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The bee., 1884-03-08

PERSONALS. Hon. b. h. Bruce Will
leave shortly for Hot Springs.
c. Cassius Callwell left the city this week
for Mississippi. He received ahandsome re-
ception while in this city. We wish him
success.
Mr. Paul Meshaw one of the special
pension agents has arrived in the city.
The John Wesley Sunday School Is do
ing good work, Notwithstanding Mr.. John
+. Masters resignation. Mr. Randall
Bowie is on hand to help the cause and
will assume his old position as superin-
tendent. Sunday afternoon the school
had pleasant time with the assistance of
Miss Ada Brooks. Miss Fisher, Miss Selma
Bungag. and Mr.. Wri. II. johnson. 1t is
10 be hoped that the school will have sue
cess in the future.
TheI pound party at Ebenezer M. E.
church on Friday evening, the 18th, was
quite a successful affair. The committee
having il i'm hand received 145 lbs, several
sacks OF -four. and 5000 in money which was
distributed to the poor and needy of the
church. Rev. G 7. Pinckney, pastor in
charge, thanked those who came to the
relief Of the poor.
IHlr. Sidney Mcfarland, jr., will
please accept our thanks for an in
vitation to the graduating exercises
of the medical department of How
ard University.
The graduating exercises of Howard
University will take place at the Congre-
gational church, Monday evening, March
10th, The order Of exercises are as fol-
lows: Overture, La Dame Blanch, Boil
dlew; CollOcation, Prince Mathusolem,
Straus; Invocation; Cornet Solo, Last
Rose, Hartman, by Mr.. Jaeger; address
to the graduates. Charles B. Puryis, NJ. ID.
Fantasia, La POloma, Xadrier; Confering
of degrees, w. w. Porter, d. D.; Xylo-
phone Solo, Whispering Willows Soluble,
NaledictOry, j. Melvir Lamb, NJ. D.;
Capice, Loaelei, Nevada; Galaf De Con-
cert. La Chasse de Lion. Rolling. The
music will be by the Marine Band.
Ex. Lieutenant James A. Berry
has been dishonorably discharged
from the Cadets.
Mr.. Edward Deas left for his
home in South Carolina, Thurs.
day evening. He will be gone
two months.
for choice wines, cigars, tobac-
CO. &C., go to Frank Hall, 923 18th
street, Y. w.
The There should be some system in
cnurch cholrS. Some church cbcirs
have certain regulations, then some
don't. 'o'>
-, Ihe music at the literary is be
-" par, An Improvement in
That direction would tend to curl
t. the vindictiveness of the Eng.
lish clown,
The bee., 1884-03-08
..,1,rpr THE BEE CAN BE HAD.

polkety's. NJ. Street, between 18th and
y Northwest ,,,,,,, corner ,e,b and NJ
''ITs Sr,. poland's, corner 4% and Pennsyl-
10 Avenue, Southwest.
van" Freeman, corner 18th and M. Street
Northwest ,r,,u, o,s perrsv,van,a Ave
Northwest. ,,rs TupNrp
l4l asy,o No Va. BRANCH OFFICE, NJ. L.
,gan ATAar Manager, No. 1872, South Columbus
street.
The bee., 1884-03-08
EAST WASHINGTON.

Quite wedding took place at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Smallwood on n. j. ave-,
5. E., on Wednesday eve. of last week.
The contracting parties were Miss c. F.
Smallwood to Mr.. Louis Hickman, in the
presence of number of friends. Rev. G..
w. Usher of Isrial G. NJ. E. church off,
eiated. After partaking of the reception
and receiving many congratulations the
wedding party repaired to the residence
of the groom.
The friends of Mrs Grimshaw will be
pleased to learn that she is much better
and was able to set up in her room this
week.
Mr.. Horace Page of the Post Office
Dept. has been confined to his home i'll
Alexandria, Va, attack of rheumatism.
Sunday, the 22d, was missionary col
lection day at Ebenezer NJ. E. church to
which the congregation responded well,
and good collection was raised.
The bee., 1884-03-08

We advise our readers to pat
ronize Young's Cloth and Silk
House, cheap bargains in cloaks,
Dolmans, listers, etc. Latest
styles and lowest prices Mourn
ing goods speciality. Remember
the number, 736 9TH street, n. W.,
bet G and I'll streets. One dollar
buyers get a red ticket; six tickets
good for a useful present
The bee., 1884-03-08
GRAND CLEARING SALE.
COTTON UNDERWEAR.

Determined TO Dispose OF the STOCK ON
HAND, We have concluded 10 make decided
REDUCTIONS. and to convince the Public
that sneh is our purpose We shall make
general display ON OUR SECOND FLOOR,
with prices affixed on each garment in plain
figures, " hieh cannot fail 10 attract the atten-
tion OF ThE LADIES. We enua:Prate below
few of the speeialties in this department..
LOT IL. We will close iI5 Chemises at I2lsc
LOT d. We will close "a Chemises. beau
tifully made. with lace bands, at - c.
LOT4. We will close lS5 Chemises. with
embroidered fronts, fine tucking al soc.
LOT "a. Chemises with pieces embroidery.
cambria ruffiing. fine tucking. at 49c.
LOT g. Chemises, tucked yoke, fine en-
brodered band, elegant quality cotton, at SOC.
LOT Al, Chemises, yoke ofembroidery, best
cotton, at sc,
LOT 50. Chemises, fine cambria, lace yoke,
latest design, at Csc
LOT Ia. Drawers deep hem. cluster tucks. l9c.
LOT IL. Drawers. six tucks. with lace
bands, at &c.
LOT q. Drawers. narrow and wide tucking
cambria ruffie with cluster tucks good cotton
at 44c.
LGT %. Drawers with embroidered rufiie,
cluster tuckS, at 44c
light tucks. good cambria ruffiing. at 69c.
LOT 56. Sightgowns, tucked yoke, finished
with embroidery, at 79c.
LOT 81. Nightgowns. yoke with cluster or
tucks and three rows ofinserting and edging
LOT 63. Nightgowns with six-ineh embroid
| cred yoke, best quality cotton at CSC.
LOT y. skirts, with
| tucks, at 33c
LOT4. skirts, tucked, ruffe cluster tucks
above, at Slot
SLOT 81. Skirts. with embroidered edge
ruff1e, cluster tucks at soc.
LOT 81. Skirts, embroidered ruffe. two
cluster tuckS. made of the best cotton at soc.
We are confident that the SPECIAL SALE
OF UNDERWEAR r at the special price II en-
ioned will crowd our second floor VIII er
purchasers.
LANSBURGH & BRO
420 422 and 424 Seventh Street v
The bee., 1884-03-08
THaNsON, Gen'I Agent.

subscribe for the BEE.
Twenty cents per month.
EVill contain all the news.
For sale by all newsdealers in the city
There is a letter at This Office for Alexander
Thomas.
ADVERTISE your goods in the BEE A
,,ioI i solicited. OUR terms are mOder-
ate.
We wish canvasers for the BEE. Call
at our office.
The bee., 1884-03-08

Patronize the popular druggist,
Beller. of 10th aud M SITS. n w.
Pure drugs can be procured at all
times. Toilet articles, cigars, etc,
a speciality.
The bee., 1884-03-08

~ Wanted A live and reli-
able agent in every district of
Washington, to canvass for the
BEE. Call and learn the terms to
agents. We want three thousand
new subscribers for 1884.
The bee., 1884-03-08

w. Ii. Narrower Of 313 9TH ST.
n. w. near the Avenue, is the
place to buy cheap table cutlery,
tinware and housefurnishing
goods, etc. Go there for stoves,
etc. The best in the city.
The bee., 1884-03-08

Read the advertisement OF I. h.
Richardson, our Merchant Tailor
The bee., 1884-03-08

"ANTED-The Public to know that
w The BEE, Office, IlO9 / ST., is of
fering Special Rates for advertisements of
Wants, For Rent, Lost and Found, and
Boarding.
An advertisement of the above size will
cost
For one time % cents.
For two times rs cents
For three times 60 cents.
For four times ID cents
For live times 90 cents.
For six times SHa3.
The bee., 1884-03-08

We write our mercies In the dust: br''
Affections we engraye In marble. Our mem
ories serve m but too well to remember the
latter, but we are strangely fOIgetfu'o the
fovmar.
The bee., 1884-03-08
Skilled Workmen in Demand.

In nearly every branch of useful industry
the supply of skilled workmen is unequal
to the demand. From one cause and
another, comparatively few serve the needed
apprenticeship to trades necessary to pro-
duce finished workmen. The result is to
crowd our workshops with poor mechanics.
And one evil of trades unions is that they
make nc distinction between good work
men and botches.
In our day very few boys are "bound" to
serve sufficient time to acquire o proper
knowledge of thir etrades. Occupations re-
auiring five or seven years to master are
picked up in half the time, and so soon as
o half-taught apprentice can secure mem
bership be sets himself up as a jeurneyman,
demn ling journeymen's wages, although
he NAV have mastered no more than the
rudiments of his trade. This system works
evil all round, and employers and parents
should unite to break it up.
Another error needing attention is the
too common notion that it is degrading to
learn trade. Aprofession, clerkship-
something neat, easy and "genteel"-is
sought rather than honest, useful toll. This
Is all wrong, and the sooner it comes to be
understood the better will it be for our boys
and for the country.
The bee., 1884-03-08

climates of advertising furnished on appli-
h''. obiectionsble advertisements will not
ca'on. '.,rtad at any price. All remittances
be noI, r9,a made by draft. postal money order.
shouiu I, ,a0istered letter. Money forwarded
ehpr e. pny other way. is at The sender's risk. In
ID ApI .ins money, the amount and what 1t Ia for
snuId be distinctly stated
snou'r ,,siness letters, etc, should De address
ed" Business Manager
The BEE.
Washington ID. c.
The bee., 1884-03-08
PIMPLES. cgnrH5 1T'l5 Tsi3 ase

receipt for simple Vegetable Balm
that will REMOVE Tan, Freckles, Pim-
Piles, Blotches, leaving the skin soft,
clear and beautiful; also instruction for
producing luxuriant growth of hair on
bald head or smooth face. Address, in
cluding Sc stamp, Ben. Vandef & Co.,
u Barclay St N. Y.
The bee., 1884-03-08
T,eyity and Cheerfulness.

Between levity and cheerfulness tnere Is
O wide distinction; and the mind when is
most open to levityis frequently a stranger
to cheerfulness 1t has been remarKeu tlia'
transports of incorporate mlrth are o1teh
no more than flashes from the dark cloud
and that in proportion to the violence VI
tbe effulqence is the succeeding gloom:
Tevitv NAV be the forced production Oh
fo1ly or vice: cheerfulness is the natural
ot5s1r;np of wisdom and virtue only. Inc
ono is an occasional agitation; the other
,arnonent ~ habit The one degrades the
ppharocter. p the other is perfectly consistent
with the dignity of reason, ana the STEADY
ond manly spirit of religion. 10 ann at
anu, aonstont succession of high and VIVID SEN
SSr So+;ons of pleasure is an idea of happiness
Sorsactlv s cbimerical. Calm and temperate
pe;oIroent is the utmost that is allotted 70
rnon ReyonG this we struggle IN VAN 70
La la o,,r state: and in fact depress our JOYS
tr.-',r h1- enJeayoring to heighten them instead
os thoso fallacious hopes of perpetual fes-
~ t;v;+y with which the world Woule aILuIe
-s relicion confers upon us cneellui lL '.an E,n
us;i;+v uS, rt Instead of dazzling us with me. J.
teors tr of ioy which sparkle ana eAPiie, ~
VIots SS, - roo,,nd o MS a calm and STEADY hgn1,
eOs slleIs Lid u,ore equal, and more lasting
What ic IN FRS business OF one who
.4,,d;es nhi;osoply? To part with self
eonceit. -or = is Impossible for any ons
to begin to learn what he thinks ne al
ready knows
The bee., 1884-03-08
LANSBURGH & BRO

420 422 and 424 Seventh Street v
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
Gen. Sheridan's Story OF Greedy

I was stationed at New Orleans
when Mr.. Greedy came there on his
tour when candidate for the Presi
dency. The old creole residents gave
him dinner. and to make it as fine
an affair as possible, each of the many
hosts was laid under contribution for
some of the rarest wines in lis cellar.
When dinner was announced and
the half-shell oysters had disappeared,
the waiter appeared at Mr.. Greely's
seat with plate of beautiful shrimps.
"You can take them away" he said
to the waiter, and then lac added apol-
ogetically to the Mortified old creole
gentleman who presided: Il never
eat insects of any kind.
Later on, a soup was served, AMI at
the same time a glass of delicious
white wine was placed at Mr.. Gree
Iey's right hand He pushed it aside
quietly, but not unobseryed by his
chief host. DO you not drink wine?"
he asked. mo" answered Mr.. Gree
ley, 81 never drink and liquors" SIS
there anything you would like to
drink with your soupT the host asked,
a little disappointed, IF you've got
it, answered Mr.. Greeley, and it
isn't any trouble, Ia like to have a
glass of fresh buttermilk." Mon
Dieu!D exclaimed the host afterwards
in his broken English, re idea OF
to re Presidency man
vot drinks buttermilk Wis his soup
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
The True Rereries OF a Bachelor.
Waterbury American.

The ladies sometimes datter them
selves that it is the longing for kim
bred soul, the desire for the highest of
human intimacies, the loneliness of
life which has no object upon which
to lavish the pent-up feelings that will
not remain self-contained, that drives
the men to their feet to sue for the
keeping of their | carts. Ladies, we
dislike to undeceive you, but this is
true of only rare men at rare intervals.
You have derived your ideas from
such books as the fascinating Mr..
Mitchell's ''Reveries of Bachelor"
where thoughts of love were suggest
ed by the ashes of wood fire, in an
old fashioned country house, with a
storm raging outside, and the blasts
making the chimneys unpleasantly
suggestive of evil spirits. How many
bachelors, suppose you, ever went and
proposed after such an experience as
that? How many ever had such an
experience? No, ladies, Mr.. Mitch
ellis picture is only poets dream,
told in prose. The true ''Reveries
of Bachelor" is yet to be written.
The scene will not be laid in a country
house, but in the top story OF board
ing-house, or may be in a room just
about large enough to enable one good
sized person to turn around in it; there
will be no wood fire there, with dying
embers to glow and pale; there will be
no fire at all there, unless it be the
steadily burning, always redolent fire
of the kerosene stove; there will be no
toying of the wind in rough play
with the shaky bricks and loose NOR
tar of the chimney, but the adjacent
roofs near at hand will be alive with
cats raising rasping shrieks one to an
other. In such room, among such
surroundings, the bachelor begins to
think seriously of married lie, as he
sits clamsily tryin, to thread the
needle with which he will more clum-
silly sew on the button that must be
made to stay ere he can sally forth
presentable biped. Did it never strike
you why the modern shirt Is fastened
from end to end. with studs, and
trousers have fancy catches in places
where the buttons ought to be. 1t is
only the process of evolution adapt
ing garments to the environment of
an age in which marriage and the
wifes needle are largely passing out
of fashion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
Too Many Pages.
Detroit Free Press.

Three or four miles out of East
Point, Ga, negro was taken very
sick few weeks ago. A brother of
color, who had bought himself a cheap
medical treatise, volunteered to cure
the patient for four bushels of sweet
potatoes. He had not doctored him
over three days, however, before the
patient was cold in death. A white
doctor living in the town happened to
be passing and was called in. When
he had tasted the medicine, which was
in gallon jug, he asked:
What disease did you doctor
fora"
"Poll-evil, sah."
What! Who ever heard of a man
having poll-ever3 That is horse dis
ease
The other at once opened his book
to page 70, and said:
Reckon you'll find it right dar,
sab"
Yes" said the doctor as he thumb
ed the leaves over, "but the diseases of
man are not found in this department.
This is headed 'Ailment of Live
Stock.
''Fo, de Lawd" gasped the negro,
as he snatched the book and hurrledly
turned the leaves, go de Lawd if I
didn't turn over five pages too many!
L meant to hit him fur consumption
an billyus fever!"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11

lion of stately grace and urbanity and
when the marriage took place Amy
received no handsomer present than
the costly diamonds bestowed by her
benignantly smiling cousin.
After they had been married year
or two, Walter came into his wife's
room one day and said:
"Amy. I have some news for
you"
"Oh, tell me quick!'' she exclaimed !;
what is it9''
Miss Stanley is engaged to an En-
glish nobleman."
"Oh, that is splendid What a SEN
sation she will makel"
"And l hear that he is very fine
Klan."
He ought to be. l hope that he is
handsome and good and Intelligent,
for certainly no common man should
ever marry our magnificent Emma
Stanley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11

then, if death lets him alone, he will
be man and swear to his hearts con-
tent And all the way up to being a
man he can practice to that end. 1t
is not the girls fault that her brother
is, and always will be, the better
swearer than herself. The girl has no
chance.
Do girls swear9 The girls them
selves to the contrary, say, no. Their
swearing is a fraud and delusion.
Swearing Is an art beyond them.
They may dabble at it, like one who
stands on the shore and stick his toes
into inch deep water. But the one is
not swearing and the other is not
swimming.
The little they do at swearing they
had best give up. 1t is counterfeit.
They themselves are ashamed of it.
The genuine article is not for them.
Be there uses for profanity, it must be
genuine profanity. The bogus is
worse than nothing. Ashamed of it,
afraid of it, false coinage as it is. drop
it girls. 1t does not even lend an air
of chic and daring. 1t is ridiculous,
that is all.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
How He Does IT.


Sharp .clerk-There is beautiful
piece of goods, miss. 1t will make
up very handsome, and l am sure
will become either you or your sis
ter.
Lady purchaser, blushing Why
ahem-so it is. Yes, l think l can
trust to your judgment. Suppose
you cut cut me off twenty yards.
As they are leaving the store
Why, mamma, why didn't you tell
him was your
Lady-Hush. Do be still, Maud.
You chatter so continually.
Sharp clerk to man at lace counter
Did you see me work her? Twenty
per cent. on that; it's that stuff left
over from last spring.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
A Guilty Conscience.
Atlanta Constitution

''Whar's dat reos'er l fotch home
las nlte?" growled Nose, as he entered
his little hut.
Dunno" answered his wife, but eff
de preacher spoke de trufe, you'll neb-
Der sec i'm no mo-"
Nose wheeled and gasped: "What
did he sa'."
He sed las Sunday dat chick
un'sd KUN home to roos'; an l
speck's he knowed what he wuz talk
in bout"
How'd he know whar 1 got dat
roos err"
Dunno dat needer; I jes tell you
his own words"
Nose walked suddenly off, growl-
ing: "Ef things keep a gwine on dis
wa, dar amt no chance lef' fer de po'
niger, an l bets dollar dat some
slab-sided preacher am fxin' hisself
fer fus class funeral, kase | amt de
man to STAN an hab my character
spilled, an in de chu'ch too"
Thus talking he strolled out in
search of another roost.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
The Rocks Outside o. Devils Bridge

From a perusal of photographic
chart No. Is, of Bluzzard's Bay and
Martha's Vineyard, published at the
photographic Office, Washington,
under tina superintendent of Com
mander 7. S. Fillebrown, the discov-
cry of ledge of rocks outside Of
Devils Bridge appears to be no discov-
cry at all The location of this ledge
which is wholly of rocks powders.
has been known for years, ard should
have been known to those who now
claim to have made a new discovery.
The chart was published December 20,
1868, and upon it is distinctly marked
the location OF the rocks and the
depth of water. The rocks are three
eighths of mile northwest, magnetic
bearing, from Devils Bridge buoy,
and lay ia three, three and three
quarters and four fathoms of water.
Just outside the ledge is FIVE and one
half fathoms, which deepens to nine
and oue-half fathems a short distance
from the rocks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
Hot Water as n Remedy.
HANS Journal of Health.

There is no remedy of such a gen
eral application and none so easily at
tainable as water, and yet nine per-
sons out of ten will pass it in an emer-
gency to seek for something of far
less efficacy.
There are but few cases of illness
where water should not occupy the
highest place as a remedial agent.
A strip of flannel or a napkin fold
ed lengthwise and dipped in hot
water and wrung out and then applied
around the neck of child that has
the Group will usually bring relief in
ten minutes.
A towel folded several times and
dipped in hot water and quickly
wrung and applied over the seat of
the pain in toothache or neuralgia
will generally afford prompt relief.
This treatment in collie works like
magic. | have seen cases that have
resisted other treatment for hours
yield to this in ten minutes. There is
nothing that will SO promptly cut
short a congestion of the lungs, sore
throat or rheumatism as hot water
when applied promptly and thorough
ly.
Pieces of cotton batting, dipped in
hot water and kept applied to old
sores or new cuts, bruises and sprains
is the treatment now generally adopt
ed in hospitals. have seen a sprain-
ed ankle cured in an hour by shower
ing it with hot water, poured from a
height of three feet.
Tepid water acts promptly as an
emetic, and hot water taken freely
half an hour before bedtime is the
best of cathartics in the case of con-
stipation, while it has most soothing
effect on the stomach and bowels.
This treatment continued for a few
months, with proper attention to diet,
will cure any durable case of dyspep-
STA.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
Great Corn CrOnS.

1t having been mentioned in the
Iowa State Register some weeks ago
that Mr.. Hezekiah Pagan, of Polk
county, in that state, had once grown
15S bushels of corn per acre, ID son of
Mr. Pagan writes the following re-
garding the kinds of corn, the ground,
and the manner of cultivation:
Fathers farm joined Browns park
on the north and ran q mile north :;
the corn was raised where the old
orchard now is; it was part prairie and
part brush land, and was about the
third crop. The grousd was plowed
in the spring, narrowed and marked
out with a single shovel both ways,
the rows being four feet apart each
way. The corn WAS dropped by hand
and covered with hoe, and left with
out narrowing until large enough to
plow, and was plowed twice with sin
gle shovel, and once with the two
horse stirring piow and hilled up as
high as possible, and hoed enough to
keep clean. The seed was from corn
father brought from Rockville, Ind,
with him when he moved to Des
Moines, in the spring of 1S48, and was
of the large, yellow variety which
matured then and natures now with
anything like a good season; and 1
verify believe that with as good
ground and as good treatment and as
much care in having every hill stand
ing, and from three to four stalks in
every hill, that the amount might be
raised again, if it was over $50 bush
els per acre, and l must say that I
have never seen a large variety of corn
that suited me so well, that would
yield so much, or mature SO well, and
if any Iowa farmer will come and
look at my crib of corn of this years
raising, and if he will say he can show
better average ear raised on similar
ground, with similar treatment, |
would like to speak for few bushels
for seed at almost any price, and will
not except the much pulled Leaning
variety"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
Rooster Gallantry.
Vallejo Cal J Times.

A lady is this city hearing an un-
usual conmotion in her poultry yard
the other morning ran out and saw
three ROSTERS making frantic efforts
to extricate a hen that had got her
head fastened between the boards of a
fence in an attempt to fly over it,
while about twenty old hens were
walking aud feeding about the yard
as unconcernedly as if nothing I'M
usual was going on. The action of
the BOOSTERS may be explained by the
proverbial gallantry of the sex, while
the hens were probably taking quite
a delight in seeing the belle of the
flock and a hated rival effectually
strangled.