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The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Names that Don't Nama.

Many chemical names convey ne
exact idea of the things they stand
for. Oil Of vitriol is no oil, neither
are oils OF turpeatine and kerosene.
Copperas Is an iron compound and
contains no copper. Salts Of lemon
ls the extremely poisonous oxalio
acid. Carbolic acid is not Tn acid
but an alcohol. Cobalt contains
none Of that metal but arcensic. 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., 1909-05-22
EverYone Of Them a Bird.

A current newspaper item is as
follows: "The wife OF a Methodist
minister In West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her flrst hus-
band was named Robin; her second
husband. Sparrow; and the present
ones name is Quayle. There are
row two young Robins. one Sparrow,
and three little Quayles in the family.
One grandfather was q Swan, and
another was a Jay; but he's dead
and now & bird of Paradise.
They live on Hawk-aVe.. Eagle
vile, Canary Islands. and the fellow
who wrote this article IS Tyre bird
and an interesting relative OF the
family"
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
TUsKLEss ELEPHANTS.
CsylOn the Only Part of the World
Where They Exist.

What = sight for Ceylon elephant
kunter would be the first view OF q
hsrd Of African elephants-all tus-
kerBl II is a singular thing that
Ceylon is the only part of the world
where the male elephants have no
tusksi they have miserable little
grubbers projecting two or three
inches from the upper jaw and in
sitning downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
horn In fine specimens througout
Ceylon. Although some OF the buff
fRloes have tolerably fine heads. they
Will not bear = comparison with
those Of other countries. The horns
Of the native cattle are not above
four inches in length.
The elk and the spotted deeTs ant
Iers are small compared with deer
Of their size In India. This is more
singular, as 1t is evident from the
geological Formation that at some re-
mote period CeyIon was not an is
land, but formed a portion OF the
main land. II Is thought there must
b elements wanting In the Ceylon
pasturage for the formation OF
fYory.-Ceylon Manual.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
SmOkeIess Coal,

A London inventor claims to have
discovered a process for producing
EmokeIess coal, apparently by distil-
IAtion OF coal at q low temperature.
This. after distillation, is said to de-
posit q 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
gmoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
made in the wrong direction, aAd
that By the extraction Of the smoke
producing material in coal before be-
Ing burned, he has been successful
IN producing a smokelesa coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
As History NIight 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. If 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 deadens en-
thusiasm. By studying history
backward from the immediate pres
ent this chasm would be bridged
and the passion for tracing to cause
Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Rsnging Pictures Dangerou

Railroad casualties receive suCA
vide publicity" said al Insurance.
man, that there is a common slisG
On the part OF the public that oI y
more liable to accidents while tr lveI-
ling than when living the simple life
En the confines Of his home. GAS .
matter of cold fact, statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people whC get
burt hanging pictures or t. king
stoves apart than they do to the Vic-
tins of head-on collisions. II
sounds strange. but it's the truth =
Kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
The Shy Man.

Women show no mercy to ths shv
Ean, for he stands outside Of ths
compass Of convention. Could hS
break out ali might be saved; the
man might be permanently CT red
But be cannot. He has been bro gh4
zp to respect convention. His nus
oles may be of steel. his heart of ira.
bat In his soul the spirit of difld .noS
holds him in e vice. In a dra vins
room he stands gaping, QuGkiI z,
prey 70 interpretive torment -hs
who would perhaps storm ran~-
part with q triumphant mile o -
nps.-LoHdOn Observer.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
sTRATEGIoAL USES OF TAILS.
The Clever Little Weasel and HE
Means OF Defense.

Take another of our animals, a
Aerce little weasel, clad In summer
in a coat or brown, in winter turn
ing white, but always with Jet black
tip to the tail. The ermins, as It is
Incorrectly called In its winter coat,
has an easy time OF 1t, sneaktng upon
the mice and birds upon which it
pTeys. but when a hawk takes after
It in an open field IN the sunlight OF.
al owl In the moonlight, IL would
have but short shrift with all It's
sinuous leaping, were II not that the
black tall tip Is so conspicuous thaa
It constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white OF the body 70
be confused with the snow. Even
when we place a 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 his life in hunting or
being hunted.-The Outing MagH-
zine.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Electrocuting Animals.

ne slaughter of animals for food
~ slectrocution is being experiment.
ed by DR.. Leduc, a French scientist,
Who has been conducting his inNesh-
cations in the French abbattoirs. He
has been using the Intermittent low
tension currents and says that ne IL
satisfied that the system is paiE less,
the central functions of perceI tioa
being nrst destroyed and then tloss
Of circulation and respiration -
that there is neither suffering nor Re-
action in the animals thu killed. The
Doctor Il sndesvoring to devise 'oms
piece Of apparatus by which the kills
ing Of cattle may be aCcomplisks sg
electricity with economy end csls tty.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Good Roads.

Out Of the 800 towns m the State
of New York, 600 have voted to have
their roads built under the Fuller
Plank Act, OF, as it is genreally cali
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 it COM
pulsory Is favored.-GOod Roads
Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Three Men to Move Book.

There lies in the British MuEeum
the largest book yet printed. . CO.
Iossai atlas Of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. It takes three men to
move II from the giant book case
In which it is stored in the library Of
the museum. 1t is bound in leather,
magnifcently decorated. and is fas-
tened with clasps of solid silver,
richly gilt. It is nearly seven feet
high and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II before
he left Holland in the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Doe. Around RIacksmIth 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 whez
sent out after valuable dogs that
have been lost invariably visit hrst
all the blacksmith shops IN the neigh
borhood. Tho reason why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops Is that they
love inordiHately the odoF and the
taste of burning hoOfx. They saik
the odoT as q woman Eniffs 3 rsSs.
and they eat the hOOf parings a. =
gourmet eats trufnes.-MiAASApSlis
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Dead Historians.

for my part believe in the dead
historians. ! glory in the posses
sion 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 book
on history to be good must be new.
In nins cases cut Of ten the new book
is a commonplace re-statement Of
facts that were better presented By
an older WTiter.-The Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Bronze sfatue Of schiller.

The bronze statue of Schiller by
Hermann Natzen, 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 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 AMI German
song"
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
FalaG lgarifzE' E4i3 BiJ@,a!t
DEATH TRAP FOR BIRDS.
lighthouses on the Maine Coast At
tract and Kill Thousands.


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 migTat-
ing birds every spring. Flying along
the coast at night they are instantly
attracted by the. powerful light from
the watch toweB as moths are drawn
to a candle. Thousands OF these
D1rds in their passage north fly with
full force against the thick glass OF
the brilliantly lighted lantern
Stunned to death they fall to the
rocks below or scale away for a lit
tie distance and fiutter helplessly in-
to the water. The light of morning
sometimes reveals the rocks covered
with the little creatures whose jour-
ney to their summer homes has met
this sudden and fatal termination.
Hundreds of species are found
among the unfortunate little tour
fists. 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.I 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., 1909-05-22
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 finds 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 e23 per acre, or a total
value for the whole forest Of $751;
coo, O0,O0O.-London Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Supply Of Gold.

II is mAiRly from Africa. AnsTi-
ca and Australia that the WOv5d
draws It's supply sf gold, some $780,
600, 900 worth won regularly every
year. Africa leads witk about $780,
OO0,6aa: next comes the UAited
States vita about 1s6. .ss0.Oss; Aus
traIia ranks third with soAs Sss,-
0e0, zee, while Russia. both in Eu'
rope and Asia, Mexico, Canada and
several other countries, make up the
remainder.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
A High License.

Massachusetts has a town of 600
Inhabitants which receives $2,67O
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., 1909-05-22
a LonE sleep.

An astonishing trance case hsA
come to light In Berlin. 4 clerk,
aged IA healthy normal man
suddenly fell asleep IN June 1904.
All efforts to awaken him we're IN
successful and the sleeper since bhsn
has never opened his eyss. He
breathes regularly and swallows his
food mechanically, but Is insensible
to the seyerest attempts to arouse
him,
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
BURGLARS GAZETTE IN RUSSIA.
Trades Paper" Contains All the
News OF the Graft"

st. PetersbuTg.-A trade paper"
for burglars Is now published in st.
Petersburg It is called the "Bostat-
ska Gazette" or the "Barefooted
Gazette"-the title being apparently
an illusion to the stealthy ways Of It's
readers.
The paper contains full reports OF
the latest thefts and burglaries, arti-
cles by experts on the art OF bur
quarry and what to avoid in pursuing
It, and columns Of advice and hints
to help the beginner. Naturally ths
paper Is published in strict secrecy,
but the police Will sooner or later
discover its printing Office and sup
press il.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Cure for SIeenIessness-

Sleeplessness is often caused by
the head being exposed to the cold,
while the rest of the body is warm.
In nine cases out OF ten IL the head
is covered with a silk handkerchief.
It will induce sleep.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
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 paper with the
words: mot good enough for me-
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Lace Curtains.

Lace Ulndow curtains should al
ways Le soaked for an hour IN cold
water to which q little boraX has
been added, befors being pat into
warm suds. This gstr out the
smoky smell that is someHnasB SO
noticeable In curtains that have
have been used In a city.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Life in Germany.

Every one who has travelled IL
Germany Is familiar with the word
"Verboten He finds II
is verboten to almost everything
which be thinks be has been aocus-
toned to do IN the United stAtes.-
Chicago Standard.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
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., 1909-05-22
Man and a Weman.

A mans idea OF being stylishlE
dressed e TO wear something In
wh4cA As looks atrociousiy bad; q
wsnaA's 10 wear something no other
ESA&z cAA duplicate.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
HIS BLOOD
At BARGAIN RATE
Man Charges $40 to Give Up
Is Ounces of Life Fluid to
Save Boys Life.
PATIENTS FATHER CLOSES DEAL.

Operation is Made As
Soon as the Bargain Between Buy
CT and Seller Was StruCk-Man
and Boy Eyed Each Other During
Operation.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
A Valuable ReIiu.

A thirteenth century copper and
gilt ciborium. supposed to have come
from MSlmesbury abbey, waS sold
By auction Ia London for $4,000.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Paris Abates a Nuisanee.

The Paris prefeet of police has de-
cided that in future no more licenses
to play barrel organs In that city VIZ
be granted.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22
Worlds Formulation.

The population OF the world is now
estimated to be about 1903, 900, 900.
OF this number 100000 are
black, 6OO,OOO.0O0 yellow and 1885,
900 900 white.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22

The Erzberg, Austria's ron noun
tain, will furnish ore FOR 1000
more years.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-22

! s-ssEzNFse-- 3 - 49, -
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-04
MISS CLARA TRUE
IN LIME LIGHT
she Left Santa Fe Only Recently
After Memorable Day in
Court.

Los Angeles, Cal, June 4.-Ralph
Rogers, banker Of this city. has lust
reached Los Angeles from Palm
Springs, Riverside county. He re.
lates thrilling story of how he and
his son. Leslie Rogers, were attacked
by two Indian police from the Aqua
Callente reservation, to whom thev
surrendered after being shot at sew
eral times. The Indians then hand
cuffed them together. and held them
In the hot sun on the desert for eight
hours, with the temperature at liz
degrees. The trouble arose over a
question Of land ownership.
Mr.. ROBBERS and his son were finally
released by deputy United States
marshal. Rogers asserts that the m
dian police were acting under orders
from Miss Clara True, government
agent. Miss True until recently was
day school teacher at Santa Clara Is
miles north Of Santa Fe and month
ago was engaged In a memorable law
suit at Santa re with Mrs. Matilda
Coxes Stevenson Of the bureau Of
ethnology. II
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-04
RUSH FOR AQUA
FR|A LANDS
Twenty Thousand
Acres Filed on at
Phoenix
GOBBLED UP BY SANTA FE
Secured Two Thousand Sc
ven Hundred Acres With
Forest Scrip

Phoenix, Ariz., June 4.-The rush
at the Phoenix land Office yesterday
resulted in filing seventy-three appli-
cations on total of 10000 acres of
desert land at different points ada.
cent to the Aqua Fria river, 25 miles
west Of Phoenix. The line formed "a
hours preceding the opening at
o'clock. Near the head of the line was
representative of the land depart.
ment of the Santa Fe railroad with a
large quantity of railroad land scrip.
The ruling was made that no one ap.
plicant could make more than two
filings or 800 acres at time. The
railroad representative retired with.
out filing. Later, after the line clear.
ed, he made a filing on 2,700 acres
with forest scrip.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-04
STREET CAR
STRIKE AGREEMENT
Both Sides Ready to Accept compro-
mise Proposed by Mayor Rey-
burn Of Philadelphia.

Both Sides Ready to Accept compro-
mise Proposed by Mayor Rey.
burn Of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa, June 4.-Mayor
Reyburn, after conference today,
submitted proposition to both sides
in the street car strike controversy,
which it Is believed will be accepted
and the trouble may be over tonight
Reyburn gave out in an open letter
to President Rarsons of the Transit
Company, outlining the principal fea-
lures Of the agreement. Under this,
all men will be restored to their posi-
tiOns without prejudice and after July
first will receive % cents an hour.
While this in not all asked for by the
leaders Of the strike they say they
will accept it with few minor changes
in the agreement. Parsons said it
was all right with him. It is believed
matters will be ended in peace to-
night.
A subcommittee Of street car men
Of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company appeared today to confer
with the officials of the company.
They will demand that their wages be
raised to rs cents an hour unless the
company can show inability to pay
this.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-04
SENSATIONAL SCENE
IN POLICE STATION
Man Accused Of Wife Murder Con.
fronted BY Woman Who Gave
Evidence,

Chicago, June 4.-There was a
dramatic scene in the Sheffield ave-
nue. police station this morning when
DIR. Fl. M. Dane Cleminson, accused
Of the murder Of his wife, was con-
fronted by Miss Anna Bolb, who gave
the police the names Of the women
the doctor had been associating with
The girl when taken to the cell
screamed Historically and ended the
conversation with the prisoner with
series of screams. It was later
learned that she told the doctor to
tell the police about the woman but
ne told her the less she said about
the case the better it would be for
both. Cleminson was arrested follow
Ing the finding Of the body Of his
wife. He said burglar killed her,
but suspicious circumstances caused
the police to arrest him. It developed
that the doctor had been consorting
with number Of women.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-04
TRAIN ROBBERS
NEAR DURAN
Tried to Wreck the
Golden State
Limited
ESCAPED INTO FOOT HILLS
Fired Shots at Trainmen of
Freight Whicn Spoiled
Their Plans.

Ell Paso, Texas, June A daring
attempt was made yesterday to wreck
and rob the west bound Golden State
Limited, the fast overland train OF
the Rock Island system near Duran
in Torrance county, New Mexico. Ties
and rails were piled on the track al
a curve but freight train hit the
obstruction first and spoiled the
plans of the wreckers. The robbers
fired several shots at the trainmen
and escaped into the foot hills. The
penalty for train robbery in New
Mexico is death.
Officers are now on the trial of the
bandits. No sooner had the freight
crashed into the obstruction when the
Limited train passed loaded with pas
sengers and carrying California mail
and Wells Fargo express. The rob-
berry story was denied in the general
offices of the Ell Paso and Southwest
ern Railway.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-04
THIS DOES NOT
Washington Correspondent Who
Hears of Another Attempt to
Hitch New Mexico and Arizona.

Washington June 4.-When the
new director of the census E. Dana
Durand, gets through with his first
great work that of taking the 18th
decennial census, the President may
have additional information at hand
about Alaska that will help him in
determining what should be done in
the way of legislation and of a
change in the form of government.
The census taking also will bring the
question of statehood for New Mexi-
co and Arizona to sharp issue. Alas.
ka, New Mexico and Arizona, have
presented continuous governmental
problems for some time.
President Roosevelt wanted Ari
zona and New Mexico brought in as
separate states by legislative enact.
ment before he left Office. Appar.
emily the House of Representatives
was willing to accommodate Roose.
welt, but the Senate was not, and the
special plea from those in the upper
House, who had the matter in hand
was that it would be far wiser te
wait until the next census was taken
and information devoid of a suspi
cion of having been colored, was re
ceived.
1t appears pretty we'll understood
while Roosevelt was urging the ad
ministration of the two territories
that Taft was perfectly willing, ant
perhaps a little anxious, to have the
day of the fixing of the two new stars
in the flag put forward into his owr
! administration.
| In his message to Congress nex
December it is understood to be the
Presidents intention to devote con
| siderable space to Alaska. New Mex
leo and Arizona. It is probable thai
there never will be another attempt
to admit the two territories as one
state. This question was fought out
bitterly several years ago. Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory were brough,
In as one state and two Democratic
United States Senators came to take
their seats in Congress. .,~-,0
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-06-04
LA TOILETTE
AND PENR0SE
Senators Have Bit.
ter Personal Alter.
cation
BOTH IN BAD HUM0R
Accounting for Their Alb
sence From ariff
Discussions.

Washington, June 4.--The expected
passage at arms did not come with
the anticipated vigor in the Senate
this morning when Senator LaFollette
took up the discussion of the tariff
following the remarks of last night
during his absence not particularly
complimentary to him. When the
Senate convened last night, LaFol.
lette was not present, and Penrose of
Pennsylvania, remarked that the
Senator from Wisconsin was prob
ably out visiting, Yellow Journals
and Reform Magazines" This
brought the defense from LaFollette's
colleagues that he was i'll.
LaFollette's presence this morning
brought a full attendance of the Sen
ate but he did not bring the storm
which was believed had been brew
ing. He denied that he was i'll but
SAID he was resting. Turning toward
Aldrich he said:
"The Senator stands on this floor
as any other Senator" and added, "he
forgets it sometimes"
Turning to Penrose he said: "As to
the remarks from Pennsylvania
would suggest that he would render
very important service to the coun-
try and his state If he would account
for the way he spends his time when
not absent from this body, than in
the effort to make me account for my
time. l might add that no man could
undertake to account for the where.
abouts of the Senator from Pennsyl
vania without transgressing the rules
of the Senate, and l do not"
Penrose referred to an article in
LaFollette's magazine IS misrepre'
senting himself and Pennsylvania
LaFollette promptly said the article
had been denied both by the newspa
per it was taken from as well as by
his own magazine. LaFollette then
took up the tariff bill.
Stretched Himself.
Washington, d. c., June 4.-Luther
Welch of Kansas City, who had the
appointment as midshipman, but was
not of the required stature, has
stretched himself by means of machin
cry until he is up to standard. In
addition, he will graduate from the
naval academy at the top of his
| class. He will finish No. in class
of 174 picked students.