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The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
rUsKIlEss ELEPHANTS.
CeyiOn the Only Part Of the World
Where They Exist

What = sight for Ceylon elephant
hunter would be the first view OF 3
herd of African elephants-all tus-
kerai It is q singular thing that
Ceyion Is the only part Of the world
where the male elephants have no
tuskS; they have miserable little
grubbers projecting two or three
inches from the upper jaw and in
slining downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
horn In fine specimens througout
CeylOn, Although some OF the buff
faloes have toleTably fine heads, they
Will not bear = comparison with
those Of other countries. The horns
Of the native cattle are not above
four inches IA length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
SerH are small compared with deer
e their size IN India. This is more
singular, as IL is evident from the
geological formation that at some re-
RSts period Ceylon was not an IS
AAd. but formed a portion OF the
AAjn land. II Is thought there must
- elements wanting in the Ceylon
pAsturage for the formation of
fVoFy.-Ceylon Manual.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Dead Historians.

I for my part believe in the dead
historians / glory in the posses
don of some hundreds of volumes by
them A great deal Of cant Is talk
ed and written on this subject. There
Is an idea in some minds that a book
oa history to be good must be new.
Ia nine cases out OF ten the new book
Il 9 commonplace re-ststement OF
facts that Were better presented by
an OIdsr Writsr.-The Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
srRArEaroAL USES OF rAnA.
The CleveF TAttle Weasel and His
Means Of Defense.

Take another OF our animals. 8
Aerce little weasel. clad in summer
In coat or brown. in winter turn
Ing white. but always with Jet black
tip TO the tail. The ermine, as It ia
Incorrectly called in its winter coat.
has an easy time Of it. sneakfng upoa
the mics and birds upon which II
preys, but when a hawk takes after
1t In an open field in the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight, II would
cave but short shrift with all its
sihuous leaping, were 1t not that the
black tall tip Is so conspicuous that
IL constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white Of the body ts
be confused with the snow. EVen
when We place a dead weasel on the
snow and lock at 1t from a distance,
We realize how true this is, and hoy
valuable must be the pencil tufts oH
black hairs to this little Vermin
who spends his life In hunting or
being hunted.-The Outing MagS-
zine.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
WORTH ADVERTISING FOR.

There 5,499 Negroes employed e in Washington by tr
Government alone and these 91 Negroes draw salaries ggegans
$3o44o4 These than three millions Of dollars right
here Washington but scattered among the hundreds of ademen
Is this of money worth bidding for? 1t certainly is and
the largest stores this city would refuse to get the big
of did but realize how much money the Negroes
ly spending. IelA&E44a lfaAnagS a Iaazl4k
Now The Bee is the only Negro publication this city It stands
without rival competitor ancoyers the field like blanket II
the merchants this city will patrone the advertising col
of The Bee presenting the attractive bargains they have
these Negroes these 599 Negroes who draw annually from the
Government over three millions Of collars will that b. pat
ronznp publication edited and operated by Of their that
such firms desire their patronage And such firms viii
receive the bulk of these re millions of dollars received ans
spent by the Negroes of Washington
What clothing stores what furniture stores what dry goods stores
and what other lines business will now make effort divert 70
these over three millions If dollars spent by Washington
Negroes by advertising in The Bee!
Place your advertising in The Bee and watch these 5499 aPpc
% NEGROES spend their three millions of dollars with you
Now Is the time to advertise The Bee the newspaper that
o - Negro home in Washington. Remember merchants OF
Iuh;+on Ps what advertising pays yOu not what it costs
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
HectrocutinR Animals.

Ths Slaughter of animals for toOS
~ slSeEFeeution Is being expsrtrent-
81 by DR.. Lsdue. = French scie ltist.
whoEhAs besR conducting his invest
EatSns In the French abbattoirs. He
has bean using the intermittent low
tsnsssa currents and says that 'ns -
sAtiEnsc that the systsra Il p&iE Eess.
SAs esAkTal functions OF percel tioa
kstzg nrst destroyed and thea saoss
ct circulation and respiration, -
mat thsrs is neither suffering nor r.
aCtIoA tn the animals thu killed. TAs
AOetor tE sndeavorinE to devise Noms
DSeoa ef apparatus by which the kflar
t2g 81 cattle may be sccomplisEs sv
slsctrsOaty With economy md csis ttyA
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Smokeless Coal.

A London inventor claims to have
discovered q process for producing
mokeless coal. apparently by distil-
I&ti0n 0f coal at low temperature.
This. after distillation, is said to de-
ROsH . 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
Emoks plague have hitherto been un-
snCcesafui because they have been
made in the wrong direction. ARd
that By the extraction of the smoke
producing material In coal before be-
lag burned, he has been successful
u producing = smOkelsss coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
ExerYone Of Them q Bird.

A current newspaper item is as
follows: The wife OF q Methodist
minister In West Virginia. has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her first hus-
band was named Robin; her second
husband. Sparrow: and the present
ones name is Quayle. There are
now two young Robins. one Sparrow.
and three little Quayles in the family.
One grandfather was q Swan, and
another wss q Jay; bat he's dsaS
and now : bird OF Paradise.
''They live on HaEk-aVs.. Eagle
Vile, Canary Islsnhs. snd the fellow
who wrote this article Is = Tyre hlra
ana "a Interesting relative OF tie
family" @ d..
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
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 1t 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 natter considerable at
tention the idea Of making 1t COM
pulsory Is favorei.-GoOd Roads
Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
- | a.lEe aas seA /
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 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 f1utter 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
loJS- MOSI VI tu6Lu dlC SoSiAJ w
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 bill.-York Tran
script.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Valuable East African Forest.

The Colonial Office recently sent
cut an expert to report on the Ken
Ia forest, In the East Africa protec-
torats. He ands the forest extends
2ST 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 f23 per acre, or total
value for the whole forest of G23.-
soc, 00,Oee.-LondOn Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Bronze Statue Of SCHILLER.

The bronze statue of Schiller by
Hermann Matzen, which Is to be
erected In Cleveland by German clu-
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 and German
song"
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
poes Around Blseksmith shops.

Two or three dogs are nearly al
ways to be found loafing about every
blacksmith shop. This fact Is SO
we'll recognized that detectives whoa
sent out after valuable dOgs that
have been lost Invariably visit hFSt
all the blacksmith shops in the neigh
borhocd. The reason Why deSs visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inordiHately the oGOf aRd the
taste Of burning hsSfs. They saiR
the odoT - q womAz saiEEs 3 r~oes
and they eat the hOsf parings - =
gourmet eats truf1es.-AiAAsaPSlis
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Arctic Dog Life.

Nowhere Ia the world has the deg
such unrestricted right Of way As L.
our most northeriy pOsssssiSn-
Alaska. Ia winter. wheR the more
than so.eee square miles OF territory
are sealed up in solid Ice. dogs are
almost ths sole means Of gsttiug
from pl1cs to plAcs-in fact. they
seem necessary to life itBslf.
The aristocrats of Arctic dog life
are the mail teams in the service OF
the Unitsd States GoyeFnmeRE They
are to-day = superior breed - ths
dogs employed some half aezsn
years ago bstore great gold atscov-
srisa demanded increased nail ser
vics.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Haaging Picturea Dangsrou

''RAIlFoad casualties receive su62
vide publicity" said al Insurance
nan, that there Is a common ,liSS
On the part of the public that oI b
mere liable to accidents while tr web
ing thaA when living the simple life
in the confines of his home. "As .
matter of cold fact, statistics show
that accident insurance computes
pay more money to people whn get
hurt hanging pictures or - king
stoves apart than they do to the vtc-
tims Of head-on collisions. II
sounds strange. but It's the truth.
kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Names that Don't Name

Many chemical names convey ne
exact Idea Of the things they staH&
for. Oh ss vitriol is no OIL neither
are ellis Of turpentine and kerosene.
CopperaS In an iron compound and
contains no copp%r. Salts Of lemeu
Is the extremely poisonous oxaliS
acid. C4Ebolic acid Is not an acid
bat an alcohol. Cobalt contains
mono Of that metal but srcensic. Soda
Water has no trace OF soda. and SUE
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 blacklead no lead.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
rhree Men to Move BOOB.

There lies In the British MuaeuE
the largest book yet printed. . co
Iosa1 atlas OF engraved ancient
Dutch maps. 1t takes three men to
moYs II from the giant book case
il which It is stored In the library Of
the museum. It Is bound In leather,
magnificently decorated, and Is fas-
tened with clasps OF solid silver.
richly gilt. II is nearly seven feet
high and weighs 800 pounds and was
pxesentsd to King Charles II. before
be left Holland in the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Supply Of Geld.

II is mAizly frsn Africa, AAAEi-
c. and Australia tAAt the wOssd
draws its supply sf geld. sSms s4se.-
600, ,o00 worth won regularly every
year. Africa leads with sbeut $780,
ooe.ees; nsxt CONES the UAitsd
States vita ahsut SS6.sSS.ese; Aus
tralia ranks third with so@s tss,-
eae,se, while Russia. kOth in Eu-
rope aad Asia, Mckee, CasAaa and
several other couAtries. make up the
rsmaiaasF.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Ths shx Man.

WemsA show no mercy TO Ghs sax
Ean. fOE he stands outside sf tie
compass ef convention. Could hS
break eat all might be saved; ths
nan mIght be permanently os roe.
But he cannot. He has bsen bro IgA
up to respect convention His nus
Gles may be OF steel. his heart Of ira,
bat in hIs soul the spirit Of dina 'n0s
holds him In = vice. In . dr& vins
room be stands gaping. QuSkiI &, .
prey to interpretive torment -hs
Who would perhaps storm { raR
part with = triumphant mile -
hps.-London Observer
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Az History Might Be TAUGHT.

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. 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. T. 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
timuIated.-Boston Transcript.
4. Nsa-v q
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
A Lozg @ss1.

An astonishing trance csss hSS
come to light in Berlin. 4 clerk'
aged 4s-a healthy normal maz-
suddenly fell asleep In June 1904.
All efforts to awaken hin wSFs un-
successful and the slsspsr since shsa
has never opened his eyes. He
breathes regularly aad swallows his
food mechanically, bat Is insensibls
to the seYerest attempts to arouse
him
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
A High License

Massachusetts has a town of soc
Inhabitants which receives S2,670
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., 1909-04-24
The Fastidious Burglar

Visitors at a 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., 1909-04-24
Lace Curtains.

Lace lylnGow curtains sAsuid al
ways ts soaked for an hsnr In colo
water to which 3 little borax has
been added. before bSiAE pat into
warm suds. This gstk oat the
smoky smell that is s9neHHss 30
noticeable In curtains that have
have been used In q city.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
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., 1909-04-24
LAfe IN GeFmmv.

Every sas whO has travelled II
Germany b familiar wtsh tAs word
"vsrbotsn"-forbiddsn. He hnds e
Is Vsrboten to almost everything
which he thinks he has been Eocuss
toned to do in the United stAtez.@
Chica&a Standard.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Cure for SIeenIessness.

SleepIessness 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 il the head
is covered with a silk handkerchief.
it will induce sleep.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24

New York City.-Human blood
went at bargain-counter prices in
Bellevue Hospital when for $40 a
guest of Mills Hotel No. sold fit-
teen ounces Of his life fluid, thereby
probably saving the life of John Den
nison, 10 years old. patient suffer
ing from malignant growth on the
right leg. There was nothing heroic
about the manner in which tie man
sold his blood. 1t was purely a bus
iness proposition. The Mills Hotel
man needed the ten-spOt and felt he
could spare the blood. The father
OF the patient, though poor, felt he
could spare the $40 in view of his
sons need for the fresb 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 healthy per
son into the body Of the boy.
The doctors want strong man
who is healthy in every way" the
father expiRined.
A guest registered as Mark Owen.
who refused TO tell anything further
about himself. stepped forward, and
remarked he would like to knew
more about 1t. .--
Big, broad-shoUldered, with the
glow of health In his cheeks, be
looked as IL he would pass the test oS
the physicians.
'I guess you'll do" said Dennison.
How much blood do you WantT~
asked Owen.
Fifteen ounces"
How much do 1 get!"
Ten dollars"
I'm your man." and the bargain
was struck. The rate WAS 66 as
cents an oRuce.
Up 20 Bellevue Hospital marched
DenEison and Owen. The surgeons
examined the man who was willing
to sell fifteen ounces OF his blood foE
s10, and told him he would do. The
nature Of the operation then was e1-
planned to him.
He was told that the patient was
suffering from what is known as saS-
coma, q malignant growth. To save
the boys life 1t 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 chloroformsd
during the operation" Owen said.
mo anaesthetics will be given"
replied one of the surgeons. "We'A
deaden the pain by an injection Of
cocaine"
Go ahead" said Owen. I'm
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 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 h!s $40 before
leaving.
4
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Man and a womsH.

4 mans idea Of being styiishiy'
aressaA is to wear something In
whaah - looks atrOciously bad; q
wsnazH to wear something no ether
SAAa eG1 9BplfC2te.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
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 ~
Soon as the Bargain Between Buy
er and Seller Was Struck-Man
and Boy Eyed Each Other During
Operation.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
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. It 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
1t, and columns of advice and hints
to help the beginner. Naturally the
paper is published in strict secrecy.
but the police will sooner or latss
discover It's printing Office and sup
press It.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
A VaIuahIe ReEta

A thirteenth century copper ana
gilt eiborium. supposed to have come
from NaimesbuTy abbey, wAS sold
hy auction IL London for $50, 600.
g-.s2 -. tsIIA 3 II
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Paris Abates q Nuisanee

The Paris prefect of police has de-
cjded that IN future no more licenses
to play barrel organs in that city via
be granted.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24
Worlds Formulation.

The population of the world Is now
estimated to be about 1908, 1000, 900.
OF this number 100000 are
black, 800, 100000 yellow and 1885,
100000 white.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24

The Erzberg, Austria's ron noun
tain. will furnish ore for 1,0ee
more years.
The Washington bee., 1909-04-24

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The Washington bee., 1909-04-24

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23
DEER HUNTING WITH HOUNDS
MAY BE KNOCKED OUT

OLYMPIA, Jan. BE. B.
Palmer Of King county Is laying
plans to protect his favorite pas
time of hunting deer with hounds,
and employees of the state capitol
are taking decided exception to
his methods.
II is said that Palmer has told
several capitol employees Ihat if
they did not cease lobbying in
favor Of the bill to eliminate
bounding he would see to it that
appropriations for state officers
were materially curtailed.
Palmer and some OF his friends,
1t is said, maintain q game pre-
serve in the vicinity of Hoods
canal, where they keep pack of
hounds, which run the deer into
the salt water, where the animal
has no show whatever. Deer hunt
Ing around Olympia is good, and
the employees of the state house
are all enthusiastic hunters.
Heretofore they have always
urged upon legislators to pass a
bill prohibiting the bounding of
der. Palmer in previous sessions,
either as a legislator or private
individual, has worked and sue
ceeded in defeating this game re-
form.
Every state official is in terror
of the legislators, as the legisla-
ture by cutting down appropria-
tions for offices and departments
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23
NOTES

Sarah e. Mortenson, AZ years
old, the wife of John Mortenson,
2S09 South Seventh street, died
at Fort Steilacoom yesterday. Be-
sides a husband she leaves four
children and brother.
The funeral of Mrs. Elsie K.
Nelson was held at Q o'clock this
afternoon from Mellinger's chapel
under the auspices of the Danish
Sisterhood.
Mrs. Agnes Frank died yester-
day morning at the family resi-
dence. She was the wife
of Willis Frank and leaves one
sister in Puyallup. The funeral
was held this afternoon.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mason, As years
old, died Thursday night after a
few days illness. She was the
wife of F. M. Mason, 11O8 North
= street. Besides her husband
she is survived by three daugh-
tiers.
The remains of Enoch Norman,
who died January IA in Bakers
field, California, arrived in Taco
ma this morning. The funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon
at 1880 from Hoska's chapel, I'M
der the auspices of the general re-
lief committee of the I. O. o. F.
lodges. He was a member of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23

can work great Official hardship.
With the prospect Of fight
against appropriation on the part
of Palmer, the holders of state Of
fees feel constrained to warn
their employees to have nothing to
do with the bill relating to the
bounding of deer. Palmer, how
ever, is neither on the game COM
mittee nor the committee on ap-
preparations, and it is not thought
that his opposition to any appro-
|priation will have much weight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-23
NEW LAWS RECOMMENDED
BY EX- PROSECUTOR

Acting In accordance with the
provisions Of state statute. H. G.
Rowland, representing attorney
Of Pierce county, has arranged an
annual report OF the business done
by him and his assistants during
the two years of his stay In office.
Together with the report Is set
of recommendations which will be
forwarded to Governor Mead.
The recommendations are concern
ing matters which have come I'M
der the attorneys notice as prose-
cutor.
One recommendation is to the