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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-07
Portland Wheat.

Portland, Ore, Sept. Wheat:
Track prices: Club, IS q SEC; Blue
stem, "a 10 Csc; Red Russian, S3c;
Valley, SSc; Turkey Red, S6@8Sc.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-07

vided into three districts, the first
third carrying about so per cent of
the assessment. the second third
about 80 per cent and the remaining
district about 20 per cent. There is
no friction between the council and
City Attorney Crollard on the method
of assessment, but an outside attOr-
ney was simply brought in for the
purpose of confirming the opinion
of the local attorney in the method of
assessment
Progress on Street Work.
The street committee reported that
during the week there has been con-
siderable progress in the street work.
The sewer contractors will have on
an additional force today, filling in
the sewer on many streets. Lower
Wenatchee avenue has been rolled
iwth the steam roller; the roller is
being used on Orondo avenue; Wash
ington avenue is being wet down and
is being put in better shape for the
hauling of fruit; Columbia street,
while the sewer work is in progress,
yet half of the street has been kept
open for use by fruit haulers.
Will Give Title to Library Site.
Howard Thomas, of the park COM
mittee, reported that he had been
in communication with Judge Burke
relative to securing a quit claim
deed in accordance with the wish of
the people of the city. Mr.. Thomas
also stated that the last correspond
ence he had with the Carnegie peo-
pie was to the effect that the money
was in the bank and could be drawn
upon as soon as a deed was shown
for the library site and the plans and
specifications were approved by the
Carnegie committee.
First Payment on Sewer.
The first estimate of work done
on the sewer contract was presented.
This called for the payment of 49,
92793.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
WORTH ADVER TIsING FOR

There are 549o Negroes poyed here WasAingaa Ay
the Government alone and these 500 Negroes draw salaries
gregating $o444o4 These than millions
spent right here in Washington aReag
hundreds of adesmen. Is this money worth bid
ding for 1t certainly is and the largest t
city would refuse to the big of did realize
how much money the Negroes are really spending.
Now The Bee is u. oaly Negro publication city
stands without rival competitor the ked like
few Of the merchants in this city paenizs advertising
of The Bee presenting the bargains they may have
these Negroes these Negroes wh0 draw aAnuaHy fes TIE
three millions of collars viii Aaa b
rOnizng publication edited and operated by of their @
such Grrs 4se an4 deserve their patronage And such ks VIII
receive the bulk these thr millions of dollars reosa
sPea4 by the Negroes of Washington.
oisng what furniture what dry goods
and what lines Of business will make eet dive
themselves these millions If dollars Washington
Negroes by advertising in The Bee?
Place your advertising in The Zee and watch these aCse
tive Negroes spend their three millions Of dollars w; you
Now the advertise ia The Bee the that
rs every Negro in Washington Remember merchants ct
Washington it's advertising pays you what
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
DIGNITY OF OWNERSHIP.
The Feeling OF Pride That Is Born Of
Paying Taxes as illustrated by
Policeman.

MANY a time," said policeman In
the southern part of the city, when
arresting men, especially Intoxicated
men, have been told by my prisoner
that he was a taxpayer and that he
helped pay my wages.
II always regarded this SORT Of back
talk as merely drunken insolence and
never paid much attention to it until
about a year ago, when 1 bought q
house and lot and became myself a
taxpayer. 1 had always rented be-
fore and never gave thought to taxes,
but as soon as / moved into my own
house l began to appreciate the feel
ings OF men no resented arrest be-
cause they paid taxes.
There is certainly a considerable ad-
dition to the dignity Of the man who
helps support the government. He
feels degree Of responsibility that a
renter or roomer never understands,
and my idea is that every man in the
country ought to become a taxpayer
as soon as he can. And the mere fact
that he does help support the govern
ment and bears his share Of the ex-
pense makes him a better citizen.
Habitual criminals are rarely taxpay-
ers. They know they may have to run
any day and perhaps never come back,
so they do not buy real estate, but are
roOmers and dodgers all their lives."-
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
A WHISTLER DINNER.
Sealing Wax Played an Important
Part at the BANQUET

Sealing Wax Played an Important
Part at the Banquet.
In the Pencils "Life Of James Mac
Neili Whistler" is the story of a din
ner given by the eccentric artist In
which he was assisted by Mr.. Luke
Ionides, who describes the banquet:
81 remember calling one early after
noon, when Jimmy was busy putting
things straight. He asked me If had
any money. / told him l had IL
shillings. He said that was enough.
We went out together, and he bought
three chairs at two and sixpence each
and three bottles Of claret at eighteen
pence each and three sticks OF sealing
wax Of different colors at twopence
each. On our return he sealed the top
Of each bottle with a different cOlored
wax. He then told me he expected q
possible buyer to dinner and two other
friends When we had taken our seats
at the table he very solemnly told the
maid to go down and bring up bottle
Of wine, one of those with the red seal.
The maid could hardly suppress grin,
but / alone saw 1t. Then, after the
meat, he told her TO fetch a bottle with
the blue seal, and with dessert the one
with the yellow seal was brought, and
all were drunk in perfect innocence
and delight He sold bis picture, and
be said he was sure the sealing wax
had done it."
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Better THAN GUN
WHEN SNUFF PROVED VALUABLE
WEAPON OF DEFENSE.
British Army officer Is Lucky In Be-
Ing Able to Relate Story of Al
most Fatal Adventure In
India,

Perhaps no mans life was ever
saved to him by more curious cir
cumstance than that attending the ex-
perience of a captain of the Bengal
lancers. He had been on a visit to a
civilian friend In Rajputana and went
out for a walk in the country about
sunset.
After going four or five miles he
found himself in a narrow path on
the side of a steep hill. The path
was a mere ledge in the rock, with a
deep chasm on one side and a wall
of solid rock on the other. 1t was
not a pleasant place in which to
come face to face with a big tiger;
but that was just what happened to
the captain.
1t was too late to withdraw, so he
determined to brave it out. The ami
NAL had evidently been asleep; for
1t continued for a few moments to
lick itself into full wakefulness. The
captain stood still, with his eyes fixed
on the beast Presently the tiger
took a few steps forward and made a
dash at him. Luckily it's teeth seized
him by the flap of the coat, just over
the breast, so that he was not hurt
by the blow.
Then the captain had a chance to
appreciate the feelings of a mouse
when 1t is shaken by a cat. The IT,
Iger shook him till his senses left
Thin. Perhaps 1t was as well they did
Ileaye him. for the beast held him over
the deep chasm and a fall would
have been as fatal as the animals
onslaught
When the captain recovered con-
sciousness, a few minutes later, he
found himself lying fiat on his back,
with his feet dangling over the preci-
pice. He opened his eyes, only to see
the sky above him. He dared not
move, for the tiger might be close at
his elbow. So he shut his eyes and
remained motionless.
Then he thought he heard a strange
noise at a little distance, a sound as
of somebody sneezing. His first
thought was that some one had come
to the rescue and beaten the tiger OF,
but this was proved to be wrong by
low. disagreeable, tigerish growls
mingled with the sneezing.
He turned slowly. He could hardly
believe his eyes. There was the tiger
sinking off with his tail between his
legs and sneezing violently as he
went, his face distorted by most pite'
Gus gFimaces.
The truth then dawned upon the SOL
der. In shaking him the tiger had
caused his snuffbox to fly open out Of
his waistcOat pocket and had received
the contents full in the face.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
RediscoVerInu the Bible.

A few years ago a professor at Yale
set an examination paper to some of
his undergraduate pupils and was
astounded at the utter ignorance of the
simplest Biblical topics displayed In
their answers. Considerable pub
licity was given to this failure, which
was taken to heart by the university
men throughout the United States,
and with characteristic American
promptitude a movement was set on
foot for the encouragement of Bible
study among university men.
The movement has certainly caught
on, says the American Hebrew. For
the session 1908-O9 no less than 539
academic institutions of the United
States and Canada have Bible classes,
attended by 32,259 college men. But
besides this the movement has spread
into 18 other countries, where the
classes are attended by $4,000 uniYeT-
sity men. If one could judge by num-
bers the Bible is again coming to its
own among the rising generation. The
Bible is being rediscovered.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Peculiar Ieuacies-

Not long Sgo Berlin manufacturer
left $2,500, the interest of which is to
be spent on the free distribution of
beer weekly to the fTequenters of his
favorite bierhaus. More recently a
testator at Tunbridge Wells, England,
left eleven friends $500 apiece ito in
vest in port wine or anything else
they like" John Redman, a friend Of
Charles James Fox, who died in 1898,
by a codicil in his will enjoined his
executors to keep his house on for at
least year after his decease, and to
visit it frequently, taking friends with
them, that each corner may be filled
to help drink out the wine in the
vault" He added that. holding my
executors in such esteem, ! desire
them to pay all the legacies without
the wicked swindling and base impo-
sition of stamps that smell of blood
and carnage"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
A Queer Trunk Problem.

One Of the minor problems that pre-
sent themselves to managers OF homes
for elderly persons is the accumulation
Of trunks. Each new arrival brings
one or more trunks, often several, and
1t is not expected that these ever will
be taken away, as the inmates are to
remain permanently. It is not, how
ever, considered safe to sell the trunks
or give them away, as they are the
private properly Of the inmates, and
there is a possibility that the trunks
may be needed again through some
change In affairs or fortunes. The
trunks therefore pile up until they
become the despair Of managers, and
1t is a relief when some of the older
or least substantial boxes break apart
from mere decrepitude and can con-
scientiously be consigned to the scrap
heap.-New York Press.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
COLD BATH CALLED A FAKE
Irreverent Writer Pokes Fun at One
of the Most Cherished OF
British institutions.

: Everyone knows about the tradition
Of the cold morning bath. All English
men mention the fact in a casual man.
ner that they have had one at least
once each day, but / have wondered
If they did not protest too much. How
can anyone prove that they actually
get into this aforesaid cold bath? That
pan IS inches In diameter at the bot
tom, or prance about the great bilge
keel which surrounds it, does not
seem reasonable.
After getting out Of a fairly warm
bed many times, and trying to do &C
.robatic acts In tepid water with a
damp atmosphere of about 40 degrees,
in a stone-walled room with the con-
.centrated cold Of 400 or more long
years hermetically sealed in a musty
old castle. l decided to fake the cold
bath, as 1 now believe all English
men do.
It's an easy game, and this is the
way to do it. Jump from the bed and
land, if possible, clear Of the stone
floor, on any old stray rug or piece OF
carpet. Dress hurriedly and complete
ly, and draw a razor over your blue
chop, called chin, stanch the blood
with your own handkerchief-don'
use the bath towel; then drag the
zinc bathtub to the center of the
floor, lay a bath towel or two spread
out beside it, then throw the soap as
hard as possible into the water six or
seven times (this gives the effect of
a natural English bath splash), slap
the ends of another towel IN the wa
ter, wet your hands (no matter Il 1t
does make 'em ache-you must do
this) and slap them on the towels to
represent wet footprints. This done,
you can look the world in the eye with
a bright and shining morning face
the kind r. L. Stevenson refers to-
American Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS.

U colod people groom dainty destroy perspa
ton odo grease shine from the face and use eur Hsw
discoveries for improving the skin and dressing the hair they
will; be better received in the business world make mere
money and advance faster
The Chemical Wonder Company of New York is the best
business friend coored people have 1t improves their bodies
&C DR. Booker Washington improves their minds That Com
nanv manufacturers Chemical Wonders which will make
coored people as attractive individual pecuaies will
NIT Colorcd men York who these Wonders hold
better situations banks clubs and business houses and
men have better positions marry better get along better
m Complexion WonderCream will light up any eoiorsd
face lack or brown) every time is used To prove this
trial. send demonstration sample 1or io cents ssu1
jar, so cents postpaid
he heated before using help straghten and dress the hair
Costs 20 cents and will last lifetime
(,S Wonder Uncurl When this pomade dressing in the
hair the kinks can uncured and the hair becomes flexible
When heated the scalp and through the hair with Won
% Comb anv stiff knotty hair will dress we'll so cents post
paid.
IN Wonder Hair Grow fertilzes the scalp and makes
h CROW long lust as fertilizers in the soil make eornsaks
grow. 50 cents postpaid
odor People neglect such chemical cleansing obnox
ious 50 cents postpaid
(6 Odor Wonder Liquid This fine toilet surrounds
Itb. body with delicate perfume When used with used with
o. Wonder Powder the conditions body become per
ec If you can spare so cents extra order this luxury
cents postpaid
% Wonder Foot Powder keeps the feet dainty so cents
(8N Wonder Wash. shampoo clean from dandruf
d insure the health hair and scalp so postpaid
ol She'll Pink Creme will give light brown girls beautiful
@ Cheeks without nade-up appearance so postpaid
We guarantee all these Wonders as represented
We give advice free about hair skin and scalp
viii send book atractiveness free.
" I orove we business friends of colored
pie . -
against loss Only 81 capital required
A,.vs write to NJ B. Berger Co.. Rector Street New
v W. market ali the Chemical Wonder Company prepara-
tons.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
The First Aviator.

Was Harold, the last of the Saxon
kings, our first aviator? This is a
point seriously maintained by ancient
biOgrapheTs of the Saxon king, who
perished in the battle of Hastings.
In the course of an article in the
Windsor Magazine a writer recalls a
tradition which cannot, of course, be
either disputed or disproved today,
but was of sufficient interest to be
retold even by the poet Milton in his
History of the AnglO-Saxons," where
the pOet-hiStOTian says: Harold was,
in his youth, strangely aspiring, had
made and fitted wings to his hands
and feet; with these on the top of a
tower, spread out to gather air, he
flew more than a furlOng; but the
wind being too high, came futtering
down, to the manning of all his limbs;
yet so conceited of his art, that he
attributed the cause of his fall to the
want of tail, as birds have, which
he forgot to make to his hinder parts.
This story, though seeming otherwise
too light in the midst of a sad nara
ton, yet for the strangeness thereof,
| thought worthy enough the placing" >"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
EUROPEAN AND AMERl
Co PLAN.
DOM

There are many colored families
who are living in crowded houses
on small plots of land in towns o.
cities who want real freedom and
real opportunity for themselves and
for their children. 1t is very difficult
TO rear children in crowded town
or city. The place to rear children
is in the country.
In Macon County, Alabama, the
colored people have rare and ex-
ceptional opportunity. This is the
county in which The Tuskegee Nor
NAL and Industrial Institute is To-
Gated. There is plenty of good land
for sale on easy terms. There is a
good schoolhouse, and the school
term lasting from seven to eight
months in every part of the county.
The white people in Macon County
are of the very best class. There is
no disorder or racial trouble. We
advise colored people who are now
living in crowded towns or cities,
in the North or in the South, and es-
pecially those who have children to
-aise to come to Macon County and
1uy a home where they can get plen-
ty of land to cultivate and rear their
families in the county free from the
emptations of the cities and towns.
For further information write O.
see:
Clinton J. Galloway. Real Estat'
TT 5fTTzffF r
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Albanian Friendships.

There is no country in the world
where friendship is deeper or more
lasting than in Albania. Every man,
almost without exception, has a friend
who will stand by him in all circum-
stances, and against a legion of enc
mics, If need be. The usual form Of
cementing a frienship is for the two
men to cut their arms and mix the
blood, taking an oath at the same
time that nothing but death shall
break the bonds. Instances are COM
mon where a man has suffered death
at the hands of the Turks rather than
betray his friend.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
States of Australia,

The states comprising the common
wealth OF Australia are: New South
Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, South
Australia, Victoria, West Australia,
and the territory of Papua, formerly
known as British New Guinea. The
capital of the commonwealth of Aus
tralia Is as yet without being. although
site for the future capital has been
chosen in the Yass-Canberra district
In New South Wales. At the present
time the parliament sits at Melbourne.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Strategy,

Rodrick-Great Scottl Has Bilkins
lost his mind?
Van Albert-I don't think so. Why?
Rodrick-Just look at the illumina-
ton in his house. He has had every
gas Jet burning all day long.
Van Albert-Oh, that's just a little
scheme Bilkins has to increase his gas
bill this month. His wife is coming
back tomorrow, and be told her he
lad been remaining at home and read
ing every night since she went away.
If she looked at the gas bill and found
1t to be only 80 cents, he would be
cornered for an Chicago
News.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Sent VIpers to Supposed Rival.

A wealthy Italian count and his
wife recently visited Paris, where by
chance they met the daughter of an
old family friend. After a while ma
dame the countess became jealous of
the counts little attentions to the
young lady, and she conceived a dia-
bolical plan to revenge herself on the
girl she considered her rival. The
count arranged to give their young
friend a pearl necklace, and the cOun-
tess seized this opportunity for her own
,nefaTious end. She obtained a couple
of vipers In a state of torpidity, and
placed them in a handsome box bear
ing the counts crest. This danger
Gus parcel was dispatched with a note
to the unsuspecting girl. The gift
reached her while she was still in bed
Scarcely had she undone the covering
than she let 1t fall with a cry, and half
dead with fright took refuge under
the bedclothes. The warmth had
aroused the reptiles, and with raised
heads they lay on the bed Kissing om-
'inously. But for the promptitude of a
male servant, who dispatched them
with a whip, the vengeful gift would
doubtless have resulted as its author
intended it should.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Eternal Fitness.

'T see a retired knockabout come
dian is going to buy a title and have a
coat of arms"
HAS he decided on anything?"
'T think he is considering two slap
sticks crossed over a seltzer siphon."-
Pittsburg Post.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
NapoleonIs Bible.

An Italian journalist has the copy Of
the Bible which Napoleon used during
his compulsory sojourn in the Isle Of
Elba. 1t is copy Of cheap popular
edition, illustrated with rough wood
cuts, with the initial n and the i'm
perial crown stamped upon its back
A number Of texts are underlined, and
the inference is that the exued en-
peror searched the Scriptures for pas
sages appropriate to his misfortune
and bis hopes. 81 will smite the shep-
herd, and the sheep shall be scattered" T"
is perhaps the most significant Of them.
The Bible was discovered in the sane
tuary Of the Madonna del Monte, in
EIba.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
The Great Treading Down the Little

nc OiCdl ITSauinq DOWN the Little.
Five hundred years ago John Ball,
looking out over England, tells US that
he saw the great treading down the
little, the strong beating down the
weak, and cruel men fearing not, and
kind men daring not, and wise men
caring not" and then with his heart
burning within him, he cries aloud,
-'and the saints in heaven forbearing,
and yet bidding me not to forbear."
If we compare our time with his, we
will admit that although the great still
tread down the little, and the strong
beat down the weak, that the cruel
are at last becoming afraid of public
opinion, that kind men are more dar-
ing in their schemes of alienation
than they used to be and wise men
are more sOlicitous-Jane Adams at
the Conference of Charities and Cor
rection
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
The Poor Sheen.

Mr. Foolish-Why are sheep the most
dissipated animals? Mr. Silly-Be-
cause they gambol all their lives, spend
most OF their time on the turf, many OF
them are blacklegs. and all are feeced
in the end!
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
ThouuhtfuI Mover.

Take this sofa On the first load
and leave it on the sidewalk"
What for9"
SO that any neighbors who wish
to watch us move in may have COM
Portable seats. u ouisville Courier
Journal
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17

The fourteenth annual meeting o.
The Hampton Negro Conference will
take place at Hampton Institute, Va,
July 18th and I4th.
The twenty-hith anniversary ser
ices of the establishment of the Sal
alton Army in this city were held IN
he various churches last Sunday.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17

The President has signed several
roclamations eliminating nearly hall
million acres of land from the ma
;onai forests, adding a little NOR
lan 100000 acres to the reserves.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17
Richa ~dsOn's Pure Drug Store

3I6 4H Street, S w.
Inst received large assignment OF fresh drugs and large
collection of very toilet preparations Easter goods and many
- t;cIes inst the thing you desire for Easter offering.
richardson's Old Reliable Pure Drug Store,
3I6 al Street S. w
and I4th ard RStreets. N. w.
The Washington bee., 1910-09-17

Endesvor to do thy duty and thou
wilt know thy capacity.-Goethe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-06
COOKS POLAR DATA.

Washington, Jan. DIR. Frederick
A. Cooks polar data is on its way to
Washington to be examined by the Ma
tional Geographic Society. According
to the information sent to Prof. J. H.
Gore, the documents were started from
Copenhagen on December Fl, which
would get them to Washington about
the end of the present week. Prof. Gore,
Rear Admiral Pillsbury and DR.. w. M.
Hayes of the Geological Survey will
examine the papers and make report
early this month.
Yesterday President Willis Moore OF
the society, let it be known that he will
not be candidate for reelection. Some
see in this one of the reflections of the
polar controversy. Prof. Moore has
been president of the National Geo
graphic Society FIVE terms. In his letter
declining a further election, ne ex,
pressed the hope that successor woulc
be chosen before the polar fight became
an influence in the politics of the society