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The Washington bee., 1889-02-23

The reception of the Iolanthe So
ciaI club was success.
The Fearn Leaf reception at Will
liards hall on last Monday was well
attended.
Miss S. f. Harris of the Govt.
Printing office left for Fairfax Va,
last Wednesday on visit. She
will return tomorrow.
1.-THE National band will give a
benefit at the Cadets Armory,
Monday evening, Feb. 25th, 1889.
Admission, 25 cts.
Capt. ]. S. Coolidge mas moved
his place of business about six
doors above his old stand in STAN
ton Alley. He has a nicer
place and one more convenient for
his business. His card appears in
another column of this paper.
Grand Rally in Israel G. NJ. E.
Church on the 1st Sunday In
March. The ex-Minister, Rev. r.
s. Williams, will preach at 7:3O
the anniversary sermon of the
Ladies social circle. All are
invited to pe present. ct.
The Stag social club reception at
the Armory on last Tuesday even
ing was attended by large number
Offriends and patrons of the club.
Among those noticed were, Misses
II. Norman, GRAY, Jones, Peyne, A,
Robinson S. E. Harris and MessrS.
ID. Freeman, Brown, Ware, Pink
ney and others.
The exercises of the Mt. Carmei
Lyceum were we'll attended yester-
day. Papers were read by Misses NJ
Washington, Hattie Haitian, s. j.
Janifer and LOveningS. At the sug
geshon of Mr.. l.. g. Fletcher the.
ladies were requested to read the
same papers the first Sabbath in
next mouth.
Miss Julia Z. Wormley, assist
ed by excellent musical talent, will
give an EIocu ionery Recital at the
Berean Baptist church Saturday
evening March 2nd, 1889 proceeds
Tor the benefit of said church, tick
cts 70 cents. Reserved seats 10cts.
extra at Droop's music store, 925
Pa. ave.
The s. s. Lyceum of the Cd
Bapt, church held a large and
Interesting meeting last Sunday
afternoon. Miss Susie Robinson
read an excellent paper on Sac
red Music" which was discussed
by Col. q. NJ. Arnold, Ryv. j. A
Taylor, and DIR. johnson. Next
Sunday Prot. G. A. Bleisner will
read on the "Bible" and Miss
Lucy Webb read an essay.
The Ever Green social club met
at the residence of Miss G. Lucas,
Z2O Mass. ave. n. g. Tuesday night
and perfected arrangements for the
High Tea that is to be given Tues.
asy evening FEBRUARY 26 at the res
idence of Miss Emma Brooks 1405
ISt u. W. After the admission of
several new members and the trans
action of all business, the members
were invited to an adjoining room
where refreshments in abundance
We're served.
"Nerrly, merrily, shall | live
now, the little girl said, "for Pm
not to be kept in because of that
Iornd neuralgia. My mamma has
oOught bottle of Salvation Oil
IRON from the druggist and it cost only
% cents bottle.
New Jersey has a Baptist minis,
Cer who claims to have baptized
more people than any other man
"a MS church. The community in
~ulcn he resides has been grieved
oIef nlS stubborn cough that has
'uVetlered with his pastoral duties.
a a 6pnySlclau recommended Doctor
Du lis Cough Syrup, and conse.
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23

WHERE THE BEE CAN BE HAD.
Nv Fowlers, SlS Bird street, Sc.
Mrs Polketys.M NJ Street. between Iztn and
Ion ~ Beler, Druggist corner 10th and ID
street, Northwest.
pnnaaelphia House, 54SPennsylvania Ave-
Northwest.
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23
DRAMATIC CANTATA,

OViSAo1haL EodSG VI Guo hdll VI
Babylon, at the
Metropolitan a. III. E. Church,
Thursday and Friday eyes,, Feb. 2S and
March list. 's9, in ten scenes to wit:-The
Palace Hall, The Queens Apartment,
Jewish Place of Assembly, The Walls OF
Babylon. The Felst, Jewish Quartres,
Jewish Place of Worship, Interpretation,
Camp OF Cyrus, Within the City, T. Fl.
Wright, w. II. Hart, W. Beckett, Man
ayers, and j. I. Layton. Director. Pro-
ceeds for the benefit of the church,
Tickets of Admi ssion, 25cts,
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIV
ED FOR THE PRESS CONVEN
TION AND RECEPTION OF
THE COLORED EDITORS.

Senator P. Sawyer, $l.00.
DIR. G. b. Purvis, $500.
Prof. J. NJ. Gregory, $1.O0.
DIR. f. j. Shadd, $500.
DIR. S. R. Watts, $l.00.
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23
SATURDAY, Feb. 23rd. 1889.
Locals.
FOR Mt ROOMS.

R,oxs For RENT with or With
o,t hoard. 1l35 9 st n. W.
pir.t class job work done at the BEE
oeice Calland inspect.
house with all ste%srf %9dsr0 10Th impr8ys. ang
u,
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23

Let every Baptist member min
lister and all other citizens send In
their names to the BEE,
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23

,..e, for advertising furnished on appll
bsl-n'N lI obieetiouabIea advertisements~ wan no'
oa''ou. ,userted at any price. All remittances
be lnS5, ,s 10 made by draft, postal money order
shoulu ~ 80 -er,stered letter. Money forwarded
express o,ber way, is at the sender's risk In
ailY 80 .,onay the amount and what 1t is for
should Istfers. pe etc, should be addressed
10
Washington ID. g
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

WIN. B. DULANY. Correspondent. The
BEE can always be obtained at the office of
Ine Alezandr1a. correspondent every Satur-
oay morning, at 5O4 King street.
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23

Fields of labor-The colored
teachers southern Bureau looks out
for positions as teachers, preach
ers, clerks. private secretaries
and persons with business qualifi-
antons. Address j. III. Lawson & co
Louisville Ky.
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23

For lime, cement, hay, corn and
oats, go to Goodacre's, 1926 H ST.,
n. W.
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.

The BEE would like to havea list of all Good
Samaritan societies in this ci y and all other
societies organized by the cololed people
Direct TO w. Calvin Chase, BEE office.
If you want first class job print
ing done call at the BEE Office 1109
/ street u. w.
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23

o7-pI ISBED EVERY SATURDAY AT
,1ooIST, n. W.. WASH. ID. c.
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23
THE BEE
AUTHORIZED AGENTS.

CAST WASHINGTON
~ Fowler, 3lS 5ro - lie
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23

The reception of the Iolanthe So
cial club was a success.
The Fearn Leaf reception at Will
lizards hall on last Monday was well
attended.
The Washington bee., 1889-02-23

Miss S. f. Harris of the Govt,
Printing office left for Fairfax Va,
last Wednesday on a visit. She
will return tomorrow.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03
Mixed With Business.

odd you come in to the exhibition
asked patrolman of a stranger who
made an inquiry Of him on Jefferson
avenue yesterday.
"Well, partly. My business is rather
mixed. l intend to lick a man, buy a
dog, get drunk and attend the show,
and l was just now wondering which
l had better do first. What do you
Think"
"Why, if you really mean to get
drunk, and it makes no great differ
ence to you, you'd better do that first,
as all of us will be very busy later on.
We can give you more attention now
than any day this week"
Gall right, sir, that hits me- I'll be
full inside OF an hour"
1t was a little over an hour before
the officer was called into a saloon at
the other end of his beat to ring up
the wagon and take a drunk away
but it was the same man, and he was
so we'll primed that he never opened
his eyes as they lifted him into the
wagon.-Detroit Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03
A Dig In the Rims.

If on the right side and lower part of the dla-
phragn, though playfully meant and delivered,
is calculated to evoke profanity from a ehappy
whose liver is out of order. When that region
is sore and congested, pokes seem aendsh. Look
at mans countenance ere you prod him
under the ribs If his skin and eyebals have a
sallow tlnge you may infer also that his tongue
is furred his breath apt to be sour, that he has
pains not only under his ribs, but also under
the right shoulderblade, Also, that his bowels
are irregular and his digestion impaired. In,
stead of making ioeose demonstration on his
ribs, recommend him to take, and steadily per-
sst in taking, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the
finest anti-bilious AID alternative medicine ex-
tant Incompatible is it, also, for dyspepsia
rheumatism, nervousness, kidney trouble and
fever and ague
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03
Complete and Permanent.

In the early part of last year had
a violent attack of rheumatism, from
which l was confined to my bed for
over three months, and at times was
unable to turn myself in bed, or even
raise the cover. A nurse had to be in
constant attendance day and night. /
was so feeble that what little nourish,
ment | took had to be given me with
spoon. | was in constant agony and
sleep was entirely out Of the question
except when | was under the influence
of opiates
After calling in the best local physi-
clans, aud trying all other medicines
without receiving amy benefit, | was
induced by friends to try Swift's Spe'
cifc 6, S. s.. ] discontinued all Other
medicines, and took a course of S. S
S,-thlrteen small bottles-which ef
fected complete and permanent
cure. b. G. BAssETT,
FL Dorado, Texas.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03
A Woman's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by lady in
this country. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven years
she withstood its severest tests, but
her vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three
months she coughod incessantly and
could not sleep. She bought of us a
bottle of DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption and was so much re-
lieved on taking the first dose that she
slept all night and with one bottle has
been miraculously cured. Her name
is Mrs. Luther Lutz," Thus write W.
G.. Hamrick & Co, of Shelby, N. c.
Get free taial bottle at NJ. A. McFar-
lands Drug Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03
The Verdlct Unanimolls.

w. ID. Suit, Druggist, Bibbus, Ind,
testifies III can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Ey-
cry bottle sold has given relief in ev-
cry case. One man took six bottles,
and was cured Of Rheumatism OF 10
years Standing Abraham Hare,
druggist, Bellyine, Ohio, afiirms (:
"The best selling medicine / have ever
handled in my 20 years experience, is
Electric Bitters." Thousands OF other
have added their testimony, so that
the verdict is unanimous that Electric
Bittefs do cure all diseases OF the Liv-
err, Kidneys or Blood. Only "a half dol
or a bottle at NJ, A. McFarland's Drug
Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03
RucIslen's Arnica saIYe.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter. Chapped Hands,
Ohilbains, Corns and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, orno
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price Is cents per box. For sale
at M. A. McFarland's Drug Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03

sAMPLE COPIES FREE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03
Truly A Sad Ending.

Emeline-"Have you heard how
Jennie's marriage turned out?'
Agnes-"No; he was a foreign no.
bleman, wasn't he?"
Emeline-"He pretended to be, but
he wasn't"
Agnes-"And so she was deceived,
poor girll'
Emeline-"Yes, horribly deceived.
He proved to be nothing but a rich
American. Judge.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03

Doctor-Well, how's the ague this
Col. Bluegrass Con visit
to Ohio)-I am better, but my wife is
worse. Doctor-Worse, Ell? Did she
take THAT quinine and whisky | pre-
scribed? Col. Bluegrass--Well-er-
you see, doctor, | thought, being only
a woman, she might not be able TO
stand it as well as man, you know,
so she took the quinine and took the
whisky.-Epoch
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03

Timid wife TO husband going to
Europe on business)-Now, dear, do be
careful and not fall 0 erboard, won't
you?--To be sure ! will. Don't worry.
/ shall be all right. Timid wife-And
if you should get wrecked out on the,
ocean, John, | want you to telegraph
me at once.-Bosten Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03
An Eating Sore

Mr.,C. B. McLemore, prominent
and influential citizen of Henderson,
Texas, writes under date of August %
1889, as follows;
For eighteen months | had an eat.
ing sore on my tongue. | was treated
by the best local physicians, but OBJ
tanned no relief the sore gradually
growing worse. ! concluded finally
to try S. S. S., and was entirely cured
after using a few bottles.
You have my cheerful permission tc
publish the above statement for the
benefit Of those similarly afflicted"
G. B. MoLEMoRE,
Henderson, Texas.
Treatise on Blood and and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
Atlanta, Ga.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03
How She Did 1t.

Typos Girl (eager for proposaD-
"What do you say in the Office when
you have set up a column, John?"
Typo-"0, | pst sing out, My gal
ley's ready" f&A
She-"You bet your gal is ready,
John, and she's been ready for a long
ltime."-Lawrepce American,
Old sportsman-"Ah, see you'e got
a partridge. Did you use bird shot?"
Amateur sportsman (sarcastically)-
"Of course l did. How do you think
l killed him? sposeI caught him in
barn and dubbed him to death?"-
Puck
Needed coaching Young farmer
(apologetically)-"I know Pm per-
feet bear in my manners, Miss Edna.
Sweet sixteen (hesitatingly) = NO,
you're not you-you-haye not hug
ged me yetp-Budget.
English as She is Spoke.-Miss La
Mode Cooking into Farmer Fleece's
garden) 4"You asked me to stop some
day and see your fine lettuce heads
Are these they?" Farmer Fleece
''Them's um. "-Harpers Bazaar.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-03

Cholly Littlesense-Yaas; I've stop
ped smoking cigarettes.
Neddy Vacantlot-Goodness gra-
cious! Why?
Cholly-They stopped putting pict-
uahs in the boxes, bah jove.-New
York Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08
People Who Fret.

One Of the most striking examples
of this large class OF unfortunate beings
is the great Carlyle-the man of noble
heart and great mind, capable of grasp
ing great subjects and giving wise
words Of admonition regarding them,
and, yet 50 difficult to live with COM
fortably, because he was easily dis
turbed by trifes and gave free vent to
an oral expression of the annoyances
he felt. There is touch OF the ridiou-
lous, but much more that is pathetic, in
the story Of Carlyle's behavior on his
return home after an absence, during
which his loved Jennie-Mrs. Carlyle
worked with loving industry to make
her husbands homecoming an es-
pecially happy one.
The study was made immediately
neat, the new furniture arranged in
the most pleasing order, and dainty
touch here and there to make all home
like. The task completed, Mrs. Car
lyle awaited in happy expectancy tho
return Of the master Of the house.
What did Carlyle do to show his
appreciation OF this loving service so
willingly rendered? Did he express his
satisfaction in words, or even by look
of pleased surprise? Not he. Sur
veying the room with critical eyes, he
walked to a window, discovered that
the sash ratified, and vented his dis
pleasure in unmistakable language.
This one small flaw blinded him to all
the rest of the order and pleasant ar
rangements of the room.-Eveniqag
Wisconsin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08
WHAT MADE HER so HAPPY,
ooh, Mildredw
"What is it, Edith 2"

"What is it, Edith?"
II am so happy this morning"
"What has given you such great joy,
Edith? Did the Browning symposium
show great results, with large margin
credited to the side of soul development
and" .-....
"No, darling, it was nothing of that
sort. It was not metaphysical and gen
eral, but was merely physical and spe-
cial to myself. James Quincy Crownin-
shield last night, in set and stately
terms, asked me to be his wife"
GLOW exquisite!"
eyes, dear! My heart thrilled pas
sionately for moment after moment dur
ing the blissful recital, and you can i'm
agine how I followed every utterance
and weighed every word in sanguine
hope and yet in fear lest he should
stammer and stumble or say something
ungrammatical to CRATE on my Back Bay
sensibilities. But he acquitted himself
like Tennysonian lyric, and we are to
he married when the roses bloom in
Time"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08
THE BIG-ToED RACE.

The strangest Of all the Indo- Chinese
races, the ancient Gloa Chi, OF ig-Toed
race, is called in our Biographies the
Anamese. This extraordinary people
are about the ugliest and worst built OF
all our semi-civilized Asiatic cousins,
says Wide-Aacoke. They are much
shorter than the Malays, darker skinned,
with lower foreheads, less developed
skull, a fatter nose, larger mouth,
thicker lips, blackened teeth, gums
often destroyed by the use of the betel
nut, prominent cheek and jaw bones,
SO that the face is lozenge shaped; short
neck, shoulders shopping abruptly, and
a seesawing sort of gait when walking.
But the most curious development of all
is the big toe. 1t is large, broad, and
fiat; moreover, the distance between
that member of the foot and the othe,
toes is so great that the Chinese so long
ago as 1857 B. G. gave them the name
of Gloa-Chi, or BigToed race.
The curious physical formation is such
that it quite marks them from all other
Asiatic peoples who walk barefooted,
and, strange to say, though more than
forty centuries have passed since this
peculiarly was first noticed by Chinese
travellers, and in spite of frequent inter-
marriages with other races the Anamese
have transmitted, without the least per-
ceptible modification, this formation OF
the feet to their descendants to-day,
which fact, according to some ethnolo.
gists, serves to prove that the Anamese
are not descended from the mingline
of indigenous races, but rather that they
have existed for an immense period Of
time as distinct and peculiar race.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08
"a FRIEND, LADS, A FRIEND"
.y FREDERICK 1ANaBR1DoE.

-. -, the good gifts that in royalest measure
O VI a., ao,vn to the earth from the beautifr1
-, 'nskies,
..,ard lads. a friend, is the fttest to treas.
..,and with soul in his straight-lookino
eyes;
s,.rce twice is he found in our LIES working
day;
,,.,,r God with rejoicing II only you've found
one,
..d 1--we him and keep him forever and ave,
A., comrades enow-be 1t said with decorum-
1a,,r, ret for the asking in hamlets and
towns,
,,,,,o coily will empty the glasses you pour EN-.
W." W. laugh Mt your sallies and borrow your
uut these jolly birds are of volatile feather;
THEW fly with the autumn and come with the
spring;
=, o,cuds are presaging q change in the weather.
Tbsyl bid you goodbye with flick of the
wing
i. friend, lads, God bless himl warm-hearted,
stout-handed.
ua's loving dloyal and always the same;
o., still to YOUR follies he's open and can
did
vou mizo his approval, you shrink from hi d
us1l laugh at your side when the Maytime is
shining.
mi closer hell draw on the storm beaten
Has like tho old coat with the honest, warm
lining
vou find out his worth on the winterly day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08
IN THE UOoDs.
A Boz Who Didn't BOTHER About Bears
While the Fire Burned.

A Boy Who Didn't BOTHER About Bears
While the Fire Burned.
After the echoes made by walking had
subsidized, the stiffness was oppressive.
The bright moon cast strange shadows
which fancy wove into such forms
of life that the situation was uncomfort'
able, and to retreat to the shanty nigh:
bring host of wolves, bears, or other
beasts directly upon me. A sensation
of fear was mingled with one of cold,
and camping in the wilderness where
bears are plenty did not have the roseate
hue at midnight that it had borne in tho
morning. If only one owl had hooted
there would have been a relief to that
dreadful silence, for was familiar with
that bird and its cries and hootings.
Should I fire the pistol to scare the
monsters which surrounded me, or
should I call for John? A knowledge
that would have to explain matters,
and dim consciousness that when John
told the story of the adventure to our
schoolmates I might be the butt Of
ridicule, prevented either course being
taken. After long consideration, and
with a heart trying to burst its ribbed
Enclosure, and with pistol at full cock, I
carelessly stepped few steps in the
direction of the shanty, which lay full
in the moonlight forty rods away. The
assumed carelessness must have de-
ceived the monsters, for when I faced
about and presented the pistol in their
direction with the intention of killing
the foremost, and then rushing for the
shanty, not one had stirred. Several
repetitions of these tactics brought him
to the fire when John asked:
"Where have you been?"
"Me? Oh, just out to see what a
beautiful night it is and to see if any
game is about"
He yawned and said: "Put on more
wood and turn in, there is no gamehere
that stirs at night except rabbits and
skunks, and the snow makes so much
noise that they'd hear you a mile off.
heard you go out and then you stopped
a long time; what We're you doing?"
Watching for game" said I, and after
firing up, turned in to count the stars
across the Hudson, for the bright moon
had extinguished them at the meridian.
What if bear should come in the
shanty? The flint of the pistol was let
down, but the weapon was at hand.
John was unimaginative, unpoetical, q
plain matter-of-fact fellow, and rabbits
and sl1unks We're all that he had seen
when he was here before. How did he
know there were no deer, wolves, and
bears about us?-Forest and Stream.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08

oead now; probably her husband a.
Wen; she has not had word or line from
lnm since the day they parted, just four
years ago.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08
ANXIOUS TO FILL HER SHOES.

Heard in Chicago-Boston Cousin
What lucky girl you are, Abby, to
catch that rich widower. You'll be the
envy of all Wabash avenue. l heard
two or three girls say to-day they'd like
to be in your shoes.
The Chicago young lady smiles
sweetly, but when she is alone she Is
heard to mutter, under her breath
"Two or three girls in my shoes! Ihe
hateful thing! Two or three! The ldea!
Boston Transcript.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08

HE WILL TAKE AFTER THE COMET.
Young Mr.. Staylate was seated in
the dimly lighted parlor the other
night watching 17-year-old girl trying
to keep awake long enough to see the
morning star rise. They talked astron-
omy.
II wish I were STAR he added,
smiling at his own poetic fancy.
II would rather you were a comet, ."
she said dreamily.
His heart beat unanimously.
And why?" he asked tenderly, at the
same time taking her unresisting hands
in his own. "And why?" he repeated,
imperiously.
60" she said, with a broadened
earnestness that fell on his soul like
bare foot on cold oil-cloth, because
then you would only come around once
in every 1,5O0 years"
He didn't say anything until he was
halfway to the front gate, when he
turned around and shook his fist at
the house and muttered between his
teeth:
"By the gods. it'll be laundering
sight longer than that before I come
around again."
But by this time the poor girl was in
bed and fast asleep.-Troy Standard.