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The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
A Thirteenth Century Drink.

Thirteenth century tastes IN food
had few limitations. Besides the fowl
Of Africa and the rare gadwit OF
Ionia" mentioned by FitZstephen,
gourmets in the time of King John
used to regale themselves on herOns.
cranes, crows, stOrks. cormorants and
bitterns. Some would wash their
meals down with wine. but the ma
jority drank mead or metheglin. Mead.
according to Holinshed. was only the
washing Of the combs after the honey
had been taken from them and so poor
a beverage that it had to be spiced,
peppered or made palatable with
sweetbrier or thyme. But methegitn
contained one hundredweight Of honey
to twenty-fouT gallons of water and
must have been much more intOxicat-
ing than the strongest old ale of the
present day.-LondOn Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
Ancient Egyptian Stones.

Stones were formed into the shapes
Of beetles by the ancient Egyptians.
They regarded the beetle as an en-
blem of immortality, and hence it was
the most popular Of all forms Of or
mon stones were commonly buried
with dead persons, and it was custom
airy TO engTave upon them the express
sion of wishes for future repOse and
happiness. dedications of the soul tC
God and various hieroglyphs One OF
the latter was a hawk with a human
head, symbOliZing resurrection. An
other, the vulture, meant maternity. A
goose was the son of d king.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
A. His Own Risk.

Caller ION crutches and with band
age over one eyel-I have come. sir. TO
make application for the amount due
on my accident insurance policy. ! fell
down long flight Of stairs the other
evening and sustained damages that
will disable me for month TO come
Manager Of Company-Young man,
have taken the trouble to investigate
your case, and I find you are not enti-
tied to anything. 1t could not be called
an accident You certainly knew the
young lady's father was at home.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
WOMEN ARE WOMEN.
A Rather Roundabout Way to Prove
the Proposition-But Does
This Prove 1t?

Men say women are angels; women
say women are cats. Let us pause
moment and reason upon this thing
If women are angels-however, that
does not seem to be the proper start
ing point. Let US try again.
If angels are Cats-but, no; that is
hardly reasonable, for angels have
wings, and cats do not fly. We must
begin again.
If women are cats-but that isn't
possible, for cats do not talk, and how
could a dumb animal express an Opin-
ion in words of a woman? Whatever
cats may think, they never say word
about a woman, while women-wel,
women are not cats.
Now let US return to the first propo-
sition.
If women are angels, they wouldn't
say women are cats. Angels don't
talk that way.
Once upon a time man married
woman. He said she was an angel;
the women said she was a cat Happy
man, not to know the difference be-
tween an angel and cat!
Men say women are angels, and by
this token women say angels are cats.
Therefore. angels being cats, cats
must be angels, and, both being the
same, women are women.
Which is precisely what they are
W. ]. hampton In Lippincott's-
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
Ripenina Bananas

It is a familiar fact that bananas
are imported green, but It came as
new thing to a visitor TO the banana
district In Colombia to find that ba-
nanas are not permitted TO ripen on
the plant even down there. They are
cut and set to hang somewhere until
they wither ripe, as the phrase is.
Bananas do not have to be yellow to
be ripe That is only the color Of the
skin when it has dried up. To the
person who Is accustomed to eating
bananas only when they are yellow 1t
seems odd TO peel them when they are
green and find that they are perfectly
ripe within and fit to eat.-New York
Sun
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
To Save the TabIecIoth.

Nothing is more provoking to the
careful housewife than TO have a per-
fectly clean tablecloth literally be-
spattered with gravy the first time it
is used. Get large table napkin-One
TO match the tablecloth If possible
and a piece Of white OilclOth cut an
inch shorter and an inch narrower
than the napkin. Place the oilcloth
where the meat dish will stand and
spread the napkin over it. The gravy
cannot penetrate through the oilcloth.
Thus there is a considerable saving in
the washing bill
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
NEW MEXICO.
How That Portion Of Northern New
Spain Got Its Name.

How That Portion Of Northern Ne"
Spain Got Its Name.
The country now called Mexico was
not so called till 1910. when the revolt
against Spain began. Up to independ-
ence the country was called New Spain
and was divided into the same number
Of provinces as Spain, each with
name Of a province in Spain, with the
prefix o. new" but New Mexico was
not included in this division. 1t got it's
name In this way:
In 1861 Francisco Ibarra was IN
charge of an expedition Of exploration
into what is now northern Durango
and southern chihuahua and 1iscov-
cred an Indian village near where San
ia Barbara now stands in which the
houses were whitewashed and the peO-
ing the cotton in the neighbOrhOOd.
He wrote an account Of his discovery
to his brother in the City Of Mexico,
telling him he had discovered una
nueva Mexico" a new Mexico, another
Mexico. meaning that he had found
another town like the City Of Mexico,
and thereafter all this portion Of north
ern New Spain was known as ''Nueva
Mexico"-tLat is, New MexicO-which
name 1t has retained, though now
much reduced in extent. - Las Vegas
ODtic.
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THE SHIPWREcKER.
His Is a Hard Life, as He Must Al
ways Be Prepared to Meet Ad-
ventures and Accidents.

The career of the shipwrecker con-
sists Of a series Of hardships and ad-
ventures and accidents and narrow es-
capes from the first day he enliSts
with a big wrecking company up to
the time he is brought ashore from
the grim ship be calls 'home" crippled
or fatally injured. OF all the profes-
sions that demand heavy toll OF hu-
man life none, not even mining or
powder making, is as dangerous as
the one Of these wreckers. Every year
these daring men, who brave storm and
wave and tempest to save the stranded
liner, to raise the sunken ocean grey
hound, to rescue the ship impaled upon
rocks and, II nothing else, to salye
what valuable cargo may be removed
from helpless wrecks, meet death by
the score Many Of them, exposed Of
ten for days and nights to the icy
blasts of winter seas, TO driving biz
yards and to drenching storms that
bite to the marrow, succumb TO pneu-
mOnia. Others at work on the pitch
ing, tossing barges have legs or arms
shattered during the risky operations
Of removing masts or OF singing
wrecking pumps or other castings that
weigh tons. Others have hands or
feet so dreadfulIy frozen that these
must be amputated, and still others
are wiped out of existence after suf-
fering hours of untold agony and ex-
posure before the eyes Of their helpless
comrades.-Appleton's Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
THE MONTEREY CYPRESS.
Found In Its Wild State In Only Two
Spots In the World.

Found In Its Wild State In Only Two
Spots In the World.
One Of the most interesting and pic
tureSQue trees in the world. as well as
one Of the most ancient, is the Cupres-
sus macracaTps, or Monterey cypress.
It's native habitat is extremely restrict
ed, for it is found in its wild state In
only two spots In the whole wide world
on the edge of a grove Of conifers
stretching for a few miles between
the bay OF Monterey and the bay of
Carmel (the latter Of which bears a
striking resemblance in outline and
color to its prototype in the Holy Landl
and in a similar spot near PeScaderO. a
little town lying on the coast between
Monterey and San Francisco. The
Monterey grove consists of only a dOZ
en- or two expresses Of large size and
most striking appearance. Their trunks
are massive and wrinkICd with hoary
age, while their boughs, gnarled and
twisted. grow chiefly on one side away
from the stormy winds that have buf
feted them for thousands Of years. The
noble trees are limited to the rocky
wind beaten shore, on which some of
them have but a precarious hold
Hemmed between the slowly enerOach-
ing ocean on one hand and pine for
est on the other, their future is ex
posed to great hazard. 1t is therefore
gratifying to observe that fair num-
bar Of thrifty voupU pvpraSSae ara
holding their own against the pines for
a short distance inland.-Scientific
American.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
The Prisoners Petort.

1t is q prison chaplain's duty to give
a departing prisoner good advice and
to exhOrt him to be a decent and hon.
orable man in the future. In the
course Of one of these interviews a
chaplain said, Now, my friend, l hope
you'll never have to come back to a
place Ike this"
The prisoner looked at him thought
fully and then asked, 81 say, chaplain,
you draw a salary here. don't youF'
When the chaplain replied in the af-
flrmative the prisoner remarked, well,
say, if NE and the other fellows didn't
keep coming back you'd be out Of a
lob"
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
The PEoper Instinct,

"Birdset seems to have the proper in
stincts for a married man."
You mean that be can tell a grace
ful lie. has developed a keen sense OF
cunning and has learned to conceal his
real income from his wife"
Yes, and also to know that she real
ly knows just how he is deceivinS
her."-New York Herald.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01

A 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. 40
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-
phoniug 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 $3.50, 900
race track to be ready next year.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
How IL Looked.

81 think you ought to turn the lights
up a little when your beau comes"
said the boy who is beginning to use
big words TO bis older sister 4
wouldn't sit In the dim light II were
you. 1t looks too conspicuous. New
York Press.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
An Old Saw Strikes = Nail.

Mr.. Scrapplngton (musingly) - As
Lincoln said. a man may fool some OF
the people all the time and all the peC-
pie some Of the time Mrs. Scrap
pington Cbriskly)-But you can't fool
me any OF the timel-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
Didn't Need a Doctor.

''Let me kiss those tears away" he
begged tenderly. She fell in his arms
and he was busy for the next few min
utes. And yet the tears flowed on.
"Are you suffering? Can nothing stop
them?" he asked. breathlessly sad.
''No," she muTmured. Its only a
cold, you know. But go on with the
treatment" Home Journal.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
The Real Reason.

''Why don't you go down Mil
streetP
"WeIl, you see, on one side OF it lives
my tailor and on the other side my
shoemaker. while canal runs through
the e."-Meggendorfer Blatter.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
Lowered.

Maud-Belle doesn't wear French
heels any more. Her husband won't
let her Ethel-I said she would lower
herself by marrying - Boston Tran
script
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
Didn't Take the Bait.

Miss Anciente Gnsinuatingly)-I dis
ike my name; it's horrid Mr.. Fly
(absently)-I fear it's too late to change
1t now.
Thick silence.-Pittsburg Press.
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Pratfn Unnonular,

Wigg-Bjones doesn't seem TO be
very popular Wagg-I should say not
Why. that fellow is so unpopular he
couldn't even get a Job as a bill col
Iector.- or.-PhiIadelphia Record
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
Not Sure Of IL.

She-They say that there is fool IN
every family. Do you believe that2
He-Er-well, l hardly like TO say.
I'm the only member of my family
Chicago News.
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Cheerinn Her.

Macdougal Ito his new fourth wife,
The meenister doesna approve O. my
marryin' again, an sac young a wife
too! But. as / telTt hSm, Gamma be
ave bulyin', buryin'. Punch.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01

In this world 1t is not what we take
up. but what we give up, that makes
as rich.-BeecheF.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01

Consciousness Of ignorance is no
small part of nOwledge.-Jerome.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-01

Attention is called to the adver
usement of Schwartz, jeweler and
oPtician, 824 Seventh street north
west, in this issre of The Bee. This
IS one of the best and most thorough
Jewelry store in this city. Every
hing in this store is first class in
every detail. Your eyeglasses are
Ftted. your eyes examined, and the
yerv hest material is used in the
construction of your glasses. Sat
;sfactiOn is guaranteed in everything
a new silk mill has started in Read
no. Pa, with Jansen & Pretzfeld. of
New York, as managers. with twenty
employees.
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PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY.

thorough courses
Advantages Of University Students Aid Low N
penses Isaac Clark, D. D., Dean
THE SCHOOL Dental and Col
~i@i% #l@ts%l=
and equipment
with new Feedmens Hospital costing half million dollars Clinical ia
t-gradua School and PocnC
Edward w Streets, n W. W. T. MCNEIL
NJ. D. Secretary, r Street ~ W.
THE SCHOOL OF LAW.
OF Courses OF thre gvI thorough kho"ieuS
building opposite the court
house BENJAMIN F Leighton 5th Street. n w
address Dean Department
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
WILBUR P. Thirkield, LID, President.

the Nation Campus Of over twenty acres I'd
equipment New
negie Library Science Hall Faculty OF over one hundred @ M
Unusual oPPortuhGS
capacity need be de-
prved of IS
THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Devoted studies Courses English Mathematics
Chemistry Biology History
such the best approved colleges
professors Kelly Miller, AM Dean
THE TEACHERS COLLEGE.
teachers Regular college courses IN
Abb Pedagogical courses
High-grade Normal Training Au
helped positions Lewis
B. Moore, a. NJ, PhDr Dean
ACADEMY
each Hgh-grade pPaTa-
school George Cummings, An Dean
THE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
Commercial Law History
school Nose
AN, Dean
SCHOOL, OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES.
Oh tWo-year hnleu
courses IN AIechan cal and Civil Engineering
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
Synopsis of Preceding CHAPTERS

DOB MARSHALL. who had made millions IN the West
- reluctantly left his home IN Wyoming .1- the rono-0
being United States Consul Morocco. located al FeL
wing with him his daughter Charlotte and Na7gae-
Clarke sister OF Kaid Hamilton Clarke the English Gen
eraI commanding the armies of the Sultan Dick Whitney
Marshas foster son and ance of Charlotte West LOlnte
and Captain the United States army. arrived at Fee OF
detached duty
Clarke feared an early uprising of the NIoors through the
efforts OF a pretender the throne
Buhammei. a cultured and mysterious Moor. followed
the NarshallS from London. and appeared % be maintain
ing secret relations with the Conss Arab servants Both
Clarke and W hitney suspected him
Lick the two girls and Buha1nnlei made trip Mount
ZaIag watched over, unknown the Moor. by company
of the kaids troops One of the latter killed Moor who
was irving TO shoot Dick On the way home the party was
amazed to Buhanrnei strike Berber slel and the
latter kiss the formers hand afterward.
The hon. Bob found old but rrarve-lus-y hnls1e1
garden concealed back of his plot and Buhae told is
story. 1t had been the home OF Moorish Prince and as
bride. The Prince through pOtters believed that his VIE
was unfathful and in fit OF jealousy accused her. She
committed suicide. and then he realized he mistaken
his baby son was believed have been killed by is nurse
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By Roy Norton
DrawIn,s by Joseph Cleu.ent Coll

steps approaching determinedly over the gravel
and in tle shadow of tle lante they saw one OF the
servants conducting the Kad The latter call out
All thee YOU a-el" and sta ted to add something
more; but checked himself as tie waite n9ue at the
foot of the porch lose.
Good evening, Mr. BuhammeI the Engl1Shman
said without p ffeing his hand and the Moor with
equal reserve answered and bowed deeply. Dick had
an instant sense of en1nIty the part of each
iowa. the other the previous meetings OF the
two and wondered whether not the g1lS had d1-
vined its existence. If So they did not snow it
they g eeted the Kaid no did they display any
ton when the Moor reached TO his hat and
n0unced that he had stayed his time and must
90 The COnsul's daughter alone ged him to stay
longer and at last wnen he remained fl m. gathered
her skirts danty in one hand and conducted him to
the gate leading out of the ga den.
You weren't here to dinner. she accused the
Kad when she returned. You didn't CONF in time
to ioin fathers sl1rp Use party and all
paid for it. You didn't hear Mr.. Buhammeis his
tory of this place.
I've heard it"
Well in the name of all that's sane" she asked,
why didn't you tell it ?"
Spoil your fathers surprise He pulled a cigar
from his pocket and lighted it with his steady hands,
and then between pufs said to the Consul, e." His
Majesty, the Sultan Muley Mohammed listened to
me to-day, and to-mOr ow will send you due and
CeremOniOuS notice that you granted private
audience to discuss the unto tunate arrests of nat
u.alized Ame leans which have been made with
view to rem dying fueu affairs.
The Hon Bob sat up VITA a jerk. Not" he said.
get crack at him alone since | first came herel
He's givin' in. is he2 He's beginning to understand
that Uncle Sam isn't to be mOnkeyed with He
slapped his leg with vigorous hand and had the air
of one who winning through the TO of his back
ing and then, if tired of naction and elated by
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what he considered a victory. suddenly clambe~cd
to his feet and turned to his daughter and Miss
Clarke.
Come on, girls he said. Wen take a little
rest. I'm tired of hea-n about things that aren't
pleasant and am goin down here To look the place
iii the wall where the old woman ran away with the
baby boy"
But that is not changing the subject" the Eng
fish girl suggested.
The Hon. Bob, the English girl and Charlotte
rose and walked together in time down the steps
and turned away toward the shadows of the wall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
CHAPTER VIII.

TCOR an instant all were quiet IN the positions
II thew had stunned The Consul dau9nter mad
L botn hands clutched round ner fathers a ms
and he was leaning far fOrWa with his eyes hXed
on the bottom step if pictu. ing the 10 m OF the
Young Berber mother. Miss Ola. Ike sitting very
Straight and still and the American officer had bent
over with knee thrust out and the other back by
the edge of his chair and his closed fists resting
tightly on his waist. Even in the dim light the
wol kings of Bunammeis face Wee distinct as he
peered at the step from which, as he SAID, time had
washed the stains. His voice had been full of emo
ton when he came to his climax; but now, as he
gave long shiverng breath and leaned back against
the marble column and resumed, 1t was quiet and
controlled.
Il leave it to you whether it has been IN reality
the Garden of Fate the gao den seen by the sand
diviner in his trance 1t would Prince FL
Has san was led babbng away. They relieved him of
ness he thought She slept, and when they approached
he cautioned them not to dl,tu b her. He had APP
parently TO gotten the second wife but could never
be reconCled to the absence of mis- boy BY great
mercy he did not last long and those who were by
him wnen he went said he whispering phrases
of love to one they could not see.
He stopped and looked past the fountain to the
sill louette of the far wall over which the Berber
woman had fled with baby in her arms, and APP
peared to recall the conclusion of his story
1t was t agedy for all pa Elephants. In acct
dental wav the part the second wife's b:Other had
PLAYED came to light, and it was found that he had
conceived the idea of poisoning FL Hassans mind
against his favorite wife by slow degrees He had
taken advantage of a spot behind the wall where
none might see interrupt him and visited 1t at
times with a ladder. The rope ladder permitted
him to come down from the top and enter the gar
den. Fist he dropped the clasp, mkt the glove.
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was merely looking for loot Plenty of those chaps
would potShoot man for his cuff links, but th:
man must have known that our friend Buhammel
was there. | don't think there was any colluSloh'
for Buhammei is too intelligent To have been III
volved in that way
The Captain nodded his head slowly as ii agreeing
with this chain of logic -,
Now comes the other event. y desert SheIN
PUSHES up to pay his respects To Buhamme1, reCos
ing HIM as superior of some SOrt-aSent Tor Sii"e
CLING a ms. possible promoter of revolution q % "
half-dozen other things by his blunder d"
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his baby believed to have been killed by its nurse
The American officer had been sitting uuerly and
the kaid mOveleSs as ever, the ate. mating
dullness and glare of his cigar telling that ne was
putting steadily The others had no sooner LETT tnn
he tn ned MS mead iowa. his COTpanon. Who seq
ing this opportunity of telling of the day tragedy
dragged his chair forward.
Well. the kaId intern Ogated. | suppose YOU
wondering if know anything about tna- little aH3r
Sid Suleyman had on the mOuntalntop today, Dc.
fore | answer anything concerning that. should
like to ask you what you think ot taS Chap
Buhammei.
But the killing appears to be more serious"
Cla ke silent for awhile To the Anne lcan, lie
seemed to be studying over some abst- ue r. oolenl
Suppose, he said, looking up. that You begin e
tellin me of your eXCursiOn-kInd OF whole tTu1
and all the truth recital.
With painstaking care Dick went into Every de
tail OF the days trip, with all that ne E1d seen u
heard and considerable of what he had -1ought IN
the tense times while he was the m1urJa1rSld1
The kaid ev1nCed special interest unit. that poI
ton relating to the in the road was told anu
then. like one aroused he began asking questions
Gave him gold. YOU say
Struck him first:
Yes"
Fo full minute the Kad did moi reply
but when he did it was if he had been
arranging the details of an u1nent
Captain Whitney. said he. . ] mink TINS
Buhammei Is dangerous nave
thought from the time first law nm.
You must understand that / am a man
listening for whispers or clutcain- az stra"s
IN the wind. eagerly seeking any t.,,ng una
Will enable to p OteCt myself and snc
cause | have made nv ! { uSt Siu'
Sulevman above any man at NV con-
mand. and those men YOU saw WITH I'LL,
were picked by him for their baEt-v anu
LOYALTY. You saw the squad ling a.
the foot of the mountain and r o0aot
missed they there TO YOUR pro
lection. From the time YOU lief, the CIV
gates until YOU returned YOU wee never
out of sight or sound 1t was NOT a use
less Precaution: for your life, AZ least
saved
Dick gave a start of astouishr1ent ard
an exclamation of Surp- Use
. Yes the Kaid said Sidi >ueEinan
. grappled with that fellow and Il.ed NM
. because he had no time To do otherwise
Perhaps you noticed a rifle lying on 1'
- ground beside the dead man,
Yes. aSsentcd Dick
The man taking very careful ann
at you. His finger was already on lnS
trigger when Sidi cot him. So IA we ha.e
been totally unable To establish his identity
or 10 learn whether he had ConfedeTatSS
within call The presumption Is that iN
alone
Just crank. eh' Out cunning for
Christian dog"
That Her Perhaps You never can tell HAD
,ubled been alone | might think So OF
MIGHT conclude that this fellow who was
evidently from the thieving Benz HaSSah,
was merely looking for loot Plenty of those chaps
would pOtShOOt man for his cuff links but tHls,
man must have known that our friend Buhamms'
was there. | don't think there was any ColluSIon'
for buhammei is too intelligent To have been HI
voved in that way.
The Captain nodded his head slowly as If agreeiiS
with this chain of iOpiC