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The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
HENRY T. CHEATHAM.

The President has nominated ex-
Congressman Henry P. Cheatham,
for recorder of deeds to succeed
Charles High Jinks Taylor OF Kan
sas. Mo.
Mr.. Cheatham is a gentleman
and an honorable man. He will
dignity the Office, surround himself
with competent officials and peo-
ple who will be respectad. 1t Is
true Mr.. Cheatham is from North
Carolina, bnt what difference does
that make? The President had
made up his mind to appoint a
colored man and one who is some
service to the republican party.
Mr.. Cheatham is thorough race
man and one who has the respect
and confidence of those who know
him. Senator Pritchard who
championed the cause OF Mr.. Cheat-
ham. has demonstrated to the color
ed voier of North Carolina, that ne
is tie right man in the right place.
The Senator deserves the respect,
confidence and support Of the col
ored voter of the state. He made
a gallant fight and won with the
entire country against him.
Therz are honorable men in the
Senate and they confirmed him at
once. We know the President
will continue in the good work and
appoint more men to representative
places.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
CHAMP CLARK's WIT.


0everly shows the Relation Of N.
Poor Man to High Duties.
Champ Clark, of Missouri, is not only
one Of the wittiest men in the house O,
representatives, but be is one of tbs
best posted on the tariff question.
In ridiculing some Of the rates of the
Dingley bill that to him seemed subject
to criticism, he recited how a nan Of
the name Of Goodyear went before the
ways and means committee and secured
the tariff he wanted by some skiIlful
palaver about the great statesmen that
Maine had produced. Then he said:
"Mr. Chairman, that piece Of soft
soap made it harder for every poor
man in the United States to build a
house. Gov. Dingley swallowed the
bait as quick as trout would swallow
fly Qaughter), }, and next summer some
poor devil out west, living in dugout
100 miles from a railroad station, who
voted for Mckinley under the deluded
idea that prosperity would come under
his administration and who has no;
heard Of this tariff bill, ciphers il out
that he can build him a two-Foom cot
tage with lumber and other building
materials at the old rate He goes to the
station to get the lumber and finds that
the price has gone sky high, and he goes
back to his home and says TO his wife:
My dear, am sorry that we must stay
in the dugout. We cannot build 0urlf-
tie house. A great man by the naAe o,
Gov. Dingley has put the price Of lSm.
Der and other things so high that We
cannot do it, but, thank God, be has
left dragons blood free daughter.
Next year, when my handsome friend
from Iowa (Mr. Dolliver) returns to
that fine agricultural district which be
represents, some man who has not been
able to buy coat because Of the high
price OF woolen cloth will say 70 bis
neighbor: There comes DOiliver, who
put up the price of woOlen goods. But
the successful candidate for the post
Office in that district says: oh, but
Dolliver put divi-divi on the free list.
And in chorus they sing: 'Dolh'erand
divi-divi forever" daughter. AP-
plause on the democratic side-)
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
HER HUSBAND WAS THERE.
HE DEMANDED AN EXPLANATION.

ur DEMANDED AN EXPLANATION.
There was a sensation created last
Tuesday night at the corner OF 14th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, n. W.,
lust after the performance at the Grand
Opera House, Of the Black PATHS
troup. A married gentleman who was
riding on his wheel saw his wife with
an other married man, well-known in
this city, coming out of the theatre.
He rode up and touched his wife on
the shoulder and asked for an explana-
ton lust as she turned and saw it was
her husband, she said o! God, and
attempted to run. Her husband
caught her and called to the married
man to stop and in the mean time the
wife broke away and ran down towards
I,H street. When the husband saw
her run he let the man 60 and caught
his wife and demanded an explana-
ton. The poor woman was so fright
ened she could not say word, nor
could she explain why she was at the
theatre with this man, who is we'll
known in the eastern section OF the
city. The female is pretty, dashing
woman and well connected. There
may likely be divorce case.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
Jackson's Protection Prophecy.

The corporations and wealthy inol-
viduals who ere engaged in large manu-
featuring establishments desire higD
tariff to increase their gains. DeslgF
ing politicians will support it 70 conci.
late their favor and obtain the means
for pnofuse expenditure for the PurPoSe
Of purchasing influence in other guar
ters. Do not allow yourselves, ny isl'
low citizens, to be misled in this SUI
ject- 1t is a system of injustice ana !,
persisted in will lead to corruption al1
must end in ruin.-Andrew jackson u
His Farewell Address.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
DIR CB. PURvIS-REM0VED.

It is but fair and Just to DR.. c.
B. Purvis, to inform the public the
real cause of his removal, as Sur.
geon in Chef of the Freedmen's
Hospital. Two or three years prior
to the appointment of Mr.. Hoke
Smith, to the office of Secretary of
the Interior, the editor Of this pa
per. with other patriotic citizens,
called a public meeting, at the
Metropolitan Baptist church, for
the purpose of indorsing what is
known as the Federal Election Bill.
nr. Purvis and many other distln-
guished colored and and white cit
liens were present to address the
meeting. Notwithstanding the ad-
yersed decision of the United
States Supreme Court against cer'
tain amendments to the Constitu-
ton of the United States, effecting
the rights of the colored man, DR.,
Puryis made a most eloquent
speech favoring the passage OF the
elections bill that was, at that time,
pendingin Congress
The moment Cleveland was elect
cd over Mr.. Harrison, the colored
democratic associations, which were
then in existence in this city, filed
charges against DR.. Purvis to the
effec,. that he did favor the pas
sage of the elections bill, and that
he said other things that he did
not say.
The editor of this paper saw Mr..
Smith and explained TO him the
meaning of the attacks of the al
legged negro democrats who did not
have reputation and moral stand
ing in our community to be ad-
mitted into reputable society. We
also wrote letter, but this had no
effect, for the reason that DR.: 'Pur-
Wis., speech was a core in the throat
of Mr.. Smith and he said that he
intended to remove him as an "of-
fensive republican" DR.. Purvis is
also an ex-Umion soldier and as the
civil service law or certain por-
ton of it protects white e1-Union
soldiers why should it not operate
to the benefit of the colored e1-
Union soldiers who fought so man
fully in the defense of this republic.
Let the admintration do its duty.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

The American Eagle, of ST..
Louis, No, says: There are to-
day and have been all along, scores
of sick persons who are suffering
for the Accommodations and treat
ment that are secured only through
an efficient hospita service. 1t
calls on some of the leading physi-
clans, among whom are DR.. Curtis,
to commence a movement, whereby
these people can be Accommodated.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

The editor of the Austin, Texas
Herald, has new way Of editing
his breezy sheet. He publishes the
particulars of all the letters he re-
ceives. DR.. Boyd, no doubt, dlc
not intend the following for publ
cation and Brother Campbell had
better take care or else ne will lose
some of his reading matter
DR.. Boyd, writing from Nash.
Vile. Tenn, says 81 have heard of
The Herald, but have been so busy
l have not had time to read |
have worked until a friend paid me
a commitment by saying that my
ewes looked as though | had been
on a drunk six months. have slept
about three hours out of twenty
four in the last four weeks. l think
l see day light
DR.. Boyd is a candidate for Sur
geon in Chief of the Freedmen's 8
Hospital. He left this city a few
weeks ago disappointed.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
w. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
w SPECIAL NOTICE. 81

There are regular authorized coz
ksctoys in the employ Of THE BEE
Printing Co., and 7Ohen they call to see
dskinOuent subscribers they are re-
ouested to pay them, and not gf0e the
excuse that "tHey wfH see the Editor
The Editor has no time to see the SH6-
,cyi6eys, and it is hoped that ms
friends and the patrons Of THE BEE
niH pay the Collector when tie ealIs'
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
Admit. Prices win Be Higher.

With regard to Chairman D1ngie! - |,
admission that the duty on wool VIZ
increase the price of wool, the hanSS
City Times says: The consumer ~.
not the foreigner, therefore, pays - -
tariff tax. It comedies also that IL
home producer puts up his price @~
trarily. Mr.. Dingley's own words aso
confession that the Dingley bill =
fraud and a robbery Ct the people y,
tho benefit Of the few individuals ~
corporations.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
SAVE ME, GROVER !

Slave-Save me, Grover! Save me |!
Grover-Return to Kansas, slave,
and make peace with your people.
Slave-I cannot return. am pressed
by the hounds. l am afraid of my own
shadow.
Grover-Where is Cole, Birney and
others?
Slave-Good Grover, one is out Of
Office, and the other, o! where is he
now?
Groyer-Why did Nc. remove you? !?
Slave-D-n If | know. Ask the
BEE. By the eternal gods, the hounds
are on my track. Only one day out of
office, and look at my condition. All
l have saved is an equity in county
farm.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Georgia town decided that a
Chinaman was a white man and aG-
mitted him to white church,
after which he married a colored
woman and then the church required
him TO attend the African church.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

Rev. H. N. letter and wife and their
children, are the guests of Rev. and
Mrs, Shields, soe 22nd street, n. W.
This interesting family are from New
Port, R. l. All of them are great mu'
sicians, even the fve-year OLD oaoy
performs beautifully on the piano. A
large audience turned out Tuesday
evening at the Nineteenth Street Bap-
fist Church to hear them.
A. Gutekunst and Son, at 1924 18th
street. northwest, are selling some OF
the finest ice cream in the city. This
firm cannot be surpassed.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
CIVIL RIGHTS LASE.

Lawyer Thomas L. Jones, who has
brought:suit against Brunei, din
ming room proprietor, at the corner OF
9Th and Louisiana avenue, n. W., will
have the support of the entire commu-
nifty. The Civil Rights Law should
be enforced. The case will be called
next Tuesday. Col. Cook is Counsel
for Brunei.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
Bertie Harris, who lives in Dalla

Bertie Harris, who lives in Dallas
County, Alabama, was returning to
her home in company with a gen
tleman, on their way they were as
saulted by two white rufians. Miss
Harris escort failed to resent the
insult offered, but when one OF the
men began to abuse her in . dread
full manner, she quietly took her
escorts pistol, resented the insult
by shooting, and one of the whlte
ruffiians is now very cold.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
AT WAR WITH ITSELF.
From The Shin.1

From The Ship,]
The "Big Negroes" of Washington,
D. c., have drawn the line and refuse
to let their children attend school with
the "little negroes" children. My
my What are we coming to-? We
fuss when the white folks draw the line;
and here we are drawing it ourselves.
Consistency thou art jewel. !"
Yes the negroes are divided
against themselves.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
FooIing the Farmer.

Sample taxes from the Dingley bin,
with comparisons showing the over
whelming foreign competition to which
the farmer is subjected and what pro-
lection the ways and means committee
regards as indispensable:
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

Ex-Congressman Cheatham was
confirmed without opposition.
The Senate can readily see the
difference between an honest man
and a scoundrel.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

The oman. Enterprise speaks
very tenderly of it's one colored
school teacher and janitor. The
Omsha people, will no doubt, soon
have another teacher and anot' er
ianitor, as their tax paying IN
terests are increasing.
Since the President has decided
to appoint J. W. Lyons, Postmas-
ter a. Augusta, Ga. a great deal
of opposition has risen against him.
even by white so-called republicans,
because of his color nevertheless,
Mr.. Lyons will hold the position
with credit to himself and the race.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
THE PRESS UNITED.
From The Ship.l

from The Ship.l
Is it to be Register of the Treasurer
B. K. Bruce again? Indications point
that wav, and why not it be thus
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

After two years eleven months and
thirteen days suffering, notwithstand-
he held the championship of the world,
and as patient sufferer from too much
wind in the body which the doctors,
after a careful diagnosis of his case,
reported the cause, imaginary wheels
in his head. This rooster was the pride
of Grover because they were so much
alike He was stuck on his looks and
bulldog tenacity; but, alas he died
last week and the pallbearers who
were the Senators Of the United States,
buried him without word Thursday
afternoon.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

A club of ladies of the Second Bap.
tist Church, are preparing to give an
entertainment at the residence of Mrs.
Russell on Fourth street, n. W., for the
benefit of the church.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

Quite number of June weddings
are anticipated, among them will be
several of our school teachers.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
afternoon

Interment will be on farm little
beyond Bennings Station. Prepara-
tions will be made next year to remove
this corpse to its last resting place in
Kansas, which will end the agony OF
the worlds once famous wind fish.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15
SAME OLD cHESTNUTs.

foreigners contribute n0o@o
american Of ISL pOnI
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

Uncle Sam-Say, Dingley, you might
u well come down. You're not getting
my chestnuts, and you're not getting
Toters. Mckinley had some experience
up that tree-it's a horse chestnut-fn
1890. He pretended that he was max
ing the foreigners pay the tax, but he
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

Now that several big Offices have
been decided upon, the small fries
are about to devour the big fish.
The Washington bee., 1897-05-15

soon found out what the people thourh
of him and his bill. The bulk of Am,
.icans are both honest and intelligent
The intelligent voter knows that yo
can't make the foreigners pay his ta1es
and the honest voter prefers to pay Ii.
own taxes. You can never make You
bill popular by such tomfOolery.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-30
JOKE ON TR1 DIRECTORY MAN.
Tried Every Other Language and
Never ThoEEht of English.

Many amusing incidents occur in the
daily experience of the men who get
names for the city directory One Of
them tells Of call he made on a man
in a potato patch, says the Chicago
Times-Hera,d.
at was in the Polish district, but, as
I speak that language and nearly every
other, my versatility in that line get
ting Inc my position, / addressed him
in Polish, asking him his name and oc-
cupation. He shook his head, so tried
German. As he did not understand that
any better, tackled him in Italian ard
French, getting no response except Il
shake Of the head. I had still a few
more languages TO be heard from, and |
was wondering which one was likely to
meet his case, when he Strengthened up
from his potato patch, and, looking at
me with twinkle in his eye, said:
"'What's the matter with spakin' to
me in United States, sor, seein' amt
in it with the other tongues?
And | Just sat down there and
laughed when I thought of the panto-
rhine | bad given him with my unintel-
ligible questions"
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-30

herself very much under the clrcum-
stances, Should you?
One thing know. She didn't dare to
play any Of the games with the ether
girls, for fear of tearing Lulu Stevens
white dress, and she didn' tdaresit down
on the grass with the rest, for fear of
soiling it.
But when, about noon, little Cora,
who had been enjoying herself amaz-
ingly, eating cake and pie and pickles,
spilled lot of apple pie all over the
front breadth of Lulu Stevens dress.
Bette became so tidgety that she
couldn't bear to remain at the picnic a
minute longer, so she took Cora, and
went straight homo.
Bette had not been a washwoman's
daughter all her life for nothing, and
while she was walking home, she made
up her mind to wash and iron and starch
that dress, and put it away in the
clothes press before her mother got
home, and never, never, never again
would she put on her mothers custom
ers' clothes.
She was suffering already from her
wrongdoing, you see. But there was
more trouble in storr for poor Bette.
And now | have reached the tragical
part of my story
I'cttie washed and starchcd the dress
and hung il on the line to dry, but she
never saw the whole of that dress again
for while she was trying TO rock little
Cora to slcep--who was just as cross as
a bear because Of the cake and the
pickles she had eatcn--the COW walked
through the barnyard gate, which Bet.
{ ie he'd neglected to fastcn, in her haste
to be off TO the picnic, and chewed
Lulu Stevens muslin dress all to pieces
The COW was hungry, and n starchet
dress was better than nothing at all tc
eat.
What BETTE did. when she found out
this terrible thing, and what Bette,
mother did when she found il out, ant
what Mrs Stevens did when she fount
it out, III have to leave for YOU 10 guess
But don't YOU think that Rcttic's Yield
ing 10 temptation led 10 unhoppines,
enough that time2 Golden DAYS.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-30

much her Betue was disappointed
about going to the picnic, hustled of to
her work.
Bette had the "blues" dreadfully after
her mother was gone. She sat down in
the rocking-ehair and cried as hard as
ever she could cry for nearly half an
hour, But crying doesn't do any good,
and after awhile Bette seemed TO think
so herself, for she stopped crying and
began putting the house in order.
She was sweeping in front of the
big clothes press, where her mother
kept the clean clothes she had done
up" for her customers until she was
ready to send them home, when sudden
~ the doors of the press few open.
They never would stay tight shut, as
they should.
The very moment those doors flew
open and Bette glanced in the press,
she had bright idea" but it wasn't
right idea" and I'm sure wish she
hadn't had it,
There was one bundle of clothes that
belonged to lady named Mrs. Stevens,
and Bettc's mother had not sent the
clothes home vet, because Mrs. Stevens
was out of town, and wouldn't be back
for n whole two weeks.
Mrs. Stevens had n little girl just
about Eettie's size, and BETTE knew
that among the clothes was Lulu
Stevens white muslin dress She had
seen her mother take it off tae clothes
horse, fold It, and put it away in the
press.
Now, why couldn't she just take
Lulu's dress, and wear it to tho picnic !
She did not believe Lulu would care at
all.
She was real nice girl, and per
haps," thought Bette, "some day. a
lorg time afterward, I'll tell her /
wore it,"
Aud then she did it. She put that
other girls dress on, took Cora, and of
they started to the picnic.
can't say that Ilettic had a good time
at the picnic, and can't say that she
didn't, for ! really don't know how she
did feel in that borrowed dress. But
shouldn't think she could have cejoyed
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-30

One of the best known men about the In
dianapolis Board of Trade is Carlos F. Shep-
ard, who for several years has been con-
nected with the house of Ii. E. Kinney, grain
broker Mr. Shepard is bluff, hearty, old
gentleman of medium height, gray-headed
and with a mustache like a French veteran.
He is man of very decided views on all
subjects and is especially orthodox in poll
ties and medicine. Notwithstanding his firm
ness in his convictions and the vigor with
which he maintains them he is imam of many
friends for manly men, even though some
times obstinate in their opinions, have the
force of character that win admiration and
friendship.
So a few months ago when the news came
to his old associates on the Board of Trade
that Mr.. Sherard had received stroke of
paralysis and that the probabilities were that
his days Of usefulness were over, and that
perhaps, his hours were numbered, the deep
est sympathy went out to the smitten man
and his family. 1t seemed to all his friends
almost impossible that this rugged old man,
always SO wholesomely hearty and cheerful,
always q picture Of health for
HIS CHEEKS WERE LIKE THE ROSE
IN THE SNOW;
could have been SO suddenly laid low. But
it was true and many weeks passed before
his wcll-known form and kindly face re-
turned to his former business haunts. His
re-appcarance was made the occasion Of q
hearty welcome and the story of his illness
and recovery is well worth the telling,
" | was taken sick" said Mr. Shepard
~, ,n 1-th ot AupIet 1905 As I had all
along been of the opinion that | was made of
iron, you may well believe that it was hard
for me to entertain the thought that | was to
be laid up for more than day or two.
am So years old and for 40 years up to
the time Of this attack, | had not had day s
sickness. The doctors who diagnosed my
case saw at once that it was something seri-
ous. They at first said that it was lumbago
then sciatic rheumatism. They finally
came to the conclusion they did not know
what was the matter with me. | expert
cnced 10 pain, my head was clear, my ap-
petite good but | lost the use of myself from
my hips down. This was hard stroke
to an active man who has always had an
easy going pair of legs. My brothcr-in-law,
ing city to see me. lie pronounced my af-
fiction to be locomotor ataXia. ] am of the
opinion that i diagnosed the case correctly
for | was absolutely paralyzed from the
hips down.
'Reforc he camc, however, day or so be-
fore | had begun taking Dir. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. That was on the goth
day of last October. I read an article in the
| Indianapolis Ne'rs and saw testimonials de-
scribing cases cured that were similar to
mine. 1t struck me that the remedy could
not do me any harm and began to take the
I pills.
Before began taking them could not
stir a peg, but had to be carried from place
to place ] had not got far into the first box
when | felt that delivcrancc from my en-
forced inaction had come. Before finished
| the second box was able 10 walk alone
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-30
Creating an Absolute Iacuum,

An absolute vacuum, or what is be-
lieved to be one, was recently produced
by Prof. Elmer Gates, of Washington,
by n novel method. Into a test tube
made of kind of glass which mclts at
very high temperature he poured u
molten glass which melts at much
lower temperature, completely filing
the tube, leaving no air space. After
melting this inner glass it was par
tally withdrawn from the tube by cx-
hausting the air from the outer side
and allowing it to flow down. by gravity,
but not so far but that the end Of the
tube was completely closed. 1t was
then allowed to cool. AS no air could
enter the space left by the withdrawal
Of the glass it is believed that a perfect
vacuum was obtained.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-30

One of Names little lakes is called
1oddy pond. This name was inspired by
an incident of long ago, which tradition
relates as follows: In the winter season
some woodsmen were travelling to their
work across the pond one brisk morn
ing. They became a little thirsty or
chilled with the frosty air. They car
Iied with them, as was customary in
those days, some New England rum.
Having no vessel in which to mix their
toddy, they cut a hole in the ice,
poured in their rum, mixed their toddv,
and drank 1t. SO the pond has ever
sincc been associated in name with this
unique punch, ,, ..,.