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The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS.

If coloed people groom elves dainty destroy pespira
shias from the face and AeV
discoveries for improving As skin and dressing the hahn they
will be better received in The world, asake
money and advance faster.
The Chemical Wonder Company Of New York is the bes
business friend people improves their bodies
as Dr. Booker Washington improves their minds That Com
pany manufacturers nine Chemical Wonders which will make
coored people attractive individual peculare will per
nit CoIored New York who Wonders hod
situations banks clubs and business houses and We
men have better positions marry better get along better
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face (c BROWN every time it is used To prove this
trial. send demonstration sample for 10 cents Regua
C2) Magnetic Metallic Como, called wOnder Comb, Car
be using help straghten and dress the hair
Costs 80 cents, and will last lifetime
az Wonder UncuFl When this pomade dressing the
hair the uncurled and the hair becomes flexible
When heated scalp and through the hair with Won
Comb any sH noty hair will dress we'll So 0ents post
paid
al Wonder Hair Grow fertizes the scalp aRd makes
hair grow long just fertilizers in the soil make eerRak
grow so postpaid.
50 Odor Wonder Powder instantly destroys pespiratiop
odor People neglect such chemical cleansing
ious 50 cents postpaid.
(6 Odor Wonder Liquid This fine toilet water surround
the body with delicate perfume When used with used will
Odor Wonder Powder the tons of the body become per
feet If you so cents extra order this luxury
postpaid.
Cd Wonder Foot Powder keeps the feet dainty. 50
postpaid.
(S) Wonder Wash A sha npoo to clean from dandrut
and insure of the hair scalp 50 postpaid
(o Shell Pink Creme will give light brown girls beautif
pink cheeks without madeup appearance so postpaid
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We give advice free about air, skin and scalp.
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We will prove true friends Of coOred pee
pie.
We require agent for locality and guarantee ye
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Always write to NJ B. Ber Co., 2 Rector Street. Nev
York We market all the Chemi Wender Company prepas
tiOns.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
FIRST POST HOUSES.

Established by Cyrus, the Founder of
the Persia. Empire.
The first posts are said to have orig
mated in the regular couriers estab-
lished by Cyrus the Great about $50
B. c., who erected post houses through
out the kingdom Of Persia. Augustus
was the first to introduce this institu-
ton among the Romans. 81 B. c., and
he was initiated by Charlemagne about
800 A. d. Louis XI. 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 14T0. or about 1900 years
after they were started in Persia.
In England in the reign Of Edward
". Q4SD riders on post horses went
stages of the distance Of twenty miles
from each other ir order to procure
the king the earliest intelligence of the
events that passed in the course Of the
war that had arisen with the Scots. A
proclamation was issued by Charles /.
in 1851 that, whereas to this time
there hath been no certain intercourse
between the kingdoms Of England and
Scotland. the king now commands his
postmaster of England for foreign
parts TO settle a running post or two
between Edinburgh and London to go
thither and come back again in six
days"
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
TIGHT HATS.
They impede Circulation of the Blood
In the Scalp and Invite
Badness.

Ingenious men are continually con-
triving new kinds Of shoes, new sus-
penders and hundreds Of different
kinds Of braces. but so far, says the
Therapeutic Gazette, no one has taken
up the idea Of making hat which will
hold on the head and not blow of and
at the same time not bind the head all
around like a constructing band.
Some men go without hats at times
with the idea that the hair is improved
by ventilation and sunshine. UndOubt-
edly this does improve 1t, but the prime
secret is not in not wearing The hat at
all. The ventilated hat viii not pre-
vent badness if this same hat be worn
tightly around the head IL a string
be lied ever 50 lightly around the fin
ger the effect upon the circulation
may be easily marked in the end OF
that finger. A tight hat will affect the
circulation Of the scalp in the same
way.
Hats which are easily blown of
should never be worn, as they will not
stay on unless jammed so tightly upon
the head as to impede circulation. All
stiff, rigid hats should be very light,
and one should select a size larger
than the head measurement and cor
rect the over size by inserting felt
strips under the sweat band, thus Civ
ing a cushion-like effect and prevent
ing the construction at that portion Of
the scaIn
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
The Active SIoth Bear.

''The slotb bear appears to be the
most active of all the bears in the zoo.
Whoever misnamed the animal ought
to bestow a more appropriate title,'
said a woman visitor who sat on
bench in front of the bear dens.
"a more befitting designation would
be 'Ursus pugilisticus' or something
like that, for he is certainly the most
pugnacious OF all the bruin specimens
here. And he gets away with it, too.
although he weighs only go pounds.
I saw him knock out the hairy cared
bear In a fierce fight over a piece Of
meat, and be gets the better OF the
great Yezo bear Of about 1000 pounds
in the adjoining inclOsure. They fight
through the bars. You can hear the
swapping OF the big bears jaws as he
fails to catch his opponent. But the
nervous sloth bear Is as quick as a
cat with bis long claws and gets in a
dig on the other ones muzzle that
makes him snort with pain. New
York Sun.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
ONLY ONE OF HIS KIND.
The Judge Had Mighty Good Reason
For Not Hanging on to
the Horse.

During the second Cleveland cam
paign Colonel John P. Irish. the golden
tongued orator, and Judge Kinne OF
Waterloo. Ia, the man with lungs of
brass, were stumping Iowa in behalf OF
the Democratic candidate.
They were driving in buggy on the
road TO Sidney, a young city in the
southwestern part of the state, when
they came to a fork Of the road where
there was no sign board. Which turn
to take was a question, pc they had
barely time to make the town anyway.
There's farmhouse over there a
bit. You sit still, and I'll go over and
ask questions" said Irish, and. climb
ing out, be started for the desired ~
formation. He got II and on his re-
turn saw the horse, evidently fright
ened at something, tearing down the
road at runaway speed. Instead Of try
ing to stop the horse. Judge Kinne
dropped the reins. climbed over the
seat and dropped of the back Of the
buggy into the road.
When Irish caught up 10 him the
Judge was busily busting himself OF
after his roll in the roadway. not in
the least disfgured by his acrobatie
stunt
You're on the right fork OF the road.
all right, judge, but why didn't Esd
hang on to the horseY asked Irasf.
laughing heartily.
why didn't 1 hang on to himg"
rumbled Kinne in his deep subcelIsr
voice. 'J'II tell you why 1 didn't, my
Christian friend There's lots Of horses
in this world, but there is but one
Judge Kinne."-L.os Angeles Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
EIsnhants' Love For Finsrv.

Strange as it may seem. the elephant
is passionately fond OF finery and de
lights to see himself decked out with
gorgeous trappings. The native princes
Of India are very particular in choos-
ing their state elephants and will give
fabulous sums for an animal that ex-
actly meets the somewhat fanciful
standards they have erected. For
these they have made cloths OF silk so
heavily embroidered with gold that
two men are hardly able 10 lift them.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
Tame EaQIes.

A man living near TTOmsO. in Nor
way, is a great lover Of wild birds
and has succeeded in tanning three
eagles. He took them on the noun
tain side while they were young ands
according to the London Field. kept
them a couple Of years in captivity.
As their craving for liberty, however
grew stronger and stronger he at last
let them loose. but they have settled
down In the neighbOrhOOd OF his home
and when he ascends the height which
has become their favoTite resort with
fish or a newly shot seagUll they
quickly discover him from afar and
come majestically sailing through the
air. settling down beside him. Their
meal over, they willingly allow him to
pet and stroke them before they again
make for the rocky islets. but they
will not allow a stranger to approach
them.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
Salt and the Romans.

SpilIing of salt is a superstition still
current among us. 1t is derived from
the ancient Romans. who used salt in
their sacrifices and regarded it as
sacred to Penates. To spill 1t careless
Iy was to incur the displeasure Of
these household divinities. After ac-
cidentally spilling salt the ancient Ro-
man was wont to throw some over the
left shOulder-the shoulder OF III omen
thereby hoping to call away from his
nelghbor The wrath Of the Deity and
turn It upon himself
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
a Tribute of Affection.

Something Of the sympathetic kindli-
ness OF nature Of the late Frederick
Greenwood came out in a little speech
made by ]. NJ. Barrie on the occasion
Of Mr.. Greenwood's seventy-ffth birth
day, when the men who lad worked
under him on the ST. James and the
Pail Mall Gazette met to do him honor.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Bar
rie confessed that be had bought his
first silk hat ito impress" the veteran
editor. Then he added impulsively:
"Oh. Greenwood. 1t is for your kind
ness TO US boys in our first silk hats
that we love your
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
TALKING IN FIGURES.
Significance of Certain Numbers In the
TeIesraphers' Code.

Significance of Certain Numbers In the
TeIesraphers' Code.
I'm the telegraphers' code numbers
have special significance Of which the
general public is not aware" remarked
a veteran key night the other day.
Most everybody knows that 80
means good night or the end OF a
story. but few outside the profession
know that 81 is also a code sign. Rail-
road operators, however, know that
this call is a signal to the operator at
the other end to come back and repeat
train signals to the sending operator.
1t also has another meaning, Train
order to be signed by conductor and
engine driver Nineteen, on the other
hand, means that the train order is not
to be signed by conductor or engine
driver. Twenty-four has also the lat
ter significance on some roads.
give is simply an Interrogation
point and in the vernacular could be
translated Anything doing| Thirteen
signifies DO you understand? TWen-
ty-fve means busy but nobody seems
to know how it came to have that sig
nificance unless perhaps it means that
the operator is still in the midst or his
work. being some distance away from
80.
Seventy three means best regards
and newspaper men and operators en-
ploy this expression constantly. or
course % has come to mean in this
numerical language just what it does
In ordinary parlance. 'skiddoo,' va
moose or butt out or any Of the thou
sand and one other equivalents. New
York Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
Efiduette.

The very high sounding word e
quette had a very humble origin, f
etiquette meant simply a label. 1t d
rived its present meaning from Il
fact that a Scotch gardener who hf
laid out the grounds at Versailles Il
Louis XIV. was much annoyed at I
courtiers walking over bis newly ma
paths and at length had Labels piad
to indicate where they might wal
At first these labels were Ignored, p
a hint from high quarters that In
ture the walks Of the courders m
be within the "etiquettes" or lat
was promptly attended to. To
within the "etiquettes" came to q
TO do the correct thing.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
Sian Lanquaoe.

Brown and Jones were having their
usual stroll and had just had few
minutes conversation with Robinson,
who was accompanied by his wife.
After they had gone on some little dis
tance Brown said to Jones:
Did you notice that Mrs. Robinson
never said word ?"
''Oh, yes" said Jones. You see, she's
deaf and dumb"
Lucky chap is Robinson. But l sup
pose she can talk with her fngersP
asked Brown.
II think So" replied Jones, ''for Rob
inson hasn't a dozen hairs left on his
head"
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
TEMPTING TABBY.
Russ That Won a Satisfactory PSss
For the Camera.

Russ That Won Satisfactory Pf9ss
For the Camera. ~
The repairs on the house we're n-s
pleted and the shaVings swept out; a 80
a new coat Of paint added dressiness
to the outside. What next but a pho
tograph Of its new angles? That be-
ing considered. the question Of mo
ment was how to pose Katusha.
Rolled into q ball every cat looks
like every other cat; hence it was Ka-
tusha in action that must grace the
foreground. Being abominably cod
died and fat, action was the last thing
that appealed to Katusha. Coaxing
and likewise IrOdding made no effect
She had been known upon occasions
to be stirred by a morsel of delectabte
food But fancy an aristocratic feline
pictured In the attitude Of tearing at q
chicken bone! Impossible for Katu-
sha.
There arose an emergency and with
It the mistress, who disappeared into
the house and brought forth a branch
Of Japanese paper cherry blossoms. a
wave Of them before Katusha's eyes
was like making some hypnotic pass.
She got up. stretched her body, while
her nose just reached the pinkish flow
ers. That was it! They appealed to
her aestheticism. !,
Snap went the camera. 1t was perl
feet
How began the man Of ths
house.
Just the alluring fragrance OF
silver Of chicken secreted In the
bough." said herself as Katusha rolled
back into a ball.-Kansas City Star.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
Chande of Front.

The Groom-Great heavens. who is
this coming up? The Bride-Why.
that is Aunt Maria. The Groom
Well, have ] got to embrace that old
fairy? The Bride-Sh. It was she
that sent us the handsome silver serv-
ice. She's worth thousands The
Groom Ckissing her rapturously)-My
darling aunt!-LOndOn Answers
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
pr..t;ea and PREACHING.

''For the love Of heaven, Amanda"
said the Rev. DR.. FOurthly, calling to
his wife in tones of thunder, come
and take this squaIling baby out OF
the room before she drives me crazy.
I'm writing sermon on Bearing One
Another's Burdens - London Tit
Rfts
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
Lodical.

Mother" asked little Ethel. now
that you're in mourning for Cousin
Adelaide, Will you wear black night
dresses too?'
What an absurd question. child"
"Oh. OILY thought you might be as
sorry at night as you were during the
day." ventured Ethel--Harper's Ba-
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
As II Used 70 Be,

Mildmay is a philosopher in his
The other evening Mrs. M. gava
a scoIdIng that would have mao
most any other man crazy. But &
may said never a word In replyi
only murmured to himself:
"And that IS the woman | use
hold on my knee and call my
tootsy wootsy!'
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
His Niaht Work.

Cynical Friend-If the baby is the
boss Of the establishment and his
mother is the superintendent, pray
what position do you occupy? Young
Father (wearilyl-Oh, I'm the floor
waIker.-Baltimore American.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
lewslrN GaIora.

Mrs. Hoyle-Covered with jewels.
isn't she? Mrs. Doyle-Yes; It Is hard
to tell at first glance whether she be-
longs 20 the mineral or animal king
dom.-Life.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
The Great Trouble.

att is every woman's dut. 10 keep
young as long as possible" she said
"Yes," he admitted, 'but the great
trouble is that so many young women
insist on keeping young after 1t is i'm
possible. e."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
SetfIemant Work.

Game into a fortune. didn't heI"
Yes. big one"
whats he dom these days?
He has become interested in settle
ment work"
well. that ought to keep him occu-
pied for awhile; he owed everybody"
Houston Post.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
ChAasA I'll

What do boys mean when they say
cheese itY"
'It means that something mtschiev-
Gus has q curd and they want to get
4 whey"
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
How II Came Out.

He - So you finished the novel !
brought you. How did it come out?
sbA-The author must have had a pull.
can't see any other way.-Bostop
Transcript
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
Generous.

First Beggar-What are you doingI
here. Pete? 1 thought your stand VS.
on the bridge. Second Beggar+Oh. Il
gave that to my son as a wedding
present.-Meggendorf Blatter.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17
IA BALLAD

First Physician-Did be rally from
the operation? Second Physician
Well. ! should say so; just look at that
black eye be gave me.-ExchaDge.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17

Want of care does more damage than
want OF knowledge e.-Franklin.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17

Be true to yourself and you do not
need to worry about what the neigh
bors think.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-17

When you make one mistake don't
make another by trying TO lie out Of f.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
BOBBY CARUTHERS DEAD
Corniskey Says He Was Greatest Bat
 ting Pitcher Even Seen.

Robert Caruthers. the one, time fa- nous baseball player, died in Peoria, H., on Saturday, after a nervous breakdown five weeks ago.
 Caruthers, pitching for Comiskey's s St. Louis team in 1884, 1885 and 1886, was considered one of the best right handed twirlers of his time. He was the first man to take the measure of Anson's invinefble White Stockings. In 1886 Bobby Caruthers pitched the St. Louis team into the worlds cham pionship, defeating the Chicago Ma tional league team at the time. Caruthers was a Chicago boy. He played baseball off and on, but never attained distinction until he went with the St. Louis team. Although he pitched with his right arm he bat ted left handed
 Charles Comiskey, president of the Chicago Americans, paid the famous old timer a great tribute when in- formed of the death of the veteran.
 Bobby Cars1thers was one of the greatest pitchers ever known" he said ''He was bought by St. Louis from Minneapolis and pitched for me with the St. Louis team in 1884, 1885 and 1886. After this he was sold to Brooklyn. Since then he has been out of tn ebig leagues, but he has worked as an umpire. Caruthers was one of the greatest batting pitchers I ever saw
 Of late years Caruthers had been a Three-I league umpire.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
PECULIAR MURDERS.

Delhi, Aug 3-More than twenty murders with in the past few months are attributed by the police here to a gang, one of those members has al- ready been arrested and for the rest
 of whom the locality is being ransack- ed
 The murderers' custom was to hide in the river Jumna and to pull below the surface, drown and rob bathers wearing the gold and silver ornaments so popular among the Hindoos. For a long time mysterious drownings have been common in the Jumna
 Many of the corpSeS have never been
 recovered and those which have final
 ly floated ashore or have been fished from the stream, have invariably
 have been stripped of jewelry
 In one day, recently, five boys dis appeared while swimming in the riv- CT and a day or two later a Marwari
 woman with particularly heavy gold
 necklet, bracelets and anklets was
 suddenly caught by someone below
 the surface of the water and nearly
 met similar fate. It happened, how
 ever, that two other bathers were close
 by and when she screamed, both of
 them swam to the rescue and not only
 saved the woman but caught the Mo-
 hammedan who was trying to drown her. Belief that an organized gang was engaged in the business was sus- pected from the first on account of the large number of drownings and later the prisoner is said to have made a confession, on the strength of which the police are conducting their present search se- ss --ss~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
THE CHOLERA SITUATION.

Notwithstanding the somewhat alarming headlines in the newspapers, regarding the presence of Asiat1c cholera in the United States, there is no cause for alarm. In the first place, those in charge of the quaran- tine stations are thoroughly alive to their responsibility, and, consequently there is little fear of many cases coming to this country. In addition to the usual methods for preventing those suffering with infectious diseas- es from landing in this country, the United States Public Health and Ma rine- Hospital Service has made addi- tional regulations for the present con- ditions in that all steerage passen- gers arriving from ports that are like 1y to be infected with cholera are sub jected to bacteriologic examination and detention until such examination proves that they are not cholera ba- cillus carriers. The period of ob- servation has also been extended from five to ten days. It should be re- ID membered, further, that medical sci ence has so advanced that even though the epidemic did obtain a foot hold in this country, it could easily be controlled and the individual cas- es managed much better than would have been the case twenty-five years ago. To repeat, there is no cause whatever for alarm.-The Journal of the American Medical Association, July 19.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Apology From !. Congressman For
 Insult To Girl
fspecial from United Press )

Washington, Aug. 7-S. J. Kuble, who is chief clerk of the Geographical Survey, today, admitted that he had forced Representative A. w. lLafferty, Rep, Ore,) to apologize to his 19 year old daughter for an alleged in- suit offered the girl by the, Congress man.
 IA Washington newspaper, some time ago, published pictures of the officers of a graduating class of one of the High Schools, among them being a portrait of Miss Florence Kuble. A few days after the pictures appeared. Miss Kuble received a letter from Congressman Lafferty asking her to overlook the unconventionality of his attempt to make her acquaintance, and inelosing clipping ofthe portrait. He also sent her pass to the mem bers' gallery of the House and con- cluded his letter with phrases which aroused the fathers indignation.
 Accompanied by friend, Kuble Oregon member, it is said, made an abject apology. The day after this in- cident, Lafferty left Washington and remained away a month.
 On his return he was confronted with the story in the office of a local newspaper and admitted it's truth. In a statement. today, Lafferty declared the incident had been stirred up by political enemies in Oregon and he hinted that it was because he had op- posed powerful influences in Oregon and California He admitted writing to Miss Kuble, but declared that the interview with the father was a pleasant one
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Sport Notes Of Interest
(special from United Press ,

Especial from United Press)
 Chicago, Aug. 7-Admirers of Me Sheppard, Dan Ahearn and Cor Walsh, three eastern athletic stars are, today, explaining that the handi- caps at the Gaelic meet, yesterday were made without judgment Only Ahearn broke into the point column The meet was close and was not de- cided until the last event, when the Illinois Gaelic Association won the standing jump.
 New London. Aug. 7-The New York Yacht club fleet resumed it's down east cruise, today, with a 31 mile run to Fort Pond Bay. Tomorrow, the squadron will go to New Bedford and Wednesday to Newport The real races and social festivities are sched- uled to be held at Newport.
 Newark, Aug. 7-Cycling fans are cheering up. today, for at last the Australian invasion has been checked Frank Kramer, national champion, was one who turned the trick, defeat ing Alfred Goulet, youngest of the an- tipodean crew in straight heats in their one mile match, yesterday.