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The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
Really Poor Penman,

There is a certain Philadelphia ply.
sician Of considerable prominence
who Is renowned among his friends as
the worst penman in the Quaker city.
He used to write them letters and
then feel hurt when they could not
read them. When he wrote to persons
who were not familiar with his scrawl
they frequently would not know whom
the letters were from. Some time ago
he introduced a typewriter into his of,
fee, and this rendered the body of the
letter Ineligible, but did not clear up
the difficulty over the signature. Now.
however, says the Record, he has had
made a rubber stamp bearing his
name and address in printing. He
signs his name in the usual scrawl,
but alongside he impresses his stamp.
It is a little humiliating, he says, but
he no longer has any trouble about
persons to whom he writes not know
ing from whom the letters are.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
uCKS FIRST LOVE AFFAIR
Future Millionaire Was RepuIsed by
Girls Father Because of His
Poverty.

There are many stories Of the light
er side of finance in which love affairs
find a place. Perhaps none of these
! is more peculiar than the story of
James Lick, a name famous all over
the world through a monument to bis
memory, the great Lick observatory.
In California. In the financial world
the great city of San Francisco is 8
monument to Lick's luck-he fOresaW
the possibility of the great city Of the
Pacific slope, bought the land on
which 1t now stands, and became a
millionaire. Before that time the
name of Lick was great in the musical
world. Lick's pianOs-out of which
he made the money which he invested
in land-WeTe manufactured by him.
But on the poetic side of life-a world
apart from such things as piano-mak-
ing and mud-hgts-the great Lick Mill
stands as a monument to Lick's love.
In early life James Lick sought the
hand of miller's daughter, but was
repelled by the father on the ground
that the young suitor did not possess
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
LADY PASSENGERS LOG
she Wanted TO BE Sure Just What
che Wind Should Sc
Called.

u was blowing rather hard, and
there was a nasty sea on an hour and
q half before the first breakfast bugle.
An officer Of the ocean liner hurried
along the passage between the state
rooms, and q. timid voice called %
him:
"oh, Mr.. Oficer, please stop"
He turned and saw a dear old lady
with a wrapper thrown around her,
apeeping through her haH-open door.
y "Yes, madam" said the officer.
"Mr. Officer. please; would you cali
this a gaIef" asked the old lady, anx.
iously.
"Oh! no. madam. There's not the
least danger. l assure"
We'll, is it half q gaie3"
Not even half a gale, and this is
such an excellent sea boat that you
needn't WOrry a bit" explained the
officer.
We'll. what would you call it,
please7" said the lady, stsadying her
self as the vessel rolled.
"Just a fresh nor'west breeze.
madam, with a cross sea running. But,
really there's nothing To fasEP
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
DON'T STUDY NATIONAL
American Visitor In Great Britain
turns with His Feelings
Perturbed.

= WISH" growled a man lately back
from a tour of the British Isles, that
the British bandmasters would take
q course of instruction in what con
stitutes the American national airs.
Band concerts are the rage all over
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
During the summer season, probably
as a compliment to the hordes Of
Americans who are finging away gold
for their benefit, they present daily
what is generally dubbed Americas
national airs
"Ths majority Of these bardmasters
think Dixie is the national air, BE-
cause they sagely observe It is the
only one which Americans applaud.
The 'Sta--Spangled Banner is dismal
and lugubrious enough under the besa
Of circumstances, but to hear the
Scotch bagpipes have a fling at II ls
indescribable misery. The man who
wrote the Columbia hymn would nos
know his own work as performed IN
King Edwards domain, and even the
Kentucky Home and other negro bah
lads get touch between an Iriah jig
and a Scotch wall which robs the
American visitor Of any pleasure
which he might experience in hearing
songs from home. II may be thas
British, Scotch and Irish guests on
this side OF the water get as much dis
comfort in hearing Annie Laurie !
hope they DO, for it would establish
= sort of international musical bal
ance."
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
What Roads Owe TO Salt.

Roads, we are told, owe a great deal
to salt. According to one theory. the
Oldest trade routes came into exist
ence as result of the traffic in salt
One Of the oldest roads in Italy is the
Via Salaria," along which the people
OF the Sabine country obtained their
salt from the salt pans of Ostia. Salt
was the main merchandise carried in
the trans-Libyan caravans Of the
days of Herodotus, and salt is one OF
the chief elements in the trade along
the Sahara caravan routes to-day. Salt
and salt fish. it is interesting to re-
member, entered largely into the com
merce of the Carthaginians. The lat
ter. by the way, was considered q del.
icacy in those pre-Christian days.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
SURELY SAVED THEIR LIVES
sold Pomp" There When Hls Marse
Charlie and Marse William
Fought Duel.

There was nothing old Pomp en-
toyed more than telling stories of the
importance of his position In the days
"befo' de wah," when he was a con-
spicuous figure on a southern planta-
ton CT the best sort. az brung up
Marse Charlie an Marse William" he
often said. solemnly. "Deir own
family lowed / saved bofe deir lives
once, besides all de res done 70
'em.
'Twar jes' like dis: Marse Charlie
an Marse William, dey bofe TUX de
mos 'gretus fancy to g young lady
dat come a-visiting de house: an
somebody had fll deir foolish haids
all up wild talk about duels; an dey
jes' promulgated to hab one, an fnd
out which OBJ 'em was to hab de young
lady.
"Marse Charlie he was seventeen.
short an fiery, and Marse William he
was sixteen, slim an cool; but dey
was bofe sot' an 'termined on de
duel.
Course deye didn't tell me bout It,
but / 'spected it, same as / always
did, 'kase I looked after dem boys
TO DER paw an nav, when dere was
comp'ny.
$50 watched out, an follered. an
l crep' up to where dey was beginning
to take p'sition To- de duel, an'-an' l
Jes' broke it up"
"How did you do it, Pomp7" each lis
teneT is sure to ask.
How did do IL, chileT Why, ies'
emptied . pail O. water right on Msrse
Charles haid, an TUX an spanked
Aarse William-dat's how."-Youth's
Companion.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
Forced to Guess Answer.

It beats all what odd question reach
some Of the departments of govern.
ment in Washington. Not long ago
the treasury received a letter from a
Pittsburg man who had made a bet
asking: How many cents are there
IN a bushel?" The answer was not
easy to offer. If the man had asked
about pounds he might have received
definite answer AS it was, he got
in reply a guess from a clerk, that
roughly there are something like
1920, or 80 900 pennies"
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
Extreme poIIteness.

Although he overcharged me ter
ribly," says the returned traveller, "tha
cab driver who took me over ParIs
was most polite"
''Ail Frenchmen are" we observe.
"Yes, but this one got OF his box
and helped me find the necessary pro
family in my French-English diotion-
ary, so that might say what thought
Of him."-Exehange
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25

. NM many years arterwards, wnen
he had become one Of the richest men
In the states, he erected a large mill
and adorned it like a palace. Il was
built Of mahogany and costly woods.
and erected solely as a memorial of
his youthful attachment His only
pleasure was to contemplate this pa
latial mill and to gloat over the man
who had spurned him for his poverty.
Harry Furniss. In the Strand.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
VIII Stick 70 Dad.

Come indoors immediately" called
q nurse to a small boy whose father
was going out. "You won't go to
heaven IL you're so naughty"
Il don't want to go to heaven" was
the aggrieVed reply; Il want to 60
with father!"-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
On the InstaIIment plan

81 dreamed last night that bought
a fine set Of books, so much down, SO
much a month"
"Pshaw! There's nothing remark
able about that. People actually do
that every day"
wait a minute. / dreamed I In
Ished paying for them"
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25

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The Bee wishes add thousand subscribers its
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Do delay Cut out this coupon and mail it today.
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Washington, D. c.
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The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
MAMMOTH STORE

Stocked with everything in the
Dug line. Easter offeings in ev-
cry design. Pure drugs. Pre-
sdptions carefully compounded.
RICHARDSON'S DRUG
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25
RICHARDSON'S DRUG
STORE,

3I6 Four-and-a-nalf Street, S. w,
AS usual, invites the public to visit
The Washington bee., 1909-12-25

This Offer of The Washington Bo~ N
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
Big Horn People
Aroused by Crime
Raid on Sheep Men Opens Anew
Warfare Between Two Glasses
in Wyoming.

BASIN, Wyo, April S.-(Special)-Big
Horn county stands aghast at the most
atrocious crime ever committed within its
borders, and one of the most cowardly in
the history of W~yoming-the assassination
of Alleman and Joseph Emge, prominent
sheepmen, and Joe Lazier, a sheepherder,
by a gang of fifteen raiders who descended
on the Emge camp on Spring creek, near
Tensleep, the night of April 2. The Emges
and Lazier were shot down in cold blood
and the bodies of Alleman Emge and
Lazier were subsequently burned. Twenty
five head of sheep were killed and $500
head stampeded over the range. that they
might fall easy victims to coyotes and
wolves. The raiders, TO prevent the news
OF their crime becoming known Immediately,
cut the telephone wires leading to Tensleep:
Probably sickening OF their bloody butch
cry, they spared the lives of two other
herders who were at the camp, and these
men brought the first news, Of the tragedy
to Tensleep, from which place 1t was tele-
phoned to Basin the following day, after
the severed wires had been repaired.
Immediately after receipt OF the news
Of the killing. Sheriff Felix Aston. Deputy
Sheriff Ed Cusack and Prosecuting Attor-
ney Percy Aston made the long. hard trim
to the scene and took charge of the bodies.
Six inches of snow. which had fallen after
the murders, had effectually oblIterated the,
trail Of the raiders.
When the raiders. fifteen in number. all
mounted. armed and masked. suddenlv
descended on the camp, Alleman F,rops
and Lazier were lying down In a sheen
wagon. Joe Emge was on the ground about
twenty feet away and the two other herd
ers were in a second wagon across a gully
from the main camp. Without warning
the raiders poured a storm of bullets into
the wagon In which were AIIeman EmRs
and Lasier and into the body of Joe Emge
All three were killed Instantly. The raiders
then sssailed the second wagon, but did
not open fire on il, and it's two occupants
were taken into custody. driven some dis
lance ana turned loose. with instructions
to keep travelling, not look behind and NOT
tell OF what they had seen. These sur
ViVors lost no m in carrying the alarm
to Tensleep.
After running off the herders whose lives
were spared the raiders returned TO the
camp poured OIL on the wagon Containing
the Dodles and set II Attire. Both corpses
were burned TO a crisp. The body Of Joe
Emge, sprawled in the snow so close IN ~.
burning wagon II was singedr was not
moved. "
Alleman Emge, the owner OF the rsided
camp, until recently was engaged In ~.
cattle business, but sold out and went into
sheep. II is reported that he was warned
he could not run sheep In the Tensleen
country and live, but he disregarded tha
warning. The section where Tho t5nI.
assassination took place has always bsan
. cattle country and regarded by the oattIs.
men as their " and not to be inyadaA
by sheep.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

OFFICE OF THE CONSTRUCTING
ouartermaster, Fort Crook. Nebraska,
March IL, 1909. Sealed proposals. In tripli-
cate, will be received at this office until
u a. m. April ~, 1908, and then opened, for
the sinking of one % lO-inch tubular deep
well to a depth not exceeding 200 feet, as
specified, at Fort Crook, Nebraska. Spe-
cifications may be seen by intending bid
ders at the office of the chief quartermas-
ter, Department OF the Missouri, Omaha,
Nebraska, and at this office. Necessary
application here The United States reserves
the right to reject any or all bids, or to
accept any part of q bid that may be ad-
vantaseous TO the government. Envelopes
containing proposals must be Endorsed
Proposals for sinking Tubular Deep Well
at Fort Crook, Neb..' and addressed to
Captain Joseph r. Gohn. Constructing
Quartermaster. Mi2-13-15-l6-Apr-s-1O
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
WANTED-To RENT
MANIFESTATIONS

YOUNG ATTORNEY wants position with
established law firm. Well educated. c
276, Bee. H-M3S Ok
MAN and wife desire situation, mar as
cook, wife as helper, chambermaid or
waitress; sober, steady and reliable peo-
pie, have good refs. city or country. j. b.
Franklin, sos So. 18th st. Tel. Douglas COIL.
CH)-A5 10x
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
STOVE REPAIRS

furnaces, hoa water and hot air com
bination heating. 2 and 4-hole laundry
hot water heaters, mantle CRATES, gas
stoves repaired, water fronts and flower
vases. Omaha Stove Repair works. 1905
laos Douglas St. Phones Ind. A-3621;
Bell. Douglas $50. -24s
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
SUGAR COMBINE PAYS DUTY
settlement Made With Government
for Alleged Short Weights.
OVER MILLION DOLLARS INVOLVED
Nearly Nine Thousand Paid
Yesterday and Three Hundred
Thousand More WIN ne
Paid To-day.

NEW YORK. April S-The American SUI
gar refining company has paid l~iquidated
bills for duty on alleged short weight Inn
ports amounting to SSH, sos. and Collector
OF Customs william Loeb. jr., announced
today that the remainder of the govern
tomorrow.
The government sued for about fl.2Jo.O0O
on charges of short Weighing at the Have
myer and Elders piers prior to November
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09

We often wonder how any person can ba
persuaded into taking anything but Foley,s
Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and i,ng
trouble. Do not be fooled into aeeebtirS
own make or other substitutes. Ths
genuine contains no harmful drugs ana 4,
in q yellow package. Sold by all drugeista
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
Locate in this Wonderful Country
CoIora

FOR sALE-4ss-acre ranch near sidney, IL
acres of hay land, 100 acres farm land
balance pasture, nearly all fenced; good
well, but no buildings. School house near
sidetrack close. Price SIS per acre, par
on time. We have many other bargains,
e-acre farm, well improved, near Grand
q Huston, Grand Island, Neb.
CeO-M21 Ok
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
Chauffeur Arrested in Texas.
Bridge Spans Meet.

A giant steel sirder with an American
flag attached, swung to place over the
middle of the East river today, marked
the connection of the steel superstructure
of the Manhattan bridge, the fourth of the
spans linking Manhattan island and Long
Island. The engineers computations were
found to be exact, the steel cords from the
two sections of the bridge meet 20 the
inch. The Manhattan bridge, like the
first Brooklyn bridge, and the williams
burg bridge is of the suspension type.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
Realty
Bargains

Find them every day
by watching the an
nouncements in HI
BEES Want Ad Col.
umnA-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
CANADIAN PACIFIC

AAsb rAAN fOuA DAYS Ar ga,
Weekly sailing between Montreal, ousb..
ana Liverpool
Two days on the beautiful St. Lawrsno.
river and the shortest ocean route to ESs
rope.
Nothing better on tho Atlantic than m,
Empresses. Wireless on all Gamer WI
First elasS. $780, second. $50; one ols..
cabin, o4S.
Ask YOU ticket agent. or write for s.u.
inRs, rates and booklet.
q. \. BENJAMIN, q. A.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09

A FIRST CLASS BARGAIN-l,T1 acres.
Comanche county, Kansas; 8 miles to
good market; all smooth land: 900 acres
a little rolling; 400 acres cultivation. $50
acres wheat, some alfalfa, good improve
ments. Price, $1,000. Akin Hartronft &
Co., Lyons, Kan. (D)-MsS5 Ok
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09

CEDAR RIVER VALLEY SNAP.
10 acres of fine land located about Z miles
from Spalding, Neb., in Boone Co; ia
acres In cultivation, 40 acres in alfalfa and
timothy, house Of z rooms, good barn. sheds
and outbuildings, 5 acres bearing orchard.
good black soil, fine water. Price, $50;
terms.
100 acres we'll located, 100 acres under cul-
t~ivation, % acres In alfalfa. Price. $50 per
acre.
400 acres fine land, 200 acres under cul-
tlVatlon, 70 acres seeded to alfalfa, fair
improvements. Price, $685. per acre.
II you want some real farm snaps in tho
corn belt and in a fine alfalfa country. 20
see these.
THE WORLD INVESTMENT CO.,
60l-4 N. Y. L. Bldg, Omaha, Neb.
r.. .. C0)-462 o
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-09
WANTED-To BUY

HIGHEST prices for secondhand furniture,
carpets. clothes and shoes. Tel. Doug. s91.
(S)-SD
WANTED-Male Blenheim spaniel doc.
White with brown spots. "a No. IL
St. (B)-Ma2 II
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-17
Secretary Of '. N. c. A. Tenders
Resignation 10 Directors.
WILL ENTER 4 LARGER FIELD
Several Positions Are Being Consider
ed. But He Has Not Decided Which
TO Aeeept-Bosrd Acts Upon Resis-
nsetion Tonight.

General Secretary u. s. Duncan, oil
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion, who has held that position for a
term of three years, rendered his res
ignation yesterday morning as secre-
tsry of the association to the board OF
directors, through its president. Mr..
L. G. Phillips. The matter VIII b.
taken up by the board at an adjourn
ed meeting to be held in the associa-
ton building tonight.
MIR. Duncan's resignation is TO go
into effect on September |, and he
stated last night that he had decided
to leave on account of the fact that he
intended entering larger field of as
sociation work Mr.. duncan went on
to say that he did not care to make
any statement at present as to where
he intended to locate in the future. as
he had not as yet made decision as
to which of several positions which
han been rendered him he would ac-
cept.
Mr.. Duncan came to this city to
tdht t0Ulkt vi tht iDtdt "co'tiete'''i
in June. 1906. from the state execu-
tive committee OF Kentucky. AMI dur
his administration of affairs here, a
mortgage OF $4,000 has been lifted
from the building, and the lots upon
which the building stands. which are
valued at s. 900 have been purchased.
He will leave the association In
good shape financially. as in addition
to the payment above debts there Is
now in the treasury $1,000 TO be used
for needed improvements, and enough
subscriptions of money have been
promised to pay the entire Heating
Indebtedness of the association.
During his stay here Mr.. Duncan
has made a large circle of friends IN
the city, particularly among the young
men of the community. who will re-
greet his departure.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-17
Mar the SUPERIOR Animal.

Like most oriental races. the Japan
csc regard women as the inferior ser
and the Japanese vonsn cheerfully
indorses the doctrine. I once" said
a globe troster sat down To dinner
~ hotel IN Vancouver. where there
was 4 japanese waitress. With me Al
the table we're two Canadian women
but. 10 my surprise. the waitress not
only gave ne priority IN serving the
neal. but was very particular IN see
ins that had the largest portion Of
everything ! wss rsfher puzzied IN
til 7 remembered that in japanese
eyes vas. 81 = man. regarded a. FAR
more important thar . woman and
treated accordingly"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-17

PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Miss Kate Evans Becomes the Bird
OF z. s. Grubbs.

Wise hStc EVANS 9cSSfbSe t'c St'H>
OF z. s. Grubbs.
A very pretty wedding was solemn
lied yesterday morning at $3.50 O'Clock
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Evans on Twenty ninth street, when
Miss Kate Evans. their youngest
daughter became the bride Of Mr.. Ed
ward Stewart Grub OF this city.
The bride entered the parlor on the
arm OF her bro.aer. Mr.. A. l.. Evans.
who gave her away. She was beauti-
fully gowned In white braided eoliene
and carried handsome bouquet OF
brides roses. Mrs. Gwendolyn Evans.
a sister OF the bride, acter as maid
of honor and Mr.. VIM. A. Grub, OF
Norfolk. a brother OF the groom, was
best man.
The wedding ceremony was per-
formed by Rev f. T. Wexford OF this
city. Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs, Mrs Grub left for an
extended wedding tour in the north.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-17
ElKINS-HOGG.
Pretty Wedding at Home OF the
BRIDES Parents Yesterday.

Pretty Wedding at Home OF the
Brides Parents Yesterday.
The home OF Mr. and Mrs. r. i,
Hogg In Elizabeth City county. near
this city. was the scene yesterday
morning OF a pretty wedding when
their daughter. Miss Lottie Jane Hogs
became the bride OF Mr.. William LYDIA
Elkins. OF Richmond. Or. f. Pendle'
ton Jones. of Hampton. performed the
ceremony.
Miss Nellie Gstewocd. of Caro-
lima county. rendered the wedding
march from Lohengrin as the bridal
party entered the parlor. The bride
was becomingly gowned In white mes
saline and veil and carried show
or OF brides roses and maiden haii
fern.
Miss Sarah Hogg. sister OF the
bride who was maid OF honor wors
beautiful gown of blue messa'ins
and carried a bouquet Of sweet peas
and smiiax.
The groom was attended by Mr. ]
y. Wheat. Of Richmond. as best man
Immediately after the ceremony ar
enjoyable Wedding breakfast wa
served. after which Mr.. and Mrs Elk
ms left fer a wedding tour Of northern
cites