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The bee., 1882-12-30
JAMES JACKSON

The white Republicans of the Fourth
Maryland Congressional District made
a great mistake when they defeated
one of the most influential coIurcd men
in the State, Mr.. James Jackson. The
Baltimore Daily Ne,Dy in a. leading
editorial seems TO rejoice at the defeat
of Mr.. Jackson as candidate for the
city council. White Republicans must
learn to stand 10y the nominee of the
party just the same as colored Republi-
cans. The Daily NeaoS is mistaken
when it says that Mr.. Jackson and his
followers withdrew from the contest,
because Mr.. jackson as well as his fol-
lowers were informed 10y the white
Republicans of the Fourth MARYLAND
District that they (the white Republi-
cans) would not support a negro for
the city council. The motto of the
white Republicans was, mo nigger
need apply" Mr. jackson to-day sways
more influence in the State of Mary
land among the colored people than all
the white Republicans combined. He
is gentleman of high integrity. and
no doubt the white Republicans will
some day regret the action.
The bee., 1882-12-30

Second School District of Washington
City for colored children, and the
rented barrack building being totally
unfit for use for school purposes; and
whereas by act of Congress the Board
of Trustees is given the control of all
funds for the support of schools for
colored children; therefore be it
ReSoLred, That a committee he ap-
pointed to consist of two members of
this Board and the Superintendent of
Colored Schools of Washington and
Georgetown, to consult with the hon
orable Commissioners, and make all
necessary arrangements for the secur-
ing of a site and suitable plans for A
school building to be erected in said
Second District and report to this
Board at its next meeting.
The chair appointed as the special
committee MessrS. Brooks, Johnson,
and Superintendent Cook.
The extraordinary pressure upon the
columns of the BEE 70 make known to
the public the fine efforts of our mer-
chants to enable the people to supply
their Christmas and New Years wants
compels us To make the present article
very short. We hope to have more
space soon and will then give the i'm
portant correspondence between the
Colored Representatives and the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia.
relative to the legal rights and wants of
these schools. Finding that there was
no legal way out of recognizing the
claims of these schools under the laws
of Congress the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia raised the ques-
tion of their legal powers, and buy sites
and build srhnul-huustrS for the culured
schools. and referred to preamble and
resolution of the Board to the At
tcrney for the District for his legal
opinion, taking care TO make known
TO that officer what there own views
were, and that they claimed they hal
not the legal power; this was serious
difficulty and embarrassment to the
trustees, and prevented them from buy
ing site and erecting building in
the colOred school division where the
need for "A building was most urgent
In our next we will give the opinion
of the law officer and the report of the
committee. Want OF space prevents
our doing so now
The bee., 1882-12-30
SCRAPS AND NOTES.

Our city is a live mass of visitors
from the East, West, North and South
and how pleasant it is to observe that
cverybody's house has a latch-string
hanging out-at the end the legend
"Welcomc, come in y
If there is any particular thing that
the discussion on Civil Service Reform
has drawn out, it is the cloven foot OF
the Democrats. In the most simple
and straightforward vernacular we have
learned from the old leaders in the
Senate during the debate that the chief
aim of the real Democrats is to hold
and have all the offices.
A great many people have had it in
their heads that Tom Ochiltree, of
Texas, was to be Il Republican. Scratch
Tom on the back and you will see un-
der the scratch regular Democrat, a
fellow with tenacious grip, who un-
derStandS masks and faces and their
use and good; one who can play faro
and draw poker, drink champagne and
mould lies, and then put on the armor
of the heavens and play the devil in
them.
Mr.. Grimke preached, as he always
does, an able and practical discourse
last Sunday morning. Mr.. Brooks,
the able pastor Of the Nine-eenth-street
church, is proving equal to all that his
most sanguine admirers and friends
predicted for him There has na,-ar
been better feeling, more real Chris
tian unity, concord and true religious
feeling in that church than there is
now, and thus may it ever be.
The monday night" last Literary
did not turn ont very well, in a literary
point of view. Oil and water don't
mix well, neither do sap heads and
heads intelligent. 1t is better to be a
fool among great men than a great
man among fools. Literary people can
govern an association, but when thev
are weighted down with lot of hulks
who have no idea or real conception of
what is meant and the meaning of lit
erature, it is only a question of time
for the disOrganization of the associa-
tion. This also refers to art associa-
tions.
Mr.. Carroll preached quite an inter
estlng sermon last Sunday night, and
he had seemingly an audience that was
deeply interested. The service all the
way through was dignitied and Chris
The bee., 1882-12-30
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Anew form Of phosphorous-termed
white phosphorous-has been diseov-
cred by Professor Remsen, of the Johns
Hopkins University.
The captain-general of the Philip
pines reports that, after severe hurri-
cane, the cholera, which was of bad
type, nearly disappeared from Manila.
Unripe grapes contain an unusually
large quantity of extractives, acids,
ash and phosphoric acid, and small
proportion of alcohol, the extractiveS
having as rule, a sort of gelatiIOus
consistency.
Continuous baths, as carried out in
Vienna, are reported unoflieially by Nj.
1enoir as very efTicacious in the treat
ment of skin diseases. and he warmly
recommends their introduction into the
hospitals of Paris.
Where the air is charged with sui
phur fumes the tints of foliage in the
fall, so noticeable elsewhere, arc not
produced, and there is no burst Of glory
in the woods before the trees sink into
the repOse of winter. The leaves sim
ply blacken, shriyel up and fall to the
ground.
Mr.. F.G. Whitehouse contends that
the caverns of the island of Staffa, in
cluling the famous Fingal's cave, are
artificial, and created by the hand OF
man ut some very early period. He
bases his theory on the Gothic shape of
the roofs, the sheltered location Of the
caves. the lack of evidence of erosion of
the rocks by water, and the insufficient
mechanical power of the sea-wayes at
that island to excavate such caves.
According to Professor Loomiss about
one fifth of the entire land surface of
the globe has an annual rainfall of less
than ten inches, and a still larger part
has a rainfall so small as to- make it
valueless for purposes of agriculture,
except in the limited districts where
irrigation is practicable. In North
America an almost rainless region is
found in Southern California and Ari-
IONA, and in large district about Slave
Lake the yearly precipitation of water
is only about ten inches.
The bee., 1882-12-30
Qualities of a Soldier.

Sir Garnet Wolseley, England's mill
tary chieftain, was asked by an Ameri-
can correspondent
"What do you think are the most es-
sential qualities of a soldier and an
army" He replied:
Esprit de corps and pride. A soldier
should be proud of his profession, and
he should have the greatest interest
and feeling for his individual command.
He should be dressed well. Even
should he incline toward dandyism that
should be encouraged. The better you
dress soldier the more highly he will
be thought of by women, and conse-
quently by himself. The Duke of
Wellington said of his officers in Spain
that many of the best of them were the
greatest dandies. Men in the cam
paigns of the past used to pride them
selves in being slovenly. To be un-
shaven and dirty was supposed to be
the sign of a good officer. The spirit
runs like wilddre amongst an army.
Whatever the officers think fine the
men will think so, too. 1t is very diff
hcult to make an Englishman at any
time look like soldier. He is fond of
longish hair and uncut whiskers. In
The field no person should wear his hair
over half an inch inlength. 1t should
never be long enough to part. Nom
can have smart hearing who can part
his hair. Hair is the glory of woman
but the shame of man"
The bee., 1882-12-30
Dear Hand,

The touches of her hands are lii. 49,,
VI velvet Snow fakes; like thae ,,'' 'a4
down ''ls touch oi
The peach Just brushes 'rain.,
wall; 'ns garden
Ihe hossy fondlings of the tbist,.
Caught in the crinkIe of leafs
The blighting frost has turned f,. O'o~O
to crisp. 8reeo
Soft as the falling dusk at nizb,
The touches of her hands. and ~.
The touches of her hand, I0nsht--
The touches of her hands are Iika4s
That falls so softly down no ono a.. ue"
The touch thereon save lovers like 10 "le" new
Astray in lights where ranged Endyro; ou'
Oh, rarely soft, the touches of nor ~,
As drowsy zephyrs in enchanted 1,r5.
Or pulse of dying day; or fairy sch,
Or-in between the midnight and tb.s
When long unrest and tears and e 4a"n
gone aie
Sleep, smoothing down the lid. =,
eyes. iy
j ". Ria.
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D;mnlas Made tn Order.

DImpleS Ma0e 10 UTueTs
That artificial dimples can be and are
made when and where desired, seems
to be an established fact, from the fol-
lowing confession of Chicago lady :
Learning that there was a place in
the city where dimples were made to
order, went there out of curiosity.
was shown into parlor somewhat
resembling a dentist operating room.
There was a glass case full of bottles
washes and wigs, and regular den
lists chair that suggested world of
comfort. To me presently came n
dapper little man in velvet cut-away
coat, and whose face wore complacent
smirk. / bashfully suggested the dim
pie question, and asked for some points.
1 really wanted dimple in my arm,
and told him so. But i insinuated my
disbelief in his ability to produce the
necessary article. Whereupon he con-
vinced me by practice. This is how it
is done My arm being bare, and the
exact spot indicated, be placed small
glass tube, the Orifice of which was ex-
tremely small, upon the spot. This
tube had working within it piston,
and was so small that when the handle
was drawn up the air was exhausted
from the tube and it adherd to the flesh,
RAISING slight prOtubelence. Around
this raised portion the operator daintily
tied a bit of scarlet silk, and then took
away his suction machine The little
point of skin that was thus raised he
sliced off with a wicked-lOOking knife,
bringing the blood. tried hard not
to scream, but it was SO unexpected
that had l to. Then he bound up the
arm, placing over the wound small
silver object like an inverted cone, the
point of which was rounded and
polished. This little point was adjusted
so as to depress the exact center of the
cut. Then he told me to go away and
not touch the spot until the next day.
When l came at that time he dressed
my arm again, and this operation was
repeated for FIVE days, when the wound
was healed. The silver cone was re-
moved, and there sure enough beneath
it was the prettiest dimple in the
world And all 1 had to pay was $40.
The bee., 1882-12-30
PUBLIC COLORED SCHOOLS OF
WASHINGTON AND GEORGE
TOWN.
TOWN.
XIII

The settlement of important. legal
questions affecting the interest OF
those schools. and fixing a policy that
would in some measure secure to them
under the Consolidated Board the
legal rights enjoyed under separate
board, was the NEST pressing duty de
volving upon the representatives of
those schools during the first year of
their service. 1t will be necessary to
give further important correspondence
between the school officers and the
commissioners. The necessities for
schoO house accommodation was felt
severely, and the following action was
taken in the Board July s, 1875.
Mr.. Brooks offered the following
preamble and resolution, which were
adopted:
Whereas there is not sufficient and
proper school accommodation in the
The bee., 1882-12-30

Congress should consider that por.
tion of the Presidents message, where
he recommends an appropriation for
the obliteration Of illiteracy in the
South. If the colored race i'm the South
had one-third of. the: advantages the
Northern colored people had, We would
not hear so much abuse against the
Southern negro, but as il is, the South
has produced the greatest colorcd men.
They are more enterprising, better
politicians, make better statesmen. and
to-day they hold better and more
honorable positions than the Northern
negroes, who seem to boast of their
white schools and advantages.
The bee., 1882-12-30

Professor Crudelli, of Rome poll''
out in the Practitioner that the Keep
ing of plants in ill-yentilated ro0nl'
may cause malarious infection even =
regions where malaria is unEno""
Professor Eichwald, of St. PeterSOus
reports the case of a lady who was az
tackled by true intermittent fever VIM.
living in a room containing plants, >"
after the removal of the flower Po'o
cure without relapse was eheI''
The unwholesome influence IS S'lu
be due not to the plants, ouI "
damp earth in which they grow
The bee., 1882-12-30
THOSE WHO WILL RECEIVE O
NEW YFAR'S

Miss Mary Z. n. Thomas, assisted
by Misses Julia R. Bush and M. Viii
liams from 2 until 9P.M.
Mrs. c. V. Haggs nee Lawrence, OF
Boston, Mass, will receive at 44G
Ninth street, ). W., from II to p. NJ
She will be assisted by Miss r.. Hick-
man.
Mrs. DIR. Graham Dorsey, assisted by
Miss B. Johnson, at the corner of 4th
and B streets, S. E.
Miss Columbia Bailey, 2123 Twelfth
street, \. W.
The bee., 1882-12-30

We would like for the board of trus-
tees of the public school TO discrimi-
nate relative to Professor Gregory s
child, and those of Doctor c. B. Purvis.
Ii Doctor PUrviS' children are white
and he also, then we have no more to
say, but if he is considered cOlored and
Professor Gregory's also, then Profes-
sor Gregory has just as much right to
send his child TO the Prescott school AS
-'-ye1svs ,-s-..s-ss.,.-,.
to the Franklin school. Will the board
please explain?
The bee., 1882-12-30

We tender our thanks to the Ohio
colored press association for the invita-
ton TO be present at their convention
and reception, which took place on the
27th, and regret our inability TO have
been present. Long may the colored
Press Association of Ohio live and be
power i'm the land.
The bee., 1882-12-30

There is one department under this
Government, where colured men are
treated like human beings, and that Is;
the Pension office, under Colonel W.
w. Dudley, of Indiana.
The bee., 1882-12-30

Mrs. Walter 5. Thomas, of Columbus,
Ohio, and Miss Marian Parker, of
Vineland, y. j., are in the city, and are
the guests of our most generous and
popular citizens, Mr.. and Mrs. S. w.
Estern, ll09 F street, n rhwest. Mrs.
Thomas and Miss Parker are both ami
able ladies and well-known in our circle.
The bee., 1882-12-30
rHAr TH1Ey1sIr DAME.

In childhood days, ere yet she knew
The words of gifts, she'd freely take
The presents-sweetmeats toys ana sucH-
He offered for her friendship sake'
In later years, when older grown,
Quite different .Egs she took Ike tnl'
His arm at parties-hat and stick
When'er he called, perhaps KISS
IT turn, she took his purse. his tlme'
His love, this thievish dame,
Not then, it seems, was she content
For last of all she took-hls name'
The bee., 1882-12-30

Colonel Irish, of the Bureau of Print
ing and Engraving, is not the man he
has been represented. III we have been
informed correctly we shall make. "A
review of him in our next issue.
The bee., 1882-12-30

All communications pertaining 20 business
must be addressed 10 the Business Manager
Matter for publication and on private business
must be addressed 10 the Editor and Proprie-
tor. In conjunction with the BEE the mana
gers have established q News Bureau of the
ColOred Press. We are prepared 10 furnish
biographies, special correspcndence and news
items at q reasonable price. The object OF the
bureau lie 30 furnish eolored Journals with
special Washington letters when they have no
special correspondents. We have some OF the
best writers in the country connected with the
bureau, which will enable us TO furnish truth
ful, spicy and concise correspondence. Give
the Newe Bureau a call.
The bee., 1882-12-30
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
Hackmen-Butchers.

Hanging fire-The chandelier
Man advertises, then realizes.
The best press--A press of business
"Come down." said the Young man
strOking his upper lip.
The use of iron cannot increase n.
running qualities of a dog. but ttincm
Men who have money to loan tax.
the greatest possible interest in tbei,
business.
A Michigan horse ate ten pounds Of
starch without feeling very much
stuck up.
| Freckles are not so bad II IS said
that one girl does not object to seeing
them on another girls face.
Some OF the Asiatics are now cook.
ing their meals on American stoves
This is preferable to the old style Of
serving up Americans or Asiatic
stoves.
A marine disaster: eyes, said tba
captain of the ocean steamship we
had a very expensive trip this time.
| Very little sea-sickness; passengers ate
frightfully."
Women are such queer creaturesthat
no man can understand them. Indeed
it has been generally conceded that the
only way to find a woman out is tocal
| when she is not in.
The papers very kindly tell the poor
man how to make a nOurishing soup
out of a small piece of meat. If they
would only tell him how to get the
meat his wife would be much mon
obliged.
A vermont lawyer has printed abooB
to prove that the earth is 50,0000M
years old, and that there is no reason
why people shouldn't live THOUSAND
years. Probably they don't just out
of sheer laziness.
"Julia, my little cherltb, when does
your sister Emma return? ?" Jufa-"l
don't know" Didn't she say anthing
before she went away ?" JuIis-"She
said, if You came to see her, that shed
gone till dOomSday.
A matter Of multiplication Teacher
why, how stupid YOU are, to h
sure! Can't multiply eight-eight BY
twenty-five? III wager that Charles
can doit in less than no time" Pupil
al shouldn't be surprised. They az
that fools multiply very rapidly nova
days"
The reason that an express tram
alwas proceeds milk train is not be-
cause it's speed is greater It is be-
cause the cow-catcher on the engine is
used to catch the COWS in time to he
MIXED before dark. After they are
caught they are run on the side track,
the cows, we understand, doing the
switching themselves.
A medical journal says that when
man wants to sneeZe and cannot. if he
goes into the sunlight he will find the
exect equal to that of snuff The in.
formation must prove a great comfort
to a man when an elusive snPcze selzes
his nasal organ about 9 o'clock 2. NJ
He can make trip to some country
where the sun is shining. or defer tho
sneeze until next morning.
Have you seen the new style OF
sleeping cars p inquired drummer o.
the conductor. No, I think not" he
replied; "what are they Ck"?' "Wel
they differ from any | have yet SEEN
and don't they will be very popular
"What are they called|' 'ProhiDt
tiOn cars" That's a somewhat singt
lar name," thoughtfully unused ths
ticket-taker. "Why are they so-called;
Because" said the cute commercial
traveller they won't have any porter
aboard"
THAT THIEyISTT DAME
The bee., 1882-12-30

The BEE, under the resurrecting in
fluence of VIM. c. Chase, is paper that
is taking rank among the colored pa
pers of the country Washington Coi-
respondent Palmetto Press.
Thanks TO the Press for this compli,
ment. We shall make the BEE the
leading paper in the country, controlled
10y cUlored men. All we want is time.
The bee., 1882-12-30

Special notices, 80 cents each.
Ten lines constitute an inch.
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ali here, lam, yours ,tulve

.qssa5 c,cr. no. ~, u Nov. !, 1889, I
MyisDssK'i FRrpsp: Replying 10
yot,r letter would say. have bebu
Acquainted with nv highly valued
friend tho Raw. : D' iioekins abou,
eighteen months and verv intimate.
IN acou,in,ed for shout Ak months
mast nor I htile mora than Ave
months he 'wss an Inmate n INV
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She Recognized T..

y
Ifyou will scid ME the waapI will
paint sou placquc.' said woman
with strcaks OF gray in her hair and a
boarding house Kind of manner.
What is plaque, madam s,.
A painting round painted on a
wooden plate. bss iei
Istit. a : landscape with some blue
Alsatlan, mountains, about four miles
away, leaning aflcctionately over a
farm house withla gable roof in the
immedIite foreground
Yes. n s
Ia thero a ANAL, mountain-shad.
owed lake., stretching away about
tour inches into the blue horizon and
a Great Eastern yAicht with giant
navigator resting dreaniily on IL
placid surface? Il sag rgsi
Yes. iA l..i-.i si sn4w
Do the trees rise up In soft, dewy
herbaceousness. with large, beautiful
leaves on them, two Fizes larger than
| the door ofthe house I? 81 "a 9
Yes; yes; where did yousee it9
Z And Ia there a man on the fenct
with an eight, foot mastodon dog a
his feet perspcctiveiy wandering how
the thunder boat like that cen sal
over the glass like rim Of two'foo
puddIer without running agrount
six times in six minutes?
Yes, the very one.
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! The Vain pull0t.

Al tine fat pulIet. who was roosting
on the limbs 81 4 trec safe from, dan.
ger, was saluted by a fox with
' Good evening Miss Pallet / neye,.
saw sou look better. Your tiyure is
perfectly lovely. -.
DO you really think so?
Certainly | do. I'd Give ANYTHING
| II / could wear my hair done M, in q
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Alpnaes. Of gsaysrbs.

.
A grain Of product iss worth q
pound OF craft.
Boosters are cousins to liars.
Cohfessions Of fault make hall
amends, 4.
Denying 4 fault doubles It.
Envy siioolcih at Others aud
woundeth hcrseli. ma So
Fooiish fear doubles danger. n
God reachee US good things by our
hands. Fes
lie hashsrd work who has nothing
70 do.
|, costs more to revenge wrongs
ihAn,to bear them.
Jealousy leads to terrible crimes
and Consequences.
knaysry is the worst trade.
Learning makes o man fit com,
pany Tor hinseif. s
Modesty is a guard 10 virtue,
Not TO hear conscience ls tho way
10 silence II. a
One hour to-day is worth, two 70.
Proud looks msssfoui work in fair
faces. ~
Quiet conscience gives quiet sleep
| Richest is he that wAnts little,
| Small faults indulged ! are litut
thieves that let II greater 4 y - ~
The bough that bears most hang
I low est - ~ =, , ~ rar.s ~ ~trtss,..
Upright walking 70 sure walking
Virtue and happiness are mother
wise iien make more opportuni
ties than they find, -
'xsend your aid to those who real
lly need It.. =. -.
You meyer lose BY doing . goo'
turn. :, -
Zeal. without knowledge Is FIR
without light. ''a eFe9sh lsa's',l