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The Washington bee., 1897-02-20

A silent tongue Will often help
you.
The Washington bee., 1897-02-20
Senator Quay is a hard fighter.

Home rule will be the policy of
the next Administration.
The Washington bee., 1897-02-20
HON. JOHN w. ROSS.
SHOULD OUR FRIEND BIZ OPPOSED I
HAVE coLORED CITIZENS ANY CAUSE
TO COMPLAIN? - SHOULD GOOD
MEN BE REMOVED TO APPEASE
AN UNJUST cLAMoR?

The people of this city are con-
fronted with an un-AmerIcan govern
ment, and are ruled by gentlemen
who are appointed by the President OF
the United States.
THK BEE, in common with many
thousand citizens of this city, would
like to see a change in the present
form of government. But since that
change is not likely to be realized very
soon, it is dangerous thing to remove
good men from Office to appease a
clamor, when there is no just cause for
so doing.
Hon. John w. Ross has been Com
missioner Of this District for number
of years, and he is man against whom
The Washington bee., 1897-02-20

The BEE would respectfully sug-
eest to Health Officer Wood ward to
give Afro-American physicians q
chance to do little charity work.
The Washington bee., 1897-02-20

Fresh Pork, &c pound
Fresh Country Eggs, 2oc dozen
Sugar Cured Shoulders, SIC ID
Sugar cured hams, TIC lb
Smoked and Green Sausage, &c ID
Best Elgin Creamery butter, sc ID
Dressed Chickens, Ioc lb
Aunt JemimahS Pancake
Flour, 9H package
Victor Brand Rolled Oats, &c ac;age
Prime Rib Roast, Ioc
Fresh Pigs Feet, I5c dozen
Pure lard, &c ID
Nearby l-iSh Potatoes, CSC bu
Sweet Potatoes, 4Sc bu
The Washington bee., 1897-02-20
LOVE BROS.

10th and L, nth and NJ, I4th and s,
nth and t SITS.
The Washington bee., 1897-02-20

gray.
The Washington bee., 1897-02-20
Specials for this week

Corner nth and T St. N. ",
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
"A BridegrOOm's Race with Death,

The story of an unhappy bridegroom,
whose hair grew gray in single morn
ing, and that the morning of his mar.
riage, is reported from zigrad, in
Hungary.
Mitru Popa, born in Teregova, son
OF small farmer, aud alIianced to a
daughter of prosperous citizen Of
zigrad, recently started for Zigrad,
there to wed and bring home his bride.
The place can be reached in two hours
by the mountain road. There was,
however, a short cut; it led through
the railway tunnel with single line of
rails. Popa laid ear to ground and
listened. AS there was not the slight
est vibration he took courage and ven.
tured into the dark passage. Here,
the report goes on, he had been
stumbling along as best he could
when, after ten minutes passed in the
total darkness, and being, as he
judged, near the centre Of the tunnel.
he heard the distant rumbling Of an
approaching train.
The noise grew louder behind him,
and Popa ran; louder still, and Pops
raced! 1t was via dolorosa with the
small point Of daylight far off amid the
darkness, and il he could win to it,
then it meant life, safety and bride, but
the thunder Of the train grew ever
nearer. Fortunately the gradient was
a steep one, and the express was called
express by courtesy only, and the race
between the man and death terminated
at the tunnels outlet, the man winning
by about his own length.
The mercifully sluggish express
passed into the daylight as the BRIDE
groom fell PROSTATE on the bank.
When he had started he had dark
brown hair; when he arrived at the
brides house it was white as the
brides veil The lady, however,
accepted him on the somewhat dubious
grounds "that the hair would come all |
right in time and that the injury was
covered by insurance.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

AGAINST tho wall. After that he lay
quite still. Ibelicyed at the time that
! / had killed him, but We know niter'
ward that II was that blow which pre-
served his reason.
"Tho rest can be told in o few words
After that 1 Icy there like one IN a
dream, while thepestilontial air slowly
did It's work. Sometimes | iancied /
could feel cool hroezes blowing down
on me, and at others heard some one
telling me 20 wake up, for that the
whistle had sounded at the pits. How
long / lay SO, 1 can only conjecture. /
really know nothing more until l was
reused by the sound Of that coal bar
rier crashing down before the picks
aud spades of dozen rescuers, and
the hubbub from q dozen throaIs as
they broke into our tomb.
"Only Just in time. Old Jim's face
was only Just out Of the water, and
they said that no human being could
have lived in that atmosphere for an
other two hours And young Jim?-
well, there was just enough life left in
him to last three days.
9TH the end Of that third day, |
kept to my bed; and then they sent to
say that he was going, but that he
wished to see me first reached the
house just in time to catch his last
whisper
'You-you'lI take her, mate Marry
hcr-no one elsel Only--only, you'll
let my ring stay there. Promise-me
that
"What could do but promise? I
had no thought then Of marrying his
sweotheart-but it was his dying wish,
and for years jim and l had been like
brothers.
Gust n year later ] asked her il
there was room in her heart for me,
and-and-well, that's enough. Now
you know why my wife wears two we'd
ding rings. "--Tit-Bits.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Munich, Bavaria, reports bottled
liquefed air
Some comets have more than ono
tail. The great comet Of 17Il had six
tails spread fan shape,
Two French biologists find evidence
that fasting lessons the effect Of ,diph-
iberia and other microbial poisons.
The largest mammoth .fouud in the
Siberian ice fields measured seventeen
feet in length and was ten feet high.
Electricity has been adopted as the
motive power Of the machinery con-
nected with the drainage system in
New Orleans.
To guard against disease the Legis-
latme Of New Hampshire passed law
providing for the inspection of all ice
sold within the State.
The eye of the vulture is so CON
structed that it is 4 high-power tele-
scope, enabling the bird to see objects
at an almost incredible distance.
A nugget of platinum, weighing
nearly two pounds, is on exhibition in
New York. This is believed to be the
largest nugget ever discovered, the
metel being usually found in very
small grains.
A company has been formed which
made an offer TO the municipality of
st. Petersburg, Russia, TO light all the
streets of the city with electric lights
for the same price that is now paid for
the very unsatisfactory lighting with
oil lamps.
Charles Burckhalter, the astronomer
of the. Chabot Observatory, of Cali
fornia, will travel halfway around the
world so that for two minutes, in far
off India, he may endeavor to photo
graph the sun during solar eclipse of
next January.
True mama is said to be found on
the blades of blue grass growing in
Queensland Nearly three parts Of it
consist Of mannite, which, though
sweet, is not a sugar. Masses rs large
Is marbles appear on the nodes of the
stems. The manna-hsaring grass is
lot only indigenous to Australia, but
5 found in tropical Asia aud Africa.
Telegraph and telephone poles are
he latest development in the line of
from paper. They are
made Of pulp in which a small amount
If borax, tallow, and other ingredients
re mixed, These are cast in a mold
n the form Of hollow rod of the de-
ired length. The poles are claimed
0 be lighter and stronger than wood,
nd it is said that the weather does
lot affect them.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
soap From sunflower Seeds.

Those interested in new industries
may be glad to bear that it is possible
to manufacture good soaps from sun
flower seeds. SunGowers grow easily,
and need little attention. A company
has been organized in the United
States to manufacture this sort of soap.
It is claimed that the average yield Of
plants to the acre is $500 pounds gross:
percentage Of oil is one-third the
weight Of the seeds, so that 600 pounds
OF seed will make 200 pounds of oil
The latter, when refined and ready TO
use in making soap, is worth about
81 a pound, and is said to make the
finest of toilet soaps The net profit
Of the sunAowers to the grower is put
at 81 an acre.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

Surprising that you had been borl
blind, and after living many years shut
out from the beautiful things Of the
world, some skilled surgeon should
give to you your sight, wouldn't You
have some marvellous experiences? says
the Chicago Record An old man who
had been born blind had his sight thus
restored to him. At first he started
violently and was afraid of the strange
things around him, the hugeness Of
his room and its contents. One of the
first things he saw at the window was
a flock of spanows. ''What are they?"
asked the physician.
81 think they are teacups, was the
reply.
A watch was then shown 10 him. and
he knew what it was, probably because
he heard it tick. Later, on seeking
the flame Of lamp, he tried to pick L
up, not having the slightest idea Of its
nature.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

Illinois women are making q strong
effort to lift the compulsory education
law of their State into activity. At
present the law only remains that
every child shall attend school for sig
teen weeks each year. Children easily
evade it by an irregular attendance
during the last term of school. When
the school has closed it becomes diff
cult to determine whether or not they
have had the prescribed amount of
tuition. Actually, although there is a
penalty for infraction Of the law. and
although infraction is frequent, the
penalty has never been imposed. 1t
is believed that simple amendment
requiring the sixteen weeks Of tuition
to be consecutive and at the begin
ming Of the term, and providing for the
of the law, will be suai-
cient.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

The newest fad in Scott County.
Indiana, is rat killings The vicinity
has lately been invaded by hordes Of
rats, which are doing much damage.
When killing" is arranged all the
men and robust boys ia the neighbor-
hood are invited, and, armed with
clubs aud accompanied by dogs, they
begin a systematic cleaning out Of
barns, haystacks and corn cribs. The
rats are very fierce, and several men
have been severely bitten by them. but
the work goes on nevertheless, aud the
average mortality Of rodents at kill
ing Is about 200.-De50it Free Press.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
--a-==
A snake Under His Shit.

at was in the San Juan country. in
Colorado, in 1875, that I had an expert
ence that few men would be hkel " TO
forget in a lifetime, said J. j. Lantrv
last night il the office of an uptown
hotel much frequented by Western
men. "A party Of five of us had gone
in there to prospect ahead Of the rush
that we knew would come next wear.
Il was one night toward the end Of
September that we were in camp in the
open air, every man lying rolled up in
his blankets, for the nights were getting
Geld and frosty. Next to me was a man
named Adams, from Illinois originally
I believe. About the middle of the
night he awoke me by calling my
name.
A." What's the matter, Bal,' 1 asked
TIC answered ne in most peculiar
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

I tone-it was as II he we're trying to
speak without breathing on moving q
muscle of his body. q,
For Gods sake help me, LantrN
he said. There's a snake craving up
under my shirt. q,
81 came up ON my elbow and Looked
at Adams. The moon WAS SHINING
brightly. so that | could see everything
almost as well rs if it had been day
LIGHT. Adams was lying on his back
as still as a stone, and his face was IKE
the face Of n corpse. Ho had taken his
boots Off before turning in, and his
stockinged feet stuck cut below the
bottom Of his blanket. Alongside one
Of them, passing inside his trousers
leg, was tho last twelve inches OF q
rattlesnake-a big ono-curling to and
fro, like the end Of a whip, as it went
up ont of sight,
"For Gods sake, hurry" said
Adams. His heads on ny chest now,
aad he's coming higher all the time.
Cut my clothes olrme aud don't waste
time"
Keep still, Adams, and don't wake
the camp, | cautioned him. IF there
gets to be a racket round it'll start the
snake up. He won't get hostile ii he's
let alone. Now he's quiet and let me
work.
at was an easy matter TO pull the
blankets off Adams. That left him ly-
ing in shirt and trousers, with the
snake next his skin Then l set to
work to cut away his clothes. My
hunting knife was as keen rs razor.
| began at the trousers leg, ripping it
up at tho side. Then l cut the shirt
open on the side, working from the
bottom up.
Cup round the neck, where the
band was tight, it was ticklish bust
ness to cut the shirt loose without
cutting Billiard then again realized
that | was working with my hand
mighty near q rattlesnake's head, But
l got the shirt cut clear from top to
bottom. Then l went round to the
other side Of Adams.
Now, Bill, I said, and pulled
Shlrt anu trousers reg over 10 me, leaN-
ing Adams's body bare, with the snake
in full view The reptile was big,
dark -coorel mountain snake, fully
five feet long. As it lay in something
of IN S shape its tail was at Adams's
knee, while its head rested in the hol
low of its throat.
cat sight of me the snake drew back
its head and went half into coil on
Adams's stomach Then, seeing that |
l did not move or offer to attack il, the |
snake turned and crawled OFF from
Adams and made for the shelter OF q
plant a half dozen steps away.
&c All right, Bill; he's gone, said.
cit was like touching a spring. /
believe that when Adams came up
from the ground he went four feet
straight into the air; and the yell he
fetched made the boys think, as they
woke, that the Utes were upon us. The
sight of a half-naked man, jumping
and yelling, without there seeming
any cause for it, was rather startling
rs it was. But Adams quoted down
IN minute or two, about the time |
lad matters explained. Two of us
went out and killed the snake-his
,attling gave him away-aud the rest
Helped Adams get his clothes patched
ogether to do until morning"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

3-,1e -SSl Recipes.
Cheese Omelet-To three beate1
eggs add q tablespoonful each Of mill
and grated cheese. When ready9
fold, add a little more cheese, turn 4
a hot dish and grato dust OF chess
over.
Apple Snow-Steam until tender y
good-sized apples, pared and corey
Add one-fourth pound finely sll's]
white sugar and whites Of two iFe'I
eggs. Beat until it will heap W
Serve in oustard glasses.
italian Brown On onion aa1
a garlic in one-half spoonful Of afl1
pings seasoned with salt and peppef]
suit taste. Add one-quartcr OF q Ia1
OF strained tomatoes, and simmer II
forty-fva minutes, Mix ll8ntly l"I
before serving. 4
Rhubarb Sauce-Cut the rhnon1
into half-inch pieces, leaving the Snl
on. Put in a stew pan aud e0Ta|
thickly with granulated sugar II
not add any water, the juice from III
rhubarb will soon flow, making lis w
liquid, This is delicious.
soalloped Onions-Boil the onion ,ll
until tender, then put in baking usl|
and pour over sauce made OF ol'|
tablespoonful Of butter rubbed il'|
one and one-half tablespooniulS az n
flour; pour over it one pint OF hot Illi I,
and cook until like custarl. BaA'I
half an hour.
Oyster Sauee-Stew a pint of oyF|
ters in their own liquor, add eeaguE
full of milk and let this boil up ou~I
off the liquor, return to the fire, aa'
thieken with tablespoonful OF nO lou.
Stir well aud pour over the oys,gu Vs.
This is used for boiled fish and 'uiA''
chicken, etc.
Apricot DIeringue-0ne cup
stewed apricots, whites Of four W. ~
one cup Of sugar Beat the cgss 'a e,
stiff; add the sugdt gradually men u
in the apricots which have been Pes3
through a siove. Bake twenty IA ;b
utes in a moderate OWL. Serve WV
whipped cream. ii
Fish Croquettes-Use any AlaG
cold boiled fish. Free it from s5 ;nt
and bone. Mince fine. 10 one i, -
of minced fish use one cup Of vell- '..f
sonsd mashed potatoes, two eggs ..,,
beaten. Nix well, season 10 ~
shape, crumb and fry One cur
white sauce can be used IN p'''
mashed potatoes.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
PeGTsE Salt Rising Bread.

Many a time and oft Won b,,,
signing for the "bread his mo,G.a o
to bake, and here is therein ','. =
kind, called "salt rising opI ~, y.
cipe is that of Mrs. StockloIo ~ ", "
sissippi. Take a pint of MIL l. y
pint Of water, aud stir in flonr 4,
a stiff batter that will not run t, h. W
spoon, but drops like drop coko S 5a.
Add teaspoonful Of salt and nn ny,
warm place, where it will stand W
least four hours. If water rises \
top, stir in more flour. After /,
make up just as You would orli,.l
bread, using the rising ipsto,J
yeast, and adding about a gill Of n,
or water and n little more salt ,1iI
piece Of lard about the size Of an o "''
that quantity. Kneal it well. oni2l
at once in well-greased pans Ia "
Care must be exercised not /, 5.I
while rising, and it should be L'oIpI
the same as any other bread.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

A newspaper artist has been telling
some of the woes Of the men who make
pictures for the daily papers. He says:
1t makes me tired sometimes when I
hear some smart Aleck who couldn't
tell the difference between art and
side Of sole leather criticise newspaper
illustrations. The public doesn't IN
derstand what handicaps are continu-
ally thrown about our work. A few
days before election I was given in
structions to make portrait Of one
Of the candidates. He gave me an old
daguerreotype, made just after the
war, and said he had had no photo
graph taken since then. Well. Imade
his picture all right, but in order to
do it first had to cut of a full beard
and curl his moustache. Then I gave
him hair cut, parted his hair on the
other side, gave him a stand-up collar
aad modern crayat, and added thirty
years' worth Of wrinkles to his face
and Jet they say such work isn't art. %
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
THE SAME OLD SONG.

Molhers, out OF Tho mother-heart,
Fashion % song both soft and low
Always the same, dear mother art,
Hooking the baby 60 and fro.
Always q lazy, loving cronc,
llummcd in sleepy undcrtonc.
Down the baby snugglos Co sleep
Wnklng as long as wink ne may,
Now with kick he tries 90 keep
The tricNscy god from his eyes away.
Wo-wa, wo-Wn long, long ago,
The Indian rothcr chantod low
Weelng, she said, ON the haby's brow
SOUly struck with his wee war club
A-Jrile ol his nose ho pl0yeth slow,
With his lIttlo ilst q ruh-a-duh,
We-wa, we-wa, tondcr and low,
Rocking the baby 10 and fro.
Lo-ro-,a, lc-ro-lu, ever q mum,
Like urmurlug bees In the golden light
Under the palm trees mothers come
Elbiope mothers, dark as night
Chanting the same old silvery l0w,
Swinging the baby 10 aud fro,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

For the first time in twenty-eisht
years the State of Ohio is without
Democratic representation in the
United States Senate. The long period
Of divided representation began il
1869, with the election Of Allen G.
Thurman as the colleague Of John
Sherman. Once only has the rule Of
divided representation been broken.
and that was in the Forty-sixth Con.
gress, when George II. Pendleton was
The colleague Of Senator Thurman.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

A womau's bicycle club was organ
lied in Detroit the other day, but the
Free Press says that it collapsed
within week because no two members
could agree as to the uniform to be
worn. When Colorado musters in its
company of women militia there will be
tr0uhIa
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
HOUSEHOLD MArrros


The water for washing glass a., i,
cate china should never 'i be- y aad \
and oven granite or stone 1IyYYh
immersed in water where y WV, aal
easily bear yom hand. Ear ' ! I4a
painted French china, warm y, .' G.IIai
without any soap is best. sily '' v, \
whether solid or plated, gbo ,I. '''i
be tossed about in contact r'i '., ''V
knives. Knifo handles or o''l n
cleaned by a damp cloth-b,, '.'ll
loosens and blackons them WV
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

A curious illustration of the diverse
conditions that may exist in this couu-
Try is the fact that while so many
people in the Mississippi Valley are
suffering from floods the New Orleans
papers are raising money for sufferers
from the trouth in Louisiana.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

Scientific cultivation treblos the
sugar crop on the Hawaiian planta-
lions, declares the New York Tribune.
An acre which formerly wouldnot sup
port in comfort one cannibal now
grows maximum Of eleven tons Of
sugar, crop never equalled elsewhere.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

Mothers, too, with the snowy skin,
By-lo, hy-lo, tonderly sing,
Aud toll tho dustman coming IA,
Into tho huhy's Dyes 90 ding
Atoms 0f dust 10 mako him wink
Aud Into drcamlanl gently sink,
We-wl, we-wa, by-lo, hy-lo,
Lc-ro-la, le-ro-la, ever tho Sumo
Eycr the uno oi tho long ag1l
OJt Of thu m0.horly heart 10 came,
Bora oi % sense that moihars know
Rocking the baby 90 and fro.
White or black on bronze the hue,
Always the Same sweet tune o. hoard
D. Tho sWeato,t song earth ever know,
Happy as lriil ol tho nesting bird,
Mothers content I'm the twilight glol
Are rocking their babies % and fro.
Mothers, out 0i the mothor-hcar',
Fashion % song both sweet and low.
Always the same, doHr mother art,
Rocking tho baby TO and fro,
Always q lazy, loving cronp,
lIummed In dreamy UNDERGONE
Tho Home Queen.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

While a marriage ceremony was
being performed near Danviile, Va, a
kerosene lamp famed mp and was
about to explode when the bride seized
it aud hurled it through q window.
The groom then came out from under
the table, where he had hidden, and
the ceremony proceeded.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

One of the new dictionaries has in it
pretty big and yet perhaps a useable
word, 'politicalization, of which it
seems to be itself somewhat in doubt.
although it half-supports it with
quotation from the Brooklyn Eagle,
which coined the phrase. The Eagle.
it seems, once referred to "the steady
9oIiticaIization of the public schools"
by which it meant the subsection Of
these schools to political control.
Whatever We may think Of the word,
comments the New York Observer, the
danger indicated is certainly real
mo