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The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

guard the princesses in the fairy tales.
"Or a new law making the price of mar
riage licenses higher than the price OF
automobiles" / finished triumphantly.
If man had 10 pay as much for wiie
as he does for an automobile, and to an
swer as many questions and give as
many references TO prove that he could
run one before taking her out Of the
garage-I mean the parental home-we
be az enthusiastic about marrying as we
are about automohiling. It's human ma
ture to value anything at the price you
pay for it. There weren't any bachelors
in the aboriginal days. when men had
to steal their wives and carry them away
at the risk Of their necks. III tell you
what I'd do If I had the power. I'd
establish a few first aids TO matrimony
that would boom the hymenial industry
higher than Chicago real estate, and
What would YOU do?" broke in Kitty
tauntingly. Put a tax on kissing?'
Yes" l retorted "and make it state
prison offeuse for a man to be caught
looking at pretty girl on the street.
and an act punishable by fine for him 10
be found calling at girls house after
10 o'clock I'm the evening
And a petty crime for him 10 be caught
proposing
.Or even holding her hand"
"Or spooning on the beach
"Or IN a hammock-'
"Or-on a park bench, finished Kitty
with a sly glance up through the meshes
Of her hat. But, she added, with a
gurgle. what poverty-stricken man
you'd be, N1r Curtis, by the time you'd
paid an your fines.
"Oh. we'll" I returned nonchalantly.
I'D earn them. At this very moment. for
instance. Td-Td incur the-the kiss-the
first tax"
And to think sighed Kitty, gazing
thoughtfully through the branches above
her that you might-do il for nothing.
What"
III the park policeman weren't look
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

tedly a source Of, much fatigue at Buck
ingham Palace The Duchess Of Buc-
ceugh. weighted with plumes, tiara,
necklaces, and eompassed roundabout
with yard after yard Of black brocade.
had 10 be lifted bodily out OF her coach
and transported into the presence Ike
bale Of goods this year because Of a train
SO interminable that it remained stream
ing ont of sight long after her grace had
kissed hands.
Gentlemen in attendance upon their
maiestics huve been known to compromise
their department through Intellectual en-
deavors to get out Of the way Of trains.
let her majesty now lets il be known, by
sanctioning the toilets of tine peeress in
attendance as mistress OF the robes. that
trains are hencef0rth 20 be even longer
than before. The Queens own tFain IS
said 10 be the longest in the world, being
eighteen feet I'm extent.
The Queen is strict, too. on such points
Of etiquette as make II a breach of de
corum, for instance. to hand anything
but new and unused coin fresh from the
mint to the consort Of the British sover-
eign It is likewise intolerably bad form
only the King may do that with propriety.
To make love 20 her majesty is punish
able, by the law Of Britain with death,
unless, of course. one happens 20 be the
King.
Keen Interest in Racing.
Her maiesty's keen interest in racing,
and her refusal to tolerate a lady in her
suite who plays cards for money are
deemed somewhat Incompatible. So.
again, are the regular visits Of the Queen
to church and her patronage Of ballet
dancers
when her majesty visited Chatsworth.
the stateliest home in England perhaps,
the private chapel there was set apart
for her exclusive use, and a danseuse was
imported from Paris 10 pirouet in tights
mot in the chapel. however,. for the
amusement Of the royal leisure. The in
cougruity is attributed 10 the Queens
Danish training.
Denmark and her Danish relatives ab-
s0rb her still The Queens most init
mate friend is her sister. the Dowager
Czarina. with whom she spends at least
two months Of every year
II is during these Danish vacations that
the Queen Of England INDUCES her pas
sion for amateur photography, one of
her principal forms Of recreation. Unlike
her daughters, she does little golfnE, al
though she viii spend a whole morning on
the links watching the play. Prime Min
lister Balfour. according to the Queen. is
the best golfer in England.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Jed Peters Stung

led Peters. our intelligent school teach
or had a very unpleasant experience last
Sunday. Jed. who is a great lover Of na-
ture. was taking a stroll through Brew
ster's woods a mile west OF Bingvllle
when he suddenly come upon large
hornets nest on a bush little way from
the ground. Jed has collected quite a
number of hornets nests and being as
this was a big one he coveted 1t also.
When Jed didn't notice any hornets about
he stuffed a bit of moss into the hole IN
the nest which the hornets went IN and
ont Of and pulled It from the bush and
started home at a brisk walk but he
hadn't went more than few rods until
some of the hornets who had been out
of the nest returned home and seeing Jed
carving off their nest they made for him.
One hornet struck Jed right on the back
of the neck and most knocked him down
while tother one struck him lower and
raised him up some Jed was so surprised
that he dropped the nest and II broke
and about five billion hornets. he says,
swarmed out and lit into him with their
crool stingers. Jed made tracks for Bing
VILE as fast as he could lick into It and
he says he never did brag much about be-
ing a fast runner but he calkilates he was
going at the rate of a mile every two
minutes for several hundred yards. Some
Of the hornets follered him clean to the
edge Of the town and as a result Jed Is
considerably swelled Up in spots even at
this writing. He says the next time he
endeavors to secure a hornets nest It Will
be cold day-otherWise he will leave
the nest alone.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
MAKING HABITAT GROUPS.
Most Minute Details Are Reproduced
at Great Expense.

Stufing the skins Of birds and Of ami
mails is no longer the method used in up
to-date taxidermy The latest thing IS
the manikin system.
This is the method employed in the
preparation Of the so-called habitat
groups. showing birds and animals in their
natural surroundings. In making these
groups expense Is not spared.
Pieces Of rock, stones. shells, trees.
plants, and even earth are brought from
the localities whose general characters
tics are 70 be produced. The artist who
is 10 paint the background goes to the
very place itself and paints from nature.
II leaves or small, soft twigs are 10 be
reproduced. plaster Impressions are taken
of the real objects and melted wax is run
into these molds, SO that every lire and
vein is shown. The wax leaf or twig is
then sprayed with paint says writer in
Fur News. the operator using an air
brush, so as not To put on more paint than
Is necessary.
In some instances the leaves are pune
tured to represent injuries inflicted by In
sects The finished leaves are attached 70
the stems Of the plants or trees SO skill
fully that they have every appearance Of
growing there. Two men and two women
are employed at the museum continually
in this branch Of the work alone.
In representing water, sheets of celluloid
are used. which are so strong that when
placed in position in the case they will
bear the weight OF a man. This sub
stance Ie used % great advantage in this
branch Of the work. as il may be cut to
any shape. and may also be bored fun Of
holes 10 admit the stems Of water grasses.
cattaIs. &c, without danger Of breaking.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Fell in the Well

"Crabiaw'' Crowley. one Of our most
respeckted citizens. who once tried to
learn typesetting in the Office Of the Bu-
gle and give it up in disgust after he
had pied a whole page Of Bingville Busle
type and made US three days late in go
ing to press, met with a singular exident
one day recently.
Crabjaw was raking up his back yard
intending to collect all the odds and ends
such as old weeds and rubber shoes and
tomato cans, ct cetera, into a heap and
burn them. Before he began to rake he
had visited the hard cider barrel in the
cellar a couple Of times and was feeling
Joyous Well, Crabjav was raking away
and whistling merrily as he stepped brisk
ly backwards as he raked when suddenly
he backed into the well In the backyard
which he had forgot all about being
there and fell to the bottom of It in a
heap greatly to his COnsternashion and
disgust CTabjaw saws he was never 80
surprised in his life as when he dropped
into that well with six feet OF water in II.
being as dropping into a we'll was far
thest from his thoughts at the time. As
soon as he could get his bearings and
realized where he was he lifted up his
voice and hollered Help! Help! Help"
and the neighbors come running.
With great presence OF mind somebody
got a clothes line and doubled It and
dropped It down into the well and Crab
Jaw tied Il around hisself and was pulled
out In falling into the well. he broke
the rake, but no bones. Crabjaw says the
next time he walks backwards he calki-
lates he will turn around occasionSi to
see what he is backing into,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
MOLDS The FASHION
Queen Alexandra Sets Style
in London Society.
HER MAJESTY HAS INFLUENCE
strict Regarding Points of Etiquette,
She Insists ON Customs Pleasing to
Her and ROYAL Apparel Is Dis
played in London shops So style
Can lie Copied by others.

Until recently, Queen Alexandra had
been wearing black for her father, though
her mourning was not exactly the com
mon variety: at least, not at court iune-
tons. where she wore elaborateiy span
gled black or late. the Queen has gone
back to her beloved lavender and mauve.
When a wedding is 10 occur in the royal
family, it is the practice Of her majesty,
says Current Literature 20 cause a public
display in certain shop windows of the
dresses. the hats. and the underwear OF
the ladies' Of the royal family. thus giving
timely warning Of the seasons coming
fashions
The wedding of a princess in England
is invariably preceded by an adequate
manifestation Of her lingerie along the
London thoroughfares. There is. in short
no detail of woman's wear 10 which her
majesty does not stand in the relation OF
final arbitress.
Her favorite gems-diamonds, rubies,
and pearls-haye been made 90 supersede
the emerald, the turquoise. and the opal
The Wristbands Of all bodces must be
quite deep to please the Queen.
Favors Long Trains.
Ever since she came 10 the throne the
Queen has insisted upon long trains,
preferably the blue satin or pink Lyons
velvet A gown Of black satin, Of course,
would imply a train Of black brocade.
Jet In long, tapering sprays is then man
datOry.
The growing length Of trains Is admit
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

Now that the roads in the vicinity
Of around Bingville have got good again,
VIC desire to call the attenshion of our
Board Of Health to the reckless manner
in which ottymobecls owned bv hood
lums from the city run their fendish
Contrapshions through Our midst. We
had the same trouble last summer and
we will probably have the same trouble
next summer unless stringent steps are
took by the proper authorities to put
down this horrible evil
Last Sunday a ottymobeel went down
Main Street through Bingville a mile a
minnit or more jest as folks was leav-
ing church services. Deacon Butter
worth was just walking acrost the road
in front OF the church with his Bible IN
der his arm and his thoughts on holy
things when this juggernott OF deth bore
down upon him with awful velocity.
Ranse Hitler seen the Deacon's danger
and holiered at him as loud as he could
holler but being as the Deacon is a little
mite deef he couldn't understand what
Ranse said TO him. although he heard
him holler The Deacon stopped right
in the middle Of the road and turned
round to Ranse and put his hand up to
his ear. Cit outen the road or you'll
be killed. wells Ranse You'll haft 70
speak a leetle louder, Ranse," saws the
Deacon standin' there with his hand TO
his ear Ali this time the ottomobeel
was coming nearer Ranse rung his
hands and made moshions. The fellers
in the otto blOwed their horns and weld
but the Deacon never heard word and
that ottymobeel went past him like d
mad hornet so close that il most took of
his coat tails and left him standin' there
dazed and sneesin in a cloud Of dust.
Soon as the Deacon realized what had
almost happened to him he lost MS tenn
per and stood there in the road waving
his Bible and using langwidge which
was so unbecoming the Sabbath
that our beloved pastor, Rev Sam'l
Moore, who happened TO come out
OF the church at that moment and heard
what the Deacon said, took the liberty
of going over to him and speaking to
him about breaking the ten command
ments Rev. Moore told the Deacon he
should show more Of a christian spirit
and if anybody smited him on the right
cheek he should turn his left cheek to
them TO smite. The Deacon lowed that
if that otto had smited him fair crack
there wouldn't of been any left cheek
left to smite, and he went off home
grumbling and as mad as wet hen
Seth Dewberry, our heroic town con
stubble, jumped on a horse and tried tC
ketch up TO the otto TO Arrest them ir
it, but after Seth had run his horse outer
breath and never got within sight of the
offenders he rode back 10 Bingville If
disgust
First thing the Board of Health know:
somebody will get hurt By these ottymo-
beels and then there will be suits anc
like as not the town will haft to pay
dear for it We understand that at pres
ent there is ony S672 in the town treas
ury and Bingville can i'll afford to hav,
uch a calamity overtake her at this time
Let the B. Of II. cooperate with Con
stable Dewberry and rid our town Of
this horrible menace, :.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Personal & Local Items

Quite warm spell OF weather We are
having for May.
Joe Hines had his boots half soled
last week Joe thought he could wear
his boots all summer without having
them half-soled until next fall but he
was mistaken.
Jud Weathersby, a nephew Of Hen
Weathersby. prop. Of our general store,
is cIerking in Hens store at present.
This is quite a help to Hen, as when
Jud IS IN the store Hens customers
don't annoy him so.
Abe Witherow Of the Co. seat was q
BIngviue visitor last week He says
business at the Co. seat IS fourishing.
What Abe's business was here we did
not learn.
Jim Anderson has n irritashion OF the
skin that keeps him pretty busy
scratching at present. Seven years ago
Jim was pizened with pizen IVY and he
says every spring when pizen ivy be
gins 70 leaf out he breaks out all over
This is strange.
sfas Osgood OF Hardscrabble drove
through Bingville Wednesday. but did
not stop. If ge are not mistaken, Cy
was driving the new horse he purchased
recently. but he was going so fast we
could not be sure
The widow Skinner Is raising consid-
erabIe garden truck this year. She took
a load Of same 10 the Co. seat recently
and marketed it out, such as onions and
lettuce, etc.
Miss Tabitha Underwood tried TO dye
her blue silk skirt red recently, but
the dyes didn't seem 70 work well, and
the result is almost ridiculous.
Hank Dewberry cut his thumb with
| his iack-knife while trying 10 cut off
chew Of tobacco from his plug re-
Gently. and Hank says about the time
that cut place gets healed over he
| knocks It against something and starts
| It bleeding afresh. Well, Hank. you
know the old saying: Always in the
/ way like a sore thumb"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
New Kind of Buttons

Rein Underwood purchased half
pound of w1-e nails al Hen Weathersby's
st0re the other dav 10 use In his clothes
instead o. buttons Rezin, who Is
bachelor and couldn't never bring his
self up to the point OF getting married
either that OF else because no woman
couid ever bring herself W TO the point
OF marrying him-says that nails beats
the world instead Of buttons. Rein says
ne 1nus carries several nails IN his peck
1t and When a button busts OF he re-
places Il with a wire nail and IN this
way manages 10 keep his clothes on his
self Without nails Rein thinks he
would not he able 70 do SO. Using nails
Instead q buttons IS something worth
trying for those who have no wifes 10
SOW on their buttons for them.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

ing she added. as that minion Of the
law hove into sight.
II that is all" | suggested eagerly
Eve will walt
And" continued Kitty. firmly, III it
weren't bad form
THAT wouldn't deter me- I protested
boldly.
And too conspicuous
There are other places"
And" finished Kitty, rising and put
ting up her sunshade, too easy.
What's too easy?" I demanded, coldly
"The way you-walk into the sticky
fly paper" laughed Kitty. glancing back
at me over the edge Of her parasol.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
CouutrYcOrreSpOndenCe

We regret that We have no country cor
respondence 10 offer you this week. The
reason IS that we have not this
week heard from any Of our correspon-
dents and vc hope YOU will regard this
excuse as sufficient for not giving any
We presume that the rush OF spring work
IS responsible for this. but we hope &c
be able 20 give you some news fr3n
nearby towns in our next issue
EDITOR BUGLE.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

In addishion TO the danger TO life and
limb that ottymobeel which passed
through our midst last Sunday left an
undesirable stencil OF gasolene which
almost made some Of our most respeckt-
ed citizens faint.
The ottymobeel IS something which
ought to be looked after.
In combustion We desire 10 remind
those who have not paid up their sub
scripshions 70 the Bugle TO do so at
once either in whole or part-both will
be welcome.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Society News

Society news are very scarce IN our
midst this week and as a result we have
nothing especial in that line 10 make
mention Of We are now just between
hay and grass, as you might say-the
gayeties Of tho winters social whirl are
over and summer picknicks have not vet
begun in earnest but VIII soon. When they
DO we hope to be able to furnish you with
large amount OF social news.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

He came 70 briskly down the street,
Aud no one could mistake
The loob of business cU bis face;
Some great deal was az stake
And then he stopp'd-iust stopped and looked
And stood. ard looked ard e,ed,
And presently the second nan
Was standing at his side.
The third man walked quite brsky. too,
And business-lise his air;
But he too. stopped snd ,9ined the two
First corners IN their stare.
The fourth came and the fifth the ninth,
The tenth until a knot
OF flll a zcure was standing there,
Their business all forget
What was the vondr1us thing they sswi
What was II held that score
Of mem What vas the ,hiug
They'd never seen before!
They stood and looked they stood and stared.
They hung entranced % ses
Three men a-dlggiug where the cel
Lar II nous VIII be.
when ! was I'm New orleans about
six weeks ago. says the man who
I p
physicians Of the town make d formal
statement that astonished me. He said
that in proportion 10 It's inhabitants. New
Orleans had more cases Of tuberculosis
than any other town in the United States
of course, he made an exception OF some
Of the health resorts like the Colorado
towns to which consunptiyes so In hope
Of cure, but conditions in such places are
artificial The normal death rate in New
Orleans from consumption, he said, ex-
ceeds that Of any other city. l don't re-
member what he proposed as a remedy
for the condition, but I have an idea OF
my own about it. / believe the mosquito
bars Of the South are about the deadliesi
things on earth. If you go to New or
leans at any time Of the year, you're
sure 10 find mosquitoes. and your bed
room is not likely to have screens in tht
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Deaf Mute's Breach of Promise.

From the London Express.
What is believed to be the first breach
of promise case In which both parties
are deaf and dumb is down for hearing
before the johannesburg high court.
The plaintiff is a pretty Boer girl and
the defendant is the son Of the proprietor
OF the Grand Station Hotel, JeppestoTn.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

One of the dozen l know who carry
money in their heads is a woman who
writes-writes, if not precisely for her
bread and butter. for whatever cake she
eats. at least. She has to get the money
out Of her head with a fountain pen. and
for the past year she has been turning
her brains into chairs and rugs and
tables and other things for the furnishing
Of a den of her own. What adds inter
est to her belongings is the fact that
each Of them is made to tell precisely
what it was when il left the fountain pen
stage. If you turn the big photograph
Of the Dagnau-B -Bouveret madonna face 70
the wall, you viii see pasted on its back
thIee jokes the owner Of Il sold 10 a
humorous weekly. Beneath the seat Of
a Morris chair is pasted a love story
which brought money from a magazine.
The weathered oak desk Is merely a
check from newspaper syndicate for an
article on housekeeping. transmitted into
wood The Kheiim rug on the divau is
a sonnet, and the box divan itself an
other story. Each article in the room
bears on il the evidence Of its origin, and
the owner Of the den regards them all
With pride. Nothing she says, is so great
an inspiration to her as a rugless spot on
the floor or pictUreless space on the
wall. She is even proud of the declara-
ton that she has never written a line
for arts sake.
Il don't care rap about art she says.
I don't suppose I'd know it II 1 saw IT,
l write for the sake Of my den. Other
people may work for arts sake If they
know how. For myself l offer up my
brain on the altar of the god of things
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
THE BINGWLLE BUGLE n
Is the Leading Paper Of the County
pRIGHT. PRFTZY. RELIICOSF. BuSTTING

10
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Ho- Doth the busy little be
Improve each shining hour
81 gathering honey ell the dsy
From every opening four.
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HUNT TO LEAVE PARSONAGE
REQUESTED TO GO BY THE PRE-
BYTERIAN CONGREGATION.
Notice Served on Minister, Who
Shocked the Members by Bring
ing His New Wife There.

NEW YORK, April 13.-The trustees and
elders of the Noble Street Presby terrain
Church of Greenpoint, after prayer meet
ing last night, decided to ask the Rev. E.
Lawrence Hunt and his wife, the divorced
wife of Charles c. Bassett, to quit the
parsonage of the church forthwith. A
committee of the session took this note to
the parsonage al $50 last night:
"The officials of the Noble Street Pres
byterian Church demand immediate possess
sion of this parsonage
The committee of three found Mr.. Hunt
with his new wife, who seemed delighted at
the chance of meeting some of the members
of the church. Mr.. Hunt had previously
asked some of the church people to call on
her, and they had refused.
The committee was in charge of the par
sonage nearly two hours, so long that the
brethren waiting at the church became
somewhat anxious. When the committee
returned this letter from Mr.. Hunt was
brought back: