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The Washington bee., 1898-03-26
YOU HAVE CAUGHT ON.
From the Philadelphia Tribune.

Some of the Afro-American editors
seem to be worried because Editor
Chase, of the Washington Bee, says
he agrees with critic who has said
the Afro-American was in need of ed
itors. There is no use to lose any
sleep over this matter. The members
of the craft should do the best they
can, remembering that the field is
wide open for the "great editors" to
enter at will. His capacity to stick
will entitle him to some considera-
tions at all hazards. Chase is having
lots of fun at somebody's expense.
Well Chris, you must let dogs
continue to bark when they begin.
We have lots of fun Chris. Some
negro editors are like flint stone.
You are aware that we need editors.
These hay-reeds who are doing the
kicking must take the blow.
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26
just think of it

There is no Resort for colo,.t
people in the United States
OFFICERS: Rev. A. L. Gaines
NJ, B. d., Pastor ImmanuelAN
+. church, Portmouth, Va. Pres.
ldent; George L. Pryor, At'y
at Law, Secretary; Rev. n H
Mitchell, ID. D.,-Pastor Bank
Street Baptist church, Norfolk
Na.,-TreaSurer; VIM. NJ. Reid
Esq, Attorney for the companT
DIRECTORS: Matt. N. lewis E Eya
Editor, Recorder, Norfolk Va
Samuel L. Tucker, Esq. Of King
Mosley & Co. Norfolk, NB
Clarke, Attorney at Law, New.
port News. Jno. H. Cooper, Esq
foreman, School Press, Normal
Institute Hampton. Va.
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26

EThe address of Senator Mason on
last Wednesday evening was' a
masterly effort. He is the coming
man.
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26
Buckroe Beach

On the Chesapeake R.r
ant-about fifteen mirg.-a iy-alst'
the electric Car from l1,Id'TS 0iJ 8! oY
Comfort, Va. 0io FONT
Ihere is no finer beach
more attractive SPOT on NOT
Atlantic Coast. We won. on The
to join this COMPANY "6n' h., @ yGu
scrlblng to its capital SUB SUB
Shares only ten isIop dSilNk sT1ck
each. Payable s. cash ash su5 u",lais Y
per month on each sbaro anu
liberal discount on fujI jIIp,s-a na;J
stock. There are ten 5cIo. pa!u Up ?
land-Water front 35o feet aslsI p. o
nlc park covered with Gra -Ilt IIS
trees.-There are aIready i,,e a.ua. YAK
ed an auditorium, cottage s,sSt, sn$ |.
bath-house, containing fftv d,pu
rooms. "i'S
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26

Do you want fine produce If so go
to Y. S. Motion who has been establish
ed since 1866. Stands 1oo, 200 and
2oI enter Market. You can get all
you want in fresh vegetables, and de-
Iivered to all parts of the city.
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26

Col. M. M. Parker and Senator
Proctor have returned from Cuba,
and they say 'tthat half has never
been told"
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26
This resort being
at Old Point, Va, is
the best location for
a national hotel in
America.

As the buildings are ALREADY
erected and place secursu
by the company, you run ., no
risk in taking stock and tne
officers of the company PredlC
a splendid financial success.
Subscribe for all the stock you
can conveniently carry, It VII
pay big dividends.
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26

You all know Mr.. ]. D. DonnelIv.
18th and | streets northwest. One of
the best known business houses in the
city. Anything you want for the ta-
BILE cai. be found In his store.
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26

Don't forget to go to DIR. e.. H
Harrls one OF the best known drug.
gist In South Washington.
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26

The mantle of Bruce has fallen
upon Lyons, as noble heretage
has fallen upon noble shoulders.
Let no backward step be taken.
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26

For further information call
address q. E. Townsend,
Financial Agent, Norfolk,
NY Director o III C0npa
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26
Y ON can get further
information or sub
scribe for stock from
the following we'll
known gentlemen.

E. V. Davis, Atty, 6o9 F st., n. ".
l.. M. Hershaw, I46o T st. n.w.
John ID. Hyman, at Bureau Of Pen
sion. Rev. 1. l. Thomas, 1914 nth
street, n. W. N. J. Booker, III7
10TH st. n w, VIM. Calvin Chase,
IIo9 | street n. W., or to ID. B. Nc
cary, COG F street, n.w.,a the De-
poSltory of the Capital Saving
Bank, where they will also re
celVe payments for stock
The Washington bee., 1898-03-26
g Besops

xThe Chesapeake Beach r
Company is a joint stock 5;;;s $s:s;
ization chartered md. saa
laws of Virginia to nn,., 'p'
suitable property and fr''aa'e coua'
a general hotel business At ''''
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

thick, they would scrape their skin
with wood ashes containing potash lye.
When the barbarian inventors of soap
the Gauls and the Germans-first taught
the effete Romans the use Of it, the lat
ter made such a fad of it that they
went into society with plaster of
highly perfumed soft soap covering
their hair and face.
All soap consists Of combination Of
fats with caustic lyes. When the an
cient Germans broIled their fatty hog
and bear meat, the grease would drop
into the fire, where it combined with
the potash Of the wood ashes. II In ad-
dition q quantity of cooking salt, that
is chloride of sodium, fell In, the soda
would displace the potash and ordinary
hard soap was formed. As potash pos
sesses the property of attracting moist
ure from the air. soap made from it is
soft, and until about so years ago hard
soap was looked upon as quite luxury.
In many parts of the old country, and
amongst the emigrant farmers of the
great west, the busy housewives still
soak the lye out Of wood ashes and
cook it with animal fats over the kitch-
en- fire. A Shiny substance with rancid
smell or full of biting free alkali il OBJ
tanned. but It does the work Of clean
Ing dirty linen and dirtier faces.
Formerly hard soaps were made by
initiating the ancient German methc<l
Of adding soda salt to the potash mix
ture. This was quite an expensive
process. and when SO years ago an Eng
lishman began to nse soda directly in
place Of the potash the soap industry
as such took great squirt. Hard cakes
In endless fancy shapes and fanciful
varieties were produced, and potash
soap almost disappeared. In France
and uermany a soft shaving cream IL
still extensively used and the shampoo
creams are or ought to contain potash.
It IL only within the last few years
that attempts have been made to re-
introduce the soft varieties for toilet
purposes. They are said to possess sew
eral peculiar advantages, and cholera
commission at Hamburg recently re-
ported that potash soaps act as the most
effective distinctive and preventives
against the dreaded disease.
A modern soap factory must be
equipped with elaborate machinery
and a thorough chemical laboratory.
The making Of an article apparently
a. simple a. soap 10 a difficult and COM
plex process, requiring much deeper
and wider scientific education than
had ever imagined previous to my re-
cent inspection of several factories. !
also found that great aecrecy il OBJ
served in the concoction of certain
products. In one OF the largest factories
in the world was refused admission
until had produced my credentials a.
q newspaper man.
I'VE have spies coming around from
rival factories almost every week" !" said
the superintendent. "All the large fac
tories have hit upon brands possessing
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

SOAP GRINDING MACHINE

peculiarly desirable properties. and we
must be very careful not to divulge our
secret processes to rival.concerns-"
The superintendent admitted me,
however. with the compliment that I
would not be able to ''catch on" any
way; 'as you are not . soapmaker." he
added. aiterward.
Huge machines for cutting and press
Ing covered the first floor, while cooling
vats extending three stories high were
placed along the sides. A row Of some
70 tallow barrels lay over steam coils
and the melted tallow was slowly run
ming through q pipe into q so-called
boiling vat. Until few years ago the
cumbrous process of dumping the con-
tents of each barrel into the vat pre-
vailed.
When the melted tallow has all flown
into the vat lye is added. The mixture
is thoroughly boiled. sometimes for sew
eral days. The lye finally breaks the
skin surrounding each globule Of fat
and the chemical union. the saponihca-
ton, takes place. This should be per
feet" that Is. every particle Of fat
should combine with every particle OF
I've, the one neutralizing the other. II
there II m excess Of fat. the mixture
Win In time become rancid, while rem
uant Of free alkali would bite the skin
and make the soap unfit for any but
laundry purposes The superintendent
dipped stick into the boiling mixture,
and after It had cooled on touched II -
his tongue.
The soap must boil several hours
loseer." be said; IT = not yet neotraA
~ en- taate tie fEoe a1kallS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

Just then one OF the employees Oippeo
q pail into the vat. There was great
eommotion.
"That's the tallow pail" some one
cried. The men began to stir the brew.
ing mass with violence and extra steam
was turned on.
There are tx tons Of soap in that
vat." cried the superintendent. "and
every bit Of it may spoil. You see" he
took the tallow pail and said: there's
always a few ounces Of grease sticking
ON it. and that is enough to spoil the
whole lot. If small corner becomes
rancid il will contaminate all the rest" "
The addition OF an improper per-
fume, or coloring substance, or the use
Of certain oils under certain circum-
stances may likewise cause chemical
reaction which viii spoil = whole vat
Of soap.
When the lye and fat are thoroughly
saponifled a crane is opened and the
liquid runs into cooling chambers. Here
II remains for several weeks. The inn
purities settle at the bottom. and often
one-third Of the whole must be re-
melted. Some of the foreign substance,
especially iron salt, settles in streaks
through the soap, thus forming the So
called notified CASTLE.
To produce white or evenly-colored
soap the streaks are cut away and the
remainder is remelted with the proper
perfumes and colors. A 'cold water"
soap is produced without the expensive
remelting process, by boiling lye and
fat with the Ingredients gently enough
to prevent the evaporation Of the latter.
The finer grades of perfumed soap are
"milled." When the boiled mass comes
out of the cooler 1t is cut into fine shaw
ings and dried. Ground perfume and
coloring matter are then added and the
whole il put through q series of iron
rollers which mix and grind the COM
pound into homogeneous mass. Near
ly all the fine grades Of soap are pro-
duced In this way.
The final stage II the shaping of the
cakes. A big block Is put upon table
and wire netting run through in all
directions. 80 as to cut the block into
cakes. With a single stroke of the cut
ting machine, thousands Of cakes ars
thus turned out.
Milled soaps are pressed in dies. The
cakes are put upon q belt, which car
ries them to the stamping machine. and
| there they are pressed into the desired
shape. with suitable design and letter
ing. by means Of two piston-hke rods,
one pressing downward and the other
upward.
While the general method Of saponi-
fication remains the same, certain soaps
are made by peculiar processes. Thus
the creamy lather of shaving soaps is
obtained by the addition of chemicals
whose nature il known only to few
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
The Greatest Thorouehfare In the
Capital of the Nation.
rhe New City Post Once the tesrst
Dutlding Really Worthy OF q
Place ON the Imposing
street.
rsnec,al washington letter.

Especial Washington Letter.1
You have all read of Pennsylvania
avenue, the great thoroughfare OF the
national capital. 1t is the grandest
parade ground in the world. and will
some day be the greatest avenue on
earth for beauty, comfort and pleasure.
To-day Pennsylvania avenue is-noth-
ing like the splendid public highway
that the people generally imagine it to
he. You shall see 1t through the eyes OF
one who knows every inch OF the
ground, by riding over it, driving over
it and walking its entire length for
many years. You will be disiliusion-
lied.
1t need scarcely be said that Maj
L'Enfant. the civil engineer who
planned the city more than hundred
years ago. performed piece of work
which daily demonstrates his wisdom
and sagacity. The capital city OF the
new republic Of the new world was
without form aud void. The site was
selected by Washington. but the civil
engineer saw before him nothing but
unbroken forests In which aboriginal
men and women roamed. There were
morasses. ponds, a sluggish creek
named the Tiber, lot of high lands.
and lot of lowlends, all Of them in
state of rugged nature.
With only this prospect before him,
Maj. L'Enfant planned the city, laid
out Its streets and avenues, located the
public buildings, many OF which were
erected from 50 to 100 years after his
his death. He was wonderful man.
With pencil. pen and paper he first
located the great capitol building, in
which the congresses should sit and de-
liberate for the general welfare. With
that as a center. he drew his lines and
marked out streets and avenues which
should be developed as the city might
grow. Even at the beginning of our
civil war the trees Of virgin forests
were growing in profusion. with viii
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05
NEW CITY POST OFFICE AT WASHINGTON. D. c.

tion. On the corner of Fourteenth
street. three blocks west of this new
building, there Is q block of vacant
ground. upon which the secretary OF
agriculture Is looking longingly. A
new building is needed for the depart
ment of agriculture. There is splen-
did site only one block from the treas.
ury. and only three blocks from the
white house. 1t is just the place for Q
grand edifice for the new department
of the people. We cannot expect the
congress to make an appropriation for
this purpose at once; for the treasury
is poor. But 1t Is now simply ques-
ton Of a little time when there will
be erected building on Pennsylvani,
avenue for the department Of agricul-
ture; and that will emphasize the ne
cessity for the Improvement Of the av-
cnue. by the erection of public build
ings, in place of the unsightly and
crime-stained rookeries which now dis
grace the place.
Many people are urging the idea that
the north side of Pennsylvania avenue
should be bought by the government,
and all along that side there should be
erected buildings for the residences Of
members Of the cabinet. This IL gen.
ernlly regarded as good idea, too; and
some of these days it will fructify.
Pennsylvania avenue is yet In its In
fancy. As the country develops the
avenue will be developed. One Of these
days, maybe after the narrator hos
ceased writing, and the reader has
ceased reading on this earth. Pennsyl-
vnnia avenue will be the most beautiful
thoroughfare in all the world; and
then only will he realized the dream of
the wonderful civil engineer who
planned 1t SO long, long ago.
SMITH d. FRY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05
0r,m.ess and H..or.

The supposition that humor has m
exceptional utility for men of sensi-
tive and intellectual cast is supported
by fact. IT has been noted that the feel
ing Is q common endowment Of the re-
Elective, brooding mind. and that it fire.
quently appears AZ relieving feature
in q somber temperament. 1t Is notice
able, too. that humor often appears as
u reaction from narrow and oppressive
religious creed. Puritan humor, of
which Mr.. Spurgeon was an excellent
example, seems to me to illustrate this
breath-taking or back-straightening
function under an oppressive load. A
good deal of American humor 10 the
Eneal descendant of this Puritan vari-
ety.-Nstional Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

Fifteen years ago Congressman
Springer, of Illinois, introduced q bill
providing for the purchase of the en-
tire north front of the avenue, and he
made strenuous efforts to induce the
congress to buy that property and de-
tote it to public buildings which would
be credit to the nation. But all Of
his efforts were wasted. because very
few men in congress had the artistic
sense to appreciate the necessity :or
such action. Since then, although the
land is still possessed by the wicked, the
property has more than doubled in
value; and II would cost an almost fab
ulous sum TO buy it for the government
to-day.
On the south side Of this historic thor
orghfare, extending three blocks west
of the capitol, the botanical gardens are
located. 1t would be well for the gov
ernment to always maintain them
there But from Third street to Fiji
teenth street west. where the avenue
reaches the treasury. the south side
belongs to vice. crime and degradation.
But there is an innovation at last.
The south side of Pennsylvania avenue
has onesadornment. At the corner Of
Eleventh street, where for many years
the lowest kind Of saloons were main
toined and where q vile theater fer vile
men and vicious women was a promi-
nent feature. public building has been
erected. It Is beautiful piece Of ar,
chitecture and is the only building an
the entire avenue which 10 worthy Of q
place there.
The congressional mail 10 annuslly
Increasing, and hence the business Of
the Washington city post Office is con-
stautly increasing. Five years ago the
congress made an appropriation for
new public building for the city
post office. With wisdom unusual
for congressional committee, this site
was chosen. The building Is now al.
most completed and will soon be occu.
pied.
Senators, representatives, visitor.
and residents here are proud of this
building. Moreover, 1t Is going to be a
landmark for the future. 1t marks the
beginning Of an era. Every thinking
man and woman. looking at this build
ing, entertains and expresses the
thought: "Pennsylvania avenue should
be beautified with such buildings all
along its line"
This thought will cryStalltzo into -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05
MANUFACTURE OF SOAP.
The Processes Employed In Great
Modern Establishments
Gauls and TeutOns the First e Use
SaponaceOus Substances - Nat
Now America PfOdUceo
the Finest soaps.
Especial Boston Letter.l

Especial Boston Leftef.J
Soap and civilization. the celebrated
DR.. Justuc ven Liebig once remarked.
go hand in hand; the quantity Of soap
consumed by q people being directly
proportional to their intellectual and
moral advancement.
This Is not complimentary to the an
cient civilizations of Rome and Greece,
nor to the classic period of good Queen
hess in England. In fact, it is not un-
I'll the time of DIR. Liebig, at the begin
ming Of the nineteenth century, that
the manufacture of soap became great
industry.
The Greeks washed themselves In
vunning water, and if the dirt was very
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

men In the United States. Although II
is the height of every soap makers am
bition to produce the most delicate
article, a first-class shaving soap. few
factories In the world have met with
success. Transparent soaps, dissolved
In alcohol. which is subsequently evap-
grated, are also made by secret proc
ess, and many of the other toilet soaps
possess peculiar virtues which cannot
be initiated. Floating soap, for In
stance, was first made in 1873, by an
American firm, and it took ten years
before competition realized that the
whole secret consisted in mixing air
with the soap by means Of . revolving
spiral.
Much has been done In recent years
In the direction Of medicated soaps
The article used in daily washing hai
been found to be q most convenient and
efficient vehicle for the application oi
certain medicaments to the skin. The
use Of a perfectly medicated soap will
do much to prevent the spread Of con-
tagious diseases, while 1t may also re-
move incipient infection. Many forml
Of skin trouble. 1t has been shown, can
be more surely and efficiently cured by
the constant use Of proper soap than in
any other fashion.
Different kinds of soap are needed for
different people. Thus the perspiration
Of some people has an acid. Of Others
an alkaline reaction; some men have .
thick, others q thin skin. and so on.
The most progressive soap factories
are now working In the direction Of
meeting the most minutely fastidious
needs Of all Of these.
Thus u the statement Of DR.. Liebis
that soap and civilization 60 hand in
hand being verified.
Z. r. oUNDLACH.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05
HIS Directions Were Lseia.


Country distances are peculiar"
said Editor Littlejohn. of the Carter
County (ky.) Advocate, '.and the road
directions which traveller receives up
in the mountains are sometimes laciS-
ing in the quality of eSplicitness, but
are frequently amusing to the inquirer
with plenty of leisure. How far is it
from here to ArgilliteT asked Ports
mouth drummer of an old fellow who
was hoeing weeds out Of some sickly
corn. Is il far?' Wall, II hain't so very
fer nor il hain't 50 very nigh. If you
go around by the big road it's ferder
nor II is nigh, but if you cut across the
country, it's higher nor it is fer, and If
you keep right straight ahead. it's
kinder betwixt nigh an fer, but it's .
considerable of a ja'nt from hyar. no
matter how you git thar
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

"Ever hear Of John Billingsboy :
Great student at college. Worked hard.
Graduated at the head of his class.
Finest Latin scholar the institntion
ever turned out. Well, he's q professor
in the college, now. and getting along
splendidly. Has . salary Of 8. 800 .
year"
"Never heard Of him before. What Of
him?"
"Nothing, only he's brother Of that
famous little horse jockey, Billingsboy.
who weighs only sS pounds and makes
. hundred dollars day" - Chicago
Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05
Proes Of I.telleetualsty.

els she an intellectual girl?" said
Spokes to his friend Whihet, who had
been raving about his nancee.
"Insellectual?' replied Whiffet II
should say abe waA She pronounces
.ceramics' as though the word were
spelled with 'k'."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

Dribbler-In my opinion, man who
writes an illegible hand does it because
he thinks people are willing to puzzle
over il. In other words he II q chunk Of
conceit.
Scribbler-Not always. eometimes =
man writes illegibly, not because he il
conceited, but because he In modest.
Modest! What about7"
~About his spelling. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

Wife-John, don't yon think you had
better give up trying to ehave yourself
and go back to the barber?
Husband-Why, Of course not. See
how much / save every month.
Wife-Yes, know that; but then Will
lie is always around you when you
shave, and he is learning 50 many bad
words.-Tit-Bits
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05
A Per~a.e.s C.re.

A candidate at an election was known
to be strongly in favor Of fiogging in
the army. He saw no necessary dis
grace attached to being dogged.
why" said he, Il was fiogged my
self once, and it was for telling the
truth"
.And it cured ye. nav doubt" said
rustic in the meeting.-Tit-Hits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

HAD the Dead Weed On TheD.
There was none who could plan them Z
scafIold they knew
But the man they were going to ''string.
For he was . competent carpenter who
Could properly fashion the thing.
And &C In the midst Of their Troublesome
task
They asked him to pilot them through II.
But he Just shook his head and he winked
N he said:
..Oh, NO, I'll b hanged II I'll do It. =
IL A. w. Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05

THE man who doesn't get vexed at .
had dinner ID NO man ct all.
.AOf course mot; - y IN angel"
eago Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05
A Dailgersus CFatie.

.Won't You play something. Null
lins?" asked Kildufl. motioning toward
the piano. e
Il hardly Ike 70 while Col Gore 4
here" ss IA
Il he severe in his critici.naf
YES; and be carries : pistol uax-
lam Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-05
wAess ra.lts

otiIl, he's generous to . fAult,.
Pleads the kind indulgent tone.
Comes the gTuAg1ng answer: Yea
r IL fAu1s . - eva"