davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
POLICIES CANCELLED;
COMPANIES FEAR FIRE
Few Houses in Newburyport,
Mass, Scene of Two Confla-
grationS, Protected.

NEWBURYPORT. Mass. Feb. 1.-Ev-
identity fearing a repetition of the two
disastrous fires that have already de-
stroyed thousands OF dollars worth Of
property at Salisbury Beach. insurance
companies have been hedging on their
policies.
1t is estimated that fully 10000 WORTH
OF shore property in the fashionable
North End section of the town is now
not covered by Insurance.
The fact that the companies have
been caucelng their policies did not
become known until today. and it has
developed that there are few of the
JO0 buildings at the summer resort that
are now protected by Insurance.
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
CAPTAIN AND PART
Or CREW co DOWN
British Steamship Clan Ranald To-
tai Wreck on Coast Of
Australia.

MELBOURNE. Feb. 1.-The British
steamship Clan RauaId is today a total
wreck near EdithsbUrs, and her cap
tain and forty-siN members of the crew
have been lost. Most OF the crew were
Asiatics
The vessel was seen drifting ashore
last nigdt but sank before boats could
reach her Eighteen Of the crew were
picked UP bv other craft.
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
FEAR MORE TROUBLE
WITH STOCK DISEASE
Inspectors Find Evidences of Hoof
and Mouth Malady in
Michigan.

TOLEDO, Feb. 1.-Government in
spectors said today that a fresh out
break Of the hoof and mouth disease
among cattle was suspected on a farm
just two miles from the place wsere
cattle plague was first discovered in
Michigan.
tn inspectors quarautiucd the farm
of Daniel Mckinley, where they sus-
pect nine cows are i'll with the dis
ease.
Blood tests viii immediately be
taken, and should the inspectors fears
hold good a rigid quarantine will
again be Csta blished
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
RENTS COLLEGE ZINE.

FRANKFORT Ey. Feb. 1-G0veu0r
Wilson has remittad kentucky portion
which imposed penalty for oo-educa-
lion OF whites and negroes u tine same
institution Tue governor says Berea
was in good faith iu making e. test of
the Day law Iu the courts
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
QUEER footing HORN
MAY BE ROOSEVELT'S
Connecticut City Excited About
Mysterious Man and Curious
Instrument

WATERBURY,, Conn, Feb. Much
mystery surrounds the manufacture in
one or the big concerns here of "a peCU-
mar horus which is said TO be for Presi-
dent Roosevelt to use Ola his African
trip The report is that il will be used
ID some manner TO charm wild animals
i'm the manner of a moose call
a stranger is interested I'm the manu-
Iacture Of the horn, and the village has
concluded that he is a Secret Service
man.
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
SON DE NOBLEMAN.

NEW CASTLE, Pa, Feb. L-QuarreI-
ing with his family when he was a
young man, James +. Smith. son Of
sir Sidney Smith. of Manchester. Eng
land, came to New Castle. He died here
today one of the best known and most
respected iron workers in al Of Law
renee county
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
HORSES IN FIRE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1-Ejshteen
horses were caught IN Herman Drach-
mans livery and sales stable, Brooklyn,
by fire at O'Clock this morning and
seven of tie animals refused TO De- saved
when the nTemen and police came.
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
TOWN ADVERTlSES
FOR POLICE FORCE
Ada, Ohio, Needs Protection. and
Uses Modern Methods
In Search.

TOLEDO. Ohio. Feb. 1.-The VILLAGE
council OF Ada. Ohio. is looking for an
efficient police officer to take charge of
the towns safety and scare away a
most OF hoboes and tramps which is in-
Testing the place.
Recently tho council passed an 0rdi-
nance providing for the employing OF a
policeman, and instructed the mayo to
DO the hiring. Thus far the executive
has been unable to find anyone who is
willing to take the lob, aItbougb 49,
is a salary Of $50 per month attached
10 IL.
Now they have inserted in q news
paper an ''ad' for man.
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
Rumma6e Sale Of DOmeStiCS
Wash Goods. Ginghams. Percales.
Sheets and Pillow Cases

90 pieces of 31-inch Toxic SILK. IN
royal blue and navy, garnet. brown,
black and white. Regular AzT
ltc value. RummHge Sale rs
price ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS =
% pieces OF FIeecedown FIannels,
I'm rose. light blue. gray. tan. red,
navy blue, etc. etc. Sold - 9r
regularly for PIC yard.
Hummage Sale price ........... =
IS pieces Of 32-lnch Crepe Flannel,
pink, green, gray and tan. - ar
Sold regularly Tor 123zc.
EummagC Sale price. yard . r
Six pieces of FIaecedowu IT.
Flannel REGULAR Zoe value. A6S
RummaEe Sale price .......---. .
20 pieces Of Dress CjRghans,
stripes, checks. plaids and
plain COlOrs. Regular price, q q
12lsc yard Rummage Sale M
price ----...- r--..-.-.. .-----.--... -
= pieces Of PercaIes. light grounds.
i'm stripes, checks. dots. figures. and
broken plaids. Regular n Ar
I2i4c value. Rummage sale w.
pTlce ----.....---... ....-....--...-. = -
27-iucn Plain Color Daisy Outing
Flannel, one piece royal blue. one
piece RED, six pieces OF cream. eight
pieces Of white. Regular a
lI5aC value RummaEe Sale NJ
price ...-..s-,-.sr.... ~ -
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
HUNG up

ct understand there was a. large r-,vv5
at the lynchmE yesterday
Yes, bus ness was also suspended. %
Cornell Widow.
The Washington times., 1909-02-01
Ribbed Underwear

Lot or WomcU's and Children's L-n-
deT+wcar. including womeu's shirts
and pants. cotton fleece lined and su
wool; ia white and gray: Bows.
Wool-heoced Shirts and Pants. also
cotton tieececs Girls COtton-feecad
Shirts and Chudreu's '.DouroId-.
Pants and Union Suits. ~nr
Lines that sold up to s1O0 u
each Eummage Sale price, =
Women's F1eeced Shirts and Pants.
I'm white and gray also Tights Go
cream and bIeached. Union Suits
and Boys Heavy Fleeced mr.
Union suits. RUmmage Sale ~
PRICE ettg-l.s-..- ....--s.s .--... ~ -
Infants AIl-wooI shirts, high neck
and long sleeves: button down the
front with pearl buttons. ~
Values worth up TO 500 IuL
each. Rummage Sale PRICE, =
Womeu's Gauze-weight Vests: low
neck and sleeveless. finished -
with tape I'm neck and arms. taG
Eummag5 Sale price. -
The Washington times., 1909-02-01

william HawS died al his home. 5lG
North Patrick street tliz morning. The
funeral arrangement have not been
completed.
The Washington times., 1909-02-01

James Sullivan, "a weil-kuoWn Alex
audrIan, died at his home al 1I25 wilkes
street this morning. No arrangements
have been made for li5 funeral
The Washington times., 1909-02-01

The funeral Of James N. W00Is vas
held from 81. Mary's Church at $50
O'Clock this morning. The Rev. IT, j.
Cutler sang requiem mass The burial
was IN ST. Marvs Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1909-02-01

Thomas Swallow was last evening ar
rested as Ee walked into police head
quarters for a. night lodging. Tie I-
r. i. Lee Camp. Confederate Tetar-
ans, viii meet al the hall, iu Prince
ness OF Importance viii He transacted.
The Washington times., 1909-02-01

NdtuTal Squirrel Throw
Ties lined with satin. sold Onr
for $50. Rummage Sale " ~
sets OF Persian Paw. mirror ef-
feet, lined with black
satin duchess. SOLD for q n -
5000. Rummago sale , 3. ~
EElce---r .s-------- - -
Genuine Eastern Mink Cravats and
SJUlos, liuel with bro
caded satin. Sold for q
y15-o9 and $3.50. Rum D 0S
mage sale PrIoa..-....... - . = -
Mink FUR StOIes. with fur on
both sides Head
and tail effect Sold rnn 1H
for $500. EGmmaEe , ~
Sale PTice.-----.-....... ~ > . -
G genuine American Marten Nuns,
large fiat pillow shape. q no
Sold for $500 Rummage = 4H
sale Price.--.--.- ..-.....-.. = -
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24

When Campbell quoted from a
white paper, why didn't he quote
the whole story? Why did he just
take part?
No colored Washington cor
respondent, employed in the de
partments, knows anything about
President Taft's intentions. Half
the stuff they send out is all rot,
just Negro street-corner talk.
Such boosts for Mr.. Vernon do
him more harm than good, and
he ought to drop a gentle hint to
the Negro correspondent to cut
out all that rot.
What would the President say
if such rot were called to his at
tention?
News comes from Chicago that
Illinoisians are all stirred up
over a report that Register Yer
non is trying to have Assistant
Register Adams superseded by
Charles Hall, a clerk in one OF
the departments here. The Bee
doesn't believe it. The Bee does
not believe Mr.. Vernon would
pick out man for the place, and
he could not if he wanted to, and
he could not land man who was
against President Taft, and who
did not even go home to vote for
him. This is some more rot.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
PICK-UPS

Mr.. Emmett Scott sails from
New York next week for Liberia.
R. w. Thompson entertained
with a dinner last Monday even
ing.
Auditor Ralph Tyler closed a
lease last week for o28 T street,
for a term of four years. The
house is now being entirely re-
modelled inside.
The arrest of Robert Pelham
last Saturday night was a con-
temptible act. Mr.. Pelham should
see that the policeman is Justly
dealt with.
Mrs. Matte McAdoo has lett
Washington to visit in Ohio.
Every day there is a new arri-
val in Washington of colored ap-
plicants for office. But there is
nothing doing.
Bishop Clinton, of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church,
was in the city last week, and
called at the White House.
Mr.. Emmett Scott has been the
recipient of a number of stag
dinners.
Governor Pinchback, who has
been confined to the house since
the Inauguration, is much inn
proved.
Charley Pickett is a Chester
field and a Beau Brummell all
rolled in one. A clever gentle
man is Pickett.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
BE DEFENDS TIPPING.
Man Who Was Once . Waiter Con.
siders Others Standpoint.

Somehow | don't approve these
wholesale kicks on the tipping sys-
tem." said business man who is
fairly prosperous. Il was a waiter
myself once and know how it seems
from the other side.
"Oh. no, l wasn't a regular pro-
fessional. merely one OF the college
brand. Many college men. of course,
help themselves through college by
working as walters and bellboys and
boatmen and other things at sum-
mer resorts. and If they are squeam-
ish about taking tips, why, It isn't
worth while taking such Jobs.
1T came hard at first TO take tips;
gave me sort of feeling that was
unclassing myself But II wore OF.
In fact there was a certain amount
OF satisfaction, after a while, in get
ting a tip that had been earned by
giving more careful service than the
job really demanded. I remember
now the pleasure it gave me to re-
ceive gratuity, and the thank YOU
was always meant.
SO now when life lies In less ard
uous places I find pleasure in giving
tip. / do not regard It as an over
charge or an extortion, merely a
little reward that I can well AFFORD
to give to one who will appreciate
1t.
III more persons would only look
on that side OF the question, the
pleasure that a gratuity gives the
recipient, / am sure there would be
less kicking. Surely there is Joy In
kindness, at least I have found 1t
So"
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
THE WINDOW SILL MIRROR
Rarely Seen In New York But PIena.
tiful in Philadelphia.

Every once in a while you see one
or them in New York but not often
They're commoner in Brooklyn.
but are nowhere seen in the pro-
fusion that you find them in PhiIa-
delphia. Meaning of course, those
mirror devices people have on the
sills of the second floor windows to
give a tip on who is coming up the
street or down the street, or more
important, who is at the front door.
They strike the average observer as
rather provincial In idea because he
thinks instinctiyely of the shut in
person who's only pleasure is In see
Ing who's on the street. But
they're very helpful in telling when
q caller is getting near, so that the
woman OF the house has time to
make hurried toilet and be calmly
waiting in her very best when the
visitor comes in. Also they give a
chance to sound the not at home
warning to the servants.-New York
Sun.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
SUGAR MAKES you GROW.
Americans and Britons Increasing
in Height and Weight.

English and American girls just
reaching womanhood, and the next
generation in its early teens, are un-
usually tall, standing a head or
more above their mothers. This has
been remarked on over and over
again. and has been the subject Of
learned disquisitions. Yet no gem
orally accepted cause for the fact has
been given up to this time
Now comes a London physician Of
note and says that it Is simply 3
case of heightened sweetness. By
sweetness" in this particular case
the nature of the young ladies Is
not referred to, but their diet In
fact, statistics CT recent years show
that Americans and Britons OF both
sexes are increasing In height and
weight. Why? The physician re-
ferred to says it is sugar.
Great Britains and Americans are
the sugar eating nations of the world
and have Quadrupled their saccha-
rine consumption in the last score Of
years.
This is now the best explanation
Of an accepted fact, and it will have
to stand until a better one comes
along.-LondoE Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
The Speed Of Steamships.

The immense advances recently
made in the power and speed OF
transatlantic steamships have not
yet, in the opinion of Mr.. j. J. O'Neil,
a Scotch engineer, been carried to-
the limit. Addressing the Institu-
tion of Engineers and Shipbuilders
in Scotland, Mr.. O'Neil said that the
lengths OF the present liners warrant
the belief that greater power can be
obtained with the same dimensions,
the present speeds with shorter
lengths. Investigation shows that
the variations of form involve rela-
lively small gains, and Mr.. O'Nell
thinks that II the same attention had
been devoted to the development Of
or the screw propeller that has been
given to the form of vessels greater
advantages would have been secured.
Youths Companion.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
A Club for Dandy Dogs

There has just been opened in one
OF London's fashionable streets a
toilet club for dogs. Here the pets
of the smart set can have their hair
dressed and their coats trimmed to
immaculate perfection. For three
shillings they can be bathed. II
their teeth are imperfect they can
be st opped or extracted, and If their
claws protrude too far they can be
daintily manicured. Thus groOmed
according to the Mayfair mode, their
coats put on, and their goggles at
tached, these exquisite creatures are
taken for their afternoon ride.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Some Valuable Stones

The Emperor Francis Joseph owns
the Florentine, which has an event
fui history. To the King OF Portugal
belongs the Star of the South, valued
at s3,000,000; while in the Russian
sceptre is the OrIoff which once
adorned a Brahmin idol, says Home
Chat.
Such stones as these are so large
that they are practically unstable.
No one person is rich enough to pur-
chase them. Again the expense OF
cutting is enormous. The Cullinan
diamond will require at least f1O, 900
TO be spent on it for this alone. Even
then, the gem now 1924 carats, will
weigh some 1900 carats, while the
sections cut away will themselves
form valuable stones, ranging from
twenty carats downward.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Singing Pigeons

The queer Chinese change pigeons
into song-birds by fastening whistles
TO their breasts. The wind of their
flight then causes a wierd and plain
tive music that is seldom silenced in
the pigeOn-haunted cities of Pekin
and Canton. The Belgians, great
pigeon-fyers, fasten whistles be-
meath the wings of the valuable rae.
Ing carriers, asserting that the shrill
noise is a sure protection against
hawks and other birds of prey. As
similar protection, reeds, emitting
an odd wailing sound, are fixed to
the tall feathers of the dispatch
bearing pigeons of the German army.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Modern ConYenienca.

A pious man, entering business,
was careful to say: Remember,
now, / cannot tell a liei"
To which the general counsel Of
the concern, rubbing his hands unct-
uously made answer: "Oh, GER
tainly not! Really. 1t isn't in the
least necessary in modern business.
We form q subsidiary corporation
20 attend to all that sort OF thing. I"
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
4 LOT OF ROT

he Bee rises 70 inquire when
-ae Presideas OF the United
States designated James Cubert
Campbell, 4 messenger in one of
the departments, and who is
sending out Washington cores
pondence to a Jew Colored news
papers, his accredited press
&gent, and when did he give out
the information that any Wash
ington newspaper was "the
mouthpiece of the administra-
ton ?"
In his last weeks letter he an
nounced that Mr.. Vernon was the
only Negro Office holder assured
OF retention, and quoted part of
a story from a Washington news
paper to that effect, and announc-
ed that the aforesaid newspaper
was Mr.. Taft's mouthpiece.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
THE MARINERS COMPASS
Influences That Draw It From Its
Allegiance TO the Magnetic Pole.

Nothing in the navigation equip
ment of a ship has been the subject
of more anxious scientific research
or receives mere Jealous care than
the mariners compass.
The popular notion OF the compass
needle always pointing north and
south is-well, more inaccurate than
even popular notions usually are No
more uRfavorable position could be
found for compass than on board
OF modern steamship, which is a
complicated mass of steel, all tend
ing TO draw the compass needle from
its allegiance to the magnetic pole OF
the earth, warning influences which
must needs be counteracted by all
sorts of devices which hedge round
the instrument by an invisible wall
of conflicting currents of magnet
ism.
And as If this were not enough.
there ere now huge dyamos to be
reckoned with, producing electric
currents for all sorts of purposes on
board. In the midst of these mystic
currents the poor little compass
needle, upon which the mariner de-
pends for his guide across the track
less deep, hangs suspended like one
shrinking saint surrounded by Leg
ions OF devils.-Windsor Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Poor Material For British Army.

OOE ikdtCE1dt TOT ARMY
II there be any doubt that physi-
cal deterioration in the submerged
classes is more serious than it used
TO be the report Of the Army Medi-
cal Department pins one down bet
ween that opinion and the conclu-
sion that the army is recruited from
a lower social stratum. Average
British recruits" the report states,
"are not only the youngest but in the
poorest physical condition of those
in any civilized army. They cannot
stand work which did not injure we'll
fed conscripts of twenty years Of
age; still less can they face exercises
which would do harm to robust
men" They are in fact from want
of food and from cigarette habit such
miserable specimens OF humanity
that 1t takes two years to make men
of them. The report confirms what
We said the other day, to the effect
that British army is painfully pro-
duced from the army Of the British
unemployed; as many as 95 per cent.
of accepted recruits are hopeless
''out of works" There is a good
deal amiss with the conditions that
make these degsnerates and the re-
port gives one to think furiously;
but the larger question raised by il
IS whether any amount of training
and selection can produce an efic-
lent army out of such material.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Spottina SmokeIess Powder.

German military authorities are
experimenting with a device by
which the location of troops using
smokeless powder may be easily dis
covered By this device it is pro-
posed TO survey the landscape
through pale red glasses. The fash
OF smokeless powder appears strong
in red light, while ordinary objects
are dimmed. By furnishing field
glasses with the device In question,
which t. provided with screens of the
roper tint, the position OF conceal
ed marksmen can be detected
Washington Herald.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
A Fine Distinction.

While small boy was fishing one
Sunday morning he accidentally lost
his foOthold and tumbled into the
creek. AS an o!d man on the bank
was helping him out, ne said: How
did you come to fall into the river,
my little MANI" "I didn't come to
fall into the river l came to fish"
replied the boy.-The Argonaut.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
ESTABLISHED 1880.
\ STUDIED EFFORT


There is a disposition on the
part of some newspapers to in
cite race prejudice, and to make a
race issue out of the recognition
OF every Negro,no matter if his
qualifications and moral standing
is beyond question. President
Taft has evinced a lively interest
in the advancement of the race.
His selection of Mr.. Emmett ].
Scott, a clean-cut, able, and
honorable gentleman, as a mem
Der of the Liberian Commission
was an attestation of his, the
Presidents, interest in the race.
Now The New York Times at
tempts to raise a race issue by
publishing alleged objections, on
the part Of the personnel OF the
three crusiers that will carry the
Commission, about the other
members eating at the same
table with Mr.. Scott. In its
Washington correspondence OF
last Friday and Saturday, The
Times gives the personnel of all
three cruisers, and the place of
nativity of each member. When
it is recalled that such informa-
ton took some time to collate
and when it is considered where
and how this information is as
certained, the effort of The New
York Times to raise a race issue
appears very studied, so studied
as to bear all the earmarks of
race hatred on the part Of
its Washington correspondent,
rather than a desire to write
news. The Times article goes
on to state that the midshipmen
object to eating with Mr.. Scott.
Now if The Times correspond
ent had been really on to his job,
and if his antipathy for the race
did not overshadow his desire
for real live, news and facts, he
would have known that a mid
shipman never messeS with the
officers Of a vessel, and he would
have known that United States
Commissioners. when on board
a government vessel are on a
standing with the commander.
and does not have to eat with
midshipmen and petty officers,
who are lar below them in rank.
Whoever heard OF midshipmen
and petty officers on board a
government vessel being on an
equality with the commanding
officers?
The Times Washington cor
respondent should get informed.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
An Ancient Robe.

The robe which John Wesley wore
when he was christened over 200
years ago is now the property Of
Miss Emily Pashley of Worksop,
England, it having come to her from
her grandfather at whose house
Wesley lived for a time when but an
infant.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Women Detectives.

In Paris, shoplifting has become q
fine art, consequently watching has
had to become q fine art also, and
the Partisan shopkeepers are finding
that it pays them to employ proper
women detectives to watch their
stock, so now every house of import
aLce has its own woman detective
Woman's Life
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Girls Allowances.

Parents should give their girls an
allowance, however small, from their
earliest years. To learn economy It
is necessary to spend, and how can
one spend what one has not got?
Keeping accounts is an admirable
practice, though the great DR.. John
son scoffed at It, You won't eat
less beef to-day" he said, because
you have written down what it cost
you yesterday. Lady Violet Gre
Vile in Black and White
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Long Terms in Supreme Court,

Few members of the Supreme
Court have exceeded the time Justice
Harlan has served-thirty years.
Justice Field served about thirty
flve years, Chief Justice Marshall
about thirty-fouT and a half years,
Justice Bushford Washington, thirty
one years, and Justice John Mclean,
thiTty-twO years.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
After Us the Deluge.

The remark is generally ascribed
to Madame Pompadour, though 1t is
attributed by some authorities to
Prince Metternich. The champions
Of Madame Pompadour claim that
while Metternich may have used the
expression, he borrowed 1t from the
Pompadour.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
DOomsday RoOk.

A book of the general survey OF
England, commenced in the reign or
William 1. (the Conqueror), about
1880, some say about 1886. 1t was
intended to be a register to deter
mine the right In the tenure of
estates, to discover the extent OF any
mans land, to fix his homage, and
to settle the question OF the military
aid he was bound to furnish.