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The bee., 1883-12-01
Diseases of the Kidneys,
Diseases of the kidneys are of far

Diseases of the kidneys are of far less
frequency than is generally supposed.
There is very general belief that any i'll
ness that is accompanied with irregularity
of the secretions from the kidneys is am
pie evidence of disease of these organs.
When, however, we understand that the
fluid portions of the waste matters from
the body are mainly passed out of the sys-
tenn through the urinary passages, and that
the quantity and character of these efiete
matters depend or are influenced by va
riety of circumstances, not inconsistent
with perfect health, we shall find little
cause for anxiety on account of the varied
and peculiar appearances of the discharges.
Not only is the quantity and appearance
of these secretiOns affected by what we
cat and drink, and by extremes of heat
and cold, but even more by mental impress
mons. Any nervous excitement, as fear,
anxiety, grief or anger, frequently causes
an entire suppression of these secretions
for hours. There is popular dread of
what is commonly called kidney COM
plaint," and when nervous man is suffer-
ing from any ailment that he cannot de-
fine, if he can locate dull pain in the
region of the kidneys, and if he notices
that the urine is highly eolored, and that
there is sediment on the bottom of the
vessel in the morning, his worse fears are
confirmed and he is ready to invest in any,
or all, of the advertised specifics for kid
ney diseases. 1t is not to be wondered at
that venders of quack medicines of this
sort can procure any number of genuine
certificates from welI-known and reputable
persons, who feel certain that they have
been saved from untimely death by these
wonderful preparations. 1 believe that
most physicians will agree with me in the
opinion that not more than one person in
five who seeks medical advice, under the
that he has kidney disease, has
any serious trouble of that sort. Such
persons are usually dyspeptics, and treat
ment appropriate for that disease usually
cures the kidney trouble. But kidney
diseases are not infrequent, and when
are likely to have painful and
fatal termination. l should, therefore, re-
gret to have any well-grounded fears set
at rest by anything have written on this
subject. 1t is the duty OF every person to
promptly seek the best medical advice in
all cases of doubt-HaTS Journal Of Health
The bee., 1883-12-01
THE TABLE CONTEST.
The JUNIOR ASSEMBLY WINS THE
TABLE.

The JUNIOR ASSEMBLY WINS THE
TABLE.
The table contest between the Junior
Assembly and Sparta social clubs which
came off at the Carnival given by the 18th
street Presbyterian church some time
ago, and over which was dispute abou
the LEGALITY of voting was finally settler
by the committee. i'm the basement of the
church last Wednesday night. The cir
cumstances were as given to the BEE, as
follows: The Junior Assembly entered
the contest with the understanding from
The chairman ofthe committee, that there
would be no secret balloting. The club
and the friends of the club worked assid-
lously TO win. At eleven O'Clock, the
committee decided that the voting should
stop. AT that hour, time was called and
The vote steod as follows: Junior Assem-
bly,, Us to 173. The committee after
wards allowed the Spartas TO vote secretly
or to have a secret ballot to which the
'unior Assembly it is said objected, and
declared that by agreement they were
ehtltled to the table. The board was
taken away and returned with the Jun-
ior Spartas 243 votes to 220, The presi-
ueht' Mr. W. G. Black. of the Junior
Assembly declared that that the club won
'lle table, and the same was acknowl-
euSed by the chairman Of the committee,
AZ tle 10th street church on last Wednes-
uay evening, Mr.. E.J. Warning, presented
TWO tables. The Junior Assembly. said
ne are entitled to the table with the hon
"Is before the secret ballot, and the jun
,ol Spartas are entitled to table and |
,o''ors after the secret ballot. The presi- |
U''iI ol the Spartas, Mr.. VIM. johnson, OBJ
Jcc'eu and said that he would not accept
1uc Iaole, but afterwards did accept. The
DE must confess that this is a novel way |
~ uiVlde honors. The Assembly was iu-
0''ailt over their success. while the Spartas
were some what respondent.
The bee., 1883-12-01
How the Snake Gets a New Suit.

"SOme people think that snakes only shed
their skins ut certain seasons of the year"
said the keeper. That's mistake. If
they are we'll fed and kept right warm,
they change their coats about every eight
weeks through the year." docs it pain
hemp "NOt q bit of it. You see the
skin Of q snake does not increase in size as
reptile grows as with us. While the old
skin is getting smaller by degrees, q new
one is forming underneath, and tho other
gradually gets dry. When it is ready to
shed, 1T lOosens around the lips, and the
reptile rUbs itself against the earth or the
rock in the cage, and turns the upper part
over the eye and the lower part over the
throat. Then it commences to glide around
the glass case, all the time rubbing itself
against something until the entire skin is
worked Off Sometimes this takes three
days; occasionally they get rid of the in
cumbrMIce in few hours, I don't believe
they have bit of intelligence For all 1
feed them and care for them, they would
as lief bite me as any stranger. / can
handle good many of them safely, but it's
only the knack of the thing that they
won't bite, but that they can't get the
CHANCE
The bee., 1883-12-01

The word piety occurs but once in the
Bible.
Ifthe feathery gill5 Of a small perch
could be unfOlded and spread out they
would nearly cover q square yard.
1t is not generally known that water in
pistol, at short range, is far more des-
tructiye charge than any bullet of lead.
The hammer with which John Paul Jones
nailed the historic flag to the mast Of his
ship is owned by gentleman in Indiana,
Penn.
Giuseppe Gaspardo Mezzofanti, the pro-
dizzy who spoke ffty-six languages, was
the son of poor carpenter of Bologna,
where he was born in 1774 He died in
Rome in 1543.
A young lady residing in Greene, Ne,
while engaged in mixing cake, broke an
egg il which she discovered a snake seven
inches long and about the .szc OF a pipe
Stem.
The bee., 1883-12-01

Subscribe for The BEE.
Twenty cents per month.
Il will contain all the news.
For sale by all newsdealers in the city.
All communication should be addressed
10 the Managing Editor and Proprietor.
Communications for publication must
be accompanied with the writer's name.
Not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee Of good faith.
Col Perry III. Carson has leas
ed fine house at No. 326 Penn
sylvania Avenue, where he in
tends to open a frst-class place.
The Webster Rifles won the
silk flag in its contest with the
Butler Zouaves.
Trustee Smith is making ar
rangement to establish a library
in every school ofthe eighth school
division.
Mr.. NJ. K. Hamlin, is our East
Washington correspondent.
Mr.. John E. Brooks, one of our
enterprising young men has been
added to the reportorial staff of
the BEE.
Mr.. Isaa own was married
to Miss 6 q Coakley Thurs
day aftern)o, Augustines
church. There a reception
at the residence OF Mr.. g. Coax
ley, No. 1906 Corcoran Street,
from 5 to II, after which the
happy couple repaired to their
residence 1920 Madison Street.
The Union fair will open at the
Israel Bethel Church next Mon
day.
The corner stone of Mt. Pisgah
church will be laid Thursday after
noon at 2.30 p. NJ.
DIR. j. J. Bullock, preached at
the 18th street Presbyterian church
Thanksgiving morning.
The meeting to make arrange
ments for an industrial school for
the training of nurses has been
postponed.
The bee., 1883-12-01

cauntry were robbed and III give YOU
satisfaction any way you want it?'
Its all right" said the Colonel with a
smile. The constable afterwards said tbat
NOBODY had any idea of how curiously the
colonel smiled when his beard was OF.
Suddenly the stage pulled up to the door
with crash, and the male passengers hur-
ried INTO the saloon in state of utter in
dignatlon and impetuosity. The story of
the robbery attracted everybody, and dur
ing the excitement, the Colonel slipped
out quietly and opened the door Of the
stage. The old lady staEted and cried:
"Georger'
And the Colonel jumped in the stage
and putting his arm teuderly around the
form Of the old lady, exclaimed:
The bee., 1883-12-01

A close observer OF birds and their hab-
It's IS convinced that the peculiar sound
made by wOOdpecker with its bill Is in
tended Us substitute for vocal music. the
bird selecting one particular spot upon the
trunk or bOugh of the tree, which spot Is
naturally sOnOrOUs by the wood being
more or less followed by decay. The bird
returns to this precise spot continually
during the day, and produces the sound by
striking on the tree with its bill, the stroke
being repeated with q rapidity that is re-
ally incomprehensible, for it quite eludes
the eye. 1t is effected by q vibratory mo-
ton of the head, but The vibrations are so
quick they look like a single motion.
After short paUscs this stroke is again and
again renewed, sometimes for several min
utes together. During each interval the
wOOdpecker looks round it and below IL
with evident delight and with an apparent
challenge of admiration. The beautiful
crimson crest is more or less erected. The
whole performance evidently takes the
place of song in other birds. The nest is
not III the same tree as that struck by the
bill OF the male. Similar SOnOrOus spots
in the trees of the neighborhOod are
selected If available, so the observer
concludes the hen bird as she sits on
The nest is Serenaded from different di-
'ectlons with as much variety in the sound
Is the change Of tree may produce. This
$ the only ease among the feathered tribes
where instrumental music is practiced.
The bee., 1883-12-01

A pompous country lawyer, with head
out of all proportion to the brain it con-
tained, addressed ajury with great fervor,
and from the expression his countenance
wore, one would judge he considered he
was astonishing the bar and the bencr.
His client really thought the legal gentle
man was putting in his work in phenom-
enal manner, and couldn't repress occas-
ional mild outbursts of applause, one time
going so far as to nudge a neighboring
granger to remark: "Great Scott, but amt
he stunning lawyer! Why, bless NE if
he amt Rufus SloatT
The bee., 1883-12-01

frst-class in every particular.
There is a play on foot to be
presented very shortly.
There Is some talk among the
citizens TO urge the application of
Mr.. b. ID. Fleet as one Of the mu-
steal instructors in the schools.
The BEE would like to see it.
Mr.. Fleets knowledge and ex-
perience fit him for the position.
His appointment would meet the
appreciation of the public.
The bee., 1883-12-01

The New York Times goes for the boy
preachers in lively manner 1t queries:
"What can boy possibly have to teach
an audience of men and women?" and
adds that the boy-preacher knows nothing
about theology, and his interpretations of
the Bible are as worthless as the cOlored
man Jaspers crude notions of astronomy.
The bee., 1883-12-01
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC

Next week our musical and dra-
matte critic will have a criticism
On the concert given at Lincoln
1all' Thanksgiving night.
Ihe Congregational Church was
wei attended last evening, the oc-
'aSlon being concert for the ben
cit OF st. Luke's Church. 1t was
The bee., 1883-12-01
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WHERE HE BEE IAN DE HAL.
Mrs. Polketys, NJ. Street, between 18th and
l3 Northwest.
u Keller, Druggist, corner 10th and NJ
street. Northwest.
Henry Poland's, corner AZ and Pennsyl-
,..,ia avenue. Southwest.
YIN /. Freeman, corner 18th and Nj. Street
Northwest.
philadelphia House, SiS Pennsylvania Ave.
Northwest.
c,prb washington Branch Office: DIR. X. S.
laws, Manager, 7Sl ~ Street.
Wast washington. JAMES l.. TURNER
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pol,,pson. Man ager, No. lS2, South Columbu
street
The bee., 1883-12-01
SCRAPS AND NOTES.

mond, have been sojourning at the
capital, meeting with many O
their old friends, for the pas
week.
Harper's WeeEly---to the Con
tinent.- We have the pleasure o.
presenting the Hon. Frederick
Douglass. The people allow Us
to thank you for that noble face
and the accompanying comments
Mr.. George NJ. Arnold, will de.
liver the annual address to Co. B
Capital City Guards, Tuesday
evening, Dec. 4th, at 18th St. Pres
byterian Church. Subject: The
colored soldiers in the rebellion.
Senator Stevens, of Virginia,
will remain in Washington during
the winter. Good news this is to
society folks.
Mr.. Panholan Batey the elocu-
ZIONIST and actor, of Cincinnati,
will spend some time at the Ma
TONS Capitol this winter.
On the 18th of December there
is to be an entertainment at the
18th. St. Presbyterian Church, con-
sistlng of recitations, humorous
and otherwise, choice selections of
vocal music and an evening of
real pleasure to all who may at
tend. Mr.. Robert j. Harlan,
DIR. n. Frank White, will each
give recitations. Mr.. George Ar
mold, and a young lady of Miss
Foote'S school will render an Irish
dialect dialogue. The proceeds
for assisting IN painting and reno
vatlng the church. The public
are respectfully requested to as
slst by their presence.
We have knocked the very wax
out Of the ears of some of the So
called Washington correspondents
and every tune one of them that
dares to introduce boshguff and
maw on US, shows his teeth, we
have SIX months in waiting. We
are going to teach these ducks that
they shall neither lie about the
people at the Capitol, or tell more
than the truth Of themselves.
The bazaar at Wayland Hall for
the sunday school of DIR. Grimke's
church was a financial success.
Now we suggest 10 the church
people there, put yourselves in
order, call a meeting of church
and congregation and let steps be
taken to raise the amount necessa-
ry 10 paint, carpet and otherwise
renovate the Church. Call upon
vo SIDE friends, tell them
their cooperation, sup
assistance, and they will
rolE n with you and materially
aid in this work. All that is
to do this is to get the
work to going. Call a meeting
for this especially and see how we'll
it will work.
If some enterprising person
will open. and keep IN good order
a first class hotel, with first class
rooms and board, for transient
customers, there is lots in it. This
is something that has never been
tried in the northern part of this
city. The only place in this city, |
first class now, owned by colored |
men, the Philadelphia House, is
doing good business. Now let
US have a hosterly up town, be-
yond 14th st. circle.
Judge Harlan's name has gone
nto history along with Lovejoy,
Garrison, Phillips, Sumner, Lin
,oln, Stevens, Wilson, Douglass,
Castelar,, O'Connell, ard the
others that make up the galaxy of
stars to light the way to mans
equality of man before God and
he law. Ermino mao disco omnes.
! Our ministry is in all respects
something that the city needs to
md does feel proud of All of
,ur pulpits are occupied by men
If the true stamp, God fearing
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The Bad and Worthless

are never initiated or coun,eTfeited. This is es-
pecially true of a family medicine, and it is
positive proof that the remedy inlitGtedis of the
highest value. AS soon as it had been tested
and proved by the whole world that Hop Bit
ters was the purest, best, and most valuable
family medicine on earth. many limitations
sprung up and began to steal the notices in
which the press and people of the country had
expressed the merits Of H. B., and in every
wayLtrying to induce suffering invalids to
use their stuff instead, expecting to make
money on the credit and good name of H. B.
Many others started most ums put up in SINH
lar style to II. B., with variously devised
names in which the word Hop" or Hops
were used in a way to oinduce people to believe
they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such
pretended remedies or cures, no matter what
their style or name is, and especially those
with the word "Hop'' or Hops" in their name
or in any way connected with them or their
name, are limitations or counterfeits. Beware
of them. Touch none of them Use nothing
but genuine Hop Bitters, with a bunch or clus-
ter of green Hops on the white label. Trust
nothing else. Druggists and dealers are warned
against dealing in limitations or counterfets.
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DOUBLY SAVED.
BY F. NJ.


| must tell you all that has happened
to me since my birthday party-my six
teenth birthday, that we kept so merI
Iy in our country home .. -
1t was soon after Christmas, the
twenty eighth of December, and the
Christmas decorations were all about the
room, and the children's Christmas tree,
all glittering with glass balls and little
candies, stood in the corner. / wore my
white silk with Jacqueminot roses in
my hair and at my bosom. Amy Love
lace, my dearest friend had pale yellow
silk and tea roses. We were the best
dancers in the room and papa had quite
q little band to play for US. .-F -. SOL
/ remember Amy telling me that she
thought Doctor Garcia had the most
beautiful eyes she ever saw, except in
the head ofaseal. Such a funny COM
pliment! But they were splendid, and
Amy was right; and when she said he
was very much in love with me, she
was right, too. 90 ed -'i- 7'-''-
But Charlie Constant had been court
ing me for some time, and he proposed
that evening when he followed me into
fathers study, where went to get some
music. l remember just what he said
the very words. .----e--.-.5
"Rose, you are the prettiest girl I
know. May have you?" fi.
L laughed, and said, .'Yes, if mother
and father say So" '--''-'---
And he kissed me. --H--- J-t
Later on, when Madame Vine was
playing a wonderful piece, all trills and
quayers and crashes, Doctor Garcia got
me to himself in a quiet corner, and did
= h. Il
Rose, [ love you better than my life.
L wish thought you liked me enough
to be my wife some day"
And, in spite ofwhat had just hap
pened, real pang pierced my heart
How he could look at one, and what
deep, soft voice he had ! I had hard
work to answer just as 1 did. 5000 --
"Oh, Doctor Garcia, do like you, but
Pm engaged to Charlie Constant
But, then, who could blame me for
my choice? Mr.. Constant was old
Archibald Constants only. son-rich,
handsome, accomplished-a that men
envy and Doctor Garcia was poor, had
his way to fight in the world, and was
not handsome. Good? Oh, yes, know
that well but all the girls envied me
Charlie Constant. Yes, I said that
quite quietly. and he took my hand,
said. "God bless you; hope you will
be very happy" and went away, and I
did not see him for a long time. Charlie
brought me a ring next day, and we
Were to be married on my seventeenth
birthday.
What a pleasant year it was ! 1t
passed like dream, and mid-winter
came again, and the week before my
wedding was full moon.
r We had planned a glorious ride ten
miles through the country roads. Char
lie and were together, of course. We
drove two new horses that day animals
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APEPSEA. a

Which no doubt is the greatest scientific prep
aration yet discovered TOR the cure of dyspep-
STA in all its FORMS and refers TO thousands of
ladies and gentlemen of the highest respecta-
bility that have been cured ofcases pronounced
incurable by the best physicians in the eoRn-
try. The following references should be sutli-
cient to convince the most sceptical =
Mr.. Albert Howard, of the Howard Watch
and Clock Co., ia Tremo street, Boston; Prof
s. Kronberg, ID Noyes Place, Boston; Dr.. Sam
uel w. Adams, 2. 0. Box 1913, New York city !;
Mr.. e. A. Clark, firm Clark Bros. & Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa, case of twenty years standing;
Matthew Robinson, 2OS North 2lst street, Phil
adelphia, case of dyspeptic vertigo; William
Gallagher. Record Office, Philadelphia; Frank
G. Smink, business manager, Reading Iron
Works. Reading, Pa; Moses Thompson, Thur
low, Pa, P. & W. B. r. R.: Miss Kate $. vii
lard, Seminole, S. c.; Capt. Geo. M Weymouth,
Savannah. Ga; Clarence s. Connerat. Savan-
nah, Ca They furnish the best of references
from every State in the Union when required.
Write them at 2l9 Levant street, Philadelphia,
Pa. For sale by BERKELEY, ALLEN & CO.,
Druggists. Staunton, Va. julyl1 'S2-ly*
Price 20 cents per bottle after Jan. l. 1885,
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EVANGELIST BARNES AND MRS
TILToN.-Evangelist Barnes has writ
ten letter from Brooklyn to AIKEN D
tucky paper, in which he says I'll paid.
visit to Mrs. Theodore Ti1ton a. few,
days ago She, though not blood peI-o
ative, has always been favorite with :
me. Those who have only known her
in connection with the horrible Beecher
trial know nothing whatever about her. 4
She welcomed my visit as of old, She
is fearfully altered by these awful years.
Her personal beauty, once very MARKED
is almost gone. The soft, bright, innoe
cent eye remains, but thai alone. Her
delicate hands, once as soft as velvet,
are hard with toll. The lustrous dark
brown hair is very gray, and the pink
and white of the once beautiful conn
plexion are replaced by dull sallow.-J
But her life is full of peace and rest that
the world cannot give.' The seven
times heated furnace has purified, not"
consumed her, and to-day she hascwhat
others have not, "a conscience void of
'offense toward God and man. I.write
this for my dear cousin, of whom I am
prouder than in days when she was not
the forsaken creature she is now, but 4
the centre of admiripg social circles, n
where ali acknowledged her charms, I" -
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With the oar of my tiny canoe toss 5-,-
The bubbles and spray in the air, -
A thousand rich dyes these bubbles comprise.
All, beautiful bubbles so bright-so fair;
What pleasures so light,
What day-dreams so bright, )---
AS when tossing the bubbles in air! 4
My boat glides on to the time of a song,
That floats from some lonesome dell.
And tossing the spray from the lilies among,
I feel the witchery of some nymphoid spell.
o, what pleasures SO light,
o, what day dreams so bright,
AS when tossing our bubbles in air!
But pass from my harbor so shady and cool,
Out into the rivers tide. ..... ...,.-. :
But find not the bubbles that gleamsd on the
pool;
Yet with Hope for 'will-o'-tfie-wisp" on do
Il glide. J-5s- --J.-- ~ --1-
But my pleasures light,
Ny day dreams bright,
Vanish with the bubbles tossed in the air.
Now I take up my oar with a steady hand, -,
And row for an unknown shore.
No bubbles to toss; no day-dreams to die.
To the peol and its hauntings answer "No
more ~ -t. ~
Yet, o, pleasures light,
s--'' 0, day-dreams bright, - --.. 1--
Why fade with the bubbles tossed in the airl
Craigsville, Va.
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MINCE PIE.-Two pounds lean fresh
beef boiled, and, when cold, chopped
fine; one pound beef suet, powdered; :
five pounds of apples, pared, cored, and
chopped; two pounds of raisins, seeded,
and chopped; one pound of Sultana,
raisins, washed and picked two pounds
of currants, washed, and carefully pick
ed over; three quarters of poun d. of
citron, cut up fine; two tablespoonfuls
OF cinnamon; one powdered nutmeg; Il
two tablespoonfuls of mace; one table,
spoonful of cloves, and the same of all
spice and fine salt; two and half
pounds of brown sugar one quart
brown sherry; one pint best brandy.
Mix all these thoroughly, putting in
the liquorla Make it at least, "a hours
before it is needed. Keep in stone
jar, with a tight cover, and a piece of
bladder tied over top. When ready to
bake your pies, line creased pie. dishes
with good paste, put in the mince-meat,'
and lay strips of pastry, notched with a O
jagging-iron in lattice pattern, over Il
the top. -...,-e ~
This mince-meat will keep all winter
If not used up 49, III --3+4