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The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
Adherence to Old Fashions

Among the most uncomfortable arti-
cles Of masculine dress is the cylinder
of sable which has been the proper
head coverings for hundred years, de-
spite its numerous disadvantages.
Though intolerable in sunshine; so SEN
sitive to raindrops that an umbrella
must be carried for its special shelter;
inconvenient in travelling, it cannot be
forgotten or neglected. This curious
affair has not even serious name. The
tenacity with which it clings to the
scheme of costume is accounted for by
the desire of short men to look tall, by
which, although they are not taller,
they look taller. Jealousy of superior
physical advantage has brought about
many of the ugliest fashions. In wo-
mans dress this is noticeable; no sooner
is there delight in simple becoming
fashion, than there is contrived some
mock deformity, and every woman of
spirit hastens to adopt it. The most
pleasing outlines of the figure are con-
cealed by every ingenuity. 1t is vain
ments against the fashions of the day;
they change before he can assail them,
and our folly chases another from the
memory. It cannot be hoping too
much that in the fullness of time the
fast flying fashions will discard all the
ludicrous, hideous, and hurtful ones,
and faultless models be adopted.
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a Descendant of WashinytOn's Sister.

Mrs. Mary Farley Rives, who died at
Charlottesville, Va, recently, was de-
scendant of the sister Of George Wash
ington Mrs. Rives was the daughter of
George Tucker of Bermuda, member of
congress from Virginia from 1920 to 1S45.
Her mother was Maria Ball Carter,
daughter of Charles Carter of Blenheim,
and Betty Lewis, who was herself sole
daughter of Betty Washington, George
Washington's only sister. Mrs. Rives
was one of the nearest living kindred of
the great Virginian. When her father was
of Virginia, she was for several years head
of the household, and as such received
Lafayette and entertained Jefferson.
Madison and Monroe-Exchange.
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Good News For POcket1ess Won en-.

After seasons of pocketless gowns, dur.
ing which the handkerchief has crawled
up sleeves, tucked itself in corsages, been
thrust under waist edges, to be lost by
the dozens from any of these unreliable
holding places, the dressmakers have an
nounced that in the eight yards around
skirts there will be spared a few inches
somewhere for a pocket slit, and that a
pocket will be attached thereto. And
at this unnecessary moment, with relief
near, a pocketbook is patented and put
upon the market which is provided with
a soft kid pocket for the handkerchief
New York Times.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
"AIaud

Among the Tennysons' neighbors at
Freshwater was Mrs. Julia Cameron,
the Photographic artist, many of whose
best works are connected with Tenny-
son, and whose soma professional
photographer-ha taken many inter-
esting portraits of the poet and views
of his surroundings.
Mrs. Cameron's husband was a dis
tinguished Indian civilian, and on his
retirement from the service the family
settled at Freshwater. Having many
mutual friends, they speedily made the
Tennysons' acquaintance, and a warm
friendship sprang up and continued
between the two families.
Mrs. Cameron had taken up photog-
raphy as a ''fad, and by accident, but
she rapidly became genuine artist in
it. Her work is probably best known
to the public from the character por-
traits she made to illustrate the poets
creations-sucn as 1.-The Day-Dream,
MAUD" and '.Gnone."
The history of her selection of mod
els for these characters is interesting.
"Maud was a starving Irish girl who
served her both as model and waiting
maid. The story of her Gnone is this:
Mrs. Cameron was at Oxford on one
occasion. While walking in the .'High,"
she passed very beautiful girl. Going
up to her, she asked excitedly:
ooh, who are you?"
I'm Mrs Donkin's cook" replied
the blushing maid.
Mrs. Cameron got her address, called
on Mrs. Donkin, and obtained permis-
sion to take the girl to Freshwater FOR
time as q model. She is Gnone.
The sequel to the story of Mrs. Came
ron's Maud IS too pretty not to be
given When Mrs. Cameron held her
exhibition in London, Maud was sent
up with chaperon to explain the pic
tures to the public. A gentleman came
in one day, and after having asked sew.
eral questions, left. A year OF two
afterward he passed into the Indian
Civil Service, but, before starting for
the East, he went down to Freshwater
and knocked at Mrs Cameron's door,
begging for "Maud's hand.
The beautiful Maud" was willing,
so they were married, and, like the
people of the fairy-story, they lived
happily ever afterWard.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
In n Dynamite Factory.

MauuIacUurefS Ol uy uaullte uuSJ letl
the insecurity Of life even more keenly
than other men. They absolutely court
death. The factory usually consists
of number of large houses, widely
separated from each other, and of a
number of small huts away in the dis
tance, half-buried in the ground, and
used for the purpose of storing the
nitro glycerine. the essential principle
of dynamite Each process in the
scheme of manufacture has a house for
itself, and each has chief skilled in
proportion to the danger which is ell
countered. Let us enter the great
house wherein the first process is go
ing on. Here we find q workman
felted, and standing before II tank in
which are many tons Of nitro -glycerine
in actual process of manufacture. The
great tank is full Of glycerine, while
the acid is dripping slowly into it from
the pipe above. The mixture of pure
glycerine, nitric acid, and oil of vitrol
produces nitro glycerine, the most
deadly explosive in the world so deadly
that an ounce Of it compressed would
blow you into atoms, and so liable to
explode that the least detonation or jar
will instantly fire it. 1t is positively
the most awful stuff to deal with that
man has ever discovered. No one
really seems to know when he is going
off sometimes it will stand good
shake, at others the veriest jostle will
produce disaster. And there in the
tank before which [ stood was enough
of the fearful compound to destroy IL
city I was anything but happy |
could not help thinking, What if this
stuff, which often explodes by spon-
taneous combustion, should go off
while am here?' The foreman kindly
told me that if such thing did happen
no man would find hair of my head
Or fraction of my limbs. He seemed
perfectly unconcerned as lie told the
tale, and then he showed me IL ther-
mometer dipped in the mixture If the
heat of this mass goes up six or seven
degrees" he said, "the stuff would ex-
plode. keep my eye constantly on
that glass, and if a fast rise III temper
ature took place [ should open The tap
at the bottom of the tank and let the
nitro -glycerine run through an aque-
duct to point. If [ were in time
enough, we'll and good, but if not =
ali !" l echoed his exclamation, and
suggested that walk to the other
sheds would be a change On the way
to them asked my guide if there had
ever been case where that shed had
been blown up, and he said ''once, but
he told me that the mass is often run
off from the tank, and nearly always
without trouble, as the record proves.
With all this [ can imagine no more
dreadful life than that of the man who
stands daily before the cistern of death,
and has but few degrees of tempera-
ture between himself and utter ami
| hilation. The other sheds are bad
enough, but this one is appalling and
l breathed quite freely when we en-
tered the apartment whore the nitro
glycerine is washed, and where they
told me all about the elaborate pro-
cesses needed for it's publication.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
A Life Commissioners.

Mrs. Anna G. Fall, an able young law.
yer of Maiden, Mass, has been appoint
ed by Governor Russell special com,
missioner for the commonwealth fo1
life. She is thereby authorized to take
dispositions and Acknowledgements OF
deeds, to issue summonses for witnesses,
to administer oaths and to take afida-
Wits. She may not, however, perform
the ceremony of marriage nor read the
riot act to quell riot, both of which
privileges appertain to the man holding
a like position. Woman's Jour
nal
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
FORMER ROMAN CENSORSHIP.
It WAS Absurdiy Severe Many Things FRO
hibited.


It WAS absurdiy Severe Many Things Pro-
hibited.
The laws of political and ecclesiastl-
cal censure had come again into force
in italy and actors had to contend with
very serious difficulties In observing
the innumerable erasures and the rldl-
cnlous substitutions which the censors
made in their lines. The words God,
"Redeemer," Madonna, "angel,
saint" "pontiff, - purple, monsig-
nor" priest" were forbidden. says
al Italian actor writing in The ce"-
u,y Religion. s'Republic, unity"
..French, jesuit" "Tartulle, 'for-
ejgner," ..patriot," were equally in the
index.
The colors green, white, and red were
prohibited; yellow and black, and vel
low and white were also forbidden.
Flowers thrown on the stage must not
show any of these colors prominently.
and if it chanced that one actress had
white and green in her Dress another
who wore red ribbons must not come
near her.
II we transgressed we were not pun
ished with simple warnings but with so
many days of arrest and with fines,
which varied in amount according to
the gravity of the offense.
| remember well one night when l
played the captain in Goldoni's "Sposa
Sagace," [ was fined 10 scudi for wear
ing a blue uniform with red facings and
white ornaments, for the excellent rea-
son that the blue looked green by arti-
fetal light.
Another time our leading actress was
PLAYING Marie Stuart and had to receive
the dying David Rizzio in her arms and
to kiss him Oh the forehead just as he
drew his last breath. | had to pay 20
scudi for the kiss / had received with
out being aware of it! The priests
plainly knew their own minds and they
did not falter in chastising the erring.
The reader can well imagine the effect
upon art of all this interference and
torment, Art indeed was treated as q
ulprit. Nevertheless the public con-
tinued to fill our house, to applaud and
to be entertained, and it had then a
much truer feeling for artistic beauty
than it has to-day.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13

plies by standing up on his hind legs and
giving a plaintive NEW. Then he is
made to hide his head until the biscuit
is secreted about the table At the word
of command he is let free and proceeds
at once to search for the dainty. Grave
ly he walks round the table, picking
his way carefully among the china, and
looking knowingly under the edge Of
the plates and saucers and into each
cup. Sometimes he finds it at once: at
other times he is not so successful. Dat
he never gives up in despair and sooner
or later always produces the coveted
prize from somewhere on the table,
Pail Mall Budget.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
FOR LITTLE FOLKS,
Philips Trained Cat.

/ Iexpect you will be interested to hear
that ''Flip's' cat January, whose Won
derful doings Ichronicled last week, has
learned new trick. What that animal
will become in time is beyond me. How
he remembers all be has been taught is
simply wonderful. think. We expect
dogs to be clever and knowing, but we
seldom ask more of puss than that he
should be fond Of US, keep his coat clean
and glossy and wage war upon the rats
and mice. But January is an exceptional
cat in every way. lis latest accomplish
ment is finding hidden biscuit, q dainty
Of which he is, strangely enough. very
fond.
When the tea comes in, his young mas
ter, Philip, takes biscuit, and showing
it to him asks him if he would not like
to have it. To this question January re-
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13

Toms grandma had a number of cedar
and pine trees in her yard. One day
Tom could not be found, but after a
long time put in an appearance and to his
mothers inquiry of where he had been
answered, I've been playing under
grandma's Christmas trees" = Youths
Companion
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
Home Discipline.

Peter Pawling, sr.-Out after hours
again, hey?
Peter Pawling, jr.-Only ten minutes
late.
Peter Pawling, sr.-Go at once to
your room. sir, lock yourself in and
bring m. the key. This thoughtless
ness must be qhseked,-Yogue.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
CAPITAL SAVINGS BANK
OF WASHINGTON, b. 4.
6O9 Z st, u. ".

OV0 GU, II. W.
Receives deposits, loans money
transacts general bankLg busI,
ness. Location central and con-
veuient. + street Gals anu heroic
run In front OF our doOr-9 b st
cars run Jew rods east OF our
building, 7th street and 11,h st
cars only two block away.
DIR. U. b. PurVis, l.. Z. Bailey.
OFFICERS:
President, Jno. X. Lynch
Vlce-Pres., Joseph W. Cole
Cashier, Douglass Is. McLary
treasurer, L.C. bailey
Secretary, III. E. BakG
DIRECTORS.
Jno. &. Lynch, L.C. BAILEY
Joseph W. Cole, W. McKlnIay
John A. Pierre, j, A. Lewis
w. E. Matthews, j. X. u IIasr
~ W. 5. Montgomery,
j. 7. Bradford, James of6run,
w. .. Lotion, j. A. johnson.
a. w. Iancll, IL. +. l.aher,
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
Defined.

A little Auburn boy evidently has
older sisters, for when his teacher asked
him the other day to define the word
fellow he spoke right up and promptly
said, "a feller is somebody whot comes
to see yer."-Bangor (Me.) Commercial.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
Real BliSS,

First Little Girl-Oh, I've got just the
loveliest doll you ever saw, an I'm so
happy with it / don't know what to do.
Second Little Girls it big?
First Little Girl-Big? Its SO big it
mos breaks my back to carry it.-Good
News
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
Cut According to the Cloth,

Mrs. Kerstyle-I gave you more ma
terial to make this dress than I ever used
in a garment before, and the skirt is
hardly full enough to fit churn. How
does that happenp
Dressmaker (shrugging her shoulders
Madame inseested on having re sleeves
in ze height of ze fashong. Chicago
Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
Mrs. kendal'S Doll.

Mrs. Kendall, the English actress, was
presented with pretty little doll by
some lady friends in Philadelphia while
she was playing in that city. The doll
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13

Rooms with Board: In first
cass house and il, popular psrtt
of the city. Cars pass the doo
g22-11 It n.
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sifty Cents Per week
S5 CASH
~~AND~~~

soc. Per Week
w buy you a home in II.
CITY OF BOWIE.
so CTS. PSa wzgg
The first Opportunity offrraf
colored people to secure Iloms.
on Weekly payments OF =, eqnts
a week or Two Dollars per mouth
1000 lGTS fGR SALE.
IL the city of Bowie, State g.,
Maryland. Only 20 minutes vida
from Washington. Double .rsr5.
22 trains stop daily. Fare to ard
rom Washington, only Six cents
by communication ticket. Tie ipnc.
ton of the Baltimore and 2o+"
mac and Pope Greek RaiIroad
Telegraph and Express Offices
The best depot ON The Balr.mor.
and Pot C ra lroad. siorye
churches an,. hOols already buiIt
The most heaIthtul spot IN rb'
State of Maryland. Title 70 prao.
erty perfect. No Taxes. and nnr
chasers of lots will receive tta;,
deeds, with certificate of ffIa
"Free "
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
THE INDUSTRIAL BUILI'-
ING AND SAVING co.

Loans money to buy or build
homes. Shares 81 each, payable
monthly. Dividends declared ev-
cry January. Secretary's office:
6O9 F st., n. W. Open 9 a. m. to
p. m. Monthly meetings at Lin
coin Memorial Church, cor 11lh
and < sts., n. W., first Monday
night in every mouth.
HENRY E. BAKER,
oecretSry
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13

was dressed to look like little Quaker
ess, and Mrs. Kendall is very fond of the
cute little woman. The illustration is
from photograph taken in London after
Mrs. Kendall had returned to her native
England.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
Thos. III. Clarke.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
606 F Street, N. w.,
WASHINGTON, d. G

Subscribe to and advertise III
The BEE.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
The SQUIRRELS Lesson.

Two little squirrels out in the sun
One gathered nuts and the other had none
"Time enough yet" his constant refrain;
summer is still only just on the wane."
Listen, my child, while tell you his fate:
He reused him at last, but he reused him too
late.
Down fell the snow from pitiless cloud
And gave littlesquirrela a spotless white shroud.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13

Advertise in the BEE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23
News of the Week.

The amount of money obtained
by the robbers who held up the
train at Kendalville, Ind, last
week, is now put at $4,000, and
the entire amount has been recov-
cred. A part of the railroad en-
ployes are implicated, and it said
that the chances are good for all of
them to land in the penitentiary.
News of the revolution in Bra
iii and the bombardment of Rio
Janeiro is confirmed. The Insur-
gents are reported to have begun
war in earnest, and start out with
a decided advantage and prospect
of success.
The debate on the financial ques-
ton in the Senate is claimed to be
about at all end. While the Dem
ocrats are perfectly willing for the
subject to be fairly debated, and
all sides given respectful hear
ing, they are determined to force
| it to a vote and will not allow de-
lay by fillbustering after legitimate
debate has been exhausted.
A notorious and desperate negro
by the name of Roselius Julien,
while being arraigned before Judge
Estopinal, of Jefferson parish, last
Friday, shot and killed the Judge
in open court, and on his son, aged
about 20, attempting to follow and
arrest him, he shot him down with
a Winchester, SCATTERING the young
mans hip joint. The outrageous
crime so incensed the people at
Julien that they hung his three
brothers ON the mere suspicion
that they had harbored the murder
er and helped him to escape. The
case excites great indignation, and
the people of Jefferson parish are
universally condemned for hanging
the brothers. The general verdict
is that no kind Of punishment
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23

would have been to great for the
principal, but the killing of the
three brothers on no evidence at
all is denounced as cold-blooded
murder and heartless cruelty. Ju-
lien has not yet been captured, but
it is considered only question of
a short time when he will be, as
the swamp in which he is hiding
is completely surrounded. That he
will be lynched is regarded as GER
tain, unless State troops can get
hold of him to protect him from
the citizens, and this is thought to
be improbable if not impossible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23
Reason Run Mad.

We were told by two different ginners
in Grant parish this week that they had
received direct intimation that it would
be dangerous for them to gin any cotton
before December or January. This sort
Of thing has been going on in VIM,
Lincoln and some OF the other parishes,
but we had hopes that the Third Party
folks in Grant had more reason and JUS
tice in their makeup than to pursue
such a foolish, lawless and self-hurtful
course. 1t will be utterly impossible for
them to control one-6ftieth part of the
crop by any such methods, and the DAM
age it will do the farmers in forcing
things to cash basis can hardly be esti'
mated or computed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23

Children like to take 90. O. Q.
Certain Chill Cure" the pleas
ant and guaranteed cure for
Fever, Ague and Malaria-Bet-
ter than Quinine. Price 80 cts.
For sale by j. Kemp & Son.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23
NOTICE.
Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of
Grant. La.

Succession of J. w. Bird, deceased.
Notice is hereby gixen that Richard
Bril- has epplied to be appointed admins
traitor of the succession Of Jno, W. Bird,
deceased. which appointment will Ne made
unless there is opposition filed thereto
within ten days from publication hereof,
and he will be allowed to qualify as such.
Witness the Honorable Geo. Wear, Judge
of said court. on this 2lst day of Septem-
Der, A. ID. 1893. w. l.. SHAcKLELFoRD,
s23 Clerk pist. Court,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23
Ayers Hair vigor

Prevents hair from turning gfay.
"1Gy hair was rapidly turning nay and
falling out; one bottle d Ayerss Hair
Vigor has remedied me trouble, md my
hair b now its original color and mill
ness."-B. Onkrupa, Cleveland, o.
Prepared BY Dr.. ]. q. Aver q Co.. Lowell. Nnss.
Sold by Druggists end psy1nmen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23
Ayers Hair vigor

Re8tOreS DALI after levers.
"Over year ago had severe fever,
. and when recovered, my hair began
70 tall out, and what little remained
turned gray. tried various remedies,
but without success, TIL at last began
TO use Ayers Hair vigoF, and now my
hair Is growing rapidly and b restored
10 il original colos." Ma. 4 Collins,
DightOn. Mass,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23

Sufferers from dyspepsia have
only themselves to blame If they
fail to test the wonderful curative
qualities of Ayers Sarsaparilla. In
purifying the blood, this medicine
strengthens every organ of the body,
and even the most abused stomach
is soon restored to healthy action.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23
Hair vigor

prevents hair rom fal1ng OUT
'.Anumber Of years ago, BY recommcns
dalton Of friend, began to use Ayers
hair vigor to stop the hair from falling
out and prevent it, turning gray. The
first effects were most satisfactory.
Occasional applications since have kept
my hair thick and Of natural c0l0r."-
b. E. Basham, Mckinney, Texas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-23

more than column on "Constitu-
tional Reforms
Reference is made to "the little
Bagdad affair of 1885," where a
young gentleman under the infu-
ence of liquor ON his own response
bility foolishly secreted the boxes
and a part of the tally sheets, and
caused himself and friends a great
deal of useless annoyance, and
finally returned them a few days
later. The act did not and could
not possibly have effected the re-
suit, and we had no more to do
with it than the man in the moon.
One allegation that is totally
without foundation, and has APP
peared two or three times in the
Mail, is that we hold the position
of police juror from ward one
against the wishes of a majority of
the white voters of the ward. This
ward has about 100 white voters,
of whom at least 80 are Democrats,
and we feel perfectly satisfied that
we have all along had the endorse
ment of fully nine-tenths of all
the Democrats in the ward.
Another amusing distortment APP
pears, apparently in contribution,
which would have us altogether
out of joint because we argue for
the gold standard, which has exist
ed almost without interruption
since 1884, and at the same time
have seen fit to compliment Mr..
Blanchard with having made an
earnest, honest and intelligent
speech.
But we will not further prolong
this comedy of errors" If the
young man of the Mail has erred
through ignorance, we can pity
and overlook his misfortune; if
these statements are purposely
made, with malicious intent, then
they deserve nothing but contempt,
and we can afford to ignore such
unmanly attacks, knowing that
truth and right must prevail in the
end, and the people can be relied
upon to discover it, in spite of all
deception that may be practised.
Children like to take g @. O. q.
Certain Chill Cure" the pleas
ant and guaranteed cure for
Fever, Ague and Malaria-Bet-