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The Washington bee., 1907-09-21
DEATH OF RICHARD JOHNSON
Linwood, Pennar Sept 10.

The death of Mr.. Richard Johnson,
formerly of this city, was a sad blow to
his friends and relatives. His death
was sudden. He fell from trolley car
in Philadelphia, Pa, Saturday last, at
pm. He was a prominent member
of the K. of P. Circle and other socie-
ties. His widow, Mrs. Anna johnson,
passed through Washington with his
The Washington bee., 1907-09-21

HOWARD UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW.
FOUNDED 1867
Opposite Judiciary Square, No. 40,
Fifth Street Northwest,
Washington, D. c.
Rev. Wilbur P. Thirkield, DID,,
LID, President.
Benjamin F. Leighton, LID,
Dean.
Regular Annual Session will begin
October I, 1907.
Course Three Years.
School Open to All, Without Re-
gard to Race, Sex or Greed.
Tuition, SIS.
For further information, write or
apply to
James F. Bundy, Sec'y,
Office in Law School Building, No.
42o Fifth Street Northwest,
Washington, D. c.
The Washington bee., 1907-09-21
A Word To The Women

Courses in Drssmakng and Millinery.
ALSO
Instruction in Cooking and General Housekeeping
Day and Night Glasses in All Departments.
Employment for Pupils While Attending School After
Graduation
Excellent Opportunities for Young Women Become SSuppOrng
This school established eight years ago, during which time has
trained secured employment for nearly three hundred young
and all employed in various cities and teachers dress
makers, sewing in families by che day.
For further information address,
Mrs. L R CLARKE, Principal
Eleventh oNrthwest Washington D. G.
.sAR - St9e~s FzHEEIEzMsa
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The Washington bee., 1907-09-21
MOVING PICTURES.

Prof. H. c. Conley, manager of Con-
leys Great Moving Picture Show, IL
lustrated Songs, and Concert, the best
and only one of its kind among colored,
after having made tour through the
great West Canada, and Mexico, just
returned from the East, are now ar
ranging dates for churches, societies,
halls, etc.
Showing scenes of their travels, the
progress of the successful Afro-Ameri.
can, and many others; interesting, laugh.
able, and amusing scenes and songs.Fol
dates, address Prof. H. c. Conley, Ioz;
Eleventh street northwest Washington
District of Columbia.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02
Che RWd/ Gsz1me1lr ofE fEkz1l8/z06

"besides, I am particularly anxious to show
you these gardens myself, as / am quite sure
you are not expecting to find anything like
them in Bangkok. You must not, however,
think the only place of interest in this far
OH Oriental city are the huge palaces and the
gorgeous temples, and that there is nothing
to be found here similar to the places OF re-
sort for recreation and pleasure which are so
plentiful and popular in the great cities on the
other side OF the ocean, Any one fortunate
enough to spend an afternoon in the royal
gardens can easily imagine himself spending
a half holiday in some beautiful park of his ma
tive lando
My curiosity was somewhat excited by my
companion's words, and entered the street
with him and hastened off toward the centre
of the city, near which his majesty's gardens
are located.
On my way Piled my friend with all sorts
Of questions about the gardens we were to
visit, just as l always availed myself of the
opportunity to draw upon his inexhaustible
fund of general information regarding the
Siamese kingdom, when we were together.
"These gardens" he explained, "have been
largely arranged as they now are at the di-
rection of the present king Chu La Lang
Korn. He has had them beautifully laid out,
and money has been lavishly expended to EN-
bellsh the grounds and make them desirable
place to visit But l will not anticipate; you
shall for yourself see how. thoroughly they
represent the Western idea"
Bangkok has not aways been the royal
city, has it?" / inquired.
'No Aynthia, sixty miles up the river,
near the junction of the Sak-Sou-Hi with the
Menam, was originally the capital. But a
little more than century ago there was a
war between the Burmese and the Siamese,
and after long siege the Burmese captured
Ayntihia, and the King of Siam was beheaded.
Shortly after the fall of the city nobleman
and great general named Playa Zakh Sin,
said to have been partly of Chinese parent
age, gathered together the remnants of the
Siamese army, drove out the invaders, and,
restoring the kingdom, established his capital
here at Bangkok. Not long after, howsyer,
another successful general, Phaya Chakki,
founded the dynasty to which the present
monarch belongs"
"He is a young man, is he not?" I asked.
'tNot far from forty now, and on the
whole he is an enterprising sovereign, seeking
to develop the resources of his kingdom, and
not averse to the introduction of European
or American methods and customs, as the
gardens will reveal to you," my companion
answered.
We had now reached the entrance to the
gardens and as we passed through the gate
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02

row upon the river, and as she was leaning
over its side a huge crocodile suddenly made
its appearance, swapping. its jaws savagely
at her. She was greatly frightened, and
.sprang to the opposite side of the boat, cap
sizing it."
Gould they not rescue her?' asked:
She might have been easily rescued, re-
sponded he, "but for the Siamese law when
makes it a penalty of death for any one VINO
does not belong to the royal family to toucn c,,
royal person. This deferred the boatmen
from rescuing her, and she was left to neI 5
sad fate. Then the boatmen who permitted
her to drown Immediately committed SUI
eide BY holding their heads beneath the
waves"
After wandering about the grounds, and be-
coming so absorbed in viewing the scenery
and admiring the adornmenfs on every Sue sue
as to almost imagine ourselves IN our Iar-
away native land, all that was necessary TO
bring us back to full realization OF the iace
was to lift our eyes from the things OF beauty
by which we were surrounded, and HOOK up,
on the gilded spires standing close to tn the wall
of the gardens, the towers decked with gems
and precious stones flashing their many-col
ored rays in the sunshine, and we lmme-
dately remembered that it was only IN tne
far Eastern countries that such things coulo
be found
Yet, however forciby we were reminded OF
our own country and of our friends we wouio
have liked to see, our afternoon spent IN the
royal gardens Of Bangkok left pleasant memo-
ries in our minds, and impaired new strengt'n ',
and vitality to battle with another week
toll under the scorching rays OF an almost
tropical SUM-
What the public parks on hot summer
day are to the careworn, overwhelmed occu-
pants of downtown tenements IN our large
cities, such are the royal gardens to the for
eign residents of Bangkok.
And no fuller appreciation of his maJesty,,s
courtesy in opening the gardens once week
for the free visitation Of his his f4ren fast hdt R0Paah each
Saturday afternoon nearly all the foreign
residents large and small may Be seen there a
mosphere, made fragrant by the blossoms
which are so plentiful, and enjoying the re-
freshing breeze that cannot penetrate into the
narrow, crowded streets between the haeted
walls of the great city.
Whatever traces Of semi-barbarism we
may still see in the life and government OF
his present majesty. Chu La Korn, let us not
overlook the fact that in this courteous act
of opening the royal gardens for a weekly
visitation ON the part Of his American and
European residents, he has at least shown a
truly humane spirit.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02

into the spacious and beautiful grounds, a
single glance convinced me that my friend
had in no sense exaggerated their beauty nor
their resemblance to public park in our
native land.
Grassy lawns, shady walks, artificial lakes,
trailing vines, Towering plants, trimmed shrub
berry, abounded in wealth and profusion that
was almost bewildering.
Beautiful statuary, unsurpassed in design
and workmanship, together with many mag
nihcent pieces of bronze, greeted and dehght,
ed the beholder at every turn. The tropical
coloring of the gardens was lost IN the un-
mistakable evidence of an American or Euro
pean design and arrangement. :.
The home feature of the gardens was all
the more intensified by variety OF circum-
stances.
Down the broad walks promenaded group
after group of American and European Ia
dies and gentlemen. On the lawns, or about
the fountains tumbled and frolicked children
of undoubted American and European pa
rentage.
the gardens, his majestys brass band, most
excellent one, was playing pieces not only ia,
miliar but dear to the hearts of the prom
enaders such as Home, Sweet H9me, leyn GOD
Save the Queen" "Marseillaise,,, "The Watch
on the Rhine" "Hail Columbia" and march
ing Through Georgia"
At the right of the band pavilion. and no
| great distance from it, there were, laid out
extensive lawn tennis, cricket and croquet
| grounds, upon which some of the members
| Of the royal household were playing with a
skill and enthusiasm that would have chal-
lenged the admiration of many Americans
who pride themselves on being adopts in those
games.
Still further along in the gardens there
were cages of animals Of the rarest kinds
native to the country, among them the pure
white deer, white balloons, white monkeys,
and white buffaloes. These furnished ample
amusement for the children, who, with their
nurses, clustered about the cages, and tossed
their candy and cakes to their occupants,
much as children do to the animals in the
public gardens at home.
Another object of the gardens at once at
tracts the attention of the foreign visitor. 1t
is huge granite monument erected in mena-
ory of the queen who was drowned few
years before by the upsetting of boat in the
Menam River, near Bam Pa Su, where the
king has summer palace, some distance
above Bangkok.
| Her death, an account of which was given
me by nv friend, as we stood by the monu-
ment, took place under peculiar circumstances
| He said:
"she had gone out in the royal barge fol
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02
Copyright by James Elverson).

/ ~ 1NE bright June afternoon, I sat
Nj upon the broad veranda of the Ori-
if0affN entail Hotel at Bangkok, eagerly
&U scanning the columns of the news
papers which had arrived by the
steamer the evening before. So en-
taosseo 1850: was L In the home news, / paid no at
oon 10 Wnat was passing around me until
q % voice Just at my side exclaimed:
sab chaw?'-the usual Siamese greeting,
equlVaient S1' to our How are you?"
s.:g G.:aheing up from my paper, l beheld the
sniiiing sg lace of a fellow-countryman whose
daoqua,ntance had made on the steamer that
,nas,l unSsusne me from Hong Kong to Bangkok, a
week or two before.
into fast friendship after onr arrival at the
Slamese capital He had for number Of
years been resident of Bangkok, and 1 had
;:A.9 ms familiarity with the royal city pecu-
harly serviceable to me
=, whenever | made an exploring trip about
'.r Sne Town, called at his counting room to see
,:tie cser ne could accompany me. Almost in
ne would so arrange his work as to
20 WIN me, and with his help 1 found my
seh Iase aseertaining the significance of the
ss.g sss.ange things | saw, and drawing truer con-
,i siasions rom the experiences which fell to my
on this occasion, however, he had kindly
come me around to the hotel for me.
sab chaw?" L said, returning the Siamese
saiutation, and rising to receive him. Then
!, using the almost invariable native adjunct
70 pne salutation, asked, "Pini" C"Where are
you going?')
liver to the royal gardens" he replied,
IN English, evidently having some doubt as
so 70 my ability to continue the conversation in
olamese. Come, get ready and po with
me-"
:. Ihe royal gardens!'' I exclaimed, in de-
light, for / had already heard of their mag
nlheence. You have then been able to OBJ
tam the royal permission to visit them?''
He laughed
You do me too much HONOR he said.
Through the kindness Of his majesty, the
gardens are opened every Saturday afternoon
to all foreigners who wish to visit them.
have simply come to ask you to avail yourself
of a privilege that is yours every week"
81 will go now, nevertheless responded.
II much prefer having you with me, and I
might not have that opportunity another Sat
urday"
Possibly not" he replied, somewhat dryly,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02
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poses of locomotion. 1t had a horny beak,
and its jaws possessed ninety-two teeth. The
actual skeleton under notice is twenty-three
feet nine inches in length, and stands four
teen feet two inches high. Truly pleasant
creature to encounter, say on solitary moon
light ramble in the country!
The toad-it must be confessed wherever
met and in whatever form-is repulsive
creature. The palm of hideousness would
probably be given to the Surinam variety, a
native of Guiana and Brazil, with its fiat and
triangular head, unusually short neck and
specially fiat body. Its eyes are very small,
and are of an olive tint, spotted with red
Yet the parental Instincts of these crea-
lures are as kind in their way as those Of
the most beautiful animals in creation.
The female, in due course, having laid her
eggs, the male toad picks them up and de-
posits them on her horny back, when she i'm
mediately starts for the nearest marsh, and
immerses herself and the embryotic brood in
the semiiquid mud, where she remains until
they are hatched.
The gecko, wonderful little creature, is
common to many hot countries. 1t is clever
animal, and can run up perpendicular wall
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02
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with the greatest ease, owing to peculiar
conformation of the foot.
It is sometimes known as the Evening
Bird and derives its former name from the
very distinct way in which it shrieks out
'geck-o!" the last syllable being given in
marked manner.
The iguana is an active tree-clmber, and
has a great pouch under its chin. 1t is re-
pulsive looking, but is excellent eating. An
iguana steak is delicaey, and the eggs are
nearly full of yolk.
Three of the most curious of the family
are the flying dragon, so called because It
has membraneous wings on each side of the
body, enabling it to launch itself through
the air-like the flying fish-for a distance Of
sixty or eighty feet; the gigantic salamander,
a native Of Japan, which attains length
of four and half feet sometimes, and NAV
weigh as much as fifty pounds; and the bet
ter known chameleon, which-although the
fact has been doubted-does change its color.
One kept by the naturalist Wood went
through the following changes gray, black.
zebra tripes with yellow bands, circular
yellow spots, chestnut and black, brilliant
green, gray with black spots, and autumnai
leaf color.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02
VI q n q q r. I u |

We may shudder at a toad. but is there
anything specially repulsiye about the tortoise,
so often made pet, and whose shell-form-
,erly, at all eyents-used to adorn Tin the
form of ornamental combs) the more or less
luxuriant tresses of our mothers and grand
mothers?
In period long passed away, there were
reptiles of size utterly unknown in these
happier days. The subject is too vast and
important to be treated at this time, but one
example may be permitted.
For several years past, scientific workmen
have been unearthing extinct animals OF gi-
gantic calibre from the clay strata of the ber-
nissart coal mines, Belgium, and some OF them
have been recently "set up"-that is, the fossil
bones have been put together and strung with
wires, until the skeletons have been COM
pleted-at the Brussels Musum.
One of the most remarkable Is the giant
iguanodon. The general form is that of a
bird, with short legs, and head small as COM
pared to the body.
The naturalists of Belgium are agreed that
it walked upright, and that its forelegs or
arms were for holding or snatching opera
tions, but not usually, at all events. for pur-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02

order "Reptilia" includes many animals almost
specially harmless, and many others paracu-
larly useful to man.
It is true that out Of the twenty thousand
human beings who in densely populated India
annually lose their lives from the attacks of
wild beasts and snakes, much more than
three-fourths of the number are sacrificed to
the appetites or poison of the latter; never
theless, the majority of snakes are perfectly
innocuous.
The lazy alligator is not very prone to at
tack man or woman unless, provoked, OF spe-
cially tempted by their immediate proximity
when bathing in his own domain.
The many varieties of lizards-some of them
most graceful and beautifully eolored crea,
tures-are, as rule, on perfectly good terms
with u.s.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02
~
(Copyright by James Elverson).

HE reptile, taking the popular sense
attached to the word, is always
something mean, low, vicious and
groveling; and in large proper
ton of cases, that idea is correct.
Regarded scientifically, however, the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02

\ NE bright June afternoon, 1 sat
, upon the broad veranda of the Ori-
"a entail Hotel at Bangkok, eagerly
HU scanning the columns of the news
papers which had arrived by the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-19
RECEIVES CARLOAD
OF Fresh FRUIT
SOUTHERN NEVADA HAS FINE
SUPPLY OF THE BEST
TODAY.

The Southern Nevada Mercantile
Company evidently is determined
that the people of Tonopah are going
to have the-best the market affords,
and especially is this the case as far
as fresh fruits and green vegetables
are concerned. Yesterday there was
another carload of the delectable
stuff landed in front Of the store, md
this morning there will be anotAer
fine display on the stalls of the store
of most delicious fruits and all kinds
of vegetables.
Not only has the Southern Nevada
Mercantile Company got in a fresh
supply of fruits and vegetables, but
they are continually replenishins
their stock of groceries, and today
will be a good day to make an early
visit to the premises.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-19
TO REGULATE The
NINA DANCE HALLS

The county commissioners yester-
day afternoon promised F. L. Bur-
ton, f. Mcfarland and J. Ruedy, a
committee representing about 100
Nina citizens, that as soon as Dis
trict Attorney Swallow returns from
his investigating trip to Nina and
makes report on conditions there,
they VIII take action to regulate the
dance halls and places of immoral
resort in that city.
Mr. Burton was insistent that the
license of the dance hall on the main
street of Ida should be revoked i'm
mediately, as it is, he says, within
500 feet of school house. He said
that 255 Southern Pacific employees
are deeply indignant over the pres
ence of lewd women in houses in the
respectable quarter, and that many
citizens have threatened to leave
Nina unless conditions are corrected.
~. Ruedy testified that he had been
knocked down by one man because
Ruedy insisted that his wife be re-
lieved of the presence of indecent
women hanging about their home
Goldfield Tribune.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-19
The Richard Hardware Co.
TOnOpah & GOIdiieId Railroad
Company
BuIfTOg GoIdtleId Railroad
Company
Local or Pacific Time.
Effective May /, 1907.

Trains leave and are due to arrive ~
Tonopah as follows:
Leave-7:2O q. m. for Goldf1eld, Beat
ty and Los Angeles. via Las Vegas.
$500 a. m. and $3.50 p. m. for. MilierR
Blair Junction. Nina and all points
east and west. via Hazen.
finest in Tonopah.
$3.50 a m. and $50 p. m. for Gold
field and way. stations. Through from
1920 p. m. for Goldfield and all way
Arrive-7:43 a. m. and s:2s p. m. from
Goldfield and way stations, Through
destination to all points east and west
via Nina and Hazen.
points east and west via Hazen and
1000 a. m. from Goldheld and way
stations, local
800 p. m. from Los Angeles, via Las
Vegas, Beatty and all way stations.
Trains leave and are due to arrive at
Goldheld as follows:
Leave-S:0O q. m. and $50 a. m. for
Beatty and all way stations.
6:35 a. m. and $50 p. m. for Tonopah
and way stations and all points east
and west via Nina and Hazen.
$3.50 a. m. and 1855 p. m. for Tonopah
| and way stations, local.
Arrive-8:20 a. m. and $50 p. m. from
| Tonopah and way stations.
1920 a. m. and 500 p, m. from all
points east and west via Hazen and
Nina
1865 p. m. and 7:45 p. m. from Beatty
and way stations.
ton call on or address local ticket
| agents or the undersigned.
| J. F. HEDDEN,
| General Passenger Agent.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-19
WONDER RUSHING
right ALONG
CONSIDERABLE WORK is BEING
DONE ON ALL PROPER
TIES.

Alexander T. Johnson, general
manager of the Spider and Wasp, is
here from Wonder, and says that
while thai camp has felt the effect of
the general depression, there has
been considerable work going on all
the time.
The main shaft of the Spider and
Wasp is down 100 feet and forty
horsepower gasoline hoist has been
installed, and is running in full blast.
At the one hundred level, crosscut
has been started, and there will be
crosscut run at every station Of one
hundred feet To the west of the
main working shaft, and at dis
lance of 200 feet, an inclined shaft
is being sunk, and is now down fifty
feet. Six feet of the rock at the bot
tom of this shaft will average SIS a
ton, and from the formation and the
general character of the rock, Mr..
johnson is confident that they will
run into ore of higher grade.
A crosscut is being driven from
the bottom of the shaft, which is
now fifty feet in length to the south.
In the west drift from the bottom
of the shaft, the vein is looking de-
cidedly better, carrying some ore of
greater value.
"The mine is looking very well,
indeed" said Mr.. Johnson, "and the
leasers, which have been inactive
during the season of depression, are
now beginning to return to work In
earnest. The Reilly lease has done
about 500 feet of work, and they are
getting into the neighborhood of the
ore bodies. Leases Nos. 8 and 10
are down 100 feet, and have cross
cut thirty-five feet south. They are
now prosecuting north. Lease No
20 is down seventy-five feet and has
crosscut thirty feet north, uncoverine
a vein twenty feet wide, of low grade
ore
Lease No. IL resumed operation!
on the fifteenth, and it will be only
a short time before they are all work
ing again.
| while the town is very quiet, q
great many companies are pushing
development work, and there is lots
of assessment work being done. Tit
general mining conditions look good
4 They are shipping some ore out o
4 the camp ali the time. The Nevad;
Wonder, Jack Pot and the Vultur'
, are all shipping, and the Hiddel
Treasure has an ore body"