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The bee., 1884-01-12

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The bee., 1884-01-12

What good will it do if one sue.
ceeds in having another removed
from his position because such a
one sees fit to denounce dema
gogues? 1t is only throwing coal
oil on fire, especially when it was
the BEE. The BEE is not con-
trolled by official influence.
The bee., 1884-01-12

Hon. S. 2. Rounds, public
printer, has given another assur-
ance of his kind feeling toward the
colored race, by appointing two
colored apprentices.-DenUer Mail.
We assure our contemporary
that the public printer is doing
the right thing. He has appointed
Miss Carrie Lewis, colored lady,
to a position in the bindery a few
days ago.
The bee., 1884-01-12

There was congregational
meeting at the 18th street Pres
byterian church last wednesday
night.
AT the regular animal meeting of the ses-
sion OF the Fffteenth.street Presbyterian
church Thursday evening the following
officers were elected: Trustees, Messrs. e. e.
@ W. A. Steward, and W. q. Par
ker; elders. Messrs. Henry Lee and David
The bee., 1884-01-12

The coming letter of Louise on
our Washington society bids fair
to be interesting. Those who have
not subscribed for the BEE can
obtain it from our agents.
The bee., 1884-01-12
THE PRESIDENCY.

4 liz ANN 'NDAiNSsA '1SA " AAe%S
duty to perform at the nominating
convention in next June. We
give notice, and IT is our wish that
it will be needed, that a man like
Lincoln or Logan must be nomi-
mated to satisfy the colored vote.
1t is an undeniable fact that no
Republican President can be elect
ed without the colored vote, and
hence it is necessary that some
man must head the ticket of un-
questionable fame and sincerity to
the principles of the Republican
party. The colored people are not
fools and they have come to the
conclusion that it is just as well
for them to support the devil as it
would be to support some Republi
cans We pretty much know th,
sentiment of the colored people IL
this country as to their likes and
disIikes so far as the Presidency is
concerned. We see that two-thirds
of the colored press in the country
are supporting Lincoln and Logan.
There are two or three favoring
President Arthur. While we have
no objections to President Arthur
it is doubtful whether be can unite
the colored vote. Louisiana has
organized an Arthur Club consist
ing of every prominent. n0litiiGsisasRH iiGsssH
politicians should organize. Presi-
dent Arthur has certainly recog-
nized the colored men in that
State. Some Of the best places in
the State are held by colored men.
There are a class of cranks who
believe that the holding or seeking
an office is a crime. Seeking or
holding an office is one of the
unquestionable rights Of the
American citizen, and it is only
that class of disappointed Office
seekers that kick. The party can
not afford to make any mistake.
ere is no blotting it out that
the colored man must be concili-
ated this time. Secretary Lincoln
is popular with both wings of the
Republican party, and therefore no
objections can be made to him.
President Garfield appointed him
from the stalwart element while
be (Garfeld) was characterized as
q half-breed. He remained Sec
retary under the limited admins
tration of Mr.. Garfield and con-
tinued under the administration
of president Arthur. This admin
istration will no doubt save the
Republic from being taken poses
sion of by the democratic party.
Hon. B. K. Bruce is urged for the
Presidency by every colored
press throughout the country ex-
cept two. In conversation with
the great Douglass, he said, "I
don't know of any man more quail
flied for and more deserving of
the position of Vice President than
Ex-senator Bruce" These are
the sentiments Of the greatest lnan
of the age. A man whom we all
honor and love. The name OF
Douglass will he a household word
to posterity; monument to the
rising generation; che has no
brother; be is Douglass alone"
Hon. Blanche K. Bruce has made
a record that the colored race
prdes, his reputation and charac-
ter are without blemish, and his
qualifications and services to the
party and country entities him to
recognition by the Republican par
ty. Beginging from next month
this paper will contain a pen
sketch and potrait of the life and
services of Bruce, Lincoln, Doug
lass, Logan and Ingersoll. The
Democratic party must go:
The bee., 1884-01-12
A FALSE REPRESENTATION.

Mr.. EDITOR
The name of Asbury choir has
been used without authority, to
sing at a competitive entertain
ment TO be given at the eCadets
hall, 0 st. N. W. on Jan. II, 1884.
Thos. 2. Bell.
The bee., 1884-01-12

The poem by Mr.. S. G. Merrill
is one that deserves to be read.
Mr.. Merrill is fine writer and a
simon pure republican. He en-
dorses Senator Logan for Presi-
dent.
The bee., 1884-01-12

The democratic congress will
adjourn early for fear of blunders.
The Chicago Tribune endorses
Hon. Robt. T. Lincoln for Presi-
don't
The bee., 1884-01-12

Arrangements are being made
to relieve the destitute white and
colored people of the city.
The bee., 1884-01-12

Mr. Mcknight lectured at the
Congregational Church last even
ing,
The bee., 1884-01-12
MIR. FORTUNES IECONSIs-
TENCIES.

The Editor of the New York
Times some several months ago
The bee., 1884-01-12

MI w. =. OTnlth, or N, .. edl-
tor and proprietor of the Charles
ton Messenger, is in the city , look
ing well and feeling happy. The
Messenger always brings good
tidlngs of great joy, aud we are
ever glad to see 1t.
The bee., 1884-01-12

The Baltimore Vndicator comes
out for Senator Logan aud B. K.
Bruce, for President and Vice Pres
idant
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When John Francis Wilkinson
was a member of the school board
all that he required of teachers was
attend to their business. There
was another class that required the
teachers to bow down before them
as if they were gods. 1t Is only a
question of time when all things
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23
kissing in England.

Kissing in England was certainly
known and practiccd in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries and practiced
with an easy familiarity which shows that
the custom was general. Indeed, SO gen
eral was the use of the kiss that it was
as usual MS the bow a gentleman taking
a lady to her scat from the dance invari-
ably kissed her, and if he had not would
have been voted very badly bred fellow.
How much older English kisses were
is not very clear. Suffice it to say that
the custom has outlived to our day,
though fashionable and general games,
in which kissing formed prominent
part, are now becoming rarcr than they
we're quarter of century ago.
The literature of kisses is curious.
There is story rctailcd in the BROAD
Stone of Honor of an English knight
riding through Franco to The Field OF
the Cloth of Gold. His horse cast shoe
at certain village, and the Scigncur
whereof had departed to the same rem
devious but the Seigneur's lady hospita-
bly, entertained the traveller. She came
out of her castle attended by twelve dam
sells fair to see; "and," said the dame,
'forasmuch as We have in England such
custom as that man may kiss wo.
man, therefore | will that ye kiss me, and
We shall also kiss all these my maidcns, "
which thing the knight straightway did
and rejoiced greatly thereat.
The quaintness Of the last phrase I'M
doubtedly indicates the young mans
feelings at the salute with considerable
exactitude.
In Africa and other parts of the world
outside the circle civilization kissing
is as yet an unknown art
An African traveller once offered kiss
under favorable circumstances to a young
lady of king Mumbo Jumbo's court, but
she recoiied in great alarm, observing
that she was 'not yet worthy to be
eaten.n
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23
An 0ld-Time FOrger.

He did everything for himself, made
his own paper, with the proper water
mark, engraved his own plates and man
ufactured his own ink. His method of
negotiating the forged notes was most
artful He had three homes. At one
he was Price, properly married; at a
second he lived under another name,
with woman who helped him in his
schemes; at third he did the actual
business of passing his notes. This bust
ness was always effected in disguise;
none of his agents or instruments saw
him, except in disguise, and when his
work was over he put it off to return
home. Certainly the audacious clever
ness of Price has not been surpassed,
even in one time. Once he pretended,
in one disguise, to expose a swindler
(himself in another disguise) whom a
respectable city merchant inveigled into
his house, to give him up to the police
The swindler proposed to buy him off
for $500, the offer was accepted, the
money paid by thousand-pound note,
for which the swindler got change. The
note, of course, was forged. Ultimately
the law fastened its grip on Old Patch,
and he was lodged in Newgate, where
in despair he hanged himself. His plum
der came to the enormous total of e200,
900; but how he disposed of his ill-got-
ten gains, seeing that he always lived
obscurely, and neither gambeled nor
drank, remained an inscrutable secret
to the last. = Gr1itPs Chronicles Of MO-
dnte.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23
Too Big.

Big things are not often useful or
profitable. Bulky, unwieldly property
that person can do nothing with is
very forcibly characterized by the phrase,
"He has an elephant on his hands. !"
Many great works of human skill and
boldness, however, that are too big t0 be
profitable, are not too big to be useful,
and the following pertinent remarks of
the Pajlaoay Age are rather suggestive
than otherwise:
Whether the great bridge between
New York and Brooklyn will pay even
a low rate of interest on its cost, beside
the large sum which will be required
each year for repairs, is not at all certain.
1t seems as if there was limit in size for
structures of all kinds, which is not
profitable to over-pass.
The Great Eastern steamship, while
it was in many respects a mechanical
success, was, on the whole, great fail
ure.
Locomotives beyond certain weight
are not profitable. The wide gauge for
railways has been abandoned, because
the narrower one was found to be best
adapted to all the conditions involved
The use of driving wheels of very large
diameter on passenger locomotives was
continued for only comparatively short
time.
Nature herself, while she may produce
the immense, does not obtain from it her
effective uses The vast proportions of
the London dray-horsc can be proftably
employed only in a narrow range of con
ditions.
The giant grenadiers, whom Frederick
l. ransacked all Europe to obtain, were
not effective soldiers in the field. 1t is
the man of average size who is enduring,
alert, adapted to all the varied demands
Of practical life.
In the case of both machines and men
the gigantic is not, all things considered,
the most serviceable.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23
WISE WORDS.

i that is best IN the great poets of all
countries is not what is national but what
is universal.
There is no dispute managed without
passion, and yet there is scarce dispute
worth passion.
The actions of men are like an index
of book; they point out what is most
remarkable in them.
We should often have reason to be
ashamed of our most brilliant actions if
the world could see the motives from
which they spring.
Every mans experiences of to-day is
that he was fool yesterday and the day
before yesterday. Tomorrow he will
most likely be of exactly the same
opinion.
Honest good humor is the oil and wine
of merry meeting, and there is no jovial
companionship equal to that where the
Jokes are rather small and the laughter
abundant.
The world deals good naturally with
good-natured people; and I never knew
a sulky misanthropist who quarreltd
with it, but it was he, and not it, that
was in the wrong.
If, in instructing child, you are vexeo
with it for want of adroitness, try, if you
have never tried it before, to write with
your left hand, and then remember that
child is all left hand.
The difficulties of education lie deeper
down than the curriculum. 1t is not so
much finding out what to teach that is
needful; the all-important thing is how
to develop the mental and moral ener-
gies.
Speaking truth is like writing fair,
and comes only by practice; it is less a
matter of will than of habit; and l doubt
if any occasion can be trivial which per-
mits the practice and TO nation of such
habit.
Enthusiasm is the glow of the soul
enthusiasm is the lever by which men are
raised above the average level and enter
prise, and become capable of goodness
and benevolence which, but for it, would
be quite impossible.
Bring up your children to joy. Give
them just as much as they can take with
out intoxication and without reaction If
you take too much of any one essential,
you cheat some other. Equipoise of the
various clements Of olr being is what we
want
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23
White House Inconvenience.

The executive mansion at Washington,
commonly called the White House, is
not altogether delightful as residence
for the President Of the United and his
family, according to the Washington
correspondent of the Rochester Union,
who writes:
Until the war the White House was
purely residence, with the exception of
two rooms for the use of the private Sec
rotary and his assistant, and another use d
by the President for cabinet meetings
and receptions to Congressman and other
callers. The President has number of
clerks, who take charge of his letters,
and as the size of the mails increase so
do the number of clerks. They are con-
stantly crowding the private portion of the
White House, and in order to live in the
house at ali the President will soon have
to live like bachelor. The entire por-
ton of the White House that the Presi-
dent is now able to reserve for his family
consists of six rooms, dining room and
five bedrooms. In going to dinner the
family has to pass through that portion
of the house which is always crowded by
strangers. There is no sitting-room for
the ladies, although the President has
made one by means of screen placed
across the west end of the corridor.
There is no sewing-room no music room,
no loking-room and no parlors, except
those in the official part of the house. If
the President wishes to smoke and chat
with friend he has to either sit in an
Office or walk in the halls. If his daugh-
ter wishes to take music lesson she has
to either take it in bedroom or 90 out
of the house. No ornaments of any sort,
no books or fancy articles, can be left
in the public parlors because tourists
carry them off. There are no movable
articles in any part of the house except
in the kitchen and bedroom. In the
public rooms everything has to be kept
under lock and key. The President
thinks the government should purchase
the square Of ground across Lafayette
park from the White House and erect
thereon modern residence, to be called
the executive mansion. Here his sue
cessors could live in privacy and do their
private entertaining. The official bust
ness and public entertainments would
still be conducted in the White House,
including the state dinners and official
receptions. Then the President could
be able to live as other men do and to
protect himself from tourists.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23

Some animals, as a class, are noted for
special vices, and some individuals, no
matter of what class, have individual
and private vices of their own. Dogs
as class are quawelsome, peacocks are
proud, mules are reckless, hogs are glut-
tonous, foxes are tricky, opossums lie
crows steal, cats are cruel and selfish,
never doing anything out of love for
their masters. When they catch mice,
or play, even, they do it not as a benefit
to us, but for their own appetite OF
amusement. They do not, like the dog,
make sacrifices for men, and have neither
faithfulness nor gratitude. While dog
watching a piece of meat will starve
rather than eat it, a cat will steal or lick
it when not hungry. Like the tiger,
which it resembles, it cannot be tanned
or humanitarianized, whereas dog, like
lion, his prototype can be. The cat, as
a class, is about the meanest or morally
most wicked of animals, without one re.
deeming feature except cleanliness. -
Modern Age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Testing Seeds.

Before garden or field seeds are sown
in quantities it is good plan to test
them. They viii often be found to be
worthless or only partially good, and
much time and vexation may be saved
by testing before the planting is done.
To test seeds, do not plant them. Not
infrequently the conditions of the soil
and its temperature prevent good seeds
from terminating, and this is especially
true when they are put in boxes in the
house. Without a greenhouse or hot
bed regular temperature and an even
amount of moisture cannot easily be Sc
cured. A good plan is to place seeds be-
tween damp pieces of flannel, and keep
them as nearly uniform IN temperature as
possible. The seeds can be examined
any number Of times, and the process is
clearly and convenient. If seeds were
tested, much vexation and doubt in many
ways might be spared. 1t might often
be found that good seeds fail to germi-
nate when planted out, and the causes
of the failure discovered CUlticat0r.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23
SELECT SIFTINGs.

The American turquoise is usually blue
when found, but turns green from ex-
posure.
Two brothers in Connecticut married
sisters, and the first son of each couple
vas born on February 20.
A camel can carry a ton, and twenty
pounds of hair, worth $3.50 pound, may
be sheared from his body every year.
A grotto in Hardy county, w. Va,
has twelve successive chambers, rising
one above the other for a distance OF
about 100 feet.
The tabrets or ornaments which the.
Alaskans wear in the cheeks and lips are
often of immense size. The flesh IS
pierced in babyhood and the size of tn
inserted plug is gradually increased.
1t is said the custom of having twelve
men on jury, established by King All
fred in England, was borrowed by him
from an old Breton law in Ireland which
referred all disputes about land to the
decision of twelve men.
An old Celtic rhyme put into modern
English says: Thrice the age of dog is
that of a horse; thrice the age of a
horse is that of a man; thrice the age Of
man is that of deer; thrice the age Of
a deer is that of an eagle.
A common Chinese talisman is the
'hundred families lock-" to procure
which father goes round among his
friends, and, having obtained from an
hundred different parties a few of the
copper coins of the country, he himself
adds the balance to purchase an orna-
ment or appendage fashioned like lock,
which he hangs on his child's neck for
the purpose offiguratively locking him to
life and causing the hundred persons to
be concerned in his attaining old age.
Tarring and feathering, it seems, is
not modern invention. One of Richard
Cour de Lions ordinances for seamen
was, "that if any men were taken with
theft and pickery, and thereof convicted,
he should have his head polled, and hot
pitch poured upon his pate, and upon
that the feathers of some pillow or
cushion shaken aloft, that he might
thereby be known as thief, and at the
next arrival of the ships to any land be
put forth of the company to seek his adj,
ventures without all hope Of return unto
| his fellows
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23
EfeSt Place for Manure.

Where does the manure do the most
goodl This is a very important question
for farmers. Fashions change in farm
practice as well as in other things. There
are always innovators and persons, like
the ancient people, who are always look
ing for something new. Thus in regard
to manure. Some years ago farmers
always plowed it under They believed
that the plants food should be put as
near to its mouths as possible, seeing
that the mouths could not go out of the
soil for heir food. And so they put it
down in the soil where the roots natur-
ally seek to go. But those who wanted
some new idea for change said: owe
will put the manure on the surface, " and
they did, and have reported wonderful
success. But some farmers who are not
apt to change when they have a good
method, go on blowing il the manure
for all sown or planted crops, and get it
as near to the seed as possible. For grass
lands or fall sown grain in the spring,
top dressing alone is possible; but for all
planted crops it seems natural and reason
able that the manure should be put just
where the roots can find it, and that is
under the surface. York Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-23

Some ten years ago while at the Reed
House. Erie, Pa, l was taken sick with the
spotted fever and was very low; my back and
spine seemed to be affected, with terrible
pains in kidneys and back. For fourteen
days Ilaid, and could hardly stir, and suf cred
the most intense agony imaginable. My feet
and limbs were bloated; my water was very
unnatural deep, red color and brick-dust
deposit, and l was fast losing strength and
vitality. The doctors treated me, but with
no benefit, and L used many different medi-
cines that had been recommended. None
of them did me any good until used Hunts
Remedy, as my attention was called to the
case of Hon. Joshua Iuthill, of East Sag
NAV, Mich, q similar case to NINE he being
cured of a severe case of Bright's disease. L
purchased bottle, and used it according to
directions. I began to gain in strength; my
water became more natural; the terrible
pains in the back and loins were removed;
the swelling of my limbs went down. con-
tinued the use of the medicine until l had
used in all five (5) bottles, and it has built
me up and completely cured me, and l am
as sound and healthy as any man of forty
eight years of age, and can attend TO my
business every day. l have recommended
Hunts Remedy to many of my friends here
in Buffalo, and it has proved, as in my case,
a success with them all. Gratefully yours,
CHARLES l., WEBB,
Tiff House, Buffalo, N. Y, June IS, 1888.