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The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
WORTH ADVERTISING FOR.

There 5G9 Negroes employed here Washington by he
Government alone these Negroes draw salaries agregatne
Soo4 These than millions of dollars rgh
here Washington but scattered the hundreds of adesmen
this of money worth bidding for 1t certainly and
not the largest this would refuse get the big
end of did they but realize how the Negroes
y spending /. AlaaE H. 3iaE s.as hIk *
Now The Bee is the only Negro publication in this city stands
without rival competitor ancovers the field like blanket If
few of the merchants in this city will patonize the advertising col
of The Bee presenting the attractive bargains they may have
these Negroes these 590 Negroes who draw annually from the
Government three millions of collars will assume that b.
nzn publication edted and operated by OF their that
such firms and deserve their patronage And such firms will
receive the thr millions of dollars received
spent by the Negroes of Washington
What clothing stores what furniture stores what dry goods
and what other lines will make effort divert
themselves these over three millions If dollars spent by Washington
Negroes by advertising in The Bee!
Place your advertising The Bee and watch these 99 apeea
, Neoroe spend their over millions of dollars with YOU
Now is the time to advertise The Bee the newspaper that
every NEGRO home in ashn Remember merchants OF
h;+o, ;s what advertising what
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
sTRATEoroAL USES OF TAILS.
The Clever Little Weasel and His
Means OF Defense.

Take another OF our animals.
fierce little weasel, clad in summer
In a coat Of brown. in winter turn
Ing white, but always with a JET black
tip TO the tail. The ermine. as It is
IT Incorrectly called in its winter coat,
has an easy time OF It, sneakYng upon
the mice and birds upon which it
preys, but when Z hawk takes after
1t IN an open field in the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight, it would
tave but short shrift with all its
sinuous leaping, we're it not that the
black tail tip is so conspicuous that
1t constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white OF the body to
be confused with the snow. Even
when we place dead weasel on the
snow aud look at 1t from a distance.
we realize how true this is, and hov
valuable must be the pencil tufts OF
black hairs to this little yermin
who spends his life In hunting or
being hunted.-The Outing Maga-
zine.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
EleetrocutIng Animals.

Tha slaughter Of animals for TODD
~ slectrocution is being experiment
ID By DR.. Leduc, q French scientist,
Who has been conducting his investi-
cations IN the French abbAttoirs He
has bsen using the intermittent low
tension currents and says that ne il
satisfied that the system is painless.
the central functions OF percertiOz
being nrSt destroyed and then thoss
81 circulation and respiration. -
hat there is neither suffering nor Re-
action In the animals thu killed. TAs
doctor is sndesvoring to devise Ioms
piece Of apparatus By which the kill
iAg Of cattle may be sccomplisEs ~
electricity with economy and cslsrity.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Bronze Statue Of schiller.

The bronze statue of Schiller by
Hermann MatZen, which is to be
erected In Cleveland by German citi-
zens, has been completed in Berlin.
The poet is seated in an arm chair. A
Berlin paper is quoted as remarking
apropos that the German who goes
to America becomes an American IN
all that the word implies. but even
unto the third generation he is 10y
al to German poetry AMI German
song"
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Supply OF Geld.

Il is mAiaIy frOn Africa. AzSs1-
ca and Aaztralis that the wOs4d
draws is supply 81 geld, some $780,
0O0,00e worth won regularly every
year. Africa leads vita about $780,
O00.ees; hext comes the United
States witA about SSB. eco. .0es: Aus
tralia ranks third with some 1885,
Oss,se while Russia. both in Eu-
rope and Asia, Mexico. Canada and
several ether countries. make 50 The
remainder,
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
SmokeIess Coal.

A London inventor claims to have
discovered q process for producing
Bmokeless coal. apparently by distil-
lation OF coal at low temperature.
This, after distillation, is said to de-
posit = very brilliant substance. the
heating properties OF which are far
greater than those OF the original
coal, and which is absolutely free
from smoke and dirt. The inventor
contends that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
male in the wrong direction, and
that by the extraction of the smoke
producing material IN coal before be-
Ing burned. he hes been successful
sn producing q smokeless coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Dogs Around Blacksmith Shops.

Two or three dogs are nearly Al
ways to be found IOsfing about every
blacksmith shop. This fact Is So
we'll recognized that detectives whoa
sent out after valuable dogs HAT
have been lost invariably visit hrst
ali the blacksmith shops in the neigh
borhood. The reason Why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops Is that they
love inordiRately the 0dOF and the
taste of burning hOSes They szik
the oder az q woman EHins = rosA
and they eat ths hoOf pAFings - 8
gourmet eats trunes.-MiRaeADslts
Jourusl,
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
TUsKLEss ELEPHANTe.
Oeylon the only Part OF The World
Where They Exist.

What a sight for Ceylon elephant
hunter would be the first view of a
herd Of African elephants-ail tus-
kers! It IS q singular thing that
CeyIon is the only part OF the world
where the male elephants have no
tusks; they have misera bic little
grubbers projecting two or three
inches from the upper Jaw and in-
elining downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
horn in fine specimens thr0ugOut
Ceylon. Although some of the buf-
faloes have tOlerably fac heads, they
will not bear q comparison with
those Of other countries. The horns
OF the native cattle are not above
four inches IN length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
leTs are small compared with deer
OF their size in India. This Is more
singular, as It is evident from the
geological formation that at some re-
note period Ceylon was not an is
land. but formed a portion of the
main land. II is thought there must
Be elements wanting in the Ceylon
pAsturage for the formation Of
iVory.-Ceylon Manual
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Namea that Don't Mama

Many chemical names convey NJ
enact ids& of the things they stana
for. OIL 90 vttFiOl is no oil. neither
ara oils of turpeRtino and kerosene.
Copperas is an iron compound and
contains no copper. Salts Of lemon
is ths extremely poisonous oxa3s
soid. CaFboIic acid Is not an acid
bat an alcohol. Cobalt coataiRs
none Of that metal but srcensic. Soda
water has no trace Of soda, and ss-
gar of lead has NO sugar: cream Of
tartar has nothing Of cream, nor milk
OF lime any milk. German silver
has no silver and bIacklead no lead.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Everyone of Them a Bird.

A current newspaper item Is as
follows: THE wife OF a Methodist
minister IA West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her first hus-
band waa named Robin: her second
husband. Sparrow: and the present
ones name is Quayle. There are
row two young Robins. one Sparrow.
and three little Quayles IN the family.
One grandfather was a Swan. and
another was q Jay: but he's deaa
and now 8 bird of Paradise.
They live on Hawk-avs., Eagle
vile. Canary Islands. and the fellow
who wrote this article Is Tyre biys
and an interesting relative OF tss
family"
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
THREE Men to Move Book.

There lies in the British Museum
the largest book yet printed. CO.
lossai atlas Of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. It takes three men to
move it from the giant book case
In which II is stored in the library Of
the museum. It is bound In leather,
magniflcently decorated. and is fas-
tened with clasps OF solid silver.
richly gilt. It is nearly seven feet
high and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented TO King Charles II, before
he left Holland In the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Hanging Pictures DangerOu

Railroad casualties receive suda
vide publicity" said al Insurance.
man, that there is e common sliSs
On the part OF the public that ol b
more liable to accidents while tr wei
ling than when living the simple life
In the confines OF his home. "As 8
natter of cold fact. statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people who get
huTt hanging pictures or akin6
stoves apart than they do to the Vtc-
tins of heRd-on collisions. u
sounds strange, but it's the truth
Kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Dead Historians.

for my part believe in the dead
historians. 1 glory in the posses
sion Of some hundreds of volumes by
them. A great deal of cant is talk
ed and written on this subject. There
l. An idea in some minds that book
on history to be good must be new.
In nine cases out of ten the new book
s a commonplace re-statement OF
facts that were better presented By
an older writer.-The Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
The shy Man.

Womsn show no mercy to ths sh0
Ean, ESs be standa outside sf ths
compass Of convention. Could hs
break eat alt might Be saved; the
EAn might be permanently o. reG
Bat he cannot. He has been bro IghA
% TO respect convention His nue.
eles may be of steel, his heart OF 1r~.
Aut In his soul the spirit Of dimd noe
holds him In = vice. In 8 dra Wing
room he stands gaping. Qu&kiI &, .
prey 70 interpretive torment -hs
Who would perhaps storm ram
part with q triumphant mile o ~
hpa.-London Observer.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Valuable East African Forest.

The Colonial Office recently sent
cut an expert to report on the Ken
IL forest. in the East Africa protec-
torats. He nnds the forest extends
2S7 miles long by eight miles broad.
and comprises 100000 acres of
timber. Taking the average value
OF the AID. per cubic foot, this
works out to s23 per acre, or a total
value for the whole forest of G23,-
e0O, 0O,00e.-London Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Arctic Dog life.

Nowhere Ia the world has the deg
such unrestricted right Of way &s ia
our most nOrtherly possession
Alaska In winter. when the more
than so. GOO square miles Of territory
are sealed up In solid ice. dogs are
almost the sole means Of getting
from place TO place-In fact. they
seem necessary to life Itself.
Tbs aristocrats of Arctic dog life
are the mail teams Ia the service Of
the United States Government. They
are to-day q superior breed 70 the
dogs employed some half dozen
years ago before great gold discoV-
cries demanded increased mail ser
Vics.,-E5t. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
As History Might Be Taught.

Another way of teaching history
which the schools might adopt has
apparently not appealed to them. A
good newspaper, if the teacher
knows how to interpret its daily rec
ord, may stimulate an interest in
history itself. If the pupil can be
taught the continuity and relation Of
events, an awakened interest in the
daily happenings will arouse a de-
sire to trace them back through pre-
ceding stages. It is the break in
continuity between the past and the
immediate present that deadens en-
thusiasm. BY studying history
backward from the immediate pres
ent this chasm would be bridged
and the passion fcr tracing to cause
Boston Transcript.
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The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
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DEATH TRAP FOR BIRDS.
Lighthouses on the Maine Coast At
tract and Kill Thousands.

Lighthouses on the Maine Coast At
tract and Kill Thousands.
One Of the keepers who came ashore
from Boon Island recently tells the
story of the strange death encoun-
tered by thousands OF the migTat-
ing birds every spring. Flying along
the coast at night they are instantly
attracted by the powerful light from
the watch tower, as moths are drawn
to a candle. Thousands of these
olrds in their passage north fly with
full force against the thick glass OF
the brilliantly lighted lantern
Stunned to death they fall to the
rocks below or scale away for a lit
tie distance and fiutter helplessly in
to the water. The light of morning
sometimes reveals the rocks covered
with the little creatures whose jour.
ney to their summer homes has met
this sudden and fatal termination.
Hundreds Of species are found
among the unfortunate little tour
fists Most of them are easily rec
ognized as belonging to the various
common classes of song birds. But
very often large birds Of beautiful
plumage come to their final resting
place in this manner upon the bleak
rocks, of Boon Island. On one occa-
sion several years ago the thick
glass of the lantern was shiyered to
atoms by the impact of some strange
bird Of powerful biIl,-York Tran.
script.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
BURGLARS GAZETTE IN RUSSIA.
Trades Paper" Contains All the
News of the Graft"

St. PetersbuTg-A trade paper"
for burglars is now published In st.
Petersburg. 1t is called the "Bostat-
ska Gazette" or the "Barefooted
Gazette" title being apparently
an illusion to the stealthy ways Of its
readers.
The paper contains fun reports OF
the latest thefts and burglaTies. arti-
cles by experts on the art of bur
guary and what to avoid in pursuing
it, and columns of advice and hints
to help the beginner. Naturally the
paper is published in strict secrecy.
but the police will sooner or later
discover its printing Office and sup
press IL,
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
A IanR RaA.

An astonishing trance eAss hss
come to light in Berlin. A cieFk.
aged 46-a healthy normal maR--
suddenly fell asleep In June 1904.
All efforts to awaken him we're an
successful and the sleeper Einos tasn
has never opened his eyes. He
breathes regularly and swallows hls
food mechanically, but Is insenslble
to ths seVerezt attempts to arouse
him.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Good Roads.

Out Of the 800 towns in the State
of New York. 500 have voted to have
their roads built under the Fuller
Plank Act, or, as Ii is geareally call
ed, the money system. The matter
is now optional with the towns, but
in the opinion OF persons who have
given the natter considerable at
tention the idea Of making It COM
pulsOry is faVoTed.-GOOd Roads
Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
A High License

Massachusetts has a town of 600
Inhabitants which receives $2,67O
annually from a single hotel for IL
cense to sell liquor. This is believed
to be the highest license fee paid in
the United States. The fee is nearly
double the amount paid in Boston
and other large cities.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
The FastidiOus Burglar

Visitors at Paris hotel were dis
agreeably surprised one morning to
find that the boots they had left out
side their doors had been stolen by
a burglar. Only one pair was left,
on which was a paper with the
words: Not good enough for me-"
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Value of Three Grains

The Vienna Academy of Science has
spent nearly $4,000 in working 10
tons of uranium ore for radium.
The yield was three grains of pure
radium, the largest amount ever Sc
cured at once, the value being $780,
600.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Lace Curfafna.

Lace J1ndow curtains sksuid al
ways te soaked for an hour In cold
water to which = little borGx has
been added. bsfsrs beiag pat int
warm suds. This gssg out the
smoky smell that is zemsdmss 50
noticeable In curtains that have
haze been used IN q city.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Afs IN Germaav.

Every enc who has travelled Ii
Germany is familiar with the WORD
''verboten He finds it
Is Verboten TO almost everything
which be thinks he has been accus-
toned 70 do IN the United Statss.-
Chicago Standard.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Cure for SieenIessness.

Sleeplessness is often caused by
the head being exposed to tne cold,
while the rest of the body is warm.
In nine cases out of ten il the head
IS covered with a silk handkerchief.
it will induce sleep.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27

New York City.-Human blood
went at bargain-counters prices in
Bellevue Hospital when for $40
guest OF Mills Hotel No. 8 sold ff-
teen ounces Of his life fluid, thereby
probably saving the life of John Den
nison, Is years old, a patient suffer-
Ing from malignant growth on the
right leg. There was nothing heroic
about the manner in which the man
sold his blood. 1t was purely bus
iness proposition. The Mills Hotel
man needed the ten-spOt and felt he
could spare the bIoOI The father
Of the patient, though poor, felt he
could spare the $40 in view of his
sons need for the fres: H.ood
Striking a bargain between buyer
and seller was easy. DennisOn's faith
er went to Mills Hotel No and
announced he was in the market for
human blood He explained that his
son was in Bellevue Hospital and
that the surgeons were anxious to
transfuse the blood of a healthy per
son into the body OF the boy.
The doctors want a strong man
who Is healthy In every way" the
father explained
A guest registered as Mark Owen,
who refused to tell anything further
about himself. stepped forward, and
remarked he would like to know
more about it.
Big, broad-shouldered, with the
glow OF health in his cheeks. he
locked as if he would pass the test Of
the physicians.
"I guess you'll do" said Dennison.
How much blood do you wantf~
asked Owen.
Fifteen ounces"
How much do 1 get!"
Ten dollars"
I'm your man." and the bargain
was struck The rate was 66 2-S
cents an onuce.
Up to Bellevue Hospital marched
Dennison and Owen. The surgeons
examined the man who was willing
to sell fifteen ounces OF his blood for
$40, and told him he would do. The
nature of the operation then was ex-
planned to him
He was told that the patient was
suffering from what is known as san
coma. a malignant growth. To saws
the boys life 1t was necessary to take
from his body about sixteen ounces
of the impure blood and transfuse in
the body about fifteen ounces Of
healthy fluid.
Il don't want to be chloroformsd
during the operation" Owen said.
mo anaesthetics will be given"
replied one of the surgeons. Well
deaden the pain by an injection Of
cocaine"
Go ahead" said owen. I'm
ready"
Dennison was placed on the op-
Grating table and owen was laid on
another table. Between the two was
a narrow table upon which the boy
and the man each placed an arm.
The surgeons made an incision In
the boys upper arm and blood was
permitted TO flow from the upper
part of the median vein, while the
lower part was closed. In this way
the boy was relieved Of about six
teen ounces of his impure and un-
nOurished blood An incision then
was made in the forearm of the man.
The surgeons rapidly connected the
lower ligament of the mans radial
artery with the upper vein Of the
boys arm, and the blood Of the man
began to pass into the body Of the
boy.
Dennison and Owen watched each
other coolly throughout the opera
ton. Not a whimper came from the
boy, not q groan from the man.
When the operation was over the
boys temperature showed marked
improvement.
Owen was weak after the opera
ton. He took a stimulant and then
left the hospital, not forgetting. Of
course, to collect his $40 before
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
A Man and a Woman.

A mans idea Of being stylishly
dressed is to wear something in
which he looks atrociously bad; 3
wsmAn1s to wear something no other
waAn can duplicate.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Worlds Formulation.

The population Of the world Is now
estimated to be about 1903, 900. 900.
OF this number I5O,O00,O00 are
black. 6G0,QO0,0O0 yellow and 1885,
100000 white.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
SELLS HIS BLOOD
At BARGAIN RATE
Man Charges $40 to Give Up
Is Ounce OF Life Fluid to
Save Boys Life.
PATIENTS FATHER CLOSES DEAL.

TRANSMISSION Operation is Made as
Soon as the Bargain Between Buy.
er and Seller Was Struek-Man
and Boy Eyed Each Other During
Operation.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
Paris Abates a NuLsanee.

The Paris prefect Of police has de-
cided that in future no more licenses
to play barrel organs in that city VIII
be granted.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27
A Valuable Relic

A thirteenth century copper and
gilt cibOFium, supposed to have come
from Maimesbury abbey, wss sold
by auction In London for $4,000.
wA~fSz - ~
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27

The Erzberg, AustrIa's 5 ron noun
tain, will furnish ore for 1000
more years.
The Washington bee., 1909-03-27

i IS 81 ".-<..-sz
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-22
SOUTH SIDE OF ONTARIO
THREATENS TO WITHDRAW

ONTARIO, July 21.-The board of
trustees met last evening in a lively
session and much important business
was disposed Of Several petitions for
street work were turned down, as the
money in the treasury at the present
time is very low The residents of the
south side were represented, and be-
came very demonstratiVe when pre-
senting their petition for street work.
One of the citizens went so far as to
state that that section might withdraw
from the town should street improve
ments be denied them much longer.
The board will go in a body today to
inspect the roads.
A resolution to call a special cleo
ton to consider the disincorporation of
that section of the town which makes
an L around Upland, west of Euclid
avenue was passed, and the necessary
officers and other particulars arranged
for
The annual report of the library
board was presented. The growth of
the work done by the library staff dur
ing the past year has been remarkable.
The number of books circulated has in
creased from some $4,000 to $4,000. The
number of people using the reading
room has gone from 1898 to 10000. The
number of subscribers has also in
creased, being on June 80, 1908, 1898,
and on June 30, 1909, 1864. The library
board asked for a larger assessment
this year, stating that at least $2500
would be required to conduct the Ii
brary in the best manner.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-22
FULLERTON NOTES

FULLERTON, July 21.-Traveling on
foot and camping by the way, Prof.
Delbert Brunton, principal of Fullerton
union high school, started today for a
trip to Santa Barbara and return.
While Monte Inskip, rural mail car
rier, was delivering mail at Olinda his
horse was frightened and ran away.
He was thrown from the wagon and
bruised severely.
Installation of officers for the Full
lerton lodge of Odd Fellows was con-
Quoted by District Deputy George A.
Riley of Orange last night and the
ceremony was followed by a banquet.
The new officers include: o. S. Erick-
son, N. c.. F. C. Hezmalhalch, V. c..
c. C. Shelley, secretary; w, B. Potter,
treasurer; William McEachran, war
den; L. C. Edwards, conductor.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-22
ONTARIO NOTES

ONTARIO, July 21- c. Frankish has
presented the library with ten volumes
OF Harper's Magazine, handsomely
bound in morocco.
The electric line, which runs from
Ontario to san Antonio Heights, was
tied up yesterday for some time by
the breaking of the motor in one of the
cars, the accident occurring at Fifth
street Cars were run from both ends
of the line, meeting and changing pas
seugers at that point, until the wreck
ing crew had removed the obstruction
The members of the Fraternal Broth
erhood have been invited to banquet
at the new Russell cafe, at Upland, on
Saturday evening.
Rev. Father Gushee, rector of the
Christ Episcopal church, has left
Ontario for an extended vacation. Rev.
Bates has care of his work during his
absence.
Mayor w. NJ. Smith has left Ontario
for a weeks vacation.
A license has been granted II. II. De-
laney to conduct a shooting gallery and
bowling alley in Ontario for the limited
time of one month. The place will be
located near the Wels-FargO building
According to the new state law, the
local library board will hereafter pay
all bills and incur debts without con-
sulting the members Of the city cOun-
ell w. L. Malone has been reelected
president.
The Santa Fe railroad has requested
permission to build a spur along the
south side of it's right Of way, back
of the Ontario Power company's sta
ton, where, it is is said, there will be
erected a new packing house.
r. H. Salter, a local resident, has
sold a forty-acre grove of lemons at
Corona TO A. ]. Call for a stated con-
sideratiOn of $50 900.