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The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

societies of this kind. The fun in
them is harmless, and they are de-
signed largely to impress a candidate
with the value of keeping an obligation
and of paying dues promptly. This
husband and wife came to the ante
room of the lodge and in due time the
man was taken inside and made a
member of the lodge. He thus had an
opportunity of seeing his wife pass
through the work and of enjoying any
mistakes she might make. He person
ally knew only a few members of the
lodge and them only in a business way.
The master of ceremonies, the one
who had initiated him, he did not
know, and had not caught his name,
but he thought nothing of that. As
for the master, he had paid cOmpara-
lively little attention 10 the candidate,
for it was one of his ''tired" nights and
he was anxious to finish the work and
sary order for the woman to be
brought in. A guard visited the ante
room. arrayed her in a long robe,
blindfolded her eyes and escorted her
into the lodge rooms. The guard led
her to the altar and she was told to
kneel. She did so. still blindfolded.
The master of ceremonies came from
his station and stood in front of the
altar. Fifty lodge members sat about
and watched both him and the candi-
date. He said TO the guard:
Remove the blindfold."
He did so and the woman was told to
look up. She raised her eyes and
looked straight into those of her first
husband-the man she had not seen
nor heard of in IS years.
4 minuet before she would have
sworn that all memory of him, all emo
tion in regard TO him. was dead for
ever. But mind and heart and their
attendant emotions are tricky, deceiv-
ing She swayed back and forth, the
color left her face, she trembled in
every muscle. The lodge members
knew something was wrong, but they
could not divine what. 1t remained
for the master of ceremonies 10 right
" end the scene. With a powerful ef-
fort To control himself he began the
slow recital of the ritual. and under
cover of that the woman regained her
composure and was daily initiated. She
did not tell her husband of the hap
pening; she spoke TO no one about it.
But she will attend some other lodge
of the order into which she has been
taken.
As for the master of ceremonies-he
told the story.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

handle of the music box was turned
The police arrested Schulter, and
now he is in jail charged with send
ing an Internal machine through the
mails.
Schulter had known Miss West for
a long time, and their acquaintance
ship had Tipened into love. They
were engaged to be married, when
Schulter's fOndness for his sweet
heart grew into an unreasoning jeal-
ousy.
Miss Banker, an intimate friend of
Miss Vests. advised her against mar
rying Schulter. Miss West finally de-
cided TO act on her friends advice
and broke off her engagement.
Then Schulter swore vengeance on
Miss Banker. She was afraid of him
and kept out of his way. But one
night recently a package was re-
ceived at Miss Bankers home in
Ninth street, which, when un-
wrapped. proved to be a music box.
On it was the inscription:
"Turn the handle ten times and
the music box will play Old Ken
tucRy Home"
One of Miss Bankers family put
the music box on the table and be-
gan to turn the handle, but Miss
Banker suddenly thought that some
thing looked wrong about the box
and that it had best be turned over
to the police. 1t was carried to the
nearest station and placed in a pail
of water until it was soaked through.
Then the police cautiously opened it.
The handle of the music box had
match heads affixed to it in such a
manner that when it was turned the
matches would be ignited by rubbing
against sandpaper. Several pounds
of powder were tightly packed
around the matches and would have
been exploded when the matches ig-
nited.
Miss Banker thinks now that her
best friend or anybody else can mar
ry whom they please before she
will say anything to spoil another en-
gagement.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
DUEL BETWEEN EAGLES.
e Was a Battle Royal Until a Penn
syIVania Butcher Took a Hand
In the Grim Combat.

John Barracliff, a Delaware county
(Pa.) butcher, drove out the other day
to see a wOOdchopper who was at work
in piece of timber not far from Ches-
ter. Hitching his horse at the edge of
the woods, Barracliff started in to find
the man, but had not proceeded far
when he was startled by loud screams
and the tapping of wings. He hurried
on few rods in the direction of the
noise, when he beheld two large bald
eagles engaged in a mortal combat on
the top limbs of big oak tree. The
birds fought desperately for several
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

ence of enemies. The lieutenant rushed
forward until he was within ten
yards of the animal The rhino
lurched toward him, and the hunter,
clapping his gun to his shoulder, sent
a bullet into the ThinO's left shoulder.
The animal turned and numbered
away, with the hunters following.
At last the trail led into a thick
jungle, and, as by this time it was
four o'clock in the afternoon, the
hunters decided to return TO camp
and take up the pursuit again in the
morning.
As the hunters were going back
through a range of hills densely COW
cred by bamboos, Pee Nee sudden
ly stopped, and, pointing forward,
whispered: "Chan. chan"
The lieutenant looked, and, sure
enough. through the bamboos he saw
standing on the other side of the
stream they had followed in the
morning a large bull elephant, his
tusks glittering in the last rays of
the sun. The lieutenant stalked up
the right bank of the stream, and
when opposite the elephant and about
20 yards away. drew bead on the
projection at the base of the ele-
plants trunk, figuring that the bullet
would strike somewhere near the
brain. He fired. but when the smoke
of his gun had cleared away he saw
the elephant still stood where he had
been before and was looking wicked.
" for the hunter.
The hunter aimed a little higher up
next time and fired again, and the el-
ephant turned and made off up the
valley, screaming and trumpeting with
pain.
The lieutenant crossed the stream
and followed in hot pursuit of his
elephant, but suddenly came to a halt
as he heard a crashing in the jungle
ahead of him, and, looking up saw
that the elephant was hunting him.
The elephant was within 20 feet Of
him, and there was no chance for him
TO raise his gun; so the lieutenant at
tempted to dodge TO one side, but the
elephant struck him a blow that
threw him 30 or 40 feet down the
hill.
The lieutenant fell into some
bushes which concealed him from the
elephant, whom he could hear charg-
ing back and forth, hunting him. A
shot from Pee Mee's rife sent the
elephant in full retreat again, and
the lieutenant. picking up his own
gun. which was uninjured, again fol-
lowed after his quarry. He came up
with him once more, and this time
put in two more bullets, just behind
the elephants left fore leg. The
beast turned again and continued his
fight. and the lieutenant. being ex-
hausted from the effect of his coll
lision with the elephant. had to give
up pursuit and be carried back to
camp.
The next day the trails of both the
elephant and the rhinoceros were
again taken up and followed, aud
both animals were found dead.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
HUNTING IN BURMAH
Tracking RhinocerOs and Elephant
IS Dangerous Business.
Thrilling Adventures of n British
officer in the Dense Forests of
Asia-ThrOVvn 30 Feet by a Blow
from an Enraged Elephant.

Hunting for either the rhinoceros
or elephant is supposed to be the
most exciting form of sport known
But 10 combine the two and hunt at
the same time for both an elephant
and a rhinOceros, and to bag both
of the big creatures after being Sc
riOusly wounded by one of them, is
the kind of a hunt that ought TO give
the ordinary sportsman enough thrills
to last him for a time at least.
Lieut.. d. J. Munro, of his majesty's
ship Skipjack, started out early in
the morning one day in last Febru.
airy for a rhinoceros hunt in upper
Burmah. He was accompanied by a
native hunter, Pee Nee, a tall, gaunt
misunderstanding Siamese, and q
corps If native servants. Pee Nee
made a business of hunting the
'rhino." He sold the horns Of the
animals to the Chinese for 100 rupees
each, and the skin and other parts Of
the body bring a large price from the
Chinese, who use them fer medicine
For, as Pee Nee quantity said: ANY.
thing that is hard to get is the China.
mans medicine"
Lieut.. Munro and Pee Nee camped
for three days at the foot of a long
range of hills which here form the
boundary between Burmah and Siam
In these dense forests the sun is
never seen except where some gian.
tree has been IaVpled nv the 1iUht,
ming.
After following a small stream high
up into the hills, where it had its
source in the wide marsh, the tracks
of big rhinO were found. Follow.
ing the tracks the hunters soon came
upon the rhinO taking his MONDAY
sleep in a thick piece of jungle in the
center of the marsh.
AS the hunters crept towards him
the rhino gave a low grunt, indicat.
ing that he was aware of the pres.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
LODGE ROOM STORY,
1t Tells Of Odd Meeting Between
Divorced Couple.
Had Not Seen Each Other for IL
Years and Then Came Face to
Face Before the Altar of
Secret Society.

This is the story Of man and a
woman. They were married wears ago
and the woman bore the man four
children, and they were not happy.
What was the cause of their unbaDDi-
ness 1t is not necessary to say. She
grew tired and listless and he became
indifferent. One day Is years ago they
agreed to separate. She said to him:
There is nothing in common be-
tween us longer. Why should we live
lie! There is no need of having sean
daI or shame attached to our names or
TO the names of the children. You
make provision for them and you may
have your freedom and l will take
mine"
The man, being much as other men
are, agreed, divorce was quietly Sc
cured, and final separation took place.
This all occurred in Chicago, says the
Record-Herald of that city.
The man never married again. He
ProsPered in his business affairs and
kept his own counsel. The woman
after two years of single life, married
another man and settled down in a
section of the city far removed from
her old home. She bore this second
husband two children and was happy
as happiness goes on this planet. She
never heard of her first husband, never
saw him, did not know whether he was
dead or alive. Possibly she thought
she did not care. 4 month ago, both
for social pleasures and financial pro-
lection, she decided to join a fraternal
secret society which has insurance
benefits attached. Her second hus-
band decided TO join with her. and they
made their application to the lodge,
were voted upon and admission grant
ed. They were notified TO appear at
the lodge rooms one night recently to
pass through the initiatory cere-
monies.
Now these initiatOry ceremonies are
not very startling or even amusing in
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
Rot TroubIed by Neighhnr.

Bailey county, Tex, has only four
residents, Cochran has 25, Andrews
has 81, Lynn has II and Dawson has
90. Twenty-Five other counties have
populations OF less than 500 each.
Some counties have no running
streams within their borders. some are
hundreds of miles from railroad, and
others are almost wholly inhabited by
prairie dogs, jack rabbits and rat
tlesnskes. Tom Green county, the
largest in the state, is larger than
the whole state Of Ohio, and has but
s.S04 inhabitants
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
woman Who Interf@red with IL Re-
eeived an ILIe5 I Machine
from the JiIt. al over.

1t seeJas TO be DE- Perate business
nowadays 10 attempt to separate
Sweethearts.
Florence Banker, of Philadelphia.
succeeded in making Elsie West be-
heve that Herman Schulter was not
worth the loving. Miss Banker re-
ceived through The mails a music
box, which was taken to the police
station and opened after being
soaked in water. 1t was found filled
with gunpOwdeF and an extremely
clever little cOntrivance arranged foI
the striking of matches when the
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

in a Brooklyn fat with a baby and
q colOred servant. was IN despair.
She controlled her sorrow very WELL
however, until the actual moment or
parting came and then she wept as
though her heart would break. The
cruiser was to leave the navy yard
early next morning, and the lieuten-
snt had gone TO report for duty.
IN the midst of her lamentations
Saws the New York Herald, the young
wife heard a shifting and sObbing in
the dining-room. and upon glanclng
through the door she saw Dinah, the
eolored maid. rocking her body to and
fro in a chair and weeping violently.
"Whv. D-D-Dinah what's the mat
4cr?" cried the mistress; you seem
70 t-t-take Mr.. Blanks departure as
much to heart as l DIDO
Deed I doesn't, Mis- Blank; deed
Doesn't" sobbed Dinah. What am
bodderin' dis chile am de fac dat a
cuIlud gemman friend o. mine am
gwine sail hisse'f on dat same ole
cruisahl"
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
Hard on the Goat.

"ADd, shure, they tell me your hoos-
bands very litherary?"
THAT he is, indade."
THAT he devours livery thing in the
way of a book or a paper that cooms
to the house"
''Shure, he does"
"And vot in the name of goodness
does the poor goat get TO te?"-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
rnke Advantage of Doctors.

Fully one-third of the sick people
ia New York city are treated gra-
tuitously in the dispensaries. Many
of those who seek free treatment are
persons in comfortable circum-
stances, who can well afford to pay
for medical attendance, and who don
shabby garments and conceal their
iewelry and other evidences of pres
perity when they visit dispensaries.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
WHY POOR DINAH WEPT.
Ii Was Not from Sympathy with Her
Mistress, But Because She Had
Troubles of Her own.

Not long ago a lieutenant in the
navy was ordered away on a three
years cruise. The order had been
dreaded for weeks, and when it came
the young wife, who was to be left
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
ATTENTION LADIES
Hair ReOrer.-

All VINO are dersirous of having
beautiful suit of hair, or if your
hair is falling out, you should get
a bottle of Hairoline, better known
as the, Renowned Hair Restorer
Oriental Complexion Gre m 40
cures all skin diseases and makes
the skin like velvet. Price, 25c to
75c per bottle,
Treatment of the Skin and
Scalp
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18

Leaves Are Fall Of Sugar
Sugar exists in the sap Of leaves OF
nearly 200 different kinds Of trees.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
STRENGTHENING L SPECIALITY.

All kinds of implements ana
toilet articles for sale.
1904 4th Street Northwest.
Agency at THE BEE Office.
The Washington bee., 1901-05-18
Don't believe all you hear.

BY Miss MAY CLEMATIs.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-25
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good returning August 4th.
Milwaukee, Wis, Grand Lodge,
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Long limit, and low rates.
Monteagle, Tenn, Annual Meet,
ing, State Teachers Association,
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w. T. READING,
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DAUGHTERS OF CONFED-
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The Daughters of the Confed-
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Spring Park, on Tuesday, June 4,
which will embrace dancing, ice
cream, etc., for only % cents adj
mission. Don't forget it.
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BIG STORE SPECIALS!

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Beautiful Blue China Bowl, 9 inch, 25c.
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Glass Berry Bowls, inch, l0c.
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Also beautiful line of patterns for 26c
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Good Check Bingham, sc yard.
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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-25

Mrs. Orlando Brown was called
to st. Louis, Mo-, on Tuesday by
the accident To her sister, Mrs.
Hannah Hord Hardin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
NOW LOOK OUT!

'eTake care of yourself" say our friends.
"I'll try to" we answer. We do take little
care, yet in spite of warm clothes, rubbers
and mackintoshes, an army of people were
bowled out by pneumonia and other lung
and chest diseases last winter. They
caught cold, neglected it, let it fix upon
them, We're torn by coughs, choked by
infammations and concessions, wasted by
fever, tired out by pain and then gave up
the fight. The hour you realize that you
have a cold on the chest, place Benson's
Porous Plaster where the pain or oppres-
sion is felt. If you think two are needed
make it two. No harm if you were COW
cred with them. They act quickly and
prevent the engagement of blood in the
organs. In this way-with ordinary eau
ton as to exposure-you will break up the
cold and avoid a serious sickness. No
other applications, or any other form of
treatment, will accomplish this as certainly
and speedily. Benson's Plasters have dis
tinct and positive action and are curative to
the highest degree. sethem with the same
confidence for coughs, muscular rheuma-
tism, the grip Cback and chest and all sim
liar ailments. Women, who are chief suffer
ers from cold weather complaints, should
keep these plasters always within reach.
Get the genuine. All druggists, or we will
prepay postage on any number ordered in
the United States on receipt of Csc. each.
Seabury g. Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N. -.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
HE GETS "A CHECK FOR $50.
Dan TeW Receives Handsome Pres.
ent From the MergenthaEer Co.

Daniel D. Tew, the Mergenthaler OPP
orator of the Daily Capital force who
beat the worlds newspaper record in
the amount composed on machine in
eight hours, received slight token from
the Mergenthaler Linotype company in
the shape of $50 check yesterday
afternoon. The check came direct from
Mr.. Phillip Dodge, president of the COM
pany, who took up the matter upon
reading the notice in the newspers of
the remarkable achievement of the
young man. Mr.. Dodge in writing ex-
pressed admiration for Mr.. Tew's
ability, and gave it as his opinion that
it would be long time before the
record was beaten. Mr.. Tew disagrees
with the distinguished president and
declares before long he will prove that
his record of 1914 lines of nonpareil,
tbirteen.em measure, in eight hours,
will be beaten by himself by at least a
hundred lines.-Des Moines Capital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
The Half Crop Fallacy.

''Its all very we'll to talk of the
blessings of a half crop of corn," says
Henry Wallace in that excellent agri.
cultural journal, Walace's Farmer, but
he can't see it in that way. OF course
it is very easy to prove with figures,
that though the corn crop is about the
shortest on record, yet the resultant
high prices makes up for the difference
and then some. For example we are
told that the 100000 bushels of
corn raised this year at so cents q
bushel is worth more than 100000
600 bushel crop at rs cents bushel.
On the face Of it this proposition seems
clear enough, but you must take into
consideration the fact that the farmer
is benefited only by the surplus corn he
raises, the amount over and above what
he feeds to his horses, and his other
stock necessary to carrying on farm.
If it takes $50 bushels out Of crop of
1000 bushels, he can sell in year Of
25 cent corn 75O bushels, for which he
receives $3.50. If he has but half a
crop, or 500 bushels. he has but $50
bushels to sell, which at so cents brings
him only $l25. Prices in no way affect
the actual feeding value of grain. Just
because corn has advanced to SO cents a
bushel, given quantity will not pro-
duce more strength in the horses. more
milk in the COWS, more fat on the
winter pork. 1t is not what farmer
produces that makes him money, it is
the surplus over his needs, the things
he can sell. From this view point g
Y half crop can never be looked upon as
an unmixed blessing.-Red Oak Elk
press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
From a Hotel Landlord.

Dear Sirs:-I had no taithin testimon-
ials or advertised medicines until took
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, my atten-
ton being called to it by letter from
some one who had been cured of what
he called chronic constipation, and l
began taking it for my case. If any one
who reads this has constipation or
stomach trouble, earnestly recommend
DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin. My one
experience and complete cure prompts
me to promise that you will find it will
do all that is claimed for it. Respt.,
L. o. GURNER,
Prop. Hotel Paris, Dubuque, Iowa.
Sold by L. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
Johnny and Jid Wason bought q

Johnny and Jid Wason bought o
very fine elk's head handsomely
mounted during their recent visit in
Wyoming. 1t arrived here last week
but was Immediately forwarded to their
cousin, Ben Roach, of the Iowa Stock
Commission firm of Chicago, for whom
it was purchased. 1t now adorns the
Office of that popular firm and is said to
be one of the finest trophies of the kind
in Chicago.-LinevilleT Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19

Word was received here on Sunday
by telegram announcing the death of
Miss Mabel Rock, daughter of Mrs. Ed
Reck Of Alliance, Nsb. Only about q
week or 80 ago her father was found
dead under peculiar circumstances.
Miss Mabel visited for several months
the first of the year with her grandpar-
ents, Hon. and Mrs. A. G. Reck, and
other relatives here and at Lineville,
and at the time was in very poor health.
-Allerton News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
Don't Do 1t.

DO not take DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin unless you have constipation,
indigestion, sick headache or some form
of stomach trouble, such as dyspepsia,
biliousness or heartburn, for these are
what it is guaranteed to cure. Sold by
L. Van Werden.