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The Washington bee., 1908-11-28

just where 1 will begin it is impossi-
bic for me to state. ] intend to make
| this the greatest inaugural in the his
tory of the city, and I am glad of the
opportunity.
Il cannot tell you yet how anything
will be worked out. l have never be
fore thought of it. There was no
formal notification or announcement
Of my appointment, so far as l know.
Mr. Hitchcock sent word that he
would like to see me, and immediate
ly made an appointment. thought
possibly he wanted to ask me some
thing about raising funds or some
other of the many questions, and I
did wonder for a moment what it
could be, but it never for an instant
struck me even then that he wanted
to inform me that l was the chair
man."
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
RED CROSS CLUB.

The members of the Emergency
Red Cross Nurses Club, of the John
Wesley A. NJ. E. Zion Church, will
have a sermon preached to them by
the pastor, Rev. c. c. Alleyne, Sun
day evening at 8 O'Clock, Dec. 6, 1908
Music by the choir, Prof. Scott
Mayor, Director.
President. Miss Della Chisholm
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
THE BEE.

Now is the time TO send your holi-
dav advertisements to The Bee. It
will pay you.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28

There were more than 1900 con-
tributors to the Republican campaign
fund, and the amount contributed was
SI,65s,sI8.27.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
THE Y. NJ. c. A.

The laying of the corner stone OF
the Y. NJ. c. a, 18th between S and
T streets. northwest, last Thursday,
was largely attended. Exercises be
gan at 3:3o. President Roosevelt was
of course, the central figure
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28

THE NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE
The meeting of the local Negro
Business League, at Reformers' Hall,
in the rooms of the Y. M. c. A., was
largely attended last Tuesday even
ing.
President Pittman called the meet
ing to order and briefly stated that
it was his purpose to build up a large
local organization in this city. Ie
then introduced Mr.. ]. B. Anderson,
who is in the grocery business in
this city. His subject was "How to
conduct a grocery business" His
address was brief and interesting.
DR.. ]. R. Francis addressed the
meeting on the importance of having
a banquet The doctor didn't know
of a better method of bringing out
our people. We can know one an
other better. I think the white peo-
pie are good enough to follow, said
DR.. Francis.
Rev. White was the next speaker.
He favored the plans suggested by
DIR. Francis.
On motion of Rev. White it was
decided to set apart certain day to
give an annual banquet
Mr.. Scurlock spoke Fon the impor-
tance of having an annual fair. He
thought that an annual exposition
would be a nice thing. We could dis
play our goods to the people. BY such
means you would more firmly control
the colored trade of the city.
Addresses were also made by R. L.
Pendleton. Judge E. NJ. Hewlett,
Robt. Lewis and others.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28
Chosen for His Ability.

man."
Chosen for His Ability.
Chairman Hitchcock, who called at
the White House this afternoon, said
Mr.. Stellwagens had been chosen De
cause of his ability as an organizer
and his familiarity with inaugural
committee work. Mr.. Stellwagen was
a member of the inaugural committee
four years ago, being chairman of the
finance committee and winding up its
affairs after the Inauguration
This is not the first time that a
Washington bank president has been
selected as chairman of the inaugural
committee. John Joy Edison, presi-
dent of the Washington Loan and
Trust Company, and Charles ]. Bell,
president of the American Security
and Trust Company, having been
chairmen at previous inaugurations.
| ISTELLWAGEN CONSPICUOUS
IN WASHINGTON BUSINESS.
President of the Union Trust Com
pany. of the firm of Thomas J. Fisher
and Co.. of the Terminal Storage
J Company, and of the Willard Hotel
Company, and vice president of the
Raleigh Hotel Company, Edward J
Stellwagen is one of the biggest bust
ness men in Washington.
He has since~he started in busi-
ness as a young man, been prominent
in business and social circles in Wash
ington. His name carries with it a
prestige that will undoubtedly be a
boon to the inaugural committe. His
pleasant personality has made for him
a host of friends.
Mr.. Stellwagen is a native born
Washingtonian. He is the only sor
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Charles K
StelIwagen. He received his educa-
ton in the Washington schools, hav
ing been graduated from Columbia
University law school in 1875. Witt
Thomas J. Fisher, he organized as Z
partnership the real estate firm @
Thomas J. Fisher & Co.
As the real estate business progress
ed. Mr.. Stellwagen broadened his ac
tivities. aiding in the organization o.
most of the other business interests
with which he is identified today
Eight years ago MIR. Stellwagen was
the principal mover in the organiza
ton of the Union Trust and Storage
| Company, now the Union Trust Com
pany Mr.. Stellwagen was made pres
ident and under his guidance the busi
ness grew rapidly. The new an'
magnificent building at Fifteenth anC
H streets, which it erected little
lover a year ago, was the proposal o
| Mr.. Stellwagen.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28

when he was wrong.
Rumor has it that they both talked
two hours and one was as glad as the
other to close the incident.
There is no report of a lunch hav-
ing been served or cold tea partaken
of. 1t is believed that they are both
happy and contented.
Superintendent Bruce is enjoying
the contest between the two teachers
who are casting suspicious eyes al
each other.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-28

Reao The Bee
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
Arc Women's Watches Inferior7

"Yes, madam" said the jeweler,
showing watches to 4 woman custom
er, "this is II sixteen point action, the
best that is ever put In q lady's watch
Don't yen put just as good works In
lady's watch as in q gentleman's:
asked the woman.
"Why no, not at all, madam. La
dies do not need such a good watch.
Most always they wind up their watch
once in awhile, and then they let it be
for Il week or two without using It.
This Is as good as any lady needs"
The woman explained that she was
a business woman and Just as depend.
ent on trains and boats as q man, but
the jeweler remained unmoved in the
conviction that sixteen point was all
any woman needed.-San Francisco
Call
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
TN'O
oArafahtanad Out thu alunAae.

Beef was very scarce In Ladysm{o
&uring the siege, but General Sir Tan
hamilton, then colonel, insisted tina,
I~Aorsc Is not half bad when properly
cooked and when one is used to it
IN fact" he said, concluding q discus
Sion, 81 have joint cooked tonight
which I hope you will all sample. Of
course, there's beef, too.-tonight." Ev
cry one at the table preferred the beef,
with the exception Of Colonies Ward
and Ian Hamilton, who ostentatiously
carved generous slices from the "horse'
fesh." The dinner was nearly over
when one of the servants whispered q
communication TO Ward. Up he spranS
''I'm distressed, gentlemen" he an
nounced to the startled company. "a
silly mistake has been made, Those
hoints were mixed up somehow. AMI
Hou have been eating the horse. I'm
6eally annoyed. But hope you'll be
tconvlnced now that tho meat Is splen'
hid eating. I'm sure you all seemed
10 enjoy it. Glances We're exchanged;
nustaches were twirled. Nobody seem
ia ready With a response. Then q
,yolcs from the bottom of the table
piped up: oh, don't distress yourself.
)Vard! thought some mistake had
oeen made, so / Just changed these
0Ishes as they stood on the sldeboard.
Re was you and Hamilton who had tho
lAorscfcsh al right"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

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TO the newspapers of an order from
the Treasury Department to the Ell
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Therefore. in obedience to this
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
II III. Tree Falls, What Of the Nv,

II the Tree Falls, What Of the Ivy?
We hear great deal about the mod.
srn girl developing mannishness. indie.
pendence and losing her femininity. A
great many people are much alarmed
because girls are not trained, as for
merly, in womanly gentleness. 1t IL
4 beautiful figure OF speech to describs
the feminine character az the Ivy
which clings TO the masculine oak for
support and in return covers and beau
titles its hldeous knots and scars.
But II the oak falls what becomes Of
the Ivy?
There is too much Of this Ivy clinging
and identifying idea in training girls.
They should be taught that 1t Is just as
necessary to be Independent, to be
self supporting, as to be able to cling
and beautify. In other words, they
ought to be able to stand alone il the
tree falls and not go down with it.
Success Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

Most cleaners of the wonderful con.
slider the leaning tower Of Pisa to be
something unique in architecture. This
Is an error however, for there are two
others in Italy and several in other
European cities. The two at Bologna
are the most remarkable One Of them
is 321 feet in height and leans oven
six and 4 half feet from the perpendic
ular. and The other Is 161 feet high
and has ~ lean of over nine feet
The oldest of these two remarkable
structures was built in the Year ITO.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
Great Pigeon Cities In the Swamps.
Each Sprinr in Nav nil the ROSY pllll-

Each spring in May all the rosy gulls
Of wide region somehow agree to re
sort to a particular one Of various
marshy lakes for the purpose Of rear
Ing their young. Just how they decide
the important question is not for us hu
mans to know. At any rate, what they
do select is 4 great area of grass, reeds
or rushes growing out OF the water.
and there, out Of the abundance Of dry
stems, each pair builds a partly float
ing nest, side by side with others.
thousands upon thousands Of them.
These great cities OF The prairie pi
geon present one Of the most dramatic,
spectacular sights In the bird life of
this continent, comparable in way to
the former breeding "roosts" Of the
real Wild Herbert *. Job in
Outing Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
1oothpiokA.

Toothpicks were in common use In
ancient Rome. Sometimes they were
made of Guills, but preferably OF the
wood Of the mastic or lentlsk tree.
whose astrnSent and aromatic gum il
known to modern dentistry. MartiaPs
epigrams frequently mention the den
tiscalpium, or tCothp;cE, and recon-
mend the wooden kind above the quill
The tootlptck WAS taken 70 England
by travellers from ltaly and France.
As Mares says. The using Of it In
public was long deemed an affected
mark of gentility." Shakespeare takeA
this view when he makes one Of the
characters IN King John remark:
Now, your traveller
He and his toothpick at my worshtp's
mess.
And when my kniahtly stomach 10 suf-
~ feed,
Why, then / suck my teeth and catechiss
My picked man Of countries
The most fantastic use to which the
toothp!ck has ever been put was tho
sixteenth and seventeenth century fash
Ion Of wearing it in the hat as 4 tro
ply or nm ornament.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
The Oyster and the Cookie.

II the average person were asked
what was the strongest living thing II
y probable that he would name the
1on or some such huge deniZen Of the
4orest and would not even think of the
@nassertivc biyalvc. But SO great is
he power possessed by the oyster that
10 open 1t q force equal to 1905 times
the weight Of its shell-lcss body Is re.
CURED. The. shell-less limpet pulls
k,9S4 times It's own weight when in tho
cir and about double when measured
in the water. The Mediterranean coc.
Fkle Venus vurrucosaf can exert a pull
ang power equal to 2,o11 times the
weight Of its own body. If the human
being possessed strength rs great In
proportion as that the average man
would be able to lift the enormous
weight OF 100000 pounds, pulling i'll
the same degree as the limpet. And if
the man pulled in the same proportion,
ate tlc4Tec as the cookie he would sus
Tain q weight Of no less than 3,i36.JQ0
pounds
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
Iceland From Lava Wall.

The general impression that Iceland
il a cold country Is a false one, says Il
writer in Travel Magazine. In Reyk'
1avik, the capital of the island one
day perehed myself on one Of the lava
walls and looked at a scene Of summer
warmth and beauty. Familiar cows
and cats and hens were busy in the
sunshine Children, thinly clad, were
playing about with shouts Of mcrri
ment. Potatoes were in full blossom
and cabbage and various vegetables
added 10 the sense of homelike comfort
But such days are GASES in vast deserts
Of rain, for If Iceland in summer II
not cold it Is not comfortable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

! In real life room doors always open
In toward the room itself. On the
stage, however, room doors, as rule
open outward, or away from the room
Exits are one Of the most difficult parts
OF the actors art, and il he or she ha'
TO tumble with the handle. pull ths
door toward them, step round it ans
pass through they would probably
make clumsy dodge of it. That is
why, rs a rule. doors are constructs,
to open outward at push.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
Flies.

The aston .Shiug abundance Of flies
during the latte, part Of the summe,
Is accounted for by the estimate made
by an eminent entomologSt that the
progeny of single house fly IN the
course of one summer will number
2OSO.3oO. If it We're not for the in
Vulnerable enemies provided by nature
for the destruction Of the fly, the whole
air would be filled by the end Of Au.
gust with swarms Of flies, which would
render life insupportable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
Betty's Gift.

A Lancashire vicar was asked by the
choir to call upon old Betty, who was
deaf, but who insisted in Joining III tht
solo Of the anthem, and to ask he.
emily to sing In the hymns. He shoute,
lnto her ear. Betty. I've been request
I'd to speak to you about your sing
ing" At last she caught the word
ls.singing" and replied: mot to me BE-
he praise, sir. It's a sift."--Pall Nal
Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
Why lie Baked.

Mrs. Shortcommons Have some more
Of the lamb, Mr.. Wisenhan. Mr.. Wis
enham No; l can't bear to eat 1t. 1t
was somebody's pet lamb once. Mrs.
Shortcommons-How do you know;
Mr.. observation-disclosures they must
have waited years and years before
they had the heart to kill it.-Clevelan0
Leader.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
Chinese Troops~oood Runners.

In the drilling of recruits for tn.
Chinese army each man Is required to
carry sand in his knapsack. For the
drst day he carries two ounces: or
each succeeding day he increases this
amount by two ounces until at last he
a carrying sixteen pounds. These men
can run at q dog trot for ten consecu,
tive hours and arrive at the end OF
that time IN A fit condition for fghtin@
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
\. I. ROBERTS 4 son.
h. r. Roberts Abstracter OF Titles
1l3 Main Street.

50 Our complete set Of abstract
: books of Jefferson County, Ark,
e (Which are the only ones of their
" kind in existence) have furnished
* abstracts of title to a majority Of
* the land owners of this City
and County since 1884. All alb
stracts are given our personal at
tention, we have no apprentices.
1t costs no more to have your alb
81 stracts made from this OLD RE
LIABLE set of books and by Alb
stracters who have something to
= back their certificates. Having
such books as ours in the Office
an abstract can be drawn up in
a very short while, hence saving
the delay Of a search of the many
records of this County.
y 229-1w
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
A Oiplomat,

Il say, father queried little John
ny. whats dn,lo:nat:"
"A diplomat, M SON." replied the obs
man, us Il perso,. Who doesn't mean
what he means others to taink h
means"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
:. 5aooy Ever at" London.

A ,:.4,.=et isre2nlari;y occurs In .
cable 2;it,E, ghat announces from Now
Yori, ,e residence Of a \certain o.
cuse, et'Son sat London" You will
perceive II encc the ahsurdity Of those
words-"ay London \ New Yorker
may want to get at London, but those
who live there live Sin London" And
it is one of the triumphs Of London
and language though most irregular,
that no enc is ever at London. You
can drop off at Paris on the way to
anywhere, and you may spend the Win
ter cat st. Petersburg or at New
York. You may change cars at Chi
cago. But there comes moment when
the English language gets irregular. Is
st when the fifth million is passed? Nc
'Englishman was ever "at' London. II
would be rs irregular as being lat
Asia or "at" heaven London Stand
ard
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

Marion--I shovel papa those verses
you wrote me, and he seemed pleased
Harry-lIe did: Marion-Yes. He S2!l
he was SO glad to see you were not y
poet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
Better Than His Pick.

A story is iold Of an lrlshman who,
while walking with his friend, passed
jewelers. shop where there We're
lot Of precious stones in the window.
"Would you not like to have you'
,pickY ..-..5
'sNot me pick, but me shovel SAID
Mike.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
800 REWARD. 800

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Cafarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional disease requires
a constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list Of testi-
.nonials.
Address T.. J. CHENEY & CO., Tole-
do, Ohio.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton. Lib I'm
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
IT'S \ PIPE HOSPITAL.
We are prepared to doctor and
build as good as new your Worn-out,
brok n-down merschaum and brier
pipes. Our boiling department will
make your pipe sweet as honey.
Ambers of all sizes are replaced.
Cigar and cigarette holders also
doctored. Prices reasonable. Care
and attention the very best. Your
pipe is your friend; treat it right;
take care of it. Thalheimer Bros,
zee West Second, Little Rock. Ark.
2-6-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
So Sudden.

Carsone Would you like to own &
puppy, Miss Cecslia? Cecelia-Oh, Mr.
Calpons. this b - suddenAYouug
xagaAna.ry,..5.-> 49,. go. -.-.-.--4
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

A man who makes two Jobs grow
where one grew before is about the
iAost working definition Of q psTset-
:4oolvNlo American. etfAs
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

Everything new at Vego's pool
room. 2-23-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
A Hopeless Trial.

THAT guys de champeen stingy ma
Of de earth, Freddy"
Flows dat?'
why. I've been followin' him fer /,
mile. an he amt trowed dat butt ava,
yot!s-New York World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

First Dine Out Stay, ole c',ai,
d'you know Wilshon?
Second Diner Out No. WhatSh isl
name?
FirsteDiner Out dunno. latter
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-05-27
GOVERNOR JOHN SPARKS.

Governor Sparks of Nevada is dead.
4 sterling man was he. Tall, erect
perfectly proportional. there was no
handsomer man than he when in his
prime. Born on the frontier in
Texas. Cowboys his early associates,
he in his youth made himself their
full equal in all their wild accom-
plishments, but then he advanced.
We have not space to review mis- life,
but it is enough to say that he grew
into a manhood that was superb. it
took in his whole country; he be-
lieved in order. in justice and in the
full rights of the citizen; he lived a
life above reproach, he reached the
goyernorship of Nevada by natural
selection; he did his duty as God
gave him to see his duty. and not till
the labor troubles at Goldfield came
had he met any trouble which ne
could not master. He had been a
worker all his life, but when he saw
men who were receiving higher wages
than men, so engaged, had ever re-
ceived. determined to bring anarchy
upon the camp it was new expert
ence. He worked for year to turn
the trouble back and then, having no
militia, he called upon the president
for troops. Then came the presi-
dents harsh letter and when the
trouble was bridged over he took to
his bed. and now he is dead. He was
everywhere a brave, just, true man,
God rest his soul in everlasting
peace
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-05-27
WILL SHORTEN TERM.

The public may rest fairly we'll sat
isfied that the school board will take
steps in the near future to shorten
the school term from 10 months to
nine. We have been expressing the
opinion of the public freely, and it is
probable the board will de something
to make the people rest more easily
on this score 1t Is understood a
resolution will be introduced at the
next meeting OF the board calling for
a shorter term, and no doubt the
board viii abide by the wishes of the
people.
The evening paper has stated that
the Herald has been inspired by an
animus toward the present school SUI
perintendent. There has been no
animus whatsoever in the move OF
the Herald. We have merely ex-
pressed a desire OF the people. and
that desire Will be fulfilled