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The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
1t Was the Cat.

In the mountainous districts Of Penn
sylvania two wrens had built their nest
under the caves of an old farmhouse,
and there they reared small and in.
teresting family. Among the attaches
of the farmers household was s. white
cat, and when the wrens became so
tame that they used to hop around the
piazza in search of crumbs the cat
would lie in wait for them, and several
times came within an ace of catching
the adult birds. When the farmer no.
ticed this he kicked the cat, and she
finally learned that it was dangerous to
fool with the wrens.
When the baby wrens grew larger,
one of them one day fell out of the
nest, and, being too weak to run and
being unable to fly, lay helpless on the
grass. The cat saw the accident and
ran rapidly to seize the bird, but, seem.
ing to remember the lesson taught her,
when she reached the helpless little
thing she only touched it dsintily with
TIER paw and then lay down and
watched it.
Presently there came black and
yellow garden snake toward the futter-
ing birding. The cat was doing and
was awakened by the Auttering Of the
bird. Instantly she rose and struck at
the reptile with her paw. This was an
enemy the snake did not appreciate, but
It was hungry, so it darted forward
and attempted to seize the bird under
the very shelter of the cats head.
Like a fash the cat seized the snake
Just back of the head and killed it with
one bite. When the farmer happened
along in the afternoon he found the cat
crouching in the grass sheltering the
bird, and ten feet away was the dead
snake. This made it clear that the cat
had carried the bird away from the
make, and the young adventurer was
soon restored to its anxious parents.
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
HIS RAPID DESCENT.
A schoolmaster Broke Up Sparkling Bees
but It Cost Him Dear.

a schoolmaster Broke Up Sparkling Bees
but II Cost Him Dear.
"Next." called the Chairman Of the
Time Killers Club at the Lnde1, and
Cecil Fay came to taw, says tAe st.
Louis Globe-Democrat
"When q young blood I lived as
Rockford, Ill. There was boarding
school for young ladies in the town,
and some of the prettiest girls In the
Prairie State were among the pupils.
But the rules of the institution were
30 strict that it was next to impossible
to get to speak to any Of them. The
head of the concern was an argus-eyed
old fogy who had forgotten half . cen.
tury before that he had ever been
young.
But where there's Q will there's .
way, you know. We youngsters did
succeed in getting acquainted with sew.
sral of the girls, and then hit upon .
novel plan for scuring clandestine meet
ings.
"On the second floor back was class.
room and the girls would gather In
there nights and let down big clothes
basket, such as the redoubtable Fall
staff once inhabited. One of the young
fellows would climb in and they would
pull him up. He would then assist to
elevate the others, and the classroom
would quickly be transformed into .
sparkling bee.
The thing worked all right for .
month or two, and then the old pro-
fessor caught on. One night we were
waiting for the buck basket to be let
down when we saw him coming around
the corner. We sought cover in the
shrubbery and waited. he stopped
under the window, gave the signal and
down came the basket.
He got into it and the girls pulled
him up. Just as they got him nearly
to the window they saw who it was and
gave scream. let go, and he came
down with crash that nearly knocked
the life out of him. It cured him OF
his smartness, but it also cooked our
| sport
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12

In addition to all the States C,.II' edrU
oy both sides to Cleveland in advance OF
the election, he has carried New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio
California, West Virginia, and Indiana
Nebraska, Colorado, South Dakota,
Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, and Kansas
were carried for Weaver.
The sweeping Democratic victory in
New York practically decided the con-
test. The majority for Cleveland and
Stevenson is above $1,000. New York
City gave the Democratic electoral ticket
1000 plurality. and Brooklyn. added
2S, 900. There were heavy Republican
osses throughout the State at large. The
legislature elected in joint ballot is
Democratic, assuring a Democratic U.
s. Senator in place of Mr.. Hiscock.
The estimated Democratic majorities
in other northern States are as follows !:
New Jersey, 10000; Connecticut, 1000;
Indiana, 10000; Illinois, 10000; West
Virginia, 1000; California, 5000; Ohio.
1900.
The early reports clearly indicate e
large Democratic majority in the next
Congress, although the Republicans have
made gains. The Democratic plurality
in the House will not exceed 100.
According to the latest reports there
will be of the 356 members 2l6 Demo.
Gratis, 1877 Republicans, and 13 members
Of the Peoples Party, democratic ma
iority of rs and Democratic lead ovel
the Republicans of SO.
The local results in many States were
Of great interest. In New Jersey, Werts
was elected for Governor over Kean by
about 1000 plurality after one of the hot.
test contests ever known in the State.
Returns from nearly all districts OF
Pennsylvania indicate that the Republi:
cans have their usual majorities.
In Massachusetts,, the Republican elec-
5oral ticket succeeded by reduced ma
jority, but Gov. Russell was reelected
m the Democratic ticket for the third
time.
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
TERNAN'S LYCEUM ThEATER.
PannsvIyapIR avenue and Eleventh street
week Commencing Monday, November a.
Matinees Tuesday, THURSDAY and Saturday.
TBE FAMOUS
RTNTZ~SANTLEY
NOVELTY AND B0RLEsoUE COMPANY
In their new spectacular
production of
AMERICA
OR THE DISCOVERY OF COLUMBUS.
OMENE, THE DIVINE ODALIs0UE.
%. in the o.
VOLUPTUOUS DANCE
OF THE HAREM.
NEXT WEEK Hart's Boston Novelty
Company.
RENTZ~SANTLEY
WEED THAT FEEDS ON FISH.
Tt Catches Them and Sucks Out TheiI
vitality.


IL Catches Them and Sucks Out TheII
vitality.
Commander Alfred Carpenter, writing
from Suakim, Red Sea country, contrib.
utes the following remarkable instance
of a plant preying upon one Of the yer.
tebrats, says an exchange. The In
stance noted was observed by him when
surveying the Paracel Islands In the
South China Sea. !
"As 1 neared pool cut of by tho
tide from the sea / noticed among other
submarine plants very ordinary look
ing flesh colored weed. Bending to
inspect it closer I noticed numbers Of
small fish lying helpless in its fronds,
apparently with little or no life in them.
Putting my hand down to pick one
of them up found my fingers caught by
suckers on the weed, the fronds Of
which had closed tightly upon them.
The fish had been caught in every con-
ceivable way by the head, the tail,
sides. etc.-and some of them had been
held until the skin was completely
macerated.
Those of the fish that were still iv-
ing had evidently been caught at differ.
ent times, they appearing in all stages
of exhaustion. regret being unabls
10 name either the plant or the fish, but
that the botanical cannibal really preyed
npon the fnny denizens Of the deep
there isn't the least doubt.
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
THEREPUBLICANS DEFEAT.

TIE result of last Tuesdays
election was indeed a surprise to
the friends of the administration,
but not q surprise to those who
had predicted the defeat of Mr.
Harrison at the Minneapolis con-
vention. MIR. Cleveland was
stronger in the hearts of the
American people than what the
republican party presumed.
There was a great discussion
among the colored voters of this
country and in the northern and
western states especially, where
the coIored vote held the balance
of power. The republican man-
ayers were confronted with the
charge that not colored man had
received any recognition iu the
northern states where the colored
vote held the balance ofpower.
The national republican com.
mittse did not feel disposed to re-
cognize the coIored workers IN
this campaign and some of the
members said to certain colored
republicans that, "ColOred orators
did more to injure the success OF
the party than the good they
could do" The democratic mansg,
ers didn't think go; they took ad-
vantage of the blunders that were
made by the republican national
committee and employed every
coIored man who applied to them
The time has now PASSED tor
any party to think that the ne
groes can be controlled by any
one political party, The negro
will never be a citizen until be
throws off the yoke Of political
oppression.
The election OF MIR. Cleveland
may open the doors of a new DIS
pensation aud the colored maj
will at some futu day stand up
on q political equality with th'
more fortunate Anglo Saxon race
There is nothing to fear unde
Cleveland's administration. o
course republicans must give way
to democrats; it may be hard for
while, but. better day is coming
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
The White House Conservatory.

Nearly half an acre of glass covers
the flowers of the White House con.
servatory. It keeps two men busy all
the time to take care of it, and the fin.
est of all kinds of flowers, from orchids
10 roses, are in bloom there. There are
broad India rubber plants, which are
worth from fifty to one hundred dol
lars apiece, and there are some flowers
which are absolutely worth their weight
in gold. On the night of q White
House dinner or reception the whole
mansion is decorated with flowers, and
at one state dinner not long ago there
was a floral piece on the table which
used eight thousand flowers in its max.
ing. At dinner to the supreme court
two thousand flowers were used to
make temple of justice, and at the
last diplomatic reception the nantela
of tie parlors were banked up with dow.
ers, and at another time they wers
covered with immense double tulips,
Eising out Of banks Of green. -,
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
A Snowman in Brazil.

The Yankee who belongs to the genus
humbug had better keep out Of Brazil.
James Fitziames, who has just returned
to st. Louis from that country tells
what happened to a Yankee circus man
ager who did not show according to his
bills. According to his advertisement
his collection of animals was more com.
plets than that which Noah took In out
of the wet, and his performers more
wonderful than Barnum was ever able
to engage. I attended his show and
found it a very brazen fake.
The audience departed grumbling
and in an hour the show was before the
Poo Bah of the place charged with
fraud. The latter had one Of the circus
bills spread out on . table and had
checked every discrepancy in the per.
formance.
Nov" said he, why did you not
give the show you advertisedF
The Snowman thought it was great
joke and that he would probably be
subjected to light fine and let OF with
q reprimand, but he was mistaken. For
every shortcoming In the show, foE
every instance where it failed to tally
with the advertisement, he was fined
one hundred dollars and given q month
in Jail. His fines aggregated twelve
hundred dollars and his imprisonment
year. He is serving out his time now.
As he was led away he remarked that
the people down there had no concep-
tion of poetic license. And they
haven't.
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
MARRIED ANOTHER MAN.

Advertisement for . Wife Does Not Result
as Intended.
An advertisement appeared in the
London Adrertiser q short time ago
from a man residing at Temby Bay,
named Ibbotson, in which he spoke Of
his desire to secure Christian woman
as a wife. Among those who read the
advertisement was a widow residing at
Perth, mother of two children, who an.
swered it.
The gentleman wrote q reply, in
which he described his house and
worldly goods and explained that no
desired some one to take charge of his
household.
The widow, after some correspon-
dence, purchased ticket to 60 to her
prospective husband. She did not find
things quite as she expected.
The household consisted Of the father
and nine children, the youngest Of
whom was seven years of age. The
children's mother had died insane, and
the charming widow was loath to com.
plete the transaction which she had be-
gun so bravelv. She was stopping at Hill
ton, and the widower went thither to
interview her, but the lady would not
be seen at all.
Ayoung man of Temby Bay heard Of
the lady being there, and that she had
two little children, five and eight years
old. He had q nice little talk with her
on Sunday, proposed marriage with her
Monday, was accepted and the wedding
took place Tuesday.
The widow says she has not made a
mistake, even if it was hasty action,
for the young man in question is sober,
respected and industrious. At last &C.
counts Mr. Ibbotson was on his way to
meet another lady who had taken pre-.
liminary steps toward mstrimony in re.
Sponss to the advertisement.
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
Florida Moaa.

The valuable moss of Florida,
sbounds in the hummocks and back
lands. It is gathered chiefly by ne.
groes. In its natural state it hangs in
festoons from the limbs of trees in
strands from one to FIVE feet in length.
The moss is gathered by pulling it
from the trees with long poles, or by
cutting the trees down and then remcv.
ing it. The moss is buried in the earth
for about q month, after which it is dug
up and dried and shaken and sold to
the local moss dealers for one dollar per
one hundred pounds. It is then run
through q machine called . gin, which
is nothing more than 0 cylinder GOV.
sred with three-inch spikes revolving
between a roll of similar stationary
spikes. The action of these spikes is
to knock out some of the dirt and
trash, but it does not complete the
Job. It is then shaken over o rack
formed of parallel bars, after which it
is pressed into bales Of about two
hundred pounds each. Sonssbf the
moss mills do all Of this work ii hand,
except the ginning. The z IS, after
having gone through the above process,
brings from two dellars and fifty centa
20 three dollars Per hundred pounds.
II, instead of allowing it to remain in
The earth for one month, it ID left there
for three months, the entire bark Of the
moss is pulled of and there remains q
beautiful black fiber almost exactly like
hair. The hair moss brings from Eve
10 seven dollars per hundred pounds.
The treatment of this moss is good
aeld for invention. Night not Q ma
shine be made which would take of the
bark. leaving the fbsr, without the ne
esssity Of burying the 1oss for % long
4 tims n the earth. rf:,,
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
Privnte Iams Worsted.

Private Iams has failed in his criminal
suit against Coils. Streator and Hawkins
nd Surgeon Grim, whom he charged
18th assault and battery in tying him up
~ the thumbs, shaving his head and
RUNNING him out of camp for calling
iur "three cheers for the man who shot
Frick. " The jury at Pittsburg, after de-
'iberating all night and until II O'clock
next day, brought in a verdict of not
guilty, but placing half the costs on Coils.
Streator and Hawkins. Iams will now
bring a suit for civil damages.
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
MArvsls Of JuRrIar.

Paul Chnquevali, Of Paris, Is the 90.
knowledgsd king Of modern iugglers.
DC performs many seemingly impossibls
Ieats, the most remarkable being his
famous egg, plate and cannon ball
Elck. he takes Q thin china dish, .
common hens egg and fifteen pound
cannon ball snto the stage. He first
lakes the egg and throws it fifteen or
twenty feet into the air, catching it on
The plate without fracturinx the egg
aheu IN the least. Next he throws the
cannon ball high in the air and catches
It on the plate without even a. much -
cracking the thin enamel on the china
ware. These marvellous feats are AL
performed without strain Or effort, and
With the utmost ease and certainty. The
enormous disparity ef weight, siss and
snape existing bstvesa these thrss oh.
!ects makes the throwing Of them from
band 70 hand with unsErinG certainty Q
nost difficult task
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12

1t was q surprise.
Who is to blame for the blum
ders?
The republican national commit
tee will now be convinced that tie
negro is a necessary quantity.
The negt oes in New York sup,
ported the Tammany ticket.
The democratic administration
will teach the republicans civil ser
vice reform.
Four years from now the republi.
can shall have learned q lesson.
A disregard Of the masses for
personal interest will kill any par.
ty.
EThe negroes were in it this time.
Negro democrats(D will now
come in for their share of the
spoils.
Mathews of Albany is an orig.
inal democrat.
OOlored republicans must retire
and live on corn bread and fish fol
q while.
Thsy have had a very fastidious
taste for some time.
Dick Greener left the republican
party too soon.
He has been playing white fol
the last ten years in New York.
Who 10 to blame for the republi.
cans defeatl
There was o greater division in
the colored columns than one had
any idea
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
Mrs. C.. 8, ParneIl a BankruDt,

Mrs. G. s. ParnelI has claimed the
protection of the English Bankruptcy
:;ourt and receiver has been appointed
at her own instance to take charge OF
.'er affairs. 1t is believed that she has
lone this to stop the action of claim
Iuts against her own and Mr.. Parnelrs
state. The effect of the order will be
TO place another obstacle in the way OF
he release of the Paris fund, as while
er affairs are in bankruptcy no money
n which she is interested, whether as
trustee or otherwise, can be dealt with
except by leave of the Court.
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
America L. Ready to Race.

General Charles j. Paine, ex-Commo.
dore James D. Smith, Latham Fish,
Archibald Rogers and A. Cass Garfield, a
committee appointed to see about an in.
ternational yacht race for the America
cup, conferred with Mr.. 81. Maitland
Rersey, Lord Dunraven's representative.
Ia New York this week. The upshot OF
the matter is that the difficulties in the
way Of the race have been gotten over
and IL Lord Dunraven wants race he can
have It
Cuba has suspe
Agsinst New York.
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
CLEVELAND VICTORIOUS,
DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS IN THE MA
TlONAL ELECTION.

New York Cast Her Vote for the Ex.
President and Decided the Contest
Other Doubtful States Aided a Demo-
cratic Triumph.
Grover Cleveland is elected President.
That is the outcome Of the 13, 900. 900
votes cast throughout the Union Tues.
day last There was a landslide to the
Democracy.
The vote in the Electoral College will
probably be as follows:
The Washington bee., 1892-11-12

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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-08-23
Feak and Weeblo.

A friend of mine had an odd way
of mixing her words. Perfectly I'M
concions of it, she would often make
folks laugh. She would speak Of fell
ing "feak and weeble," for weak and
feeble, and "css,or i'll polls for castor
oil pills. But she was weak and feeb-
le until she took that powerful. invigo-
rating tonic. Favorite Perscri ption.
which so wonderfully imparts str ength
to the whole system. and to the womb
and its appendages in particular. For
over-worked women, rundown women
and feeble women generally. DR..
Pierce's Favoriie Prescription is un-
equaled. 1t is invaluable in allaying
and subduing nervous excitability
irritability, exhaustion, prostration,
hysteria, spasms and other distressing
nervous symptoms, commonly attend
ant upon functional and organic dis
ease. 1t induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dispon.
dency.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-08-23
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
The Work Of Organization Goes
Bravely on.

The democrats Of Pettis county are
aroused to the necessity and impor.
lance OF organization, and last Satur.
day night organized fourishing clubs
at several points in the county.
AT GEORGETOWN,
Hon W. d. Steele of this city was
present and assisted in forming a club
of fifty or more enthusiastic demo.
Gratis, with James Hopkins
as president; Marsh,
vice president, }. b. James. secretary
and Jams Castle Treasurer. Com
mitte.s were al.o appointed in the in
tsrest Of the meeting Of An, US 80,
aud 100 men on hors back will be
here from that vicinity.
AT LAM ME
There was all enthusiastic meeting
ard COMMITTEES appointed to boom the
rally OF the 3O;h. q. w. Crawford
was chosen president aud LIN Luther
secretary. Tn. democrats of that vi
emily VIII be hire IN large numbers.
AT HoUsTnNIA.
The spirit OF democracy asserted
itself last Saturday night at The little
village of Hous;ODia, SINE twenty
miles form Sedalia. John eastman and
Elder NJ irwin addressed the citiz ms
eighty of whom thrilled with en'husi-
asm, signed the roll sni elected the
following officers. T. G. Hayman,
president. John Charles, first vice pre-
sident, Perry Williams. second vice
president, joseph Williams secretary
and treasury. The club Will visit
Ssdalia on the 3Oih Of August eighty
strong accom- aanied by the Hous-
tonia band.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-08-23
A RUNAWAY ARRESTED

About a month ago, Eddie Pickett.
a young man, disappeared from hie
home No. 23l1 Clark Avenue, ST.
Louis. HIS case was reported at the
Four Courts in that city and general
hunt instituted hut without avail.
Last night a couple of gentlemen of
St. Louis. were at the Union depot,
and as the Lexington branch train
pulled in, noticed young Pick
EFT seated in Car. The
authorities here were notified and the
prodigal arrested, awaiting an answer
from St. Louis.
Young Picket had been engaged in
foundry at st. Louis and after work
ing there a month or 60, decided that
a change of climate might be bene.
fetal. Upon due consideration Of the
fact, he fled to parts unknown. No
trace could be found until he was
seen aod recognized at the depot last
night. He stated that he had been
working on . farm near Sweet
Springs.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-08-23
CLASS Dime ARTS.

The awards we're as follows: Bes,
and largest collection Of oil paintings,
Miss Minnie Gottschalk, Sedslia.
Best flowers and fruit, Mrs S Z
Murray.
Best ideal head, ameteur, Mis-:
Lilly Fowler, Mrs E L Human sec
ond.
Best landscape, Miss Lilly Fowler,
second, Mrs. NJ. Crawford.
Best marine view, Mrs. J. NJ,
Planck, secon, Miss B. Bronson.
Flowers, fruits or vegetables, Mrs.
B. Bronson, second, Mrs. S. E.
Murray.
Best collection, Miss Lilly Fowler,
second, Mrs. M. Crawford.
Best Flower painting. Mrs. j. NJ.
Plsnck, second, Miss Lilly Fowler.
Best painting on silk, Miss Ada
Evans.
Best painted FIRE screen, Mrs. S. Z.
Murray.
Best hammered brass, Miss Maggie
jackson.
Best art pottery. Mrs W.B Scales.
Best ornamental penmanship, G W
Robbins.
Best plain penmanship, G W Rob
bins.
Committee-Mrs Adam Ittel, Mr.:
r G Leaning, Mrs Henry Evans.
Best painted PLAGUE, Mrs j NJ
Planck.
Best painted cup and saucer, Mr.:
c E Messerly, second, Mrs Kate
Houx.
Best painted pitcher, S P Hyde,
second, Mrs c E Messerly.
Best landscape china painting, S +
Hyde.
Best fruit and china painting, S P
Hyde.
Best in porcelaine or glass. Mrs J
NJ Planck, second Mrs Helen Bron'
son.
Best wood carving, Sedalia Plain.
ing Mill Company, second Mrs Ed
Hurley.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-08-23

Best pen Of two eve lambs, same,
81.
Best ram 2 years old and over,
same. 81.
Best ram l year old and under 2
same. 81.
Best ram lamb, came, 81.
Best pen of two eve lambs, same,
81
Best flock of l ram and 5 Of his get,
the get to be 2 years old and under,
bred aud owned BY exhibitor, SO.
w T Clark of Monroe CITY, was
awarded the premiums in this class as
follows:
Best ram ! year old and uuder 2 81
Best ram lamb 81
Best pen Of two ewes, years old
and over 81.
Best pen Of two ewes year old and
unier 2. 81.
Best pen OF two eve LIMBS. 81
Best flock OF one ram and five OF
his get, the ge, to Re = years I'D and
under, bred and owned by exhibitor
SO.
Best flock OF one ram, any age, two
ewes, yesrs old and over, two ewes
! yr o:ri and under 2, AMI two eve
lambs so, second 50.