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The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
SENATOR HE|N'S ESCAPE
West Virginia Leader Had
Thrilling Experience
QUANTRELL GOT HIM
The Senator when a Young Man Was
Captured by the Famous Guerilla
Was Allowed to Escape by the
Younger BrOthersWhO Afterwards
Became Outlaws.

Having been born in Ohio, edu-
Gated in Missouri, practiced law In
New Mexico. Office in New York, Sen
ator from West Virginia, lives In
Washington, StepAen Benton Elkins
is an all-round American citizen.
Elkins' career is crowded full OF
adventure, especially the chapters
OF his early life. For instance. what
more thrilling adventure would the
romantic author and reader want
than the condemning of "Our Hero"
TO die at the hands of a lawless bor-
der band, his rescue by two young
men who had gone tC school to him,
his flight across the prairiss and the
hills and his subsequent rise to ma
tiOnal eminence in the world of high
finance and politics.
WheE Elkins quit his birthright in
Perry County. Ohio, he drifted with
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
POLICE DOGS AT WORK.
A Casual Encounter of Dona and
Nogi ON Duty in Brooklyn.

A night worker on his way home
in the Prospect Park section at an
early morning hour recently saw q
dog with a jingling tag fastened to
Its neck come running along the OPP
posite side OF the street The dog
ran up to the front door of house,
shifted and was down of the porch
ant around to the rear like fash.
Judging from the unusual conduct
of dogs the first thought was that this
one was either searching for his
home or looking hungrily for a stray
bone.
At the next house the same per-
formance was repeated with equal
thoroughness. A little further down
the street a man swung the gate
open and entered the yard about the
same time the dog arrived. The dog
followed him up the steps. waited
until he took out his key and let
himself in, then, satisfied, went on
about its business.
The man who had forgotten, Just
at the moment that the policing Of
the city Is now being done by i'm
proved methods, was at a loss to ac-
count for the dogs performance be-
ing repeated at every house until he
saw the animal run out into the mid
die of the street and sniff at a dark
object lying there. The dog circled
around the object several times and
then darted of at top speed.
In a short time 1t returned, fol,
lowed by another dog. Not far be-
hind the second animal was a police
man who had been trying to keep
pace with the dog. Under the po-
liceman's prodding the object moved
and proved to be a man who got up
azd walked OF uncertainty down the
street.
Then the dog that brought assist
ance to the intoxicated man ran on
in one direction and the policeman
and the other dog went the opposite
way. 1t was Dona and Nogi, two
of the police dogs doing their duty
faithfully and without any fuss
New York Sun.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
History of the Umbrella.

The modern umbrella had its pro-
totype in the parasol, which was used
by Greek and Roman ladies as a pro-
lection against the sun. In these
times they We're generally carried by
female slaves, who held them over
their mistresscs. The pGrasol of the
ancients seems to have been exact
ly like our own parasol or umbrella
In form, and could be opened and
shut like ours. 1t was considered a
mark OF effeminacy for men to use
them. AS showing how little times
have changed, TO hold parasol over
a lady was one of the common at
tentions of lovers, and 1t seems to
have been very common to give para
soils as presents. Whether the Dor
rowCi umbrella, was a standing joke
as nowadays, we are not prepared to
say.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
WHERE WE LOSE BUSINESS.
Foreigners Like American Goods, but
Not Smashed.

It is an old story that American
merchants are losing annually hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars worth
of trade with foreign countries be-
cause they pack their goods so care
lessly. But the complaints seem to
have little effect. At any rate they
keep on coming.
An American occupying an i'm
portanl post on a railroad in Colon
bia writes to American Industries:
Il have seen lantern globes pack
cd In a barrel with iron bolts and
panes of glass rs by 80 inches sent
without sufficient layers of straw to
prevent breakage. As an example
We received 120 car window glass
(panes) of which but six reached as
intact, and this from the United
States
Six steam gauges 0ndicators)
packed with iron bolts in one end
of the box reached us utterly jam
med to pieces. Pianos are rolled,
over and Ove- on of cars and down
steep banks onto steamboats, and up
steep banks in unloading. and not
even a shotgun would prevent the
wild Indian stevedore here from
throwing from his shoulders to the
ground a box of costly chinaware or
glass vases,
To reach Bogota, the capital,
some 700 miles from the coast, goods
after their 5000 miles of ocean
journey have to pass over a railway
at the coast, then by a steamboat,
then by another short railway, an
other steamboat on the upper Mag
dalena River, then another railway,
and finally upon pack animals for a
two or three days journey and then
by another railway. You may say
this would break iron. 1t does.
The European merchant or man
ufacturer besides granting long time
credit also packs very securely in his
effort to secure trade in South Amer
lea, and so gains much trade, even
though American goods are cOnsid-
cred greatly superior in most cases" Z"
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10

4. Because it is necessary in or
der that our central government
may guarantee to the States their
rights of local self government, re-
served to them by the Constitution.
5. Because it is the hope of lib
erty for the Filipinos and Cubans and
other peoples committed to our
charge. I
6. Because It is necessary for
self defense.
Z. Because all the other Ma
tions are Fastening to build fleets of
the new type OF great battleships
while America is fast approaching
the point where her navy will be OBJ
soIete.
8. Because there is no interna-
tional police force Available for pro-
lection.
9. Because there Is no interna-
tional court that could issue an in
junction to restrain aggression from
otner Nations.
10. Because n other Nation can
or would protect US in our rights
and our Navy is the one and only
means for such protection.
II. Because more American citi-
zens live on our coast line, than
there are citizens living similarly in
all Europe combined.
IL. Because America has more
property accumulated within gun
shot of the water, than there is
property similarly disposed in all of
the rest of the world combined.
13. Because forts, mines and tor
pedoes, though useful, are altogether
inadequate to give protection to our
coast line.
IA. Because America is sending
out over the oceans every year near
ly two billions of dollars in exports
Is. Because America must have
a fair chance to trade with Corea,
Manchuria, China and all the mar
bets of the world, which can only be
insured by a large Navy.
16. Because it is insurance for
security to us and OH property while
we work out our destiny.
II. Because the insurance rate
for this security is very low.
18. Because it IS a good invest
menr in that 1t will give US peace.
19. Because Navies are a ques-
tion Of relative wealth and our re-
sources are so inexhaustible we can
hold the relative position of leader
ship without onerous burdens.
20. Because America may be de-
pended on a; no other Nation, not
to abuse the power that goes with a
great Navy.
21. Because for the worlds good,
as long as nations have to have
Nayies, America, the peace Nation,
ought to have the biggest Navy.
p. Because the world is now at
a critical junction, resulting from
the application of science to the con-
troll of natures 4Crces, and the ami
hilation of space by scientific discov-
cries, such as the teIe- hone and wire
less telegraphy has brought all ma
tiOns and races together.
%. Because America is a great
Christian Nation.
"a. Because as a Christian Ma
ton we have the duty to overcome
evil with good and the only way to
overcome the evil of violence is to
restrain it through power that can
only rest with our Navy
25. Because Americas fleets
are now entirely inaOeQuate to meet
the legitimate requirements of a
Navy, namely to prevent attack If
possible and to win If war must come.
Thus the security OF vast material
business interests and the fulfillment
of sac-eI duties to ourselves and
those dependent Upon US, and 10
humanity at large, unite in an ur-
gent demand for speedy enlargement
of our Navy to a size consistent with
our great
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
THE GERMAN EMPEROR.
A Man Who Is Bursting With Sug-
gestiOns.

Persons in close touch With the
German Emperor relate at erlin
that William is, despite his MANIFOLD
duties. prod.gious penman. 1t s.
they declare. astonishing that he
can find the time to indite so many
communicate He not only signs
whole patches of letters written by
hh private secretary daily, but
writes In his own hand. which, ax-
cept fer the signatTre. Is far frO1l
being bold and ciear, considerable
correspondence and even addresses
the envelopes himself, never omlt-
ting to ascribe the full title due to
the addressee.
A prominent artist with whom he
constantly confers, asserts that on
some occasions letters that he has
received from William have run in
to twelve and even sixteen pages,
and this In spite of the fact that he
'habitually abbreviates lengthy words
by leaving out some of the centre
gyllables. The sentences are usual
ly short and crisp, leaving no chance
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
The Honey Guide of Africa.

The honey guide belongs to Afri-
ca. When 1t desires to feed upon
some comb which it has discovered
I, makes its way to a human being,
fiutters about restlessly and hops
from bush to bush and from one ant
hill TO another unit. 1t succeeds in
attracting the mans attention. Dur
ing thi. time it utters a shrill cry Of
"Cherr, cherr!" The native who
understands its habits follows It.
The honey guide now goes ahead, al
ways watching to see that the man is
following. At length the honey nest
is reached. While the native at
tacks the nest and rifles the comb,
the bird still fiutters about chirping.
W1en the man departs the honey
guide descends from its perch and
helps itself.-Springfeld Republican.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
The Whisker in Paris.

It is In Paris that the whisker
reaches its highest state of cultiVa-
tion and development. The luxu-
urious verdure on the faces of some
of the Parisians who strut along the
boulevard every day can be COM
pared to nothing but the riot of the
vegetation in the tropics. Every
Partisan has whiskers, much Whis-
kers If he can, but some whiskers at
any rate. He supplements nature s
efforts with the best aids of the bar
ber, and trains and nurses his hiT-
suite appurtenances with anxious
care.
The Parisians spend hours on
their boards and educate them into
formal gardens, set pieces, shrub
berry, terrace, and vista effects. They
lay out hairscapes with them, ar
range them in undulating meadows,
and twine them on pergolas. There
is the long srade cOncoction much
sought by men with black
boards, which consists of about a
foot of hair cut square across the
bottom, and adds much glory to the
wearer, for the whiskers always
shine and glisten in the sun. There
are side Winders ana pointed ones,
the heart-shaped and the curved, the
waved and the plain. A man who
can train his whiskers TO grow in a
new way Is as much of a celebrity
as a man who writes a good poem or
paints good picture.-Everybody's
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
White Elephants.

In a town in Lebanon county
where everything is UP to date and
the ladies are always planning some
new scheme, strange thing happen
ed. A white Elephant" party was
ann ounced ana eacE guest was re-
questeG to bring something that she
could not find any use for, and yet
too goO,. to throw away. The party
would have been a great success but
for the unlooked-for development,
rhich broke it up. Eleven of the
nineteen women brought their hus-
bands.-PhiladeIphia Public Ledger.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
Operation on a Leopard's Tail.

A novel surgical operation has
just been performed on a leopard in
o-ris. The animal recently. while
eating his dinner, also bit his tai'
gangreaL set in, and it became neces-
sary to amputate : portion of his
tail TO save his life. The leopard
was lassoed, thrown on his back, a
Tiece of soft wood was given him
gnaw, and while hell ten men the
veterinary proceeded with the re-
moval of a portion Of the tail and
cauterize6 the wound. The animal
roared considerably but the opera
ton was declared successful.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
Paws $1,000 a Ni?ht to Sleep.

Like most autocrats the sultan OF
Turkey goes about in hourly fear Of
assassination, and 1t is on this ac-
count tnat he will never sleep in the
dark. His constant dread Of death
has made him a prey to insomnia,
and he does no. often sleep for more
than three or four hours at time.
1t is said to cost him nearly $1,000 q
night to have his bedroom guarded,
for the attendants entrusted with
this important mission are al tried
retainers, who receive princely sala-
ri~s for their work. Many are the
ruses adopted by the sultan to escape
from would-be assassins. In one Of
the ante-chambers leading to his pri-
vate apartments is placed life-sized
figure of his majesty, for the purpose
of misleading any prowling revolu-
tionary who might happen to pene-
trate thus far.-Tit-Bit
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10

d
the westward flowing current that
carried civilization to the border and,
after looking about for a place to
cast his lot. he selected Missouri,
where a livelihood was offered him
as a school teacher. 1t was while
| thus engaged the war broke out, and
Quantrell's lawless guerrilla band
was born of the exigencies and the
opportunities that civil strife gave.
While riding along a lonely road
in Missouri, near the Kansas line,
Stepehen Benton Eikins. then a
young man turned twenty by a few
| years, came upon the famous ma
rauding men under Quantrell. He
was taken prisoner, charged with be-
ing spy in the employ of the Union.
There we're among these vicious char
acters, two young men named
Younger, who were about the age of
Elkins, perhaps not so old. These
| two brothers had lived in the Mis-
souri, village where young Elkins had
taught school. In fact, they had
Instruction from him in the rudi-
metary branches. They had liked
their instructor and their friendly
feelings toward him were returned.
In the newly made prisoner the
Younger boys recognized their for
mer friend and teacher. and they ap-
/ pealed to the ,loody Quantrell for
his release. They advocated mis-
| cause, declaring they knew Elkins
not to be a Union spy; that he was
II no wise connected with that side.
They declared that, If he had any
convictions in tie matter, they were
probably in the direction of the
COnfedeTacy, since his father and his
brother John had enlisted and were
bearing arms in the army under Lee.
That was the case that the pupils
made out for their teacher, and so
effective was 1t that Quantrell or
6ered young Elkins to be cared for
as A prisoner By the Younger boys
until he decided what fate he should
decree for him
Camp was broken for a night
march. Elkins rode between the
two Youngers, a prisoner with an
even chance for life or death by grey
of dawn next day. The Youngers
arranged 1t so that they rode with
their captive in the rear, and when
opportunity offered itself Cole
Younger, the elder of the pair, un-
folded to their prisoner a plan of es-
cape. Some miles farther on late
in the night they would come to
| junction of several roads, well
| known to three of them. Eikins
was to slip quietly away into a GER
tain roadway. halt and lie quiet un-
til the hoof beats OF his captors'
| horses had died away in the dis
| tance, and then make way with all
speed TO q place of safety, putting as
| great a distance between himself
| and his captors as possible.
When the place of parting was reach
ed the prisoner did as directed and,
/ when the noise o. the night riders
/ of the Civil War died eway, he put
spurs to his horse and travelled many
miles at great speed to q haven of
safety. Had he remained a prison
er, had he been frustrated in his es-
cape, Stephen Benton Elkins might
have shared the fate of hundreds Of
other of Quantrell's innocent victims,
and cotemporary history would have
been deprived of one of its most in
teresting and active characters.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
Record COurfshin

A Swiss couple nave recently mar
ried after q courtship of forty-five
years. They became engaged Ia
their teens, but the young man VOW
ed to make 10000 before asking
the young lady TO marry him. While
he was making his pile in America
nearly 5000 love letters passed
London News.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
Education in India.

Education as now understood in
India is an exotic and arouses no.
where any real ENTHUSIASM. The In
dian trader, banker or money lender
has accumulated his wealth without
any very obvious aid from English
education and he probably therefore
does not see why he should help
others to what he has himself dis
pensed with.-Calcutta Englishman.
iMWN W7Ti7INfzgE yj1T5a II 81
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
THE GREAT lNER|GANKAVY
Captain HObson Tells Why
1t Should Be Enlarged.
PERTINENT REASONS
4 Great Navy Means Peace at Home
and AbrOad-WOuId Safeguard the
Cause of Liberty and is Necessary
for Self-DefenSe-A Good Invest
ment.

Ther are tweL ty-five reasons why
the Navy of the United States should
be enlarged says Captain Hobson:
1.-Because it means peace at
home.
2. Bec Ause 1t tends to promote
peace abroad
8. Because il would safeguard
the cause of liberty
The Washington bee., 1908-10-10
The Limit.

She-"Re"s the meanest man /
ever knew"
He-"What done?"
why, he tried this year to make
his wife wear the bonnet his horse
wore last summer!'-Yonkers States
man, ---------
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08

For years we have grown Hanson
lettuce Last spring the Department
Of Agriculture sent aa Biz boston
and Philadelphia Butter lettuce. We
Cid hot Ike the latter so we'll. as ~e
Go not care for the buiiery favor:
But Big boston IL magnificent. sweet.
isndrr. and crisp. making heads like
ANAL cabbage. but soon goes 10 seed.
We will plant II and the liza. ~. rs
TIE latter remains fine for use later
nan any other variety we know.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08

Look after the fruit trees aud &C.
he spraying ossft ready for ~oss
Spraying 70 he effective aust be done
n time.
A good deal o. gardening begins
This asonth. Plant peas. onlons. kaie.
-ahbaE1. etc The lsas %. thiass in
20 done In the CARDS this naonih
aaitr a lonx orc Get your scri
analogue and look them over for
February planting. Apply fertilizer
% strawberry plansa and Eisc them
4 shallow cultivation.
Prunr the fruit trres and bunch
grapes. II 10 now too late 10 Gu,
grape vines Of the acupp~rnong fam
lily. "a they would be injured from
bleeding" Altogether February IL
TO be an cIe~~alngiy busy month
~ith the farmer. but when tho work
in wisely directed the results ~lll be
tar.reachlng.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08

After trying many ,urnips. We pre-
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08
O4K mn rorIrHr raw. r. H. 40.

~ ass FFHpF. 'N~*@@EN
hfresi1s Of Hack tAaeshaAs ard nnF Lrsto rms
For ut.rcn Y~Ars have made thrAr tao bFrrda
ma. ats.sit aud have obtained tho cheat honora
IN the sha@ room ~ aInGinsa ia The 'tfrat
Nashville she's iuss cloacai have drnohsisai1*
this un Has LrshoFns | 300 iae cvcArf14.
r~ra rs.rsrYri tat rad aFd sth aGd pui!r In
1u fslara tAns hans won acorArsuI- hnn anu
PALLET In tho hnstrat COMPANY ever shosh IN
.hr south EgsA from tEaau b1rda eo p0f
srttlEg Of Ii
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

q, t~as t,t-r aAa snsi lasesa Kssa g. FOR fifteen.
O. for thIrtY White Guinea cgss tsrttt fnr VI.
wLltr Io.!Assl TafA~ya u. 4. HOGEHs.
Amorv. Mtss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08

4 ,sius. has been unusually unfavorable
far preparing for the spring garden.
when the unexpected freeze came
,bou. the middle Of November, our
mace was occupied by fall garden.
Tender vegeta b!es ~ere killed. and
the ground should have been plowea
scon: bot rains set in. and at
this writing it has been too vet
TO DO so. We have applied wood
ssses and stable manure. using
ashes before the manure. 80 the fire..
agent rains would leach them we'll
into the soil before manure vas ap.
pied. Ashes with manure Causes
the escape 81 ammonia. valuable
cons;stueu; O. manure. More ashes
and less manure we're applied where
late beans grew. a. tho rows would
BE- richer In Nitrogen and would be
more in aoea Of potash (suppliod BY
ashes.
Our garden In w~il.crained and
does rot wash. 30 ~e are not loasng
fertility By ia being washed awas
from the manure. even {. &C may noi
- getting a. much benefit a. II II
we're rlowea in. and IL ia there ready
Tor tho plow whrn the ground is In
rnad.;!ou. 4 secret o. keeping ahead
1T work Ia Ia being ready 10 do
lhsnes a; he proper tine Thea ~e
~ crowd work. rot work erowd IL
II tie ground can bo plo~cd tao
" three times before planting. IL
vii Kill many insects especially cut
worms. and destroy roxiosa seeds.
scsi9~a putting the soil In better
s!th. making work easier and cropa
Arg~r ard finer. II neraa have cot
lar selected. they shnaIa be al once
E.x lisA peas. bee's. radishes. lettuce.
.rra pa. spinach. mustard. onioa sofa.
vr. r1ay oftca lr planted In January
Z the ground In in condition. though
usually about February .nss in near
y planting lime
Ulsa rpoinurg e1pr~tcac. wtth seeds
snt true tn name raa~m us tn repeat
C. suggestion. sha. srcda be- hoaEh
'yora w~ll-kanaa sr~dztn~a aho have
Ir~is sold AZ country stores are
ssualiy oia and dn rot g.nw volt
! reputation 10 maintain. Package
L In more satisfactory every Way ie
bay from wril-ano@n and reliable
.rrnm. Or~ geta NOR. for the '1ofsr2
md gets better quality. Variety IL
.ax, 10 be considered.
After trying many English peas.
NC consider the variety known IA
Earliest OF All. the best all.rouna
,ea for the family garden. We make
40 paintings. The nrst an carly an
he ground can be worked. the sec
md about April firnt II kept yell
pic ed. they continue IN bloom and
bear ill we tire Of them The
Eclipse beet In splendid for home usc.
tagly and tender. We folloa II about
i month later with mid-sutnfnrr beet.
and have them tender and fne TIL
the fall garden comes.
For years we have grown Hanson
lettuce Last spring the Department
Of Agriculture sent ia Biz boston
and Philadelphia Butter lettuce. We
Cid hot Ike the latter so we'll. as we
90 not care for the bufiery favor:
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08
Where to Buy
Poultry and EGRs.
BUFF ORplN6TONS

rsnsuatrc3r Fouytrrn inr cnekrr~ls ei 81 TO
o. E~ss e. t~f IL SEOE.E u. RILEf.
H.ss~faa, Mas.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-02-08
Garden. Orchard, and Truck Farm;ns
Garden Notes.
ny MRs. c. :. ErERTs. R.ds,iard. Ma.

Ter Extra Early Milan TO any other
Tor spring. French Breakfast lettuce
IL our favorite. Some Others are a
srs'e earlier. but these remain ton.
der and sweet longer. We make
about three paintings OF them. two
or three weeks apart