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The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
SWAN TO SHORE IN BASKET
Desiring to Join His Sweetheart, a
Sailor Risks Life In Jumping
From Ship.

Love for an old sweetheart and de-
sire to save her from a marriage ar
ranged by her parents in Delled Maxim
zono Inousko of Seattle, Wash, sail
or on the steamer Inaba Maru, to risk
his life in a daring attempt to escape
from the vessel
Waiting until the dark hours of the
night MakinZono picked up a bamboo
basket, and, holding it over his head,
leaped from the steamer. Both guards
and ships officers heard the splash
and rushed to the spot Electric flash
lamps and the ships searchlight shot
their rays over the waters, but ali
that was disceTnible was a bamboo
basket bobbing around in the bay. Ap-
parently without any guidance the
basket flOated around the end of the
grain elevator and disappeared. In the
morning MakinzonO was missed, and
investigation developed the manner of
his escape.
Sent among the passengers with a
message from one of the ships Off
GERS, Makinzono recognized the girl
as an old sweetheart. 1t was then he
carried out his plan of escape. The
girl is held at the detention station
New York Herald.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Good Time to Turn Farmer.

In theory there never was a better
time than right now for a sensible
man to move from city to country.
The movement has been away from
the farm until prices of all kinds of
food and fiber are high. There is
nothing in sight to indicate that
prices will be greatly reduced by in
creased production. A crop well
grown and handled with good business
judgment will be reasonably sure of
sale at fair price. There never was
a time when it was SO easy to learn
new methods and the principles Of
scientific farming. A man starting
now may receive at once the benefit
of 80 years of the experience and
study of good farmers and scientific
experts. For example millions of
acres of land in the eastern states are
almost nohprOductive and thrown on
the market at low figure, simply be-
cause they are waterlOgged and sour.
When these farms are drained and
lined they become at once productive
and double in value for farm purposes.
They are naturally strong and drain
age and lime make their strength
available.-H. w. COllingwOod, in
Metropolitan Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
HOW SHE GOT RID OF THEM
Children by Teaching Them
Verses From the Bible.

What has become of those two
children who visited you so often?"
asked one West side woman of an
other. The other smiled discreetly.
They are the children of my niece,
and she was making a convenience of
me. OF course love the children, but
l never allow myself to become much
of a victim of imposition. My niece is
an extremely gay young widow, and
she does not like to take care of her
children. She is fond of shopping,
matinoes, afternoon teas and every
thing, in short, which takes her away
from home, and she got into a habit of
sending her children over to my house
for me to take care of whenever she
wished to CAD about. l decided it
was time to break up the habit, for
her own good and that of the children,
as well as mine, 50 l did"
Il suppose that made your niece
angry?"
"Oh, no; it couldn't. | never said
anything about it. The last time the
children came over l spent the after
noon teaching them verses from the
Bible, and they didn't find it sufficient
ly entertaining. They never came
back. Just how they managed to work
it out with their mother | do not
know, but l suppose they struck or
begged off. Of course, she could not
object to what l had done, and it
proved very simple solution"
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
LAMB ONCE A JOURNALIST
At One Time He Was Actively En-
gagged on the Staff of the
London Post.

In connection wi.h Lord Glenesks
recently published history of that old
established London journal. the Morn
ing Post, it is interesting to recall
the fact that at one time Charles
Lamb was on its staff of contributors.
This gentle essayist wrote largely for
a column headed Fashionable Intel
ligence;" in those day, as Lamb says.
every morning paper, as an essential
retainer to its establishment, kept an
author who was bound to furnish daily
a quantum of witted paragraphs" 1t
was in this capacity that Lamb was
engaged on the Post; furthermore his
contract stipulated that in the chat
of the day, scandal, but above all,
dress" he should supply six paragraphs
a day, not one of which was to ex-
ceed seven lines in length, and the
payment for which was to be II cents
each.
In his essay Newspapers Thirty
Five Years Ago." Lamb seems to have
been rather pleased with the sticks"
u NucSI uC CO4IllD lDulCu " Tic pl
we now find that Dan Stuart" his
editor, entertained a different opinion
as to their value. "As for good
Charles Lamb" he said, Il never could
make anything of his writings. OF
politics he knew nothing; they were
out Of his line of reading and
thought, and his drollery was vapid
when given in short paragraphs fit
for a newspaper"
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
WHY THE OK WAS MUZZLED
Old Welsh PIoWman Took Timely
Precaution to Save the Tail
of the Leader.

The oxen were haTnessed taQdem
fashion; stOcky little Welshmen Mey
were from the western hills, usuTpsTs
there, for the true Sussex OK is red
They eyed me with an expression Of
plaintive inquiry, and I noticed that
the rear ones moist black nose was
guarded by a string muzzle, through
which he snorted at me in a manner
hardly inviting confidence. The old
plowman smiled indulgently while 1
admired them.
"Why do you muzzle the rear one?"
/ inquired.
Look at the t'other's tail an yen
see, he chuckled.
And certainly the leaders tail was
not so bushy as it should be.
There aren't many oxen used now
for farm work?" / asked.
He shook his head. "OnIy a few,
just here an there, mayhap," he an
swered; horses an stem plows "a
done away with 'em. Sides, there
amt many smiths left now as can
shoe an OK. Rare fun it is, I tell ye,
stickin' the kews on 'em, throw 'em
we have to tie up their legs an hold
their necks down wi a pitchfork. Ha!
ha! rare fun it is. lad"
looked at the wide-spreading point
ed horns, and thought of the usual run
of village smithies. Il shouldn't imag
inc any smith would be anxious to
learn the art" remarked.
The old man agreed with me- He
mad the rosy, childish unwrinkled face
of the countryman, his eyes were
gray-green, the color of the Channel
sea below the edge of the Down; his
grizzled head shook as he cut into his
bread with the pointed blade of big
pocketknife. mo, things amt as they
were" he said Manchester
Guardian.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Whv He Sornht Pardon

Roquelaure, the deformed jester of
Louis XIV, contrtved to get out of
many a scrape by his ready wit. One
day he went to the king to ask his
pardon for having struck OF the he'll
met Of one Of his sentineIs, who lad
failed to give him the military salute.
Louis, who knew his man, wondered
that Roquelaure should crave his par
don for so venial an offense, and
said to him: This Is a serious mat
ter. Roquelaure, but will pardon you
this time" 1t afterwards turned out
that the soldiers head was in the he'll
met, and fell with 1t to the ground.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
prons Pick as Wife Gets RIoh.

Michael Flanagan threw down his
pick when he got word his wife had
fallen heir to $4,000 left by her uncle,
John Hogan, a Brooklyn salOOnkeeper.
Flanagan has been one of the jolly,
devil-may-care workers employed in
building a road on Franklin Murphy's
large estate, which is being fashioned
out of the wilderness near here.
I'm sorry to leave you, boys" said
Flanagan when a lawyers clerk from
Morristown brought the. news, "but
Pm suddenly elevated to the Rookie
feller and Carnegie class, and so I
must be off"
Michael, notwithstanding he had
money in his pocket, walked a milo
in the hot sun to the railroad station
rather than pay a nickel on the troll
ley.
IF any part of that $4,000 gets
away from me foolishly it will be
when I'm asleep and can't hold on to
it's wing" remarked Flanagan de-
parting.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Knew She Was Riuht

An auction was announced of the
library and household effects Of a man
who had once entertained in a lavish
way, and among the persons who went
to the sale were many who had ell
joyed the fallen family's hospitality.
When a set Of after-dinner cups was
put up one woman saidY There are
only five OF those, not six" The
auctioneer consulted his catalogue and
replied: Thank you; you are right"
and proceeded with the sale. Then
the woman whispered to the one next
to her: 81 knew l was right, because
my husband dropped one of that set
the last time we dined there"
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Man an Aquatic Animal.

Every moderately well-educated per-
son knows that life originated in the
water, but not so many are aware that
we are still aquatic animals. Every
cell except those of the outside skin
is dependent upon a surrounding
liquid to keep it alive, and If it be-
came dry it would perish. A person
who realizes this fact will always take
care to drink plenty of water, and will
also eat plenty of fruit and vegetables,
since these contain large quantities of
water, and that in purer form than
is usually available. The pickaninny
shows his good sense when he feasts
upon the juicy watermelon, and in
stead of ridiculing him we might bet
ter go and do likewise.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
+ OIL MAGNATE OWNS A GHOST
1t Was the Prize Package Given With
Mexican Palace That n. Clay
Pierce Bought.

H Clay Pierce, St Louis oil mag
nate, is now the owner. of the Borda
Gardens at Ceurnavaca. Mexico, and
may be said to be the custodian of the
ghost of the Borda Gardens. Nothing
was said about it when Mr.. Pierce
paid $4,000 for the historic spot
which was the favorite summer haunt
Of Emperor Maximilian and Queen
Carlotta in the days of Mexico's splen-
dor as an empire.
But 1t is to be supposed that the
ghost, having occupied the gardens
without leave these many years. will
continue to do so, and an occasional
glimpse of the ghostly intruder may
be vouchsafed to the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Pierce after Mr.. Pierce has
spent 100000 in restoring the gar
dens and they are ready to entertain
their friends there.
Mrs. Pierce. who will be the mis-
tress Of the mansion of the mad en-
press, is an Edwardsville (Ill) wom-
an, the daughter of Mai. William NJ.
Russell Pickett. Before her marriage
to Mr.. Pierce she was Mrs. Virginia
Pickett BuTrOwes.
The mansion, in recent years, has
divided into several suites and has
been let to tenants. These say that
they often see the ghost.
Whose ghost is it, and why it haunts
the Borda Gardens nobody pretends
to know, but it is the belief of the To-
cality that the ghostIy appearances
have some relation to buried treasure
and dark crime of the long ago-St.
Louis POst-Dispatch.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
The Boss,

President McCrea of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, in his study of all
classes of men who are under him, en-
tertains a great admiration for the
Irish foreman of a gang of laborers
who went to any lengths to show his
men that he was the real boss. One
morning this foreman found that his
gang had put hand car on the track
without his orders.
Who put that han CARR on the
thTack?" he asked.
1--WE did, sor," one Of the men an
swered respectfully.
WELL" he said shortly, take it off
ag'in!"
The laborers did so with some diff
ficulty.
Now" said the foreman, put it
on g'in!"-Popular Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
WHY WOMEN GROW OLD EARLY.
Through a Mistaken Idea Of Duty She
Permits Her Life to Become
a TreadmilI.

Why do some women grow old and
others keep the secret of perpetual
youth? Here is one answer:
One reason why the average woman
wears out, grows plain before her hus- !
band is that, through a mistaken idea
OF duty, she lays out for herself at
the beginning of her married life al
scheme or plan of duty and employ
ment for her time, every hour filed
with work, with rare and short periods
of relaxation.
This she follows religiously forI
years, feeling that she has done herl
duty. because every household event
occurs regularly and on time. while
she soon becomes merely a machine,
a thing without life of itself OF Volt
tion. She settles into a rut, and goes
round and round on the same track
eVerlastingly.
Can any woman keep brightness,
originality of thought or speech, or
even mere prettiness with such life?
And without those things how can she
keep her husband and growing chill
dren full of loving admiration, which
is the strong chain by which she can
bind them to her? How bright and
jolly the neighbor's wife seems when
she calls. In nine cases out Of ten 1t
is because the surroundings and talk
Of your home are variety to her, and
rouse her to originality and bright
ness of speech.
Cultivate a broad attitude toward
the world and its people. Let your in
terests be faT-reaching, and there will
be renewed vigor when it comes to
solve the problems Of the home.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Eating Between Meals.

Not much is said about this bad
habit nowadays, but is is still bad
habit. Do not let children eat chOco-
Iates, biscuits or sweetmeats at odd
times, whenever the whim seizes
them.
This practise leads TO many trouble
some little ailments connected with
the digestion.
Nibbling at crackers and sucking
sour balls or taffy are perhaps the
most common forms Of "eating all the
time" and should be checked as soon
as the habit is noticed.
A little pure candy may be given for
dessert at a meal. or at night before
the teeth are washed, but 1t should
not be given more than once a day.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Murdered for q Cent.

a quarrel over a single penny led to
a murder in Hoboken the other day.
A man from Nebraska, who stopped at
a hotel in HOboken while awaiting the
sailing of the steamer for Europe, put
penny in the slot of an automatic
music box in the dining-roOm OF the
hotel, but the box refused to pour
forth the expected Tagtime tune. The
Nebraskan became indignant and up
braided the German porter. The lat
ter explained to him that it required
a nickel and not a penny to set the
mechanism of the music-box in mo-
tion, but that explanation did not sat
isfy the man from Nebraska. He be-
came abusive and when the porter
threatened to put him out, he pulled
a revolver from his pocket and shot
the porter dead.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Couldn't Come Back.

Enoch Arden crept softly up to the
window and peered in.
The former Mrs. Arden sat talking
sternly to Enoch's successor.
do as you like" she was saying.
But remember this, it's Just as l told
Enoch when he got to thinking he was
boss Of the house: You may go away,
but you can't come back"
Fortunately Mr.. Tennyson learned
Of the incident before the eminent lit
erati Of the prize ring got to 1t.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
The Last STAGE.

Mrs. De Fashion-My dear, late
hours, late suppers and general social
dissipation have ruined your consti-
tuition"
Miss De Fashion (belle of six sea-
sons)-I know it, ma.
And your health is miserable"
Yes, ma"
"And you are losing your beauty"
Its all gone, ma"
'It really is. And so is your plump
ness"
I'm nothing but skin and bones"
There's no denying it, my dear, you
are a mere wreck of your former
self"
"Too true"
What are you going to do about
it?"
Get married. New York Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
How Hay Wrote Little Breeches."

How Hay Wrote Little Breeches."
On the train, as l jOurneyed to New
York, l entertained myself by writing
Little Breeches." The thing was
done merely for my own amusement,
without the smallest thought of print
But when l showed it to Whitelaw
Reid he seized the manuscript and
published it in the Tribune. BY that
time the Tilt and swing of the Pike
county ballad had taken possession of
me. l was filled with the Pike county
spirit, as it were, and the humorous
side of my mind was entertained by
its rich possibilities. Within a week
after the appearance of Little
Breeches" in print all the Pike county
ballads were written. After that the
impulse was completely gone from
me. There were no more Pike
County ballads in me and there never
have been any since. Let me tell you
a queer thing about that. From the
hour when the last of the ballads was
written until now I have never been
able to feel that they were mine, that
my mind had anything to do with
their creation or that they bore any
trace of kinship to my thought or my
intellectual impulses. They seem ut
teriy foreign to meas foreign as IL
had first encountered them in print
as the work of somebody else. 1t is a
strange feeling.-LetteT from John
Hay to G. c. Eggleston, quoted in
''RecoIlectiOns of a Varied Life"
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27

4 movement is on foot, headed by
Baron Wilkins, of New York, with
other sporting men, to secure by pub
lie subscription amounting to $4,000,
a diamond studded gold belt for
heavyweight champion John Arthur
Johnson. 80
After a delay of 50 years, the $500
estate of Timothy Caldwell, a resi-
dent of Wilmington, Del, who died IN
1927. was divided last week. Owing
to the case being involved the estate
could not be settled before.
In London, England, wireless tele-
phoning from a moving train has been
accomplished with complete success
on a stretch of railway line four miles
in length between Horley and Three
Bridges, on the Brighton railway.
Charleston, S. c., plans a $25o, 900
race track to be ready next year.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Looking Up Father,

MAY l see my fathers record?"
asked the new student. He was in
the class of 1871"
Certainly, my boy. What for?"
He told me when I left home not
to disgrace him, sir, and wish to see
lust how far I can CO."
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
NothInn subdued About Her.

Fuddy-Do you believe that people
acquire mental qualities from what
they eat?
Duddy-Hardly think so. My wife's
mother eats crushed oats, mashed po-
tatoes and whipped cream, and yet
she's very pugnacious.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Sensitive.

Miss Passay is furious with that
society reporter"
"Why so?'
HE published the announcement of
her approaching wedding under the
column headed Late Engagements !"
Life.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
A Misunderstanding.

Census Taker-What did you say
your name IS?
Editor Of the Century-R. y. John
son.
Census Taker-What difference does
It make whether l am Johnson or
not? You've got to answer the ques-
tions l ask OF get arrested. What did
you say your name Is?
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
UnossIHsd.

where's the ossified MANI"
Fired him"
'eWhat for?"
"He fell IN love"
But that shouldn't have spoiled
him as a drawing card"
That's what you think; but after
he fell in love he was the softest thing
you ever saw"
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Unusual

Knocker-Say, here's an original
baseball story.
Second senioT-How's that?
KnOcker-Hero wins the game I'm
eighth inning instead Of ninth.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
A Hero,

The Player-You're a lover Of mu-
sic, aren't you, Mr.. Smith?
The Hearer-Y-yes, but don't mind
me. Go right on playing.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
Wabur P. Thirkield, LID, President.
At 3Ist and VI Sts., n. w.

Attention is called to the adyer
tsement of Schwartz, jeweler and
0ptician, 824 Seventh street north
west, in this issue of The Bee. This
IS one of the best and most thorough
iewelry store in this city. Every
thing in this store is first class in
every detail. Your eyeglasses are
6tted, your eyes examined, and the
very best material is used in the
construction of your glasses. Sat-
jsfaction is guaranteed III everything
A new silk mill has started in Read
ing, Pa, with Jansen & Pretzfeld, Of
New York, as managers, with twenty
employees.
The Washington bee., 1910-08-27
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
WASHINGTON.D D. c.

WASHINGTON, D. c.
Wilbur P Thnkied, LID, President
Located Capital of twenty acres I'D
hundred
young or capacity eed Dc
prved o advantages
THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES; -:
English Mathematics
Greek French German Physics Chemistry, Biology History Philosophy
the best approved colleges 10
professors. Kelly Miller, An Dean
THE TEACHERS COLLEGE.
Special opportunities teachers Regular college courses IN
Alb; Pedagogical courses
High-grade Normal Training Music
Manual Arts Sciences Graduates helped positions Lewis
B. Moore, A. NJ, PhDo Dean
THE ACADEMY
Faculty Three of four each Hggrade Pp@
tory school George J. Cummings, AN, Dean
THE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
in Commercial history
English high school education combined george '"
AN, Dean
SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES.
Six Offers two-year limited
IN Mechanical and Civil Engineering
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
Broad courses
Of
penses Isaac Clark, DID, Dean
THE SCHOOL OF Dental and Pharmaceutical Col
professors Modern laboratories and equipment
with half million dollars Clinical ia
in
Edward A. Baoch 5h and Streets n W. W. T. Mcneil
NJ D, Secretary R Street, n W.
THE SCHOOL OF LAW.
Faculty Of hre giving thorough knowledge
of nd building
house Benjamin Leighton LII 5th Street n w
catalogue special norma on address Dean OF Department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19
TAFT IS SPEEDING HONE
ABOARD THE TENNESSEE
President Expected to Sail for
Washington Aboard the May
flower Wednesday.

ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES
CRUISER MONTANA, November 10, by
wireless to the United States cruiser
Tennessee, and to Key West, Fla.-The
cruiser Tennessee upon which President
Taft is returning from his visit to the
Panama Canal Zone, and the cruiser Mon
tana sailed abreast Friday five miles
apart while the crews who are training
for the delayed battle practice sighted
their guns at each other Column for
nation was resumed at night.
The weather is pleasant and the seas
moderate, though strong northeast
trade wind is blowing. The vessels are
headed for Guantanamo, where they are
due at noon today.
Mayfower at Hampton Roads.
NORFOLK. Va, November 19.-The
Presidents yacht. the Mayfower. ar
lived at Fort Monroe today and will be
anchored in Hampton roads until We'd
nesday, when, it is expected, President
Taft will board the vessel on his return
rip to Washington.
The President will address the Virginia
Teachers Asso -fation in Richmond next
Wednesday afternoon and return in the
evening to board the Mayflower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19
LAST DAY OF HORSE SHOW.
Final Judgment on Competitors fol
Challenge CUPS.

NEW YORK, November 19.-Attend-
ance at and interest in the horse show
in Madison Square Garden, which closes
tonight, are pointed to today as indi-
eating that even the fast increasing use
Of the automobile has not decreased in
terest in the horse. Today's program
contained several more than usually in
-eI esting events, including final .judg-
hents on competitors for several chal-
enge cups and the various champion
ships.
An interesting development of the
,l.rning at the garden was the announce
ient mat se' eral prominent sportsmen.
chagrined at the poor showing made 10y
.A4e. lean army represen .atives in the in
lernational events. will PRESENT dozen
II more thoroughbred horses to the
nited States Army for breeding pur-
.,oses. the idea being to raise hne hoi ses
% be used as officers mounts. A large
um for this purpose was raised by sub
cription Today. Marye w. Smith, NJ. F.
H., Of the Worcester Hunt Club. and the
LeesbuIg, Va, hounds, is sponsor for the
pan.