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The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
CHASTISED A THIEF.
Chicago Woman Gets Even with
Purloiner of Her Purse.
After q short Chase the PIucky Lady
Arrests the Thief and Metes Out
Quick and Appropriate
Punishment.

Cheered on by several hundred cit
liens of haywood, a Chicago suburb,
Mrs. William McGill, of 1926 Indiana
street, Austin, horsewhipped a thief
who had stolen her pocketbool few
minutes before on street car.
Chicago papers, which recite the ex-
citing occurrence, say that the whip
ping took place in a real estate office
belonging to Z. A Cummings at st.
Charles and Nineteenth streets. after
Mrs. McGill had confronted the man
whom she believed had stolen her
purse. The whip, which was of raw
hide, was procured by the friends of
Mrs. McGill, and they urged her not to
spare it.
Mrs. McGill boarded a Madison street
car at Nineteenth street in MelTOse
Park shortly before four o'clock. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Nellie Henry,
of CSC Thirty-frst street, Austin, and
they were on their way down town.
When they had taken seats Mrs. Nc
Gill laid her purse on a seat just be-
hind her, while she adjusted her hat.
A minute later she turned around
to get the pOciZetboOk, but it was gone.
So was the stranger who occupied the
corner seat. Without telling her COM
paniOn she stepped to the door and
signaled the conductor to stop. Less
than a square away stood the man
whom Mrs. McGill was certain had her
purse. Walking briskly up to the man,
she said in a determined voice:
you have my pocketbook."
He protested his innocence. Stand
ing near by was w. A. Twining, a clerk
in Mr.. Cummings office. She called to
him for assistance, and he in peremp-
tory tones invited the unwilling
stranger into his private office.
Still the man maintained his inno-
sense, but he was unable TO tell a con-
nected story. He refused to be
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and attend to the minor household af-
fairs.
One afternoon, when the head of the
house was away from home, the three
women were sitting in a room together
when the girl noticed a snake of con-
siderable size coiled up on a clothes
rack or shelf some distance above the
floor, and craning its neck out and
waving il TO and fro in regular snake
fashion. The girl knew the impress
sionable condition Of her mistress and
the possible effect upon her of any uq-
due and sudden excitement. Her quick
remembrance of this feet and her
rapidly evolved plan Of action are the
proof OF her self-possession.
She knew the prevailing weakness
of women to scream when anything
unusual occurs, and therefore knew
she could not even take the nurse into
her confidence at once in the matter of
the discovery of the snake without
great danger of precipitating the eli
max she wanted to avoid. So she quiet
ly said to her mistress: L think L
heard your husband calling you at the
gate" The lady Of the house at once
withdrew, and as soon as she left the
room the girl cautioned the nurse to
make no outcry, and seizing the near
est club went after the reptile in a
manner that put him out of business
in short order. The nurse, of course,
could not restrain little demonstra-
ton when she first saw the snake, but
she choked herself off in short order
and by the time the mistress Of the
house returned 10 tell the girl she
must have been mistaken about TIE
call, conditions IN the room hQ6 re-
sumed their usual serenity and me
girl admitted that she must have. beer
| dreaming when she fahcied s.1e hearC
| the alarm outside
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
FOREIGNERS OF NOTE.

Jean de Reszke, the operate tenor,
made his will in New York city the 9TH
sr day, and directs the use of a patent
device to prevent his being buried
alive.
Prince Eugene of Norway and Swed-
en-, the youngest Of the four sons of
King Oscar, is a painter by profession
and spends most of his time IN his stu
iio in Paris.
Minister Wu Ting Fang was recent
" asked for some Chinese music which
the band Of the University OF Chicago
intended to practice and finally play
at his recent visit TO Chicago. The
music was sent, but was not played,
as it was found that on the copy for
warded the notes read from right to
left and could be made nothing of.
Queen Alexandra is a devoted lover
of flowers. It is no unusual sight to
see her carrying a bunch of flowers
which she has herself gathered from
the fields and hedges. She frequently
goes for long country rambles, es-
pecially when the princesses, her
daughters, are at home, and the royal
ladies invariably return with their
arms filed with ferns, grasses and
wild flowers.
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sweet mixture. The third night gens
orally 6nishes the business. There is
mort Whisky than molasses ia the
lceE that night and Bruin fnds it con-
venient to lie down on the spot and
sleep.
Shortly after sunrise the next
morning the doctor wagaers down
that way and claims his prey. While
vet unconscious from the effects of
the liquor. rife ball crashes
through Bruins brains. \ few mus
cular couto"tions and all is over 50
far as he IS concerned. His skin viii
0e exchanged by the doctor for a S24
draft, end more than one of them,
perchance, may at this moment add
charm to some coy rooms Ia this
city, says the Milwaukee Sentinel.
4 well-known Sawmill owner, resid-
ing near Waukeaha, Pursues a differ
ent method To get his bear meat
The man takes a small beer keg,
knocks out one end of il and then
drives spikes through the rim, in
ward and pointing toward the CEN
ter.
This constitutes his trap. Filled
partly with mOlaSses or honey, he
places the keg on a runway and the
result as inevitable. The bSar scents
the bait, forces his head down on the
very bottom OF the keg and licks up
| the sweet stuff. In doing so the pals
do not inconvenience him, but when
he has had his fiji and attempts TO
pull his head back, he finds himself in
a sorry predicament. As soon as he
feels the prick of a nail in his neck or
behind his ears he lifts one of his
powerful paws and gives the keg a
push so as to shove it away and off
his head. That very act, however,
settles his case. He has only sue
| ceeded in driving the nails deeper
into his neck, and now. almost insane
with pain and fright and blinded by
the blood that runs into his eyes, he
dashes around in a circle vainly try
ing to get away. Here he viii col
lide with a tree and there he will
stumble and fall over a stump, and
| before long his strength gives way
and he sinks down exhausted. An
other paroxysm of anger and fright
follows when he hears the footsteps
of the man who has trapped MIN. but
the relentless rife speedily ends his
agony.
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searched, saying that it was a case OF
mistaken identity; that he was L. ~
Browne. of III Peoria street, re-
sDoctable citizen, and that an outrage
was being perpetrated upon him.
Browne was kept in the sweat box
for awhile longer, however, and po-
liceman was sent for. Then the prls-
oner became alarmed and pleaded to
be released,
Ending his cuptors Obdurate, he
finally pulled tbo purse from his pocket
and threw it 20 the floor. This was the
signal for the crowd to howl and hoot'
One said: Lynch him." another
thou2At Of the horsewhip,
'ESas, get me a horsewhip," cried
Mrs. McGin. and l viii give hiaa what
4e deserves"
A dozen members OF the crowd
started for one. Wheh one of them
returned She seized Browne by the
coat collar with grasp that made his
escape impossible, raised the whip
over his head aud brought 1t down a
/ dozen times with a resOunding crack
The victim cried, pleaded ano
1 cursed, hut all to no purpose. MIS-
| N6cGiH .6ttfy strengthened her grip OF
4 his coitar and applied the lash unti
he fell to the floor ina half-faint.
rs that enough@for-you" de
manried Mrs. McGil. But Browne wa
TOO weak to respond, and the womal
Ioosened her hold and tossed the VIII
Ito the ground.
..Now 60" she said, "and be carefr
how you act in the future
Not waiting for a second invitation
Browne scrambled to his knees an
then to his feet. He could scarcel
stand. He started off without n
coat or hat, but they were tossed attt
him, and he gathered them up an
walked away followed by several mel
bers of the crowd.
.Tha. will do him more good tha
: all the prisons in the state. said MI
= tNcGiH, as she started for her home.
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A Corner in AIIigators,

William Armstrong has just re-
ceived the renewal of a concession
which he obtained q year ago as an
experiment for the capture of ALI
gators along the Pacific coast, writes
a correspondent in the New York
Post. The new concession runs for
five years. During his year of expert
ment Mr.. Armstrong secured more
than 10000 skins, most of which he
exported TO France and Germany.
The lakes and swampy inlets along the
Pacific coast abound in alhgators, and
Mr.. Arms strong secured their hide
from native hunters stationed at d
ferent points.
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
NERVY ARIZONA GIRL.
H would Take More Than a Big snake
to Destroy Her Remarkable
Presence of Mind,

An incident occurred recently in
which a l5-year-old girl displayed
wonderful presence of mind and illus
trated the value of good Judgment
and self-possession in all everyday af-
fairs of life, as we'll az on extraor-
dinary occasions, when the house
takes fire or two trains try to pass on
the same track.
In ranch home not far from town,
says the Arizona Republican, lives a
family which, at the time mentioned,
had in its employ a nurse to wait upon
the lady Of the house, who was in deli
cate health, and the girl referred TO,
whose duties were to wash the dishes
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
c.,,or eYow.BT n Oklahoma,

It is believed BY many that the Cry
cIimate Of southern Oklahoma and the
xoutbern district Of the Indian Terri
tory is going to make that section the
home for the finest grades Of cotton.
An item from Dennison, Tex, says:
"During the season it has developed
MAT the cotton grown in the ChoctaW
nation was of an extra good fiber, grad
ing above the average and in great
demand for export. A great deal has
been shipped TO Germany and England
Indian cotton hereafter will command
the top price"
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
TeIegraphy and MatrImony.

The English government gives away
$4,000 a year, more or less, to en-
courage matrimony among the wom-
en- employees of the telegraph service.
Women enter the service at an aV-
erage age of 16. After six years
when the operator has reached the
official marriageable age OF % she
is entitled to an allowance from the
state. For each year of service she
can draw one months pay. As her
salary is SIS a month she can then
claim $3.50. If she waits until she Is
2s she can draw $500. In practice the
average amount paid is found to De
! q hnut 5000.
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10

IL bad. The auegatiOnss 3 .s, ,z-.,-.;rs.
her husband were thes
He had an innate .,-..--..,...o,,b-
ing his hair
He chewed tobar .....-l>-,,a+ in the
manu- pam Gu '"Ss haintifs sister had
gwen ven hsI I'I " .6d5Hg present.
was 100 iaZS 81 nights 10 take OFF
ms clo.nes, .'.s.SI SIu frequently wentto bed
shoes on
wore rec syxeeter and old overalis
10 !u1i,ui sss party. causing great
IL ~ - Il and pain -
ne "oS Afflicted with a lifelong aver
Tta - Ap,"
The u 4ol If The circuit court at lie
hoy, IN heard the case with froWn'
hu' snrely.' asked the court Of the
Pialn' i4 he had a toothbrush before
ne ,sTried YOU? And he must have
nae = clean face now and 'hen ano
" m decent clothes, or you "ou-oH
ave married him?" ,,-.
gur Mrs. Becker said her husOa an, h'
had used his brothers toothor Us L. iL.' !.
ibe used 10 call on her at night aha =
INF ON the porch so that she coulan
s see what sort of clothes he wore u
II 5s The dirtiest thing in the way Of 4 u
hands I ever heard Of, SAID the "4ie'
.sDeeree." said the judge.
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WOULDN'T WASH HIMSELF.
Iudiona Aas.,s Aversion 10 soap Come
peIIea His Wife to Apply for
Legal Separation.

"5ddge, it's the actual trutbg that
man didn't take a bath once ~ month,
and he never owned a toothbrush in
his life" Mrs. Hannah Becker Sobbed
as she told the judge her sad story.
She wanted divorce, and she wanted
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So zEa Loss.

"Oh, sir, please, l have swallowed
a PIN" exclaimed a servant girl, run
ming into her employers study.
Never mind, Mary" he replied,
deep IN study, never mind, here's
another" drawing one from the PIN
cushion.-Chicago Journal.
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
Time,s ReNenrrs-

Nessel-O3j Mr.. Johnsouhammer il
reaping the Whu Wind IN his cid age.
SIunott-How is that?
lie used 10 have his old trousers
cut down and make his boy wear them,
ana now the boy is five inches taller
thaB he is."-JuGge.
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
Hin GrorrinE FanIIy.

'T had nine children to support ano
# kept me busy" said Smith to Jones
.os thew met; 'but one of the girls got
married. Now have
.'Eight9'' interrupted Jones.
"No. ten-counting the son-in-la~'
said Smith, with a sigh.-Tit-BitA.
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
vs.we imam She Meant.

well, madam" said the doctor,
busting In, chow is our patient this
uaorning?"
"His mind seems to be perfectly
clear this morning, doctor" replied
the tired watcher. HE refuses to
touch any of the medicines."-Chleag"
TNribuns
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10

The world is full Of deception
The truth will always pass you.
T. Friendship is hard to find.
BE careful ofwhatyOu say.
n F. Be careful aud don't talk
TOO much.
BE honest as well as pure in your
conduct.
FI The success Of any girl is due
10 fine qualities.
Irene. It's not every girl who can
conduct a business.
NR. A useful girl is a benefit to
any business.
D. O. Don't carry on any filtration
uEiIe YOU are attending to business.
R.M Dress in fashion but not ex-
travgenEIy.
Lula. Don't be carried away by
new faces.
R.T. You should always know
rour best friends.
D. T. Don't imagine you have
enough because you have a few dol
.ars in your pocket.
Ida. Be careful and don't talk too
much about your business.
n. A. 1t is tie honest person who
viii tell the truth.
Nettie. The girl who will tell all
she knows IS not safe company,
The giri who chesfiskss taste will
certainly attract.
It IS not necessary TO show your ig-
uorance all the time.
Keep your lips closed and then no
one will know your ignorance.
You may loose a good friends by tel
ling falsehoods.
Little drops of water, little grains
Of sand, makes a mighty ocean some
times.
Solid qualities of integrity, OF thor
OuVhress, should outweigh IN glIl
estimate of man mere superhclai
cIeverness and brilllahcy,-AuguSt
Ladies Home Journal
Scum NAV be served on table from
o. efdr liable. or brought 10 the table
in gouD-plates, The hostess usually
serves the soup.-August Ladies
Home Journal.
There ere more murders committed
than are ever published In the papers
murders committed by the tongue.
The power of deadly poison Is in it
August Ladies Home Journal.
u. y. Itis all folly 10 leave good
and comfortable home TO spCnd few
weeks in a close country house.
r. M Don't aave The gossipers
anery0u. Country escorts create trOu-
Bile. BE careful, a girls actions are
closely observed.
d. /. It is not necessary to be IN
troduclI TO every person YOU meet III
the country. If YOU could hear how
the girls are slandered while away
vO. would never be seen IN the COM
pany of men with whom you may tenn
porary meet. Girls are not discreet
enough.
Ella. Don't marry a man Tor the
sake Of marrying, you will regret It.
Don't imagine that you are more
important than you are.
A most adorable trait in any girl,
al any season, is enthusiasm. 1t be
longs TO girl-lile 10 be eager and spon,
IaneouS, 10 be vehement and !nchntd
10 the superlatlye.-August Ladies
Home Journal
The law that holds this universe
together is the law OF athnitieS: like
will seek like. Make your choice now
tor the good things OF time that go IN,
10 eternity with you.-August Ladies
Home Journal.
Ice cream is buttery when II IS
churned before the cream IS ice cold.
Turn slowly at first until the mixture
begins 10 freeze, then rapidly for few
moments until il is lrOzen.-AuCust
Ladies' Home Journal.
The duties of a godmother to-day
are limited TO making present TO the
mother on the day Of the child 5
christening and remembering TO send
small gitJ 10 the child now and then.
august Ladies' Home Journal.
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
s.o, Are Busy Builders.

Sparrows begin Housekeeping very
expeditiously. 4 pair Of them Will
build a nest and furnish II Win an
eco inside of "A hours from the tine
when the site was selected
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A. lie nefned IL

NIllle-Pa, what's an "oId flame?"
Pa-My son, when a man speaks Of
hls old flame" he refers to something
over which he used TO burn his money.
Philadelphia Press.
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
,.,o. ossn OId CLOCK.

An antique clock, in Calcium Pa,
lately struck one, and almost caused
a tragedy. 1t has been in the family
of Mrs. Susanna Phillips for 100 years.
While that lady was trying to wind
Z, the clock tilted forward, falling
unon her and crushing her TO the
soor. An aged invalid, Peter Koller'
hearing her screams, crept to her as
.Jstsnce and managed to rescue her.
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10

NV. the house looks changed some
vav." said the lady who had moved
ont a month or two before and re
turned to make call and see what
kind of furniture the new tenants had
Yes" her hostess replied; we've
cleaned it up."-Chicago Times-Her
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
..-inan PIarine Cards Abroad

There are few countries in the
yxorld where American playing cards
are not found. They are attaining re-
narkable popularity il the far east
Japan Viking them particularly.
The Washington bee., 1901-08-10
ATTENTION LADIES
Hair ReOrer.-

All VINO are dersirous of having
a beautiful suit Of hair, or if your
hair is falling out, you should get
a bottle of HIirol;ne, 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
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STRENGTHENING l SPECIALITY.

All kinds of implements ana
toilet articles for sale.
1904 4th Street Northwest.
Agency at THE BEE Office.
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The world is full Of deception.
The truth will always pass you.
r Friendship is hard to find.
Re careful Of whatyou say.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-13

This is another lie; but if it isn't, has not the
Republican committee, time and again,
swamped the railway mail cars and the post
offices with literature sent out second-class
matter?-matter, too, which was not legiti-
mately second-class matter.
But the main cause of the departments short.
age is the millions of dollars that have been
wrongfully paid to the railroads fer carrying
the mails. Madden knows this; the Capitals
editor knows it; many other Republican editors
know it, but they are not honest enough to
acknowledge it.
We believe there are honest Republican
editors, but they too cowardly to attack
this action of the third assistant postmaster
general, which they KNOW to be wrong.
However, the Republican editors are not the
only ones who appear to be "scarey" on the
subject. For instance, our Democratic neigh
Dor, the Garnett Journal, undertakes to endorse
or excuse the action of this man Madden The
Journal is like every other country newspaper
it has delinquent subscribers, and its editor
may be afraid he will have to take a dose of
the same medicine that was administered to
the Advocate aud Appeal to Reason.
But, then, IT'S we'll enough to be as good
na,ured as we can about these things. The
fact is, reforms thrive on abuse. It's pretty
hard on the fellows who are pushing the ie-
forms, but they don't expect any direct personal
reward for their work. All that they expect is
that the generations that follows will reap the
reward The truths that are being expounded
by such papers as the Advocate and Appeal to
Reason will not be crushed out by these fools
who think that by destroying the papers, they
will destroy the cause. The cause of reform
has received such an impetus that it can't stop,
but will increase in speed till the goal is
reached.
"Lay ON, Macduf!''
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-13
What Socialists Are Working For.

Appeal to Reason.
You want what the Socialists are working
for. Every effort of your life is made to get
what they are advocating. That you don't
know this or believe it does not alter the case
one whit. You may have an idea that Social
lists want to divide up property, want to do
away with government, want the lazy to live
off the industrious. You never heard a Social
lists say so, and you never will. Those who
know no better have said these things, but that
does not make them so. 1t is not so. The
very opposite is true. Socialists desire social
organism that will enable every citizen, if he
or she is willing to do their share of the work,
to have every good thing that can come to
member of the human family. Socialism de-
sires|to have all capital CONCENTRATED, not
divided, into the possession Of all the people.
Socialism desires that the government shall ex-
tend over industries as it now extends over
political positions. 1t reasons from the statis-
tics furnished by this government that four
hours day will produce all the wealth all the
people can consume. Either this is true or the
United States government issues false public
documents and Socialists have more faith in
this government than tc believe it does this
thing If Socialism will guarantee you and
your posterity forever as good living and sur
roundings as can be furnished to any human
being, is that not what you want? Do not you
desire to be placed beyond the fear of want?
Socialism demonstrates that this can be easily
done. If it does not, then it is a harmless fad
and will not enlist the serious attention of in
telligent people. And if it cannot do this, it
will have no following, deserves no following.
Socialism will give more than $1,000 year to
each worker, or it will not. If it will, do you
not want it? If it will not, then little read
ing will disprove it, and that ends the matter.
What fairer proposition could be presented for
your consideration? Do the old parties, to
whom you give your votes, promise any change
for you? Are you getting as much as $1,000
year under their management OF public affairs?
If you are getting more, if you are always sure
of getting more, if you are sure each of your
children will get more, then, of course, Social
ism will have no charms for you. This is th.
Socialist position in a nutshell. Yor can do
with it as you like.