber Governor Shepherd, folios 62 and 63, of the Records of the Office of the Surveyor of said District. Beginning for the same at the southeast corner of said lot, and run- ning thence west on Eric strect fifteen (15) feet; thence north one hundred and fifty (150) feet to the rear line of said lot; thence cast on said rear line fiftecn’(15) feet to the northeast sorner of said lot, and thence south on the east line of said lot one hundred and fifty (150) feet to the place of beginning, and the improvements thereon. On motion of the complainants, it ig this 2d day of November, 1910, or- dered that the defendant, Gcorge Hughes, cause his appearance to be entered hercin on or before the for- tieth day, exclusives of Sundays and legal holidays, occurring after the day ‘of the first publication of this order; otherwise the cause will be proceed- ed ‘with as in case of default. Provid- ed a copy of this order be published once a week in thé Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Bee before said day. 7 : ASHLEY M. GOULD, Justice. A true copy. Test: J. R. YOUNG, Clerk, by F. E. CUNNINGHAM, Assistant Clerk. | Attorney Frisby. The Court of Appeals handed down its decision in the case of Attorney Perric W.'Frisby. Ths court reversed the lower court on every point and declared the case should- never have been tried. This sustains the conten- tion ex-United States Attorney Dan- fel A. Baker maintained, that there was no case against Mr Frisby; but when the enemies of Mr. Baker re- Ported the matter to the Attorney General and a trial was forced, Mr, Baker could do no more than use the machinery of the government to con- vict the defendant. The best portion ef the community never believed Mr. Frisby guilty of wrongdoing, and the evidence that was introduced at the trial was not, in the opinion of many, sufficient to convict. But the jury thought otherwise, and the Court of Appeals failed to agree with the low- er court and the jury. The Tyler Intercollegiate Prize Eccay. Serre Through the-gencrosity of the Hon. R. W. Tyler, Washington, D.C. Sso as a prize for essay writing is offer. ed to colored singers, members of junior and senior classes in American colleges." i The conditions which govern the competition are as follows: 1. All competitors must be colored students, bona-fide juniors and seniors in attendance at same American col- lege. = Essay must not exceed 4,000 words in length, must be typewritten on but one side of paper, 12 by 10 inches, with a margin-to the leit of the page of at least ane inch. No essay’ must in any case bear the name ®f the competitor. Each essay, how- ever, should bear a number. This number should be written on an en- velope within which isa shect of paper bearing the name. college and post- office address of the contestant. The whole, essay and. envelope, should be forwarded to Prof. Kelly Miller not later than March 1. 1911. 3. The subject of the essay con- test for 1911 will be “The Negto's place in the present industrial devel- opment of the South.” 4. Dr. W. EB. DuBois, Judge‘R. H, Terrell and Dr. R. R. Wright, Jt will be the judges. Those intending to take part in the contest should send in their names be- fore Jan. 1 ‘to Prof. Kelly Miller, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Commencing Monday Novem. 7th - go to the Big Minstrel Carvival allthe week at the HOWARD THEATRE Exchange. The Woman's Exchange. Notions, School Supplies, ete. Gents’ Furnish- ‘ings. 465 Florida avenue northwest. Also News Depot; all papers. Cigars and Tobacco. Phone N. 1168. Rooms for Rent. Large sunny front rooms, with all modern improvements, suitable for government employes, male or female. Convenient to all car lines. Apply at 1904 Third street northwest. ® ee 7 ii RISE SRR TE - Ee es "lute oO” i Re 8st a ~ ee, kl Be Si a -_ > ia PRO a a fs fF i bath dn ; a Hs, ga glia. oli «he re > Cac jae i RES a RB Se | cepa ares nest cS, gaee eae eo ee oo ee poe : : | A eee hs ge Hl af G A oa eee co an ; es Poo ew ee on ve Pa Aly. W. H. Smith, successfulManager of Howurd Theatre Secure A Home N BY SUBSCRIBING FOR STOCK IN ; . 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Lubrie Hill, the producersof the play, is a natural-born geiius, Mr. Hill even makes his own supporters laugh, so ludicrous are liis jokes and funny sayings. Mr. William Simmons will no doubt surpass the famous Geo. Walker in time. He displays remark- able dramatic genius. Mr. Brown in the character of Bill Simmons, the close friend of Jim Jackson, 1s the counterpart of George Williams. He is the son-in-law of Jasper Green, a rich plantation owner. This character is assiymed by Mr. Louis A. Mitchell, who is a great acquisition to the show. Mr. Jackson always makes a hit. He is elected president of the Colored Men’s Business League over his son- in-law, Jim Jackson Lee, who married his daughter Amanda. ‘He is led off by Rill Simmons, the man from Dixie, who convinces Jim Jackson Lee if he changes his name tq Booker T. he can be elected president of the Colored Men's Business Leaguewat. Washing- ton. Tle is persuaded to mortgage his wife's house for $3,000 ‘and gO to Washington. The Lee children are very clever dancers and singers, They all are about the same size, ‘They are Misses Maggie Miller. Mamie Carter, Hattie Akers and Mayme Butler. They take their characters like well- trained actresses, Mr. Abe Lewis, the lawyer, is as- sumed by Mr. Alonzo A. Govern. Te is perfectly natural in his role. Lu- cinda Longty, a merry widow, is Miss L.cona Marshall. She is a sweet sing- er and a polished actress. Her cos- tumes are faultless. She is a fash: jon-plate on the stage. Kate Krew, suciety reporter, is Miss Evon Rober. ston. She also assumes other charac- ters, which are evidences of her dra- matic’ ability. She 1s a sweet singer and dancer. The reportorial role that she assumes is up to date. The ball- raoin scene, in which she displays her handsome gown. portrays her as a sweet society belle. Miss Roberston, Miss Marshall and Mr. Bron in this ballroom scene are shown to an ad- vantage. They are loudly applauded in this act m One of the most laughable features m the show is Carrie Nation Brown, a suffregette. Miss Quetta Watts, a Washington artist, takes this charac- ter. Miss Watts makes a hit, and she is to be congratulated. This is her first public appgarance in drama, and she acts like a professional The Bee® spoke of the choruses, the old men’s quartet and the newsboys and other stunts at the Union Sta- tion, where part of the scene is {aid. ‘Manager Smith is doing everything in” his bowgr to give the people of this city first-class, up-to-date plays. Tt 1s with the people to sustain this theater. vdce week will be an up-to- date minstrel show. Secure your tick- cts now. THE PATTERSON CASE. a Tl ON er ee | | the Best Teachers Reduced, |, it will be remembered that. Misses Emma and Chanie Patterson afe grad- uates from Oberlin College. These two ladies have taught in the public schools for years. Ex-Supcrintendent Cook and ‘ex-Supcrintendent_ Mont- gomery recognized their abilty as teachers, When Dr. Montgomery was pes ceeded by Mr. Bruce and Dr. Chartcel- lor succeeded! Mr. Stuart, these two well-known teachers, whose records stord above reproach, were reduced and transferred: The editor of The Ree laid the cases before Dr. William E. Chancellor, who, after investigation, said that they should not have been reduced and transferred, He particu- larly emphasized the case of Miss Emma Patterson, and promised to re- instate her. Before Dr. Chancellor could keep his promise he was re- moved by the Board of Education. _It was a humiliation to these two indies, who had given the best por- tion of their lives to the schools, who had doue so much for them, to be re- duced arid transferred on the recom- mendation of a supervising principal who has heen under fire twice hime self. x The entire matter, after the removal of Dr. Chancellor,’ was brought be- fore the president of the Board of Ed- ucation, Capt. Oysters who was also convinced that thege ladies had been unjustly treated. These are only two of the many irregular acts and unjust treatment of teachers by those who have been clothed with a little au- thority. § The Boe fecls confident, when Con- . ” cna @t Julien | st Julien | Imported Claret | Unexcelled in quality at itse | Price, $1.50 doz, Bottled by | | Christian Xander’s | The Family Quality House | 909 7th St Reet ss | Phone Good Things to Eat Special Attention Given to Theater | . parties IW. J. REEVES | CAFE FOR LADIES AND : GENTLEMEN Ladies’ Dining Room Second Floor 626 T St. N. W. | Second Door From Howard Theater. ‘Quick Service Carriages for Hire ress investigates the colored schools it will wonder why the Board of Ed- ucation did not make a change in the colored schools long ago. There are conditions that exist in the colored schools that cannot at this time be brought before the people. But, as soon as Congress convenes, for the good of the colored schools, the peo- ple will demand a change. The Bee has the highest respect for the Board of Education. It doesn’t believe that it could be improved upon. But, as a matter of fact, the Board is unaware of the gross irregularities that exist in the colored schools, and the only way to inform it is to ask Congress to investigate them. . Public School Athletic League. If the efforts ofthe committee in charge of the formation of a Public Schools Athletic League mean any- thing at all, athletics in the public schools will’soon play an important part in the system. At the meeting of the Board of Education held Oct. 19 permission was granted a teacher in the physical training department to organize a Public Schools Athletic League. This league will be a brand- new affair in connection with the pub- lic school system of Washington, and it is looked upon as the greatest or- ganization yet established which has in mind the physical betterment. of the child. The plans of the organiza- tion will be formally launched at a meeting to he held in the assembly hall of the M Street High School on Monday, Nov. 7, at 3:30 o'clock. All men teachers, building principals, su- pervising principals and interested teachers in colored schools are re- quested to be present. Assistant Su- perintendent Bruce his been asked to preside temporarily. | Wanted—Colored Artists. ‘Two good men comedians. two good lady skirt dancers, buck and wing, also butterfly dancing, for mo- tion picture and vaudeville, under can- vas, to spend winter South, taking in Florida. No hooze artist need apply. Good pay and steady work to parties who want to make money. State wages wanted. We furnish board, lodging and washing. Men must be able to sing. dance and play some in- strument. Ladies must sing, dance and play piano or some other instru- ment. Address Tar Heel Amusement Co.. W. TH. Brown, Stage Manager, Sanford, N. C. 3% @iiktion initleavar. * The subject for discussion a the mecting of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Fifteenth Street Pres- hyterian Church last Sunday was “The work of our denomination in foreign lands.” Mr. John Ewing gave a very interesting anid graphic de- scription of the work of the Presby- terians in foreign missions, He stated that in one particular country thé in- habtants are so lacking in’ religion that, they kill off all their female hab@&. Missionaries are doing much. he stated, to relieve this horrible sit- uation. A feature of the afternoon was the piano selection by Mic: Brent. The Endeavorers regretted that it was impossible for Rev. F J Grimke, their pastor, to be present Music. Miss Bessie Gihson, one of Wash- ington’s most talented and accom- plished singers and musicians. is mak- ing a specialty of church and concert work. Private instructions in piano, voice and harmony, voice culture. Private studio, 2234 Sixth street north- west. For engagements call at 2234 Sixth street northwest. The National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C, offers the fol. lowng ‘special courses: 1. Religious Training. This course is especially adapted to those who de- sire training as Settlement Workers, Deaconesses, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Secretaries, Evangelists and Home Visitors. II, Training for the Christian Min. istry. This Department will train young men especially in practical Theology, the art of reaching and sav ing men. This course will be very thorough. The.teachers have been se- lected with great care. III, Department of Music, vocal and instrumental, IV, Literary Branches, Academic and Collegiate. V. Commercial Department, VI. Department of, Industry. Young men and women to a lim- ited number, who are worthy, will be helped. All applications for admis- sion must be made by September 15, 1910. 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