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The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
EIectr0Cuting Animals.

The slaughter Of animals for TODD
By electrOcutton is being experiment.
ed by Or. Leduc, French scientist,
who has been conducting his inv esu-
cations in the French abbattoirs He
has hesn using the intermittent lOW
tension currents and says that us L.
satisfsE that the system is pair esz.,
the central functions of percel rio2
being first destroyed and then IOss
Of circulation and respiration Sc
hat thsre Is neither suffering no re-
action In the animals thu killed. The
doctor b sndeavoring to devise Ioms
pisce Of apparatus by which the ldlF
ing Of cattle may be acco mplisks -
electricity With economy end cels y.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
sTRATEGICAL USES OF TAILS.
The Clever IAttie Weasel and Els
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 10 the tail The ermine. as Il Is
II Icorrectly called in It's winter coat,
has an easy time OF It, snea king upoz
the mice and birds upon which IL
preys, but when a hawk takes after
1t In an open field in the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight, Il would
have but short shrift with all its
sinuous ieaping. were it not that the
black tail tap Is so conspicuous that
1t constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pare white OF the body 70
be confused with the snow. Evox
when We place q dead weasel on the
snow and look at 1t from q distance
We realize how true this Is, and how
valuable must be the pencil tufts Of
black hairs to this little vermin
who spends hie life in hunting OF
being huntsd.-The Outing Maya
sine.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
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. II the pupil can be
taught the continuity and relation of
events, an awakened interest in the
daily happenings viii 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 dsadens en-
thusiasm. BY studying history
backward from the immediate pres
ent this chasm would be bridged
and the passion for tracing to cause
stimulatsd.-Boston Transcript
s. SF.5sE fzszzzzs7zsz
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
Three Men to Move Book.

There lies in the British Mufeum
Ehs largest book yet printed, = Co
lossa1 atlas Of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. It takes three men to
move Il from the giant book case
Ia which It Is stored in the library Of
the museum. 1t Is bound in leather,
magnAficentiy decorated, and Is fas-
tened With clasps of solid silver,
richly gist. It is nearly seven feet
high and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
he lsff Holland in the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
4 Lea 80

An astonishing tra8os cass hss
come to light in Bertha. 4 clsTk.
aged 4s-a healthy normal maE-
suddenly fell asleep In June 1904.
All efforts to swaksu Al@ were un-
successful and the sleeper slzes sAss
has never opened has sw@. He
breathes regularly and swallows his
food mechanically, bat is inssnsibis
to the seYerest aAtsmPta b aEouss
him.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
Dead Historians.

tor my part believe in the dead
AisteE1Aas. / glory in the posses
don ct some hundreds of volumes by
them. 4 great deal OF cant Is talk
ed and written on this subject. There
b Gn idea In some minds that book
O histoxy to be good must be new.
In MAE cszes out of ten the new book
h q commonplace re-statement Of
facts thai Eeps better presented By
a elder wEassz-The Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
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 1.-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 and German
song"
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
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 IN
the United States. The fee is nearly
double the amount paid in Boston
and other large cities.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
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 1t is generally 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 ths idea of making 1t COM
pulsory Is favored.-Good Roads
Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
Valuable East African Forest.

The Colonial Office recently sent
sut an expert to report on the Ken
Il forest, In the East Africa protec-
torats. He finds the forest extends
2sT miles long by eight miles broad,
and comprises 100000 acres Of
timber. Taking the average value
Of the 25Sd. per cubic foot, this
works out to R23 per acre, or a total
value for the whole forest of S23,-
eco, 0,0oe.-London Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
Dogs Around Blacksmith Shops,

Two or three dogs are nearly al
ways to be found loaflng about every
blacksmith shop. This fact is so
we'll recognized that detectives whoz
sent out after valuable dsgs sAAt
have bSen lost Invariably visit Arst
all the blacksmith shops tz the neigh
borhood. The reason why dsss visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inord1AAtely TIE oa0E and the
taste Of burning hSSes. Thsy saiR
the odor 81 q wOmAB Enk2s 3 rec.
and thay eat ths hest RariHgs - 3
gourmet eats trunss.-EizAsaRSlis
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
Supply Of Geld.

It e malzly fron Africa. AAsrF
CO ana Australia tAat The wOEld
draws Is supply 81 sssa. ss@s $780,
0o0.0 worth won regularly every
year. AfrISs leads vita about $780,
0ee,sSs; noxt comes the UAited
States wtsA shout seB, ,eAS. zee: Aus
tralia rsahH third VITA so@S $685.
ese.seS. while Russia. kStA in Bu-
rope and Asia, Asxios. C@sa6s and
several Otser countYies. make up the
rema4A&sg.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
DEATH TRAP FOR BIRDS.
Lighthouses on the Maine Coast At
tract and Kill Thousands.

OAS SzAC NAUAuC NOaSk AS7
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 migrat.
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
birds 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 helpIessly 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 occs-
sion several years ago the thick
glass of the lantern was shivered to
atoms by the impact of some strange
bird of powerful bill.-York Tran.
script.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
BURGLARS GAZETTE IN RUSSIA
''Trades Paper" Contains All the
News Of the "Craft."

st. Petersburg.-A trade paper
for burglars is now published in st.
Petersburg. 1t Is called the "Bostat-
ska Gazette" or the "BarefoOtsd
Gazette" title being apparently
an illusion to the stealthy ways Of its
readers.
The paper contains full reports Of
the latest thefts and burglaries, srti-
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 will sooner or Iatsg
discover its printing of1ce and SUP
press 1t.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
Lace CwsMAaa

L&cs VinGoW curtains sAsu4d Al
ways bo soaked for "a henr In colo
water % which q little borax has
boen added, bsfsEs hs2Ag Hss iHts
warm suds. Ths ssAx e~l the
smoky smell that k Somsk1Ess 30
noticeable in curtains that have
have been used In q city.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
La n Raxamm.

Eveey sas wks kAs tEayeslsA il
Germany b faniIiag wtsA the wOr6
"vsrbotsn"-forbIddoa. Hs ands e
Is vsrbsten to almost everything
which be thinks he has bssa aOcuS-
toned ts dc in the Uaits& st&tsz-
CkisAse BzAaaarS.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
Cure for SIeenIesSness-

Sleeplessness is often caused by
the head being exposed to tns cold,
while the rest of the body Is warm.
In nine cases out Of ten If the head
is covered with silk handkerchief.
1t will induce sleep.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
The Fastidions Burglar

Visitors at Paris hotel were dis
agreeabiy 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 paper with the
words: mot good enough for me-"
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
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., 1909-05-29

New York City.-Human blood
went at bargain-counter prices In
Bellevue Hospital when for $40 g
guest OF Mills Hotel No sold if
teen ounces Of his life fluid, thereby
probably saving the life of John Dem
nison, 15 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 a bus
fness proposition. The Mills Hotel
man needed the ten-spOt aud felt he
could spare the blood The father
or the patient, though poor, felt he
could spare the $40 in view of his
sons need for the fresh L;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 mAa
who is healthy in every way" ths
father explained.
A guest registered as Mark Owea,
who refused to tell anything further
about himself. stepped forward. and
remarked he would like to knew
more about it.
Big, broad-shouldered, with the
glow of health In his cheeks, he
looked as If he would pass the test Of
the physicians.
II guess you'll do" said Dennison.
How much blood do you wants
asked Owen.
Fifteen ounces"
How much do I get7"
''Ten dollars"
I'm your man." and the bargain
was struck. The rate was Sc 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 e.
planned to him.
He was told that the patient was
suffering from what is known as saS-
coma, q malignant growth. To savs
the boys life it was necessary to taxa
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 chloroformeA
during the operation" owen said.
mo anaesthetics will be given.~
replied one of the surgeons. "We'u
deaden the pain by an injection Of
cocaine"
go ahead" said Owen. "rm
ready"
Dennison was placed on the OPP
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 radiai
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 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
coursa IN collect his $40 before
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
A VaIzabse ReEaa

4 tAIrtsenth century cop1sE anS
silt eiboTiun, supposed ts have come
from Eaimesbury sbbsy, w@s sold
sy aucz1oa Ia Loazon fog 9se, ,eso.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
SELLS HIS BLOOD
At BARGAIN RATE
Man Charges $40 to Give Uu
Is Ounces of Life Fluid to
Save Boys Life.
PATIENTS FATHER CLOSES DEAL.

TRANSMISSION Operation is Made ss
Soon as the Bargain Between Buy.
er and Seller Was Struck-Man
and Boy Eyed Each Other During
Operation.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
Paris Abates a Nuisanoa-

The Paris prefeet Of police has d.
cidsd that in future no more licenses
to play barrel organs in that city VII
be granted.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29

The Erzberg. Austria's ron noun
tain, viii furnish ore for 1,0oe
mere years.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
Worlds Population.

The population Of the world is now
estimated to be about 1903, 900, 600.
Of this number 150.000,000 are
black, 6OO,OOO,OOo yellow and 1885,
100000 white.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-29
A Man end Xonan.

4 mans idea Of being stylishly
areSssA is 20 wear something II
wnsuh hs looks atrociOusiy bad; 3
w@@aza e wear something no ether
G2Mam eAa 4zpifcate.
! |, 4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
SPEAKER STANTON
FLAGS ALIEN LAWS
California Leader Credited
With Hating Anti-Jap-
aneSe Bills.

SACRAMENTO, Cal. Feb. 5.-ScaTcely
realizing the crisis through which the
California assembly passed within the
last two days, friends of President
Roosevelt and CaHfOrnians opposed to
drastic alien legislation today are at
trlbutlug the postponemeut OF consider
alton OF the measures 10 the efforts OF
Speaker T. II. Stanton.
His grasp of the organization whip
moved stubborn statesmen after Presi-
Roosevelt and Governor GlAett
failed. On the floor Speaker stanton, lu
a wonderful speech, declared that his
lips were sealed, but that be knew the
country faced an imminent danger. His
warning TO the legislators was that they
We're treadlng on dangerous ground,
and be delivered the promise that with
In the week Governor Gillett would give
the assembly additional information
which would cause the members TO
change their attitude.
After the measure had been referred
90 the judiciary committee, Governor
GuIett excoriated the san Francisco
assemblymeu who had in their speeches
.ferrad TO the japanese in such terms
a.- dogs and beasts" The governor
declared that The effect of the use Of
such words 0u the people generally
would be depl0rable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06

'sThe streets Of Washington must be
safe for white women after nighuaIl.
declared Judge Ashley NJ Gould, IN
sentencing Cha-Ies Cauett. a negro, 20
six and a ha.f years n the peniten-
ttary this morning. Catlett was con-
victed a few weeks ago of having as
sauIted and robbed Miss Edith Wilker-
son. near Fourteenth and u streets
northwest.
The attorney for the negro pleaded
that the identification of the man was
insufficient. 1It the court declared that
seldom had he seen an Identification
which appeared more satisfactory 90
him The robbery was committed Nov
ember %. at o'clock.
Emphasizing the need of a reforma-
tory. the lack OF which. ne said com
PEELED him to sentence Charles Willard,
a fifteen year old negro to the penlten-
tiary for ten years. Judge Gould dis
posed of the Ernest Lewis shooting
which occurred June 10 last on the
Bladensburg road.
The young negro, who is small for his
age, pleaded guilty 20 manslaughteT,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
SIX YEARS SENTENCE
FOR PURSE SNATCHER
Judge Gould, in Imposing Penalty on Man Who At
tackled Miss Edith WlkersOn, Says Streets OF
City Must Be Made Safe.

and told the court how he had become
engaged in an alteration with Lewis
and how he had gone 70 the home Of a
friend and obtained the weapon with
which TO brighten his antagonist. who
was a full-grown man. Willard return
ed, renewed the quarrel and when the
Lewis man struck him with his hand
the boy fired.
william H White, the aged veteran,
who shot and seriously wounded VIII
liam bennington during a quarrel in the
dormitOry at Soldiers Home, where
they were both inmates, on September
last. was given the minimum peniten-
tiary sentence by Judge iould, year
and day. The court q Jared he took
into consideration the ..4an's physical
condition, as White is paJ ,ly paralyZed
upon the left side. has defective sight.
and is nervous and irritable. White
was convicted of assault with a danger
Gus weapon.
on q similar charge. Frank Wayne.
q negro, was sentenced to serve three
years In the peniteuuary.
Charged with having snatched the
pocketbook of Miss Maud 4. DuvaH ON
January . last. Jesse Gordon, a negro,
was arraigned in Criminal Court, No. /,
this morning He pleaded not guilty
and was Temauded Tor trial.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
BREAK QUARANTINE
AFTER EXPLOSION
Scarlet Fever Patients Rush
to Street When Bomb
Bursts.

NEW YORK, Feb. Ga bomb expIo-
sion. which drove a score Of scarlet
fever patients out into the street.
wrecked the entire front Of a ive-sJory
tenement. in East seventy-dfth street
early today
Almost every apartment in the build
ing had been under quarantine for some
time, and when the bomb exploded.
every person lu the place made wild
rush for the street down the wrecked
stairWays.
One man whose little girl had died
during the night. carried the body,
wrapped in a blanket TO the street.
The bomb was placed IN the vesJibuIe
of a grocery While the eront of the
building was blown in and windows
broken throughout the block. no one
was injured.
The police are Of the opinion that the
explosion was a Black Hand demon
strati0n against PavoIacci. the grocer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
Fleet Leaves Gibraltar for
Home With Cannon
Booming Farewell.
FOREIGN SHIPS
FIRE SALUTES
Anchors Are Weighed at 9 O'Clock
Next LanW Own
Soil.

GIBRALTAR, Feb. 6.-With a boom
ing farewell from the guns Of a dozen
foreign ships. the American battleship
neet sailed for home today
It has been sailing for home" ever
since the ships turned their prows from
the Orient. but as long as there were
intervening stops and ports of call, the
sailors hardly CONSIDERED themselves
hOmeWaTd bound.
The next land they will see, will be
their own soil. the next flag their own
stars and StriDes.
The ships weighed anchor at Q o'clock
though they had steam up several hours
before sailing.
The home voyage viii probably be
made at the reduced speed Of ten knots
an hour, as there is no occasion for
hurry. The vessels viii not raise their
hOmeWard bound peunaut until they en-
ter the Virginia capes.
The governors gymkana In honor Of
the fleet was the most enjoyable feature
of the stay here. There were smokers
last night aboard the English Albemarle
tie kussiOn Slavd and the American
Nebraska.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06

Senators Flint Of California. and
Nixon OF Nevada. conferred with the
President today relating 10 the anti
japanese agitation in tleir respective
States. Senator Flint adleIes TO the
Presidents view that the attitude Of the
California legislature may yet be pro-
ducLive OF serious results
.I agree with the President" said
Senator Flint. chat DC would De better
to drop this auJl-Japauese legislation
at this time It's results viii not only
disturb our present pacific relations with
Japan, but if we 60 too far the whole
country may become involved. In my
opinion. lt would be better r0 submeree
our personal feelings and handle the
situation calmly and deliberately"
eSuatOr Nixon declined 10 discuss the
situation IN his State, beyond saying
that he hoped the autl-Japanese resolu-
ti0u passed by the Nevada assembly
would Dee killed lu the senate He will
continue TO use his influence to bring
.Hs legislators of his State around 10
the Presidents view
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06

attacked Miss Fulhart before ne was
captured.
Miss Fulhart was reported missing
December 80 last Since her body was
found late yesterday, n a cisrern of
"a vacant house. ia the heart OF the
city with the head enclosed IN a bag
Dayton has been talking Of nothing
else lf prayer meetings were held to-
night not au uuesc1rLed woman would
b" there and those who came with
brothers. husbands. and sweethearts
would Dee there 10 pray for deiverauce
from the human soouree.
While, Ou account of the dec0mDOsat
condition Of the Fulhart girls body
the coroner has not yet been able tC
verify tie belief that she met the fate
or The other murdered victims, every
Indication points TO the same criminal
and the same kind of crime 1t is this
belief that moral peTVeTt is at larg,
that has reused Dayton citizens.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
CAUSES QUARANTINE
Mexican Ports Report Disease
Raging in Central Ameri-
can Cities

MEXICO CITY, Fen. 6.-Boats arrIv-
ing at Mexican ports today from Quin-
tana Roo, found themselves quaran-
tined as the result or an epidemic Of
smallpox which IS raging at the latter
Two new cases Of yellow fever have
been reported from Merida, 4ucatan.
DISPATCHES from NuevO Leon say that
O manic reigus in Teran. where small
p0x is so severe that there are not
enough doctors to attend to the cases.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
MRS. HARDING DYING,
DOCTORS PUZZLED
Wife of Episcopal Bishop
Suffers From Complica-
cation of Diseases.

Mrs. Alfred Harding. wife OF the Rev.
DR.. Alfred Harding, is lying at the
point OF death at the family home go
TWenty-thipd street northwest. Her
condition puzzles the attending physl-
clans. Drs. II. n EGwhurst and T.
Baker. who have IOt diagnosed her
trouble further than to say IL Is COM
plicaIion of diseases following a nerV-
Gus breakdown.
There was no change in her condi-
ton today. Physicians and friends nave
little or no hope of her recovery.
Mrs. Harding's three stepsisters, Mrs
r g. Love. Mrs. Rolf Crayke, Of To-
rontO. and Miss Harriet Douglas, OF
New York, are at the Harding home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06

LONDON. Feb. G.-Whue sympathiz-
'ug with President Roosevelt IN his at
uLude on the autl-Japauese legislation
proposed ly the state assembly of CALI
fOTuias the London Globe l.Gs reason
President informed the California law
makers Of his sentiments. The Globe
Fay5 today.
"Yet the Presidents realO1stranCa
~ Elt have been more GigulLef. The
te.egrams are iu the tone Of an angry
EclOolulster. hardly worthy rf the head
of q great state. Roosevelt nay wish
10 create one more Impression before
leaving Office, but his fellOw-CItizeus
VIII hardly thank him for language So
--utcErar.C as 10 be unsuitable IN re-
public"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-06
OERMANY'S FLOOD
SITUATION IS WORSE
Melting Snow Causes Already
Swollen Streams to Leave
Their Banks.

BERLIN Feb. 6-The flood situation
ln many parts of Germany continues 10
grow worse. the melting SHOWS causing
the already swollen streams 20 leave
their banks. Large loss Of Iga is re-
ported. The Elbe, the Rhine. and the
oder are stu rising and the lower sec
tious of FrauEfort-on-Maiu are flooded
The diEes are threatened and the u0-
lice boats have been stationed along the
streams 20 rescue the people. A lurrl-
cane swept through the Rhine valley
last evening, causing widespread dam
age