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MEXICO CITY N THE DARK.
Stiil Believes Peace Parle,s Are On a,
IuarcI Desperate Anxiety.

MEXICO CITY. May s.-Fl D,ori, issued
two extras this evening one az and
the other AT clock. The first announced
that hostiities had been renewed and
that Juarez had been attacked There
was great excitement here as result
The second extra calmed matters down
by the announcement that peace had
been declared and that Madero had or
dered fighting to cease.
This city is waiting with desperate
anxiety for definite reports. The belief
is general that in some manner if peac q
has not already been arranged il will
be brought about before the conference
at Jaurez terminates
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here. Other then this the White House
wae entirely without communications from
Mexico to-day As bulletins have hereto
fore been received frequently 1t is feared
that there is some difficulty in the trans
mission Of messages
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AERIAL DISASTER.
Live Wire Fires = Balloon and a Lieu.
tenant L. Killed.

.Srscoi Cab'. Despatch 10 TEE SUN
ZrRICH. May =. The guide rope Of a
German balloon caught on a live wire
here to-day and the entire fabric was
quickly envcloped by a series of binding
electric flashes
Lieut., herman fell distance Of 100
feet and was killed
Then the balloon scared, redescended
and was wrecked among some trees The
second occupant Of the car was but
slightly hurt,
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special Cable Despatch 70 TAE SIN
LONDON, May The body OF Halsey
Cooley Ives, the art director OF the CITY
Museum Of St, Louis. who died suddenly
AZ hotel here on Friday night. will be
cremated a, Goldcn's Green on Wednes.
day, The ashes will be sent To New YORK
on the steamship Maurotanla.
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Noted Art Expert Deed.

Special Cah' Despatch 10 TINE srN
PARIS May g. Henri Haro. the noted
at expert, ia dead, For the last thirty
years he was adviser to most OF the
European museums and TO many Ameri-
oAn buyers Of pictures.
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, h.n-.e Fixh, for R,sh, to Come Here.

>psr,ll Cah'e D,splirI y THE SrN
loKIo. May Baron liuin, Japanese
Anna ssador 10 Pckin, reports thar there
u oea strong renewal nee Of the
a.!rEt,on for . revoca' ION of tha rexlla-
lions prohibiting tho emigration Of
Chinese to ArOrica.
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to be John Camp The other had paper
in his pocket bearing the name R. II
Ferguson. Troop F, Third Cavalry, San
Francisco. This was the only means of
Identification. Camp had Is 40 cash in
his pocket and a $50 Confederate bill.
F. Cassidy, an American in the rebel
tonight at 7;3o and said he was with a
command in Avenida Juarez a. 4 o clock
when a bunch OF Federals came ont with
. white flag and then turned machine
gun into their ranks He says there were
seventy rebels in the command Cassidy
70 from st Joseph, Mo
Ernest Franco, rebel from Mexico
city. came over the river at 730 with a
scalp wound above the right eye He
said many Federale and insurrectos had
heen killed
K L. Llnderfelt, former United States
Army sergeant, lad the American nsur-
rectos in the attack on Juarez He led
them into the Bull Ring. where they cap
tured two MEXICAN tags, but we're ra-
pulsed later
All the doctors left Juarez when the
attack got close tonight and there Is
nobody there TO attend 10 the wounded
Several insurrecto@ have made efforts to
get across 10 this side of the river on the
rlea of getting doctors, but have been
turned back hv rhe United States officials
who declare that it would be a viclitlon
Of the neutrality law TO le, them in
Ernesto Franco of Mevlco city was
shot and slightly wounded In hn hef d
on the Mexican side Of tho river bat was
not allowed to cross into the United
etates The American soldiers turned
hrm back shortly after ! O'Clock 'o.nlanl
ioev a'e allowing no wounded 'o Q
brought To this side
The trlnc "as continuing increased
IN raTo'y 4 anything, ~ IS L NJ The
tederss fred heavy gun IN the direc-
ton Of the rebel camp At thAs hour. A
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Audubon and His Hair.

Audubon, the great naturalist, early
In his career wore his hair very long.
He wrote in his diary one day: Il
wear my hair as long as usual be-
neve it does as much for me as my
paintings" However, in 1927 his
friends succeeded in persuading him
TO get his hair cit according to the pre-
vaiIing fashion. On March 10 Of that
year he wrote in his diary: '"This day
nv hair sacrificed and the will of God
usurped by the wishes Of man. AS the
barber clipped my locks rapidly it re
minded me of the horrible times OF
the French revolution when the same
operation was performed upon all the
victims murdered by the guillOtine. My
heart sank low" Further TO express
his grief. the margin of the page OF
which this entry was made he painted
black about three-quarters OF an Incl
deep all around.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Snubbed the Composer.

Gustav Mailer had a queer expert
ence in Munich one day for which his
name was partly responsible. His
new symphony was being rehearsed,
and he took advantage Of an hours
intermission to get some fresh air,
ION returning to the building" says
a Munich paper, che lost his way and
tried to reach the hall through a cor,
ridor in which plasterers were at work
You cannot pass through here he was
told. But l am Mahler' fMahler is the
German for painter.) You look it,
was the unsympathetic reply Of the
man who blocked his way. We are not
ready for the painters yet, so run on.
And the composer, realizing that argu
ment would be useless, plunged into
the labyrinth and finally reached his
destination"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
ATE A WHOLE SHEEP.
This Was Only One of the GastTonomle
Fsats Of Nicholas Wood, Fa-
nous English GIutton.

The following account Of a man
named Nicholas Wood, famed for his
gluttony, was written by John Taylor,
the water poet" of the seventeenth
century:
Nicholas Wood was a Kentish yeO-
man. BE it known to all men to
whom these presents shall come"
writes John Taylor, that I, John Tay-
lor, waterman Of st. Savior'S in South
wark, will, with plain truth, bare and
threadbare, treat of the remarkable ac-
tions Of Nicholas Wood.
He hath eaten whole sheep at one
meal: pardon me! 1 think be left the
skin, the wool and bones; and present
ly after he hath swallowed three pecks
of damsons. Two lOins of mutton and
one loin of veal are but three sprats
to him Once at Sir William st. Ledg-
ers house, so valiant and staunch OF
teeth he showed himself, that he ate
as much as would suffice thirty men,
and afterwards he slept eight hours.
Zone morning | sent for him to the
inn to eat breakfast. He had already
eaten one pottle of milk, one pottle of
pottage, and bread, butter, and cheese
| He gave me thanks and said that if he
had known any gentleman would have
| invited him to breakfast he would
have spared his meal at home. Never
theless he would do me the courtesy
to show me some small cast Of his Of
fee. Whereupon 1 summoned the host
ess and commanded that all the vic
tuals in the house be laid before my
guest.
''The inn was slenderly provided, but
Esix-penny loaves were mounted two
stories high like a rampant, three six
penny veal pies, one pound Of sweet
butter, and a number Of other dishes
were set out, all of which were quickly
brought to nothing"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
MARITIME EXPRESSIONS.
Used In a MetaphoricaI Sense They
Are Quite Common.

Used In a Metaphoriea Sense They
Are Quite Common.
Maritime expressions used metaphor
ically are, in fact, very common. We
say a couple are "spliced," a young
man is the 'mainstay" of his family,
an intruder puts his oar in,'' man is
"hard up" sometimes taken aback"
or has ''the wind taken out of his
sails," a topper is Slowed" a loafer
''spins a yarn" sometimes ''tries the
other tack" and a ruler steers the
ship of state" through troublesome
times.
This last metaphor is extremely an
cient, by the way. Horace refers to
Rome as a.ship at sea, and Plutarch
says the Delphic oracle referred to
Athens in the same way. A Tamil
! saying embOdies a like metaphor, ''The
soul is the ship, reason is the helm,
the oars are the souls thoughts, and
truth is the port" An old collection
Of English proverbs contains this one:
''The tongue is the rudder Of our ship. -
A Malay maxim says, ''The boat which
is swamped at sea may be bailed out,
but the shipwreck of the affections is
| final"
AristOphanes, Plautus and others use
an expression which comes down to
US as an English saw, ITO row one
way and look another" An old Eng
lish prOverb (61D was, 'It is not good
! to have an oar in every ones boat"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
STAR GEM OF cEYLoN.
The Astoria Brought Health and For
tune to Its Wearer, Particularly if
He Had Been Born In April.

Familiar to some of the ancient writ
ers and credited with supernatural
powers, the astoria, or star gem. was
highly valued for the benefits sup
posed to be conferred on the wearer.
It's bright six rayed star, ever chang
ing and shifting with every play Of
light and especially shooting out its
flames in the direct sunlight, would
seem to be something more than an
ordinary crystal, and to the supersti-
tious mind it could readily be believed
to embody some tutelar spirit.
The particular virtue attributed to
this gem was the conferring upon the
wearer Of ''health and good fortune"
when worn as an amulet, and to those
fortunate to be born in the month of
April. with which the stone was assO-
ciated o. represented, the wearer was
| insured from all evil.
The star stone is found principally
in Ceylon, invariably in soil peculiar
TO rubies and sapphires. Indeed, it is
composed of the same constituent SEQ
rundum," its chatOyant, or star rays
being caused by the pressure of what
! the natives call "silk." 1t is found in
many different cOiors, from pale blue
pink and white to deep dark blue, ruby
and purple The blue are termed sap
phire stars, the red ruby stars. 1t is
always cut en- cabochon, the star divid
| ing into six raVS at the aDeX. It is
next in hardness to the diamond.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
WILLING TO LEND.
ARut. Oh, My Dear, am So Sorry; Ny
Husband, the Mean Thing, Has
Been at My Purse Again"

Men have something to learn from
women in the art Of warding on
''touchers" for coin. Women respond
to such requests once in about every
thousand cases, but they are scientific
ia their refusals. A Cleveland woman
with a reputation as a borrower
turned up at the home Of one OF heT
friends the other morning with much
done over story about a persistent and
threatening dressmaker and the usual
request for the Ioan-''pay it back to
morrow, certain"-of 50.
why, my dear, certainly" was the
DIeasant response to her carefully re
hearsed little yarn, you poor thing
you! Just wait till I run upstairs and
get my purse"
She ran upstairs. The male head OF
the house happened to be in the room
where she kept her purse. He saw hel
dig the purse out Of a chiffOnier draw
er and deliberately remove a wad o.
bills from it, leaving about 81 cent:
in silver and copper in the chang:
receptacle. The man was mean enough
to lean over the stair railing wheI
his wife went downstairs to the par
lor with her f1attened pOcketbOOk il
her hand
"Oh, Pm so sorry, dearie," he hearC
her say, but 1 really thought I hal
the money. I find, though, that Frank
as usual, has been at my purse
heard him say something about SET
ting a plumbers bill last night whel
/ was half asleep-and the mean thin
has left me only enough for car fare
Too bad! Of course, you know, If
/ had it"-and so On.-Cleveland Plail
! Dealer
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
q Ljuht on M others,

The late William James, Harvard's
famous psychologist, would often illu-
inmate misty subject with an appro-
pirate anecdOte. Discussing mother
hood in a lecture on psychology, Pro
fessor James once said:
"a teacher asked a boy this question
in fractions:
e" Suppose that your mother baked
an apple pie and there were seven OF
you-the parents and five children.
What part of the pie would you get
for your portion?
"'A sixth. ma'am,' the boy answered
"But there are seven of you said
the teacher. Don't you know anything
about fractionsF
50 Yes, ma'am,' said the boy. 1 know
all about fractions, but ] know all
about mother too Mother d say she
didn't want no pie"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
FIRST POST RUUSES

Established by Cyrus, the Founder q
the Persian Empire.
The first posts are said TO have orig
mated In the regular couriers estab-
nzhsd by Cyrus the Great about 800
B G. who erected post houses through
cut the kingdom Of Persia. Augustus
vas the first to introduce this instttu-
ton among the Romans, 81 B. @, and
be was initiated by Charlemagne about
800 A. D. Louis XL. was the first
sovereign TO establish post houses in
France, owing TO his eagerness for
news. and they were also the first in
stitution OF this nature In Europe.
This was In 1870, or about 1900 years
Efssf they were started In Persia
IN England in the reign OF Edward
". u4SD riders on post horses went
Stages OF the distance Of twenty miles
from each other in order 70 procure
the king the earliest intelligence OF the
events that passed in the course or the
war that had arisen with the Scots a
proclamation was issued by Charles l
ia 1881 that. whereas to this time
there hath been no certain intercourse
between the kingdoms Of England anC
Scotland, the king now commands hi
postmaster Of England for foreigI
parts TO settle a running post OF tw'
between Edinburgh and London % 8
thither and come back again IN Sd
daszst"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
He Sat.

It is related of the Rev. Matthew
Clark that in the audience was once
a young British military officer whose
scarlet uniform far Outshone any rival
habilimentS and so fixed the gaze Of
the young damsels present that the
wearer, enjoying the impression he
was making. not only stood through
the prayer with the rest, but remained
standing after all others had sat
down until the pastor had proceeded
for some time with his sermon, and at
length noticing a divided attention
and its cause, the minister stopped,
laid aside his sermon and, addressing
| his new hearer, said:
''Ye're a Draw (bTave) lad. Ye haze
Draw suit of claithes, and we haze
a. seen them. Ye may sit dOun."
| The lieutenant dropped as if shot
From the Autobiography of Horace
! Grpeley"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
RUBBER OYSTERS.
They Brought Trade and Saved Their
Inventor From Failure.

They Brought Trade and Saved Their
Inventor From Failure.
Rubber oysters laid the foundation
of my success" said a millionaire hO-
tel man.
81 had a small saloon in them days,
and things looked very black. They
looked, in fact, like bankruptcy. So
in desperation l cut an old rubber
doormat into oyster shaped pieces on
April 1 and fried them in egg and
breadcrumbs TO a tasty brown.
''There was only one man in the bar
when fetched in that dish Of smOk-
ing rubber oysters. His eyes glittered,
and he grabbed a fork, jabbed it into
big fellow and took a hungry bite
"Seeing the surprised look that
spread over his face, 1 turned away to
! hide a smile. He gave an awkward
laugh and said:
"'Them's fine oysters. I'll bring a
couple of the boys in to sample them
"Sure enough, he brought two
friends a half hour later. The friends
10 sooner saw the appetizing rubber
oysters than, setting down their beer,
they each sunk their teeth in one.
'They, too, sent in friends for oys-
ters. I fried up no less than three old
Idoormats and two OvershOes that April
fool day. The whole town laughed
and the papers printed funny stories
about my joke. My Joint got real
popular.
''In short, l was saved-saved from
bankruptcy by rubber oysters" -
Washington Post.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Camels In Arabia.

There are two varieties of camels
In use in Arabia, the drOmedary and
the freight camel. The oh Jul drome-
daries are celebrated for their easy rid
ing gait and speed. A dheluI carries
about 300 pounds and travels about
six miles a day. 1t can be purchased
for 100 to 80 Maria Theresa dollars
(S42.50 to $63.75). A freight camel
carries about 500 pounds and travels
about two and a half miles an hour. Il
costs 300 Maria Theresa dollars (s12D
DP more.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
The Misguided Friend.

De Chappie-If there's any one nui-
sance l hate more than another it's
fellow who is always going around in
Producing people. There's Goodheart,
for instance.
Bouttown-What's he been doing?
De Chappie-The idiot! The other
day he introduced me to a man owed
money to, and I'd been owing it so
long he'd forgotten all about me. Now
i'm have to pay up or be sued.-Lon-
ion Telegraph.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
CURIOUS BLUNDERS.
The Anachronisms That Crowded q
Once Famous Poem.

The Anachronisms That Crowded q
Once Famous Poem.
The medieval romances are full Of
blunders, making contemporaries Of
men who were separated sometimes
by hundreGS, sometimes by thousands,
of years, but as historical criticism
had not then being and the general
information of the age was not su-
perior in any particular to that OF the
novelist their plans do not amount TO
much from a literary point OF view.
Such an instance is the case Of AriOs-
to, who might be supposed to know
something at least of the truth Of his
tory, but whose once famous poem,
Orlando FuriOSO," is a tissue OF his
toricaI absurdities from beginning to
end.
In this poem Charlemagne and his
peers are Joined by Edward 1. Of Eng
land, Richard, earl of Warwick; Clar-
ence and the Dukes of York and
Gloucester; cannon are employed hun
dreds of years before the time OF
Monk Schwartz, and the MOOrs are
represented as established in Spain In
spite of the historic fact that 300 years
elapsed after the death Of Charlie
magne before they crossed from Afr1-
ca. In one place Prester John, who
lived 400 years after Charlemagne,
and Constantine the Great, who died
five centuries before him, are intro
duced and hold familiar converse with
/ the great Charles, while in another
Saladin aud Edward the COnfessOr are
| Joined by the Black Prince.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Still Wond dering.

The deaf man got out Of the tram
ear on to the other line Of rails.
Look out! There's a car cOming!'
cried the conductor.
"WhatT' said the deaf man.
There's a car coming"
"What?"
Just then the car caught and knock
ed down the deaf man, and as he pick
ed himself up he said:
81 wonder what that fool kept me
there talking aboutp'-LOndOn Mail.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Just the Opposite,

An Irishman at a fair got poked in
the eve with stick and took proceed
lngs against the offender.
Said the magistrate, "Come, now,
you don't really believe he meant to
put your eye out"
Faith, you're right this time" said
Pat, "for l believe he tried to put it
farther in."-LOndOn Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Catching On.

Young Mr. Struckett-Ritch was eat
ing his first meal at a real restaurant.
"What are thoseY he asked, point
ing at the finger bowls the waiter had
Just brought to the table.
Those are to wash your fingers IN,
sir" said the waiter.
"Oh, [ know that" rejoined young
Struckett- -Ritch. with remarkable pos
session. 81 mean are they cut glass p
Chicago Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Not Idle Curiosity,

Mrs. Wanterknowe-I should like to
know, Mr.. W, why you are so cross
when I ask questions. Surely you
don't think have idle curiosity?
"Great Scott, no! Yours is the most
perniciously active, wide awake, sleep
less, energetic curiosity it was ever my
fate to encounter"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
The Teachers College.

Special opportunities for teachers
Regular college courses IN psychOl-
ogy, pedagogy, education, etc, with
degree of A. B.; pedagogical courses
leading to Pm. B. degree. Hlgh-grade
courses in normal training, music,
manual arts and domestic sciences.
Graduates helped TO positions. Lewis
B. Moore, A. NJ, Phi D., dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Betty and the Kitten.

Betty is only four and often in her
excitement she makes very odd re-
marks. The other day she cried out
"Oh, mother, there's dear maltne
kitten all curdled up in the cornerP'
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
The School of Theology.

Interdenominational. Five profes-
soTs. Broad and thorough courses.
Advantages of connection with great
university. Students aid Low ex-
penses. Isaac Clark, D. D., dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
The Moral Stimulus of Good Clothes.

The Moral Stimulus of Good Clothes.
Men grow in self respect as they
wear good clothes. Their clothes earn
them the approval of their fellows.
In turn they are forced to grow to ill
the measure of good opinion, so that,
forced forward by the clothes he
wears, men attain to their highest
capability.-Sartorial Art Journal
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
The School of Law.

Faculty of eight: Courses OF three
years, giving a thorough knowledge
of theory and practice of law. Occu-
pies own building opposite court
house. BENJAMIN F. Leighton
IL. B.. dean, 42o Fifth Street, North
west.
For catalogue and special intorma
ton. address Dean of Department.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
School of Manual Arts and Applied
Sciences.

Furnishes thorough courses. Six
instructors. Offers fouT-year courses
IN mechanical and civil engineering,
and architecture.
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The Commercial College.

Courses in bookkeeping, stenogra-
ply. commercial law, history, civics,
etc. Business and English high school
education combined. George w.
Cook, a. NJ, dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
The ExeaDtion.

Doesn't your husband like cats,
Mrs Binks?"
mo, indeed. He hates all cats ex-
cept a little kitty they have at his
club. Baltimore American.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
The Academy.

Faculty Of IS. Three courses of
four years each. High-grade prepara-
tory school George J. Cummings,
A. M, dean.
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A Feat For Willie.

Teacher-WilIie, If you had five eggs
10 the basket and laid three on the
table. how many would you then
have? -Eight.-Life.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Musical Note.

4 newspaper says Of a recent oper-
ltic performance, '"The ladies, the bar
tone and the bass were good, and so
we're the tenor's Intentions
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutica
Colleges.

Forty-nine professors. Modern la
boratories and equipment. Connected
with new Freedmen's Hospital, cost
ing half million dollars. Clinical fa-
cilfties not surpassed in America
Postgraduate school and polyclinic
Edward A. Balloch, NJ. D., dean.
Fifth and w Streets, Northwest. w,
c. McNei1l, NJ. D, secretary, QoI R
Street, Northwest.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, D. c.
Wilbur P. Thirkie1d, liz D., Presi-
dent.

Located in Capital OF the Nation
Campus Of over 20 acres. Advant-
ages unsurpassed. Modern scientific
and general equipment New Carnegie
Library. New science hall Faculty
Of over one hundred 1889 students
from 81 States and 10 other countries.
Unusual opportunities for self-sup-
port No young man or woman Of
energy or capacity need be deprived
Of its advantages.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
The College of Arts and Sciences.

Devoted to liberal studies. Courses
IN English, mathematics, Latin
Greek, French, German, physics
chemistry, biology. history, philoso-
ply, and the social sciences, such as
are given in the best approved col
leges. Sixteen professors. Kelly
Miller, A. NJ, dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-02
Fosters DYE Works

FOSTERS DYE AND CLEANING
WORKS.
(You Street, between nth and 18th
Streets, Northwest.)
Business and Display Office,
nth and You Streets. Northwest
CALL AND INSPECT OUR
WORK.
Ladies suits a speciality.
Gentlemen's suits cleaned, pressed
and sponged.
Gloves cleaned.
All goods look like new when they
leave our works.
{ FOSTERS DYE WORKS.