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The bee., 1883-03-17
THE SONG OF THE QUEEN.

The Queen, the Queen, the beautiful Queen,
What other needle can make such seam,
ThatI compare to the Queen, with its dia-
mond stitch,
There is no other. No, not one "sich."
II will hem, it will braid, it will rufle and fell,
It is certain no other machine can so well,
And SO easily changed from fine stitch to
coarse.
T'is as readily done as to say, whoa to horse.
Now neighbor, just have one sent up to your
house,
And give it trial. I'll bet you mouse,
Every child in your house can with ease
make it run,
And will join in the chorus, oh, isn't it fnn." !"
/ was told in confidence, can not give
names,
That one of our city's most popular DANES,
Has been so delighted with this, hernew toy,
That she spends all her time making clothes
for her boy.
At night when her husband comes home from
the store,
He finds her still sewiug-sewing still more,
He takes out the shuttle and hides it away,
Thus compelling cessation until the next day.
Oh, the Queen, the beautiful Queen,
The silent, the swift, the simplest machine,
That ever was made, or offered for sale,
What more can i say. Thus ended my tale.
RUFFLER.
O. Anerhach Aren't for The Queen.
The bee., 1883-03-17
o.P MORTON POST NO. 4, G. A. r.,
TENDERS A VOTE OF THANKS
TO THE WASHINGTON BEE.

At a regular meeting of o. P. Nor
ton Post, No. 4, G. A. r., held Feb
ruary 18th, eighty-five members being
present.
The chair requested the Adjutant to
read an article published in the Wash
ington BEE, of last week, compliment
inc the Post for the manner in which
was performed the last funeral rites
over the remains of the late Eugene
Johnson. late comrade, characterizlng
the same as an honor to the Post, and
also rejecting credit upon the entire
race.
The Adiutant then offered the fol-
lowing resolutions which were adopted
by rising vote:
Resolued, That the thanks of the ..
p Morton Post, No. 4. G. A. H., are
hereby rendered w. G. Chase, Esq,
Editor of the BEE, also to c. c. Stew
art manager of the same for the very
fattering manner in which notice was
taken of the burial of the late Eugene
Johnson. a member of the Post, the
same being under their supervision.
ResoEued, That the Post will ever
hold in crate fulremembrance the BEE,
family journal, devoted to the bes'
interest of the colored race; ever ready
TO extol the good, and condemn wnat
ever tends in its opinion to degrade u
as individuals and as people, the l"h'
of the solUier and the human race
GEO, GRAHAM, Com.
c. B. FISHER, Adjutant.
The bee., 1883-03-17
A Demand for Stuffed Owls.

eft IS really surprising" said New
York taxidermist, "what An extraor-
dinart demand has sprung up for owls
this season. 1t has been good and
gradually increasing for two years. but
this winter it has exceeded anything
ever knew before as rage for any par
ticular variety of bird. Why, before
the holidays, out of every ten people
who entered my store, nine were after
owls. When this year opened didn't
have an owl left ON hand except q few
little escfeech owls. Even now, although
the call for them has slackened on
since the holidays, whenever n stranger
comes in I find myself instinetiYeiy
moving over toward the owls, expect
ing they are what is wanted. 1 don't
know why the popular taste has
rushed so in that direction any further
than that it appears to be one OF those
inexplicable crazes that people do not
try to account for further than by say
ing: Its the fashion, But / have
stocked up again with all sorts of owls,
and am ready and willing for the craze
to boom right along. Prices? Why,
better than ever before. That great
snowy owl, the largest and most beau
tiful of the family, Is worth SIS. l
have snowy owls as low as SIS. Sl2
and even $40, but not such a superb
specimen as that. Yet / used to be
glad to get So or $40 for the very best
Of them. Those great horned owls are
worth SO each. Tho barred. long
cared and short-eared owls (the latter
sometimes known as the swamp OF
meadow owl) are worth 81 each.
Barred owls made into screen are
worth $6. They are not much wanted
in fancy forms, however, either as
screens or in flying attitudes. The
owls strongest suit is his dignity, and
he shows the best in repOSe. The
screech owls are worth $3.50 eadh.
The Arcadian owls are the smallest
found in this section of the country,
not bigger than quails; and the Sawit
owls, from somewhere away out West.
are not more than half their size. They
command pretty good prices, as they
are rarer than the others, but still
never anything like the big ones. AL
the fine large owls come from Canada
as rule, but this season two hand
some snowy owls were shot over in
Jersey City. Another was shot on
Riker's hospital and another tip by
Bellevue hospital. Owls the only
birds used for screens? Oh. no; not
by any means. Herons, hawks and
gulls are also used, and, indeed, many
others. The handsomest is the white
heron, which, when spread out so as
to make sort of halo of wings and
tail while perehed naturally on one
leg, is worth SIS. All the prices have
named are for owls mounted complete
and 1ife-like."
The bee., 1883-03-17

ONE Of the principal events Of last
week, was the parlor social, given by
the Assembly Club, for the benefit of
the trustees of the Isreal Church,
which took place in the elegant and
Spacious parlors Of Miss Giles, corner
9TH and n. Carolina avenue. This
Club is one Of the most popular organi-
Hhons in East Washington, and COM
posed Of some of the best young ladies
o. that section of the city. The attend
ance was very large, several very fine
musical selections were rendered on the
panoby Miss Mamie Nicols, accom-
panied on the guitar by Mr.. Lewis
hickman. The following are the
members Of the Club, Misses Anna
Snallwood, President; Anna Brown,
olce-PreSident; Rachel Lee, Josephine
over, Fanny Costin, Jennie Over,
anna Over, Mrs. B. c. Lee and Lewis
Hickman.
The bee., 1883-03-17

A servant girl recently astonished a
druggists clerk by asking for porous
plasters with holes in them.-PhiEG-
ielphia Bulletin.
A French lady, during the siege of
Paris, driven by famine to eat her pet
log, as she was finishing exclaimed:
Poor thing, how he would have en-
ioyed picking these bones!"
Mrs. Smith, triumphantly-" The
land that rocks the cradle is the hand
hat rules the world p MIR. Smith,
,ynically-" Yes, indeed, my dear; AMI
hats just why the world is so deu ed
BADLY governed" ."-LoutsTt1e Courier
Journal.
The bee., 1883-03-17

CoLORED MEN CALL on SENATOR
MAHoNE.-A few evenings ago the
resident colored Virginians of this city
organized Virginia Working Club"
The object of the club, they say, is to
promote the moral and intellectual
condition of the colored people in Vir=
ginia. A committee consisting of w.
c. Chase, I. 7. Preston, William
Allen, Johnson, WALTON, Holmes,
Layfette and Talliferro called on
Senator Malone at the Arlington
hotel last Thursday evening, and Mr..
W. c. Chase, editor of the BEE, who
acted as spokesman, informed the
Senator that he had been chosen to in
form him that the condition of affairs
in the State of Virginia brought about
by him has raised the colored people to
higher standard in morals, and that
the future of the colored race in that
State is looked for to be most promis-
ing. He said that the object of the
workingmen's club recently, organized
was to promote the best interests of
the colored people in that State, and
that the success of the colored man de.
pended entirely upon united action
to defeat Bourbonism. In reply Sena-
tor Malone said that he appreciated
the motives of the club and advised
them to work in harmony. He spoke
of the enemies to the Re-adjuster party
and advised the delegation to do all in
their power to kill Bourbonism in the
State. He thought that great good
could be done by the club, and advised
the delegation to 60 right to Work and
do all that could be done to promote the
intellectual and moral condition of the
colored people. Remarks were made
by Messrs. Preston, Talliferro, Holmes
and Allen. The club will meet again
Friday evening, March 23rd.
The bee., 1883-03-17
PERSONALS.

Hon. B. K. Bruce is great deal
better and is able to go out.
Hon. Fred. Douglass in company
with Mr.. j. w. Cromwell, one of the
editors of the Adeocdte, left for Rich.
mond, Va, last Monday.
DIR. B. T. Tanner, of the Christian
Recorder. of Philadelphia, was in the
city this week and spoke before the
Bethel Lite ary last Tuesday evening.
Miss Florence NJ. Williams, of An
napolis, Nd, is one Of the public school
teachers OF that place, is now with her
mother at 1923 West 28th Street, West
Washington.
Rev. Simon Peter Smith will leave
for the South soon, where he has been
called, and the church deacons and Dig
nitarieS think it best for him to 90.
Brother Simon don't think SO.
DIR. III. L. Harris, Of Petersburg,
Va, was in the city last week, the
doctor is looking well. He was, in at.
tendance at the medical exercises of
Howard University at the Congrega-
tional Church.
Mrs. E. Louise Gray, of Philadel-
phia, and perhaps one of the sweetest
conversationalists we have.met, is still
in our city, and the GUEST of Miss Gus.
sic Black, ut 1887 II Street, Northwest.
Mrs. Gray will remain in the CITY some
time.
The bee., 1883-03-17

Mrs. Dawson Damer, an English
lady of rank, who travelled very ex-
tensiVely some time ago, made a
unique collection of locks of hair of
prime notabilities. At Alexandria she
begged lock from Mehemet Ali, who
said that in collection containing
Nelson's, Napoleon's and Wellington's
his was unworthy to be included, but
thatif she thought otherwise he would
leave request to Ibrahim Pasha to
present her with his head Che had no
hair on his head) and if she did not
outlive him it was to descend to the
son or daughter who inherited her col
lection
The bee., 1883-03-17

PROFESSOR Brooks is a contestant
against Prof. Robert Wilson, for a
farbers' chair at the fair of the Wash
ington Light Infantry. He has over
two thousand votes already. His
friends says he cannot lose the chair.
Six Street must have it. Professor
Brooks mas host of friends and men
of wealth. who are working for him.
The bee., 1883-03-17

"No, aunt" said young Folkestone.
81 don't get Oh well at all with Clara.
And. bv the way. there's one thing I
don't like. I'm afraid she puts chalk
on her face" ooh, that's nothing"
renlied Aunt Goodwin, laughing. "a
nj .e soldier you would make, now,
wouldn't you? If you can't face pow
der. George how can you expect ever
to get into an engagement ?"-Boston
TrGnScript.
The bee., 1883-03-17
C. Auerbach, Agent for The Quee

On Tuesday evening about half-past
seven o'clock, fire was discovered in
the stables of one of our well known
citizens, Mr.. Edward Dickson, who re-
sides on X street between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets, northeast. The loss
is about two hundred dollars. 1t was
supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary. The fire department were
promptly on hand and extinguished
the flames.
The bee., 1883-03-17

The building of several woolsn mills
is in contemplation in Iowa, Missouri
and Illinois, the falm rs thinking it
will be more profitable to manufacture
their own goods then to send to East
ern markets.
The bee., 1883-03-17
100 AZ sire NEAR Prn,is,

n - a week made at home by the industrious
Nf Ag8 Best business now before the pnbbc
Capital not needed. We viii start you
an 4 N Men, women boys and girls wanted every
~ 3B where to work for Now is the time,
you work in spare time or or give your whce tne
10 the business No other business will pay you nearly
as we'll No fail to make enormous pay, by eI-
aarlne at once Costly outfit and terms free. None!
made Vast, easily, and hOnorably AddressTRUE Co..
Auc Maine
The bee., 1883-03-17
LOAN REAL ESTATE
AND
REM II OF CE.

Houses for sale and rent, rents col
lected and loans negotiated.
Nonresident Property and E tates
properly managed
Splendid Building Sites and unim-
proved property in all sections Of the
city for sale On easy terms. Call and
see Us.
LIN. SAUNDERS & BRO,
1903 T st., N. W.. Washington, ID T..
The bee., 1883-03-17

Yale college talks of adopting new
yell. Anyho.ly knowing OF anything
particularly horrible viii please for
ward diagram,
The bee., 1883-03-17
THE BEE.

-nrRE THE BEE CAN BE GOT.
n Beller, M street, corner 10th
...eat, y. W.
The bee., 1883-03-17

INTERESTING exercises took place at
the Asbury, Sunday afternoon.
The bee., 1883-03-17
r,HE VOICE OF A MECHANICAL EXPERT

rE,HE VOICE OF A MECHANICAL EXPERT
- wAsHrSsroN, d. c.. May 10, 1882
After carefully examining Sewing Machines S 1I various M
uatterns decided upon the QUEEN anu nnu I u an
4 was represented to be. My family are 50 nucn
pleased with it that recommend u 20 our heshoo'S
SSnJ friends who are equally pleased with u.
W w w. HOLLINGSWORTH,
Model and Mechanical Draughtsman.
Residence I2l1 II street. :, -
The beautiful QUEEN, as well - all other klnls oi
first. class Machines. are for sale by
HE '''"'' @. AUERBACH, corner eth and Fl streets
Renting and Repairing. ca. -.
Auerbach's Gents Furnishing ana Hat Stofe heA'
The bee., 1883-03-17
DENTAL CARD.

T TAKE pleasure in announcing to my friends
l. and former patrons that / have remove.
my Dental Office from corner Of 7th and J.
Streets to more convenient quarters at
1909 Pennsylvania Ave.,
where may be found daily Except Sunday
from a. m. to $50 p. m.
To such as do not already know me | WI
only say, that having pracTced DENTISTRY
for OVER THIRTY YEARS, l can prom's.
first class work; making the insertion of ARll
FICIAL TEETH speciality. / Can insure
good ftt1ng set of teeth in every case, Will
nv charges will be moderate.
In thanking my friends for their liberal p'
tronage up to date, I hope that the s. sme WI
be continued in the future, promising.
heretofore, to do my best to please all W.
NAV favor me with call.
The bee., 1883-03-17

aMRR@ E1 people always the lookout for
"HOA chances to increase their earnings.
wv IN and in time become wealthy; thUse9
HHUA who do not improve their ,PppGEtuni-
- - site remain IN poverty. we Oner
great chance to make money. We want many men,
women boys and girls TO work for right IN their own
localities Any do their work properly from the
first start The business will pay than ten times
ordinary wages. Expensive Outht furnished free NO
one who engages fails to make money rapidly. You can
devote your whole time the work. only spare
moments. Full information and all that s nssed son
rec. Address STINsoN q Co. Portland Mane
The bee., 1883-03-17

rbecapital City Guard Fair will close
- Monday evening, voting on the
p5m rs was discontinued last evening.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-06-23
SHORTHAND TALKING.

Among the common errors in the
use of language are these: The mis-
pronouncing OF unaccented syllables,
as terruble. for terrible; the omission
OF letter or short syllable, as goin'
for going, AMI ev'ry for every; and
tho running of words together with
out giving to every one separate
and distinct pronunciation.
II know boy who says, "Dont
wanter," when he means 81 don't
want to;' "Whajer sayf" when he
means "What did you say?D and
"Where da go?" instead OF "Where
did he gcY'
Sometimes you hear "fcbod" in
stead OF ''if he could;" "willifercan'
instead of II will il / can," and
''howjerknowT for "how do you
know?"
And have you never heard "m-m"
instead of "yes' and "ni-ni" instead
OF "no?"
Let me give You a short converse
ton / overheard the other day be-
tween two pupils of our high school,
and see if you never heard anything
similar to it:
"Warejergo lasnightw
"Hadderskate."
"Jerfind tn ice hardin good?"
"Yes; hard'nough."
"Jer goerlone'"
mo; Bill'n Joe wentcrlong."
"How late jerstay!"
''Pastate"
"Lemmeknow whenyergoagin, won
cheri I wantergo'n'showyer how
terskate."
"H-m' ficoado' shake bettern' you
I'd selloutn' quit" .
"Wel, we'll tryerace'n seefyercan."
Here they took different streets,
and their conversation ceased. These
boys write their compositions gram
matically, and might use good Ian
guage and speak II distinctly ii they
would try. But they have got into
this careless way OF speaking and
make no effort to get out OF it.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-06-23
ANACORTES, W. T, SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1883.
A BLIZZARD.

Friday night was commented upon
says the Cooperstown (Dakota)
Courier, by many person seated in
comfortable chairs beside glowing
CRATES as dreadful one for person
to be out, genuine blizzard being in
session, and the mercury fluctuating
at from Is to 20 deg. below zero.
Little did the good people of this
neighborhood dream that ono of the
most loved members of their circle
was out in that tedious storm, on the
prairie, and lost. Such, however, was
the fact. While the members of her
own household and her many friends
hereabouts were enjoying warm fire.
sides and comfortable lodgings; per
fectly unconscious of her perilous
predicament, Mrs. q. w. Barnard was
battling with the blizzard, fighting
most nobly for a life that is priced
dearly in this vicinity, she having be-
come lost while returning from near
neighbOr's homo ut abeut 4:80 in the
afternoon.
Her horse, it seems, went astray
from tho road when within a few
rods of her own house, and in wand
ering about overturned the cutter
and its brave occupant six times be-
fore she gave up as lost Though
her entire raiment below the waist
was drenching wet from the drifting
snow she had been foundering in;
Mrs. Barnard, with coolness and
courage, set about saving herself.
Throwing her blankets on tho snow,
she covered herself with the robes and
began rubbing her wet and chilled
limbs, first freeing them from the
frozen skirts. Soon tho winds of
heaven covered her with snow, thus
providing her with a covering that
assisted her in keeping from freezing.
For fourteen terrible hours this
courageous woman fought tho ele-
mcnts, and to-day is able to be about
as usual, her two little fingers being
the only parts frozen. and having re-
cover cd from the nervous prostration
Of the fearful ordeal brought upon her.
Within short distance of her home
she made her way thither at day
break, to astound a loving family who
supposed she had passed a pleasant
night at Mrs. Washburne's. Grief
and joy commingled in more than
one o lsehold that Saturday as the
story of Mrs. Barnard's suffering
went out.
Not one man in fifty, and not one
woman in thousand, could come out
Of similar situation IA little frozen
OR with life at alas did Mrs
Barnard.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-06-23
FATE OF AN EMpERIoR's DAUGHTER

While the silver wedding fetes
were proceeding at Berlin the
daughter of an Emperor died in the
most abject poverty near Cologne,
and was buried by the communal au-
thorities. She was unmarried and
lived in wretched room, hung
round with portraits of the Bona
parties. She was the daughter OF the
first Napoleon, and was born in lSl!
in the palace of the Archbishop OF
Cologne. William Ill was her god
father. and she received the title OF
Countess de Falkenberg. She was
brought up at Montjoie, at the OK
pense of her father, and then placed
in convent in Italy, where she left
when about thirty years Of age. Some
times she was too fond OF luxury;
others, that she was too generous; but
at all events she soon got through q
considerable property, and returned
to Cologne penniless at the age OF 5O.
A prominent citizen applied to Ma
poleon III, but no notice was taken.
She, poor thing, dropped her title,
aud earned her a miserable pittance
by needle work, supplemented by a
small allowance from a rich family
living near the Rhine, who claimed
left handed descent from Jerome Ma
poleon, King of Westphalia-
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-06-23

There is considerable demand for
fine blooded short-horns, as we'll as
other kinds of stock. from countries
bordering on the Pacific Ocean--not-
ably the Central American States
and good prices are obtained. The
demand is increasing to such an OK
tent that it is now much more profit
able to raise good breeds OF cattle
than ct any time heretofore. The
very low prices for beef the last five
years made stock raising an unprofit-
able business, and it declined. The
last year bringing better prices,
say eight cents per pound for best
beef carcasses, has caused a renewed
activity in producing cattle.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-06-23
AN ALLEGED MIRACLE.

Mrs. Francis Keyser, who claims to
have been miraculously cured by
prayer Of dumbness last Christmas,
has received letter from Richard
Huffman, Of Bentleysvil1e, Washing
ton County, relating how he has been
raised from q cripple's couch by faith.
He says that his whole nervous sys-
tenn was par alyzed for three years and
that he suffered from hardening OF
the spinal column. brought on by a
fall when he was 13 years old. Six
months ago some of the first physi-
clans of his county told him that his
intirmities were incurable, and when
he visited hospitals the doctors said
that treatment would not avail; his
nerves were palsied, his flesh was
cold as marble. A few months later
he got hold Of a book relating to
cures by prayer, written by Miss Car
rie Judd, OF Buffalo, N. Y. He was
80 much struck by it's contents that he
wrote to her and proposed that she
should pray for him at her weekly
prayer meetings. She agreed to do
so, and it was arranged that the
afflicted man should pray at the same
time. In addition to this he res0rted
for secret prayer to a wood-shed nine
miles from his home After praying
for a week he was one night thrown
into a sort of stupor, and he says
that at the moment something told
him he would recover. The next
morning he crawled out of the house,
and the further he went the stronger
he grew. lie had not gone far be-
fore he was able to stand up. He
walked back to the house, distance
of five rods, and up nine steps into
the kitchen, the first time for three
years His sister came out surprised,
II clasped her hands" he writes, land
we both commenced praying and
praising God TOR his wonderful pow
or and mercy. / have been leaping
and walking and praising ever since.a