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The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
ROYAL MAIDS.
Il Is They Who Must Always Dc the
Proposing When They
Wish to Marry.

When a reigning queen is to be mar
ried she must be the one to broach the
subject first to her future eonsoFt.
The same rule holds good with regard
to all royal ladies who marry com
moners.
The late Queen Victoria has told how
abe mana ged to put the question to
Prince Albert-how she frs. showed
him Windsor and its beauties and the
distant landscape and then said, "AIl
this may be yours" The queen OF Hol-
land on a like occasion simply sent a
sprig Of white heather, begging Prince
Henry to look out its meaning In a
book OF flowers and their meanings
The Duchess Of Argyll took the fol-
lowing means OF proposing to the Mar
Quis Of Lorns: She was about to attend
q state ball and gave it out that she
would choose as her partner for the
Erst dance the man she intended TO
honor. She selected the marquis, who
subsequently, became her husband.
But perhaps the most interesting Of
all ways chosen was that OF the Ouch
sSs Of Ftfe. She took the earl, as be
then was, to a drawer and showed him
fits contents. There he saw a number
Of trifes he had given her at different
times, including sprigs Of several kinds
Of nOwerz, now dead, he had picked
Cor her at various times. He was
much impressed at the sight, nor did
~ FANyXfrA xUaRfds On hsaF paE& RI yqaahA
ker meaning plain.-London Answers.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
CORRECT SPELLING.
There Was q Time When 1t Was Not
Considered Important.

There Was q TInss When 1t Was Not
Considered Important.
The art Of spelling words correctly
is Of comparatively recent repute.
Time was when men ana women did
not care, but wrote ahead without re-
gard to strict orthOgraphy. Nine. de
sevigne, for instance, never learned
the proper way to write her name,
while it was remarked by Nine. de
Maintenon that at the College of St
Cyr much precious time was wasted
In learning how to spell
It remained, however, for the EN-
press Eugene in 1868 at Compiegne to
put to a practical test the spelling
standard which obtained even among
the highest literary authorities. Thus
under the pretext Of theme proposed
to them for an examination a number
Of French academicians took down
from dictation a composition by Pros
per Merir7ee. Not one ''immortaP
wrote without mistake.
As TO the empress, she could not IN
derstand so many faults being made
until it was conveyed to her that she
herself from the same dictation was
responsible for no less than Dinety
The emperor, again, made sixty. It is
but fair to add. however, that the die
tation was compiled expressly with a
view to focusing the difficulties not
only Of spelling, but grammar.-HaF-
per's Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
A HEROIC Slave.

There was a humble slave in the pal
ace OF the Caliph Haroun al Raschid
The caliph had in his audience cham
Der twenty rare vases, and 1t was
written In the laws Of Bagdad that he
who should have the misfortune to
break one Of these would pay the pen
atty with his life. This slave one day
broke a vase. He was instantly seiZ-
ed. tried and condemned to death. But
the csliph had no sooner pronounced
sentence on him than the slave turned,
and, walking calmly to the other nine
teen vases, with one sweep Of the arm
destroyed them ALL
Wretch" the caliph thundered,
"why have you done that barbarous
deedY'
ITO save the lives Of nineteen Of
my fellow countrymen," the doomed
slave replied.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
Stories Of w. 8. Gilbert.

When Sir Henry Irving and Edwin
Booth were acting together in London
at doubled prices, the story goes that
Mr.. Herman Vein, meeting ". s.
Gilbert III the street, asked him wheth-
er he had been to this quite exception
al show. "No," said Mr.. Gilbert; 81
have sometimes paid half guinea to
see one bad actor, but will not pay
guinea to see two"
Mr.. Beerbohm Tree was playing the
part Of Falstafr at the London Hay
market, and the indispensable stuflng
made him perspire profusely. Mr.. GIL
bert, who was In the theater, went be-
hind the scenes to see the actor, who
may we'll have been expected to be
congratulated on the excellence Of bis
impersonatioR.
How well your skin actsF' said Mr..
Gilbert--London Graphic.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
Yarmouth,s Narrow atrest.

Kitty Witches row, Great Var
mouth, can justly claim to be the mar
r0west street In the world, the en-
trance at one end being only twenty
nine inches and at the other ffty-six
inches. 1t gives some idea Of the
width when one mentions that neigh
bors can shake hands and put out each
others candles across the street! Why
these rows have been so constructed
has given rise to a good deal of dis
cussion. Some writers give the reason
that when there was q very high tide
the water might flow through them;
others, In the event Of an invasion
they would prove an excellent means
Of defense or that the ground plans OF
the rows were suggested by the fisher
mems nets, which, spread on the dune
b dry, had a narrow pathway left be-
tween them, which represented the
rows. Yarmouth has 145 rows, and
their total length exceeds seven miles,
Kitty Witches being the most inter
esting and the narrowest Of all
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
OLD CADIz.
IL Was Once Richer Than London, kus
Now Its Chief Business Is Only
the Expectation of Salt.

OF Cadiz, Do Amicis said, ''It Is best
described By writing the word white
with white pencil on blue paper"
Under the MONDAY sun. seen from
the lofty Tore de Vigia, the mediae-
val WatehtoweF in the center OF the
city, Its buildings are dazzling aud al
most enciFcled By the blue sea. 4
long, narrow isthmus like the stem Of
a pipe leads from San Fernando, on the
mainland. Cadiz rests on the bowl Of
the pipe-yes, q pure white meeT-
schaum without coloring, though 5000
years old.
Americans may justly regard this
now decadent place with compassion,
because 1t grew to greatness By its
commerce with the new Worthwhile
Spain ruled the AmeFicas-and then
fell away into decay on the loss Of the
western possessions.
L was great before Rome was found
ed. And as late as ITO it was wealth
Ter than London. Commerce has ever
been its life. Today its chief busi-
ness is the production Of salt for ez
port. This humble staple, eyaporated
In countless shallow lagoons in wide
spreading marshes, still keeps Cadiz
IN touch with the new world, as most
Of the salt is shipped to South Amer
lea.
The natives pronounce Cadiz with
~ silent and "a" very brOad-"Ca-di." I"
That has always been its name, with
slight variations. It's Phoenician and
Tyrian founders called it Gadir, cas-
de Of fastness. The Romans called 1t
Gades. The Arabs had it Kadis.-De-
tToit Eews-Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
PERILS OF EXPLORERS.
Tragic Journey Across a Desert Of
Central Asia by the Great Swe-
dish Explorer, Sven Hedin.

One Of the most trying Of the cen.
txal Asian adventures OF Sven HedIn,
the Swedish explorer. was this: In
February, 1895, Sven Hedin started
eastward. exploring the country be-
tween the Kashgar and Yarkaud riv-
ers, proceeding in April to cross the
Takla Makan desert, between the
Yarkand and Khotan rivers. Never
before had any known traveller at
tempted to exploit a course amid the
eternal sea Of shifting sand hills from
river to river. The tale Of that little.
travel worn. bedraggIed group, far be-
yond the lest watering place, enveI-
oped in dust, stumbling along through
the dreary but egftAted desert sea by
crooks and roundabout ways. with
desOlation spread around and every
trace of life departed. was a weird
and pathetic one. Not even a hy was
TO be heard In the alp, not even a gel
low leaf broke the moGotony."
And ever at their head was the
sturdy figure OF the Swedish explorer,
compass in hand, still enthusiastic,
guiding them as best he could through
the death ghrouded wilderness. At
length the camels had to sat their
straw saddles. and the last OF the
bread was gone. Horrors followed.
AS men and camels dropped out Of
the line they were Immediately envsi-
oped in the Whiriing sand shroud and
never seen again.
The end came on May s. when Sven
Hedin. crawling on all fours. dragged
himself across the dry bed of the
KhOtan river. "An Of a sudden a duck
few into the air and water spIashed,"
he wrote Two Of his followers wers
all that survived, and it is doubtful
whether even those two would have
lived TO tell the tale had not Sven
Hedin carried back water for them In
bis boots
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
A DUCK HARD TO KILL.
The Screaming WalIoon Is Something
of 3 Diver Too.

The Screaming WalIOOn Is Something
of 3 Diver Too.
The screaming waIloon is a hard
duck to kill It's hide Is very tough
and is thickly covered with feathers
and down. Besides, the bird is a
great diver. one Of the kind that used
to dive at the fash" when hunted
with the old arm that flashed when
fired. 1t is Of very little value for ia
BILE use. being so tough The only way
10 manage il at all is to skin it and
parboil it in big pot with plenty Of
water The negroes make caps of
walloon skins.
''They are great ducks for diving"
says a well known Tired Avon river
progger. 'They can dive quicker, go
down deeper, remain under water long
er and come up farther away than
any other duck that frequents our wa
ters. / remember once succeeded in
killing a walloon. and, being short Of
game for the table, determined to
cook my bird. got a negro to skin 1t,
giving him the hide for his trouble
After being cleaned we put 1t In a
great pot full Of water and under 1t
kindled a hot fire. After awhile /
wanted to see how the cooking OF my
duck progressed and lifted the top on
the boiling pot, but there was so much
steam escaping 1 could not see into the
pot and struck a match over 1t. The
blamed waIloon, sir. dived at the flash
Of the match 1t disappeared and has
never been seen since ''1-Baltimore sun.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
How Farsday Refused a Pension.


Lord Melbourne once announced 10
Faraday that it was bis pleasing duty
70 offer him pension, but, he added,
81 suppose all this science Is humbug."
Fsraday at once replied, ''If that Is
your opinion, my lord, I decline the
pension" and retired. Melbourne, on
meeting some Of his colleagues, said:
II have hsd a strange thing happen
4 man has declined q pension" But
these gentlemen knew Faraday's posi-
ton and reputation better than the
pEemier and urged him TO rectify the
blunder. Faraday was again inter
viewed, but Melbourne was obliged to
rstract and apologize before the pen
ION was accepted
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
Munich an Artistic Leader.

Munich Is In great part creation of
the nineteenth century. Yet when one
sees how artfully and lovingly she has
woven the new about whatever re-
mains Of the old It Is easy to under
stand why she has been Germany 5
artistic leader for the last hundred
years and why such geniuses as Len
bach. Won Uhde, Schwanthaler, Orlan-
do di Lasso and Richard Strauss have
felt at home there - Robert Haven
Schauffier in Century.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
Peter the Great as a prInksr.

There is preserved In the Bodleian
library, oxford, an innkeeper's bill for
breakfast eaten in England by Peter
the Great OF Russia The cZar and his
twenty companions managed to dis
pose Of half a sheep. a quarter of lamb.
ten pullets, twelve chickens, three
quarts OF brandy, six quarts Of mulled
wine, seven dozen Of eggs, With salad
iE proportion. Peter was .lways
hard drinker. He would drink a pint
Of brandy and a bottle Of sherry for
his morning draft; after dinner he
managed eight bottles of sack, land
SO to the playhouse" But bis favoEite
drink was hot pepper and brandy.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
His Little joke.

1t was Just two years after their
wedding.
George" she said romantically as
she gazed at the fantastic pictures the
red Goals formed, "do you remember
our courting daysT
George laughed teasingly.
mo, my dear, do not"
She looked up with a hurt express
sion.
George, do you mean to sit there
and say you do not remember our
courting days7 Why, am shocked at
your coldness."
''No, dear; / do not remember our
ccurting days because only night
watchIien have to do their courting in
the de ytime. But l do remember our
courting nights, and they were de-
ightful, pet"
But she said he was too hOrrid for
anything.-Chicago News.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
ANSWERED THE LETTER.
Statesmen Reply to Courteous Let
ters From the HunbIest Citizens.

ters From the HunsbIest Citizens.
There is, or was few years age, .
Eeatly framed letter hanging In the
consulting room Of a Brooklyn doctor
which he found In his mail one winter
morning. 1t ran as follows:
Princeton. Jan. II Isss
Dear Sir-I cAeerfully accede to your
request and acknowledge the compliment
paid to my wife and daughter by bestow-
ing their names upon your own twin
daughters, and hope these children may
be spared to be Of constant comfort to
their parents. Sincerely yours,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The young doctors brain whirled.
Being a bachelor and having no ac-
quaintance with the former president,
he could not understand it at all.
The mystery was solved when =
friend of the doctors, q Brooklyn poll
tician, met him. The politician had
made a bet with cynical acquaintance
that any American statesman would
personally reply to a courteous letter
from the humbiest OF his eountrymen.
The cynic took him up and named
Grover Cleveland. The terms OF the
bet were that the answer to a letter
mailed on Jan. 3 must be received be-
fore Jan. %. Signing the young doc
tors name. the politician wrote Of
how his marriage had been blessed by
twin daughters. Would It be asking
too much for an autograph letter to
frame which the sweet twins could
look upon and read when they grew
up and cherish ever afterward7
Mr.. Cleveland courteously and prompt
ly answered the letter, and the poll
tician won his bet-kew York Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
pelawars,s Circular Boundary.

The northern boundary line Of Della
ware is circular because the charter
given to Penn states that Pennsylvania
was to be bounded on the east By
the Delaware river from twelve miles
distant north Of Newcastle town until
the three and fOrtieth degree Of north
latitude" and that the southern bound
cry was to be "a circle drawn at
twelve miles distant from the town Of
Newcastle northward and westward
until the fortieth degree Of north lati-
tude and then by a straight line west
ward" This makes a circular bound
ary for northern Delaware unavoid-
able, and the facts above set forth ex-
plain q geographical curiosity that has
puzzled many students.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
Loadon SnosNstoFma.

The purifying effect oe a snowstorm
on city air was shown IN London By
experiments which demonstrated Ave
times the amount OF impurities on
week days, when all the factories are
active, as on Sundays. II was figured
out that nevertheless a single Sunday
snowstoFm carried to the surface OF
the county of London IS tons Of dis
solved solids, 142 tons Of suspended
matters, 100 tons Of coal % tons Of
salt and a ton Of ammonia.-London
Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
MARKED THEIR TRAIL.
Two Brave Women Who outwittsd 9
Band of indians.

Two Brave Women Who outwittsd 8
Band of indians.
One summer afternoon IN 1776 Je-
NINA Boone and two sisters named
Galloway while boating on the Ken
lucky allowed their canoe to drift
close to the opposite bank. Here, be-
hind a bush, FIVE Shawnee warriors
were in hiding, and, although the spot
was not more than a quarter OF q mile
from Boonesborough, one OF the Shaw
nees struck boldly out into the water,
seized the canoe and dragged it to
shore with its screaming occupants.
Once in the power Of the Indians,
however. these youthful daughters OF
the wilderness betrayed a wonderful
self possession and resourcefulness.
They knew enough Of Indian customs
to realize that If their strength failed
them and they should prove unequal
to the long march to the Shawnee
towns on the Ohio they would be
slaughtered meTcilessly. So they sti-
fed sobs and calmly accompanied their
CaptOTs without protest or struggle
At every opportunity, though, they
secretly tore little pieces from their
clothing and attached them to bushes
on the trail. Nothing more was need
ed TO inform Boone and his fellow set
tiers, who had quickly started in pur-
suit, that they were on the right track,
and on the second day Of the captivity
they caught up with the Indians. 4
volIey laid two Shawnees low, the rest
fed, and by the close of another day
the girls were safe In the arms Of
their thankful mothers.-H. AddingtOn
Bruce In Smiths Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
Within Her Means.

A pretty little girl Of three years was
In a drug store with her mother. Be
ing attracted by something IN the
showcase, she asked what 1t was. The
clerk replied, THAT is a scent bag"
''How cheapF' replied the little giri
~ take twe5~-LAppincott's
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
Domestic Economy.

''EoFa, was that the ceal man saw
making love TO you yesterday even
mgr
Eyes, ma'am, but 'ope, ma'am"-
'Does he love you very much,
Nora p
"'E says 2 does, ma'am."
"pevotedlyT
Eyes, ma'am."
''Well, you tell him that unless he
gives Us better weight than he has
been doing we shall get our coal else
where. o."-London Illustrated Bits.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
The Desire Fer Appearances.

The Village Grocer peevishly)-Look
here, Aaron! What makes you put the
big apples In the top of the bari? The
Honest Farmer (cheeriIy)-Whatm makes
you comb that long scalp lock over
your bald spot?-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
On Hts HirfhdsN-

He-The worst thing about me is nay
nose. I've got such a beastly one. gas
You shouldn't say such things about
q gift He-A giftf T-ah-don't un-
derstand. She-Wasn't IT a birthday
present7-Eew York Journal.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
He Had tha all.

Tom Tn restaurantl-Excuse me, old
man, but would you mind paying my
check? ! haven't anything but forty
dollar bilI. Jack-A forty dollar bill!
Why. l never heard of a bin Of that
denomina ton. Tem-Here It is-a bill
from my taiiOrI-Chicago News
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
A SudSen Start

You used to go to school with Cop-
peYs, the new millionaire, didn't youT
81 did. Fact is, gave him his nrst
start In life"
"Howp
with a bent pin."-CleveIand Plaia
Dealer.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
Tn Erash ENRs

Willie, accompanied by his father,
was visiting 8 circus and menagerte.
"Oh, papa" the boy exclaimed as they
passed before an elephant Took At
the big COW with her horns In har
mouth eating hay with her tai" -
Christian Register.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25
Paid.

Miss Belle (warningly)-Sally, they
used to tell me when was a little girl
that II I did not let coffee alone 1t
would make me foolish Sally (who
owes hsg e0ss-well, why admit jour
zsas-zZE
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25

There is nothing so utterly hollow ss
8 kind word that should have essz
spokeB yesterday y.-EYaEgeL
The Washington bee., 1911-03-25

wherever We meet misery We eve
pk1y.-DTydaa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-25
AMUSEM ENTS.
Evans Ministries Friday Niaht.

Honey Boy" Evans and all the 9TH
ell minstrel faverites will be the at
traction at the Opera house next Fri
day night.
After two years as star of the Cohan
and Harris Ministries. George Evans
now comes as the sole owner and star
of the Honey Boy" MINISTRIES, which
is in fact a continuation of the splen-
did organization with which Evans
was last year surrounded by Cohan
and Harris. 1t is promised that the
personal company is almost the same
as last year, embracing Honey Boy
Evans. John King, Sam Lee. Vaughn
Comfort. Matt Keefe, Clarence Marks.
Tommy Hyde, Charles billiard, James
Meehan, Pierce Keegan, Tom Kane and
especially featured James j. Corbett,
as the interlocutor of the first part
which is given in Ernest Alberts
beautiful creation The Crimson Trel-
lis James J. Corbett as himself in
white face, tells his story of the July
meeting between Jeffries and Johnson
at Reno, Nevada. This monologue of
Corbett's is simply narration of
events in Jeffries' training life for
eight weeks prior to July 4, and is an
experts reasoning for the defeat of
Jeffries. 1t is said to be a most
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-25

ing the center of the best life of the
STATE. 1t is not too much to say that
when the Maine Central Railroad has
built its new station, when We have
completed the encouragement of out
Of door life and athletic activities and
when our citizens have built a home
for the Y. NJ. C. A. Augusta will be
second to no city in all New England
as a home for progressive and intelli-
gent people"
Mr. Dunnack in alluding to the ma
terial prosperity that had come to the
Green Street church during his long
pastorate said: Any success that has
some to our church is due very largely
to the generous cooperation and SYM
pathy of the other churches. the gen.
erous public and the press. l am
quite certain that when we enter upon
our church Improvements as We must
to accommodate our growing congre-
ga.icn, this same spirit of brotherhood
viii help us to success"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-25
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