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The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
r..a. z.,.. OF ST. Luke.s P. E. Church.

The ST. Iuke's quartette, probably
.t. mos efficient and artistic in this
rr. among our colored vocsiists, Is
,"T7oos-d ,,'7, Of Miss Nettie Murray,
Ms Marie lanes, DR.. Walker and
Mr. VIM. H Fussett. This quartette
Should be heard to be appreciated.
This auauette is supplemented by a
srge chorus Of acceptable and compet-
sLl voices.
Each Sunday evening the musical
portion of the church services IS ae'
|5nmpan.sl by a competent orches'
Ia.
On the second Sunday evening in
each month doing the present season,
sacred service of song will be given
. 5y the choir
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
ono of the Dinerenees

"Pa. what's the difference between
notoriety and fame?"
"WeL, there is not necessarily =
woman in the case of the man who be-
comes famous. s."-Chicago Record-HeE-
AID
lions, and is a vegetarian. The ami
mails with most speed and endurance
the horse, the reindeer, the ante
lope and Others-are also vegetari-
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
He Would Know.

She-Papa has an absurd notion
that you have money.
He-I suppose we would better LEE
him think so.
She-Yes, but we've got 10 get mar.
ried some time.-Detroit Free PF4ks.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
a Marked Man,

Nsude--I don't see how - .seog-
nized Mr.. Fhader. He has changed so
very much.
EmiIy--Well, shouldn have known
hi m if he hadn't had or one of his last
wears shirt waists.-Brookly Life.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Chill Sarcasm

as that painter an impressionist2 %
asked the young woman.
ITO a certain extent" answered
Miss Cayenne. He is under the i'm
preston that he is great Washing
ton Star.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
T. HOFFMAN
HIGH GRADE CLOTHER AND TAILOR.
723 Seventh Street, n. w.

Popular prices for high grade clothing-f we didn't
manufacture our clothes, prices would be higher
No store sell our qualities at our prices if it has to buy
from manufacture and pay him profit.
~ tue making ourselves and doing with intermediate profits
'I qu up and prices downThe everything Hof
make Material finish and
tours
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Might he Cheaper.

Tess-SO he jilted her, Ell? that
must have made her feel cheap.
Jess-Eot as cheap as he might
wish. She computes the damage to
her heart at $25, 25,O0O.-PhiladelphiA
Press.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Guaranteed,

Dfnah-What did the fortune-teller
say?
Sam-She says Im gwine ter hab
great stroke OBJ luck befO' 1 die, an if
Il do ome true, she's gwine ter re-
fun 90 asoney!-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Suits for $3.50 $500 $1,000
ARE VERY STRONG LINES HERE

In suits choose Chets top
coats from Coves CheWts
but the Hoffman makis paying
u OIL to the store where usually your
over coat-Look around and we offering.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
INTRODUCING OUR FINE1AlLoRING.

There IS always for the worthy fully
'ae the merits hne tailoring
opening announcemenln
nave always aimed the highest
extra
garments that are hwess in workmanship and finish tailoring the
We cOOrd in
ng that they appreciate honest and dgW specials
an all WOOL black hbet
mixed cashme black
suits fancy
different made and
invited samples prices
other
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
&. 3 BRAXTON
Contractor I'D Builder.
1I7A IIth Street n. w.
Estimates Ckeeil GiveE On All Work.
Related Wfsdom

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-DO you think,
John, a person gets wisdom with
years?
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Yes; if I had
known as much 20 years ago as do
now, I never wonld have married.
YOnkers Statesman.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Nine j. ESfUTA Ia /

WILL
Offer special indnceT ent to classes
in reading, music anu singing. A
general musical and vocal Instruction
guaranteed. John Eputa's music book
and Nine Daly's note chain method,
For further information
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
NINE DAILY

Studio, Basement St. AugHEtines
Church, 18th Street bet. L and NJ;
N. w. Monday and Tuesday on and
afterthe 22nd, of September. Hours
sto8 p. N.
Tenors and bassors afford special
inducement to join Madam DalY's
classical chior apply in bssemsnto I
St. Augustine Church.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

work. It is published weekly and males
of interesting news matter mot cheap
toned scale, and pains are taken tn
advertisement are inserted in its column
frst-class journal can afford, and mad
For detailed information, address
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-04
Xhe bOArd 5Ol i,ua3ny 8. its regular monthly naeft1nH thls af. ternoun nj 4 o'clock ssA ss s .ssI

The bOArd sOl pus31x < s. .--s.ss its regular monthly l1ef1nK thls afs ternopn at 4 o'clock: e N K st
 Last evening Mr and Mrs Themas F. Lunny ceaebrated the twenty- first anniversary of their marriage at their home on Grove street. The exercises included the rendition of an. interest ing musical program.
 The delegates to the K. of c. con- vention, which will be held in New Ha- ven tomorrow, will leave here on the SIP train in the morning. The dele gates are as follows: Sheridan coun- cil, Timothy F. Donovan and J. E. Smith; Barcelona council, Thomas k. McCann and r. Y. Shields; Hendricken council, Timothy J. Conway and J. B. Madigan; Mulcahy council, F. w. Hal pin and James Worsley.
 It is understood that the draft of the bill consolidating the town and city governments will be discussed by the aldermen tonight, that is provided enough members get around to make q quorum. Many advocates of con- solidation have changed their minds on certain sections of the draft during the past few weeks, notably those who favored the same rate of taxa 4tion within the old and the new city limits. That is what the committee recommended, but the property own CTS in the new district have been up and doing since the report of commit tee was published and succeeded in convincing more than one alderman that this system would work hard ship upon a large number of people who will not share in the benefits of public improvements for the next ten or fifteen years. Then, of course, there will be another rate of taxation for the town, so that unless all signs fail we'll have three rates of taxation. This will leave room for the same old snarl with reference to Improvements. A few people in the outside district want sewers and sidewalks, but the trouble is to get them for those who have means to pay for them without putting a big expense upon other property that is not able to bear it.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-04
Bargains

Are offered nowadayslin in almost every line of business. We'll, we are always pleased to see bargains thrown out promiscuously, but when detectives come from out of flown and give our prosecuting agent and city court judges special bargainsI that's carrying the business too fax If the rum holes, wine rooms and drug stores must live up to the law. /and if they feel inclined to kick over the traces once in while why not have them prosecuted instead of persecuted? We can have Mrs Car rie Nation come to Waterbury, by sim ply paving her expenses, and as she won't drink anything stronger than tea and coffee her expenses will only be tryf1e And she don't do business in q sAeaking way, either. Sine gives fair Warning to close up or she'll pay a visit to said place of business and make Spinters of the surroundings That's q good, fair way of doing busl- ness. Speaking of bargains just re- uainds us of those sleds we are slaugh- Hering. We are selling them below icost of manufacturing. Only 24c each. Say. the wood is worth the price, but we're bound to sell them in preference to carving them over until next seq son. Don't forget our Die Butter Is the nice, sweet quality. Our tea mas no equal for quality and onr 2oc Btoad- way Coffee is the kind that Will put new life in you, particularly ill the morning.
 DLot,~'o T Ctore,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
Trufh and RenOSe.

A self denial no less austere than the
saints is demanded of the scholar. He
must worship truth and forego all
things for that and choose defeat and
pain so that his treasure in thought is
thereby augmented. God offers to ev-
cry mind it's choice between truth and
repose. Take which you please-you
can never have both.
Between these as a pendulum man
oscillates. He in whom the love of re-
pose predominates will accept the first
creed, the first philosophy, he meets,
most likely his fathers. He gets rest,
commodity and reputation, but he
shuts the door of truth. He in whom
the love of truth predominates will
keep himself aloof from all mornings
and afoat
He will abstain from dogmatism and
recognize all the opposite negations be-
tween which as walls his being is
swung. He submits to the inconveni-
ence Of suspense and imperfect opin-
ions, but he is a candidate for truth as
the other is not and respects the high
est law Of his being.-Emerson's 'Es-
say on INTELLECT
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06

In his volume on Modern Athens"
George Horton says that shopping in
the Greek capital is more elaborate,
time consuming and minute process
even than with us. "The oriental
method of doing business still prevails.
The dealer sets price, the buyer an
other, and often three or four hours of
patient will contest pass before COM
promise is reached. The patron asks,
How much is this piece of silk? 'One
dollar a yard is the reply. Thirty
cents is offered. The merchant is
thrown into something resembling an
apOplectic fit. He swears by his ia
theirs soul that it cost 95 cents.
'The lady takes a seat with a sigh
and after twenty minutes inquiries in
nocently, Finally, 80 cents? Never!
But to keep you and not lose yo'1r GUS
tom, you may have it for what paid,
95 cents You poor thing! signs the
lady sarcastically. There are dozen
or more women sitting about the store.
When finally the proprietor comes
down to a price that one is willing to
pay, she rises, receives her bundle and
departs, declaring good naturally that
she had been swindled and that she
will never come back again"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
Getting the Musical Pitch.

Musical pitch has a curious tendency
to creep up. 1t is said that Bach's mu-
sic sounds much differently now from
what it did when Bach wrote it, be-
cause the instruments are now pitched
higher. In 1882 it was found that the
pitch of high A at the Vienna Court
Opera had crept from the prescribed
435 double vibrations q secoAa to 443,
and in 1885 this number had further in
creased to $50.
Accordingly musical conference
was held, and resolution was taken
to re-establish the old pitch of 435 vi
brations per second. Upon this an
nouncement the Reichsanstalt, the i'm
periaI physical and technical institute
of Germany, set up standard instru-
ments and has since tested and cor
rected many hundreds of tuning forks,
shortening them if they are too low in
pitch and thinning the arms if they
are too high.
All the military orchestras of Ger
many are pitched alike, and the Reichs-
anstadt keeps the tuning forks correct.
This solicitous care of the government
in preserving standards is one reason
why the world now goes to Germany in
musical matters.-PearSOn'S.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
snaiIs Are Queer Creatures.

The snail is found everywhere, 1882
species being known, serving in France
as an important item of diet and in
this country an attractive inhabitant
Of the fernery. Some of the large trop-
ical snails, as bulimas, form nests of
leaves, their eggs being as large as
pigeons.
The snail is extremely skillful in
mending it's shell, and some curious ex-
periments may be tried with them.
Thus [ have seen q helix of yellow
species attached to another shell of
reddish hue by cutting off the top whirl
Of the latter, when the snail will pro-
coed to weld the two shells together
and occupy both, using the addition as
a door and possibly wondering at this
sudden extension of it's house.
In the winter some of the snails hi
bernate Or lie dormant until warm
weather, just as the snakes do in Cali
fornia. A snail of the Philippine Is,
lands has faculty of throwing off it's
tail when seized. This is also true of
q West Indian variety-stenophus
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
RIDING IN CHINA.
Using the Donkey, the Shentzu and
the WheeIbarrow.

Here comes a gorgeous1y clad lady
riding donkey, her husband by her
side. She rides straddle legs, but round
her is drawn an embroidered petticoat,
displaying all its beauties when riding,
her face is painted and powdered, her
lower lip is one large daub of vernil-
lion, and her wonderfully dressed hair
is shining with grease and gum. She
wears no hat, however hot the day,
but she carries a fan or an oil paper
parasol, and she looks very glum as the
barbarian passes, for he is not sup
posed to see her. though very probably
she stoops and chatters to her lord and
master once he is we'll out of the way.
Next there comes shentZu-that is,
a long chair with hood hung between
two mules walking tandem fashion.
Sometimes there is another gayly dress
ed woman in it, sometimes a magis-
trate or other grandee, but oftenest of
all come the shrieking, creaking wheel
barrows, the universal vehicle of Chi
ma.
The wheel is in the middle, and there
is a seat on either side, and the way
those tortured wheels cry out is ex-
cruciating-the air is full of the sound.
The Chinaman cannot be prevailed up
on to grease them. In the first place,
he is economical and would not waste
the grease, and in the next he looks
upon a silent wheel with suspicion.
''Would you have him going like a
thief?' he asks plaintively.
Nevertheless these wheelbarrows are
the only wheeled vehicles, and q cody
will wheel two men and their baggage
easily. The bishop of northern China
declares he has travelled thousands Of
miles on a Observation-Disclosures Re-
view.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
Dirt In Dainty Carpets.

For housewives who pride them
selves upon the spotless floor coverings
The Druggists Circular gives the fol-
lowing recipe for removing spots of
dirt from carpets:
Make suds with good white soap
and hot water and add fuller's earth
to this until the consistency of thin
cream. Have plenty of clean drying
cloths, small scrubbing brush, large
sponge and pail of fresh water. Put
some of the cleaning mixture in bowl
and dip the brush in it. Brush a small
piece of the carpet with this: then
wash with the sponge and cold water.
Dry as much as possible with the
sponge and finally rub with dry cloths.
Continue this till you are sure that all
the carpet is clean; then let it dry.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
Didn't Care if He Did.

Over in West Virginia on one Of the
railroads is little town called Sawyer.
Close to the town the train passes
through tunnel. One day q nice look
ing young couple were on the train,
and they never seemed to know that
there was anybody else on the train.
Obvious to their surroundings they
were like two souls with but single
thought. While the train was passing
through the tunnel those near the
young couple heard succession of sus-
picious smacks something like a kiss
with q dozen echoes. After the train
had passed through the tunnel the
brakeman came through the car and
called out sawyer" and the timid
looking young man looked up and said:
II don't give durn if you did. We are
married. "-Bristol Courier.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
Running No Risk.

A troupe of wandering musicians
were playing before Swiss hotel. AT
the end of the performance one of the
members left the group, approached the
leader of the band and pulled out a
little paper box, which he emptied into
his left hand, while. the eyes Of the
leader followed every movement.
He took a plate in his right hand,
passed it around, and large sum was
collected, every one meanwhile Won
dering what he held in his left hand.
"Why, it's very simple" said the
leader when questioned. eve are all
subject to temptation, and to be sure
of the fidelity of our collector he has
to hold five flies in his left hand, and
we count these first when he returns
to make sure of the money"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
Advice as to Roasting a Turkey.

ADVICE as to Roasting a Turkey.
''Ninety-nine women out of every
hundred. ninety-nine cooks out of ev-
cry hundred, will bake turkey with
che back to the pan," said a New Or
leans man who keeps in touch with the
kitchen, land this is a mistake. A IA
nous French cook know never thinks
of baking turkey with the breast up.
The breast is turned to the bottom of
the pan and instead of being dry and
taSteleSS when it is served is richly fla
vored and as sweet and juicy as one
would care to have it. You see, all the
fine fiavoring of the turkey, the juices
of the dressing and all the daintier
touches flow down toward the breast
of the fowl, and when the white meat
is served you get the full benefit of ev-
cry flavor added during the processes
of preparing and baking the turkey, in
addition to the distinctive taste Of the
fowl itself
announcement and awkward. Not at
all. 1t is just as easy to cook turkey
in this way as in any other way, and
the result is infinitely more satisfac-
tory. 1t is no trouble to arrange the
fowl in the pan. If you desire to place
the fowl on the table before carving it,
you will find that it will look quite as
well as it would If baked in the usual
way, and certainly it will taste much
better than it would if you baked the
breast until it was dry and f1avorless."
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
THE FIRST CAMERA.
1t Was Invented by an Italian In the
Sixteenth Century.

Sixteenth Century.
The Genera was invented by an Ital-
ian named Baptista Porta, though it
was not at first used for photograph
ing. It was in reality merely a dark
ROOM into which the light was admit
ted through a little round hole in one
side. The rays Of light coming from
objects outside Of this room entered it
through this aperture and made a pic
ture on the other side Of the room glow
ing in all the beauty and color of ma
ture ITSELF but rather indistinct and
upside down.
This dark room was cOntrived by Por
ia about the middle of the sixteenth
century. He improved it later by plac-
ing a glass lens in the aperture and
outside q mirror which received the
rays of light and reflected them through
the lens SO that that image upon the
opposite wall within was made much
brighter more distinct and in a natu-
raj or erect position. This was really
the first camera obscura, an invention
which is enjoyed to the present day,
being situated often upon a hilltop,
where picturesque country surround
ing may be reflected through a lens
which is placed in the center of the
conical roof.
Now, our modern Photographic cam
era is merely a small comera obscura
in it's simplest form, carrying a lens at
one end and ground glass screen at
the other. It is, however, often much
more complicated in it's construction.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06

The Philadelphia Record tells Of q
little Sunday school boy who always
receives a nickel from his father to
place in the collection plate. Last Sun
day his father gave him two nickels.
saying, lone is for the Lord, and the
other is for yourself" AS it was too
early to start for Sunday school the
little boy sat on the porch steps, play
ing with the two nickels. After awhile
he dropped one of them, and it disap-
peared down a crack. Without mo-
ment's hesitation and still clutching
the remaining coin in lis clinched fist,
lac looked up at his father, exclaiming,
"Oh, pop, there goes the Lords nickel"'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06

An attorney named Else, rather di-
minutive in his stature and not particu-
larly respectable in his character, once
met Jekyll. Sir" said he, Il hear you
have called me pettifogging scoun-
drel. Have you done so, STRIP
''Sir," said Jekyll, with look of con-
tempt, Il never said you were Il pet.
tifogger or scoundrel, but l said you
were little Else"
The following epigram was written
on DR.. Letsom, then a we'll known doc
tor:
When folks are sick and send for me,
/ purges, bleeds and sweats 'em;
II after that they choose to die,
What's that to me? l Letsom.
-Gentlemans Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
Startled the Natives.

Herrara, the Spanish historian, says
that Pizarro, when he landed in South
America, owed his life and those of his
companions to the fact that one of the
party fell off his horse by accident.
off the retreat Of the Spaniards to their
ships, when one of the riders was
thrown. The Indians were SO aston
ished at the dissolution of partnership
that they took flight at once. They
had supposed horse and man to be one
animal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
A Question of Ownership.

care you the man who advertises
own your own homer" said the de-
jected looking caller.
II am" answered the real estate
dealer.
''Well, I'd like to get the recipe"
''The what?'
"The recipe. The modus operandi. 1
want to know what to do to own my
own home Our cook has temper like
a raging lion and muscles like Her
cules If you can, tell me how to dis
possess her. Moneys NC object.
Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06

Work in every hour, paid or unpaid.
canst not escape the reward. Whether
thy work be fine or coarse, planting
corn or writing epics, so only it be hon.
est work, done in thine own approba-
ton, it shall earn reward to thy
senses as well as to the thought. No
born to victory. The reward of a thing
we'll done is to have done it.-Emer-
son.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
Sized Up.

ga man is known by his works." de-
clared the irrepressible talker, who
was addressing a large and enthusiasts
tic audience.
''Yours must be gas works." shout
ed rude, uncultured person who oc-
cupied a back seat.-Baltimore Ameri-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06

Some old Mexican tribes believe that.
the spirit is carried to the moon by
coal black, monkey faced owl; that up
on arriving there it is met by it's thou
sands Of ancestors, who come with a
long train of white donkeys; that the.
spirit is then escorted to large cav
ern in the center of the moon, where.
joy reigns supreme.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
Willing to ACCOMPANY Him.

A poor old Irishman, with an old and
battered cornet, was making night hid
eous one evening in Il quiet Edinburgh
square. A smart young guardian of
the peace stepped up to him and in a
very peremptory tone said:
Come, come, my man, you must
stop that or accompany me-"
ovid all the pleasure in loife, sor,"
replied Pat. "What are We goin' to
sing ?"-London Telegraph.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
AS One Being.

Edith hear that you and Fred are
quite interested in one another.
Bertha-Don't you tell soul, Edith,
but really I believe Fred and were
made for each other. We have played
golf together three times, and we never
have quarreled, except two or three
times when Fred was clearly in the
wrong.-Boston Transcript.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
His Conscience Clear.

"Can you truthfully say that you
went into office with an absolutely
clear conscience" inquired the very
familiar but unworldly friend.
'Of course [ cam" answered Sena-
to Sorghum in a tone of slight irrita-
ton; II never yet failed to pay every
cent I promised for a te.'-Washing-
ton Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-06
He Wasn't 1t.

'sMy dear Miss Billmore," sadly wrote
young Hankinson, 81 return herewith
your kind note, in which you accept
my offer of marriage. You will observe
that it begins Dear George do not
know who George is, but my name, as
you know, is William. Chicago Trib-
une