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The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
Desd Historians.

Ifu< my part believe in the dead
historians. glory in the posses
sion sf some. hundreds of volumes oy
them 4 great deal of cant Is talk-
ed and written onThis subject. There
Il an idea IN some minds that book
ca histo<Y to be good must be new.
In nine casss out of ten the new book
b 8 commonplace re-statement 6
facts that we're better presented BY
Gn elder WriteF.-The Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
HAagtng Pictures Dangero~

Railroad casualties receive sudA
vide publicity" said Al insursnOs
man, ''that there is a common b 'liSk
on the part of the public that oi is
more liable to accidents while tr well
hng than when living the simple life
In the confines Of his home. "As .
matter Of cold fact. statistics 'hoW
that accident insurance comp, nios
pay mere money to people wh' gsk
hurt hanging pictures or II king
stoves apart than they do to the vio-
tins Of head-on collisions. II
sounds strange, but it's the tn tn. :
kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
Dogs around Blacksmith shops

Two or three dogs are nearly al
ways TO be found loafing about every
blacksmith shop. This fact is so
well recognized that detectives Vhea
sent out after valuable desB that
have been lost Invariably Visit first
all the blacksmith shops in the neigh
borhood. The reason why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops Is that they
love inordiRately the odoE and the
taste OF burning heSSs. They sniR
the odoT as a woman EHtfEs q rese,
and they eat tks hoof PariHgs ss
gourmet eats trufnes.-AiAAeaPolis
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
As History NIight Be Tanght.

Another way of teaching history
which the schools might adopt has
apparently not appealed to them. A
good newspaper, il the teacher
knows how to interpret its daily rec
ord, may stimulate an interest in
history itself. II 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. 1t 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 for tracing to cause
imulated.-Boston Transcript
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
BURGLARS GAZETTE IN RUSSIA.
Trades Paper" Contains All the
News Of the Graft"

st. PetersbUrg.-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 full reports OF
the latest thefts and burglaries, arti-
cles by experts on the art Of bur
quarry 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 wiz sooner or later
discover it's printing Office and sup
press 1t.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
suupIy Of Geld.

It Is mAiAly frsEa Africa, AEeri-
ca ana Australia that the world
draws It's supply Of golA. sonAe s4oo,-
100000 worth won regularly every
year. Africa leads vita about $780,
OOe,eeA; aext comes the United
States vita about 500, ,sSe.0ee; Aus
tralia ranks third with soRs $685.
0es, zee, while Russia, both in Eu-
rope and Asia, Msxioo. Canada and
several other countries, make up the
remaindaS.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
The Shy Man.

Womsa show no mercy to ths shS
Ean, Cor be stands outside Of thS
compass Of convention. Could hS
break sut all might be saved the
man might be permanently c' ed
But he cannot. He has been bro sA
up ts respect convention His luS-
oles may be Of steel, his heart Of ire.
bat In hia. soul the spirit Of difnd noe
helds him In g vice. In q dra ins
room be stands gaping, quakiI :, Q
prey b interpretive torment -hs
who waald perhaps storm rsU
part with 3 triumphant mile Q -
nps.-Ison6On Observer.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
A IeAg As0.

An astonishing francs case has
come to light in Berlin. 4 clerk.
aged 4e-R healthy normal man
suddenly fell asleeH In June 1904.
All efforts to awaken him we're IN
successful and the slseDsr stnOe then
has never opened his syss. He
breathes regularly and swallows his
food mechanically, but Is insensibls
to the ssVsrest attszs1&s ts arOuss
him.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
Good Roads.

Out Of the 900 towns in the State
of New York. 500 have voted to have
their roads built under the Fuller
Plank Act, or, as it is genreally call
ed, the money system. The matter
is now optional with the towns, but
In the opinion of persons who have
given the matter considerable at
tention the idea of making 1t COM
pulsory Is favorei.-Good Roads
Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
A High License

Massachusetts has a town of 500
Inhabitants which receives $2.670
annually from a single hotel for IL
cense to sell liquor. This is believed
to be the highest license fee paid n
the United States. The fee is nearly
double the amount paid in Bottom
and other large cities.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
DEATH TRAP FOR BIRDS.
Lighthouses on the Maine Coast At
tract and Kill Thousands.

tract ana kiil 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 migrat-
ing birds every spring. Flying along
the coast at n; ght they are instantly
attracted by the powerful light from
the watch tower, as moths are drawn
to a candle. Thousands of these
Dlrds 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
lists. 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 snivered to
atoms by the impact of some strange
bird of powerful bill.-York Tran
script.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
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., 1909-06-19
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: mot good enough for me-"
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
Lace Curtains.

Lace WINDOW curtains sAsa1d al
ways lie soaked for a honF IN eold
water TO which a little borax has
been added, before ket1g pat into
warm suds. This ssAZ cut the
smoky smell that h soE2tiEass 50
noticeable In curtains that have
have been used In 3 city.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
LIFE h Gexmany.

Every eos Whs has travelled IN
Germany ts familiar with the word
"verboten"-forbidden. He hnds it
Is verboten to almost everything
which he thinks he has been sccus-
toned to do in the Unttsa gates
Chicago Standard.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
Cure for SIeenIessness.

Sleeplessness is often caused by
the head being exposed to the cold,
while the rest of the body Is warm.
In nine cases out of ten If the head
is covered with a silk handkerchief.
1t will induce sleep.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
Man and a Woman.

4 maa's idea Of being styiishiE
ersaAad is to wear something In
whssh - locks atrociously bad; a
wsmAzs 10 wear something no other
SSmaa can duplicate.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19

New York City.-Human blood
went at bargain-counter prices in
Bellevue Hospital when for $40 a
guest Of Mills Hotel No. 3 sold ff-
teen ounces Of his life fluid, thereby
probably saving the life of John Den
nison, Is years old, 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 wss purely bus
iness proposition. The Mills Hotel
man needed the ten-spOt and felt he
could spare the blood. The father
of the patient, tho gh poor, felt. he
could spare the SO in view of his
sons need for the fresh bioOd
Striking a bargain between buyer
and seller was easy. DennisOn's faith
er went to Mills Hotel No 8 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-shouldeTed, with the
glow Of health in his cheeks, he
looked as if he would pass the test Of
the physicians.
"'I guess you'll do" said Dennison.
How much blood do you want3"
asked Owen.
Fifteen ounces"
How much do I get?"
Ten dollars"
I'm your man." and the bargain
was struck. The rate was 66 rs
cents an onuce.
Up to Bellevue Hospital marched
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 say
coma, a malignant growth. To save
the boys life It 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.
81 don't want to be chloToformed
during the operation" owen said.
mo anaesthetics will be given," I"
replied one of the surgeons. Wen
deaden the pain by an injection Of
cocaine"
60 ahead" said Owen. I'm
ready"
Dennison was placed on the oD-
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 Iigament 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, net a 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 SO befors
| leaving.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
SELLS HIS BLOOD
At BARGAIN RATE
Man Charges $40 to Give Up
Is Ounces of Life Fluid to
Save Boys Life.
PATIENTS FATHER CLOSES DEAL.

TRANSMISSION Operation is Made as
Soon as the Bargain Between Buy
eF and Seller Was Struck-Man
and Boy Eyed Each Other During
Operation.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
A Valuable Refte

A thirteenth century copper and
silt ciborium. supposed to have come
from Maimesbury abbey, was sold
81 auction In London for tSe, 900.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
Paris Ahates a Nuisance.

The Paris prefeet Of police has de-
cided that In future no more licenses
to play barrel organs in that city wiz
be granted.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19

The Erzherg. Austria's ron noun
tain, win furnish ore for 1,0e9
more years.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19
Worlds Formulation.

The population Of the world Is now
estimated to be about 1903, 900, 900.
Of this number 100000 are
black. 6O0,OOO.0OO yellow and 1885,
100000 white.
The Washington bee., 1909-06-19

i If 7TU yFHg .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

With touch of the exquisite in every line-a magnificent assemblage of unus- Iuay beautiful trimmed hats, American and imported models-and the creations of our own work roon-are in the receiv ing line and await your coming-your admiration, if you please. at the time of our Formal Fall Opening or Monday and Tuesday. The collection as a whole shows distinctive beauty and originality that will not fail to delight the most dis eliminating feminine taste. And many other items that go to make up the sum- total of my ady's apparel are on exhibi- tion-sharing with the mnery-rnag- nificence in the bold bid for the admira- ton you are certain to accord them all.
 You Are Expected
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10

The flareup over the O'Leary COW
and whether she did, as believed these
many years, "kick Chicago over" by
starting the great fire by a kick, has
made this historical idol totter. Old
Mrs. O'Leary's son, no other than
big Jim" O'Leary of gambling fame
at the Stock Yards, declares at this
late date that he has been forced to
unseal his lips, arise to the defense of
his parents, their live stock, and the
honor of the O'Learys, past, present
and future in order to denounce the
new version of the fires cause.
O'Leary claims spontaneous combus-
ton of green hay. But Rev. j.. D.
Leek has sprung new one, based, he
says on the words of Andrew Bird,
an 82-year-old-inmate of the Metho-
dist Old Peoples Home and formerly
a teacher in the Maxwell Street Sun
day School, Sam and Christopher
O'Neill we're boys in my Sunday
oSAOOA NAooos mA DAAu Aco Sd1O.
"They came to me in great fear and
said they had taken bottle of whis-
key and lamp into the O'Leary's
barn and were going to milk one of
the cows so as to get milk to make
| whiskey punch. The COW got fright
ened at their rough handling and
kicked over the lamp. I never told
this before because l. was afraid it
might hurt the boys To all of this
Mr.. O'Leary brings the countercharge
that "the COW yarn" is the most
monumental fake of the past century.
He says: Nobody was in the barn
that night at all. The odd Man had
: laid in stock of green hay few
days before and it was spontaneous
combustion, that's ALL" Between the
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10
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MISTAKEN ZEAL.

TUE man who wanted goldenrod.
- The emblem Of this nation Z,
Was not a chap of8veryn large sSszz-
And ample observation IS. e
He never nursed hay feVerthrouRh5 Il
7 a. fearful. snif1y season ~ q 4 ~
With forty handkerchiefs day,
And that. may be the reason. u as5 &
The goldenrod iooks 'veryt me ss }s5
J When in the pasture waving, Sz, 3s4 4=5
But still, in spite Of that 1t does "a; E
IA lot Of misbahaving.ls# !. '.Es
You wouldn't guess tossee It there, :
Il tssmodsst coiors wearing, III
That@ft would cause q line Of speech
That sounds some like swearing.
For, In the breezes lightly swayed. Nd
It sits abroad its POLLEN l., y. .s:sa> 81
And there are many tales Of woe, .sfai Y,
And eyes are red and swollen, II sG 3
And the afflicted can but fee &; ?s5l; ;$ssi
Away to other places r 'ss n $.l .5s
Where blossoms that are not 80 rude !;
IN autumn days keep cases. ,5 S553
! To landscapes that were dun without
t9gtvesa pleasant Brightness. 81
II Is, although, on closer range
Not noted for politeness. 4 H Fs5sk
4 To viewSit from q railroad train u "A s.
The bright effect Is pleasing. Ia & $ 3s|f5:4
Sut. little fishes, how It does s. z, a sass5
A induce q world OF whsexingl ss,E sss
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10
There is still relic of barbarism
in the village or rural community.

There is sdll relic of barbarism
in the village or rural community
While it is social center of some
renown it is also headquarters for
professional loafers who spin dirty
yarns by the rod and contaminate ten.
der youth with vulgarity and profan.
ity, mingled with smoke from pipes
and cheap cigars, and amber of the
strongest type, directed towards
offensive knot-holes in the floor The
country store is an abomination, but
it carries with it lesson that ought
to suggest better things The fact
that men and boys gather there is not
Indicative of depraved desire for
mingling with unwholesome compan-
ions but it does point to the absence
of social equipment in the rural dis
tricts Years ago spelling schools, de-
batting societies and the like held at
stated intervals at the little school
house at the crossroads afforded
young people and older ones as well
advantages of both intellectual and
social qualities. The wholesome re-
creation and the stimulating rivalry
in spelling contests accorded rural
communities eIevating pastime that
has almost wholly disappeared in
these latter days.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10

Efforts to foster public thrift in the
United States have cause the state
board of trade of Massachusetts to
join the powerful commercial organi.
cations which, after investigations
have endorsed postal savings banks
The Postal Savings Bank { League
with headquarters in Chicago, has
been notified that this association
some time ago appointed a committee
on postofices> and postal laws, its
chairman being Alfred w. Donovan
of Rockland, leading shoe manufac
'turer, who has also been one of the
energetic pioneers IN the movemen,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10

'E&S 10 ii -
their appearance at the time America
was thus looking up. The United
States began to come to light by the
gradual uplifting Of this land to the
north and appearance of the tops of
the Alleghanies, which we're the next
in order. Later, the Rockies started
up, The United States grew south
ward from Wisconsin, and a long thin
tongue Of this primitive rock sticking
down from Canada into Minnesota,
and these two growing states looking
out over the waters at the mere be-
ginnings of mountain ranges east and
west. They were waiting for the rest
of the United States to appear. -,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10
Try q Chance.

! Have good lawyer draw up your
VIII to prevent contests, advises d
great lawyer. That Is not new idea
!: The world has been trying It ont. FOR
some time. and where IS It \ noWY
Where but in wreck OF broken wills
that would reach from the earth "a
Mars II strung out IN q straight line. as
1 J. Why not try something else for Sa
changer Be: 81
s Why not have q comic opera iibreG-t
.' list Of the. man who writes patent
medicine testtrnon ials draw up q few ii
Then. by. e the contents could be eel ~
music and perhaps It would keen fhe5
jury awake when the VIII was being
broken. 81 s 5.& s5 II 8;
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10

Stretching across. Canada, north of
the st. Lawrence, and ending in the
regions about the source of the Mis-
sissippi, is range of low granite
hills called the Laurentian Highlands.
These hills are really mountains that
are almost worn out, for they are the
oldest land in America and according
to Agassiz, the oldest in the world
In the days when there was nothing
but water on the face of the globe
these mountains came up-a long is.
land of primitive rock with universal
ocean chatting against its shores None
off the other continents had put in
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10

A new grain for feeding purposes
and an improved alfalfa that win
add $2O0,0O0,O00 to Uncle Sans
crop values will be submitted at the
meeting Of the American Breeders, Is.
ISOLATION In Omaha next week, and la
ter to the American Association folr;
the Advancement of Science, Ia Bos.
ton, by Prof. B. G. Buffum, for fifteen
years head Of the agricultural depart.
ment of the University Of Wyoming,
who left Chicago to exhibit the an
ished results Of q series Of experi.
ments In grasses and grains secured
at the experiment farm under his SUI
pervision at Worland, Wyo. The
feeding grain is a new variety 81 en-
mer, a. hybrid wheat, which is sd.
perior to corn in bone nourishment
and flesh-producing power, and
yields from 80 to $50 bushels per
acre, or about double the best Rus.
sian spells. It is beardless wheat
of large size and fixed hull, especially
fitted to production in the arid, semi
arid or irrigated country west of5 the
Tooth Meridian, including all Sthe :eIe-
waited plateau of the Rocky Mouns
tains and the valleys of the mountain
ranges. This region, from the Gulf
of Mexico, to the Canadian boundary
has an average elevation too great
for the maturing of corn. Stock
raising of all kinds is still the do1nins
ant interest throughout the whe1e of
it, and the discovery of this new:
feed-grain promises to relieve the
stockmen from the cost and trouble az
importing corn from the middle west
ern' states for use in fattening or in.
ishing the animals for market. This
will mean an almost incalculable econ
omy in, all branches of animal hnss
bandry, and Corresponding increase
in profits. AS supplementing it., Pro
lessor Buffum has succeeded in. pro-
ducing new variety of alfalfa, pos
sessing the quality of the best known
alfalfas as balanced ration, but haV-
ing an increased rapidity and weight
of growth that will give yield Of one
to two and half tons an acre: This
new alfalfa has reached a height Of
nine feet in SINCE season, and will
easily enable four cuttings year, In
stead of the present practice of three.
Alfalfa has a minimum ton value Of
around five dollars, and there are mil
lions of acres Of it in the part of the
west described, so that the addition
of only one ton per acre, if this new
variety were exclusively grown. would
mean five times as many, millions of
dollars as there are acres, earned by
the farmers every year. -.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10

for old age pensions and Industrial
life Insurance at cost to. be issued
through the savings banks Of Massa-
schusetts. At the annual meeting OF
the board, Mr.. Donovan's committee
made report, which was adopted, on
postal savings banks as follows: "Pos-
tai savings banks would foster thrift
and increase the habit Of saving in
many state and localities where OPP
sportunities for depositing savings do
not exist. They would be real bene-
at not only for the people, but to the
existing financial institutions. Prac-
tically all the leading nations of the
earth have adopted this plan. Why
should the United tSates, which has
such a foremost position among the:
great nations lag on a question that
would mean a great benefit to the gen.
erals public?" That there is no an.
tagonism between the saving and in.
Ssurance banks Of Massachusetts and
the proposed postal savings system
IN spite of the American Bankers AS.
ssociations' protest app, ars from the
announcement in the opening address
of the president of the board Judge
Lloyd E. Chamberlain, OF Brockton,
Mass: "A year ago 7 called your at
5tention to a plan Of savings bank in
surance, and annuities then recently
anaugurated In the IS commonwea lth,
and suggested that its workings might
well be watched with "a view to :urg-
Ing Its more general adoption as "a
possible solution, in part at least, Of
a problem yearly assuming larger pro-
portions. 7 believe We can now with
profit to the state, and IN the interests
Ola large number Of our people, take:
u more pronounced position - t}2 ~ i